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Salt: A World History
Ever stop to think how something as boring as salt basically ran the world for centuries? No? Well, buckle up. Salt isn’t just that stuff you sprinkle on fries—it’s a secret heavyweight champion of history, empires, and even wars. Mark Kurlansky’s “Salt: A World History” peels back the crusty surface to show how this common mineral shaped everything from your dinner plate to the rise and fall of civilizations.
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