Archinerd wrote:hmm. This looks like something I might like. Let us (me) know if it's good.A nonny mouse wrote: Currently reading:
The Triumph of the Fungi: A Rotten History by Nicholas P. Money
So far it is good. Not too dry and he gives just enough science and mycology without it being dull. Each chapter is a different fungus (infecting a different plant; e.g coffee, cacao, elm, chestnut) that is short enough that he doesn't belabor the story of that particular fungus (or depending on your bowels, short enough for a 'chapter on the toilet' kind of read - without your legs going numb ). I would recommend it if you like this type of book.
another one I would HIGHLY recommend is Salt: A world History by Mark Kurlansky. Probably one of the best books I have read. It doesn't seem like that interesting of a subject, but the way ties the history, etymology, and geography together is great.
Kurlansky wrote a few others, namely Cod: A Biography of the fish that changed the world and The big Oyster: A history on the half shell (about New York and the oyster beds, etc). I have read all, and liked Cod, and thought the Big Oyster was o.k.