Rose George: 29 books

Book cover of Ninety Percent of Everything

Ninety Percent of Everything

Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate

by Rose George
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013

Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no...
Book cover of Nine Pints

Nine Pints

A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood

by Rose George
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018

An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of breakthrough science Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit...
Book cover of A Life Removed

A Life Removed

Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World

by Rose George
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016

'Asylum-seeker'; refugee'. All the major British political parties have brought these words to the top of the political agenda. Some newspapers shout about the swarms' of refugees arriving on our shores; others criticise our government's lack of humanitarian principles. But what do we know about the...
Book cover of The Big Necessity

The Big Necessity

The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters

by Rose George
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009

"One smart book . . . delving deep into the history and implications of a daily act that dare not speak its name." —Newsweek Acclaimed as "extraordinary" (The New York Times) and "a classic" (Los Angeles Times), The Big Necessity is on its way to removing the...
Book cover of Romana Extra Band 39
by Rose de Winter, Michelle Smart, Cathie Linz
Language: German
Release Date: February 23, 2016

DER DUFT DER MANDELBLÜTE von DE WINTER, ROSE Galant überreicht Rafael, Conde de Altamira, ihr einen Mandelblütenzweig und lächelt sie an. Julias Herz macht einen Salto! Heißt das, dass der spanische Adlige ihre zärtlichen Gefühle erwidert? Wenn sie nur wüsste, was er für seine hübsche Flamencopartnerin...
Book cover of Portland Rose Festival
by George R. Miller, Portland Rose Festival Foundation
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013

At the end of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905, the president of the Portland Street Fair and Carnival Association, E.W. Rowe, presented the idea of an annual festival to Portland mayor Harry Lane. From that idea came the first Rose Festival, called the Rose Carnival and Fiesta, held June 20�22,...
Book cover of Lords, Ladies, Butlers and Maids: Period Erotica in Private Houses
by Heather Towne, Tudor, Rose de Fer
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013

Upstairs and downstairs, aristos and servants, and ever the twain will meet and misbehave. Original period erotica stories from Mischief Books, featuring featuring Donna George Story, Rose de Fer, Kathleen Tudor, Heather Towne and many more. “A good servant is invisible. To be seen is to ask for...
Book cover of The Duke's Christmas Greetings
by Ava Stone, Rose Gordon, Lily George
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015

The powerful Duke of Danby is at it again! 1816 was the year without a summer, but what a Christmas it will be when His Grace finally turns his matchmaking machinations to distant branches of the Whitton family tree. Collection One includes: Ava Stone’s Lady Patience’s Christmas...
Book cover of We're All in This Together
by George Rose
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

You've seen them. The people with funny-looking clothes, a number pinned to their chest, and they're running. Running to where? Usually in a big circle, or in many smaller circles. Sometimes in a straight line back and forth. For hours on end. Why? Because they can. They're marathon...
Book cover of Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children

Counting Our Blessings: Wonderful Thanksgiving Tales for Children

44 Stories: The First Thanksgiving, The Thanksgiving Goose, Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner, A Mystery in the Kitchen, The Genesis of the Doughnut Club, The Thanksgiving of the Wazir...

by Susan Coolidge, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017

It's that time of the year again when families get together to celebrate, laugh, enjoy, and bond over yummy food! So, come along with us and relish the magic of these Thanksgiving classics for a wholesome holiday mood: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner...
Book cover of The Big Fat Turkey Collection: Classic Thanksgiving Stories for Kids

The Big Fat Turkey Collection: Classic Thanksgiving Stories for Kids

40+ Tales in One Volume: Mrs. November's Party, How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown, Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving, The White Turkey's Wing, A Mystery in the Kitchen and many more

by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Susan Coolidge
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017

This wonderful collection of hand-picked Thanksgiving classics will make you fall in love with our sweet little stories and will become a part of your Thanksgiving story-telling traditions: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) The First Thanksgiving (Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball)...
Book cover of The Ultimate Christmas Library: 100+ Authors, 200 Novels, Novellas, Stories, Poems and Carols
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018

This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
Book cover of The Perfect Christmas Library: A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, A Christmas Sermon, Twelfth Night...and Many More (200 Stories)
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2018

This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
Book cover of Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus' Reading List: 250+ Vintage Christmas Stories, Carols, Novellas, Poems by 120+ Authors
by A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!
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