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by Tom Standage
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
New York Times Bestseller
From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.
Written with authority and charm by journalist Tom Standage, A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens...
Taste
The Story of Britain through Its Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2008
Written with a storyteller's flair and packed with astonishing facts, Taste is a sumptuous social history of Britain told through the development of its cooking. It encompasses royal feasts and street food, the skinning of eels and the making of strawberry jelly, mixing tales of culinary stars with...
by Tom Standage
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat.
Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition,...
How I Learned To Cook
Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Before he was a top chef, Tom Colicchio learned to love cooking when he was still slinging burgers at a poolside snack bar. Barbara Lynch tells the story of lying her way into her first chef's job and then needing to cook her way out of trouble in the galley kitchen of a ship at sea. Stories of mentorship...
A Cook's Tour
In Search of the Perfect Meal
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
From the host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, this wonderful book sees Bourdain travelling the world discovering exotic foods.
Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world...
The Devil in the Kitchen
Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
An exhilirating memoir from the legendary Godfather of Bad Boy cookimg and a thrilling look behind the doors of a 3-star kitchen.
Without question, the original rock-star chef is Marco Pierre White. Anyone with even a passing interest in the food world knows White is a legend. The first British...
Au Revoir to All That
Food, Wine, and the End of France
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
France is in a rut, and so is French cuisine. Twenty-five years ago it was hard to have a bad meal in France; now, in some cities and towns, it is a challenge to find a good one. For the first time in the annals of modern cuisine, the most influential chefs and the most talked-about restaurants in...
Diet for a Hot Planet
The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Beyond what we already know about "food miles" and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. How we farm, what we eat, and how our food gets to the table all have an impact. And our government...
by Mark Edmundson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
In this important book, acclaimed author Mark Edmundson reconceives the value and promise of reading. He enjoins educators to stop offering up literature as facile entertainment and instead teach students to read in a way that can change their lives for the better. At once controversial and inspiring,...
Women Rowing North
Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
New York Times Bestseller *USA Today Bestseller*Los Angeles Times Bestseller *Publishers Weekly Bestseller
A guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by the author of Reviving Ophelia.
Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher...
Ebony and Ivy
Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
A groundbreaking exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African American historian.
A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution's complex and contested involvement in slavery--setting off a controversy...
The Genius of America
How the Constitution Saved Our Country--and Why It Can Again
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Due to a combination of heightened frustration, moves to skirt the constitutional process, and a widespread disconnect between the people and their constitutional "conscience," Lane and Oreskes warn us our longstanding Democracy is at risk. Together, they examine the Constitution's history...
State and Society
A Social and Political History of Britain since 1870
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
As a vigorous interpretation of political and social developments in Britain since the late-Victorian era, State and Society is one of the most respected and widely-read introductions to modern British history. Martin Pugh explores as his central theme the relationship between the British state and...
Indigo
In Search of the Color That Seduced the World
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
For almost five millennia, in every culture and in every major
religion, indigo-a blue pigment obtained from the small green leaf of a
parasitic shrub through a complex process that even scientists still
regard as mysterious-has been at the center of turbulent human
encounters.
Indigo is the...