"Vodka began as rotgut medicine in Medieval Russia, but this neutral grain alcohol has become our uncontested king of spirits, with over 1,000 brands fighting for market share. But it wasn't always thus. For two centuries, America drank the brown stuff: rum and whiskey. So how d…
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"Vodka began as rotgut medicine in Medieval Russia, but this neutral grain alcohol has become our uncontested king of spirits, with over 1,000 brands fighting for market share. But it wasn't always thus. For two centuries, America drank the brown stuff: rum and whiskey. So how d…
"Vodka began as rotgut medicine in Medieval Russia, but this neutral grain alcohol has become our uncontested king of spirits, with over 1,000 brands fighting for market share. But it wasn't always thus. For two centuries, America drank the brown stuff: rum and whiskey. So how d…
"Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic wa…
"Part food narrative, part investigation, part adventure story, Organic is an eye-opening and entertaining look into the anything goes world behind the organic label. It is also a wakeup call about the dubious origins of food labeled organic. After eating some suspect organic wa…
"A smorgasbord of vignettes and tidbits about the quirky--and sometimes downright odd--origins of various kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff, How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun includes seventy-five short essays that will dispel popular myths and draw lines between food fact…
"A smorgasbord of vignettes and tidbits about the quirky--and sometimes downright odd--origins of various kitchen inventions, products, and foodstuff, How the Hot Dog Found Its Bun includes seventy-five short essays that will dispel popular myths and draw lines between food fact…
From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A. T. Stewart, The Merchant Prince of Manhattan, one of the wealthiest men in American history.
From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A.T. Stewart, The Merchant Prince of Manhattan, one of the wealthiest men in American history.
From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A.T. Stewart, The Merchant Prince of Manhattan, one of the wealthiest men in American history.
The author examines how animals have been used for entertainment and sport in animal acts, canned hunting, cockfighting, and more, and explores the line between use and abuse.
The author examines how animals have been used for entertainment and sport in animal acts, canned hunting, cockfighting, and more, and explores the line between use and abuse. The author, an investigative journalist explores the way humans interact with animals. The attack of a …
From Anna Karenina and Beowulf to Ulysses and Wuthering Heights, SnarkNotes condenses the great (but long and complicated) novels, plays, and poems of world lit into bite-size nuggets, cutting out the bloated analysis and nauseating debate of other reading guides. Each of the 10…
"John Muir and the Ice That Started a Fire takes two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska, and combines them into a brisk and engaging biography. John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutio…
A dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska. John Muir was a fascinating man who was many things: inventor, scientist, revolutionary, druid (a modern day Celtic priest), husband, son, father and friend, and a shi…
