A Proper Drink: The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World, Hardcover - Robert Simonson

A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject. ...

Reducere. Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth "Bessie" Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphro...

DescriptionThe first book in decades to celebrate and explore the history of the most iconic of classic cocktails, the martini, with 50 recipes. A ...

Reducere. Shortly after graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1934, Elizabeth -Bessie- Williamson began working as a temporary secretary at the Laphro...

Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser have joined together to tell the remarkable story of the noble cow in Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, a...

'A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties ... remarkable' 5* review, Telegraph On the trail of Soviet i...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Randall KennedyNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 16Cover type: Paperback / so...

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This is the remarkable untold story of a group of men and women in the West Riding of Yorkshire who for nearly a century between 1776 and 1865 foug...

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If you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet-...

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A complete history of one of the world's most iconic cocktails--now the poster child of the modern cocktail revival--with fifty recipes for classic...

A thrilling re-evaluation of the creatures that ruled the earth for 150 million years by one of the world's leading paleontologists.

Reducere. A delightfully unconventional tale of a people, their place in the world, and the fascinating language that held them together.Yiddish is an unlike...

Anticipating fame and wealth, Captain John Voss set out from Victoria, BC, in 1901, seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel ever ...

Reducere. From the Brink of the Drink is the true story of an alcoholic woman, whom at the tender age of twelve began relying on alcohol to calm deep-seated ...

Reducere. A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a vi...

DescriptionFrom the James Beard Award-winning author of Bitters and Amaro comes this poignant, funny, and often elegiac exploration of the question...

Intimate and individual, pencil and paper are a personal touch in a digital age. The pencil is our direct connection between mind and page. We tell...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Indepe...

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Reducere. An extraordinary and delightful true story. Tama was a homeless cat who lived in Japan. Her loving nature, goodwill and loyalty saved a railway com...

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Reducere. Moored off the coast of Brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of...

Reducere. THE BRA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD... The 1970s saw women coming into their own, working hard to create new roles at home and in sports, culture, polit...

The Lives They Saved is the story in artifacts and oral histories of the 300, 000 New Yorkers who were evacuated from Manhattan on 9/11...by boat. ...

Publisher: Steerforth PressAuthor(s): Peter ShinkleIllustration(s): 16 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): Cathy (Cathy Crimmins) CrimminsNumber of pages: 340Publication date: 2005Dimensions: 141 x 208 x 19Cover ty...

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Reducere. An entertaining and timely exploration of how our food--from where it's grown to how we buy it--is in the midst of a transformation, showing how th...

Douglas Smith's The Russian Job tells the captivating story of how American volunteers saved millions of people from starvation in Bolshevik Russia.

Douglas Smith's The Russian Job tells the captivating story of how American volunteers saved millions of people from starvation in Bolshevik Russia.

Reducere. Feliz is their last chance to save Christmas It's December of 2019 and Pittsburgh is covered in a terrible fog. Even worse, the reindeer all get si...

Reducere. A ground-breaking counter-history of Penguin Books - both amusing and and with a strong new Australian aspect. How did the three Lane brothers ente...

Reducere. Explores the life of Shields Green, one of the Black men who followed John Brown to Harper's Ferry in 1859 When John Brown decided to raid the fede...

Reducere. Author Francis Bradford, a former Hall-Scott engineer, provides valuable resources and insight not available to any other Hall-Scott researcher. We...

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Reducere. DescriptionDrawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War IWhile their story is almost a...

Reducere. ``Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World War II.... Mundy has rescued a piece ...

Reducere. "When I was arrested my whole world crumbled. I knew that leaders of political parties had been arrested, and never heard from again. My only chanc...

The untold story of an Israeli spy's epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice--a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazi...

It would be a horrific world to live in if we were harshly judged by a single wrong decision made under immense economic pressure. But it is not th...

Reducere. A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky's life--and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 186...