Apple: A Global History, Hardcover - Erika Janik

Gravenstein. Coe's Golden Drop. Mendocino Cox. The names sound like something from the imagination of Tolkien or perhaps the ingredients in a dubio...

Most of us can't make it through morning without our cup (or cups) of joe, and we're not alone. Coffee is a global beverage: it's grown commerciall...

DescriptionWhether grainy or smooth, spicy or sweet, Dijon, American, or English, mustard accompanies our food and flavors our life around the glob...

The avocado is arguably the most iconic food of the twenty-first century. In less than one-hundred years, it has gone from a little-known regional ...

Reducere. Complete with recipes, a mouthwatering look at the complicated origins and rise of the world's favorite garbanzo bean spread and dip. This is a glo...

DescriptionIn the history of food, the tomato is a relative newcomer outside its ancestral home in Mesoamerica. And yet, as we devour pizza by the ...

A Journey Through Art is a global history of art with a time- travel twist, taking young readers on a expedition from the Paleolithic period to the...

It's no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for millennia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8, 000 B.C.E., this addictive sweetener has ...

Whether they make it themselves or just enjoy it with breakfast, people are often passionate about their favorite jam, jelly, or marmalade. Award-w...

DescriptionWhat's your favorite cookie (or biscuit, for any British baking show buffs)? Chocolate chip, ginger spice, or Oreo? Oatmeal-and-raisin, ...

A new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its headAmerican Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a...

Reducere. "Ed Husain has become one of the most vital Muslim voices in the world. The House of Islam could very well be his magnum opus." -Reza Aslan, #1 New...

The dramatic history of the world's most expensive spice.Illustrations: 58 illustrations, with 54 in colour

The rich history of the intoxicating and evocative spice, vanilla.Illustrations: 53 illustrations, 44 in colour

Rice: A Global History presents in detail the historical journey that rice has taken, from its early origin as a staple food in Asian and West Afri...

From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early sav...

Pomegranate explores how people throughout history interacted with pomegranates, featuring a cast of historical heads from the Ashurnasirpal to Ann...

The first culinary history of a truly remarkable fish, cod.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Elisabeth TownsendNumber of pages: 180Collection: Ed...

The global history of coconut from its origin to its recent elevation to 'super-food' status.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Mary NewmanIllustr...

An engaging account of foie gras, a luxurious yet controversial ingredient.Illustrations: 66 illustrations, 50 in colour

Reducere. *** WINNER OF THE 2019 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019SHORTLISTED FOR THE NAYEF AL-RODHAN PRIZE...

Lorna Piatti-Farnell describes the story of how this fruit (which is technically a berry) has become one of the most popular foods on the planet.

The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju beverage. Tracing the history of soju from the premodern world to the twenty-first century, H...

Reducere. During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1, 300 performances. His career as ...

Martha Jay traces the history of allium family - onions, shallots, garlic, chives, and leeks - back to the earliest civilizations of the Fertile Cr...

A broad introduction to the role of insects as human food.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Gina Louise HunterIllustration(s): 60 illustrations, ...

Reducere. When Polish wigmaker and cosmetician Max Factor arrived in Los Angeles at the dawn of the motion picture industry, make-up had been associated only...

An innovative volume tracing the long history of protection across empires in Asia, Africa, Australasia, Europe and the Americas. A group of leadin...

'A landmark work giving a global panorama of Mao's ideology filled with historic events and enlivened by striking characters' Jonathan Fenby, autho...

Reducere. Clare Anderson provides a radical new reading of histories of empire and nation, showing that the history of punishment is not solely connected to ...

Looking at the eleventh century to the twentieth century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within loca...

An important new survey on abstract art that takes content as a guide to form, and breaks open the canon to make room for artists from across the g...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Lucy DelapNumber of pages: 416Collection: Pelican BooksPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 110 x 182 x 30Cover...

A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World

DescriptionA richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was pub...

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

Colonialism: A Global History interprets colonialism as an unequal relationship characterised by displacement and domination, and reveals the ways ...

DescriptionThe collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study...

Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Pr...

A global account of military strategy throughout history, from imperial strategies to those of anti-imperial insurgents

Sufism: A Global History is a unique account of global Sufism, tracing the gradual spread and adaptation of Sufi Islam through the Middle East into...

Reducere. Oil palms are ubiquitous--grown in nearly every tropical country, they supply the world with more edible fat than any other plant and play a role i...