Lost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes from a Bootlegger's Manual, Paperback

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): James T. LapsleyNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 228 x 24Cover type:...

DescriptionAmericans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Prot...

Discover over 170 pre-Prohibition cocktail recipes for all occasions How much do you know about the glory days of the cocktail before Prohibition a...

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Paul, a young Irish engineer, follows Evelyn to Berlin. A moving novel about language, memory, building and love.

DescriptionProhibition in the United StatesFor thirteen years, from 1920 to 1933, the transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages were prohibite...

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In these brilliantly vivid vignettes Kenny offers telling and often unexpected insights into the achievements, flaws and foibles of sixty public fi...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): A.M. MoskovitzNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 139 x 217 x 17Cover type: Paperb...

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Another beautiful, revelatory country diary from one of the best nature writers in Britain. 'If you've never read Mark Cocker, then you must.

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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the States for a while but before leaving his much-loved home in...

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Contributor(s): Author: Jan ShoemakerIn this book of creative nonfiction set in Michigan, Jan Shoemaker shares her quest and her vision. The lovely...

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