Straight Up or on the Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail, Paperback - William Grimes

The cocktail is as old as the nation that invented it, yet until this entertaining and authoritative account, its story had never been fully told. ...

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Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of ...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Mary FarrellIllustration(s): 50 black-and-white and color photographsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

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The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

This guidebook includes 30 walks on the Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset. Covering the coast between Exmouth and Bournemouth, these delightful ro...

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Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave is the first fugitive slave narrative in American history. Because Grimes wrote and published his narrati...

Reducere. Art Pepper (1925-1982) was called the greatest alto saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. But his autobiography, Straight Life, is muc...

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Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Salamishah TilletNumber of pages: 224Collection: Books About BooksPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 201 x 19Cover...

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Many of us clean, purge, or "tidy up" in efforts to rid ourselves of the excess in our lives. Despite our best efforts, it doesn't take long for us...

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

The story of Art PepperPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): Laurie PepperNumber of pages: 624Publication date: 2001Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 36Co...

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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...

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The inspiring true story of the tragic loss and triumphant resurrection of a basketball team and its coach at the heart of a small Indiana town.By ...

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Reducere. This enthralling story of life on "The Rock", America's only Federal prison on an island in the middle of the scenic San Francisco Bay is a window ...

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Muchnick lays bare the murder-suicide of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel. The Benoit murder-suicide in 2007 was ...