Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World, Paperback - Mark Pendergrast

DescriptionThe definitive history of the world's most popular drugUncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancien...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Germania, then keep reading...Germany is a relatively young nation-state. United in 1871, it's e...

Reducere. DescriptionAn award-winning food writer takes us on a global tour of what the world eats--and shows us how we can change it for the betterFood is o...

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DescriptionA finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the ...

Reducere. This collection of stories and illustrations--all about the wonders of the spiritual realm--takes you on a captivating ride from the great myths of...

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DescriptionThe history of coffee is much more than the tale of one luxury good--it is a lens through which to consider various strands of world his...

He describes the competing efforts of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Chinese companies Tencent and Alibaba to create a viable quantum computer,...

Reducere. Relying on meticulous original archival research, historian Peter Silver uncovers a fearful and vibrant early America in which Lutherans and Presby...

In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of...

Description"Mark Obmascik has deftly rescued an important story from the margins of our history--and from our country's most forbidding frontier. D...

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Reducere. In this fictionalized story about a real humanitarian problem facing many countries in the developing world today, readers meet Mimi, an ordinary g...

Reducere. "Tasseography: Reading coffee grounds and Tea leaf " is Nik W. D. Goodman's second work in his book series "Magic for Beginners - Grimoire de Diama...

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Successfully interweaves coffee, art, architecture, and design by providing the full range of retail spaces, including coffee shops located in hist...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christian WolmarThe opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. With...

Many people today would say that Christianity has done more harm than good to our world. Sharon James argues, however, in seeking to love their nei...

Reducere. Discover the facts you've been missing from the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving story!Did freedom of religion & conscience exist in 16th century Europe?How ...

The Story of the Fly explores how a humble insect, with its fascinating history and manifold talents, holds the answer to profitably solving some o...

An ambitious yet accessible account of Britain's Neolithic Revolution that examines how the early agricultural settlers on our island shaped their ...

Reducere. When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue--the longes...

Christian Wolmar's biggest paperback yet. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways a...

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Reducere. The bestselling author of The Crusades Through Arab Eyes traces how civilizations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century and now lack the s...

London's East Enders are known for being a tough, humorous and lively lot. The old East End communities were gone forever. Told by the residents th...

An erudite and affectionate history of the Basque people, a nation without a country, the origins of which go back to pre-Roman times, and whose ow...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the third of three music theory books written by Felix Pastorius. "Just A.S.I.P. (accenting symmetrical intervallic patterns) of...

Publisher: Ebury PublishingAuthor(s): Louis WeinstockNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 222 x 33Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking and now famous work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous pr...

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Scary Smart explains tech and why we need to pay attention to it. From Mo Gawdat, international bestselling author of Solve for Happy.Publisher: Pa...

Reducere. Following in the footsteps of music history/biography texts such as the infamous Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and Sex, Drugs...

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Reducere. The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the paper that launched Einstein's career, made E=mc2 famous, and ushered in a revo...

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Reducere. A classic expose in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the th...

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Reducere. Student, Sailor, Skipper, Survivor goes beyond the often-told battle stories to describe the life experiences shared by millions of Americans servi...