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The Castles of the Rhine: Recreating the Middle Ages in Modern Germany

The Castles of the Rhine: Recreating the Middle Ages in Modern Germany


Robert R. Taylor



"[W]hen studying the great German river [the Rhine], one can escape neither poetry nor politics. The...
The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook

The Cookbook Library: Four Centuries of the Cooks, Writers, and Recipes That Made the Modern Cookbook


Anne Willan, Kyri Claflin, Mark Cherniavsky



"A wonderfully researched and beautifully illustrated work, "The Cookbook Library" is at once an eng...
The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium

The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium


Bernd Brunner



...Brunner does plenty to arouse interest and appreciation of this history in his well-paced and sur...
Olive: A Global History

Olive: A Global History


Fabrizia Lanza



“A fun, smartly written series appropriate for a popular audience that likes to eat . . . the ...
Design As Art

Design As Art


Bruno Munari



Text: English, Italian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edit...
Discover Your Family History Online: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Genealogy Search

Discover Your Family History Online: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Genealogy Search


Nancy Hendrickson



Nancy Hendrickson is an expert in Internet genealogy and has been interviewed as an expert on the su...
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān. Vol. 3, J-O

Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān. Vol. 3, J-O


Jane Dammen Mcauliffe



The Qur'an is the primary religious text for one-sixth of the world's population. Understood by Muslims to contain God's own words...
Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy

Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy


David Gentilcore



(Library Journal 6/1/10) (Billy Heller New York Post 6/13/10) (Choice 11/1/10) (Diane Leach PopMatt...
Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook

Fannie's Last Supper: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer's 1896 Cookbook


Chris Kimball



Starred Review. Kimball, founder of Cook's Illustrated and host of the PBS series America's Test Kit...
At Home on the Range

At Home on the Range


Elizabeth Gilbert, Margaret Yardley Potter



"When first published in 1947, At Home on the Range, by Margaret Yardley Potter, must have seemed a ...
Da Vincis Ghost

Da Vincis Ghost


To Lester



Toby Lester is a contributing editor to The Atlantic where he has been a writer, staff editor, senio...
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea

Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea


Frank Delaney



Crippled by two monstrous waves during a 1951 North Atlantic hurricane, the freighter Flying Enterpr...
A Taste for Absinthe: 65 Recipes for Classic and Contemporary Cocktails

A Taste for Absinthe: 65 Recipes for Classic and Contemporary Cocktails


Dale Degroff, James F. Thompson, Liza Gershman, R. Winston Guthrie



R. WINSTON GUTHRIE is an absinthe expert and the founder of www.AbsintheBuyersGuide.com, which is th...
Witness in Our Time, Second Edition: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers

Witness in Our Time, Second Edition: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers


Ken Light



From CHOICELight (Univ. of California, Berkeley) uses the phrase "a witness to their time" to descri...
From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights

From Tyndale to Madison: How the Death of an English Martyr Led to the American Bill of Rights


Michael Farris



Michael Farris is chairman and general counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association and chan...
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World


Hugh Brewster



“Brewster’s nuanced account introduces us to a plutocracy frolicking in the sunset of En...
Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: the History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians


Richard Sugg



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Classic Video Games: The Golden Age, 1971-1984

Classic Video Games: The Golden Age, 1971-1984


Brian Y.



Brian R. Eddy has been developing video games for over three decades. He is currently the CCO of Spo...
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil


Tom Mueller



: E.V.O.O. just got a whole lot more complicated. Tom Mueller's Extra Virginity is about as explosiv...
An Exaltation of Soups: The Soul-Satisfying Story of Soup, As Told in More Than 100 Recipes

An Exaltation of Soups: The Soul-Satisfying Story of Soup, As Told in More Than 100 Recipes


Patricia Solley



Solley's passionate compendium of history, folklore, literary references and recipes collects tidbit...
Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases

Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases


Paul A. Offit



*Starred Review* Maurice Hilleman's name isn't well known, and according to infectious disease exper...
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years

The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years


Sonia Shah



This fascinating, mordant pop-sci account tells us why malaria is one of the world™s greatest...
Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s

Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s


David W. Bebbington



'... an invaluable history ... this volume will stimulate debate and provide a point of reference fo...
The Routledge History of Slavery

The Routledge History of Slavery


Trevor Burnard, Gad Heuman



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Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors

Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors


Andrea Nguyen, Bruce Cost, Leigh Beisch



Vietnam-born Nguyen writes passionately and knowledgeably about the history and fundamentals of Viet...
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism

The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism


Ross King



Listening to Layton is like sitting at a Left Bank cafe with a British friend who knows both the his...