Category Archives: Caribbean
Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey
Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family`s history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and an ethnobotanical exploration of spices and their uses,
Spokane WA Rand McNally
NEW STREET PLAN CARTOGRAPHY FROM RAND McNALLY: Rand McNally are currently changing the cartography of their street plans to a more โ€Europeanโ€ style. In many titles streets are now shown by parallel lines, providing a much clearer, easier to read presentation. Better use of colouring indicates different types of land use and/or institutions (parks, shopping
Denali`s Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America`s Wildest Peak
In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska`s Mount McKinley – known to locals as Denali, `The High One` – one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall grew up in the mountain`s shadow, the son of the ranger on duty at the time
In My Hands
This title offers an utterly amazing, true, first-person account of one girl`s experience in wartime. Irene Gut Opdyke was a Catholic Polish nursing student when WWII broke out. She soon became mired in the horrors of central Europe as, at various times, a partisan, a refugee, a housekeeper to the Nazis and, over all, as
The White Russian
St Petersburg 1917. The capital of the glittering Empire of the Tsars and a city on the brink of revolution where the jackals of the Secret Police intrigue for their own survival as their aristocratic masters indulge in one last, desperate round of hedonism. For Sandro Ruzsky, Chief Investigator of the city police, even this
The End of the Sky
11-year-old Slim Hannigan and her family left their home in Ireland to travel to America – in search of a better life. It has been so long and such a journey that Slim Hannigan and the rest of her family can`t even imagine what home looks like anymore. And there are many, many miles across
The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture
Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we`re told. In The Gunning of America, historian Pamela Haag overturns this
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
Charles Darwin`s masterpiece, โ€On the Origin of Speciesโ€, shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as
Reading the Maya Glyphs
In the recent past, a working knowledge of the Maya script has been confined to epigraphers, art historians and other specialists. Its very unfamiliarity to the general public, and the daunting aspect of its approximately 800 signs, have made the system appear more complex and arcane than it really is. Reading the Maya Glyphs is
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: The Masters of Nature Photography Volume Two: Volume Two
The master photographers making up this volume are Tim Laman (Lexington, MA), Brian Skerry (Uxbridge, MA), Steve Winter (Hoboken, NJ) Art Wolfe (Seattle), Hannu Hautala (Finland), Klaus Nigge (Germany), Thomas P. Peschak (Germany/South Africa), Tui de Roy (New Zealand), Cyril Ruoso (France), and Stefano Unterthiner (Italy). These influential artists provide us with insight into the
The Maya
Coe and Houston update this classic account of the New Worlds greatest ancient civilization, incorporating the most recent research in a fast-changing field. New discoveries of spectacular stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul reveal surprising aspects of Maya royalty; the Classic Maya themselves can be understood as occupants of royal courts, full of Machiavellian
Eau de Cafe
A novel which presents a picture of French Caribbean village life. Since the arrival of a mysterious and desirable girl, the sea has become barren and the fishing village of Grand-Anse has turned its back on it. Only the narrator, intrigued by the girl and the sea, keeps his window open.
Frida Kahlo: `I Paint My Reality`
Born in Mexico in 1907, Frida Kahlo learned about suffering at an early age. She fell victim to polio at the age of six, and was then seriously hurt in a bus accident at eighteen, resulting in injuries that affected her for the rest of her life. The young and indomitable Frida met Diego Rivera,
Improbable Libraries
From the rise of the egalitarian Little Free Library movement (motto: Take a book, return a book) to the growth in luxury hotel libraries, Alex Johnson whose parents were both librarians maps out the history and future of the 21st-century library revolution in seven thematic chapters, each consisting of a brief essay followed by illustrated
The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry
This achingly jawdropping book follows the evolution of dentistry throughout the world from the Bronze Age to the present day, presenting captivating and grim illustrations of the tools and techniques of dentistry through the ages. Organized chronologically, The Smile Stealers interleaves beautiful and gruesome technical illustrations and paintings from the Wellcome Collection`s unique archive of
Mexico: A Culinary Quest
Chronicling a journey of close observation across some of the country`s most picturesque states via the medium of 60 entertaining, informative profiles, Mexico: A Culinary Quest captures the essence and spirit of Mexican food history as well as a wide range of contemporary cooking styles. The profiles represent a cross-section of both walks of life
