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  Cask Strength - The Story of the...

  Mike Gerrard

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  From its first use by the Ancient Egyptians, the barrel has left an unmistakable imprint on human history. The Romans used the barrel in all corners of their vast empire, and explorers could not have charted the globe or opened up trade routes without barrels to store their food and water. And in all its thousands of years of use, the barrel's basic design has barely changed at all—a testament to its sheer and simple perfection. 
   
   
    
  Cask Strength is more than a history book. In it, Mike Gerrard, an award-winning travel and drinks writer, investigates the making, buying, and selling of barrels and details how drinks like wine, tequila, rum, cognac, and others are enhanced by specific kinds of barrel production. 
   
    
    
  Today, modern distillers, brewers, and wine-makers continue to use barrels in new, creative ways—with the barrel providing up to 60-70% of their flavors. Without the barrel, we would have no bourbon, no oak-aged chardonnay, no barrel-aged stouts . . . and no tabasco sauce, either. 
   
    
   
  Gerrard's expertise and palpable passion for good beverages interestingly made will ignite the curiosities of booze fans and history buffs alike as Cask Strength traces the simple splendor of the barrel.

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  Sprinkle In The Love Cookbook

  Gina Meyers

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  Children are naturally curious about what goes on in the kitchen, and are eager to step up to the culinary plate when given an opportunity. Now is the time to make healthy, wholesome, family-approved meals, first with an adult, and eventually on their own. Perfect cookbook for ages 6-12, parent and grandparent approved! Inside the pages of Sprinkle In the Love: For Kids, you’ll find: Farmer’s Market Favorites Flavors Italian Just Desserts A Little Mexican Flavor, Ole Simply Salads A Touch of Irish Asian Influence And a whole lot more! By empowering young chefs to make their own choices in the kitchen, Sprinkle In the Love Cookbook is building a new generation of confident cooks, engaged eaters, and curious experimenters. For children, teens and young adults, or for the young at heart, Sprinkle In the Love is the perfect kitchen companion.

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  Interrupting Cow and Other Itchy...

  Sam Letchworth

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  Have you ever wondered where horse milk vodka comes from? Or how to fight off a mob of Malaysian monkeys? Is it bad luck to wash cow poop off of your shoe? Travel vicariously with Sam across the Orient to find the funny but true answers. 
  Sam savors every local culture he encounters much like Conan O’Brian and the late Anthony Bourdain—embracing the people, their food, and especially their curiosities. His humor and infatuation with humanity’s diversity fuel each story. 
  Teaching in Korea and Vietnam since 2015, Sam uses his time out of the classroom to explore the rest of Asia. His five-book series, Itchy Feet Travel Tales in Asia, covers his adventures (and misadventures) in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Russia, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. 
  These stories of the sublime and the surreal will have you giggling and gawking as you follow Sam through the weird and wonderful world of the East.

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  A Place Like Mississippi - A...

  W. Ralph Eubanks

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  “This is the book all of us Mississippi writers, dead and alive, need to read. It is indeed a strange but glorious sensation to see your literary and geographic lineage so beautifully and rigorously explored and valued as it's still being created.” —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir The South has produced some of America’s most celebrated authors, and no state more so than Mississippi. Names as diverse as Faulkner, Welty, and Ward have created a literary legacy spanning decades and stretching across lines of class, gender, and race. One thing binds together these wide- ranging perspectives—the land itself. In A Place Like Mississippi, W. Ralph Eubanks explores those ties and the ways in which the Magnolia State has fostered such a bounty of expression. The stories haven’t always been easy to tell; even beautiful landscapes can’t obscure a complicated history. The state’s African American writers have long recounted the fight for equality, forming a lineage of powerful Black voices that continue to speak with urgency in our tumultuous times. Yet underlying those truths is also a deep affection for Mississippi’s places. With the love of a native son, Eubanks pays tribute to the inspiration that can come from the lay of the land, proving that a journey through one state’s literary terrain can help us better understand America as a whole.

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  My African Conquest - Cape to...

  Julia Albu

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  ‘Next year I’m going to be 80 years old. My car will be 20 years old. Together we’ll be 100. We’re going to drive to Cairo.’ 
    
  ‘And what route are you going to take?’ 
    
  ‘I have no idea. I think I’ll keep to the right.’ 
    
  When 80-year-old Julia Albu calls in to her favourite radio show with a zany, half-baked idea, she has no idea that it will lead her to the adventure of a lifetime. 
  From helping push a 30-year-old Toyota bakkie up a precipitous mountain pass in Malawi to being ‘adopted’ by the riotous ex-pat South African community in Dar es Salaam and being fed mildly hallucinogenic ‘herbs’ by her Ethiopian driver-guide, nothing deterred 80-year-old Julia Albu from her quest to drive through Africa from the Cape to Cairo. 
  	She and her 20-year-old Toyota Conquest, Tracy – a personality in her own right – travelled through 10 African countries, from South Africa to Egypt (and beyond). Julia was accompanied by a series of companions who added texture to her travels: three of her four grown-up children, her son-in-law, and at least one person who began as a complete stranger and ended up as a friend for life. 
  	Reminiscing about her long and interesting life along the way, and maintaining a bright and upbeat outlook regardless of the circumstances, Julia proves that you’re never too old to tackle that bucket list.

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  The Holistic Book of Herbal...

  Small Footprint Press

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  In The Holistic Book of Herbal Medicine & Natural Remedies, you will discover:A 7-step framework for herbalism newbies that will give you the knowledge and tools to start making your own homemade herbal remedies How to stop relying on expensive synthetic drugs by using easily available (and equally effective) herbs you can find at home Why natural doesn’t necessarily mean safe – how to avoid unwanted reactions by following these safety precautionsThe 5 things you have to check when buying your herbs to ensure you’re getting the highest quality20+ beginner-friendly medicinal herbs that can be used for a wide range of ailments – discover how to identify, prepare and use themPractical tips for prolonging the shelf-life of your concoctions and maximizing their useEasy-to-follow recipes for therapeutic remedies that help with pain relief, allergies, colds, and more 
  And much more. 
  Even if you can’t tell the difference between cilantro and peppermint, you can still become adept at using and preparing herbs.  
  With this guide, you’ll not only be able to identify herbs, but you’ll also learn how to prepare them to maximize their effectiveness.  
  Herbs aren’t just for adding flavor to your food. Explore the medicinal side of herbs and discover just how powerful they are.  
  If you want to break free from dependence on medication and take back control of your health, then Start Listening now!

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