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From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period. This book tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the 21st century through the lens...
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Alcohol can be an item of diet, a medicine, sometimes an element in religious ritual. It is a valued object for the connoisseur, a traded commodity and a symbol of national pride (wine for instance in France, whisky in Scotland). The range of social and medical problems associated with alcohol and the history of related treatment methods (including the temperance movement, prohibition, AA and a range of contemporary approaches) are considered here....
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One day Hart, a bored New York City transplant, decided to make a fake cooking show for a friend back in California. In her book, she presents a collection of stories, drawings, drink recommendations, cooking tips, and recipes to make and enjoy between drinks. The result is a hilarious -- and surprisingly useful -- reminder to enjoy life, and that together we can make it through.
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A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day. Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to the present day. Drink further documents the contribution...
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Watkins
Pub. Date
2023.
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xxvii, 305 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Are you ready to take your power back from alcohol? Whether you're looking to go booze free or want to make informed adjustments to your drinking habits, this inclusive and non-judgemental guide gives you the scientifically backed tools you need to create a relationship with alcohol that works for you, from cold exposure therapy to sound healing and beyond. You will explore the roots of your drinking behaviours and triggers, hear from leading industry...
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English
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America's obsession with its own history has resulted in innumerable bestsellers. Like baseball and the Civil War, Prohibition is one of the grand American topics, and now it is the subject of Daniel Okrent's masterful, prize-worthy tour de force. Last Call is a narrative history of one of the most puzzling and most exciting eras in American history, the years 1920 to 1933, when the Constitution was amended to restrict human social behavior. Beginning...
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Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2021.
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ix, 369 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
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English
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A look at how alcohol and other intoxicants helped spark the rise of the first large-scale societies by enhancing creativity, alleviating stress and building trust among conflicting tribes to allow them to cooperate with each other.
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Plume
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[2015]
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xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Mamrie Hart is a drinking star with a YouTube problem. As host of the bawdy cult hit You Deserve a Drink, Hart has been entertaining viewers with her signature concoction of tasty libations and raunchy puns since 2011. Finally, Hart has compiled her best drinking stories--and worst hangovers--into one hilarious volume. From the spring break where she and her girlfriends avoided tan lines by staying at an all-male gay nudist resort, to the bachelorette...
13) Alcohol
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English
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Describes the effect of alcohol on the body, the reasons why people use it, the dangers of abusing it, and methods of treatment and the prevention of addiction.
14) River of grass
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The story follows the misadventures of disaffected housewife and mom "Cozy" and the aimless layabout Lee, whose drunken flirtation one fateful night sends their lives into a tailspin.
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Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
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2 videodiscs (273 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Everything looks better through beer goggles. Even history. So strap on a buzz and watch as a third season of big name celebrities, including Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Ellie Kemper & Maya Rudolph, reenact wild American tales as told by trashed comedians.
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Comedy Central
Pub. Date
[2017]
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2 videodiscs (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Host Derek Waters is back with a whole season's worth of historical tales told by some of the most captivating, and totally wasted, storytellers around. It's the history they never taught, narrated by guest stars who never thought they'd drink this much.
17) Blind date
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Columbia Tristar Home Entertainement
Pub. Date
2001
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col., stereo ; 4 3/4 in
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English
Description
Workaholic Walter Davis invites beautiful southern belle Nadia Gates to a corporate dinner, expecting to impress his associates with this dazzling beauty. But all hell breaks loose when Nadia has "one too many" and reduces the evening to a shambles
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