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Apple : A Global History by Erika Janik
Category: Food Cooking Wine | Series: Edible
'Gravenstein', 'Coe's Golden Drop', 'Mendocino Cox': the names sound like something from Tolkien or the ingredients in a fairy potion rather than the names of fruit. But as befits their magical names apples - both real and imaginary - have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. "Apple: A ...Show more
Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine by Erika Janik
Category: Popular Science
An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods such as induced vomiting and bleeding, blistering, and sweating patient ...Show more
Pistols and Petticoats 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction by Erika Janik
Category: True Crime
Pistols and Petticoats: 175 Years of Lady Detectives in Fact and Fiction by Erika Janik
Category: Biography
A lively exploration of the struggles faced by women in law enforcement and mystery fiction for the past 175 years In 1910, Alice Wells took the oath to join the all-male Los Angeles Police Department. She wore no uniform, carried no weapon, and kept her badge stuffed in her pocketbook. She wasn t the f ...Show more
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