Instead of telling history with walords like Napoleon and Ceaser, its nice to use food. Kurlansky knows everything about saly economics, chemistry, and utility. I've heard … more
This book freaked me out. It reminds me (uncomfortably) of my life where I'm always trying to get financially stable and never quite get there. Anybody with half a brain would … more
So Thomas Hardy is obsessed with stalling maidens who won't quite commit to marrying the bachelor charecters but string them along. In this book the stalling overlaps into a … more