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The Year that Changed the World
The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall
by Michael Meyer
Scribner, 2009
As Newsweek’s bureau chief in Germany, Michael Meyer was an eyewitness to the fall of the Berlin Wall. On the 20th anniversary of 1989, he pays tribute to the event in this memoir which documents the key players [...]

Saving Paradise
How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire
by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker
The classic crucifixion image of Jesus in agony on a cross, so ingrained in Christian consciousness as to be its dominant archetype, is a rather new expression (probably less than a millenia old) created for political reasons [...]

The Lady Was a Gambler: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West
by Chris Enss. TwoDot, 2007Contrary to most media representations, men did not win the West alone. There were women involved as well.
Old West occupations like cowboying and mining were almost exclusively male, but there were exceptions. There were also a few women [...]

Chocolate Pathway to the Gods
by Meredith L. Dreiss and Sharon Edgar Greenhill
University of Arizona Press, 2008
Today, chocolate may be a popular confection, but in the region of its origin — ancient Mesoamerica — it was a sacred substance, literally a food of the gods.
This illustrated history of chocolate documents the importance of cacao and its [...]

During Wind and Rain
by Margaret Bolsterli
University of Arkansas Press, 2008
There may be no richer soil in the world than the alluvial deposits of southeast Arkansas at the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers. Flat, swampy and somewhat dangerous, this is the place that Uriah Jones settled upon with his wife and son in 1849 [...]

The Culture of Calamity
Disaster and the Making of Modern America
by Kevin Rozario
University of Chicago Press, 2007
From a 1638 earthquake in New England to the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco and, finally, the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this study examines the curious role of disasters in the development of the United States.
Kevin [...]

The Lady Was a Gambler: True Stories of Notorious Women of the Old West
by Chris Enss. TwoDot, 2007
Contrary to most media representations, men did not win the West alone. There were women involved as well.
Old West occupations like cowboying and mining were almost exclusively male, but there were exceptions. There were also a few women [...]

The Story of Tea A Cultural History and Drinking Guide
by Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss. Ten Speed Press, 2007
The second most consumed beverage in world, after water, tea is a lovable and economical beverages that has become an integral part of many people’s lives.
According to legend, tea was discovered in 2737 BC when [...]

How did the pretzel get its knot? When did hot dogs get their buns? And who put the hole in the doughnut?
There’s a story behind every food item, it seems, and the more elaborate the dish the more bizarre the tale. Chicken Tetrazzini, for instance, is a dish named in honor of the early-century Italian [...]

Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America
An Illustrated Source Book of Practical Techniques Used by the Colonists
by C. Keith Wilbur
Globe Pequot, 1992
The European immigrants who settled New England in the 17th and 18th centuries converted virgin forests to houses and towns and cities with astonishing efficiency. Lacking power tools and milled lumber, they built a civilization [...]