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  • Bittersweet

    The story of sugar

    de Peter Macinnis ...
    Forty years after first chewing on sugar cane in New Guinea, the home of sugar, the author underwent some complex dental work as a direct result of his sweet tooth. This led him to explore sugar cane's journey from New Guinea to Shakespeare's England. In the days before dentistry, people paid dearly for this sweet new food from exotic places. Queen Elizabeth I became so partial to hippocras, ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Killer Bean of Calabar and Other Stories

    Poisons and poisoners

    de Peter Macinnis ...
    A triumphantly toxic tome. As a dedicated Macinnis fan, I relish this latest display of erudition, story-telling and fun. One of his very best.'Robyn Williams, Head, ABC Science UnitWas Abraham Lincoln really as mad as a hatter?Who poisoned Phar Lap?Can wallpaper really kill?Was Jack the Ripper an arsenic eater?Painting a broad canvas, from the early Egyptians to the arsenical tube wells in ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Rockets

    Sulfur, Sputnik and scramjets

    de Peter Macinnis ...
    Our story starts around 700 BC when the Chinese used a form of gunpowder to fumigate their houses. The first real rockets were gunpowder filled sections of bamboo thrown under horses to scare them; the next development was to tie these to arrows.The Mongols took rockets from China to Europe where only some, including Admiral Nelson and the Crown Prince of Sweden, were impressed. The Royal Navy ... Leer más

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  • Poisons

    From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar

    de Peter Macinnis ...
    Poisons permeate our world. They are in the environment, the workplace, the home. They are in food, our favorite whiskey, medicine, and well water. They have been used to cure diseases as well as incapacitate and kill. They smooth wrinkles, block pain, stimulate and enhance athletic ability. In this entertaining and fact-filled book, science writer Peter Macinnis considers poisons in all their ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • 100 Discoveries

    de Peter Macinnis ...
    Throughout history, momentous, enabling discoveries have led to a giant leap in our understanding of the workings of the universe and fast-tracked human progress. 100 Discoveries presents the greatest 100 breakthroughs in science and technology, medicine, and the major areas of human endeavour of the past 10,000 years, from the development of agriculture in 10,000BC to the discovery of genomics ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • It's True! You eat poison every day (18)

    de Peter Macinnis, Bettina Guthridge ...
    Series Libro 18 - IT'S TRUE!
    Psst! It's true! This is the best book on POISONS you'll ever read!There's poison in pips, harm in herbs and definitely death in dyes. Poison is everywhere!Read about toxic wallpaper that killed even bedbugs. Find out why buns were bad for bun-buyers and how a poison might cure cancer. Bone up on murder mysteries, including the one about glow-in-the-dark soup. But don't tell anyone how much you ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Theology and Star Trek

    de Shaun C. Brown, Amanda MacInnis Hackney, Siobhan Benitez, Timothy J. Bertolet, Michael Buttrey, Joshua Canzona, Leah DeJong, Tupá Guerra, Timothy Harvie0, Peter M. J. Hess1, Christopher Hrynkow2, Michael R. MacLeod3, Gabriel Mckee4, Brett David Potter5, James Shire6, Zachary B. Smith7, Michael J. Stell8, W. Craig Streetman9, Robert C. Stroud0, Matthew William Brake1, James F. McGrath2 ...
    Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
    After Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005, Star Trek went on hiatus until the 2009 film Star Trek and its sequels. With the success of these films, Star Trek returned to the small screen with series like Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. These films and series, in different ways, reflect cultural shifts in Western society. Theology and Star Trek gathers a group of scholars from ... Leer más

    $105.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Strangers Among Us

    de L. R. Wright ...
    Narrado por Peter Outerbridge, Kristin Kreuk, Jacob MacInnis, Elva Mai Hoover, Rebecca Auerbach, Caleb Stull, Sheldon Elter, Derek Kwan ...

    Completo

    7 hora 57 minutos

    **“Wright’s style is lyrical and lucid. Her characters are rich psychological portraits.” -The Montreal Gazette“From first page to final sentence, Strangers Among Us holds the reader to the story.” -The Globe and Mail**From the doyenne of detective novels and the inspiration for the major TV series Murder in a Small Town (starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk), the seventh Karl Alberg ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Mother Love

    de L. R. Wright ...
    Narrado por Peter Outerbridge, Kristin Kreuk, Johnna Wright, Sheldon Elter, Veronica Hortiguela, Derek Kwan, Jacob MacInnis ...

    Completo

    8 hora 5 minutos

    **“Wright has become a master of the psychological thriller. Her characters are totally recognizable people whose actions are the result of complex motivations and who strive to rebuild their lives on the rubble of too many demolished dreams. Powerful reading for all readers, not just mystery fans.” -Booklist“A psychological novel in the tradition of P.D. James.” -Books in Canada**From the doyenne ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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    Advice, Wisdom, and History with a Grain of Saltiness

    de Caitlin PenzeyMoog ...
    A revealing look at the history and production of spices, with modern, no-nonsense advice on using them at home.Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed down in family recipes and pronounced by television chefs, but where do such ideas come from? Many are little better than superstition, and most serve only to reinforce a cook’s sense of ... Leer más

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  • The Quintessential Cast Iron Cookbook

    100 One-Pan Recipes to Make the Most of Your Skillet

    de Howie Southworth, Greg Matza ...
    Finally, a paperback version of the bestselling One Pan To Rule Them All!Let’s face it. If your kitchen had just one pan, one single tool to accomplish any cooking concoction of which you dare to dream, it should be a pretty awesome one, right? The one true pan to rule them all—it should be a cast iron skillet!Cast iron cookware is a proven hero, never goes out of style, and cannot be destroyed, ... Leer más

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  • Corsets and Codpieces

    A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era

    de Karen Bowman ...
    Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors.In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with scent to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD