The creator and protagonist of the infamous TuckerMax.com Web site is back with a whole new collection of hilarious stories of male debauchery, deviance, and occasional delinquency.
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quenchthirst. According to the author of "The Victorian Internet," six of them havehad a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming thedefining drink during a pivotal historical period.
Turn to Grossman's Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits for quick answers to your questions about any alcoholic beverage and for insights into the history and origins of liquor. Whether you're looking for technical advice or interesting conversation pieces, this resource is sure to meet all of your needs.
Mixing practical know-how and opinion, this collection of hilarious and deeply informed writings about drink is served up by one of the great all-time authorities.
New in the popular 'Running Press Cyclopedia' gift-book format, 'The Big Bad-Ass Book of Shots' is a hip, authoritative guide to shots, shooters and slammers destined to become a barfly's bible.
"Drink" investigates the history of the most Jekyll and Hyde of all fluids--alcohol--and traces humankind's love/hate relationship with it from ancient Egypt to the present day. Gately also provides a history of the world's most famous drinks--and the world's most famous drinkers.
Attempting to deconstruct America's joyless obsession with sobriety, The Modern Drunkard offers today's befuddled drinkers a comprehensive and instructive manual on how to drink-and how to do it well. Through articles, anecdotes, cartoons, and illustrations, Frank Kelly Rich campaigns to revive the lost art of tippling and taps a deep vein of ...
Here we go. Gene "The Contrary Farmer" Logsdon has taken on some controversial subjects in his time, but this time he has bitten off (sipped on doesnt sound right) a topic bound to raise strong feelings on both sides of societys moral boundary lines. His subject is alcohol and its traditional role on the family homestead. Not surprisingly, Gene ...
View Catholic life from a unique perspective. Starting with the wines, beers, and liquors made around the world by monks, the authors explore everything from Irish history to the secrets of the Knights Templar, with drinking games, food, and cocktail recipes, and rollicking drinking songs.
Since its first publication in 1920, George Saintsbury's classic "Notes on a Cellar-Book" has remained one of the greatest tributes to drink and drinking in the literature of wine. A collection of tasting notes, menus, and robust opinions, the work is filled with anecdotes and recollections of wines and spirits consumed - from the heights of ...
The official handbook of Moderation Management, a non-profit, national self-help program that supports moderate drinking as a reasonable and attainable recovery goal for problem drinkers. Based on her own unsatisfactory experience with abstinence-based programs, Kishline offers inspiration and a step-by-step program to help individuals avoid the ...
A rollicking, frolicking, bawdy, completely colorful history book all about the hub of western life -- the saloon! The saloon was often a town's first public building and served almost every human need. From what they drank to what they wore and how they swore, the guys and gals who created the myths and magic of the Old West are all here.
Through the prism of ten distinctive rum cocktails, dating from the mid-17th century to the present day, this text tells the history of North America and the Caribbean.
More than 1,300 essential drink recipes from New York City's top bars are presented in an updated and beautifully redesigned edition of Black Dog's million-selling guide. From the most sublime Cosmopolitan to the boldest Bloody Mary to the most enticing Egg Cream, "The New York Bartender's Guide offers more than a thousand mouthwatering recipes ...
A New York Times bestseller with over 175,000 copies sold, the ABSOLUT BOOK is as good as the vodka it promotes. Richard Lewis takes readers behind the scenes to cover the birth and growth of this award-winning advertising campaign, and provides the definitive illustrated history of one of the most successful advertising promotions ever seen. This ...
Memorising all those drink recipes can make a bartender downright tipsy. The completely revised and updated "The Everything Bartender's Book, 2nd Edition" is a must have tool for anyone standing behind a bar. Packed with 750 recipes for classic drinks, shots, cordials, and non-alcoholic beverages, this compact guide also offers: the history of the ...
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal ...
Featuring over 600 recipes for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, this comprehensive handbook is easy to use and ideal for amateur and professional bartenders everywhere. Quickly master every type of mixed drink, from classic cocktails to the perfect pina colada. There's also information on brewing your own beer, a survey of the best wines ...
A British professor of addiction behavior now offers the complete, popular story of alcohol--from biology to social policy to treatment--from the Egyptians to the 21st century.
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With characteristic elegance and delicious wit, Barbara Holland, ("a national treasure,"--"Philadelphia Inquirer") celebrates the age-old act of drinking in this gimlet-eyed survey of man's relationship with booze, since the joyful discovery, ten thousand years ago, of fermented fruits and grains. In this spirited paean to alcohol, two parts ...
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