A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage
The entertaining and surprising stories that lay behind six of the world's most popular beverages.
Standage manages to be incisive, illuminating and swift without belabouring his analysis-- Janet Maslin * Scotland on Sunday *
Whatever your poison, this fizzy cocktail of social and cultural history is hard to resist. * Daily Mail *
Standage tells his story with verve and there are suprises on almost every
page.
Whatever your poison, this fizzy cocktail of social and cultural history is hard to resist. * Daily Mail *
Tom Standage is business editor at The Economist and author of The Turk, The Neptune File and The Victorian Internet. He has also written for publications including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New York Times and Wired. He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843545958 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843545950 |
| Title | A History of the World in 6 Glasses |
| Author | Tom Standage |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2007-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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