Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movement changed our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods and workplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulously reported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fair trade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through a cast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, business sharks, slackers,...
Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the sto...
John Sanford is a driven Houston businessman with little life outside of his work. Compelled by circumstances beyond his control to relocate his manufacturing to Mexico, he partners with Mexican businessmen who are fluent in both Spanish and English.
Rather than trust his new associates, John decides he must learn Spanish and commits to a total immersion language course that requires him to live in a Mexican household. He is placed in the home of Lourdes de Madrid Rodriguez, a haughty and complex woman with a dark past. John has a difficult time adjusting to his new world. Tension rises...
John Sanford is a driven Houston businessman with little life outside of his work. Compelled by circumstances beyond his control to relocate his ma...
