Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill was published in 1892. It documents the lives of immigrant Jews who lived and worked in the Yiddish-speaking streets and densely packed alleys emptying into London's Petticoat Lane, the East End bazaar that was both marketplace and communal watering hole. Zangwill's portrayal of the uncertain situation of 'his people, ' which all too often had been painted in dreadfully sombre tones by earnest social reformers and drum-beating evangelists, is insightfully told with affectionate honesty and wryness of humour. Introduction by social historian and...
Children of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill was published in 1892. It documents the lives of immigrant Jews who lived and worked in the Yiddish-speaking...
A People's History of Coffee and Cafes is an exploration into how a certain plant became a global commodity, creating fortunes and despair, bringing people together and tearing them apart, playing a starring role in the remarkable awakening of our modern world. The theme is coffee and the venue is the coffeehouse - one of the few places where prince and pauper might meet on equal footing. But where did coffee really come from? And how did it get to us? For in the course of a single generation, coffee burst onto the European scene like an Arabian Sirocco. Or did it? And if so, how did that...
A People's History of Coffee and Cafes is an exploration into how a certain plant became a global commodity, creating fortunes and despair, bringing p...
'He opened the cupboard and stared in disbelief at the emptiness within. There wasn't any coffee left...' So begins this marvellous foray into a wondrous London-based coffee adventure combining literature, fantasy, history and art into a frothy cappuccino. Bob Biderman is a social historian and author of numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, including A People's History of Coffee and Cafes.
'He opened the cupboard and stared in disbelief at the emptiness within. There wasn't any coffee left...' So begins this marvellous foray into a wo...
A STRANGE DISEASE is threatening Cambridge. Is it a new type of virus or does it involve something more sinister - like the Toxic Oil Scandal that ravaged Spain in the 1980s? The clock is ticking as famed epidemiologist, Peter Grant, races to find the mysterious toxin and its source before the city succumbs to a serious plague. Alarming as today's headlines, Technofarm seriously questions the ethics of agribusiness at a time when profit often comes before safety.
BOB BIDERMAN is a novelist, editor and social historian. His novels, mysteries and social histories have been...
A STRANGE DISEASE is threatening Cambridge. Is it a new type of virus or does it involve something more sinister - like the Toxic Oil Scandal that ...
