Spice

SpiceBy: Jack Turner In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an erafrom ancient times through the Renaissancewhen what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood. Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have magical properties and were so valuable that

Steinbeck's National Book Award-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and the story of one Oklahoma farm family

By: Melissa Stewart     Beautiful photography and lyrical text pair with comprehensive picture captions in award-winning author Melissa Stewart's story about the surprisingly diverse world of seeds

An iconic name in graphic design

A gyptian named Coram warns him of a coming flood

Since no one knows what lies ahead

sometimes heartbreaking

except for the side effects

but when he finds himself the joke of a viral meme

45 cm | Science

Someone will be laid to rest

child-friendly illustrations from Andy Passchier

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