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  • Intoxicology

    A Cultural History of Drink and Drugs

    by Stuart Walton ...
    "Like any good cocktail, this book brings together tasty ingredients in a delicious mix." Boston HeraldIntoxicology is an addictive investigation into the history and culture of Narcotica - from the everyday use of alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco to the illicit realm of opiates, amphetamines, and hallucinogens. The book is a witty and provocative look at why intoxication has always been a part of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of Human Emotions

    by Stuart Walton ...
    A "fresh and entertaining" survey of the human emotional landscape—and how it has shifted over the centuries ( Kirkus Reviews).Using Charles Darwin's survey of emotions as a starting point, Stuart Walton's A Natural History of Human Emotions examines the history of each of our core emotions—fear, anger, disgust, sadness, jealousy, contempt, shame, embarrassment, surprise, and happiness—and how ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sleepless Nights

    The Faults and Failings of Love

    by Stuart Walton ...
    Sleepless Nights: The Faults and Failings of Love is an inquiry into the cultural and psychological forces at work in our most intimate relationships. Romanticized and theorized throughout all ages, love remains the paradigm of human experience, the one aspect of life that could redeem all the suffering and disappointment to which we are otherwise heir. And yet it too often forms part of that very ... Read more

    $71.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Natural History of Human Emotions

    by Stuart Walton ...
    'I love Walton's work for its deftness in combining high culture with demotic allusions. Michael Douglas, the Simpsons and Dolly Parton jostle Schopenhauer, Sophocles and Adorno in his pages.' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, The TimesCharles Darwin believed that the emotions of all human beings are as innate and as regular as our bone structure.Using Darwin's survey of emotions as a starting point, ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Devil's Dinner

    A Gastronomic and Cultural History of Chili Peppers

    by Stuart Walton ...
    Stuart Walton's The Devil's Dinner looks at the history of hot peppers, their culinary uses through the ages, and the significance of spicy food in an increasingly homogenous world.The Devil's Dinner is the first authoritative history of chili peppers. There are countless books on cooking with chilies, but no book goes into depth about the biological, gastronomical, and cultural impact this ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Classic Cocktails:150 Sensational Drink Recipes Shown in 250 Fabulous Photographs

    by Stuart Walton ...
    The ultimate bartenders guide how to create delicious drinks using spirits, liqueurs, wine, beers and mixers. There are instructions for making both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, accompanied by glorious photographs. All the best-loved cocktails are featured, as well as some more unusual drinks to try. Here are classic formulas of the 1920s Jazz Age such as White Lady and Maiden's Blush, ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • An Excursion through Chaos

    Disorder under the Heavens

    by Stuart Walton ...
    From its original meaning as a gaping void, or the emptiness that precedes the whole of creation, chaos has taken on the exclusive meaning of confusion, pandemonium and mayhem. This definition has become the overarching word to describe any challenge to the established order; be it railway strikes or political dissent, any unexpected event is routinely described in the media and popular parlance ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat

    The fourth edition of Clinical Medicine of the Dog and Cat remains the most extensively illustrated and practical small animal veterinary textbook on the market.It continues and expands on the revolutionary problem-based approach of the previous three editions, with more than 1,100 clinical color photographs, diagrams, and tables. The book is divided into five color-coded sections—General Approach ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • The First Day in Paradise

    by Stuart Walton ...
    The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Neglected or Misunderstood

    Introducing Theodor Adorno

    by Stuart Walton ...
    While Theodor Adorno has continued to be influential since his death in 1969, his very centrality has led to the left simplifying his ideas while the right placed him at the center of a myriad of wild conspiracy theories, all of them filed under the category of Cultural Marxism. Adorno has wrongly been blamed for everything from the Beatles to postmodernism, but he has continued to be read, if ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • In The Realm of the Senses

    A Materialist Theory of Seeing and Feeling

    by Stuart Walton ...
    The five physical senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching have been held to underpin the complexity of human experience ever since Aristotle first theorised about how they worked. Classical and scholastic philosophy up to the time of the European Enlightenment relegated their operations to its margins, viewing them as at best a distraction from higher thinking, and at worst a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Summer Cocktails

    Mulligan's Bar Guide

    Canada’s favourite drink bible is back to help you make the most of summer with fresh and light summer cocktails—the perfect pairings for backyard barbeques and lazy days at the cottage.This well-priced and handy guide will help you master summer favourites like the Bellini, California Iced Tea, the Margarita, and more, and also includes layering instructions and a guide to bar ware.Mulligan’s Bar ... Read more

    $0.99 USD