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Material world: The six raw materials that shape modern civilization
Par Ed Conway. 2023
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and…
greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award The fiber-optic cables that weave the World Wide Web, the copper veins of our electric grids, the silicon chips and lithium batteries that power our phones and cars: though it can feel like we now live in a weightless world of information—what Ed Conway calls "the ethereal world"—our twenty-first-century lives are still very much rooted in the material. In fact, we dug more stuff out of the earth in 2017 than in all of human history before 1950. For every ton of fossil fuels, we extract six tons of other materials, from sand to stone to wood to metal. And in Material World, Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates. Material World is a celebration of the humans and the human networks, the miraculous processes and the little-known companies, that combine to turn raw materials into things of wonder. This is the story of human civilization from an entirely new perspective: the ground upThe West Indian-American experience (Coming to America)
Par Warren Halliburton. 1994
The term West Indian usually refers to people from the English-speaking Caribbean. This book explains West Indian history, recounting how…
European settlers wiped out the original Caribbean inhabitants and how modern West Indians descended from Africans brought over as slaves. Economic factors have caused many West Indians to emigrate to the United States even though they have been appalled by U.S. racism. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe best of Thailand: a cookbook
Par Grace Young. 1993
With both Chinese and Indian influences, Thai food is "of two minds: It can be sweet and soothing, or hot…
and spicy almost beyond imagination." Important ingredients are fish sauce, fresh chili peppers, coconut milk, and herbs. Includes recipes for four curry pastes and a variety of classic Thai dishesIt happened in America: true stories from the fifty states
Par Lila Perl. 1992
Beginning with the Alabama bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks and continuing state-by-state in alphabetical order, the author presents a…
selection of fifty true accounts from American history. A history that she describes as "crammed with tales of quiet courage and dashing bravado, feats of accomplishment, and magnificent failures." For grades 5-8 and older readersThe wooden spoon cookie book: favorite home-style recipes from the wooden spoon kitchen
Par Marilyn Moore. 1994
The World in 1492
Par Jean Fritz. 1992
An introduction to the history, accomplishments, customs, and beliefs of people living in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania, and the…
Americas at the time Columbus discovered the new world. Includes accounts of African doctors who routinely removed cataracts from the human eye and of an Italian artist and inventor who sketched his idea for a flying machine. For grades 5-8 and older readersPanini, bruschetta, crostini: sandwiches, Italian style
Par Viana Place. 1994
Panini are Italian-style sandwiches in which the bread encloses the ingredients. Bruschetta is a grilled bread that is the foundation…
for toppings (the original garlic bread). Round or square crostini are miniature, sophisticated kinds of bruschetta providing single bitefuls of flavor. Recipes are provided for making several versions of each type of sandwichTurn of the century: our nation one hundred years ago
Par Nancy Levinson. 1994
On New Year's Eve 1899, America celebrated not only a new year, but a new century. Levinson looks at the…
country as it was in 1900 and then shows ways in which people's lives began to change. Topics include the growth in the use of the railroad, automobile, and telephone and the evolution of large cities as America turned from an agricultural country into an urban one. For grades 4-7 and older readersA pioneer sampler: the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840
Par Barbara Greenwood. 1994
A year in the life of a fictional family, the Robertsons, shows how pioneers spent their days in the 1840s.…
Explains how to make maple sugar, what school was like, how the land was cleared and farmed, and much more. Provides projects to give modern-day children a chance to do things the way their ancestors did. For grades 3-6Persian cooking for a healthy kitchen
Par Najmieh Batmanglij. 1994
The author draws on fifteen years of researching Persian traditions and collecting and preparing recipes for her collection of low-fat,…
high-flavor dishes. She includes recipes for appetizers and side dishes, soups, pickles and relishes, desserts, various meats, and the ever-present riceGrains: seventy-six healthy recipes for barley, corn, rye, wheat, and other grains
Par Joanne Hayes. 1995
The authors explore using barley, corn, kamut, millet, oats, rye, spelt, teff, triticale, and wheat as well as nongrains amaranth,…
buckwheat, and quinoa and provide nutritional information, basic grain recipes, dishes for every meal, and mail-order sources for grains. Recipes include couscous salad, pilaf, and flat breadRecipes for soups, fish and shellfish, poultry, meats, eggs, vegetables, and rice and noodles, with a guide to ingredients used…
in Chinese and other Asian cooking. The listing for each ingredient includes a description and shopping and storage hintsThe noodle shop cookbook
Par Jacki Passmore. 1994
The author explains that in most of Asia, noodles compete with rice as the staple food. She provides a collection…
of recipes for noodle dishes from China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan. Includes instructions on making egg, rice ribbon, and Japanese udon noodles; recipes for basic stocks; a glossary; and a chapter on vegetarian noodle dishesThe best of Spain: a cookbook
Par Evie Righter. 1993
Not to be confused with spicy Mexican food, Spanish dishes use down-to-earth ingredients in unusual ways. A unique category is…
tapas, which are small portions served before lunch and again before dinner for "grazing." Included also are recipes for main meals and dessertsThe rice book
Par Sri Owen. 1993
Owen's husband, Roger, provides introductory information on various types of rice, the rice plant, uses of rice around the world,…
myths about rice, and the history and possible future of rice. Sri Owen then offers more than 200 recipes using rice--from appetizers to main courses to desserts. She includes information on other ingredients and the types of markets from which many may be obtainedMoosewood Restaurant cooks at home: fast and easy recipes for any day
Par Moosewood Collective. 1994
The eighteen members of the Collective have created a combination of tested recipes using minimal equipment; fresh, tasty ingredients; time-saving…
tips; and planning ideas to make cooking fast and easy. These meatless dishes include soups, dips, quick breads, sauces, main-dish salads, grains, pasta, stir-fries, pizzas, and dessertsThe splendid table: recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the heartland of northern Italian food
Par Lynne Kasper. 1992
After discussing the only part of Italy allowed by law to produce Parmesan cheese, noted cooking teacher Kasper provides regional…
recipes, beginning with the antipasto course and ending with desserts, and offering menus (complete with wines). The few ingredient substitutions she has made are explained and a detailed guide to buying, storing, and using the suggested ingredients is includedLight & hearty: from pad Thai to cassoulet, healthy home-style recipes from around the world
Par Jeanne Jones. 1994
In her column "Cooking Light," Jones provides recipes in which the fat and cholesterol have been reduced. Here she performs…
that trick on back-to-basics recipes from the United States and around the world. Dishes include olde English cottage pie, chicken calvados on cinnamon pasta, Tuscan oven-baked potatoes, and buckwheat blinisThe ultimate pasta machine cookbook
Par Tom Lacalamita. 1994
Tells how to make a variety of fresh pastas and noodles using a pasta machine. Also included are recipes for…
entrees, salads, soups, sauces, and desserts using the homemade pasta; for example, pan-fried noodles with chicken, baked manicotti and cannelloni, sun-dried tomato and pasta salad, won ton soup, Filipino stir-fried egg noodles, and raspberry crispMartha Stewart's menus for entertaining
Par Martha Stewart. 1994
Twenty menus, complete with recipes and suggestions for table settings and flower arrangements. Stewart provides ideas for treating one friend…
or a large number of guests, arranging casual get-togethers or formal holiday dinners, celebrating spring flowers or a special birthday, and enjoying the best food of the season always