McGovern, Patrick E
Summary: In Ancient Brews, Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a fascinating journey through time, back to the beginning when our ancestors were likely already experimenting with high-sugar fruits, honey, roots and cereals, herbs and tree resins to concoct the perfect drink.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.25 MCGHennessey, Jonathan
Summary: Presents the key figures and events that have shaped the development and history of beer, from its beginnings around 7000 BC through today's fascination with craft brewing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 663 HENGately, Iain
Summary: A spirited look at the history of alcohol, from the dawn of civilization to the modern day Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. We have been drinking as long as we have been human, and for better or worse, alcohol has shaped our civilization. Drink investigates the history of this Jekyll and Hyde of fluids, tracing mankind's love/hate relationship with alcohol from ancient Egypt to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.21 GATNurin, Tara
Summary: It’s women, not men, who’ve brewed beer throughout most of human history. Their role as family and village brewer lasted for hundreds of thousands of years—through the earliest days of Mesopotamian civilization, the reign of Cleopatra, the witch trials of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, and the settling of colonial America. A Woman’s Place Is in the Brewhouse celebrates the contributions and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2021
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Summary: Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to 1920s bartender Ada Coleman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2021
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Summary: Michigan's beer history is as diverse as the breweries themselves, and the stories behind them are as fascinating as their tasty concoctions. A few enterprising women found themselves at the forefront of early brewing in the state, and several early Detroit brewers also served as mayor. Pfeiffer's mascot was designed by Walt Disney Studios. Jackson's Eberle Brewing Company took its fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 SMIKnoedelseder, William
Summary: An engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce; a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperBusiness 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.7663 KNOWatman, Max.
Summary: Chronicles the story of moonshine, covering the late-18th-century whiskey tax and Prohibition to the present day's illegal microdistillery trade and the recent decision to make moonshining a federal crime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.41 WATBrown, Daniel James
Summary: "The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013
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Summary: This is the remarkable story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from Eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD 797.123 BROSummary: In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BOYSummary: Part 1, The rise of the dog, examines the relationship between dogs and humans, from their initial domestication to the present day. Part 2, Dogs by design, examines the many different breeds of dogs, and how modern technology is changing the science of dog breeding.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DOGSummary: Before there was the United States of America, there were colonists brewing beer. Empires of Industry: Brewed in America traces the history of the commercial brewing industry in America, from the 19th century to the present.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Brown, Daniel
Summary: Describes the American rowing team's triumphant and unlikely win during the 1936 Olympics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015