Jefferies, Dinah
Summary: "In 1920s Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a young Englishwoman marries a charming tea plantation owner and widower, only to discover he's keeping terrible secrets about his past, including what happened to his first wife, that lead to devastating consequences"--Adapted from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016
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Summary: Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate, the first automobile any of them have seen, and a stranger arrives. Li-yan, one of the few educated girls on her mountain, translates for the stranger and is among the first to reject the rules...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction See 2017Delmas, François-Xavier
Summary: "Tea, in all its varieties, offers just as much subtlety and complexity as fine wine, and in many countries around the globe, the tea service is one of the highest expressions of culture. Tea Sommelier will provide the knowledge and practical tips you need to feel at home in the world of tea, in 160 easy lessons. Topics include the varieties of tea and where they are grown, how to select and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abbeville Press Publishers 2018
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Summary: The most extensive and well-presented tea history available, Tea: The Drink that Changed the World tells of the rich legends and history surrounding the spread of tea throughout Asia and the West, as well as its rise to the status of necessity in kitchens around the world. From the tea houses of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907,) to fourteenth-century tea ceremonies in Korea's Buddhist temples' to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Perrier-Robert, Annie.
Summary: Each tea type has a distinct colour, perfume, history and taste. This delicious and invigorating brew is the most popular drink in the world. Enjoyed by millions every day, tea has a universal history which this book reveals in full detail. Features fascinating information on the multiple health virtues of tea, plantations across the globe, tea ceremonies and traditions, different tea types and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Illustrated 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3372 PERAllende, Isabel.
Summary: "The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2010
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Summary: In the summer of 1942, Gyles Mackrell, then overseeing tea plantations for a company called Steel Brothers, rescued Indian army soldiers together with British civilians and their Indian servants from the pursuing Japanese in the jungles of Burma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 MARSummary: Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, this epic drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2015