- History, Coffee, Cola drinks, Tea
Throughout human history certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history during pivotal epochs -- from humankind's adoption of agriculture and the birth of cities to the advent of globalization.
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Epic, plot-driven, cool and warm.
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- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Tom Standage
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 325
- Publisher
- Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, Walker & Co., Tantor Audio
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- Japanese, English
- ISBN
- 9781452601496
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