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Can I read The Joy of Drinking on EtoBox?
The Joy of Drinking by Barbara Holland is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Joy of Drinking about?
With characteristic elegance and delicious wit, Barbara Holland, ("a national treasure,"-<i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>) celebrates the age-old act of drinking in this gimlet-eyed survey of man's relationship with booze, since the joyful discovery, ten thousand years ago, of fermented fruits and grains. In this spirited paean to alcohol, two parts cultural history, one part personal meditation, Holland takes readers on a bacchanalian romp through the Fertile Crescent, the Mermaid Tavern, Plymouth
Who reads The Joy of Drinking?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Barbara Holland
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781596913370
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Cooking, Folklore, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (145 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
