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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal by Margaret Visser

Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal

Margaret Visser

352 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

Time Traveller's Guides #1

Ian Mortimer

342 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith

Babe: The Gallant Pig

Babe #1

Dick King-Smith

128 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction childrens funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives by Bryant Simon

The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives

Bryant Simon

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford

The American Way of Death Revisited

Jessica Mitford

320 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history reflective medium-paced
Toronto the Wild: Field Notes of an Urban Naturalist by Wayne Grady

Toronto the Wild: Field Notes of an Urban Naturalist

Wayne Grady

274 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Oranges by John McPhee

Oranges

John McPhee

176 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

729 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
nonfiction history politics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hellboy in Hell, Vol. 2: The Death Card by Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart

Hellboy in Hell, Vol. 2: The Death Card

Hellboy in Hell #2

Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart

152 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction comics horror adventurous dark medium-paced
Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules by Tony Cliff

Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules

Delilah Dirk #3

Tony Cliff

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0gloriana232's review
fiction graphic novel historical adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced