Over 1200 entries
With entries ranging from Manhattan and mixology to sloe gin and stills, the Companion combines coverage of the range of spirit-based drinks around the world with clear explanations of production processes, and the history and culture of their consumption. (1st ed. / 2021)
Over 595 entries
A collection of entries on all things sweet, written by 265 expert contributors, its coverage begins with the human proclivity for sweetness and continues across many thousands of years and around the globe, affording glimpses deep into the brain as well as stratospheric flights into the world of sugar-crafted fantasies. More than just a compendium of pastries, candies, ices, sweet preserves, and all manner of confections, this work explores the notion of the sweet as one that has brought richness to our language, our art, and of course, our gastronomy. (1st ed. / 2015)
Over 3,800 entries
A uniquely comprehensive and in-depth A-Z reference book on every aspect of wine, covering topics from history through geography, geology, soil science, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, labelling, academia, technology, and regulations to people and places, tasting, writing, and the language of wine. (5th ed. / 2023)
From Antarctica to the North Pole, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age.
Tags: World History, Navigation, Exploring, Expedition, New World, Old World
With more than 5,000 entries by an international group of eminent historians, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history.
Tags: Early History, Byzantine, Middle Ages, Antiquity, Medieval
his dictionary provides rich detail on all aspects of the Renaissance in 14th to 17th century Europe.
Tags: Intellectual Revival, Humanism, Renaissance Art, Renaissance Literature, Early Modern History
This volume contains over 2,000 biographical profiles of important American authors (with information regarding their style, subjects, and major works) and influential foreign writers as well as other figures who have been important in the nation’s social and cultural history.
Tags: Age of Reason, Gothic, Beat Generation, American Contemporary, Harlem Renaissance, Transcendentalism, Post Modernism, Native American Literature
Featuring 600 original articles written by leading scholars, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt goes far beyond the records of archaeology to make available what we know about the full social, political, religious, cultural and artistic legacy of this 5,000-year civilization.
Tags: Egyptian Art, Egyptian Language, Hieroglyphics, Pyramids, Sphinx, Pharaohs
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