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2021.
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Drunk cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Slingerland shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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180 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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"A rollicking illustrated history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austen's beer brewing to James Joyce's passion for Guinness to E.B. White's cure for writers' block--a dry martini--by celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Greg Clarke and award-winning comics anthologist Monte Beauchamp" --
7) Alcohol
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Alcohol is a drug. However, it is also a food. Responsible adults can use alcohol safely. Wine, beer, and spirits play a role in society from religious ceremonies to fine dining. Used in moderation, alcohol may even have a few health benefits for adults. But for kids and teens, alcohol is never safe. In order to make good decisions about whether or not to drink alcohol, people need to know what alcohol is, how it affects the body, and how it affects...
10) Thirsty mermaids
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Pub. Date
2021
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"Fresh out of shipwreck wine, three tipsy mermaids decide to magically masquerade as humans and sneak onto land to indulge in much more drinking and a whole lot of fun in the heart of a local seaside tourist trap. But the good times abruptly end the next morning as, through the haze of killer hangovers, the trio realizes they never actually learned how to break the spell, and are now stuck on land for the foreseeable future. Which means everything...
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This memoir of the youngest McCourt begins between the borders of Canada and the United States. Because of a technical hitch in immigration law, Alphie, in town to play a rugby match with his mates, finds himself shanghaied in no man's land. This was not the first, or the last, time Alphie will be on unsteady ground. Alphie McCourt was born in Limerick, Ireland, where his father's departure left misery behind for the family. His loneliness only grew...
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