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13 produkter
Barolo
Inbunden, 2010
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
415 kr
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After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Gavin Frank got serious about food. His "research" ultimately led him to Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), where, living out of a tent in the garden of a local farmhouse, he resolved to learn about Italian food from the ground up. Barolo is …
Submersed
Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines
Häftad, 2026
293 kr
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A fascinating foray into the world of deep-sea divers, the obsession and madness that oceans inspire in us, and the story of submarine inventor Peter Madsen's murder of journalist Kim Wall Submersed begins with an investigation into the beguiling subculture of DIY submersible obsessives: men and …
Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines
Inbunden, 2025
343 kr
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Pot Farm
Häftad, 2012
264 kr
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After eight months in his childhood home helping his mother through her bout with cancer, Matthew Frank and his wife were themselves desperate for comfort. They found sanctuary in the most unlikely place-amid a collection of outcasts and eccentrics on a plot of land miles outside their comfort …
Barolo
Häftad, 2012
219 kr
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After a childhood of microwaved meat and saturated fat, Matthew Gavin Frank got serious about food. His "research" ultimately led him to Barolo, Italy (pop. 646), where, living out of a tent in the garden of a local farmhouse, he resolved to learn about Italian food from the ground up. Barolo is …
Preparing the Ghost
An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer
Inbunden, 2014
257 kr
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Moses Harvey was the eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist who first photographed the near-mythic giant squid in 1874, draping it over a shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as Moses’s story becomes much more, as fellow squid-enthusiast …
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
Häftad, 2022
181 kr
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For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed “overmined” and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. …
Mad Feast
An Ecstatic Tour through America's Food
Inbunden, 2015
386 kr
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Following his critically acclaimed Preparing the Ghost, renowned essayist Matthew Gavin Frank takes on America’s food. In a surprising style reminiscent of Maggie Nelson or Mark Doty, Frank examines a quintessential dish in each state, interweaving the culinary with personal and cultural …
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
Inbunden, 2021
266 kr
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For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed “overmined” and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. …
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa
Häftad, 2021
176 kr
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'Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ... fabulous.' The New York Times'Eye-opening' Geographical 'A beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life and much of what lies in between.' Toby Muse, …
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession and Greed along Coastal South Africa
Häftad, 2022
131 kr
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'Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ... fabulous.' The New York Times'Eye-opening' Geographical 'A beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life and much of what lies in between.' Toby Muse, …
Preparing the Ghost
An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer
Häftad, 2015
142 kr
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In 1874, Moses Harvey—eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist—was the first person to photograph the near-mythic giant squid, draping it over his shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as Harvey’s story becomes spectacularly “slippery and …
