From prehistory and the discovery of fire to modern cuisines and celebrity chefs, this book uses a global, multicultural approach to explain how major historical events have affected and defined culinary traditions in different societies ...

First authoritative biography of two great explorers, based on original research and diaries of expedition members. Danger, hardships, Indian customs and lore, much more. 29 illustrations. 7 maps.

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Food and drink.

In this book, the authors survey and discuss recent and historical work on supervised and unsupervised learning of such alignments. Specifically, the book focuses on so-called cross-lingual word embeddings.

The first book-length survey of cinema's vital role in the Cold War cultural combat between the U.S. and the USSR.

France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War.