Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way

Tate Paulette (Author)

In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia

2,A feast for beer geeks and history buffs alike, In the Land of Ninkasi tells the story of the world's first great beer culture. In this authoritative but light-hearted account of beers gone by, archaeologist Tate Paulette brings the famous "land between the rivers" back to life in vivid detail. We meet not only the beers of ancient Mesopotamia, but also the people who brewed them and drank them, the places where these people lived and worked, the taverns and temples and tombs where they did their drinking, the stories they told about beer, their preferred styles of drinking, their brewing equipment and drinking paraphernalia, the gods and goddesses who governed their lives and who were also partial to a drink. Rigorous in its scholarship, yet staunchly unpretentious in style, this beer-centered travel guide for a trip back in time offers a clear roadmap into the ancient source material for those who are new to Mesopotamia. Paulette weaves together insights drawn from archaeological remains, ancient works of art, and cuneiform texts. He uses a series of narrative vignettes and thought experiments to interrogate specific pieces of evidence and pull the reader, step-by-step, into ...

Ryan Cecil Jobson (Author)

The Petro-State Masquerade: Oil, Sovereignty, and Power in Trinidad and Tobago

A historical and ethnographic study of the fraught relationship between fossil fuels and politica

Richard Hingley (Author)

Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain

An authoritative new history of the Roman conquest of Britain Why did Julius Ca