Describes how tea is grown, harvested, and turned into a beverage; discusses the historical and societal importance of tea; and explores the tea trade.
Describes the history of tobacco use, discusses the growth of the tobacco industry and the legal cases surrounding advertisements and tobacco's detrimental effects on health, and explains how the plan
Features the science behind these destructive natural disasters and tells how societies around the world cope with their ferocity, covering such topics as rogue waves, forecasting techniques, and resc
Provides a history of the elastic substance, chronicling the shift in large-scale trade and cultivation from Amazonia to the British Empire's Southeast Asian colonies, as well as describing the modern
