Product Description: There are few things in the world more pleasing than a decadent cup of hot chocolate, a steaming mug of one’s favorite tea, or that first wonderful sip of freshly brewed coffee. Three of the great culinary obsessions of the twenty-first century, tea, coffee, and chocolate are long-time favorites of both casual diners and foodies, But how did we become so enamored of the big three?             In her mouthwatering new book, Melanie King offers a concise cultural history...read more

Product Description: How did German intelligence agents use a dead fish to convey critical information to their operatives? What did an advertisement for a dog in the Times have to do with the movement of British troops into Egypt? And why did British officers suddenly become suspicious of the trousers hanging on a Belgian woman’s washing line? Throughout World War I, spymasters and their networks of secret agents developed many clever—and sometimes comical—methods of covert communication...read more

Product Description: What common condition was once treated with cow dung? How might oyster shells relieve heartburn? Can eels really cure deafness? Is the secret to stopping a stubborn case of hiccups a simple ingredient found in most pantries? If you were struck by illness or injury in the late eighteenth century, you would most likely have been referred to Scottish physician William Buchan’s Domestic Medicine—and, as a result, you may have found yourself administering urine to your ears or drinking a broth made from sheep’s brains...read more

Product Description: The 2012 U.S. Master Employee Benefits Guide is the ideal reference for HR personnel, benefits professionals, benefits attorneys, payroll managers --- or anyone involved in the area of employee health and welfare benefits. This handy, authoritative book discusses pertinent federal tax and employment laws as they involve employee benefits plans...read more

Product Description: The 2009 U.S. Master Employee Benefits Guide is the ideal reference for HR personnel, benefits professionals, benefits attorneys, payroll managers or anyone involved in the area of employee health and welfare benefits. This handy, authoritative book discusses pertinent federal tax and labor laws as they involve employee benefits plans...read more

Product Description: Book by King, Melanie

Product Description: Would you be buried, burned, sunk or pickled? Or turned into a diamond, embalmed like Lenin, or frozen like Walt Disney? The Dying Game explores all that has, could, and does befall a corpse - biologically, culturally, ethically, and legally...read more

Product Description: <p> The <b><i>2008 U.S. Master Employee Benefits Guide</i></b> is the ideal reference for HR personnel, benefits professionals, benefits attorneys, payroll managers or anyone involved in the area of employee health and welfare benefits...read more

Product Description: Surviving Stress at Work aims to educate both employers and employees about the negative effects of stress, and to show how each can play a part in reducing both its causes and the subsequent effects - the epidemic of ill-health and absenteeism in the British workplace...read more