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Humpty Doos and Swingles and Citrus History

Citrus: A World History by David J Mabberley

April 5, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Technically this is going to be a DNF, but not because I didn’t like it; I just ran out of time and library renewals. Citrus: A World History is an interesting cross between textbook and coffee table book. It’s got the pretty pictures, many from historical records, in combination with blocks of dense but detailed information about where citrus may have originated, different varieties that have appeared, and what people have done with them over a couple of millennia. There are sections on different eras, […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, History Tagged With: #history, citrus, Citrus: A World History, David J Mabberley, lemon, lime, orage, pictures, pomelo

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:17 · Genres: Cooking/Food, History · Tags: #history, citrus, Citrus: A World History, David J Mabberley, lemon, lime, orage, pictures, pomelo ·
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The Book is more Interesting than the Content

The Enemies of Books by William Blades

March 20, 2019 by CosmoNewanda 1 Comment

I picked this book up in an antique bookstore in Tokyo. I bought it mostly for the title, expecting a history of censorship, which is a topic I’ve always been interested in. What I got was more literally interpretation of enemies. Blades covers fire, water, vermin and dust as if they are free thinking enemies actively planning the destruction of books. His focus is entirely on the books as items that carry knowledge and not as special items in themselves. He says, “The value of […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Books, bugs, cbr11, mold, non fiction, old, pictures, sexism

CosmoNewanda's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Books, bugs, cbr11, mold, non fiction, old, pictures, sexism ·
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