The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 13 August 2011
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The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
The smell of sweet cinnamon on your morning oatmeal, the gentle heat of gingerbread, the sharp piquant bite from your everyday peppermill. The tales these spices could tell: of lavish Renaissance banquets perfumed with cloves, and flimsy sailing ships sent around the world to secure a scented prize; of cinnamon-dusted custard tarts and nutmeg-induced genocide; of pungent elixirs and the quest for the pepper groves of paradise.
Added by: JustGoodNews | Karma: 4306.24 | Black Hole | 7 January 2011
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Sugar and Spice by Leda Swann
Even the primmest Victorian garb cannot mask Gwendolyn's delectable attributes—yet her handsome husband regards her with icy disdain. She has but one chance to save her marriage and avert a future of dashed hopes and despair . . . and it requires a visit to a house where sensuality reigns.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 4 October 2010
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Sugar and Spice
The Christmas Stocking, Fern Michaels Philadelphia businesswoman Amy Baran is determined to raise money for a new seniors' center by harvesting Christmas trees from the small-town Virginia farm she remembers from her childhood. Trouble is, Gus Moss has come home from California with his own ideas about saving the farm his father has neglected. Neither wants to give up, but when attraction turns to romance, they just might have to give in ...
