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The Story of Noble Rot

2001 Fiction
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Release : 2001
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Story of Noble Rot by : Uzma Aslam Khan

Download or read book The Story of Noble Rot written by Uzma Aslam Khan. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sweet taste of the wine comes from the muscadelle grape, and the greyish mould that it attracts ý The mould is lovingly called pourriture noble, noble rot. It is the careless abandon of a wine-satiated afternoon that first brings together the imperious Mrs Masood and the humble carpenter's wife, Malika. As she observes the wealthy older woman whose family is responsible for all her troubles, a plan takes shape in Malika's mindýa plan to recover the money Mrs Masood owes her husband, and to rescue her son from slow death in Mr Masoodýs carpet factory in Karachi. Unknown to both women, the moment marks the beginning of a relationship that is to change their lives for ever. Into the complex web of Malika's plans are drawn Mr Saeed who dwells in his study with his ruby-studded armadillo; the Pathan with the sun-dappled eyes; Momin of the hennaed hands with his love for fish and birds; and Saima with her unpredictable affections and fabulous stories. Vividly narrated and full of funny yet complex dilemmas, this is a novel about the sweetness of life and about how we inexorably drive ourselves to our own doom. It marks the debut of a gifted storyteller from Pakistan.

Noble Rot

2005-10 Cooking
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Release : 2005-10
Genre : Cooking
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 949/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Noble Rot by : William Echikson

Download or read book Noble Rot written by William Echikson. This book was released on 2005-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Echikson's understanding and explanation of how the business works...is fascinating and easy to swallow."--Michael Philips, Wall Street Journal

The Initiates

2013-03-01 Comics & Graphic Novels
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Release : 2013-03-01
Genre : Comics & Graphic Novels
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 033/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Initiates by : Étienne Davodeau

Download or read book The Initiates written by Étienne Davodeau. This book was released on 2013-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of: Gourmand Magazine Best US wine book translation Slate Cartoonist Studio Award nominee A graphic novel that explores the nature of one’s vocation, this book offers a look at the daily devotion to craft in two dissimilar professions. Étienne Davodeau is a comic artist—he doesn’t know much about the world of winemaking. Richard Leroy is a winemaker—he’s rarely even read comics. But filled with good will and curiosity, the two men exchange professions, and Étienne goes to work in Richard’s vineyards and cellar, while Richard, in return, leaps into the world of comics. Providing a true-life representation of how both professions work, this insightful book investigates two fascinating fields, exploring each man’s motivations and ultimately revealing that their endeavors and aspirations are not much different.

The Emperor of Scent

2003-01-21 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2003-01-21
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 604/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Emperor of Scent by : Chandler Burr

Download or read book The Emperor of Scent written by Chandler Burr. This book was released on 2003-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as anyone can remember, a man named Luca Turin has had an uncanny relationship with smells. He has been compared to the hero of Patrick Süskind’s novel Perfume, but his story is in fact stranger, because it is true. It concerns how he made use of his powerful gifts to solve one of the last great mysteries of the human body: how our noses work. Luca Turin can distinguish the components of just about any smell, from the world’s most refined perfumes to the air in a subway car on the Paris metro. A distinguished scientist, he once worked in an unrelated field, though he made a hobby of collecting fragrances. But when, as a lark, he published a collection of his reviews of the world’s perfumes, the book hit the small, insular business of perfume makers like a thunderclap. Who is this man Luca Turin, they demanded, and how does he know so much? The closed community of scent creation opened up to Luca Turin, and he discovered a fact that astonished him: no one in this world knew how smell worked. Billions and billions of dollars were spent creating scents in a manner amounting to glorified trial and error. The solution to the mystery of every other human sense has led to the Nobel Prize, if not vast riches. Why, Luca Turin thought, should smell be any different? So he gave his life to this great puzzle. And in the end, incredibly, it would seem that he solved it. But when enormously powerful interests are threatened and great reputations are at stake, Luca Turin learned, nothing is quite what it seems. Acclaimed writer Chandler Burr has spent four years chronicling Luca Turin’s quest to unravel the mystery of how our sense of smell works. What has emerged is an enthralling, magical book that changes the way we think about that area between our mouth and our eyes, and its profound, secret hold on our lives.

Paradise Rot

2018-10-02 Fiction
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Release : 2018-10-02
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 85X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Paradise Rot by : Jenny Hval

Download or read book Paradise Rot written by Jenny Hval. This book was released on 2018-10-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most. In a house with no walls, shared with a woman who has no boundaries, she finds her strange home coming to life in unimaginable ways. Jo's sensitivity and all her senses become increasingly heightened and fraught, as the lines between bodies and plants, dreaming and wakefulness, blur and mesh. This debut novel from critically acclaimed artist and musician Jenny Hval presents a heady and hyper-sensual portrayal of sexual awakening and queer desire.

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