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- 101 Mom and Dad, Here Comes the Son You Wanted 爸妈，你们要的儿子来了 Mom, Dad, the son you wanted is here. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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Tea Talk: Curious Tales of Tea Through the Ages and Across the World 百趣茶话：古今中外茶事奇闻录
Drink tea and listen to stories! This book collects all kinds of amusing tales about tea, from Shennong’s accidental discovery while tasting a hundred herbs to the absurd queues outside trendy bubble tea shops; from Lu Yu’s embarrassing mistake of drinking ink after mistaking it for water to the wonder of astronauts brewing tea in space. The book includes courtly secrets about emperors and tea, as well as humorous tales of tea rituals in folk wedding customs. It recounts the mishaps of tea’s voy
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- 103 Curious Tales of Wine Through the Ages and Across the World 古今中外酒事奇闻录 Drink, listen to stories, and savor life! Open this book and you’ll discover that wine has never been just something in a cup. Take Liu Ling, the famous Wei-Jin scholar. After getting drunk, he lounged naked in his room. When a friend challenged him, he laughed and said, “I take heaven and earth for my roof and walls, and my room for my trousers.” What unrestrained audacity lay behind his drunken antics! Then there was Shi Manqing of the Northern Song, who, seeking an unusual drinking experience —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Strange Tales of Tobacco from Around the World and Through the Ages 古今中外烟草奇闻录 The burning cigarette between your fingertips has never been merely a combination of nicotine and paper. It is a code of civilization hidden in the flicker of fire, wrapped around stories that have stayed warm for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptian priests offered dried tobacco leaves as sacrifices to commune with the gods, while the Maya used smoke from clay pipes to measure the stars. The "devil's weed" brought back to Europe by Columbus's fleet evolved within a century into an elegant acces 1Reads—Score—14d adds
