{"title":"Augustine Sedgewick","description":"\u003cp\u003eAugustine Sedgewick's works offer a thoughtful exploration of historical and contemporary themes, blending meticulous research with engaging narrative. Readers can expect insightful perspectives on the intersections of culture, economy, and society, as seen in titles like \u003cem\u003eCoffeeland\u003c\/em\u003e, which delves into the global story behind a beloved beverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to history, Sedgewick's writing touches on personal and social dimensions, such as fatherhood, providing a nuanced look at everyday experiences within broader societal contexts. 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Augustine Sedgewick's brilliant new history tells the hidden and surprising story of how this came to be, tracing coffee's 400-year transformation into an everyday necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story is one that few coffee drinkers know. It centres on the volcanic highlands of El Salvador, where James Hill, born in the slums of nineteenth-century Manchester, founded one of the world's great coffee dynasties. In the process, Hill helped to turn El Salvador into perhaps the most intensive monoculture in modern history, a place of extraordinary productivity, inequality and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows coffee from the Hill family plantations into the supermarkets, kitchens and workplaces of the United States, and finally into today's omnipresent cafes. Sedgewick reveals the unexpected consequences of the rise of coffee, which reshaped large areas of the tropics, transformed understandings of energy, and ultimately made us dependent on a drug served in a cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46226618319084,"sku":"9780141991900","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_971eed45-533d-400f-aa5a-299d147ffff2.jpg?v=1740732414"},{"product_id":"fatherhood-by-augustine-sedgewick-9781035035755","title":"Fatherhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the modern day, \u003ci\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men currently play in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is fatherhood, and where did it come from? How has the role of men in families and society changed across thousands of years? What does the history of fatherhood reveal about what it means to be a dad today?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChronicling the intimate stories and struggles of some of history's most famous fathers, historian Augustine Sedgewick explores the origins and transformation of one of the most potent ideas in human history: fatherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the anxious philosophers of ancient Athens and Henry VIII's obsessive quest for an heir, to Charles Darwin's theories of human origins, Bob Dylan's take down of 'The Man', and beyond, Sedgewick shows how successive generations of men have shaped our understanding of what it means to be and have a father, and in turn our ideas of who we are, where we come from and what we are capable of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Augustine Sedgewick's Coffeeland:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Thoroughly engrossing . . . a deeply satisfying reading experience' - Michael Pollan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Wonderful, energizing' - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'There is much here to entertain, educate and stimulate' - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sedgewick is a stylish writer' - i\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Epic, illuminating . . . a pocket history of globalisation itself' - Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46671043854572,"sku":"9781035035755","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035035755.jpg?v=1752812459"},{"product_id":"fatherhood-by-augustine-sedgewick-9781035035786","title":"Fatherhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary 'crisis of men', \u003cem\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/em\u003e dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men play at home and in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuperbly intelligent . . . a rewarding Sapiens-style big history\u003c\/em\u003e - The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lightness of touch that recalls Bill Bryson or Craig Brown at their non-fiction best\u003c\/em\u003e - The Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is fatherhood, and where did it come from? 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