books by Taras Grescoe

books by Taras Grescoe

books:

Taras Grescoe

The End of Elsewhere: Travels Among the Tourists

Taras Grescoe

Serpent's Tail, 2004

Shrewdly observant and mordantly funny
The End of Elsewhere is a wonderful book that engages the reader on several levels. Firstly, it is an entertaining travelogue, much in the style of Paul Theroux's non-fiction, shrewdly observant and mordantly funny. Grescoe follows the well-trodden paths of modern ...

Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec

Taras Grescoe

Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2001

Outstanding Overview of Quebec
For those with more than a casual interest in what the province of Quebec is all about, this book by multilingual Canadian journalist Grescoe is an excellent, evenhanded place to start. The twelve chapters do an admirable job of untangling the complicated web of ...

Bottomfeeder
Taras Grescoe

St Martins Pr, 2008

The Devil's Picnic: Travels Through the Underworld of Food and Drink

Taras Grescoe

Bloomsbury USA, 2006

Great Book
This is a very informative and interesting book about prohibited substances. I was really surprised by how much this book captivated me. The facts, history and current status of these substances are cleverly woven together with wonderful writing, colorful interviews ...

Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood

Taras Grescoe

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

I can't believe I enjoyed a non-fiction book!
Science hurts my head. In college I couldn't make it through a semester of biology. The textbook was incomprehensible and the teacher's carefully prepared PowerPoint slides wasted. It was all just gibberish. Science, especially life sciences, was definitely not for ...