Alcohol and caffine are deeply woven into the fabric of life for most of the world's population. This book is a tour of these two popular substances, combining ... » 

Alcohol and caffine are deeply woven into the fabric of life for most of the world's population. This book is a tour of these two popular substances, combining science with colourful lore, and including cameo appearances by Shakespeare, Balzac, Buddhist monks, Mikhail Gorbachev and David Letterman. «