Sweetness and Power

Why would anyone feel the need to write an entire book on such a mundane topic such as sugar? Look around at some food products you might have and you will realize that many if not all of them contain sugar in some form or another. For example, a can of soda, which most people drink everyday, contains (depending on the brand) approximately 40 grams of sugars. Look further and you might find that even things …

…information, spanning the entire globe and throughout time. He has structured the book in an ideal way: easy to understand yet still very functional. Throughout the entire book, he always kept the language in perspective for his audience, which, once again, was any semi-educated person to the professional. This book is a great example of what a history text could and should be. It is informative, unique, interesting, and just all together a good book.