Ricardo Cortés

Aug 5, 2024 | rmcortes.medium.com | Ricardo Cortés

see Part 1: The Cocainemaker, Reefer Madness, and the Vice-President of The Coca-Cola Company and Part 2: How Coca-Cola Changed the World for CocaAmong other things, my book A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola is about the Coca-Cola beverage and the coca leaf of South America. Chewed for thousands of years, coca is also the plant source of cocaine and has been banned around the globe since 1961.

Dec 8, 2023 | medium.com | Ricardo Cortés

Sep 5, 2023 | greenlightbookstore.com | Adam Mansbach |Ricardo Cortés |Dave Barry |Alan Zweibel

IN-STORETuesday, October 3, 7:30 PMAdam Mansbach presents The Golem of BrooklynIn conversation with Dan CharnasAdam Mansbach, bestselling author of Go the Fuck to Sleep and A Field Guide to Jewish People among other works, returns to Greenlight (in person this time!) to share his newest book, The Golem of Brooklyn. In Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers.