In this allegory, a caterpillar finds such a pleasant mellow glow inside a brown bottle that he rejects his friends and the outside world altogether, and becomes completely dependent on the bottle which traps and eventually kills him.

Cameron Carlyle is good at his job. Better than good. He might be even better at partying. But his heart's not in the daytime work or the nighttime play. Instead, he dreams of bursting onto the literary scene with an ambitious novel about 9/11 and its aftermath. It's his bubble that bursts, however, when in rapid succession his Midwestern community is devastated by flooding, his job goes off the rails, and he loses his publisher. Cameron Carlyle is no quitter. He hatches a new plan-one that gives his story another shot and might just change his life. Cameron and his friends pile into a car and set out for the East Coast. Along the way, he'll be haunted by his past even as he seeks another shot at charting his future. The Brown Bottle Squeeze captures the consuming quest for identity-both for the individual and for the country.

Brown Mfg. Company has been making the iconic stationary wall mounted bottle opener since 1925. This guide provides a complete inventory, with photographs, of known embossed bottle openers made by Brown and provides a way to approximately date their production. This will allow collectors to identify which openers could expand their collection. Also included is a brief history and rarity guide for each.

Fiction. Appalachian Literature. Wade "Brown Bottle" Taylor is an alcoholic uncle trying to protect his nephew Nick from the hardness of their region, Eastern Kentucky, and the world in general. To end Nick's involvement with drugs and drug dealers in the area, Brown must first save himself, overcoming a lifetime spent convinced he is unworthy. BROWN BOTTLE's journey is one of selflessness and love, redemption and sacrifice, if only for a time... "With striking authenticity, Compton delivers a story that is at once tender and a punch straight to the gut. BROWN BOTTLE is honest, heartbreaking and echoing with desperation rendered in precise, razor-sharp prose. Sheldon Lee Compton writes with a reckoning force."--Steph Post, author of A Tree Born Crooked "Sheldon Lee Compton is a hillbilly Bukowski, one of the grittiest writers to come down the pike since Larry Brown, and BROWN BOTTLE is his best work yet."--Donald Ray Pollock, author of The Devil All the Time

One of the country's most celebrated roasters explains how to choose, brew, and enjoy the new breed of artisan coffees at home, along with 40 inventive recipes that incorporate coffee or taste good with a cup. Blue Bottle Coffee Company has quickly become one of America’s most celebrated roasters. Famous for its complex and flavorful coffees, Blue Bottle delights its devoted patrons with exquisite pour-overs, delicious espressi, and specialized brewing methods. Yet as coffee production becomes more sophisticated with specialized extraction techniques and Japanese coffee gadgets, the new artisan coffees can seem out of reach. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee explains this new world from farm to cup, exploring the bounty of beans available and the intricate steps that go into sourcing raw coffee from around the globe. Blue Bottle founder James Freeman coaches you through brewing the perfect cup of coffee, using methods as diverse as French press, nel drip, siphon, and more to produce the best flavor. For coffee lovers who want to roll up their sleeves and go deeper, Freeman explains step by step how to roast beans at home using standard kitchen tools—just like he did when starting out. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee also introduces a home technique for cupping, the industry method of tasting coffees for quality control, so you can hone your taste and share your meticulously roasted coffee with friends. Rounding out the book are more than thirty inventive recipes from Blue Bottle pastry chef and former Miette bakery owner Caitlin Freeman that incorporate coffee or just taste particularly good with coffee, such as Saffron Vanilla Snickerdoodles, Stout Coffee Cake with Pecan-Caraway Streusel, Affogato with Smoky Almond Ice Cream, Coffee Panna Cotta, and more. With more than one hundred stunning photographs showing coffee’s journey from just-harvested cherry to perfect drink, this distinctive and deep guide to the new breed of amazing coffees from one of the top artisan coffee makers will change the way you think about—and drink—coffee.