What's more, the banks moved in on Le Vieux to make sure there would be no more reneging on payments. They had a new weapon to use on difficult countries such as Côte d'Ivoire. ~ It is generally accepted that the Bretton Woods delegates ...
Pascal's life is like any other boy's as he worries about his English classes and his football skills - until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes.
Bitter Chocolate is a social history, a passionate investigative account and an eye-opening exposé of the workings of a multi-billion dollar industry that has institutionalized misery as it served our pleasures.
There were three chocolate cream truffles in one box, white chocolate in another, chocolate covered cashews, six small peppermint patties, and doggie carob treats. Lila Mae popped a truffle in her mouth. She closed her eyes savoring the ...
In a story that begins in the relentless heat of a Haitian summer and sweeps through the luxury of America's elite to the colourful chaos of East End London, BITTER CHOCOLATE is a glorious tale of the quest for love, marriage and finding a ...
The book opens with an account"brave and devoid of self-pity"of the author's own experience. Going beyond blaming, Pinki Virani then proceeds with her insightful analysis of the issue in three notebooks.
In Bitter Chocolate, Carol Off traces the history of the cocoa craze from the eighteenth century onwards, through its evolution under such overseers as Hershey, Cadbury and Mars, and its connection to the violence in Cote d'lvoire, the West ...
Running away from rebels who attack their village, young Pascal and his friends struggle through numerous dangers before finding themselves enslaved on a cocoa plantation from which Pascal resolves to escape in order to find his family.
Bitter Chocolate: The Dark Side of the World's Most Seductive Sweet