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Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity Audiobook, by Amy Brady Play Audiobook Sample

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity Audiobook

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity Audiobook, by Amy Brady Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jennifer Aquino Publisher: Penguin Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2023 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593741375

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

19

Longest Chapter Length:

53:45 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

24:46 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation—from the foods Americans eat, to the sports they play, to the way they live today—and what its future might look like on a swiftly warming planet. Ice is everywhere: in gas stations, in restaurants, in hospitals, in our homes. Americans think nothing of dropping a few ice cubes into tall glasses of tea to ward off the heat of a hot summer day. Most refrigerators owned by Americans feature automatic ice machines. Ice on-demand has so revolutionized modern life that it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always this way—and to overlook what aspects of society might just melt away as the planet warms. In Ice, journalist and historian Amy Brady shares the strange and storied two-hundred-year-old history of ice in America: from the introduction of mixed drinks “on the rocks,” to the nation’s first-ever indoor ice rink, to how delicacies like ice creams and iced tea revolutionized our palates, to the ubiquitous ice machine in every motel across the US. But Ice doesn’t end in the past. Brady also explores the surprising present-day uses of ice in sports, medicine, and sustainable energy—including cutting-edge cryotherapy breast-cancer treatments and new refrigerator technologies that may prove to be more energy efficient—underscoring how precious this commodity is, especially in an age of climate change.

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