From the (Library e-)Bookshelf: A History of the World in 6 Glasses

All things may be impermanent, but some of the titles in the ebook lending service of my city library can be downright elusive. Noticing Tom Standage’s recent A Brief History of Motion in the catalogue made me think I’d be interested in reading it as soon as I’d finished the book I was then working my way through, but when that had happened the title wasn’t available any more. His earlier A History of the World in 6 Glasses was available instead, and then it wasn’t, and then it was. I managed to sign it out, only to notice it evaporate from the catalogue itself while my ebook was still signed out.
( A thirst quenched )