The Search for God and Guinness : A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World (Hardcover)

from marient

Mansfield tells the story of brewery founder Arthur Guiness and traces the family tree to his heirs who built housing for the poor, restored some of the great institutions of faith in Ireland, and who even ensured that soldiers had pints of brew on the battlefields of the world's great wars. Book...

from ForeignCircus

This book is a little bit history, a little bit morality play, and a little bit personal reflection. It is more focused than I expected on the religious legacy of the Guinness family, but was nonetheless an enjoyable read. There were a few places where I thought the religious rhetoric got a bit s...

from BenKline

A wonderful look at not just the business/corporation of Guinness but also the Guinness family from the beginning of the brewery through Arthur Guinness. Despite the title, the book doesn't delve into the religious all too much (which is a good thing) (until the end, when it goes into greater det...

from ForeignCircus

This book is a little bit history, a little bit morality play, and a little bit personal reflection. It is more focused than I expected on the religious legacy of the Guinness family, but was nonetheless an enjoyable read. There were a few places where I thought the religious rhetoric got a bit s...

from ShannonRose4

I love stout, so when I saw this title years ago, I just had to read it. I thought it would be a little bit family history, good wit and a little about beer: I learned so much more. Stout isn't just beer & Guinness in a very big way saved Dublin. Sláinte!