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Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. viii, 262 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "A probing study of Hollywood's response to the rise of feminism in the late twentieth century. This book analyzes the ways in which the American film and television industry--the multifaceted, male-dominated institution known as Hollywood--has responded to the feminist cultural revolution of the past twenty-five years. The focus is on the treatment of those ideals and institutions, especially 'the family,' within which prevailing notions of gender and sexuality are embedded and take on active life. Distinguishing his own neo-Marxist approach from that of other media scholars, Philip Green pursues two interrelated themes. In the first part of the book, he looks at the strategies Hollywood has employed to deflect or absorb the ideological challenges posed by the feminist critique of contemporary American society. He demonstrates the ways in which mainstream movies and television programs, no matter how unconventional or 'subversive' they may appear, produce and reproduce familiar images of sexuality and gender identity. In the second part, Green highlights instances in which reproduction of the dominant ideology is less successful by examining several recent cinematic genres--the female action movie, the rape-revenge cycle, and the new film noir--that portray the real ambiguities of a social order in upheaval. As a male consumer of the cultural commodities being discussed, the author offers a perspective on American films and television different from that of most other feminist critics. / Author of The Pursuit of Inequality and Retrieving Democracy, Philip Green is Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College." - Publisher. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., University of Massachusetts Press, 1998, 3, Penguin Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in In Defense of Food is a series of wonderfully clear and thoughtful answers that help us omnivores navigate the nutritional minefield that's come to typify our food culture. Many processed foods vie for a spot in our grocery baskets, claiming to lower cholesterol, weight, glucose levels, you name it. Yet Pollan shows that these convenient "healthy" alternatives to whole foods are appallingly inconvenient: our health has a nation has only deteriorated since we started exiling carbs, fats--even fruits--from our daily meals. His razor-sharp analysis of the American diet (as well as its architects and its detractors) offers an inspiring glimpse of what it would be like if we could (a la Humpty Dumpty) put our food back together again and reconsider what it means to eat well. Michael Pollan is the author of five books: Second Nature, A Place of My Own, The Botany of Desire, which received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best nonfiction work of 2001 and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon, and the national bestsellers, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and In Defense of Food. A longtime contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Pollan is also the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. His writing on food and agriculture has won numerous awards, including the Reuters/World Conservation Union Global Award in Environmental Journalism, the James Beard Award, and the Genesis Award from the American Humane Association., Penguin Press, 2008, 3, Vintage, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. 81x9x128. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. In this potent collage of stories, essays, and testimony, Williams makes a stirring case for the preservation of America’s Redrock Wilderness in the canyon country of southern Utah.As passionate as she is persuasive, Williams, the beloved author of Refuge, is one of the country’s most eloquent and imaginative writers. The desert is her blood. Here she writes lyrically about the desert’s power and vulnerability, describing wonders that range from an ancient Puebloan sash of macaw feathers found in Canyonlands National Park to the desert tortoise–an animal that can “teach us the slow art of revolutionary patience” as it extends our notion of kinship with all life. She examines the civil war being waged in the West today over public and private uses of land–an issue that divides even her own family. With grace, humor, and compassionate intelligence, Williams reminds us that the preservation of wildness is not simply a political process but a spiritual one. Terry Tempest Williams (born 8 September 1955), is an American writer, educator, conservationist, and activist. Williams' writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of Utah. Her work focuses on social and environmental justice ranging from issues of ecology and the protection of public lands and wildness, to women's health, to exploring our relationship to culture and nature. She writes in the genre of creative nonfiction and the lyrical essay. Williams was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019., Vintage, 2002, 3, Harper Perennial. Very Good. 6.12 x 1.09 x 9.25 inches. Paperback. 1993. 480 pages. Name on ffep<br>INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Centu ry In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was bo rn in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply ex cavated through systematic research. It had to be conceptually cr eated: It had to be invented, and this is the story of that inven tion. Norman Cantor focuses on the lives and works of twenty of the great medievalists of this century, demonstrating how the ev ents of their lives, and their spiritual and emotional outlooks, influenced their interpretations of the Middle Ages. Cantor makes their scholarship an intensely personal and passionate exercise, full of color and controversy, displaying the strong personaliti es and creative minds that brought new insights about the past. A revolution in academic method, this book is a breakthrough to a new way of teaching the humanities and historiography, to be en joyed by student and general public alike. It takes an immense bo dy of learning and transmits it so that readers come away fully i nformed of the essentials of the subject, perceiving the intercon nection of medieval civilization with the culture of the twentiet h century and having had a good time while doing it! This is a ri veting, entertaining, humorous, and learned read, compulsory for anyone concerned about the past and future of Western civilizatio n. Editorial Reviews Review Astoundingly readable ... Extraord inarily powerful -- The Philadelphia InquirerProvocative . . . Ex hilarating . . . A highly impassioned and personal book--and the better for it -- The Washington Post Book WorldGrandly conceived and brilliantly executed ... it is the best book about historians I have read in years, and not only a pleasure to read but exciti ng to read. -- Gordon Craig, Professor Emeritus of History, Stanf ord UniversityBrilliant ... No other book published this year is more witty and challenging. -- Houston Chronicle About the Autho r Norman F. Cantor was Emeritus Professor of History, Sociology, and Comparative Literature at New York University. His many book s include In the Wake of the Plague, Inventing the Middle Ages, a nd The Civilization of the Middle Ages, the most widely read narr ative of the Middle Ages in the English language. He died in 2004 . From The Washington Post Provocative . . . Exhilarating . . . A highly impassioned and personal book--and the better for it F rom The Washington Post Provocative . . . Exhilarating . . . A hi ghly impassioned and personal book--and the better for it Excerp t. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One THE QUEST FOR THE MIDDLE AGES BETWEEN ROME AND RENAISSANCE In F rance, Germany, and Italy they still call it the Middle Age. In E nglish-speaking countries since about 1840 it is generally referr ed to in the plural--the Middle Ages--signifying the several dist inct suberas during one very long epoch. Whether called by the si ngular or the plural, the medieval era in Western civilization is the millennium that stretched from the fall of the Roman Empire in Europe (about A.D. 450) to the Italian Renaissance of the late fifteenth century. The question that has engaged the lifetime in terest and work of thousands of historians, literary critics, art historians, philosophers, theologians, and archaeologists in mod em times is, What happened between Rome and the Renaissance? What was the nature of the European medieval world, and what is its c onnection to our own? Interest in the meaning and relevance of the Middle Ages stretches far beyond academia. Books about King A rthur and his Round Table, both fiction and nonfiction, constitut e a thriving cottage industry. In 1978 Barbara Tuchman, a disting uished historian although not an academic, published a best-selli ng medieval book, A Distant Mirror, that demonstrated to almost u niversal satisfaction similarities between the troubled fourteent h century in Europe and the more depressing moments of the twenti eth century. In 1990 no fewer than three Hollywood film companies almost simultaneously announced they were going to produce a new movie about Robin Hood, to replace the jovial 1938 film that sta rred Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland, and a new blockbuster f ilm about the mythic medieval hero is now actually in production. Perhaps on a more exalted level of discourse, the papacy in 1987 prohibited a professor of theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from teaching about sexuality in a manner that sharply departed from allegedly authoritative medieva l Catholic tradition. Hagar the Horrible, the rambunctious Viking , is a favorite comic strip. Every summer tens of thousands of mi ddle-class Americans climb into tour buses in London, Paris, Fran kfurt, Rome, and Vienna and spend a week or two visiting medieval cathedrals and the remains of medieval castles. Curiosity is the reby stimulated about the people who created the world of castle and cathedral. In 1984 the English translation of a novel by an Italian professor of medieval literature, The Name of the Rose b y Umberto Eco, surprised the New York publishing world by becomin g a phenomenal best seller. The popularity of Eco's highly cerebr al novel was helped by its being cast in the form of a detective story. Yet the setting was the fourteenth century, and the story is placed in the context of one of the more dramatic conflicts wi thin the medieval church: between the papacy and the radical, or Spiritual, wing of the order of Franciscan friars over the nature of the church and its role in society. Asked to explain the ph enomenal success of his novel, Eco modestly attributed it to a pe riod of renewed interest in the Middle Ages . . . both in Europe and America. Another comment by Eco puts it more sharply: [T]he f act is that everyone has his own ideas, usually corrupt, of the M iddle Ages. The huge popular success of Eco's and Tuchman's medie val books gave new attention to the ideas held about the Middle A ges by the leading academic medievalists of the twentieth century , whose research and insight the two best-selling authors had fre ely drawn upon. Specifying parallels between the agonies of the f ourteenth and twentieth centuries or setting a brilliant detectiv e story within the conflict between the papacy and the Spiritual Franciscans was only a small sliver of the medieval European expe rience that stretched for a millennium beyond the fall of the Rom an Empire. Which additional interpretations or fascinating data l oom strongly out of the work of three generations of medievalists since 1900? Which were the colossal personalities and dramatic c rises that the medievalists had revealed? What further parallels or contrasts could be drawn between the Middle Ages and our own c ulture and society? How do the medieval sensibility, imagination, and faith relate to our own set of assumptions and perceptions? These were subjects broached by sophisticated literary agents and editors as they took luncheons in two-star restaurants with acad emic medievalists, seeking to find at least one who, like Tuchman (but certanly not Eco), wrote suburban middle-class prose. </div ., Harper Perennial, 1993, 3, Anchor. Very Good. 5.19 x 0.7 x 7.96 inches. Paperback. 2003. 320 pages. <br>The orthodoxy regarding the relationship between p oliticians and military leaders in wartime democracies contends t hat politicians should declare a military operation's objectives and then step aside and leave the business of war to the military . In this timely and controversial examination of civilian-milita ry relations in wartime democracies, Eliot A. Cohen chips away at this time-honored belief with case studies of statesmen who dare d to prod, provoke, and even defy their military officers to grea t effect. Using the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Georges Cleme nceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion to build his argum ent, Cohen offers compelling proof that, as Clemenceau put it, Wa r is too important to leave to the generals. By examining the sha red leadership traits of four politicians who triumphed in extrao rdinarily varied military campaigns, Cohen argues that active sta tesmen make the best wartime leaders, pushing their military subo rdinates to succeed where they might have failed if left to their own devices. Thought provoking and soundly argued, Cohen's Supre me Command is essential reading not only for military and politic al players but also for informed citizens and anyone interested i n leadership. Editorial Reviews Review An excellent, vividly wr itten argument [that] could not have come at a better time. -The Washington Post Brilliant. . . . Cohen argues convincingly that all great wartime leaders-Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill, Ben Gur ion-never left the military to make its own policy, but constantl y prodded, challenged, and gave it direction. -National Review A brilliant account of Lincoln, Churchill, Clemenceau and Ben Guri on-how each man handled the military leaders who served him.-The Wall Street Journal Fascinating....Mr. Cohen's point is ultimate ly not a sentimental but a substantive one....His elucidation of his theory is organized tightly and rendered crisply.- The New Yo rk Times Superb . . . Cohen is persuasive in his argument. -Los Angeles Times Book Review Every so often a book appears just at the moment when it is most needed. . . . Such a book is Supreme C ommand, a superb study of civilian commanders in chief in times o f war by the nation's leading scholar of military-civilian relati ons.-The Weekly Standard Cohen's well-written, absorbing critiqu e of the normal theory is nothing short of crushing. . . . Invalu able.-The New Leader It is well worth devoting some energy to st amping on the myth that soldiers should be allowed to go about th eir business without pesky politicians getting in the way, and an important contribution to this demolition job has been made by E liot Cohen.-The Economist Supreme Command is Cohen's tour de for ce. . . . An eloquent, eminently approachable argument. . . . Ess ential reading.-Choice Supreme Command will be read as often by the professional military and the civil servants and politicians that employ them as is Samuel Huntington's The Soldiers and the S tate and Morris Janowitz's The Professional Soldier, both of whic h are true classics.-The Washington Times Intrinsically signific ant to the study of strategy and important on a practical level.- Booklist Important. . . . Many senior politicians now balk at as king tough questions or challenging military judgments even as th ey set ambitious goals. But Cohen's logic remains sound, and it w ould be a shame if it took a calamity, resulting from a combinati on of military misjudgment and civilian passivity, before it gets a hearing.-Foreign Affairs Cohen, who writes with concision and insight, robustly argues that, far from being incompetent dunder heads, as commonly portrayed, civilian statesmen can be brilliant commanders. . . . Give[s] us much to ponder.-Washington Monthly Supreme Command is a must read for the highest civilian and mil itary leadership and should also rank high on military profession al reading lists.-Naval War College Review Essential reading for anyone concerned with current United States civil-military relat ions and national strategy. . . . It is cogent in nearly every de tail-and we need all the help it can offer.-The Journal of Milita ry History Cohen's revisionist thesis is especially timely. . . . [He] is surely right that we need to develop different - more t raditional - attitudes and protocols concerning the military-civi lian partnership. -Commentary No one is better qualified than Co hen to write about political leadership in wartime. . . . This su stained analysis by a perceptive 'subordinate' who is also an out standing historian should become required reading for statesmen a nd students alike.-The National Interest From the Inside Flap Th e orthodoxy regarding the relationship between politicians and mi litary leaders in wartime democracies contends that politicians s hould declare a military operation's objectives and then step asi de and leave the business of war to the military. In this timely and controversial examination of civilian-military relations in w artime democracies, Eliot A. Cohen chips away at this time-honore d belief with case studies of statesmen who dared to prod, provok e, and even defy their military officers to great effect. Using the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Ch urchill, and David Ben-Gurion to build his argument, Cohen offers compelling proof that, as Clemenceau put it, ?War is too importa nt to leave to the generals.? By examining the shared leadership traits of four politicians who triumphed in extraordinarily varie d military campaigns, Cohen argues that active statesmen make the best wartime leaders, pushing their military subordinates to suc ceed where they might have failed if left to their own devices. T hought provoking and soundly argued, Cohen's Supreme Command is e ssential reading not only for military and political players but also for informed citizens and anyone interested in leadership. From the Back Cover The orthodoxy regarding the relationship betw een politicians and military leaders in wartime democracies conte nds that politicians should declare a military operation's object ives and then step aside and leave the business of war to the mil itary. In this timely and controversial examination of civilian-m ilitary relations in wartime democracies, Eliot A. Cohen chips aw ay at this time-honored belief with case studies of statesmen who dared to prod, provoke, and even defy their military officers to great effect. Using the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion to build his argument, Cohen offers compelling proof that, as Clemenceau put i t, War is too important to leave to the generals. By examining th e shared leadership traits of four politicians who triumphed in e xtraordinarily varied military campaigns, Cohen argues that activ e statesmen make the best wartime leaders, pushing their military subordinates to succeed where they might have failed if left to their own devices. Thought provoking and soundly argued, Cohen's Supreme Command is essential reading not only for military and po litical players but also for informed citizens and anyone interes ted in leadership. About the Author Eliot A. Cohen is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced Inte rnational Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He previously served on the policy planning staff of the Office of the Secretar y of Defense and as an intelligence officer in the United States Army Reserve, and taught at the U.S. Naval War College and at Har vard University. He has written books and articles on a variety o f military and national security-related subjects. A frequent con sultant to the Department of Defense and the intelligence communi ty, he is a member of the Defense Policy Board, advising the Secr etary of Defense. He lives in Washington, D.C. Excerpt. ® Reprin ted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1 The Soldier an d the Statesman Few choices bedevil organizations as much as the selection of senior leaders. Often they look for those with high -level experience in different settings: New York City's Columbia University sought out America's most senior general, Dwight D. E isenhower, to lead it after World War II; President Ronald Reagan made a corporate tycoon his chief of staff in 1985; in the early 1990s, Sears Roebuck, an ailing giant, looked to the chief logis tician of the Gulf War to help it turn around. Frequently enough the transplant fails; the sets of skills and aptitudes that led t o success in one walk of life either do not carry over or are dow nright dysfunctional in another. The rules of politics differ fro m those of business, and universities do not act the way corporat ions do. Even within the business world, car companies and softwa re giants may operate very differently, and the small arms manufa cturer who takes over an ice-cream company may never quite settle in to the new culture. To be sure, leaders at the top have some roughly similar tasks: setting directions, picking subordinates, monitoring performance, handling external constituencies, and in spiring achievement. And they tend, often enough, to think that s omeone in a different walk of life has the answers to their dilem mas, which is why the generals study business books, and the CEOs peruse military history. But in truth the details of their work differ so much that in practice the parallels often elude them, o r can only be discovered by digging more deeply than is the norm. The relations between statesmen and soldiers in wartime offer a special case of this phenomenon. Many senior leaders in private life must manage equally senior professionals who have expertise and experience that dwarf their own, but politicians dealing with generals in wartime face exceptional difficulties. The stakes ar e so high, the gaps in mutual understanding so large, the differe nces in personality and background so stark, that the challenges exceed anything found in the civilian sector-which is why, perhap s, these relationships merit close attention not only from histor ians and students of policy, but from anyone interested in leader ship at its most acutely difficult. To learn how statesmen manage their generals in wartime one must explore the peculiarities of the military profession and the exceptional atmospheres and value s produced by war. These peculiarities and conditions are unique and extreme, and they produce relationships far more complicated and tense than either citizen or soldier may expect in peacetime, or even admit to exist in time of war. Let him come with me int o Macedonia To see why, turn back to the year 168 b.c. The place is the Senate of the Roman republic, the subject the proposed re sumption of war (for the third time) against Macedonia, and the s peaker Consul Lucius Aemilius: I am not, fellow-citizens, one wh o believes that no advice may be given to leaders; nay rather I j udge him to be not a sage, but haughty, who conducts everything a ccording to his own opinion alone. What therefore is my conclusio n? Generals should receive advice, in the first place from the ex perts who are both specially skilled in military matters and have learned from experience; secondly, from those who are on the sce ne of action, who see the terrain, the enemy, the fitness of the occasion, who are sharers in the danger, as it were, aboard the s ame vessel. Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him wi th his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore. The city itself provides enough subjects for conve rsation; let him confine his garrulity to these; and let him be a ware that I shall be satisfied with the advice originating in cam p.1 The Consul's cry for a free hand echoes that of generals thr oughout history-although the historian Livy records that, as a ma tter of fact, an unusually large number of senators decided to ac company him on campaign. Still, the notion that generals once giv en a mission should have near total discretion in its execution i s a powerful one. Popular interpretations of the Vietnam and Gul f wars, the one supposedly a conflict characterized by civilian i nterference in the details of warmaking, the other a model of ben ign operational and tactical neglect by an enlightened civilian l eadership, seem to confirm the value of a bright line drawn betwe en the duties of soldiers and civilians. Thus the chief of staff to General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of US forces in Southwes t Asia: Schwarzkopf was never second-guessed by civilians, and th at's the way it ought to work.2 Or more directly, then-President George Bush's declaration when he received the Association of the US Army's George Catlett Marshall Medal: I vowed that I would ne ver send an American soldier into combat with one hand tied behin d that soldier's back. We did the politics and you superbly did t he fighting.3 Small wonder, then, that the editor of the US Army War College's journal wrote to his military colleagues: There wi ll be instances where civilian officials with Napoleon complexes and micromanaging mentalities are prompted to seize the reins of operational control. And having taken control, there will be time s when they then begin to fumble toward disaster. When this threa tens to happen, the nation's top soldier . . . must summon the co urage to rise and say to his civilian masters, You can't do that! and then stride to the focal point of decision and tell them how it must be done.4 Such a view of the roles of civilian and sold ier reflects popular understandings as well. The 1996 movie Indep endence Day, for example, features only one notable villain (asid e, that is, from the aliens who are attempting to devastate and c onquer the Earth)-an overweening secretary of defense who attempt s to direct the American military's counterattack against the inv aders from outer space. Only after the interfering and deceitful civilian is out of the way can the president, a former Air Force combat pilot who gets back into uniform to lead the climactic aer ial battle, and his military assistants (with the aid of one civi lian scientist in a purely technical role) get on with the job of defeating the foe. To this comfortable consensus of capital, cam p, and, Anchor, 2003, 3, Mariner Books. Very Good. 6 x 1.15 x 9 inches. Hardcover. 2006. 416 pages. <br>A preeminent scientist--and the world's most promi nent atheist--asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusade s to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his f orms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the mo re benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by s ome Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments fo r religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a suprem e being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and ab uses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemp orary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that bel ief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offe rs exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the ind ividual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer a ppreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever m uster. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The antireligio n wars started by Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris will heat up even more with this salvo from celebrated Oxford biologist Dawkins. F or a scientist who criticizes religion for its intolerance, Dawki ns has written a surprisingly intolerant book, full of scorn for religion and those who believe. But Dawkins, who gave us the self ish gene, anticipates this criticism. He says it's the scientist and humanist in him that makes him hostile to religions--fundamen talist Christianity and Islam come in for the most opprobrium--th at close people's minds to scientific truth, oppress women and ab use children psychologically with the notion of eternal damnation . While Dawkins can be witty, even confirmed atheists who agree w ith his advocacy of science and vigorous rationalism may have tro uble stomaching some of the rhetoric: the biblical Yahweh is psyc hotic, Aquinas's proofs of God's existence are fatuous and religi on generally is nonsense. The most effective chapters are those i n which Dawkins calms down, for instance, drawing on evolution to disprove the ideas behind intelligent design. In other chapters, he attempts to construct a scientific scaffolding for atheism, s uch as using evolution again to rebut the notion that without God there can be no morality. He insists that religion is a divisive and oppressive force, but he is less convincing in arguing that the world would be better and more peaceful without it. (Oct. 18) Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsev ier Inc. All rights reserved. From Scientific American Richard D awkins, in The God Delusion, tells of his exasperation with colle agues who try to play both sides of the street: looking to scienc e for justification of their religious convictions while evading the most difficult implications?the existence of a prime mover so phisticated enough to create and run the universe, to say nothing of mind reading millions of humans simultaneously. Such an entit y, he argues, would have to be extremely complex, raising the que stion of how it came into existence, how it communicates ?through spiritons!?and where it resides. Dawkins is frequently dismissed as a bully, but he is only putting theological doctrines to the same kind of scrutiny that any scientific theory must withstand. No one who has witnessed the merciless dissection of a new paper in physics would describe the atmosphere as overly polite. Geor ge Johnson is author of Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order and six other books. He resides on the Web at t alaya.net From Bookmarks Magazine Richard Dawkins's latest book raises the question of style over substance. As in his well-know n books The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and River Out of Eden, the renowned evolutionary biologist has done his homework, and argues with precision and a fair glaze of wit. But Dawkins ca n't restrain his vitriol for those that have put their faith in r eligion, to the point that he comes off as rabid as those believe rs whose eyes he yearns to open. This fatal flaw knocks his book down a rung or two for critics, many of whom seem inclined to bel ieve in Dawkins, if only he weren't so preachy. Copyright © 200 4 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Review At last, one of the bes t nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his thoughts on re ligion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steven Pinker, J ohnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language In stinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A resounding tru mpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Mat t Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...lends his cr iticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Des mond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Animal Richar d Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God De lusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Vent er, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is smart, compa ssionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change the world, w e're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. K irkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passionate rational ists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the cutting inte lligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAW KINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the Uni versity of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnwe aving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawki ns lives in Oxford., From Bookmarks Magazine Richard Dawkins's latest book raises the question of style over substance. As in hi s well-known books The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and Ri ver Out of Eden, the renowned evolutionary biologist has done his homework, and argues with precision and a fair glaze of wit. But Dawkins can't restrain his vitriol for those that have put their faith in religion, to the point that he comes off as rabid as th ose believers whose eyes he yearns to open. This fatal flaw knock s his book down a rung or two for critics, many of whom seem incl ined to believe in Dawkins, if only he weren't so preachy. Copy right © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Review At last, one of the best nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his tho ughts on religion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steve n Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A res ounding trumpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Matt Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...l ends his criticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, aut hor of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Ani mal Richard Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God Delusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Venter, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is s mart, compassionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change t he world, we're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. Kirkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passiona te rationalists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the c utting intelligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-di scoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAWKINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books in cludingUnweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Del usion.Dawkins lives in Oxford., Review At last, one of the bes t nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his thoughts on re ligion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steven Pinker, J ohnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language In stinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A resounding tru mpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Mat t Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...lends his cr iticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Des mond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Animal Richar d Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God De lusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Vent er, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is smart, compa ssionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change the world, w e're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. K irkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passionate rational ists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the cutting inte lligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAW KINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the Uni versity of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnwe aving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawki ns lives in Oxford., About the Author RICHARD DAWKINS is an eme ritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxf ord's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 unt il 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnweaving the Rain bow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawkins lives in Ox ford., ., Mariner Books, 2006, 3, Aurum. Good. Paperback. 2009. 252 pages. minor wear, marks, light foxing<br><br><p><strong>TH E WIKIPEDIA REVOLUTION: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World 's Greatest Encyclopedia</strong><br /><br />by Andrew Lih<br />< br />Aurum, UK, 2009<br />ISBN 9781845134730<br />sml trad epb, F rench flaps, 252pp<br /><br />GOOD: minor wear, marks, light foxi ng<br /><br />Wikipedia has been hailed as the most revolutionary aid to the spread of human knowledge since Gutenberg's printing press. In less than a decade it has single-handedly invigorated a nd torn up the very idea of an 'encyclopedia'. Today Wikipedia is firmly entrenched in the world's top 10 web sites. It has become so popular we casually stumble across its content every day. Typ e any word into any search engine and more than likely a Wikipedi a page will be the first result. It is increasingly cited in the press, books, legal affairs and politics. But whereas the only we b brands that consistently rank above it - Google, Yahoo and Micr osoft - are multi-billion dollar enterprises, each with tens of t housands of employees, Wikipedia has a paid staff of just 10, wit h an operating budget of little more than $3 million. Instead it depends entirely on a legion of unpaid, often anonymous, voluntee rs. And, since January 2001, these 'Wikipedians' have created mor e than 10 million articles, in over 250 lanuguages, adding and up dating at 'the speed of news' to create nothing less than a 'cont inuous working draft of history'. But success hasn't come without controversy and whilst many regard it as a great liberator, othe rs - from universities to the People's Republic of China - see on ly anarchy and chaos. So now, for the first time, Andrew Lih tell s the Wikipedia story. A story which challenges some of our most cherished notions - from neutrality, authority and ownership to c ivil liberties and the profit motive - and explains how a bunch o f geeks built the world's greatest encylopedia.</p> ., Aurum, 2009, 2.5<

2009, ISBN: 9781845134730

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Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. viii, 262 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "A probing study of Hollywood'… Mehr…

Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998. viii, 262 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. "A probing study of Hollywood's response to the rise of feminism in the late twentieth century. This book analyzes the ways in which the American film and television industry--the multifaceted, male-dominated institution known as Hollywood--has responded to the feminist cultural revolution of the past twenty-five years. The focus is on the treatment of those ideals and institutions, especially 'the family,' within which prevailing notions of gender and sexuality are embedded and take on active life. Distinguishing his own neo-Marxist approach from that of other media scholars, Philip Green pursues two interrelated themes. In the first part of the book, he looks at the strategies Hollywood has employed to deflect or absorb the ideological challenges posed by the feminist critique of contemporary American society. He demonstrates the ways in which mainstream movies and television programs, no matter how unconventional or 'subversive' they may appear, produce and reproduce familiar images of sexuality and gender identity. In the second part, Green highlights instances in which reproduction of the dominant ideology is less successful by examining several recent cinematic genres--the female action movie, the rape-revenge cycle, and the new film noir--that portray the real ambiguities of a social order in upheaval. As a male consumer of the cultural commodities being discussed, the author offers a perspective on American films and television different from that of most other feminist critics. / Author of The Pursuit of Inequality and Retrieving Democracy, Philip Green is Sophia Smith Professor of Government at Smith College." - Publisher. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., University of Massachusetts Press, 1998, 3, New York: Basic Books; HarperCollins, 1994. xvi, 171 pages; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "'The name Leakey is synonymous with the study of human origins,' wrote The New York Times. The renowned family of paleontologists - Louis Leakey, Mary Leakey, and their son Richard Leakey - has vastly expanded our understanding of human evolution. The Origin of Humankind is Richard Leakey's personal view of the development of Homo Sapiens. At the heart of his new picture of evolution is the introduction of a heretical notion: once the first apes walked upright, the evolution of modern humans became possible and perhaps inevitable. From this one evolutionary step comes all the other evolutionary refinements and distinctions that set the human race apart from the apes. In fascinating sections on how and why modern humans developed a social organization, culture, and personal behavior, Leakey has much of interest to say about the development of art, language, and human consciousness. / Richard Leakey is the author of People of the Lake, The Making of Mankind, One Life, Conservation: Save the Elephants, Origins, and Origins Reconsidered (the latter two with Roger Lewin)." - Publisher. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Basic Books; HarperCollins, 1994, 3, Garden City. 1970. Anchor Books/Doubleday. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. Paperback Original. Foreword by Christopher Lasch. 150 pages. paperback. 664. Cover design by Keith Godard. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Gar Alperovitz is one of the brightest of postwar revisionist historians. In Cold War Essays he presents his interpretation of American foreign policy and its place in American history, criticizing especially the accepted view of Cold War history. Using recently released documents, Alperovitz refutes the perhaps too simple notion that the Cold War began the day Soviet expansion was halted by American containment. The first three review essays show how American foreign policy was itself responsible, with its surrender to suspicion, military power, and diplomatic momentum. The fourth essay sets the Cold War into the context of American attitudes, as part of what the author calls ‘our deeply expansionist institutions and traditions'. inventory #30857, 0, New York: Penguin Press, 2008. xl, 725 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Superficial dampstain at the back, with slight ripple to the text block. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Drawing on an unprecedented variety of sources, Mark Mazower reveals how the Nazis designed, maintained, and ultimately lost their European empire and offers a chilling vision of the world Hitler would have made had he won the war. Germany's forces achieved, in just a few years, the astounding domination of a landmass and population larger than that of the United States. Control of this vast territory was meant to provide the basis for Germany's rise to unquestioned world power. Eastern Europe was to be the Reich's Wild West, transformed by massacre and colonial settlement. Western Europe was to provide the economic resources that would knit an authoritarian and racially cleansed continent together. But the brutality and short-sightedness of Nazi politics lost what German arms had won and brought their equally rapid downfall. Time and again, the speed of the Germans' victories caught them unprepared for the economic or psychological intricacies of running such a far-flung dominion. Politically impoverished, they had no idea how to rule the millions of people they suddenly controlled, except by bludgeon. Mazower forces us to set aside the timeworn notion that the Nazis' worldview was their own invention. Their desire for land and their racist attitudes toward Slavs and other nationalities emerged from ideas that had driven their Prussian forebears into Poland and beyond. They also drew inspiration on imperial expansion from the Americans and especially the British, whose empire they idolized. Their signal innovation was to exploit Europe's peoples and resources much as the British or French had done in India and Africa. Crushed and disheartened, many of the peoples they conquered collaborated with them to a degree that we have largely forgotten. Ultimately, the Third Reich would be beaten as much by its own hand as by the enemy. Throughout this book are fascinating, chilling glimpses of the world that might have been. Russians, Poles, and other ethnic groups would have been slaughtered or enslaved. Germans would have been settled upon now empty lands as far east as the Black Sea--the new 'Greater Germany.' Europe's treasuries would have been sacked, its great cities impoverished and recast as dormitories for forced laborers when they were not deliberately demolished. As dire as all this sounds, it was merely the planned extension of what actually happened in Europe under Nazi rule as recounted in this authoritative, absorbing book. / Mark Mazower is the author of numerous books on 20th-century European history, including Inside Hitler?s Greece, Dark Continent, The Balkans and Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950. He is program director of the Center for International History at Columbia University, and he also writes about world affairs for the Financial Times, among other publications." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Penguin Press, 2008, 4, Mariner Books. Very Good. 6 x 1.15 x 9 inches. Hardcover. 2006. 416 pages. <br>A preeminent scientist--and the world's most promi nent atheist--asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusade s to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his f orms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the mo re benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by s ome Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments fo r religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a suprem e being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and ab uses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemp orary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that bel ief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offe rs exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the ind ividual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer a ppreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever m uster. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The antireligio n wars started by Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris will heat up even more with this salvo from celebrated Oxford biologist Dawkins. F or a scientist who criticizes religion for its intolerance, Dawki ns has written a surprisingly intolerant book, full of scorn for religion and those who believe. But Dawkins, who gave us the self ish gene, anticipates this criticism. He says it's the scientist and humanist in him that makes him hostile to religions--fundamen talist Christianity and Islam come in for the most opprobrium--th at close people's minds to scientific truth, oppress women and ab use children psychologically with the notion of eternal damnation . While Dawkins can be witty, even confirmed atheists who agree w ith his advocacy of science and vigorous rationalism may have tro uble stomaching some of the rhetoric: the biblical Yahweh is psyc hotic, Aquinas's proofs of God's existence are fatuous and religi on generally is nonsense. The most effective chapters are those i n which Dawkins calms down, for instance, drawing on evolution to disprove the ideas behind intelligent design. In other chapters, he attempts to construct a scientific scaffolding for atheism, s uch as using evolution again to rebut the notion that without God there can be no morality. He insists that religion is a divisive and oppressive force, but he is less convincing in arguing that the world would be better and more peaceful without it. (Oct. 18) Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsev ier Inc. All rights reserved. From Scientific American Richard D awkins, in The God Delusion, tells of his exasperation with colle agues who try to play both sides of the street: looking to scienc e for justification of their religious convictions while evading the most difficult implications?the existence of a prime mover so phisticated enough to create and run the universe, to say nothing of mind reading millions of humans simultaneously. Such an entit y, he argues, would have to be extremely complex, raising the que stion of how it came into existence, how it communicates ?through spiritons!?and where it resides. Dawkins is frequently dismissed as a bully, but he is only putting theological doctrines to the same kind of scrutiny that any scientific theory must withstand. No one who has witnessed the merciless dissection of a new paper in physics would describe the atmosphere as overly polite. Geor ge Johnson is author of Fire in the Mind: Science, Faith, and the Search for Order and six other books. He resides on the Web at t alaya.net From Bookmarks Magazine Richard Dawkins's latest book raises the question of style over substance. As in his well-know n books The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and River Out of Eden, the renowned evolutionary biologist has done his homework, and argues with precision and a fair glaze of wit. But Dawkins ca n't restrain his vitriol for those that have put their faith in r eligion, to the point that he comes off as rabid as those believe rs whose eyes he yearns to open. This fatal flaw knocks his book down a rung or two for critics, many of whom seem inclined to bel ieve in Dawkins, if only he weren't so preachy. Copyright © 200 4 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Review At last, one of the bes t nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his thoughts on re ligion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steven Pinker, J ohnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language In stinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A resounding tru mpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Mat t Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...lends his cr iticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Des mond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Animal Richar d Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God De lusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Vent er, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is smart, compa ssionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change the world, w e're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. K irkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passionate rational ists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the cutting inte lligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAW KINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the Uni versity of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnwe aving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawki ns lives in Oxford., From Bookmarks Magazine Richard Dawkins's latest book raises the question of style over substance. As in hi s well-known books The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and Ri ver Out of Eden, the renowned evolutionary biologist has done his homework, and argues with precision and a fair glaze of wit. But Dawkins can't restrain his vitriol for those that have put their faith in religion, to the point that he comes off as rabid as th ose believers whose eyes he yearns to open. This fatal flaw knock s his book down a rung or two for critics, many of whom seem incl ined to believe in Dawkins, if only he weren't so preachy. Copy right © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. Review At last, one of the best nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his tho ughts on religion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steve n Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A res ounding trumpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Matt Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...l ends his criticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, aut hor of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Ani mal Richard Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God Delusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Venter, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is s mart, compassionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change t he world, we're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. Kirkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passiona te rationalists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the c utting intelligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-di scoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAWKINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books in cludingUnweaving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Del usion.Dawkins lives in Oxford., Review At last, one of the bes t nonfiction writers alive today has assembled his thoughts on re ligion into a characteristically elegant book. --Steven Pinker, J ohnstone Professor, Harvard University, author of The Language In stinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate A resounding tru mpet blast for truth . . . It feels like coming up for air. --Mat t Ridley, author of Genome and Francis Crick Dawkins gives human sympathies and emotions their proper value, which...lends his cr iticisms of religion such force. --Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy This is a brave and important book. --Des mond Morris, author of The Naked Ape and The Human Animal Richar d Dawkins is the leading soothsayer of our time. . . . The God De lusion continues his thought-provoking tradition. --J. Craig Vent er, decoder of the human genome The God Delusion is smart, compa ssionate, and true . . . If this book doesn't change the world, w e're all screwed. --Penn & Teller This is exceptional reading. K irkus Reviews, Starred The world needs . . . passionate rational ists . . . Richard Dawkins so stands out through the cutting inte lligence of The God Delusion. --James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, author of The Double Helix - About the Author RICHARD DAW KINS is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the Uni versity of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnwe aving the Rainbow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawki ns lives in Oxford., About the Author RICHARD DAWKINS is an eme ritus fellow of New College, Oxford and was the University of Oxf ord's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 unt il 2008. He is the author of 15 books includingUnweaving the Rain bow, A Devil's Chaplain, and The God Delusion.Dawkins lives in Ox ford., ., Mariner Books, 2006, 3, Aurum. Good. Paperback. 2009. 252 pages. minor wear, marks, light foxing<br><br><p><strong>TH E WIKIPEDIA REVOLUTION: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World 's Greatest Encyclopedia</strong><br /><br />by Andrew Lih<br />< br />Aurum, UK, 2009<br />ISBN 9781845134730<br />sml trad epb, F rench flaps, 252pp<br /><br />GOOD: minor wear, marks, light foxi ng<br /><br />Wikipedia has been hailed as the most revolutionary aid to the spread of human knowledge since Gutenberg's printing press. In less than a decade it has single-handedly invigorated a nd torn up the very idea of an 'encyclopedia'. Today Wikipedia is firmly entrenched in the world's top 10 web sites. It has become so popular we casually stumble across its content every day. Typ e any word into any search engine and more than likely a Wikipedi a page will be the first result. It is increasingly cited in the press, books, legal affairs and politics. But whereas the only we b brands that consistently rank above it - Google, Yahoo and Micr osoft - are multi-billion dollar enterprises, each with tens of t housands of employees, Wikipedia has a paid staff of just 10, wit h an operating budget of little more than $3 million. Instead it depends entirely on a legion of unpaid, often anonymous, voluntee rs. And, since January 2001, these 'Wikipedians' have created mor e than 10 million articles, in over 250 lanuguages, adding and up dating at 'the speed of news' to create nothing less than a 'cont inuous working draft of history'. But success hasn't come without controversy and whilst many regard it as a great liberator, othe rs - from universities to the People's Republic of China - see on ly anarchy and chaos. So now, for the first time, Andrew Lih tell s the Wikipedia story. A story which challenges some of our most cherished notions - from neutrality, authority and ownership to c ivil liberties and the profit motive - and explains how a bunch o f geeks built the world's greatest encylopedia.</p> ., Aurum, 2009, 2.5<

2012, ISBN: 9781845134730

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Stewart, Tabori and Chang. Very Good. Hardcover. 2012. 224 pages. <br>In their third cookbook, Baked Elements: Our 10 Fa vorite Ingredients, acclaimed authors Matt Lewis and Renato … Mehr…

Stewart, Tabori and Chang. Very Good. Hardcover. 2012. 224 pages. <br>In their third cookbook, Baked Elements: Our 10 Fa vorite Ingredients, acclaimed authors Matt Lewis and Renato Polia fito present 75 inventive new recipes revolving solely around the ir 10 most-loved ingredients--from peanut butter and caramel to m alt and booze. Lewis and Poliafito celebrate these favorite eleme nts--chocolate, for instance, or bananas--baking each one into a variety of delicious cookies, bars, cakes, milkshakes, and more, sweets perfect for everyday cravings, special occasions, late-nig ht celebrations, and weekend get-togethers. Complete with the sig nature stories and commentary that fans adore, chapters also incl ude feature-ingredient infographics with quirky facts and charts and helpful Baked notes that make creating these desserts as easy as pie. Praise for Baked Elements: From the writers of my favo rite baking books of all time, a must-own for any baking enthusia st. --Zoe Deschanel Lewis and Poliafito approach their recipes w ith enthusiasm and dedication. --Boston Globe It's official. I' m a goner. I love this cookbook. . . . While many restaurant past ry chefs around the country are out there pushing the envelope an d falling off the cutting edge adding savory ingredients to decon structed molecular gastronomy masterpieces, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito have delivered another collection of uniquely approach able and delicious baked creations to satisfy any craving. --Aust in Chronicle Nobody, nobody has a better grasp on the kinds of r ecipes that make people happily gum up the pages of a book with c ookie dough or retire their grandmother's famous recipe for cinna mon rolls (because it didn't include pumpkin) than the Baked guys . This book is full of the stuff of American bakery-case dreams. --Deb Perelman, creator of Smitten Kitchen Not a page goes by w ithout some personal anecdote, tip, or bit of advice that makes e very recipe feel personal, well-tested, and well-loved. The book itself is gorgeous, with drool-worthy photos and an elegant layou t that makes finding old favorites easy and choosing new treats a breeze. --Serious Eats Editorial Reviews About the Author Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito left their day jobs in advertising to open their bakery, Baked, in Brooklyn to immediate praise from f ans across the country. They have been featured on Oprah, the TOD AY show, the Food Network, and the Martha Stewart Show. Their pre vious books include Baked and Baked Explorations. Lewis and Polia fito live in New York City. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Baked Elements Our 10 Favorite Ingredients By Matt Lewis, Renato Poliafito, Tina Rupp Abrams Books Copyri ght © 2012 Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito All rights reserved. I SBN: 978-1-58479-985-6 Contents Introduction: A Tale of Two Kitc hens, Everything You Need to Know to Get Baked, 1 PEANUT BUTTER , Good Morning Sunshine Bars, Crunchy Peanut Butter Banana Brea d, Homemade Peanut Butter, Oopsy Daisy Cake, Oatmeal Peanut Bu tter Chocolate Chip Scones, Peanut Butter Chocolate Whirligigs, Bale Bars, 2 LEMON AND LIME, Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Gl aze, Sunrise Key Lime Tarts, Lemon Lime Champagne Granita, Lim e Tarragon Cookies with White Chocolate Lime Topping, Lemon Shak er Pie, Lemon Pistachio Cornmeal Muffins, 3 CARAMEL, Caramel: Variations on a Theme, Dulce de Leche, Classic Caramel Sauce, Sweet and Salty Caramel Sauce, Antique Caramel Cake, Caramel Co conut Cluster Bars, Classic Crème Brûlée with Caramelized Brown Sugar, Alfajores, Easy Candy Bar Tart, Turtle Thumbprint Cooki es, 4 BOOZE, Bourbon, Vanilla, and Chocolate Milk Shakes, Lacy Panty Cakes with Whiskey Sauce, Triple Rum Black Pepper Cake, Simple Chocolate Whiskey Tart with Whiskey Whipped Cream, Whiske y Peach Upside-Down Cake, S'more-Style Chocolate Whiskey Pudding with Whiskey Marshmallow Topping, 5 PUMPKIN, Toasted Pumpkin S eed Brittle, Pumpkin Almond Cake with Almond Butter Frosting, H omemade Pumpkin Puree, Chocolate-Chunk Pumpkin Bread Pudding, P umpkin Cinnamon Rolls, Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, Pumpkin Harvest Dunking Cookies, 6 MALTED MILK POWDER, Devil Dogs with Malted Buttercream Filling, Malted Vanilla Milk Shakes, Malted Milk Ch ocolate Pots de Crème, Milk Chocolate Malt Semifreddo with Choco late Syrup, Malted Madeleines, Vanilla Bean Malt Cake, 7 CINNA MON, Classic Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, W hole-Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels, Spicy Brownies, Brown Butte r Snickerdoodles, Cinnamon Chocolate Soufflés, Holiday Spice Ca ke with Eggnog Buttercream, Cinnamon Spritz Sandwich Cookies, 8 CHEESE, Orange Almond Ricotta Cheesecake, Cheddar Corn Soufflé , Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze, Lemon and Blac k Pepper Quiche, Lemon Pecorino Pepper Icebox Cookies, Chocolat e Cheesecake Muffins, Cream Cheese Chocolate Snacking Cookies, Cheesy Focaccia with Caramelized Onions and Sautéed Spinach, 9 C HOCOLATE, Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes, Mile-High Chocolate Ca ke with Vanilla Buttercream, Candy Bar Cookies, Chocolate-Chip Orange Panettone, Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies with Chocolate Ch unks, Tunnel of Hazelnut Fudge Cake, Brooksters, Simple Chocol ate Syrup, Chocolate Velvet Walnut Fudge with Olive Oil and Fleu r de Sel, 10 BANANA, Bananas Cake, Banana Mousse Parfaits, Ba nana Whoopie Pies, Chocolate Banana Tart, Banana Caramel Puddin g with Meringue Topping, Banana in a Blanket, Honey Banana Popp y Seed Bread, Acknowledgments, Sources, Conversion Charts, In fographic Source Notes, Index, CHAPTER 1 PEANUT BUTTER If yo u have ever woken up with a slight hangover and a dubious, half-r emembered, half-eaten jar of peanut butter at your side, we can e mpathize. We have lived this shame. Peanut butter is a surprising ly nimble comfort food, able to combine with almost any form of d essert (cakes, cookies, icings, macaroons, ice cream) in a beauti ful all-encompassing embrace. We take its comfort often. Of cours e, there are naysayers, and we ignore them. If you dislike peanut butter, chances are you also dislike angels and puppies and we p ity you. We are fans of both the nostalgia brands like Skippy and Peter Pan and the all-natural stuff (we are finally getting used to stirring the oil back into the paste). Slow, restful weekends were virtually invented for peanut butter snack time - whether d irectly from the jar or as part of a cookie - and in our lazy day dreams, the rivers are alive with smooth, crunchy, and toasty pea nut butter. GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE BARS WE RARELY IDENTIFY our f avorite recipes for the simple reason that they change all the ti me based on mood, environment, and time of year. Therefore, we co nsider it a slightly big deal to induct this recipe into the rare fied kingdom of Matt and Renato's All-Time Favorite Recipes, whic h is neither a book nor a file nor a thing, but just a place in o ur collective minds. The recipe itself is embarrassingly simple - really, just cereal (therefore making these bars a perfectly pla usible breakfast solution), peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate . Combined, these ingredients make a bar that is absurdly transce ndental - salty, sweet, crunchy, and addictive, with nods to some purer form of childhood nostalgia (think bake sales and campfire tales) - yet uniquely current, like an Eames chair. We make them for afternoon snacks, for parties, for romantic dates, for large events. In fact, there is rarely an occasion not to make these b ars. We actually prefer them in the morning, with a hearty cup of coffee. The world just seems like a better place when you wake u p with our Good Morning Sunshine Bars. Yield: 24 bars BAKED NOT E:Though it might be tempting to cover the entire surface of the bar in chocolate as opposed to making just a few chocolate stripe s or zigzags, we encourage you to refrain. Too much chocolate obs cures some of the peanut flavor and crunch, thereby diluting the whole Good Morning Sunshine Bar experience. 6 cups crunchy, plai n cereal (Rice Chex or something similar works best) 1 ¼ cups sal ted peanuts, coarsely chopped 1 cup firmly packed dark brown suga r 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup smooth peanut butter (see this pag e) 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract 1½ teaspoons salt 6 ounces g ood-quality milk chocolate, chopped Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-by-13- inch baking pan. Line the pan with parchment paper so that the paper overhangs the pan on two sides. Butter the parc hment. Place the cereal and peanuts in a large bowl and use your hands to toss together until mixed well. In a medium saucepan o ver medium heat, stir together the sugar and corn syrup. Bring th e mixture to a boil for one full minute. Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter, vanilla, and salt. Stir until the mix ture is combined. Pour the sugar mixture over the cereal mixture and use a spoon or well-greased hands (be careful as the liquid may still be very hot) to toss until the cereal is completely coa ted with the sugar mixture. Turn the mixture out into the prepar ed pan. Grease your hands and press the mixture into the bottom o f the pan, being careful not to crush the cereal. Allow the mixtu re to cool to room temperature (if you wish to speed this process , you may place the entire pan in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 m inutes). Melt the chocolate in a microwave or double boiler. Use a spoon or piping bag to decorate the tops of the bars in a stri pe or zigzag pattern. Allow the chocolate to set. Lift the bars out of the pan using the parchment paper overhang, cut them into approximately 3-by-1½-inch rectangles (i.e., candy bars). The ba rs can be stored at room temperature, in an airtight container, f or up to 3 days. If the weather is hot and humid, you might want to keep them in the refrigerator instead. CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BREAD ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, we are still waiting for a l oaf craze to take hold. We think the simple yet versatile loaf ca ke or bread (as in banana bread, zucchini bread, etc.) deserves t he same kind of mania usually reserved for cupcakes and French ma caroons. Though not as naturally attractive as some of the other more popular baked goods, loaf cakes have a lot going for them. T hey are almost always easy to prepare, simple enough to scale up for multiples, and effortless to cart around (have you ever tried to drive a three-layer buttercream-filled cake forty-three miles in an un-air-conditioned car?). This loaf is really the culminat ion of our favorite things: peanut butter, bananas, and chocolate . It's moist and nicely textured and we think it is one of those anytime, anywhere snacks that make life seem a little kinder. Yi eld: One 9-by-5-inch loaf BAKED NOTE:We suppose you could substi tute smooth peanut butter for the crunchy peanut butter in this r ecipe, but we would rather you stick with the crunchy. It provide s a lovely texture. In fact, if you crave even more texture, we s uggest adding about ¼ cup chopped and salted peanuts to the batte r. 1 ½ cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided 1 cup p lus 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 r ounded cup mashed bananas (2 ½ to 3 bananas) ½ cup vegetable oil 2 large eggs ¼ cup whole milk 1 cup crunchy peanut butter (see th is page) 4 ounces (about 2/3 cup) semisweet chocolate chips Preh eat the oven to 350 degrees F and position the rack in the center . Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan, dust it with flour, and knock ou t the excess flour. In a large bowl, whisk together 1 ½ cups flo ur, the sugar, salt, and baking soda. In another large bowl, whi sk together the bananas, oil, eggs, milk, and peanut butter. Toss the chocolate chips in the remaining 1 tablespoon of flour, then stir the chocolate chips into the banana mixture. Make a well i n the center of the dry ingredients and pour the wet mixture into it. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ever so gently until j ust combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in to the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Let the loaf co ol in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool c ompletely. The loaf can be stored at room temperature, in an air tight container or wrapped tightly, for up to 3 days. HOMEMADE P EANT BUTTER HOMEMADE PEANUT BUTTER is delightful. It is uncompli cated in a way that feels charming and wholesome without seeming precious or twee. It is also quick, requiring just a few spins ar ound the food processor, and exceedingly adaptable - smooth or ch unky, salty or subtle, skins or no skins. And lastly, of course, it makes a great base that plays well with others like cayenne, c ocoa powder, and chocolate (white, milk, or dark). Of course, hom emade peanut butter is only going to be as good as the peanuts yo u start with, so taste test with gusto. Great-tasting peanuts mak e great-tasting peanut butter, with a brightness and zing that mo st jarred varieties cannot match. Yield: Approximately 2 cups B AKED NOTE:We like our homemade peanut butter a multitude of ways, but we highly recommend a skins-on approach. The skins add a sub tle flavor, are visually appealing (to us anyway), and are suppos edly healthier. 2 ½ cups (about 14 ounces) home-roasted or store -bought roasted peanuts (see Note) ½ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ho ney 1 to 3 teaspoons peanut oil, as needed ¼ to ½ teaspoon fleur de sel, to taste (optional) Place the peanuts in a food processo r. Sprinkle the salt and drizzle the honey over the peanuts. Puls e in 30-second bursts 4 to 5 times until the peanuts are reduced to a thick, pastelike consistency. Scrape down the sides and bott om of the bowl, replace the lid, and process while slowly adding 1 teaspoon of the peanut oil through the feed tube. Continue proc essing for another minute or two until you reach the desired cons istency. If the peanut butter is too thick, slowly add more peanu t oil while pulsing. Once the preferred consistency is reached, s prinkle ¼ teaspoon fleur de sel (if using) over the peanut butter and process again for 5 seconds. Taste, and add more fleur de se l if necessary. Homemade peanut butter can be stored in the refr igerator, tightly covered, for up to 45 days. VARIATION: For chu nky peanut butter, reserve ¼ cup of the nuts, chop them very coar sely, and fold them into the smooth peanut bu, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2012, 3, Aurum. Good. Paperback. 2009. 252 pages. minor wear, marks, light foxing<br><br><p><strong>TH E WIKIPEDIA REVOLUTION: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World 's Greatest Encyclopedia</strong><br /><br />by Andrew Lih<br />< br />Aurum, UK, 2009<br />ISBN 9781845134730<br />sml trad epb, F rench flaps, 252pp<br /><br />GOOD: minor wear, marks, light foxi ng<br /><br />Wikipedia has been hailed as the most revolutionary aid to the spread of human knowledge since Gutenberg's printing press. In less than a decade it has single-handedly invigorated a nd torn up the very idea of an 'encyclopedia'. Today Wikipedia is firmly entrenched in the world's top 10 web sites. It has become so popular we casually stumble across its content every day. Typ e any word into any search engine and more than likely a Wikipedi a page will be the first result. It is increasingly cited in the press, books, legal affairs and politics. But whereas the only we b brands that consistently rank above it - Google, Yahoo and Micr osoft - are multi-billion dollar enterprises, each with tens of t housands of employees, Wikipedia has a paid staff of just 10, wit h an operating budget of little more than $3 million. Instead it depends entirely on a legion of unpaid, often anonymous, voluntee rs. And, since January 2001, these 'Wikipedians' have created mor e than 10 million articles, in over 250 lanuguages, adding and up dating at 'the speed of news' to create nothing less than a 'cont inuous working draft of history'. But success hasn't come without controversy and whilst many regard it as a great liberator, othe rs - from universities to the People's Republic of China - see on ly anarchy and chaos. So now, for the first time, Andrew Lih tell s the Wikipedia story. A story which challenges some of our most cherished notions - from neutrality, authority and ownership to c ivil liberties and the profit motive - and explains how a bunch o f geeks built the world's greatest encylopedia.</p> ., Aurum, 2009, 2.5<

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