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In 1971, when William Hjortsberg first published Gray Matters, reviewers mentioned Borges. And in 1972 came Symbiography, a novella about a man who dreams for a living. He is in fact a best-selling dreamer. Before Mad Max (1979) and Neuromancer (1984), back in the days when reality was either “real” or chemical, Hjortsberg set about to create a post-holocaust fiction, (mis-termed, we think, “science” fiction), that anticipates the Virtual, the Punk, and the Meta. As readers it is thrilling to realize how perfectly timed this work is for our day, fresher even, somehow, than it was thirty years ago. Odd Corners collects Gray Matters and Symbiography together with two stories never before in book form. It is a complete cyberworld, courtesy of William Hjorstberg.
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Almost 35 years later and Gray Matters holds up...and how!.......2004-08-14
When I was originally searching Amazon for new stuff from William Hjortsberg, I was surprised that his new book included Gray Matters--a shortish novel expanded from a story I read in Playboy around 1970 or so.
I've never forgotten the story.
I ordered it and burned through Odd Corners. Let's forget plot summaries. Let's forget trying explain or elaborate on Hjortsberg's stories. It'll be a hell of a lot more fun for you to dive in and be surprised. You'll love all of it.
If you like truly original fiction and a superior writer who honestly pushes the envelope, you can't miss with Odd Corners. And Gray Matters? It's going to stay with you. It stayed with me.
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it is all about 'the brotherhood of dada.'.......2006-11-10
Out of the "new" series, I think this is the best collection of the revamped DOOM PATROL. There is a massive amount of story depth, character development and fairly impressive philosophical/aesthetic theory intertwined into this narrative. I usually read cliche pansy indie comics about how some guy is sad because some girl doesn't like him. However, Doom Patrol took me out of that genre and into the world of "retarded super heros" as one of my friends calls it. I like this metatheme of superheros who don't necessarily want to be super heros and are basically normal people with psychological issues. I think this is a worthy purchase and this is coming from someone who does not usually purchase any DC/Marvel comics. Last, I think this comic is drawn exceptionally well.
Unique, Strange, but Never Confusing., and Always Exciting.......2006-08-07
The Doom Patrol's old enemies, the Brotherhood of Evil, are gone. In their place stands the strange menace of the Brotherhood of Dada, and their painting that can consume cities. But the Brain, the former leader of the Brotherhood of Evil, is by no means done with the Doom Patrol.
"Doom Patrol: The Painting that Ate Paris" is the second collection of Grant Morrison's groundbreaking and fondly-remembered on "Doom Patrol." He kept the surreal tone coming, slowly and gradually pulling the team to new levels of strangeness.
From a battle with the absurdly inventive Brotherhood of Dada to retrieve Paris from inside of a painting, to a concept of nothing that threatens to consume the world, Morrison tells unique, strange, exciting, but never-confusing stories that deserve their reputation and longevity. You can't go wrong with this volume.
Yep.......2006-06-17
Grant Morrison's version of Doom Patrol is brillient, and one of my favorite comis series ever. This is probably the best DP trade book to date, and I would definately recommend it. The Painting that Ate Paris storyarc is great, the bit inside Crazy Jane's mind is great, the Mind and the Body bit is spectacular (IMHO) and the Anitgod arc was pretty good too.
THIS!.......2004-10-23
Grant Morrison's run on DOOM PATROL is not one of my favorite comics ever. It's one of my favorite THINGS ever. My world is a better place by sheer virtue of the fact that this series is lying around in it.
DOOM PATROL (2nd Series), for those not in the know, is an early 90's update for one of the weirdest silver age series around. After an uninspiring intro by Paul Kupperberg (who at least brought the series back), Grant Morrison retooled the whole thing and came up with (Am I stupid enough to say it? Yes!) Pure Magick!
You probably need to be enthralled to the whole superhero ethos to understand this series, but if you are, ZANG! This may be the most off-the-wall bizarre thing you will ever read. If it was anybody else, this would simply be another boring deconstruction of superheroes. It is so very easy to write the strange for sake of the strange. What Morrison brought to the table is an absolute love for the medium and a deep concern with the damaged characters who populate it.
Perhaps his most inspired creation of the series is featured prominently in this trade, the Brotherhood of Dada! They aren't really supervillains as much as art school graduates, rejects and visionaries. Led by Mr. Nobody (whose origin is terrifying), they are simply, I don't know, snork-tacular?
After these escapades we are led into a journey of Crazy Jane's brain (who has been seriously damaged by childhood trauma into mulitple personalities). This issue (#30) is one of the creepiest comics ever to make to publication, and a perfect example of Morrison's commitment to his characters.
We follow this up with the sublimely weird Cult of the Unwritten Book story arc. Who hasn't wished that John Constantine had been a character from Withnail & I?
The final issue of this paperback features Monsieur Mallah & The Brain. If you have never laughed out loud at a comic, you are missing out. It's a testament to Morrison's talent on this series that he can feature two single issues (this and #30) that are so dichotomous, but still work together as a series. Brilliant.
And this was all pre-Vertigo. Nobody was making things like this!
<You forgot the power to make escape-proof spirit jars.>
Wonderfully weird.......2004-09-30
I remember reading the first Invisibles trade and thinking to myself "man, that was weird. How can he top that?" Well, I got the second one, and sure enough, Morrison did. So why bring this up in a review of a Doom Patrol trade? Because I had the exact same thing happen to me with "The Painting That Ate Paris." I read "Crawling from the Wreckage" and thought there was no way Morrison could surpass it. Well, was I ever wrong! In this collection, we're introduced to the Brotherhood of Dada, who wish to wreck their own brand of havoc on the world. To do so, they unleash a painting that sucks the entire city of Paris into it, hence the title. The weirdness precedes from there, such as battles with the Fifth Horsemen of the Apoclaypse (the way he's defeated is a testament to Morrison's inventiveness) and the Cult of the Unwritten book. If you find The Invisibles too weird for your tastes, and want something along similiar lines, then try Morrison's The Doom Patrol.
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Oh so boring!.......2007-09-09
The first one was amateur, the second trite. This "Timewyrm" is just boring. It is completely Doctor Who-by-numbers - no surprises whatsoever. Its link to the overall Timewyrm concept is even more tenuous than the last book. The only real saving grace is the occasional Troughton-era flashback, but those are far and few between. Skip it.
Weakest of the lot.......2003-08-19
I have stated elsewhere that is a brave task to start a nwe media tie-in line with a series of books built around one theme, as Virgin did with the Timewyrm story. Thankfully, this is the third book and not the first or else this series might not have survived. The story reads much like many of the Pertwee era six part stories in which the the plot is thin and padded with constant returns to scenes already visited. If you're a completest, get the book, but otherwise you can skip this one.
Paralyzingly dull, boring and tedious.......2001-10-30
When I first read TIMEWYRM: APOCALYPSE back in 1993 or 1994, it was only a matter of weeks later that I was unable to recall more than a handful of details about the book. Rereading this in 2001, I recognized only the barest trivialities. I don't expect to retain anything more from my reread than I did from my initial perusal of the text.
The prologue of the book begins with several one and two word sentences which are supposed to represent the primitive thoughts of the awakening adversary. One and two word sentences never inspire the reader to have much confidence in the rest of the book, and sadly this assumption proves to be correct. One thing that any future authors can take away from this experience is that if one is going to base the first fifty pages of one's book off of a previous Doctor Who serial, do not redo The Krotons.
The major problem with this book is that it is hopelessly padded and, worse, it's extremely dull padding. The page count is just one over two hundred, yet strangely APOCALYPSE could easily lose about fifty pages without breaking a sweat. There are far too many scenes of people being captured, escaping, running away from monsters, etc. The style of prose does little to help move the plot along. Sequences are broken up with numerous pages of random information about the way of life on Kirith. These passages don't help to build up a picture of alien life, rather they just seem like irrelevant details. It seems heavily influenced by the very worst of the Target novelisations. When those books were at their poorest, they were nothing but lines of dialogue with random "extra" paragraphs of exposition. This is exactly what many sections of this book feel like. It isn't pretty.
Not to say that there aren't a few moments where the book is entertaining. There's a sequence in which the Doctor is being chased through a forest that's realized quite effectively. The passages involving the villagers awaking from their long conditioning are also noteworthy. Unfortunately for every one of these, we have something like the part where a seagull poos on the Doctor or one of the many useless facts about Kirithian culture. One step forward, three steps back.
All in all the ending of the book is enjoyable enough, it's just a pity one has to read through all the other dull stuff in order to get to it. This would make a much better novella if one, in addition to removing much of the padding, remembered that good writing involves more showing than telling.
Apocalypse Then.......2001-04-07
The Doctor and Ace follow the Timewyrm's trail to the far future, where she is now on the planet Kirith. The world houses an utopian society, but with a dark secret. A secret the Timewyrm will exploit...
The third part of the Timewyrm quartet rings a little hollow, with the planet Kirith effectively interchangeable with many other semi-nondescript planets visited by the Doctor. It certainly doesn't impress me as the utopia it is supposed to be!
This book continues to develop the Doctor as a major manipulator storyline, spun-out from some of his activities in the last season of TV stories. This facet is probably the most interesting of those on display in this book.
One of the features of Doctor Who as a TV serial is that forgettable stories come along from time to time. This book sadly continues that tradition.
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Over more than a quarter of a century, John Paul II has firmly set his stamp on the billion-member strong Catholic Church for future generations and he has become one of the most influential political figures in the world. His key role in the downfall of communism in Europe, as well as his apologies for the Catholic Church’s treatment of Jews and to victims of the Inquisition, racism, and religious wars, won him worldwide admiration. Yet his papacy has also been marked by what many perceive as misogyny, homophobia, and ecclesiastical tyranny. Some critics suggest that his perpetuation of the Church’s traditional hierarchical paternalism contributed to pedophiliac behavior in the priesthood and encouraged superiors to sweep the crimes under the carpet. The Pontiff in Winter brings John Paul’s complex, contradictory character into sharp focus. In a bold, highly original work, John Cornwell argues that John Paul’s mystical view of history and conviction that his mission has been divinely established are central to understanding his pontificate. Focusing on the period from the eve of the millennium to the present, Cornwell shows how John Paul’s increasing sense of providential rightness profoundly influenced his reactions to turbulence in the secular world and within the Church, including the 9/11 attacks, the pedophilia scandals in the United States, the clash between Islam and Christianity, the ongoing debates over the Church’s policies regarding women, homosexuals, abortion, AIDS, and other social issues, and much more. A close, trusted observer of the Vatican, Cornwell combines eyewitness reporting with information from the best sources in and outside the pope’s inner circle. Always respectful of John Paul’s prodigious spirit and unrelenting battles for human rights and religious freedom, Cornwell raises serious questions about a system that grants lifetime power to an individual vulnerable to the vicissitudes of aging and illness. The result is a moving, elegiac portrait of John Paul in the winter of his life and a thoughtful, incisive assessment of his legacy to the Church.
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An Insightful Diatribe of His Holiness JPII.......2007-06-28
Cambridge scholar George Holmes analyzes the long reign of Pope John Paul II, the former Karol Wojtyla. He discusses the pope's accomplishmnets and his views on controversial issues including birth control and abuses by the clergy. The author seems to be making his case for critizing the centralization of papal power. Though he does show us both the good and the bad affects the policy of this pope has had on the world. We see him as pope and a person. The book is well-written, but does not answer any questions. I am pleased I read a library copy. But I do suggest you read it and make up your own mind.
How absolute power corrupts absolutely.......2005-06-13
"The Pontiff in Winter" is eighty percent hagiography. It glosses over Pope John Paul's culpability for 20 million AIDS deaths, citing his opposition to disease-preventing condoms in one place and the statistical consequences of that policy elsewhere, but leaving it to the reader to make the connection. But Cornwall does quote the UN Secretary General's assertion that the current Roman Catholic theology is one that favors death rather than life.
On the issue of Karol Wojtyla's much-touted ventures into ecumenism, Cornwall leaves no doubt that the only ecumenism the pope was willing to consider was the other side's unconditional surrender. To Wojtyla, all non-Catholics were in a "gravely deficient situation," and Lutherans and other Protestants were "not Churches in the proper sense."
To the Vatican hierarchs currently dominating (some might say enslaving) the world's half-billion Catholics, right and wrong are whatever the hierarchs say they are. When four bishops denounced the archbishop of Vienna for his child molesting, a bishop from the Wojtyla faction told a TV station that the four would "roast in Hell." When Boston's cardinal Law covered up the crimes of pedophile priests, the pope initially ordered him not to resign, and later appointed him to an influential sinecure in Rome. And Wojtyla personally suppressed reports that priests in 29 African countries were infecting nuns with AIDS, and had impregnated more than thirty of them.
Previous carefully censored media reports of the "third secret" prophecy by the surviving perpetrator of the Fatima hoax were consistent with the alleged prophecy being newly composed for political purposes. Cornwall's printing of the entire prophecy supports the interpretation that it really was composed in 1944, since it was so far removed from reality that even National Inquirer would have been reluctant to claim so many mistakes by a "psychic" as a hit. As Gary Wills wrote in the New York Review of Books, "Either the Virgin's crystal ball was clouded in 1917, or Lucia's imagination was overstimulated in 1944."
As a virtual insider, with almost unrestricted access to the Vatican hierarchy, Cornwall was able to see for himself that, for at least the last five years of his papacy, John Paul II was less than compos mentis. After Wojtyla met with the archbishop of Canterbury and other Anglican dignitaries, he asked an aide, "Tell me, who were those people?" Cornwall concludes that, "John Paul was at best only partly in control, either of his own mind or the decisions of his close associates."
Despite practising-Catholic Cornwall's attempt to write a charitable and balanced account of John Paul's pontificate, it is difficult for anyone to read this book with his brain in gear and fail to conclude that, as long as tyrannical popes are able to appoint the oligarchs who will choose their successors, the Roman Catholic Church is going to remain the most oppressive, totalitarian religious tyranny on earth, with the Scientologists and Moonies not even close contenders.
The Arrogance of Power.......2005-06-06
A well-written book, which can be appreciated and understood by
Catholics and non-Catholics alike. (For those who seem to think
that the only criticism of the late Pope comes from those who
don't understand the Catholic Church, let me state here that I
am a practising, progressive Catholic).
There were no great surprises for me - I've long been concerned
at the high-handedness of Pope John Paul and the Vatican Curia;
this book confirmed my opinions while supplying a lot of
background information explaining, as far as anyone can, how
and why John Paul acted as he did.
Probably the most appalling aspects of John Paul's pontificate -
to a liberal thinker - were the hypocrisy of encouraging
rebellion against left-wing regimes while clamping down on
any protest against right-wing rulers; and the encouragement
of tale-telling and denunciation of anyone who might even
vaguely be suspected of harboring opinions not in full accord
with the pope's own views - a mindset worthy of both the Nazi
and Communist regimes under which he himself had suffered.
Cornwell details many such instances of Vatican repression.
There is another major act of hypocrisy - the branding of
homosexuality as "intrinsically evil", and the refusal of
needed pastoral care for religious homosexuals at the same time
that the Vatican has done its best to put the issue of priestly
paedophiles to one side, and has to this day failed to issue
either a free-ranging enquiry or to apologise to the victims.
Both issues are explored in the book, although it could be
argued they deserve a book of their own.
I suspect that the full extent of the damage done to the Church
by John Paul II won't be fully realised until the Pontificate
after the current one, when the only choices for a new Pontiff
will have to be made from the ranks of those ultra-conservatives
appointed as Bishops under the late Pope, and the Church will
find itself hopelessly outdated and irrelevant. Cornwell sees
clearly the already huge divide between the Vatican hierarchy
and the Church on the ground, and it's unlikely that the
division will be healed by Benedict XVI or his successor. Far
more likely is the scenario that under a succession of arch-
conservatives, engineered by John Paul, the imortance of the
Catholic Church will be increasingly diminished in a world that
is changing faster than anyone could have envisaged at the
start of John Paul's reign.
This is a valuable book, honest and forthright - if anything,
it is kinder than it might have been.
too much authorial intrusion.......2005-04-25
First, it was well written and a quick read. That was the "good" part...now the "bad". The author is very anti Pope John Paul 2 and he clumsily tries to bully the reader along to his conclusions. He overworks the word "autodidact" in referance to the late pope but methinks the author's own Freudian slip is showing. Though the author has a select Bibliography he keeps referring as a viable source of information to a Vatican version of 'Deep Throat'. In this book one gets more of a sense of what John Cornwell is about than of Pope John Paul.
Important insights marred by mean and bitter writing.......2005-04-10
Let me preface this review by saying I am not Catholic and though I have Catholic leanings I have resisted converting because of my liberal religious outlook. Seemingly, this is an outlook I share with Mr. Cornwell. I--like him--hold John Paul II in very high regard as a man of peace and one of the most influential agents of positive change in the past fifty years. On this aspect of his papacy, I feel Cornwell provides great examples and writes with appropriate zeal and praise.
However, the areas that are of concern to many non-Catholics, which include ordination of women, contraception, marriage of clergy, and even papal infallibility, are presented in such a negative and sarcastic light that I fear no one will take them seriously. Cornwell claims to be a reform-minded Catholic. Unfortunately, his presentation of real concerns for thousands of Catholics and non-Catholics alike are handled with such vitriol that this book will prove to be more divisive than unifying.
Ultimately, I feel that in spite of differences in belief between the author and the Pope this book could have been infused with a great deal more respect for a man who will be missed by millions. After all, in Cornwell's own admission, John Paul II has done more for peace in the world than anyone. Somehow, it seems that after saying that about someone repeatedly referring to him as "old boy" is entirely inappropriate. I had hoped for an unbiased (although this is seemingly impossible when writing about religion) and thoughtful portrayal of the strengths and weaknesses of John Paul's papacy. Unfortunately, I got a venomous diatribe.
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Dissecting John Paul II.(Book Review): An article from: National Catholic Reporter
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- Recipes are too hard to prepare
- Not quite the same as the restaurant.
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New World cooking is hot, hot, hot -- and very cool. At San Francisco's famous Cha Cha Cha restaurant, located in the heart of Haight-Ashbury, the big flavors of Cuba and Puerto Rico come together and dance in vibrant dishes served against a backdrop of laughter, a loud Latin beat, and fabulous altars to the voodoo saint-gods of Santeria. As colorful as the restaurant itself, this unique, festive cookbook offers sixty terrific recipes for Cha Cha Cha's signature tapas and entrees (perfect for entertaining!), all accompanied by the stories, icons, and relics of Santeria, as well as full-color photographs of the dishes themselves. Savvy cooks are discovering that the spices and ingredients of the Caribbean are as fun to cook with as they are to eat. Cook! Eat! Cha cha cha!
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Great recipes but need experience.......2000-09-29
This book contains the recipes for some of your favorite dishes fron CHA CHA CHA on Haight street in San Francisco. It would make a great basis for a tapas party! While nothing can beat the real thing, this book does a great job of giving you a headstart on creating your own home version of CHA CHA CHA. However, while these recipes are awesome, most are not for the novice cook. They work best for individual who have experience with the unique caribbean ingredients and experience with the cooking technigues (quick sauteeing with cream!)Overall...I would say that 1/3 of the recipes can be made by anyone...1/3 with a little experience and 1/3 by the dedicated gourment.
My Favorite Cookbook!.......2000-08-04
I moved away from SF last year and am quite happy to get a taste of Cha Cha Cha through this cookbook! No, it's not a perfect substitute for the restaurant, but with a little practice the recipes aren't difficult. And the sangria recipe is the best I've ever tasted!
Recipes are too hard to prepare.......2000-05-10
I previously lived in San Francisco and one of my favorite things to do was eat at CHA CHA CHA's. So, when I moved back to Southern California I missed this fantastic restaurant. I was very excited to find this book and I immediately tried to create some of my favorite dishes. BUT, I found it very difficult to replicate the dishes as most of the ingredients were not in my kitchen and when I went to the store to purchase them, some of them were very hard to find. Also, the lists of ingredients are very long! And finally, the dishes are not that easy to prepare. I realize that I am not an expert in the kitchen, but I do know how to follow directions and I did struggle quite a bit.
So, now when I miss that wonderful food I either look at the pictures in the book and try and remember how it tastes OR I get on a United Shuttle flight and go for the real thing. Nothing can compare to having glass after glass of sangria while I sit back and have the food served to me by someone who really knows how the food should be made!
Not quite the same as the restaurant........1999-02-10
I, too, live a few blocks away from Cha Cha Cha but can no longer stomach the crowds waiting for a table (not to mention the couple of pitchers of Sangria you'll go through on empty said stomach as you wait the average 45 minute wait. Even on Sundays). Given that lengthy diatribe, all can now understand why getting the book as a gift was a blessing.
The pictures are beautiful and some of the dishes turn out quite nice. But I will no longer try to make my favorite dish at the restaurant: Cajun Shrimp. I don't know what was lost in the translation but if you follow the recipe in the book (and yes, I used SWEET paprika, not hot), you turn out Shrimp O' Fire. It's almost inedible. It's not even good spicy hot, it's just kind of gnarly. So I'm somewhat disappointed in this book. And it makes me leery of trying to make everything.
Also, the cookbook is inconsistent on informing you how long certain things will take to cook down or reduce, and a dish that looks to take about 20 minutes to make can take over an hour.
Basically, this is one cookbook that's worth it for the pictures and memories of actually eating at the restaurant. If you want anything more from this tome, I wish you luck.
Delicious, Impressive Food Made Easy.......1998-04-08
Cha Cha Cha is one of my favorite San Francisco restaurants, so I was excited to find this cookbook and even more pleased to find that the recipes are very well written and easy to prepare. The results are fabulous - just like the food from the restaurant! Very interesting history of the food and everything you need to know to recreate the Cha Cha Cha experience at home.
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This superb new edition of a classic cookbook proves that California cooking isn't about living in California -- it's about appreciating seasonal produce, bold flavors, and adventurous ingredient combinations. Now Diane Rossen Worthington revisits her signature recipes and shares some great new discoveries, including Arroz con Pollo, a Mexican dish updated with a hint of mint, an incredible macaroni and cheese with caramelized leeks and prosciutto, and the homey goodness of Almond Shortcake with Roasted Blueberry Compote. The result is a book packed with nearly 200 innovative and naturally healthy dishes. Featured sidebars highlight new trends in California cuisine such as artisan baking, cheese-making, and olive oil production. And with terrific two-color illustrations by Michael Schwab, The New California Cook will make cooking California style as breezy as the cuisine itself.
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Best for Entertaining.......2007-01-10
I checked this out at the library and then liked it so much, I had to buy it. The recipes that allow you to do much of the prep ahead are fabulous. I found the time estimatess to be fairly accurate and that user error was the problem when they weren't. ;-)
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This completely revised edition of Michele Anna Jordans much praised cookbook features 200 recipes, touring information, and cooks sources, making it the definitive food lovers guide to Americas Provence.
Sonoma County stretches from the fog-cooled coast of Northern California to the Mayacamas Mountains in the east; it hangs like a plump grape cluster west and northwest of its neighbor, Napa. Less than an hour away from San Francisco, this celebrated region has become synonymous with good taste, high-quality culinary ingredients, and the best food in the world. Originally published in 1990 by Addison-Wesley, The New Cooks Tour of Sonoma includes 200 recipes, extensive sections on wine and the burgeoning olive oil industry, and engaging portraits of the regions cheesemakers, dairymen and women, breadmakers, farmers, and chefs. With sixteen pages of spectacular color photographs, this gorgeous cookbook shows how the place, its people, and its food are inextricably linked.
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This cook's tour.......2002-09-26
I received this book as a gift, and read it quickly, almost as a travelogue, wondering what it would be like to live in this vividly described area. Later, I visited Sonoma County and used the book as a guide. I visited a cheese factory, two farmers' markets, a small winery and an artisanal herb garden, led to each location by the informative guide with which I had been gifted. I used several of the clear, easy to follow-and execute-recipes with food bought from the sources suggested in The Cook's Tour. After returning home, I contine to read the book to remind myself of the glorious visit to Sonoma County, and as an inspiration for food purchases and discoveries I would normally have never attempted.
She's done it again.......2002-09-26
I had my eyes opened when I purchased the original Cook's Tour many years ago. Being a native of Sonoma County, I was fascinated by all the things I didn't know about my home county. Michele gave a face to things I had passed by blindly for years...farms, cheesemakers, gourmet stores, festivals. In the new edition of Cook's Tour she presents us with an ever richer trip through the wonders of Sonoma. She teaches us about the wine appellations and what crops thrive right along with the grapes of that region. She includes political information that supports the farmer and sustainable agriculture. She updates us on new cheesemakers, new purveyors and celebrates the staying power of the old. Once again Michele gives a face to Sonoma County, but this time she introduces us by name and helps us start a conversation. Her recipes are wonderful, making use of all the bounty that is available locally. I feel the circle of belonging to a place close as I drive through the country she writes of with such affection and then buy produce and ingredients, ultimately cooking dishes that are truly local in origin and taste. "The New Cook's Tour of Sonoma" makes me grateful that I live in this magic place. Thanks to Ms Jordan for opening my eyes even wider.
Brings Sonoma County Alive!.......2001-07-29
Sonoma County, California is a very special place. From the Pacific ocean on the west to the ridgeline east of the Valley of the Moon, Sonoma County almost has it all.
Michele Anna Jordan helps bring this special place alive with this book. She's an extraordinary writer who infuses her stories and recipes with great commentary.
This particular cookbook is among my favorites -- because it's so much more than just a cookbook. The sidebar commentaries about places in Sonoma County help bring the area to life in my mind's eye.
Highly recommended!
A highly recommended combination food history and cookbook.......2001-02-16
The New Cook's Tour Of Sonoma showcases the rich culinary history and cuisine of Sonoma County, California, a 1,560 square mile agricultural and viticultural country. Featuring 150 recipes illustrated with sixteen pages of superbly presented color photographs, From Mexican Cheese Bread, Potato Gnocchi with Duck Ragout, and Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Garlic, to Oven-Roasted Peppers, Grilled Salmon Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette, and Russian River Vineyards Cheesecake with Green Valley Blueberry Sauce, The New Cook's Tour Of Sonoma is a highly recommended combination food history and cookbook that will grace any household cookbook collection.
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Mama Cooks California Style: New Twists on Jewish Classics
Manufacturer: Jewish Home for the Aging of Los Angeles
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ASIN: 0965480208 |
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Hidden treasure.......2002-12-14
I found this book at a thriftstore. And the first recipe I tried, Poet Shelley's Chicken Soup, was so delicious. The first soup recipe that my husband actually liked and met his approval. A delightful, delicious find.
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Many a Homemaker with a full shelf of recipe books calls The California Cook Book her favorite. The new edition is better than ever, offering 100 new recipes to add to the 450 all time favorites from the First Edition. There is also a new section on Outdoor Cooking, Patio and Picnic meals.
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Buying and Selling Celebrity Dolls: Price Guide
Michele Karl
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Double Woven Treasures from Old Peru
Adele Cahlander
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Pre-Columbian double cloth is one of the world's great textile traditions. This book takes a comprehensive look at the varieties of double cloth preserved in museums and private collections including fabric analysis, and provides detailed weaving instructions. A must for collectors and weavers alike.
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Colorado Home Book, Third Edition
Ashley Group
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Spectacular Homes of Colorado (Spectacular Homes)
ASIN: 1588621316 |
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- Excellent for novices, marketing and sales staff
- good review of well-designed sites; but not a how-to book
- don't buy this book, try something else
- don't buy this book, try something else
- Hypergraphics presents a solid theory of interactive design.
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Hypergraphics (Digital Media Design)
Roy McKelvey
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
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ASIN: 2880463130 |
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Excellent for novices, marketing and sales staff.......2004-10-14
This book might not be that much of interest to experienced web developers and designers, however, this book is great for people who have an interest in the web, but have limited knowledge how websites function and are created. I recommend this book to anyone who would like to embark a career that involves more indepth knowledge of the web and websites, but without the heavy "techie jargon". It could be very useful to train up Marketing and Sales staff, as well as entry level employees of a company involved in the web. It was published some time ago, but I still refer to it today for ideas.
good review of well-designed sites; but not a how-to book.......2002-02-04
"Hypergraphics" is basically divided in two parts. The first is a collection of the usual web design "tricks", such as using tables for layout, 1-pixel transparent GIFs, frames, the web-safe palette, etc. You can find these in dozens of other books, and in themselves they are not worth the price of this book. But the second part is more interesting: eleven web sites are analysed and dissected, in a deep and meaningful way that I haven't seen anywhere else. About ten pages are dedicated to each site, discussing navigation, structure, design, construction issues and so on. The selection of site is also very good from a designers (not just "web designers"!) standpoint; names such as Metadesign occurr often. Overall, if you need a "howto" book I would not really recommend this one; however it is a very good analysis of eleven top-notch sites. The book has also a nice design in itself. So if you already know the technological side of web authoring and want to focus more on the design aspects, this book is not bad, even if it is pricey, considering that the first half talks about things that you probably already know.
don't buy this book, try something else.......1999-11-18
I bought this book in his italian translation, anyway I found it very very basic. The examples given are not that great and the price is FAR to high. Not even the site connected with the book is working... Try something else
don't buy this book, try something else.......1999-11-18
I bought this book in his italian translation, anyway I found it very very basic. The examples given are not that great and the price is FAR to high. Try something else
Hypergraphics presents a solid theory of interactive design........1999-06-18
Most web design books are either superficial portfolio books or aesthetically challenged how-to-do-it manuals. Hypergraphics presents a lucid theory about web-page design and the interactivity of the cohesive website. The sites selected for thoughtful analysis are both well-designed and communicatively effective.
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When used with HyperGraphics software (published separately), the Textnotes provide a complete a complete note-taking assistant. They are organized to correspond with the textbook (also published separately) on a chapter-by-chapter and topic-by-topic basis.
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Hypergraphics: Visualizing complex relationships in art, science, and technology (AAAS selected symposium ; 24)
Manufacturer: Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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ASIN: 0891582924 |
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some ideas still useful.......2006-10-14
The book approaches visualisation from the vantages of art, science and also of technology. Each chapter is contributed by a different author. All discuss problems where relationships can be depicted in some graphical form. A relationship might arise in urban and regional planning, as given in one example. Basically, there is a situation where we have variables in n-dimensions, with n>3. How to meaningfully display this in 2-space or 3-space?
To a current reader, the book certainly shows its age; written in 1978. The computer graphics and computational resources then available are so primitive to us now. There are no high resolution colour plates. But a reading of the book can still be profitable. You might get ideas that can now be applied more easily and effectively on today's machines.
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New Perspectives CyberClass 2000 Level II
Manufacturer: Course Technology Ptr (Sd)
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ASIN: 0760064636 |
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New Perspectives CyberClass 2000 Level III
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Sociology Hypergraphics
Schaefer
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill College
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ASIN: 0072902639 |
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The films of Federico Fellini (1920-1993) dealt equally with truth-tellers and pretenders, realists and fabulists. His colorful, surreal vision of cinema is so distinctive that the term "Felliniesque" is common among film buffs, even those who have not seen any of his films. This collection of interviews spans the director's entire career from 1957 to 1993.
Fellini began making films shortly after World War II working in a style similar to the Italian neorealists Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica, but he soon distinguished himself from them by introducing elements of his dreams into his movies. While his earlier masterpieces—such as I Vitelloni, La Strada, and The Nights of Cabria—are realistic in setting and plot, his post-1960 films are baroque and surrealist. Even 8½, one of his recognized masterpieces and widely regarded as a veiled autobiography, is deeply fantastical.
Fellini used his feverish imagination in interviews as well. His friends and enemies alike were quick to call him a bugiardo—a big liar. It is perhaps more accurate to note that, as in his films, Fellini understood the inherent theatricality of all performance, including the interview form, and that artifice is just as revealing as plain truth. In his conversations with interviewers and the media, he often blurred the line between factual truth and sheer invention.
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- Not the best about ONE OF THE VERY BEST.
- Fellini's Martini
- A treat for foriegn film buffs!
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Conversations with Fellini
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
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Besides creating groundbreaking films, Fellini was a born raconteur who loved giving interviews and creating fictive, often fantastic, versions of his biography. Here is a collection of in-depth interviews by Costanzo Costantini, Fellini’s frequent companion and scribe over a period of three decades. Translated by Sohrab Sorooshian.
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Not the best about ONE OF THE VERY BEST........2001-05-27
There can be no doubt that the maestro was a magnificent talker: frank, witty, engaging, poetic.... Need I go on? Truly blessed with the gift of gab - amongst so many other talents, in fact, the way in which he chatted up his films was, at times, more entertaining than watching some of them.
Fellini was a marvelous, uniquely fascinating character, all this is clear from reading these fragmentary interviews. Unfortunately, what is sorely lacking from the questions Constantini asks is what most readers would primarily want to discover in reading this book. Yes the incidentals of his life are important, and interesting, and necessary. Yes the anecdotes about Mastroianni and Eckberg and so on are amusing. But what about the hows of his approach, the whys of his style? There is just too much missing here to really make it worth our while. Federico Fellini the filmmaker is actually under-represented!
Though he probably would not have answered those sorts of questions all that directly we would still learn a little more about, for example, why Fellini always liked to loop his dialog in such an offbeat way, or why he chose to dolly and pan through his scenes so busily, or how he came to prefer so peculiar a rhythmn to his editing. THESE are the kinds of questions I think any real admirer of his work would love to try teasing answers from him about. Too little about the way of the art, too much about the way of the career.
The maestro deserves better -- and got it! Read I, FELLINI instead. On the plus side, though: nice cover, excellent font and print size on good quality paper with some decent pictures.
Fellini's Martini.......2000-03-29
One might expect 200 pages of Fellini interviews to be just for the cinephile who has seen all his films-twice, but this intriguing and delightfully readable collection is a great appetizer about one of cinema's most influential and challenging directors-even for latent fans of film.
The great advantage in this book is Costanzo Constantini's unique perspective as a journalist who interviewed Fellini regularly over 40 years. Constantini has been let into Fellini's life; they became friends, and this relationship often allows very relaxed, informal and sometimes revealing responses from Fellini.
Even in interviews this man is a great storyteller, but Fellini confesses that some of the tales may be very tall. Without apology Fellini admits, "We change our accounts of events continually so as not to bore ourselves" (55). So, this non-fiction assembly of interviews soon becomes a bit of a mystery novel as one realizes s/he must sieve truth from fiction. Somehow this tendency of his isn't too distressing. One chalks it up to his innate cinematic flair or the love of, and talent for, a great story. There is no judging him harshly for this, since it makes for such delightful reading, and the truth is in there somewhere; it's just colorized, embellished and exaggerated for our enjoyment as well as his own. Even Constantini's first-hand account of a "marital-professional skirmish" between Fellini and Giuletta before a screening sounds almost scripted, a joust and good show for the audience. This climate of fibbing lends an almost comic slant to Constantini's section in which he asks this self-confessed exaggerator many, "Is it true that she said...?" and "Did you really say...?" kinds of questions. This may be Constantini's dry, playful intent, much like Fellini's sense of humor which is revealed throughout.
The film student will enjoy Fellini's thoughts on Neorealism, and Catholicism. And of course there are his perspectives on his actors, collaborators, his films and the various circulating interpretations, but less of this than one might expect. The many tasty Fellini quotes on broad ranges of topics that Constantini serves become the highlights here. It's truly wonderful to behold his talent for succinctly capturing very ethereal ideas. On the special charm of cinema that's been robbed by TV's inundation: "The cinematographic image is deprived of its most profound meaning, its magical, dreamlike, mysterious quality. It is deprived of its secret charm, which takes its nourishment from the obscure relationship that each of us has with the unconscious" (132). Further revealing another angle of his genius, is the way he beautifully and effortlessly expresses the rare, rejuvenating sanctuary and exhilaration of creativity and returning to one's element, "Once, I arrived on the set with a galloping fever, but as soon as I looked through the lens it went away. When you're filming you feel like yourself again, a director without age, outside of time, without infirmities, invulnerable" (137). Switching disciplines again, he discusses his long-held interest in psychology and states his bold views on the subject, "It's ridiculous not to believe in psychoanalysis. It's like not believing in chemistry or mathematics" (195-196).
The favorites are those in which his dry, ironic sense of humor beams through. Concerning his filmmaking offers from Iran and Saudi Arabia, "Perhaps they wanted me to make a film on the religious and mystical feelings engendered by petroleum" (98). A high point for this reader is certainly this quote with a nod to the greatness of his own influence. He was speaking about how he wished he was allowed more time when accepting his Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1993, "Had my time not been so rigorously rationed, maybe I could have made a speech that was intelligent, spirited, pleasant, detached and emotional-Felliniesque, in a word" (171).
Though a Fellini filmography is included at the end, knowing the dates of each interview might help those less familiar with its chronology. Otherwise, one needn't worry too much about how many Fellini films s/he has seen. Sure it would help to be a fan of some of his films, but the most enjoyable insights are the rich, intimate portraits of: a man; his creativity, vision and processes; his playfulness and sense of humor; and be they perfectly truthful or not, his stories well told.
A treat for foriegn film buffs!.......1999-11-13
A real treat with insight but mostly recommended for fans of Fellini,this book not only helps one understand some of the bases of this strange but incredibly unique filmmaker, it's also a very entertaining read. Among the highlights are his views on Bergman and Kubrick. It contains little talk about about the meaning of Fellini's films but for fans of him or world cinema - enjoy.
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Conversaciones con Fellini/ Conversations with Fellini (Conversaciones Con)
Giovanni Grazzini
Manufacturer: Gedisa Editorial
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CONVERSATIONS WITH FELLINI
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace
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ASIN: B000HT93OS |
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