For My Foot Being Off: A Narrative in Documents and Letters Relating to the Wwi Experiences of Infantry Lieutenant Alfred Barlow

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Perceptions of the First World War usually come through words written long after the conflict ended. We see the war through time’s broader pictures. Rarely do we see the war as it was presented to those involved. Though we can place the war within historical perspectives, most of what we find does little to aid the seeker of an approximation of the direct experience of that war. Fiction can, but only subjectively and at its own deliberate removes. Sometimes neither histories nor fictions provide satisfactory understanding to those seeking to comprehend even a small part of such monumental disasters as the First World War. Through documents, newspaper articles, and letters from a soldier, For My Foot Being Off attempts to provide a little of that satisfaction.

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Erasmus of Rotterdam: Stefan Zweig ; translated by Eden and Cedar Paul (Compass books C13)
Stefan Zweig
Manufacturer: The Viking Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding
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Correct appreciation.......2005-05-02

In this short book, Stefan Zweig sketches an impressive portrait of Erasmus as a private and a public man.
Erasmus was an erudite humanist but a loner (his motto: nulli concedo, homo per se).

He should be considered as the first true European and a real pacifist (all conflicts should be solved through negotiations).
But he was in no way a proponent of democracy, more a supporter of an oligarchic rule.
His biggest failure was that he couldn't prevent the schism between Catholics and Protestants, although he played a crucial role in the negotiations. The Elector of Saxony asked his opinion on Maarten Luther. He couldn't give a clearcut answer.
Erasmus went a long way: 'I am against the truth if it causes dissension'.
But he was too honest. He grasped the fact that the compulsory selling of indulgences by the Pope was an unforgivable extortion.

In a good hundred pages Zweig tells the ultimate tragedy of Erasmus's life: on the one hand, his belief in civilisation and the power of reason; on the other hand, a world full of dissensions and war.

Stefan Zweig writes in an enthusiastic style, full of dramas and contrasts.

A simple but masterful psychological and historical analysis.

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)
Donald King , and David Rix
Manufacturer: Marquette University Press
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
Stefan Zweig
Manufacturer: The Viking Press
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
Johan Huizinga
Manufacturer: Phaidon Press
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Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness: Philip Melanchthon's Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

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A must-read for anyone interested in Reformation Studies.

Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness: Philip Melanchthon's Exegetical Dispute with Erasmus of Rotterdam (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)
Timothy J. Wengert
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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This book argues the provocative thesis that Philip Melanchthon, so often pictured as hopelessly caught in the middle between Erasmus and Luther, and more "Erasmian" than Lutheran in his thought, was, at least in his theological methods and views, not Erasmian at all, but in fact sharply opposed to Erasmus. Author Timothy J. Wengert builds his case largely on the basis of Melanchthon's Scholia on the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, employing the critically important but seldom used second edition of 1528, which was produced in the aftermath of Luther and Erasmus's famous debate over the free will. Wengert also draws on a wide range of other contemporary sources, many of them well known but, as he argues, frequently misunderstood. Throughout this analysis he subjects a wide range of the secondary literature to sharp critical review. From the vantage point of a relatively narrow exegetical dispute, the book deals with a number of important topics: the complicated and elusive relationships between humanism and the Reformation, Erasmus and Luther, Erasmus and Melanchthon, and Melanchthon and Luther; the theological issues of proper biblical interpretation, of free will, and of divine and human righteousness; and the hotly contested social problem of political order. Human Freedom, Christian Righteousness will be of interest not only to students and scholars of Reformation theology, but to a broader audience of those concerned with Renaissance and Reformation history and literature.

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A must-read for anyone interested in Reformation Studies........2004-02-11

The Preceptor Germanae, Philip Melanchthon, has been neglected and abused by scholars, often using the Wittenberg grammarian as a political poster-boy, during the last century-plus. One of the most common accusations against Melanchthon is that he was a synergist. It is worth noting, however, that it wasn't until the last five years of Melanchthon's life that his views were attacked as "synergistic." Scholars in the last century have tried to make the claim that some of Melanchthon's supposed "synergistic" comments made in his later editions of the Loci Communes might have grown out of Melanchthon's humanistic disposition. Melanchthon is often placed between Luther and Erasmus as if he is admidst a crisis of conscience needing to adhere to one or the other. Wengert effectively shows that Melanchthon sided decisively with Luther and, while his language evolved through time, never departed from Luther so radically as has often been claimed. A key ingredient to Wengert's argument is that humanism does not demand a theology but is only an approach and methodology to education and, consequentially, to theology. It is quite possible to be a monergist and a humanist! Renaissance and Reformation, while not necessarily complementary, are not mutually exclusive positions. To place Melanchthon amdist some sort of crisis of conscience between Renaissance Humanism (Erasmus) and Reformation theology (Luther) is inappropriate. By understanding certain dialectical distinctions one is able to understand how, by 1543, Melanchthon can make statements that SOUND very synergistic while making others that are very monergistic. Melanchthon clearly maintains in his commentary on Ecclesiasticus (1550) that God is ultimately in control of all things. Wengert effectively demonstrates, via. an evaluation of a number of Melanchthon's writings, that Melanchthon's views were not contradictory but were placed within certain tensions that Melanchthon (and even Luther) maintained.

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The Rotterdam City Library contains the world's largest collection of works by and about Desiderius Erasmus (1469?-1536), perhaps Rotterdam's most famous son. The origin of this unique collection dates back to the seventeenth century when the city fathers established a library in the Great or St. Laurence Church. This bibliography of the Erasmus collection lists, for the first time, all of the Rotterdam scholar's works and most of the studies written about him from his time to the present day. The collection is of vital importance to Erasmus studies and has, in many cases, provided the basic material for editions of Erasmus's complete works. In addition to the unique sixteenth-century printings listed in this book, the collection includes many translations into Estonian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Hebrew, and other languages. The Rotterdam Library has acquired publications about Erasmus that cover such topics as his life, work and times; his contemporaries; his humanism, pedagogy, pacifism, and theology; his relationship to Luther and the Reformation; and his influence on later periods. The collection numbers (as of 1989) roughly 5,000 works divided as follows: 2,500 works by Erasmus himself, 500 works edited by him, and 2,000 books and articles about him. This bibliographic resource will be of great value to Erasmus scholars, philosophy researchers, and historians studying the path of philosophical and religious thought.

Das Nichtwissen bei Erasmus von Rotterdam: Zum philosophischen und theologischen Erkennen in der geistigen Entwicklung eines christlichen Humanisten (Basler Beitrage zur Geschichtswissenschaft)

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Das Nichtwissen bei Erasmus von Rotterdam: Zum philosophischen und theologischen Erkennen in der geistigen Entwicklung eines christlichen Humanisten (Basler Beitrage zur Geschichtswissenschaft)
Christine Christ-von Wedel
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Excellent read for moms who struggle with ADD

Good book, but not what I expected

Excellent resource for mothers who have recently been diagnosed with ADD

Found time to read and wasted it on this book.

Nothing either new or helpful for those with some knowledge

Moms with ADD: A Self-Help Manual
Christine Adamec
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Guaranteed to make moms with ADD happier at home and at the office.

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Excellent read for moms who struggle with ADD.......2007-09-18

This book offers practical and helpful advice to all sorts of issues that moms with ADD face. It's even divided into sections so you can read bits and pieces as your time allows, but still retain the information. I would recommend this book to any mother who even suspects she may have ADD or ADHD, and to her spouse as well.

Good book, but not what I expected.......2006-03-07

The book seems to focus on mothers of older children and spends very little time on mothers of infants/toddlers. Because of this, most of the book was irrelevent to me. I have earmarked a few pages and will definitely pull it out again once my 2 year old is older.

Excellent resource for mothers who have recently been diagnosed with ADD.......2006-02-23

Moms with ADD is an affirmative how-to guide to managing your household and raising children for mothers who also have ADD (or ADHD). It is written in essay format, but in short, snappy paragraphs and sections covering many different aspects of daily life as a parent. One of the best features of the book is its can do attitude, as Adamec makes it clear that even if you cannot find the keys each day, love and commitment to your children make you a great parent. Topics she addresses include positive and negative attributes of ADD in women, organization and focus, parenting babies and (on the other extreme) parenting teens, keeping up with school, juggling family and work, and much more. This is an excellent resource for mothers who have recently been diagnosed with ADD (or suspect that they have this) and who are looking for supportive advice and practical tips for family "management."

Found time to read and wasted it on this book........2004-05-08

It is hard enough for mother's to find time to read, and for ADD mom's it is not only the time but the attention. I was looking forward to receiving some authentic tools to help me in my daily life. If you are looking for this too, look somewhere else. I found the book very stereotypical. It gave lot's of examples of women who can commiserate about the problems of having ADD, but I do not need to join a club, I need help. Real answers. I was reluctant to read it, after I finished the introduction I was more depressed than before. The inner pages offered no relief.

Nothing either new or helpful for those with some knowledge.......2003-03-21

I am an adult woman with ADD, mother of two, so I was looking forward to hearing a different voice than you usually encounter in ADD books for the general public. Instead, it was pretty much fragmented kinds of suggestions and actually ended up making me feel less competent as a mother than I really am.

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Great receipes

Disappointed Cuban

Wonderful Cookbook

Great Recipes

cookbook that tells great stories

Memories of a Cuban Kitchen: More Than 200 Classic Recipes
Mary Urrutia Randelman , and Joan Schwartz
Manufacturer: Wiley
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Book Description

Authentic Cuban recipes offer a mixture of Spanish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Portuguese cuisine, from appetizers like Green Plantain Chips, to such entrees as Roast Pork Creole, to tropical rum-based drinks and desserts.

Filled with reminiscences and evocative halftone photos of Randelman's childhood in pre-Castro Cuba, this book presents more than 200 traditional recipes for Cuban dishes, a cuisine that lusciously combines Spanish, Indian, African, Chinese, and Portuguese influences.

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Great receipes.......2007-08-16

This cookbook comes the closest to the real recipes that I have tasted, except they love to use oregano and lots of green pepper which should be ignored. Red peppers should be substituted and cumin is the favorite spice of the cubans. Once the recipes are doctored the food is outstanding. My favorites are vaca frita, oxtails, black beans (remember, do not use the oregano or the green pepper), the garbanzo bean dish with chorizo. Also remember that the type of chorizo you use will influence the dish and their are several different kinds. The Colombian type is excellent or I would stick to Goya's brand. The Colorado Bean Soup is awesome, especially if you puree it - though it is labor intensive. Remember that many of these recipes can be cooked in a pressure cooker, which is how many real cuban households make these meat dishes quickly and they come out the most tender. It would have been great if they included that method in this book but you can guesstamate the times. This works particularly well with the oxtails. You must remember also that each cuban family makes the dishes their way, so that is why you have to adjust the ingredients.

Disappointed Cuban.......2007-08-15

Just as my review for "Cuban Chicks Can Cook" this book has a whole was also a let down.

Wonderful Cookbook .......2007-07-20

This is truly a wonderful cookbook. Having never really experienced the Cuban cuisine, I was very excited when the book arrived. My wife and I have made four of the recipes: Sandwich Cubano, Picadillo (Cuban Beef Hash), Tambor de Picadillo (Beef Hash and Mashed Potatoes) and Congri Oriental (Red Beans and Rice) and the results were absolutely incredible.

Great Recipes.......2007-07-17

Being of P.Rican descent our cuisine is similar to that of Cuba. I purchased the book a few years ago and loved the recipes. I also purchased another copy recently for my son for Father's Day. If you're familar with cuban food, you'll probably make a few adjustments to some of the recipes. But all in all the recipes are very good. As far as the stories in the book, I do agree with another reviewer. With as much poverty as there is in Cuba, the authors do seem to have a nauseauting effect with all "They Were, and Had." Makes me wonder if these recipes are truly their own or the folks that worked in their home. But if you can get past their "Uppity" stories, I recommend the book. I also recommend: Daisy Cooks!: Latin Flavors That Will Rock Your World

cookbook that tells great stories.......2007-05-15

I love this book and have given it to many friends and family members over the years.

The book is easy to follow, the recipes are excellent and the stories associated with each chapter are interesting.

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delicious recipes!!
Honestly, I didn't Like it
Leave it on the Shelf
Authentic Cuban Cuisine
Former Food Network Chef Goes Back to His Roots

In A Cuban Kitchen (Quintet Book)
Alex Garcia
Manufacturer: Running Press Book Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Immensely appealing and alluringly spicy, Cuban food has exploded in popularity. Recently, many Nuevo Latino chefs have chosen to interpret it in various fusion dishes, but the real home cooking of Cuba is delicious and rewarding on its own. Discover in a new cookbook which not only explores the riches of the cuisine but also reveals the unique beauty of Cuba itself. Influenced by the diversity of cultures that have settled on this Caribbean island over the centuries, including Spanish, French, African, Arabic, Chinese, and Portuguese, true Cuban cooking is exciting and varied. From such festive finger foods as croquetas, pastelitos, and bocaditos to traditional entrees like arroz con pollo, picadillo, and bistec emanizado, there's a wealth of savory dishes to explore. Learn how to create the traditional medianoche, or Cuban sandwich, brew a cup of bracing café cubano, and make the sumptuous dessert known as dulce de leche. In addition to the treasury of 100 traditional recipes, compiled by an accomplished Cuban-born chef, IN A CUBAN KITCHEN provides a fascinating look at sugar cultivation, rum production, and other native resources essential to Cuban cuisine.

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delicious recipes!!.......2005-01-20

The recipes in this book really work!! I have tried few and they are delicious. I have tried other Cuban cooking books and have been disappointed by the dishes. It seems like some cookbook writers are not thinking that readers are actually going to try the recipes. That is not the case of this book. Chef Garcia's recipes are outstanding!

Honestly, I didn't Like it.......2004-10-21

I used to see Garcia on the Melting Pot and he was the dullest of the Food Network chefs. I guess I should NOT have expected any better from his book. The recipes are OK, but the only thing that even mentions him is the introduction. He would have sold a lot more books if he had Emeril write the intro! I guess Garcia was too busy these past two years to do any writing. I've got my copy up on the Marketplace and hope I can get a few dollars for it!

Leave it on the Shelf.......2004-10-20

Yes, here are a lot of good recipes in a book. The book quality, also OK. However, never mind how that, the author, Alex Garcia, was indicted by US government on drug trafficking charges! (Check the NY Times November 2003.) Is that the kind of author that you want to send your money to? Yes, all are innocent until proven guilty - but he was under surveillance for 2 years - NOT a nice guy! In my country we keep people like him in jail! There are much better Cuban cookbooks - just search for "Cuban Cooking book" here on Amazon!

Authentic Cuban Cuisine.......2004-10-10

I bought this book about three weeks ago and it has already become one of my favorites. I have used it 3 to 4 times a week and each recipe has been a success, especially the Rabo Encendido (Oxtail), the Picadillo Santiaguero (Sloppy Joe), the Mojito Cocktail, the Flan, Arroz con Leche (Rice Pudding). I highly recommend it. Not only are the recipes delicious but they actually work. I found the intro to be warm and informative (the details about the agriculture and history). Would have liked to have had more personal touches about the author throughout the book. I am still a big fan of Chef Alex Garcia. I was fortunate enough to meet him at Calle Ocho Restaurant and he was every bit as charming and generous as I had heard. By the way Cuban Guy, his show was cancelled because it had been decided that the entire Melting Pot series was not going to be continued to be aired because the Network was revamping programming to reflect more of an "every day kind of person" host than a professional chef. And just so you know, the show had stopped taping way before it stopped airing. They were running strictly on their library. It had nothing to do with any personal misfortunes.

Former Food Network Chef Goes Back to His Roots.......2004-10-03

Cuban cuisine mixes Caribbean and Latin flavors that turn into some truly memorable dishes. From personal experience, I also find it one of the more difficult cuisines to pull off honestly because one mistake can turn a dish into something generic or worse, unsalvageable. I had enjoyed the personable, fun-loving chef Alex Garcia on the Food Network for several years, as he co-hosted the Nuevo Latino cuisine segments on the dearly departed "Melting Pot" series. I even had the privilege of meeting him and tasting his food firsthand at his rather pricey midtown Manhattan restaurant, Babalu. That's why I had been anticipating his cookbook ever since he mentioned writing it over two years ago. Fortunately the result is a beautifully photographed and tantalizing cookbook with tasty recipes from his native Cuba.

I can vouch for the quality of several of the recipes since many of them were featured on his old series, and I have tried them successfully. The carne mechada (Cuban-style beef stew) is quite hearty and a crowd favorite. Also excellent are the arroz con gandules (pigeon pea rice) and the platános en tentación (roasted sweet plantains). His mojito recipe is fool-proof. Granted some of the native ingredients are hard to find, if not impossible, in some parts of the country, but reasonable substitutes are provided in the recipes. My one disappointment with the book is that even though Garcia writes the introduction, his personality is strangely missing from the book, which is a shame since that's what drew me initially to his cooking. Otherwise this is a fine starter for anybody who wants to give Cuban cooking a try. Along the same lines, I also recommend his former TV co-host Aaron Sanchez's versatile cookbook, "La Comida del Barrio", which focuses on Latin American cuisine as done here in the barrios stateside.

Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen

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Cuban food
Excellent resource
Excellent & Easy Cuban Food!
Great book - and I'm Cuban-American!

Cuban Home Cooking: Favorite Recipes from a Cuban Home Kitchen
Joyce Lafray , and Jane Cossio
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Great Cookbook.......2007-09-15

Many books claim to give AUTHENTIC recipes with there Colorful Pictures and expensive price tag but most fail to claim. Having lived in South Florida and eating the foods on a regular basis I have to say that this little book is as Authentic as it gets from the ingredients of the black Beans to the secret ingredient in (Bistec Empanizado)Cracker Meal; which I could never figure out until reading this book,. A great book which I give five stars. If only they publish a greek cooking book as authentic as this one.

Cuban food.......2007-02-24

Good selection of Cuban dishes. A great book for those who like easy to follow directions.

Excellent resource.......2006-11-22

Excellent book full of real authentic recipes! A must in any Cuban kitchen!

Excellent & Easy Cuban Food!.......2006-09-30

Hi there,
I am half Cuban and was raised on the delicious cooking of my Cuban grandmother. The recipes in this book remind me of her cooking. They are easy to follow and tasty. I'm only an average cook with not much time and this was a good book to have. I once made six pounds of the black bean recipe for a family dinner and people where scraping the bottom of the pot for more! The picadillo is fast and yummy. As is the beef stew. Buy it and Enjoy!

Great book - and I'm Cuban-American!.......2004-04-16

Raised with typical Cuban dishes (both of my parents immigrated from Cuba to the US), I searched for a good, concise Cuban cookbook and found it! This it it! Sure, there aren't any fancy pictures but there are also no fancy ingredients or obscure dishes. The list of recipes covers all the basic dishes (I read the list to my mother and she agrees - it's all in there) and the recipes are so simple and easy (almost all are only a paragraph long).

Book Description

Alice said nothing could protect a person from an atom bomb attack because atom bombs were so powerful they could blow up a whole country in an instant. Then she would snap her fingers and say it would happen just like that, just like the snap of her fingers.

Gwen wished her friend Alice would stop saying things like that. All Gwen wanted in the world was to go home to Aunt, but she couldn't, not now. And she couldn't stop the air raid horn from blaring in her ears or the newspaper headlines from warning "HEMISPHERE IN GRAVE DANGER." Mrs. West said that down in the tunnels they would all be perfectly safe from an atom bomb attack. Gwen wanted to believe it. But what if Alice was right? Was there anywhere truly safe?

Set in the cold war hysteria of the early 1960s, this strikingly original blend of history, fantasy, and fairy tale will take readers on a miraculous journey into the depths of the earth kitchen and bring them back home again, safe and sound.

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The Bird That Showed the Way.......2005-09-21

Gwen is an inmate in a state hospital. An orphan living with her unnamed aunt, whom she refers to as Aunt throughout the book, she is brought to the institution in late 1962 and serves several months. Her sentence ends in the winter of 1963. The girl's parents were killed in an automobile accident on January 12, 1957. Gwen witnessed their traumatic deaths. One wonders if this early trauma led and fed into her later fear, beginning in 1961 about atomic destruction.

Gwen has an unusual fear of atom bombs and the mass hysteria of nuclear bombing. Although the reason or reasons for her sentence to the institution are never made clear, one can surmise that it is this heightened fear, bordering on hysteria that prompted the decision to incarcerate her.

It is interesting that Alice, Gwen's closest friend and ally on the ward suffers from anorexia, a then-little known condition. Alice refuses to eat; pockets her food or sneaks it into a napkin for disposal during meals and is described as "a skinny scarecrow" who fears becoming fat. The other girls have a range of issues - one talks to imaginary people; another is delusional and the like.

In June of 1963, Gwen sees a cherry-breasted bird with a key in her beak. She sneaks off the ward and through the fallout shelter in the institution basement (that really heightened her fear about atomic destruction) and onto the grounds. She finds the key the bird drops and hides it on her person, knowing staff will take the key if they find it. A kindly grounds worker sees her and brings her back inside after smoothing things over with the redoubtable head nurse. From there, Gwen is reassigned to a kind, progressive-thinking psychiatrist, Dr. Stone. (This is strongly reminiscent of "The Secret Garden" when Mary Lennox followed a robin and discovered a closed up garden on her uncle's spacious grounds).

Setbacks occur on the ward; Alice dies and Gwen grabs the head nurse to "shake the truth out of her." Straitjacketed and left for hours in the seclusion room (seems like an excessive punishment in this case), Gwen's prison is transformed into a forest. Each time she rubs the key, the institution becomes a kitchen or a forest.

A hazy, muted story not unlike the literary equivalent of a Monet painting, readers are left wondering if the kitchen and the forest exist or if they were the products of a young girl's imagination. Sounds like a good survival tactic to me - in that environment, escapism, even if only in the mind is understandable. It is interesting to note that Gwen's "return" from the earth kitchen takes place on October 9, 1963, John Lennon's 23rd birthday. Her doctor, Dr. Stone was truly a delightful character and a kind, progressive-thinking man.

Still, it is an interesting look at the pre-Beatle 1960s (by 1963, the Beatles were a household name in the U.K., but not America) and the issues of the day.

Great book!.......2004-03-11

The Earth Kitchen By:Sharon bryant is a great book. It is about a young girl named gwen, who survived an atom bomb attack. She was sent to a ward so she would not be afraid of going to school anymore. Gwen alwase wanted to go home to her aunt but she feared that the day would never come. Little did she know , she found something that would get her in a lot of trouble and a lot of new adventures. Gwen is a nice girl but can get a little testy sometimes. Her best freind was alice, until something happons. After the incident, Gwen's life is as bad as it gets until the thing she finds finally comes in handy. Gwen's other friends are Mary and Janet. Janet is sort of a crybaby but she makes a good target for Alice and Gwen to make fun of behind her back. Mary is kind of a tattle tale but all in all she is vert nice. Alice had an eating disorder before she came to the ward. That was the reason she went to the ward. She would scoop food on her napkin when the day nurses weren't looking. Alice had a very active inagination. She would talk about murdurs and killers on the streets. I liked the book because it has a good plot , it hat a good setting,it has a good theme, and the point of view helpes the reader understand the book. I also liked the book because it has good charectors in it' the book also described the charectors very well. The setting of the book is set in the cold war hysteria of the early 1960's. There is not much i dont like about the book except i think the book cuold of had gwen's aunt talk more. I also think they could of explian what happoned to gwen's parents earlier in the book . The ward is where gwen and her freinds have to stay until safety is promised in the country. The ward is a preaty nice place, if you like a day nurs following you around every where you go, bars on the windows and doors, and alarms on the door if you open them. Good things about the ward is that the day nurses are nice and it suplies bathrooms and food. My favroite part of the book is when Gwen was trying to sleep at night on the ward when she noticed a cherry breasted bird at her window , she looked at it for a little while and then noticed something it its mouth. the bird dropped it in the bush outside. She went to look for it and when she did she was very excited. Little did she know the item would trigger a chain of events that would change her life as she knew it at the ward. In conclution The Earth Kitchen is a great book and i would recommend it to all.

Beautifully written.......2002-04-13

In an age when soooo much children's literature is simply unremarkable, this auspicious first novel seeks to stem the tide of ho-humness with beautifully-wrought, intelligent language that captured this reader's ear from the get-go. I deeply felt the main character's (Gwen's) consternations and fears, and resonated powerfully to the fantasy world with which she indulged herself - thanks to the author's gift for poignant language. I have read much new juvenile fiction this past year, and would describe most of the works as stories. The Earth Kitchen, on the other hand, is more than a story. It's literature.

The Flavor of Cuba: Traditional Recipes from the Cuban Kitchen

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The Flavor of Cuba: Traditional Recipes from the Cuban Kitchen
Laura Milera
Manufacturer: Royal Palm Press
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This digital document is an article from Vegetarian Journal, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1993 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cuban family cooking in a vegetarian kitchen.
Author: Cecilia Peterson
Publication: Vegetarian Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 25 Issue: 3 Page: 14(3)

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