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Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging
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Huffington Post
Helen Cota
, December 28, 2008
There's a lot of padding in this book, but there's more than enough practical information to make it worth your time and money. Here's a sample: "Perfect is the enemy of done." In other words, your blog entry doesn't have to be polished and perfectly formed. It has to be short, timely, and NOW!
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A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800
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Susan Pinkard
Helen Cota
, December 24, 2008
This isn't just about how French cuisine came to be the epitome of fine dining. It's also about how regular people ate during medieval and renaissance times. For instance, many working Parisians in 1700 ate "fast food" most days -- take-away bowls of soup or small meat pies. Not only did both men and women work all day, and were therefore too tired to cook, but they lived in small apartments without kitchens or room to store food. A Revolution in Taste is a fascinating social history with food as the focus.
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History in the Making An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 200 Years
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Kyle Ward
Helen Cota
, December 23, 2008
George W. Bush says history will decide whether he was a good president or not, but it's not that simple. In History in the Making, Kyle Ward shows high school history books have changed how they present key events over the years. History doesn't stand still any more than we do.
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Fried Eggs with Chopsticks One Womans Hilarious Adventure Into a Country & a Culture Not Her Own
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Polly Evans
Helen Cota
, June 26, 2007
Author Polly Evans mentions in passing that when Ernest Hemingway was in China in the 1940s, he took a trek where guests were issued miniature horses to ride. Hemingway took one look at his little horse, scooped it up in one arm and carried it with him. Evans may have read about this in Martha Gellhorn's excellent book Travels With Myself and Another. Also in that book is Gellhorn's observation that people are dreadfully bored by stories of your travels, unless they were disastrous. Evans takes this advice to heart, lurching from one unpleasant situation to another, never encountering actual disaster, but telling of discomfort, disgusting sights, nauseating experiences, and cultural misunderstandings. It's great fun!
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Julia Child
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Laura Shapiro
Helen Cota
, May 12, 2007
Just when I thought I had read all about Julia Child, along comes this deceptively short biography to fill in some missing details. Did you know that over the years Julia had an eye job and three face lifts? While generally positive, author Laura Shapiro doesn't whitewash the less attractive aspects of Julia's personality, so be warned!
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Great Starvation Experiment The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live
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Todd Tucker
Helen Cota
, April 23, 2007
In the final months of World War II, thirty-six Americans were held in a secret bunker. They were systematically starved until they had lost a quarter of their weight. The men suffered physically and mentally. They were held under the supervision of a doctor. This isn't a tale of Nazi atrocities, but an account of an American doctor who wanted to know the effects of starvation. He claimed to be studying how best to aid the recovery of starvation victims. The Army seemed relieved to hand over the conscientious objectors for the experiment. Todd Tucker's book covers medical ethics, the history of conscientious objectors, and the results of the starvation experiment, in addition to the story of the men who starved for their country.
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Opposite Of Fate
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Amy Tan
Helen Cota
, April 18, 2007
Amy Tan's fiction is good, but her non-fiction is even better. I loved reading about Tan's surprise at finding her first novel the subject of Cliff's Notes, and her even bigger surprise at learning what her book was all about. This collection of essays and reminiscences also includes Tan's first award-winning essay, written when she was eight.
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Roll The Bones The History Of Gambling
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David G Schwartz
Helen Cota
, March 12, 2007
If you've ever dropped a quarter in a slot machine, bought a lottery ticket, or played a friendly hand of poker, this book is for you. In addition to learning how the ancients gambled, you'll find out how slot machines developed, how national lotteries spread throughout the world, and how attitudes to gambling have evolved. Gambling is everywhere. Double or nothing!
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The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon Volume 1
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Lana A Whited
Helen Cota
, March 11, 2007
I can't wait to read the Deathly Hallows, so to fill in the long months until July 21, I'm reading books about the series. This is one of the better ones, especially the chapters about translating Harry Potter into other languages. One essay goes into fascinating detail about "translating" the first books into American English.
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Norman Rockwell The Underside of Innocence
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Richard Halpern
Helen Cota
, March 10, 2007
Maybe you think those Norman Rockwell paintings are wholesome slices of Americana. Think again. According to Halpern, they are full of sinister and distinctly unwholesome images. Agree with him or not, you will never look at Norman Rockwell illustrations the same way again. I won't. (Shudder.)
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