Lindsey Shere, pastry chef at Chez Panisse since 1971, shares recipes for basic pastries, cookies, cakes, and creams grouped around their dominant ingredient--from apples and berries to dried fruits, chocolate, wine, and spirits. The subtle, surprising results complement seasonal menus.
This learner's dictionary for students whose native language is other than English is a unique and educational aid for more than 3, 400 words. Author Raja Nasr details primary stress, part(s) of speech, and various meanings in simple English. Nasr also provides almost 600 illustrations of the words.
This text explores the possibility of achieving agreement in political theory. Each philosopher defends in a essay his or her view of social justice and comments on two or more of the other essays. The reader is left to judge to what degree the contributors achieve agreement or reconciliation.
Presents a discussion of the husbandry of fin fish in a stream of water. This book guides the reader through the technical considerations of intensive aquaculture, including fish growth rates, hydraulic characteristics of fish rearing units, and oxygen consumption rates in relation to oxygen solubility and fish tolerance of hypoxia.
Offers a general problem-solving algorithm for determining the structure of a molecule from complementary spectra or spectral data obtained from MS, IR, NMR, or UV spectrophotometers. This title analyzes representative compounds. It is suitable for the analyst in interpreting organic spectra.
»Paul Nizon ist ein Schriftsteller allererster Ordnung, kraft seiner Einzigartigkeit heute vielleicht der größte im deutschsprachigen Raum«, schrieb Michel Contat in »Le Monde« anläßlich der französischen Ausgabe von »Im Hause enden die Geschichten«.
Die deutsche Kritik hob bei Erscheinen der Erstausgabe 1971 seine Originalität hervor. Werner Weber schrieb in der »Neuen Züricher Zeitung«: »Nizon steht mit seiner Haus-Metapher in einer großen ...
Kelley and Francis clearly and comprehensivly address a timelytopic, illuminating superbly the inexorable linkage between preserving AmericanIndian cultures and protecting sites endowed with spiritual significance." --Choice"This is an exceptional ethnography of the Navajos'relationship to their land... " -- The Reader'sReview"The authors succeed admirably in their goal toinvestigate Navajo oral traditions in relation to place." -- Raymond J.D...
Using case studies from Chile, Nigeria and the Philippines, this book examines the success rate of regional economic organisations of developing countries.
This is a response to the need for up-to-date information about three major challenges posed by urbanization: buildings, transportation, and land use. Planning the built environment involves integrating all aspects of human life so that an esthetic, economic, and sustainable system is established. There are challenges which arise from this, but the primary goal is to provide adequate, safe, efficient, and affordable housing for the populations...
This work shows how interviews help child survivors of the Jewish experience during World War II. It is unique in that it features different aspects of the interviewer-interviewee relationship. The contributions are personal as well as analytical in nature, and the narrative is an informed psychological analysis. The work should be of interest to Holocaust centers, researchers, oral historians, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, soc...
We are haunted by what we cannot fully identify, by what we cannot make identical to what we already are, have, and know. AIDS is visible, as is the South Central Los Angeles riot/revolt, the dead eyes of Amy Fisher, the pubic hair in Clarence Thomas' Coke, the Branch Davidian Compound shimmering in the distance, and much more. The intensity of all this does not escape the general public. Popular film plugs into this haunting power because it ...