Book Quotes: Displacing the Natives
on Nov 20, 2009 in book quotes From The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance by Nasser Abufarha (p. 42):The central event in Palestinian modern history is the loss of Palestine in 1948 and the establishment of the state of Israel in it. During the Jewis...

Aromatherapy by Kathi Keville & Mindy Green
on Nov 17, 2009 in book review medical Aromatheraphyby Kathi Keville & Mindy GreenTrade Paperback: 156 pagesPublisher: The Crossing PressFirst Released: 1995Buy from AmazonSource: Bought from Half.comBack Cover Description: Everything you need to know to enhance your health, beauty, and e...

Book Quotes: Paintings in Salt Mines
on Nov 13, 2009 in book quotes From The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel & Bret Witter (pages 305-306):Viennese museums had been the first to store their art treasures at [the salt mine at] Altaussee, but the mine was soon requisitioned by Hilter for his personal use. Worried by i...

Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq by Dr. Chris Coppola
on Nov 12, 2009 in memoir military book review Middle East medical Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraqby Dr. Chris CoppolaHardback: 272 pagesPublisher: NTI UpstreamFirst Released: 2009Author WebsiteBuy w/ 10% of price donated to War ChildBuy from AmazonSource: ARC from publisherBook Description (how it was pitched...

Book Quote: Native American Fire Practices
on Nov 6, 2009 in book quotes From Ghosts of the Fireground by Peter M. Leschak (page 57):...when European settlers arrived in North America, many adopted fire practices that Native Americans had employed for centuries. Tribes ignited and broadcast fire to herd and/or trap wild g...

And the winner is...
on Nov 4, 2009 in giveaway It's time to announce the winner of "The Science of the Oven" by Hervé This (translated by Jody Gladding). Using a random number generator and numbering the entrants in the order I received them, the winner is:WendyCongratulations! I'll be contactin...

Five Cities That Ruled The World by Douglas Wilson
on Nov 3, 2009 in book review history Five Cities That Ruled The Worldby Douglas WilsonTrade Paperback: 304 pagesPublisher: Thomas NelsonFirst Released: 2009Source: Review copy from publisherBook Description (from publisher website, slightly modified): History unfolds in a wide tapestry,...

Book Quotes: Suicide Bombers
on Oct 30, 2009 in book quotes From My Hope for Peace by Jehan Sadat (page 43):Nor are suicide bombers necessarily Muslims: secular Palestinian groups have resorted to similar tactics, and it was a Sri Lankan separatist group, the Tamil Tigers, that perfected the use of the suicid...

Book Giveaway: The Science of the Oven
on Oct 27, 2009 in giveaway The Science of the Ovenby Hervé Thistranslated by Jody GladdingHardback: 216 pagesPublisher: Columbia University PressFirst Released: 2007, 2009I'm holding a giveaway for my hardback review copy of The Science of the Oven by Hervé This. You can lea...

The Science of the Oven by Hervé This
on Oct 27, 2009 in book review food The Science of the Ovenby Hervé Thistranslated by Jody GladdingHardback: 216 pagesPublisher: Columbia University PressFirst Released: 2007, 2009Buy from AmazonSource: Review copy from publisherBack Cover Description: Mayonnaise "takes" when a series...