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Canals, Canines, and Curry
by Michael RolfeA new life on the English Waterways... An informative and humorous new boater' s perspective of life on the Inland Waterways; charting their learning curve from calamitous collisions to confident competence, all fuelled by copious curries. Two humans, a dog the size of a small horse, petrol, gas, and curry, all in a confined space on a vessel we'd bought and only in theory knew how to operate. What could possibly go wrong? Dotted throughout is information on narrowboats, rivers, and canals, explored as we learn it on our own journeys, written in easy-to-follow layman's terms.
Canals, Canines, and Curry
by Michael RolfeA new life on the English Waterways...An informative and humorous new boater’ s perspective of life on the Inland Waterways; charting their learning curve from calamitous collisions to confident competence, all fuelled by copious curries.Two humans, a dog the size of a small horse, petrol, gas, and curry, all in a confined space on a vessel we’d bought and only in theory knew how to operate. What could possibly go wrong?Dotted throughout is information on narrowboats, rivers, and canals, explored as we learn it on our own journeys, written in easy-to-follow layman’s terms.
Canals, Canines, and Curry
by Michael RolfeA new life on the English Waterways...An informative and humorous new boater’ s perspective of life on the Inland Waterways; charting their learning curve from calamitous collisions to confident competence, all fuelled by copious curries.Two humans, a dog the size of a small horse, petrol, gas, and curry, all in a confined space on a vessel we’d bought and only in theory knew how to operate. What could possibly go wrong?Dotted throughout is information on narrowboats, rivers, and canals, explored as we learn it on our own journeys, written in easy-to-follow layman’s terms.
Canaries Among Us: Parenting at the Intersection of Bullying, Neurodiversity, and Mental Health
by Kayla Taylor“riveting … powerful … brilliant … necessary”—Kirkus Reviews For those drawn to both Tara Westover’s moving account of a difficult childhood and Susan Cain’s research on underappreciated traits … Canaries Among Us reveals the exquisite joy and tender heartache inherent in raising a child who is undervalued by a community. A lifeline to those struggling with learning differences, bullying, and anxiety, Canaries Among Us explores one of the most widespread threats to child well-being: a lack of acceptance. This heart-rending exposé provides a candid view of the ways unique children are regularly misunderstood and mistreated. Fortunately, through raw storytelling and ground-breaking science, Taylor points to an inspirational alternative: supporting, and even celebrating, the dazzling variety of our humanity. The author is donating her profits to organizations promoting mental health, neurodiversity, and bullying prevention.Note: This book was previously subtitled "A Mother’s Quest to Honor her Child’s Individuality in a Culture Determined to Negate It."
Canaris: The Life and Death of Hitler's Spymaster
by Michael MuellerThis biography of the Nazi intelligence chief who spied both for and against Hitler examines the life of one of WWII&’s most intriguing figures. An early supporter of Adolph Hitler, Wilhelm Canaris became chief of German military intelligence before secretly turning against the Nazi regime at the start of World War II. Throughout his career, few who knew him ever understood his plans. Even today, historians find Wilhelm Canaris a man of mystery among Hitler&’s top lieutenants. The great protector of German opposition to Hitler, Canaris was also the one who prepared the Third Reich&’s major expansion plans. While he motivated those who were eager to bring down Hitler, he also hunted them as conspirators—one of the many contradictions he was forced to live with in order to stay in control of the Nazi spy network. This superbly researched biography follows Canaris's career from his first dabbling in the intelligence business during World War I through his time as head of the Abwehr to his execution in 1945 for his role in the July Plot. A highly readable account, it tells the story of an apparently old-fashioned naval officer, drawn into the web of the Nazi regime.
Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes and Asides from National Review
by William F. Buckley Jr.National Review has always published letters from readers. In 1965 the magazine decided that certain letters merited different treatment, and William F. Buckley, the editor, began a column called "Notes & Asides” in which he personally replied to the most notable and outrageous correspondence. Culled from four decades of the column, Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription includes exchanges with such well-known figures as Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, John Kenneth Galbraith, A. M. Rosenthal, Auberon Waugh, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. , and many others. There are also hilarious exchanges with ordinary readers, as well as letters from Buckley to various organizations and government agencies. Combative, brilliant, and uproariously funny, Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription represents Buckley at his mischievous best.
Canceled Lives: My Father, My Scandal, and Me
by Blake BaileyA canceled bestselling author&’s highly personal account of his public scandal—a scandal that was reported on the front page of the New York Times and throughout the world. Blake Bailey grew up in the shadow of his father, Burck, an eminent litigator—president of the Oklahoma Bar Association and widely considered a sort of real-life Atticus Finch: &“His conduct, honesty, integrity, and courtesy best exemplify and represent the highest standards of the legal profession,&” his colleagues commended him in a 1989 award citation. As for Blake, he was a late bloomer who finally came into his own as a writer. His fourth literary biography, Philip Roth, was published on April 6, 2021, and hailed as &“a narrative masterwork&” by Cynthia Ozick on the front page of the New York Times Book Review. The 900-page book debuted at #12 on the Times Nonfiction Bestseller list. But success came at a terrible price: because of revelations in Bailey&’s biography, many were calling for Roth and his work to be &“canceled,&” while others thought Bailey had been overly sympathetic and even &“complicitous&” with his subject&’s worst failings. Soon rumors exploded on the internet about Bailey&’s own private life, and within days he himself was roundly canceled. Canceled Lives is the story of a father and son who had much in common—for better and for worse—and who supported each other in the midst of terrible family strife, including the drug addiction and suicide of Blake&’s older brother, Scott. Having achieved a success in life that Blake, at least, never expected, both father and son were ravaged by the ordeal of Blake&’s spectacular public humiliation.
Cancer Moon: How I Survived the Best Years of My Life
by Jenna TicoFor fans of You&’ll Grow Out of It, this comedic patchwork of flash-prose, essay, and poetry snapshots a millennial performance artist&’s journey from late bloomer to adult, inviting twenty-something women to embrace their self-worth, sexuality, and own-your-weird mentality.Growing up in Santa Barbara, California, way too close to the Hollywood dream machine, Jenna Tico&’s self-worth wanes to invisibility when her identity becomes enmeshed with validation from celebrities and spiritual F-boys . . . until she claws her way back to empowerment. Here, Tico shares vulnerable personal essays, stories, and poetry—all grouped following the cycles of the moon—chronicling her journey from late bloomer to full grownup. Observing the world of twenty-something relationships from perspectives as diverse as a bachelorette houseboat, a music festival afterparty, and the airplane ride to a death bed, she validates the experiences of women who feel like they have been abandoned by the generation that came before them. Her self-reflective stories encourage healthy life choices for young women without telling them where, what, or how to live their lives—and always with a healthy dash of humor on the side. Simultaneously hilarious and poignant (without the whiff of morality play), Cancer Moon invites readers to embrace their twenties—aka the &“age of wallowing&”—as a humorous and necessary step toward understanding how we become who we want to be in the world.
Cancer Schmancer (Biography Ser.)
by Fran DrescherPart inspirational cancer-survival story, part memoir-as-a-laugh-riot, CANCER SCHMANCER picks up where Fran's last book, Enter Whining, left off. After the publication of that book, Fran's life launched into a downward spiral. She separated from a long and complicated relationship, her TV series started to slip in the ratings, and the health of her beloved dog Chester was failing fast. Then came the mysterious symptoms no doctor could explain. With her trademark sense of humor, Fran tells of her long search for answers and the cancer diagnosis that she ultimately beat. But not before a gold mine of insights were revealed to her about the importance of taking charge of your own health and recognizing what's most important in life.
Cancer Vixen: A True Story (Pantheon Graphic Library)
by Marisa Acocella MarchettoThe groundbreaking graphic memoir that inspires breast cancer patients to fight back—and do so with style. &“What happens when a shoe-crazy, lipstick-obsessed, wine-swilling, pasta-slurping, fashion-fanatic, about-to-get-married big-city girl cartoonist with a fabulous life finds . . . a lump in her breast?&” That&’s the question that sets this powerful, funny, and poignant graphic memoir in motion. In vivid color and with a taboo-breaking sense of humor, Marisa Acocella Marchetto tells the story of her eleven-month, ultimately triumphant bout with breast cancer—from diagnosis to cure, and every challenging step in between. •One of Time&’s top ten graphic novels of the year •Slate.com&’s medical book of the year •One of the Wall Street Journal&’s five best books on living with illness •Finalist, Books for a Better Life •Finalist, National Cartoonists Society Graphic Novel of the Year &“Powerful . . . A vibrant, neon chronicle with plenty of attitude . . . A triumph of imagination and spirit.&” —Los Angeles Times &“Ebullient . . . Visually invigorating and unflinching.&” —The New York Times Book Review &“Irresistibly authentic . . . These words and pictures convey humility and humanity with witty grace and heartfelt power.&” —The Miami Herald &“Funny, eye-opening, moving.&” —Time
Cancer with Hope: Facing Illness, Embracing Life, and Finding Purpose
by C. Michael Armstrong Eric A. VohrThis practical, compassionate, and inspiring book helps people with cancer navigate the often complex and difficult journey from diagnosis through treatment and life after disease. It illuminates the challenges associated with a cancer diagnosis and provides inspiration and guidance to help you not only to find the right doctors and care plan but also to cultivate hope and purpose.In Cancer with Hope, former CEO Mike Armstrong chronicles his experience with leukemia, prostate cancer, near-fatal sepsis, and a crippling autoimmune disease. Mike shares how his often difficult journey from humble beginnings to leading some of the world's top corporations taught him the importance of hope and purpose, tools that proved invaluable throughout his cancer journey.More than the tale of one man's experience with cancer, this important book includes expert advice and vetted resources to help patients best manage their disease, as well as compelling stories from a wide range of cancer patients who have faced seemingly insurmountable odds yet managed to maintain hope and find meaningful purpose.
Cancer: The Art of Living Well and Finding Happiness According to Your Star Sign
by Sally KirkmanYou are a Cancer. You are the home lover and memory keeper of the zodiac.The signs of the zodiac can give us great insight into our day-to-day living as well as the many talents and qualities we possess. But in an increasingly unpredictable world, how can we make sense of them? And what do they mean? This insightful and introductory guide delves deep into your star sign, revealing unique traits and meanings which you didn't know. Along the way, you will discover how your sign defies your compatibility, how to improve your health and what your gifts are. ***The Pocket Astrology series will teach you how to live well and enhance every aspect of your life. From friendship to compatibility, careers to finance, you will discover new elements to your sign and learn about the ancient art of astrology. Other audiobooks in the series include: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius,Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces(P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Cancered Plans
by Kerry CliffordFrom blog to book, a chronicle of the first year following my stage-4 cancer diagnosis.
Cancerland: A Medical Memoir
by Michael D'Antonio David ScaddenAn Amazon Best of the Month Book"For all the insight he offers into the hard science and thorny logistics of studying cancer, Dr. Scadden’s most moving passages consider the effect of the disease on the people who suffer from it and those who care for them." —The Wall Street JournalA doctor’s riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer.What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread?From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s seen the unknown world of cancer from the lens of a young boy, a classmate, a researcher, a friend, a doctor, and a neighbor. Scadden chronicles his personal memories of cancer – his visits to his sick neighbor and his classmate who left school and never came back.Now Dr. David Scadden, co-founder of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and one of the world's leading experts on immunology and oncology, writes his memoir, Cancerland, with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio. With riveting stories and moving compassion, Scadden and D’Antonio paint a still rapidly changing landscape in the context of all too common stories of loss. Ranging from Scadden’s personal childhood memories to his triumphs and regrets as a doctor, Scadden illuminates a light at the end of a dark tunnel.Through opening a window into the science of medicine in the world of the unknown, Scadden and D’Antonio humanize cancer while inspiring action that we all so desperately need.
Canción de amor definitiva: La vida, como un disco, tiene dos caras
by Jorge Martí AguasLa autobiografía de Jorge Martí, líder de la icónica banda La habitación roja, revela que la vida real es la que uno tiene que mirar de frente cuando baja del escenario. «Cambio de ánimo, de país y de profesión según las circunstancias. Un día estoy cantando sobre el escenario de un festival abarrotado de gente y al siguiente ejerciendo de enfermero en una residencia para pacientes con demencia y alzhéimer en Noruega. Esta doble vida, entre la música y la enfermedad, me obliga a ir y venir constantemente. Vivo entre dos mundos pero no encajo en ninguno, y todo parece estar siempre a punto de resquebrajarse. El escenario y el amor son una tregua, una burbuja a salvo de todo lo que me asfixia. Me he pasado la vida tratando de ser alguien más allá de mi casa para al final llegar a la conclusión de que lo que me importa es ser alguien en ella. Aquí es donde residen el gran amor de mi vida y mis hijas, y es donde sigo manteniendo intacta la esperanza de escribir algún día la canción de amor definitiva». Jorge Martí es líder y cantante de una de las bandas más importantes del indie español: La habitación roja. Pero su vida no es la que se podría esperar del líder de una banda de rock, tiene una cara A: la que muestra en el escenario cuando canta junto a sus fans a pleno pulmón Ayer o Indestructibles, concede entrevistas y viaja promocionando sus discos. Y una cara B, desconocida para sus miles de fans, la del fracaso, las expectativas no cumplidas, la decepción, la enfermedad, y también el amor y la música, que tal vez sean la misma cosa.
Canción de antiguos amantes
by Laura RestrepoLA NUEVA NOVELA DE LAURA RESTREPO Una doble historia de amor en un mundo al borde del colapso, por la ganadora de los premios Alfaguara, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz y Grinzane Cavour. «Todo mito que nace renace. Todo mito que encarna reencarna». Obsesionado con la reina de Saba, Bos Mutas, un joven escritor contemporáneo, sale a buscarla por el mundo, igual que hicieron a lo largo de los siglos personajes históricos como Salomón, Tomás de Aquino y Gérard de Nerval. Y aunque la reina de Saba resulta inasible, Bos Mutas encuentra en su lugar a la muy terrenal Zahra Bayda, una partera somalí. De esa manera, el tiempo real del presente corre paralelo al tiempo inmemorial del mito. Obra de ficción basada en los viajes que la autora hizo con Médicos Sin Fronteras por Yemen, Etiopía y la frontera somalí -la geografía mágica y feroz del que alguna vez fuera el reino de Saba-, esta novela es un hermoso caleidoscopio, una puerta de entrada a mundos apasionantes, una audaz amalgama de géneros, épocas, ritmos profanos y bíblicos, crueldad y solidaridad, amor y guerra, dolor y curación. Laura Restrepo acompaña, con este emocionante relato, el eterno caminar de las mujeres migrantes, que pese a cojeras y tropiezos siempre se levantan, siguen adelante, aprenden a mirar cada vez más lejos y traspasan las fronteras del tiempo y el espacio. Canción de antiguos amantes esboza una propuesta seductora: ¿y si el gran himno del final de los tiempos no es el Apocalipsis? ¿Y si fuera más bien el Cantar de los Cantares? La crítica ha dicho:«Cuando el nivel de la escritura llega hasta donde lo llevó Laura Restrepo, hay que quitarse el sombrero».José Saramago «Su fascinación por la cultura popular y su humor impecable [...] ahorran a sus novelas cualquier tentación hacia el patetismo o melodrama e infunden placeres de lectura inconfundibles».Gabriel García Márquez «La narrativa de Restrepo tiene una distinción estética digna de sus grandes predecesores, Gabriel García Márquez y José Saramago».Harold Bloom «Restrepo escoge sus palabras como una poeta, con un cuidado infinito».The Philadelphia Inquirer «Una escritora que ilumina el mundo».The Washington Post Book World «Laura Restrepo es una escritora para guardar como un tesoro».Alastair Reid «Su poderosa escritura nos hace regresar a esa gran literatura apasionada y obsesionada con la historia que es (o era) la ficción latinoamericana».The New York Times Book Review
Canción de infancia
by J. M. Le ClézioLa nueva novela del premio Nobel de Literatura: un canto al independentismo emocional y el relato sobrecogedor de su infancia como niño de la guerra En este viaje sentimental por Bretaña, la tierra idílica de su infancia, Le Clézio nos invita a reflexionar sobre la identidad territorial, los nacionalismos y el paso del tiempo. Desde su primer recuerdo —la explosión de una bomba en el jardín de la casa de su abuela—, pasando por los años vividos como niño de la guerra, que de forma tan terrible impactaron en su aprendizaje del mundo, el premio Nobel de Literatura dibuja una página imprescindible de su geografía emocional que habla de la pertenencia y su lugar en la memoria. Un recorrido hacia la madurez, pero sobre todo una mirada lúcida sobre los cambios sociopolíticos en un territorio único, la progresiva desaparición de su economía tradicional y la orgullosa dignidad de un pueblo que, pese a todo, se aferra a sus raíces. La crítica ha dicho...«Con una sencillez casi bíblica, estos dos cuentos trazan una autobiografía infantil y destilan un polvo dorado entre las palabras más sencillas, como una niebla de otro tiempo.»Bertrand Leclair, Le Monde «Le Clézio en busca de la infancia perdida. [...] Un gran libro de emociones contenidas escrito por un arqueólogo de lo sensible.»Muriel Steinmetz, L'Humanité «Le Clézio narra con un lenguaje suntuoso cómo uno se convierte en hombre cuando huye de la violencia de los hombres.»Marie Laurent Delorme, Le Journal du Dimanche «Un himno radiante a la tierra de sus ancestros. [...] Un homenaje a la infancia y a sus vacaciones de verano, pero también a las mujeres: su imaginación y coraje, el respeto que se les debe.»Isabelle Spaak, Le Figaro «Una lectura hechizante.»ClaireDevarieux, Libération «El lector asiste al nacimiento del futuro escritor que congela imágenes, aísla detalles y construye historias más verdaderas que la propia realidad.»Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, La Croix «Con casi ochenta años, el premio Nobel evoca en un libro sobrecogedor la Bretaña de su infancia, pero también el hambre y el miedo de los bombardeos que tuvo que vivir.»Grégoire Leménager, L'Obs «Le Clézio, impresionista e impresionante. [...] El Premio Nobel rememora sus recuerdos, impresiones, sensaciones y emociones de infancia, pensando que le han robado un tesoro de sus años más jóvenes y que debe resucitar.»Thierry Gandillot, Les Echos «Aunque habla del pasado, todo brilla y vibra en el eterno presente sensorial que Le Clézio sabe plasmar como ningún otro escritor.»Sean J. Rose, Livres Hebdo «Discreto y desgarrador.»Yves Jaeglé, Le Parisien «No hay nostalgia en la literatura de Le Clézio, sino una vuelta encantadora a dos periodos de su vida. [...] Le Clézio comparte el dolor y la violencia de todos los niños refugiados de hoy en día.»Marianne Payot, L'Express «Un magnífico libro, escrito con un lenguaje suntuoso y carnal.»Guy Duplat, Arts Libre «Le Clézio encandila, cautiva y sorprende. Es tan sencillo y tan bello. Calmo, sereno y sobrecogedor. [...] Magnífico.»Le Dauphiné
Candace Parker: Basketball Star (Stars of Sports)
by Shane FrederickWhen Candace Parker beat out all the boys at the McDonald's All-American slam dunk contest in 2004, she became the first female player to win the event. In the years that followed, Parker's list of achievements became long and ever-growing. She was WNBA rookie of the year, a two-time WNBA most valuable player, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and more. Parker is also a mother, broadcaster, and role model. Discover more about Parker's amazing life in this inspiring biography.
Candace Pert: Genius, Greed, and Madness in the World of Science
by Pamela Ryckman"...a truly insightful narrative on what it can mean to be a woman at the cutting edge of science." —THE WALL STREET JOURNALThe story of maverick scientist Candace Pert, whose groundbreaking research and book Molecules of Emotion introduced the world to the mind-body connection, opioid receptors, and peptide T, and her fight for recognition in a toxic healthcare system. Candace Pert stood at the dawn of three revolutions: the women&’s movement, integrative health, and psychopharmacology. A scientific prodigy, she was 30 years ahead of her time, preaching a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to healthcare and medicine long before yoga hit the mainstream and &“wellness&” took root in our vernacular. Her bestselling book Molecules of Emotion made her the mother of the Mind/Body Revolution, launching a paradigm shift in medicine. Deepak Chopra credits her with creating his career, and he said as much in his eulogy at her funeral. Candace began her career as an unbridled maverick. In 1972, as a 26-year-old graduate student at Johns Hopkins, she discovered the opiate receptor, revolutionizing her field and enabling pharmacologists to design new classifications of drugs from Prozac to Viagra to Percocet and OxyContin. The tragic irony of her breakthrough, touted as the first step to end heroin addiction, is that it helped spawn a virulent epidemic of drug dependence. Facing the largest public health crisis of the 21st century, Candace was incensed that the Hippocratic oath—&“first, do no harm&”—would succumb to greed, and as witness to this abuse of power, she was one of few scientists courageous enough to protest. Later, as Chief of Brain Biochemistry at the National Institutes of Health, Candace created Peptide T, the non-toxic treatment for HIV featured in Dallas BuyersClub. As the AIDS pandemic raged, triggering panic across Reagan-era America, the U.S. government poured massive amounts of money into finding a cure, sparking a battle among scientists for funding and power. Bested by rivals with competing drugs yet desperate to help, Candace went rogue, becoming a lynchpin in the black market for Peptide T. After a scandalous departure from her tenured position at the NIH, Candace launched a series of private companies with Michael Ruff, her second husband and collaborator. Naïve to the world of business, she was manipulated by investors keen to wrest control of her discoveries. But Candace too became tainted, believing that her noble ends would justify devious means. Like a mythic hero, she succumbed to a fatal flaw, and her greatest strengths—singularity of purpose and blind faith in her own virtuosity—would prove to be her undoing.
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
by Jane KamenskyFinalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography “Assiduously researched, elegantly written.” —Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker Acclaimed historian Jane Kamensky chronicles an indelible twentieth-century American life—and offers an entirely new understanding of the so-called sexual revolution. Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Candice Vadala understood herself as both an artist and an entrepreneur. As Candida Royalle (1950–2015)—underground actress, porn star, producer of adult movies, and staunch feminist—she made a business of pleasure. She helped crystalize the broader hedonistic turn in American life in the second half of the twentieth century: a period when the rules of sex were rewritten; when the white-hot “sex wars” cleaved feminism and realigned American politics; when Big Freud, Big Drugs, and Big Porn all came into looming focus; when the sex industry of the 1970s and ’80s radically upended conventional understandings of law, technology, culture, love, and human desire. The sexual revolution was Royalle’s war—even when other avowed feminists exited the field or became her opponents—and pornography emerged as the arena in which she would wage it. With the founding of her adult film company, Femme Productions, in 1984, Royalle became an owner of the means of pornographic production, infusing her sets with the ideals of labor feminism. On-screen and off-, she was, by turns, exuberant and thoughtful, self-possessed and gleefully shameless. A trailblazer who lived along the cultural fault lines of her generation, she danced at Woodstock, marched for women’s liberation, survived the AIDS crisis, and became a talk show regular, interviewed by Phil Donahue, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Morton Downey Jr., Jane Pauley, and many others. As a performer, director, producer, and writer, she moved the needle of her industry. But she never transcended the politics of pleasure. With full access to Royalle’s remarkable archive, historian Jane Kamensky has spent years examining the intersection of Royalle’s life with the clashes that have defined her era—and ours. Deeply informed by these never-before-studied materials, Kamensky explodes the conventions of biography, with its assumptions about who makes history and how. Written with cinematic verve, Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution evokes Royalle’s times in their broadest contours as Kamensky traces the rise of an improbable heroine who broke the mold and was herself broken in turn.
Candies from Heaven
by Gil Hovav“Uncle Aron’s compliments, which hadn’t changed since the days of the Bible, didn’t sound so great. One time, he told my mother that she was ‘awesome like an army with flags.’ Another time, he informed her that ‘your nose is like the tower of Lebanon." Meet the village it took to raise Gil Hovav – colorful aunts and uncles hailing from one of the most respected lineages in the Jewish world (Hovav is the great-grandson of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the reviver of the Hebrew language). This book includes twenty-two funny and heart-warming stories awash with love and longing for the people who raised one skinny and cross-eyed Jerusalemite boy to love poor-man’s food, to love proper Hebrew and, most importantly, to love people. The nostalgic writing is dished up with more than twenty delicious family recipes with the seal of approval from Gil Hovav, the man who has played a major role in the remaking of Israeli cuisine and the transformation of Israel from a country of basic traditional foods into a “gourmet nation”. Readers get to chuckle at Hovav’s amusing recollections and salivate over his family recipes for sweet sour chorba tomato soup and his Aunt Levana’s eggplant and feta bourekas. If you’ve ever wondered how to make hilbeh or slow-cooked eggs (or if you’re simply itching to expand your culinary repertoire), this book is for you. As wholesome and warming as a homecooked meal, Candies from Heaven will appeal to anyone who treasures good food and relationships built on love. Dig in, dear readers, pleasure is served.
Candlemas: Feast of Flames
by Amber K Azrael Arynn KPart of Llewellyn's successful series on the Pagan Sabbats, Candlemas is a guide to understanding & celebrating the festival of Candlemas, or St. Brighid's Day.
Candombe beat: Orígen y creadores de un sonido con identidad
by Nelson CaulaEl nuevo libro de Nelson Caula, en el que la pasión y la historia se mezclan para crear un ritmo propio de nuestro país. Del candombe beat, conocido género de la música popular uruguaya germinado en la década del sesenta, directamente vinculado al rock, su esencia más distintiva en el país, se ocupa este libro, abordado aquí en amplias aristas: historia, autores e intérpretes, discos y canciones, hitos preponderantes y su contexto político, social y cultural. Combinando historia, crónica, memoria y análisis, Nelson Caula nos ofrece una mirada muy personal, basada en una profunda reflexión a partir de la sistematización e investigación de su propio archivo, reunido en más de cuatro décadas e inédito hasta el momento. Desde los orígenes, un protocandombe beat prácticamente desconocido del afrouruguayo Pedro Ferreira y los Candombes de Vanguardia impulsados por Georges Roos, hasta la aparición de El Kinto, el primer conjunto emblemático que estrenó el género, pasando por todo su rutero de fuerte presencia en el país hasta los años setenta, cuya expresión local sólida concentra el grupo Totem, y su fuerte proyección de ahí en más, con sus referentes principales emigrados a Argentina, Europa y Estados Unidos, donde florece otro emblema de la corriente, ya muy abierta al jazz-rock y el funky: el grupo Opa. En esta obra coral desfilan los testimonios: los hermanos Fattoruso, Rada, Dino, Mateo, Jaime Roos, Diane Denoir, Urbano, Chichito Cabral, Juan Des Crescenzio, Manolo Guardia, Daniel Lagarde, Federico García Vigil; la historia de un país. De narrativa amena, disfrutable en anécdotas, aporta un completo panorama de un rico patrimonio musical uruguayo.
Candy Darling: Memoirs of an Andy Warhol Superstar
by Candy DarlingA look into what moved Andy Warhol&’s greatest muse Located at 33 Union Square West in the heart of New York City&’s pulsing downtown scene, Andy Warhol&’s Factory was an artistic anomaly. Not simply a painter&’s studio, it was the center of Warhol&’s assembly-line production of films, books, art, and the groundbreaking Interview magazine. Although Warhol&’s first Factory on East 47th Street was known for its space-age silver interior, the Union Square Factory became the heart, brain, eyes, and soul of all things Warhol—and was, famously, the site of the assassination attempt that nearly took his life. It also produced a subculture of Factory denizens known as superstars, a collection of talented and ambitious misfits, the most glamorous and provocative of whom was the transgender pioneer Candy Darling. Born James Slattery in Queens in 1944 and raised on Long Island, the author began developing a female identity as a young child. Carefully imitating the sirens of Hollywood&’s golden age, young Jimmy had, by his early twenties, transformed into Candy, embodying the essence of silver-screen femininity, and in the process became her true self. Warhol, who found the whole dizzying package irresistible, cast Candy in his films Flesh and Women in Revolt and turned her into the superstar she was born to be. In her writing, Darling provides an illuminating look at what it was like to be transgender at a time when the gay rights movement was coming into its own. Blessed with a candor, wit, and style that inspired not only Warhol, but Tennessee Williams, Lou Reed, and Robert Mapplethorpe, Darling made an indelible mark on American culture during one of its most revolutionary eras. These memoirs depict a talented and tragic heroine who was taken away from us far too soon.
Candy Girl
by Diablo CodyFull of insight and wit, Candy Girl is the seductive memoir of a young woman who dared to bare it all as a stripper Diablo Cody was twenty-four years old when she decided there had to be more to life than typing copy at an ad agency. On a whim, she signed up for amateur night at Minneapolis's seedy Skyway Lounge. She didn't win a prize that night, but she discovered that stripping delivered a rush she had never experienced before, and too many experiences to not write about it. While she didn't fit the ordinary profile of a stripper - she had a supportive boyfriend, was equal parts brainpower and beauty, was from a good family, and was out to do a little soul searching - she soon immersed herself in this enticing life full-time. In Candy Girl, Diablo tells the captivating fish-out-of-water story of her yearlong walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at this industry through a writer's keen eye, from quiet gentlemen's clubs to multi-level sex palaces, with all of her wry observations along the way.