(Limelight). "...his economical writing style ... manages to pack lots of information and opinion into a few carefully chosen words ... Besides detail work well-grounded in scholarship...the author isn't afraid to interpolate such generalizations and speculations as he sees fit; he may be the Stephen Hawking of jazz criticism." Bob Tarte, The Beat
As eclectic and paradoxical as its subject, this is the first and only book about Carlos Santana that reveals the full sweep of his musical odyssey. Carlos Santana: A Biography explores the life and music of this extraordinary guitarist, ranging from his professional beginnings—his first regular gig was at a Tijuana strip club—and early success in San Francisco to the definitive songs and albums of the 1970s, the commercial resurgence with 1999's Supernatural, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his current work with producer Bill Laswell. Unlike other biographies, this book offers a comprehensive look at Santana's transitions through a variety of musical styles beyond rock, including blues, salsa, jazz, and world music. It also portrays Santana as very much a child of the eclectic musical culture of the 1960s, as well as showing the profound influence of the New Age movement on Santana's life and music.
The Tuckers are in conflict with their conservative family head Harold. His father Ellis disapproves of his son's pomposity, as Harold does Grandpa Ellis' drinking and gadfly ways; a problem in the making, he furtively plans to become a hot-air balloonist. Wife and mother Adriane, a librarian, has gradually turned to political liberalism and activism in a town so reactionary that feminism still ranks as far-out radicalism. Daughter Charlotte, 15, determines to be an actress and/or psychiatrist, both of which ambitions Harold strongly opposes, as he also does her teenage friends. Larry, 13, a rather dangerous inventor and possible genius who nevertheless does poorly in school, is secretly developing alternative fuel from garbage and later a way to detect poisonous mushrooms. Although a political conservative, Harold is also a committed environmentalist who resolves to emulate his hero, Henry David Thoreau. Over his family's protests he forces them to experience life's true meanings by literally "going Thoreau". The beautiful and flirtatious radical feminist Millicent Leeds, detested by Harold, arrives to assist Adriane in her goals, and matters become even messier when the Tuckers go camping in France, where, according to Harold, basic family values still prevail despite that country's despicable socialism.
Politically liberal Amanda Lee Burnett, long New Valley's sweetheart and occasional gadfly, determines to shake up her ultra conservative town as the Democratic mayoral candidate, much to her ambitious husband Ben's dismay. Meanwhile she realizes that to save her marriage she must move decisively to wrest Ben away from her jealous "friend", Jenny Boo Luck, with whom he is having a not totally secret affair. The town's arrogant school superintendent, Warren Nash, part of the town's oligarchy, caught in some real-estate hanky-panky, must resign. Ben, presently the high-school principal popular with teachers and students, longs for the position. Fearing what the town's movers and shakers will demand of him, Amanda is understandably negative about his goal and attempts to dissuade him from it. Eventually, however, to her shock and surprise, she discovers that she does not really know him very well in spite of their years of marriage. Certain issues and personalities further complicate their lives: Jenny Boo's husband's desire to bed Amanda; the arrival of an interesting and tempting former high-school classmate; and a feisty old biology teacher whom Ben and Amanda like but the powers utterly detest.
In "Mom's Sweetheart", elderly and infirm Molly, a widow, has invited a stranger to visit her, alarming her daughter Jennifer, who believes he might be just another con artist. He shows up, much to Molly's delight (like her he loves flowers, poetry and travel), but in no way does he pose the dangers Jennifer has imagined. "Ghosts and Other Immigrants" focuses on three desperate Mexican immigrants attempting to make it in New York City. They hire Mama Lucy, a Hatian witch, to conjure up the ghosts of immigrants long gone to advise them how they might improve their lot. "Be Reasonable - Agree!" presents Procrustes, an evil creature who murders his guests who do not fit his special bed either by chopping or stretching them; at least, those guests who don't agree with him on every topic he chooses, or who are not significantly wealthy. Then along comes Prince Theseus with his own ideas about interpersonal dynamics. Needing gold, Clytemnestra in "Homer Should Only Know" cleverly plans to start the Trojan War by using her stupid husband Agamemnon and her luscious kid sister Helen. In "With Gods Like These...", two highly argumentative deities, God and the earth goddess Gaea, badly frighten Chloe and Menander, sweet young lovers who reach their own conclusions after the gods exit.
Hey, Noah, Wait for Me! is a zany satiric fantasy involving an out-of-control animatronic Tyrannosaurus rex turned loose on young Prudence's field trip by an evil secular humanist. The results are quite devastating. In the very human "Lov [sic] Story" we meet a philosophical New York cop, a foolish young man and an equally foolish young woman who meet in Times Square on a freezing day and manage, as the cop warned might happen, to blow a potential relationship by telling lies to impress each other. "Ménage à Trois" involves a lovers' triangle consisting of a smug but unwise husband, a phony lover from long ago, and a timid, self-effacing wife/lover whose brains and memory outclass both husband and former lover when the three rendezvous in New York City. "Mirror Mirror..." offers a cautionary lesson in interpersonal dynamics: we should beware of what we wish for, especially if we consider our family normal. A sweet, highly moral middle-class mother, a gentle but eBay-addicted father, and a slightly goofy teenage daughter make wishes before an altogether effective magic mirror. In "A Tuber Melanosporum Affair" France and an American backwoods county join spritual hands in the noble cause of truffle cultivation. However, love-struck Miranda, is fed up with her family and anything related to truffles, including her sweetheart's devotion to his French-inspired hot-air balloon and its tie-in to the truffle industry. A mystery develops when sabotage by pig occurs.
The protagonist of Gene Bullard, C'est Moi! becomes the world's first black aviator and a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps in WW I. Born into dire poverty in Georgia, in conflict with a stern father, he runs away at 12. The quintessential strength of Gene Bullard consists of courage, self-respect, a sense of humor, a deep regard for people of all stripes, and simple intelligence. He refuses to allow himself to drown in hatred: "Fill you up with hate and they've won, they've poisoned you, and they almost did it to me." He joins a gypsy band in Georgia, makes it to France, joins the Foreign Legion, is wounded at Verdun, receives the first of 15 medals from the French, learns to fly, and between the wars becomes owner of a small but successful Montmartre cabaret known by everyone. He marries into a middle-class Parisian family, spies for the French before WW II, and ultimately escapes to America after being wounded. The rapidly paced and numerous brief scenes with their many characters construct a remarkable person who, offered opportunities in France denied him in his native land, realizes himself as a complete human undefeated by racism and other challenges.
Grammy and Grampy Silver of New York City are visiting the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic, where their only granddaughter Gabby, age eight, lives. Her father, their son, lives in Prague. Gabby decides that the three of them should spend the day at the famous Prague Zoo because she, Gabby, has a day off from school and the zoo is her favorite place. Her grandparents are happy, even proud, to do so, because they will have their own private, Czech-speaking guide escorting them about. They know not a word of Czech and so they are only too happy to let Gabby take the lead. Of course she has her own idea about things, but that's all right with them, except that they learn something along the way. Perhaps eight year olds are not quite always as practical as, say, grown-ups. For example, a formal arrangement regarding time, usually known as an appointment, might not mean the same to Gabby as to Grammy and Grampy Silver. This all leads to some interesting and undesirably dramatic moments well beyond what the Silvers originally had in mind when they agreed to follow Gabby wherever she wished to lead them. A Crazy Day At the Zoo offers its reader a delightful journey of two loving grandparents and their granddaughter into some moments that might even have challenged the heroine of Alice in Wonderland.
Most of these poems deal with the everyday, the ordinary, but as Walt Whitman once declared, a blade of grass is also a miracle. It is my deepest wish, then, that these poems attract, entertain, teach, amuse, speak directly to the emotions, even cause wonder, but above all that they be accessible and comprehensible to their readers and listeners and perhaps make the ordinary a little less so. Poems should scare away no one, but rather, in profound service to the language of which they consist, greet one and all warmly and, in a sense, say, "Here we are for you." However, many important poets over the last century have seemingly spoken in tongues addressed principally to critics and assorted academics, thus rendering difficult, even impossible, for many of us access to a very significant form of communication and pleasure. I hope this book will work otherwise to welcome everyone to what each poem says and the way it says it. Indeed, our lives are kaleidoscopic, shards of moments that together form a mosaic. We can take a single minuscule shard from our life, or someone else's, or an entire mosaic, and breathe life into it so that it has substance and meaning, dimension and music. In brief, every poem herein has evolved from a reality, even that of a dream, visible and tangible or hidden and unseen, but imprinted on heart or mind. Each poem bears with it an image of my choice simply because I enjoy "seeing" a poem, my own included, and feeling it through several senses. My purpose is not to impose in any way the thrust of the image, my choice, on the reader, but simply to share a personal physical possibility and a way of feeling the poem. Perhaps not unlike a boy splashing barefoot through a warm puddle on a summer's day, I enjoy wallowing in a poem's images, its music, and all the things it is capable of. Besides, pictures are fun.
An illustrated, practical guide to everything you need to know about using knives in the kitchen. As the number of gourmet home kitchens burgeons, so does the number of home cooks who want to become proficient users of the professional-caliber equipment they own. And of all kitchen skills, perhaps the most critical are those involving the proper use of knives. Norman Weinstein has been teaching his knife skills workshop at New York City’s Institute of Culinary Education for more than a decade—and his classes always sell out. That’s because Weinstein focuses so squarely on the needs of the nonprofessional cook, providing basic instruction in knife techniques that maximize efficiency while placing the least possible stress on the user’s arm. Now, Mastering Knife Skills brings Weinstein’s well-honed knowledge to home cooks everywhere. Whether you want to dice an onion with the speed and dexterity of a TV chef, carve a roast like an expert, bone a chicken quickly and neatly, or just learn how to hold a knife in the right way, Mastering Knife Skills will be your go-to manual. Each cutting, slicing, and chopping method is thoroughly explained—and illustrated with clear, step-by-step photographs. Extras include information on knife construction, knife makers and types, knife maintenance and safety, and cutting boards. “In the old days, when kitchens weren’t equipped with a lot of fancy gadgets, a skilled chef needed only one tool to ply his trade: a sharp knife. This book will introduce novice cooks to and reacquaint experienced chefs with everything they need to know about a good knife and the art of using it.” —Cecilia Chiang, James Beard Award–winning restaurateur and author of The Seventh Daughter “This beautifully illustrated book, written with passion and precision, minces no words in guiding the reader to choose, maintain, and use a knife. Indispensable for anyone who prepares food, it has taught me how to cut produce much more efficiently.” —David Karp, Fruit Detective
Comedy and intense drama complement each other throughout AD ASTRA. Heroic ace of Great Britain's Royal Flying Corps in World War I, Captain Elliot Parsons has come to realize how truly obscene the war and his propaganda role in it are. His sweetheart, Jennifer Stanley, has become a military nurse to help him flee the war and thus declare their "farewell to arms". Parsons, though, has been assigned a replacement to mentor, one Lieutenant Alan Owens, a very young and personable aviator whom he draws ever closer to and longs to protect even as he teaches him how to become a better pilot and killer. Without being fully aware of it, he is developing a feeling of love for Owens, and thus a triangle forms that complicates Parsons and Jennifer's plot to escape the war and their participation in it. A dogfight leads to the denouement that solves the complication which has compromised their plan to desert.
This is the 2009 supplement to Weinstein, Mansfield, Abrams, and Berger's Evidence. The 2009 Supplement contains recent changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence and discussion of important new cases.
This 2013 Supplement may be used with any materials used in an Evidence course. It was prepared to accompany Weinstein, Mansfield, Abrams, and Berger's Evidence, 9th Edition, and contains important new cases as well as up-to-date versions of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the California Evidence Code.
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