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Small Fires

An Epic in the Kitchen

By: Rebecca May Johnson

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Small Fires

An Epic in the Kitchen

By: Rebecca May Johnson

** INCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD AND RECIPES ** “An intense, thought-provoking enquiry into the very nature of cooking.” -- Nigella Lawson “One of the most original food books I’ve ever read, at once intelligent and sensuous, witty, provoking and truly delicious.” -- Olivia Laing A bracingly original, revelatory debut that explores cooking and the kitchen as sources of pleasure, constraint and revolution, by a rising star in food writing This joyful, revelatory work of memory and meditation both complicates and electrifies life in the kitchen. Why do we cook? Is it just to feed ourselves and others? Or is there something more revolutionary going on? In Small Fires, Rebecca May Johnson reinvents cooking -- that simple act of rolling up our sleeves, wielding a knife, spattering red hot sauce on our books -- as a way of experiencing ourselves and the world. Cooking is thinking: about the liberating constraint of tying apron strings; the transformative dynamics of shared meals; the meaning of appetite and bodily pleasure; the wild subversiveness of the recipe, beyond words or control. Small Fires shows us the radical potential of the thing we do every day: the power of small fires burning everywhere. The paperback edition includes a new afterword and recipes for Ten-Minute Tomatoes and Cream Pasta, Meatballs with Tomato and Tarragon Cream Sauce, plus other ideas for tomato and cream combinations and platings inspired by a visit to the archive of groundbreaking English food writer Elizabeth David.

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Pushkin Press

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1911590499

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9781911590491

Small Fires

An Epic in the Kitchen

By: Rebecca May Johnson

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An Epic in the Kitchen

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1911590499

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Wellness

Choices for Health and Fitness

By: Rebecca J. Donatelle

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Wellness

Choices for Health and Fitness

By: Rebecca J. Donatelle

This text provides a balanced approach to wellness with equal coverage of physical fitness and personal health topics. It reflects a wellness approach considering how we can be well spiritually, mentally, and physically.

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388

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Thomson Brooks/Cole

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0534339514

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9780534339517

The Player Piano and Musical Labor

The Ghost in the Machine

By: Allison Rebecca Wente

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The Player Piano and Musical Labor

The Ghost in the Machine

By: Allison Rebecca Wente

By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transformed musical performance and listening practices. While numerous scholars have examined this aesthetic in art and literature, musical compositions representing industrialized labor practices and the role of the machine in music remain largely unexplored. Moreover, in recounting the history of machines in musical recording and reproduction, scholars often tend to emphasize the phonograph, rather than player piano, despite the latter’s prominence within the newly established musical marketplace. Machines and their music influenced multiple areas of early 20th-century musical culture, from film scores to popular music and even the concert hall. But the opposite was also true: industrialized labor practices changed the musical marketplace and musical culture as a whole. As consumers accepted mechanical replacements for what previously required an active human laborer, ghostly, mechanical performers labored tirelessly in parlors, businesses, and even concert halls. Although the player piano failed to maintain a stronghold in the recorded music marketplace after 1930, the widespread acceptance of recording technologies as media for storing and enjoying music indicates a much more fundamental societal shift. This book explores that shift, examining the rise and fall of the player piano in early 20th-century society and connecting it to the digital technologies of today.

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165

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Taylor & Francis

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1000553124

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9781000553123

Strategic Sisterhood

The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle

By: Rebecca Tuuri

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Strategic Sisterhood

The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle

By: Rebecca Tuuri

When women were denied a major speaking role at the 1963 March on Washington, Dorothy Height, head of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), organized her own women's conference for the very next day. Defying the march's male organizers, Height helped harness the womanpower waiting in the wings. Height's careful tactics and quiet determination come to the fore in this first history of the NCNW, the largest black women's organization in the United States at the height of the civil rights, Black Power, and feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Offering a sweeping view of the NCNW's behind-the-scenes efforts to fight racism, poverty, and sexism in the late twentieth century, Rebecca Tuuri examines how the group teamed with U.S. presidents, foundations, and grassroots activists alike to implement a number of important domestic development and international aid projects. Drawing on original interviews, extensive organizational records, and other rich sources, Tuuri's work narrates the achievements of a set of seemingly moderate, elite activists who were able to use their personal, financial, and social connections to push for change as they facilitated grassroots, cooperative, and radical activism.

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339

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UNC Press Books

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1469638916

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9781469638911

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

By: Rebecca G. Rogers,Vivian Sung,Cheryl B. Iglesia,Ranee Thakar

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Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

By: Rebecca G. Rogers,Vivian Sung,Cheryl B. Iglesia,Ranee Thakar

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery: Clinical Practice and Surgical Atlas is the third and final single-volume medical reference and surgical atlas for the ob-gyn subspecialities. Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and Gynecologic Oncology have already been signed

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649

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071756418

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9780071756419

The Handy History Answer Book

By: Rebecca Nelson

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The Handy History Answer Book

By: Rebecca Nelson

A concise guide to all things historical, this book provides thoughtful questions and answers concerning people, times, and events from the distant past to the present day.

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500

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0760746494

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Small Fires

Small Fires

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Wellness

Wellness

The Player Piano and Musical Labor

The Player Piano and Musical Labor

Strategic Sisterhood

Strategic Sisterhood

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

The Handy History Answer Book

The Handy History Answer Book

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