books by University of California     books:       Fat City (California Fiction)18 reviews Leonard Gardner University of California Press, 1996 A minor masterpiece Short novel, published in 1969, about two boxers, Billy Tully, who is 29 and down and out, and Ernie Mugger, who is 18 and up and coming, two versions of the same man, in some respects. Terrific skilled prose, short chapters, switching points of view between these two main characters and an assortment of other minor characters. The author takes you inside the characters' deepest despair or ...             Augustine of Hippo25 reviews Peter Brown University of California Press, 1967 Epic study of Western Christianity's towering genius Peter Brown's AUGUSTINE of HIPPO is epic study of the adventure...the spiritual-intellectual ODYSSEY...that is Life of Aurelius Augustine,Saint and uber-Father of the Christian Church in the West. Brown's peerless biography details(36chapters;437pp)a life of towering intellectual genius from birth in AD 354 in Thagaste,Province of Northern Africa SPQR ;until his death as Bishop of Hippo in AD ...             Emerson: The Mind on Fire19 reviews Robert D. Richardson Jr. University of California Press, 1995 When the genius of biography meets the genius of literature Mr. Richardson's 'Thoreau A Life of the Mind' was not only the best biography I've read on Thoreau, but one of the most exhilerating and enlightening reading experiences of my life. So I decided to read his 'Emerson The Mind on Fire.' And it was every bit as intimate and intelligent. There are times you feel that you're intruding upon Waldo and Henry on one of their walks. It was an ...             The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy22 reviews Isaac Newton University of California Press, 1999 A time of Science and Philosophy together "I hope that, decades from now, when I and my other books have been forgotten, this will still be useful to scholars and students". So spoke Harvard University Professor I. Bernard Cohen some years before his death in 2003. His co-translator Anne Whitman had died in 1984. The translation and the extraordinary commentary is 974 pages long and took 15 years to complete. I have had this edition for ...             Planet Earth: As You've Never Seen It Before40 reviews Alastair Fothergill University of California Press, 2007 AMAZING PICTURES! BEAUTIFUL BOOK TO HAVE. NOT ONLY IS IT INFORMATIVE, BUT THE PICTURES ARE TRULY A PIECE OF ARTWORK.             Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape18 reviews Frans Lanting University of California Press, 1998 Great Book This is a great book with plenty of great photographs by Frans Lanting and a good deal of basic information on these least-known ape cousins of ours from Frans de Waal. Equally genetically and evolutionally related to us as chimpanzees, they are best known for their sexual behavior and their relatively peaceful lives compared to chimpanzees but de Waal warns that the differences are a matter of ...             Man Is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag33 reviews Janusz Bardach, Kathleen Gleeson University of California Press, 1999 An unbelievably bleak tale of survival in the Gulag Janusz Bardach, who became a plastic surgeon in Iowa City, Iowa in 1972, recounts his experiences in the Gulag in this bleak tale of survival reminiscent of Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago. A secular Jewish man and supporter of Stalin and communism living in Poland In 1939, he and his family fear their future as Germany's military forces are set up along the border. He is eventually ...             An Uncommon Friendship: From Opposite Sides of the Holocaust22 reviews Bernat Rosner, Sally Patterson Tubach, ... University of California Press, 2001 A vey moving historical book that everyone should read I was very impressed with this book; for such a difficult subject it was beautifully written. I have been to the Holocaust Museum in Israel, and though the documentation there is quite graphic and disturbing, the voice of the child in Bernie, and the voice of the child on the other side in Fritz, completes a picture that is enlightening, but reveals a picture that no one wants to believe. It ...             The New American Plate Cookbook: Recipes for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life21 reviews American Institute for Cancer Research University of California Press, 2005 Delicious - My favorite cookbook! As someone who loves to cook, but doesn't have a ton of cooking skills or time, I found this book to be extremely easy to follow and fast. Most of the time put into these recipes is in washing and cutting produce. Every recipe I've tried has been delicious, with a huge range of flavors for every palate: Sesame Ginger Asparagus, Greek Style Scallops, Stuffed Peppers with Feta and Pine Nuts, ...             Eating Apes (California Studies in Food and Culture)14 reviews Dale Peterson University of California Press, 2004 A Disturbing And Essential Book What animals we eat are selected by what culture we grow up in. Distant societies think nothing of eating dogs. Some closer ones think eating horse is completely acceptable. Then there are frogs, snakes, and insect larvae. It is all a matter of getting enough protein. One man's protein is another man's atrocity. Americans are used to eating meat they find in Styrofoam trays wrapped in ...             The Art of Richard Diebenkorn (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book)13 reviews Jane Livingston University of California Press, 1997 Modern Master Richard Diebenkorn has finally achieved the status of Modern Master, but his success was only secured later in his life and after his death. Although he was at first an Abstract Expressionist artist who painted as convincingly as Still, Rothko, Kline and Motherwell, he was too much identified with the Bay Area, and therefore he did not have the imprimatur of the New York critics. Then, in the ...             Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why17 reviews H. Gilbert Welch M.D. M.P.H. University of California Press, 2006 Buy this today! If I could give this book 10 stars, I would. This is possibly the most valuable book you will ever read regarding your health. Dr. Welch has impeccable bona fides, and his arguments are well-reasoned and well documented. He is a wonderful writer who makes sense of complicated, nuanced statistical analysis for the rest of us. Of particular importance to this 53 year old woman is his detailed ...             Rembrandt: The Painter at Work13 reviews Ernst van de Wetering University of California Press, 2009 Absolutely Essential There isn't much more I can say, which hasn't already been said to reveal the great merits of this book. However I think the sheer quantity of 5 star ratings speaks volumes. This book is essential for any academic or personal study of Rembrandt, especially so for a painter as I am. On top of all the incredible detailed scientific analysis, the text is written very clearly and is even a pleasure ...             The Georgian Feast: The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia18 reviews Darra Goldstein University of California Press, 1999 One of my favorites! As someone who was born and grew up in Tbilisi, I was very happy to find this book -- it captures all of my favorite recipes, and when I prepare them according to this book, they taste just like my grandma's cooking. More than just a recipe book, this is also an exploration into the rich history and culture of Georgia, and how the history shaped the cuisine. I suggest this book to everyone ...             Ulysses Annotated16 reviews Don Gifford University of California Press, 1989 notes only! Just a heads up that this is NOT an annotated edition of Ulysses (as I mistakenly thought in purchasing)(duh). It is 600-some pages of notes only and does not include the text of the novel.             The Ladies' Paradise16 reviews Ã?mile Zola University of California Press, 1991 Under the Wheels of the Juggernaut THE LADIES' PARADISE is a sequel to POT LUCK (POT-BUILLE), which I read last year. Both have Octave Mouret as a central character. In the earlier novel, he was a young salesman on the make, both in his profession and with the young women in his apartment building. At the end of POT LUCK, he marries the owner of a successful drapery establishment. At the start of PARADISE, his wife has died; and ...             My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking18 reviews Niloufer Ichaporia King University of California Press, 2007 Read in bed, dream of mangoes Some people use cookbooks, I read them. I believe a cookbook, especially an ethnic or exotic one, should be as entertaining as a novel, as detailed as a travel guide, and as warm and witty as a good neighbor's kitchen. It's rare to find a cookbook that fits the bill as completely--and cleverly--as this one. No tiresome list of esoteric ingredients and daunting prep, Niloufer's explanations of ...             The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, New and Revised edition17 reviews William Blake University of California Press, 1982 SAYONARA......IT'S BEEN FUN! What to write for my last review? That was tough. Since I was a little boy I have always been one of those who had his face in a book. Books, books, books. When I began my jobs as a paperboy, and later at the grocery store, I began buying books. This hobby grew so large, that my father made our rumpus room a library for me. And it grew ever larger. By the time I enlisted in the Air Force, I had ...             The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales13 reviews University of California Press, 2008 Comparing this ed. to Davies' 2008 Oxford UP ed. How does the handsomely bound new rendering by Sioned Davies, Chair in Welsh at Cardiff, compare with the standard version often used and widely praised, Harvard professor Ford's? I consulted my 1977 copy as Ford's new printing has not yet been published. Will his "30th Anniversary" U of California paperback reissued edition find itself in a dead heat with Davies? 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