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| Santa Barbara's Flying A Studio Stephen Lawton 160 pages, paperback, photos, $12.95 ISBN 1-56474-210-5 "For too long, the story of Hollywood has dominated the history of filmmaking in California. Thanks to this intriguing and vivid study, Santa Barbara will at long last be receiving its due as a onetime center of cinematic production. A most enjoyable book." —Kevin Starr, California State Librarian Read more about this book! Second Chances A Travel Narrative of Southern Africa Martha B. Hopkins ISBN 1-56474-316-0 176 pages, paperback, $12.95 Martha B. Hopkins visited southern Africa and Namibia in 1995-1996. Apartheid had fallen, and Mandela had been president for two years. Not a casual tourist, Hopkins was open to the lessons embedded in unplanned experiences--an auto accident, becoming the "Auntie" on a Karoo sheep farm, attending autopsies, a discussion with the speaker of the Namibian parliament, meeting Bishop Tutu, talking with musicians and people in the changing communications industry, and finding herself on the edge of a diamond-smuggling scam. Read more about this book! Sold out/out of print Seeds of Stillness Opening to the Self Marian A. McClellan illustrated by Judy and Doug Alderfer-Abbott 64 pages, illustrated, paperback, $8.50 Sold out/out of print Shakespeare and Forgiveness William H. Matchett ISBN 1-56474-402-7 40 pages, paperback, $5.00 As this essay makes clear, Shakespeare was obsessed with the concepts of pity, forgiveness, mercy, pardon. Shakespeare scholar William H. Matchett traces the playwright's thinking on these issues through the entire length of his career, from the early plays, in which pardon is merely a convenient device for ending a play, to the later plays, in which forgiveness is necessary for any hope for mankind. Read more about this book! Shall This Nation Long Endure? Taming the Capitalist Beast Ross Curtis and Farren Webb 224 pages, paperback, $10.95 ISBN 1-56474-027-7 "A meticulously researched tome, and a perfect companion for the reporter, student or politiciana jam-packed, fact-filled volume." —Publishers Weekly Sold out/out of print Solo Dolci The Italian Dessert Cookbook Anna Bruni Benson 208 pages, clothbound, 8 color photos, $19.95 ISBN 1-56474-185-0 There's more to Italian dessert than tiramisu! Italian desserts need not depend on lots of butter, eggs, and sugar; they're often light and subtle, making the most of fresh fruit, pastries, mousses, ices, etc. Here are regional desserts from all regions of Italy, some invented by the best Italian chefs, others that have belonged to Italian families for generations. "A diary of traditional, typical, and honest recipes--very useful, very comforting." |
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