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At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation -- including his own -- and his ability to convey it in fast-moving, earthy prose have made Living Poor a classic. Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and leavened with perceptive insights into the ways of the people and with breathtaking descriptions of the Ecuadorian landscape . -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch AUTHOR: Moritz Thomsen
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Current Affairs 
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 | The Get with the Program! Guide to Good Eating by Bob Greene
Bob Greene is Oprah Winfrey`s personal trainer, and in this volume of practical advice he advocates healthy and weight-whittling strategies like eating a hearty breakfast and spacing meals out sensibly over the course of a day. He also includes good-for-you recipes that include Gingered Butternut Squash Soup, Portabello-Mushroom Burgers, and a decadent sounding (but actually very healthful) Chocolate Almond Angel Food Cake. AUTHOR: Bob Greene
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | James Beard's Soups by James A. Beard, John Ferrone
Hot, cold, thick, thin, traditional, innovative, filling, low-fat, and delicious soups from America's great food writer, James Beard. AUTHOR: James A. Beard, John Ferrone
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook by Macmillan Publishing Staff
Over 100 recipes to tempt the tastebuds, including delicious bread recipes for classic favorites, rustic breads, sweet doughs, pizza, coffee cakes and buns. 45 color photos. Concealed wire binding. AUTHOR: Macmillan Publishing Staff
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | The Book of Light Chinese Dishes by Kathryn Hawkins
Reports of the high fat content of Chinese food has prompted a revision of many Chinese recipes. This volume focuses on stir-frying and steaming as a way of keeping fat content low and focusing on the natural goodness of the ingredients. Includes over 100 recipes such as Spinach, Monkfish, and Cilantro Soup, Sesame Shrimp and Snow Pea Salad, Turkey and Bamboo Curry, Grilled Lime Fish Skewers, Mango Beef with Cashews, Stir-fry Pork with Scallions and Walnuts, Chili Roast Capsicum, and Mandarin Sorbet. AUTHOR: Kathryn Hawkins
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Cooking & Food
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 | For the Sake of Argument by Christopher Hitchens
'For the sake of argument, one must never let a euphemism or a false consolation pass uncontested. The truth seldom lies, but when it does lie it lies somewhere in between.'. The global turmoil of the last few years has severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few have written with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and with about the small tell-tale signs of a disordered culture. For the Sake of Argument ranges from the political squalor of Washington, as a beleaguered Bush administration seeks desperately to stave off disaster and Clinton prepares for power, to the twilight of Stalinism in Prague; from the Jewish quarter of Damascus in the aftermath of the Gulf War to the embattled barrios of Central America and the imperishable resistance of Saralevo, as a difficult peace is negotiated with ruthless foes. Hitchens' unsparing account of Western realpolitik in the end shows it to rest on delusion as well as deception. The reader will find in these pages outstanding essays on political asassination in America as well as a scathing review of the evisceration of politics by pollsters and spin-doctors. Hitchens' knowledge of the tortuous history of revolutions in the twentieth century helps him to explain both the New York intelligentsia's flirtation with Trotskyism and the frailty of Communist power structures in Eastern Europe. Hitchens' pointed reassessments of Graham Greene, P.G. Wodehouse and C.L.R. James, or his riotous celebration of drinkiny and smoking, display an engaging enthusiasm and an acerbic wit. Equally entertaining is his unsparing rogues' gallery, which gives us unforgettable portraits of the lugubrious 'Dr'Kissinger, the comprehensively reactionary 'Mother' Teresa, the preposterous Paul Johnson and the predictable P.J. O'Rourke. AUTHOR: Christopher Hitchens
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Current Affairs
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