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One of the few works of fiction in the 20th century to explore the dangerous yet glamorous appeal of fascism and the less than satisfactory answer of traditional democracy. A moral dialogue thrown into narrative form. It is humanity versus power, sprawling life versus death-dealing regimentation. --New York Times. Introduction by Anthony Burgess.
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Heaven and hell.......2003-06-03
Having read so much 20th. Century literature in English, I was amazed and embarrased not to have come across this important book before now. This is doubly so having read Orwell since my teenage years, yet I believe this book is far clearer in its critique of state facism than 1984. The leisurely pace and clear prose, set in the beautiful English countryside is deceptive. The story builds up to a threatening climax. It is a story of authoritarianism and love, of clear and singular vision and muddled human reality. A real must to read. Primo Levi would understood this book all too well.
ranks with Orwell & Koestler.......2001-06-08
Much as I hate to admit it now, I'd never heard of this book nor of Rex Warner until stumbling upon a list Anthony Burgess did for the New York Times Book Review of his Top 99 Modern Novels. The copy of the book I have just happens to include a forward by Burgess, so it seems safe to say that he did his part to maintain the reputation and readership of this fine book. And it was heartening to see that it is still in print. Heartening because this is a novel that deserves to be read and should have made many more "Best of" lists.
One strange deficiency in the literature of the 20th Century is the relative paucity of novels about fascism, its attractions and its awful consequences for those who believed. Sure, there are plenty of books about the Holocaust, but almost all are written from the victims' perspective. But while we have a rich literature depicting the mindset of Communists (Arthur Koestler, George Orwell, etc.), there aren't many similar books describing how someone, a young idealist perhaps, might have been drawn to fascism, even Nazism, but then been disillusioned, or even eaten by the revolution they helped to foment.
In at least this regard, Rex Warner's Aerodrome may well be the best novel ever written about fascism. The book is a pretty simple allegory--which though the critics I was able to find say was influenced mainly by Kafka, seemed to me to owe much more to Orwell's Coming Up for Air. The narrator, Roy, has grown up in The Village, a bucolic country town with more than its share of drunkenness, adultery, and incest. Bordering on the Village is the Aerodrome, clean, orderly, modern, technological, it represents everything that the Village is not.
Amidst a burgeoning mystery over who his real parents are, Roy joins the Air Force, drawn by its orderliness, attempting to please his girlfriend, and deeply impressed by the rigid but charismatic Air Vice-Marshal. The Vice-Marshal is determined to expand the Aerodrome and bring the Village under his control, remaking it in the same sterile image as the Aerodrome.
Roy meanwhile comes to realize that for all the disorder and human frailty on display in his home town, it is at least alive with possibilities :
I began to see that this life, in spite of its drunkenness and its inefficiency, was wider and deeper than the activity in which we were constricted by the iron compulsion of the Air Vice-Marshal's ambition. It was a life whose very vagueness concealed a wealth of opportunity, whose uncertainty called for adventure, whose aspects were innumerable and varied as the changes of light and colour throughout the year. It was a life whose unwieldiness was the consequence of its immensity. No skill could precisely calculate the effects of any action, and all action was dangerous.
There, in a nutshell, is the human dilemma : on the one hand we long for a world that would be safe and predictable and would yield to calculation, but, on the other, such calculations are beyond our meager mortal powers, so that whenever folks seek to impose order, they succeed merely in eliminating freedom and stifling progress. The appeal of fascism--or communism, or Nazism, or all the other -isms--is precisely that it holds out the promise of having finally invented the human calculus which will provide security, without any of the nasty side effects. That this appeal has always proven false does not seem to dampen the human need for, nor the responsiveness to, such promises.
Perhaps the best aspect of this novel is its timelessness. Though it is clearly a comment upon the 1930s and 40s, the Village, with its verdant fields, its convoluted genealogies, its interfamilial murders, and lurking just across the way the orderly utopia of the Aerodrome, suggests Man after the Fall as much as it does Britain just before WWII. The themes that Warner is dealing with are eternal. That he manages to present them in such a natural and readable way makes the book one that everyone should read.
GRADE : A+
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The Aerodrome A Love Story
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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ASIN: B000BH11J6 |
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Only the Man of Three Waters can unite the humans and Faeries in battle against the dark lord's minions-and stem the tide of Darkblood that will destroy all that is good in the world.
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Timing is terrible.......2002-02-23
I read all the books in this series. Although the plot is good, and the world is interesting, there were several things that made me really consider stop reading.
First is passing of time is terribly unrealistic. A trip which was taking 2 weeks on foot in the first book cannot take 3 days in the second book. A trip that a brutox takes in a few months is returned in one month or so, etc. There were so many examples of such trip-length inconsistencies that I had to keep forcing myself to overlook these and enjoy the rest of the book.
Fragmentation of parallel events thorughout the books could not be any worse. They are always ending too quickly and the book jumps to the next so your enjoyment of the current event is kept too short. I think the author should look at Dragonlance classics series to see examples of how this should have been done. Also, those events do not occur in a proper time order. When you start reading the next section which writes about some other hero group, you sometimes understand current time should be before the previous section, or timing is much much more unrealistic than you've previously thought (even cases such as a few months trip taken in moments). These are very amateurish in my idea and had a quite bad impact of my enjoyment of the book. Actually I'm pretty surprised how other people rated this book so high.
Highlight in Watershed series.......2001-12-17
Darkenheight is the second book of the Watershed Trilogy and it delivers just like Breach in the Watershed. In my opinion, Darkenheight is probably the best out of the three books as it didn't concentrate too much on Rudy and Raine's love affair and instead focused on the battles in Faerine and Dalethica. These were brilliantly written but I think that the low point for all of the Watershed books is the weakness of character. Rudy is a very weak character whose values are very low and Raine gets quite irritating very quickly. This story lacks more of the Drizzt type characters in Salvatore's books. But overall, a very good book.
The war continutes.......2000-07-27
This book was written very well and if you like Sci-fi Fanatasy books than this one is a must read. Journey with the man of three waters as he must unite the Faerines and the humans in a battle with the minions of Darkblood.
It was wonderful!!!!.......1998-12-11
The Man of Three Waters must unite the faerines and the humans for the ultimate battle.
If you love Dungeons and Dragons you'll crave this book!!!.......1998-03-14
Not as good as Terry Brooks' novels, but definately in the must read catagory. This book had true feeling in it. It made me long to be there and to warn and help the characters. I itch for the last book!!!
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The Legacy of Lehr (Millennium Series)
Katherine Kurtz
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Codex Derynianus
ASIN: 0802766617 |
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Cool novel.......2000-05-07
This is a good novel - though maybe one more for the kids. I read it years ago, but when I saw it 2nd hand I had to buy it. Fairly good plot devices and writing, though you may have to read it twice to understand it all. A very good read, however, I feel it is not her best.
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The Legacy of Lehr
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Learn to use your microwave oven to do everything you hoped it could and more with breakthrough techniques and recipes that will change the way you cook forever.
First published in 1987, Barbara Kafka's Microwave Gourmet redefined the way people thought about the microwave oven. Microwave Gourmet is the only book that clarifies which dishes are at their best when made in the microwave, which are the worst, and why.
There are over six hundred delicious recipes for everything you can conceivably want classics like Filet of Sole with Almonds and Turkey with Cranberry Sauce and Saffron Risotto, plus old-fashioned favorites such as Baked Macaroni and Cheese and an American Chocolate Layer Cake that cook up in five to ten minutes. Microwave Gourmet lets you eat good, homemade food in no time at all.
Microwave Gourmet is an indispensable reference and a ground-breaking book that will change your mind about using the microwave forever.
Customer Reviews:
Not my thing.......2007-06-23
I gave this three stars because for those with more gourmet tastes, this book would probably be a great addition to their cookbook library. I personally however didn't care for this book much at all. There's a few recipes I'll try and I made note of a few suggested cooking times from the dictionary section of the book, but I'm glad I checked this out from the library rather than spend money on it. I would have been greatly disappointed with the purchase.
The first cookbook I turn to.......2007-04-14
When I want to make a new dish, the first cookbook I open is Microwave Gourmet in case Kafka has a recipe, a technique or interesting notes about the ingredients. Because of Kafka's book, I use the microwave for so many dishes that when I remodel my kitchen, I'm going to make room for two microwaves.
Buy this book. It's a great addition to any cook's library. Kafka's recipe for risotto alone is worth the price.
Easy cooking for the microwave.......2007-03-11
This book has an amazing collection of recipes; you can literally cook a whole meal just from the microwave! From risotto to chicken to fish to chocolate truffles (a personal favorite), this book has everything you need to know about making meals in the microwave or simply using the microwave along with your oven to cut your cooking time. With easy to follow recipes, this book is a must buy - especially for college students.
Microwave Gourmet.......2006-07-01
This book is filled with ways to cook in your microwave, things I would not have thought could be done. It is an especially good book for beginning cooks, and I would highly recomend it for a wedding present.
A Good Introduction.......2005-10-24
This book provides a good introduction to Microwave cooking techniques and it gives several useeful tips on selecting and buying Microwave Cookware. The only drawback are the recipes included. Several of them are too gourmet and they should put more emphasis onn basic and popular dishes. However, I have found about seven dishes which I will prepare.There should also be more emphasis placed on dishes and cooking for the Single person.
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- A Cooking Bible For Wage Slaves
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Microwave Gourmet
Barbara Kafka
Manufacturer: Avon Books (Mm)
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A Cooking Bible For Wage Slaves.......1997-07-01
The Microwave Gourmet should be in the kitchen
of every man or woman who works for a living.
The recipes are simple and FAST -- dinner gets on
the table in half an hour or less. The Basic
Risotto recipe alone is worth the price of this
fabulous book. And the glossary in the back, an
alphabetical list of foods and how to microwave
them (or NOT microwave them!), is an invaluable
aid to any harassed cook in a hurry.
Check out the glossary entry for making
caramel in the microwave -- you'll never mess up
your stove or pots again!
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- Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes
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Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes
Jean K. Durkee
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River Road Recipes: The Textbook of Louisiana Cuisine
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Brennan's New Orleans Cookbook
ASIN: 0960536205 |
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Tout de Suite a la Microwave I. Home economist and author Jean K Durkee has adapted for microwave cooking the best of the French, Acadian and Creole recipes for which the South Louisiana "Cajun Country" has become justly famous. Learn how to cook a Roux and Gumbo, Crabmeat Mornay, Bananas Foster and more-all in the microwave!
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Tout de Suite a la Microwave I : A gourmet's cookbook of French, Acadian and Creole recipes.......2007-08-23
As before item is in excellent condition. Is for wife and she is very happy
Tout de Suite a la Microwave I: FRENCH,CREOLE&ACADIAN.......2001-10-18
THIS IS THE BEST COOKBOOK OF FRENCH- CREOLE AND ACADIAN RECEIPES YOU WILL EVER FIND, NOT TO MENTION YOU CAN COOK ALL THE RECEIPES IN THE MICROWAVE. WE HAVE A MOTOR HOME AND WHEN WE GO TO LOUSIANA THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITION OF THIS COOKBOOK GOES WITH ME. WE LOAD UP WITH PRAWNS, SHRIMP,CRAWFISH AND LOBSTER AND I COOK WITH DELIGHT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COOKBOOK AS WELL AS THE SECOND COOK BOOK WHICH IS ALSO FOR SALE ... THE RECEIPES ARE EASY, QUICK, AND HAVE MINIMUM MUSS AND FUSS. I HAVE COOKED ALMOST EACH AND EVERY RECEIPE AND HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS AT ALL. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 5 STAR DINING ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Eat well, be well.......2001-11-10
Barbara Kafka's microwave cookbooks have changed the way I think about food and cooking. And, since I was recently put on a restricted diet, the nutritional information in "Healthstyle" puts me back in control.
And, dang! The food tastes great! She shows you how it's possible to both eat well and be well.
Thanks, Barbara!
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Microwave Gourmet
Barbara Kafka
Manufacturer: New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc. 1987
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index 605-623. illustrated in black and white.
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- Gourmet Fast Food
- Delicious Food, Great Recipes
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Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express (DK American Original)
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Ainsley Harriott's Low Fat Meals in Minutes
ASIN: 0789474999 |
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Charismatic cook Ainsley Harriott shows how to make delicious, healthy food in a flash. Choose the option of great tasting, homemade, and healthy meals presented by Ainsley Harriott, popular British TV cook now appearing in the American TV series Great Foods. Published to complement the series, Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express takes a fresh look at the best and tastiest of fast foods. He explores what we eat when we're in a hurry and gives us lots of appetizing alternatives that are easy and quick to make at home. Emphasizing quick preparation rather than recreating take-out food, Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express encourages us to change our notions of fast food. Including over 120 deliciously simple and fast recipes, Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express will revolutionize your eating habits: Take minutes to stir fry Shrimp and Peanut Udon Noodles; Indulge in the delicious taste of Ripple and Raspberry White Chocolate Muffins; Realize how good for you Crispy Crunchy Corn Fritters can be.
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Gourmet Fast Food.......2001-05-15
Ainsley Harriott is one of Britain's most loved chefs and his playful, friendly style is loved by all. He becomes completely absorbed in his cooking and his love of food is very contagious.
In Ainsley Harriott's Gourmet Express, you will enjoy the tastiest of fast foods. There are six chapters to show how fast food can be made at any time of the day. The "Snack Attack" chapter includes delicious Celtic Samosas, a Hot Crispy Cajun Chicken Sandwich and even a recipe on how to make Nori-rolled Sushi.
After learning to do the "pan swivel" from his show, in which you swirl items around in the pan while looking most confident :)...I thought I would try some of Ainsley Harriott's recipes. That one technique where he swirls the food around in the pan has been very helpful for me when I make my turkey meatball recipe. It helps to brown all the sides of the meatballs evenly. Who would have known.
Well, I tried the "Parisian Mustard Sausage Rolls" which were just smashing. Now, I did have to use Crescent roll dough, which did work quite well and I used breakfast pork sausage links. We served the rolls with eggs and orange juice for breakfast.
I find that when cooking from a cookbook by a chef, you can adapt the recipes slightly to your own taste. I left out the Dijon mustard and they were still very good. While this recipe was in the "Snack Attack" chapter, they work very well to add a gourmet flair to a breakfast plate. I will also keep this recipe in mind for a brunch.
I am looking forward to making Butternut Squash Spiced Soup, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Lightning Lamb Dhansak (great picture!), Baconeese, Citrus Couscous, Golden Raisin Salad and Banana Raita. Each recipe has a nice bold heading and the text is easy to read. There is a headnote from Ainsley to add a pleasant personal touch.
"You know what it's like: home late from work and you'd love a delicious supper, well...a touch of French pistou blended with some al dente Italian pasta and you have the perfect answer....." pg. 95, Premier Pistou-Pasta
The colors in this book are delightfully refreshing and almost tranquil. If you are a cookbook collector, you will enjoy reading the headnotes at the beginning of each recipe and the "Try This" or "Chef's Tips" info at the end of some recipes.
Chef Ainsley gives advice on how to adapt a recipe, why you shouldn't make a recipe with fresh herbs too far ahead of time, how to make use of frozen foods like rice or how to completely change a recipe by substituting various ingredients.
So, if you are looking for tasty sandwiches, hot snacks, delicious soups, mouthwatering curries, mini-pizzas and pastas you can make in a hurry, you will enjoy some great fast food at home.
If you love this book, look for Ainsley Harriott's Meals in Minutes and Ainsley Harriott's Barbecue Bible.
Delicious Food, Great Recipes.......2001-01-16
So far, I have only tried three of the recipes but I intend to try a lot more. I love how the recipes are written in Ainsley's voice. It reminds me so much of the Ainsley Harriott show and how he would talk.
The recipes are very delicious, although one of the recipes I tried took longer to cook than indicated. The Baconese potatoes were a big hit. If there was one thing wrong with the book it is that the conversions are a little off. Where most cookbooks would say 1/4 cup of ingredient, Ainsley says 3oz. of ingredient for the American conversions. Also the book is a little inconsistent in that sometimes the British units are in parentheses and sometime the American units are in parentheses.
My overall rating is great recipes but you need to do a little math to do the conversions in you head.
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Interesting and easy to prepare recipes to complement your own microwave oven's instructions and recipes.
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