books by Columbia University Press     books:     Columbia Universit...      The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 (Best American Magazine Writing) Columbia University Press, 2007 The best of the best A series of excellent prize-winning articles, ranging from the deeply touching "The Other Side of Hate" by Andrew Corsello to Ian Parker's inspired and funny analysis of fellow writer Christopher Hitchens. Not a clinker in the lot!             Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on ... Hervé This Columbia University Press, 2005 For the scientist-cook After reading the Italian translation a coupe of years ago, I was so much hoping for an English translation, and here it is; and it's brilliant! It's quite one thing to follow recipes and follow instructions, and quite another to understand at a physico-chemical level ...             Sources of Chinese Tradition, Vol. 1 Joseph Adler Columbia University Press, 2000 Ancient Chinese History: Vol. 1 This book is a collection of readings dealing with ancient Chinese history, especially focusing on philosophy and religion. The readings are organized into chapters related to various stages in Chinese history. Early chapters cover antiquity, Confucius, Mo Tzu, and ...             Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology Geoffrey C Kabat Columbia University Press, 2008 The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives. But many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public as to which ...             Inside Terrorism Bruce Hoffman Columbia University Press, 2006 analyzes the political tactics of terrorism I found this book to be quite enlightening as well as facinating to read. Refusing to engage in the political rhetoric surrounding terrorism, the author, Bruce Hoffman, (an expert in counterterrorism at West Point as well as a professor at Georgetown)follows the ...             Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters Donald R. Prothero Columbia University Press, 2007 Will this book prove effective? A society driving an eminent scientist to produce a book such as this is in need of some serious reflective thinking. Prothero's account is not the first such investigation of the clash of science and superstition, but it ranks as one of the most thorough and ...             Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings Columbia University Press, 1996 Becoming a Chuang Tzu enthusiast. Anyone who may be coming to Chuang Tzu for the first time is in for a treat. Although Chuang Tzu is sometimes described as the most brilliant of all Chinese philosophers, what we find in him isn't what we normally understand by 'Philosophy' and isn't technical at ...             Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India Diana L. Eck Columbia University Press, 1998 Solid introduction to the concept of Hindu iconography and related ritual experience Diana Eck is a wonderful scholar who has written several great books on Hinduism. Darsan (or "darshan," if you're transliterating it simply for an English-speaking audience) is a wonderfully simple introduction to Hindu iconography and the related ritual experience, a ...             The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009 (A Columbia / SSRC Book) Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, ... Columbia University Press, 2008 Truly Eye-Opening The American Human Development Project is far more than just a report of data and conclusions. On the contrary, it not only provides interesting insight on the state of our nation, but it gives its readers a completely fresh perspective on how to examine our collective ...             Man, the State, and War Kenneth N. Waltz Columbia University Press, 2001 Still worth reading after all these years This book has legs! I read it first in graduate school in 1969. I was impressed with the argument then, and still appreciate its power now. He identifies a key problem as (page 12) "identifying and achieving the conditions of peace. . ." He notes that, over time, ...             Mental Disorders, Medications, and Clinical Social Work Sonia G. Austrian Columbia University Press, 2005 A helpful learning tool I am an MSW student and have found this book extremely helpful as I concomitantly study the DSM-IV-TR. Combining the reading of, for example, anxiety disorders in the DSM with Austrian's chapter on anxiety disorders helps clarify assessment criteria. I don't believe ...             Learning to Labor: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs Paul Willis Columbia University Press, 1981 Still The Best Ethnography in Sociology I came to Dr. Willis's Learning To Labor as a Ph.D. student at York University, Toronto. I was profoundly moved both theoretically and personally. Willis gives us a theoretical way of articulating macro and micro perspectives which shows how the two arise in ...             More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places (Updated and Expanded) Michael J. Mauboussin Columbia University Press, 2007 Practical Financial Wisdom. Practical information any ivestor should keep in mind. Potentially very helpful if one heeds to the ideas in this book. The first 75% of the book is very tight, but towards the end there is some repetition. Overall, nice read.             Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku Columbia University Press, 1997 The virtue of blind loyalty "Chushingura" is Japan's "Romeo and Juliet". Not literally, of course, as the stories are very different, but in the way that it is a story that every Japanese person knows. Based on an actual incident, the story has been glorified and told and re-told for every ...             Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford Columbia University Press, 2008 A long-awaited work; a great read for both research and leisure This book encompasses everything that inspired me to pursue paleontological research...the meticulous manner in which the authors document the evolutionary history of dogs, and the unparalleled illustrations that bring those concepts and species to life. The ...          products you might be interested in search for books chushingura, environmental, epidemiology, evolutionary, perspectives, unconventional      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Shared Source CLI Essentials