books by University of California Press     books:     Adaptation (Superb...   Legends   The Many Faces of ...   Farscape: The Comp...   University of Cali...      Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues Paul Farmer University of California Press, 2001 Where are the Virchows of global public health? The context of epidemics is important. What happens to the poor people who have drug resistant tuberculosis? Market mechanisms do not serve the interest of global health equity. The cost-efectiveness argument is weak. Poverty limits freedom of choice. AIDS education ...             The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge Carlos Castaneda University of California Press, 2008 A bood for a twenty-something today I read Don Juan when he first hit the scene. I found that my 20-something nephew-in-law informed me he was into metaphysical things and so I bought him this intro to Don Juan to see if he could find the same things I found in the book. I hope he has.             Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life Annette Lareau University of California Press, 2003 An easy and informative read I read this book 3 years ago and to this day I still make references to it with my friends. Since this book follows ~9 kids growing up under different environmental conditions (e.g. working, poor, middle classes), it makes you question how you were raised - and how ...             The Practice of Everyday Life Michel de Certeau University of California Press, 2002 an essential reading for contemporary urban studies One of the most interesting writings on everyday life is Michel de Certeau's The Practice of Everyday Life (1984, first published in Paris in 1980). Written in a somehow fragmented and often elliptical style, the book's central point revolves around everyday practices ...             Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, Revised and Expanded Edition ... Marion Nestle University of California Press, 2007 An academic yet engrossing exposé I plowed my way through this book across many late-nights at my favorite 24/7 coffee bar, easily ignoring all of the "local atmosphere." If you can handle heavy academic reading, this book is practically a Woodward & Bernstein thriller -- an extremely engrossing ...             The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications Amy Einsohn University of California Press, 2005 A useful and interesting piece I like this book because it's very readable. A more formal textbook on the same subject-manner might have been onerous, but this book's tone is almost conversational. Not yet being an editor, I suppose I can't formally judge how useful or accurate this book is on a ...             Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (California Series in Public ... Paul Farmer University of California Press, 2004 Incendiary essays by public health's foremost messenger This book is a collection of several essays that Dr. Farmer wrote while he was on-site in several of the areas where Partners in Health (an org he co-founded, which provides healthcare for the poor, regardless of ability to pay, including case management of complex ...             Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School C. J. Pascoe University of California Press, 2007 Timely My book came on time and was just as the seller described its condition, I was very pleased.             Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age Steven Hill University of California Press, 2010 It is a better way!!!! Europe's Promise is an interesting comparison of the American and the European ideas vis-à-vis the "Social Contract." That is if you even think there is one any more, or are part of, what was once the social contract between American workers and employers. This idea, ...             Danger to Self: On the Front Line with an ER Psychiatrist Paul Linde University of California Press, 2010 Couldn't put it down I started reading this book in the waiting room of a doctor's office. I got called in to see my doctor before I could finish the Preface, "Nowhere to Hide." When I got in my car later, I "had" to finish the part I was reading. Two hours later [count them, 2!]I looked ...             Perfect Pairings: A Master Sommelier's Practical Advice for Partnering Wine with Food Evan Goldstein University of California Press, 2006 Perfect One of the best pairing books ever written. Takes most of the mystery out of the food/wine pairing dilema. Another good one to look at is "What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine".             Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence, 3rd Edition (Comparative Studies in ... Mark Juergensmeyer University of California Press, 2003 Juergensmeyer has done his research! This book is being used in a Terrorism seminar class that I am taking and for good reason. Juergensmeyer does not rely wholly on second hand information but has actually visited and spoken with those accused and some even convicted of terror and gives a perspective ...             Righteous Dopefiend (California Series in Public Anthropology) Philippe Bourgois, Jeffrey Schonberg University of California Press, 2009 Rigteous Dopefeind The review of Wacquant was very true when he said if Bourdieu,Orwell and Walker Evans had met in a homeless encampment in San Francisco Highway,they could not have produced a more penetrating portrait of America's urban outcast than 'Righteous Dopefiend'. This book is ...             The Book of Codes: Understanding the World of Hidden Messages University of California Press, 2009 An Amazing and Rewarding Book This is an absolutely stunning book, not only lavishly illustrated but superbly designed with an engaging layout, thousands of photos, drawings, and illustrations, and a crisp, readable, entertaining (yet scholarly) text that ranges from introductory paragraphs and ...             Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses Don Gifford University of California Press, 2008 Great book.... misleading title This is certainly an excellent book, but it is not the annotated Ulysses that you expect from the Pengiun or Oxford editions. That is, the actual text of Ulysses is not in this book, only lengthy and fascinating information about Ulysses itself. 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