In the land of Chewandswallow, meals rain from the sky three times a day, but when the weather goes awry meals come down at the wrong times, in the wrong amounts, and in the wrong places[...]

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather, which came three times a day--at breakfast, lunch, and dinner Life for the townspeople was delicious until the miraculous food weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger, and so did[...]

"Judith Barrett and Norma Wasserman have written a beautiful book on risotto. [It] . . . is not just a recipe book but a piece of man's history."
?Arrigo Cipriani"Delectable."
?Booklist"For the rice lover . . . this well?crafted book is a unique source."
?Chicago TribuneRisotto is the hotte[...]

This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subs[...]

In this, one of Native American history's most extraordinary documents, a legendary warrior and shaman recounts the beliefs and customs of his people. Completely and utterly authentic, its captivating narrator is Geronimo himself. The spiritual and intellectual leader of the Apaches who defended the[...]

In the 150 years since the birth of the petroleum industry oil has saturated our culture, fueling our cars and wars, our economy and policies. But just as thoroughly, culture saturates oil. So what exactly "is" "oil culture"? This book pursues an answer through petrocapitalism's history in liter[...]

The Town of Chewandswawandswawandswallow is very much like any other tiny town, except for its weather. It never rains rain and it never snows snow and it never blows just wind. It rains things like soup and juice. It snows things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blows in storms of hambu[...]

Written by a team from the U.S. Army's Combat Feeding Directorate at the Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center, this technical volume represents a comprehensive guide to how the military designs, processes, customizes, packages and distributes highly palatable, long shelf-life food pro[...]

A state-of-the-art review of the research in this area, this collection covers children's understanding of family, school, economics, race, politics and gender roles. Recent changes and trends in research are summarised. This is explained in terms of a progression from the Piagetian stages model of [...]

This volume focuses specifically on narrative inquiry as a means to interrogate research questions in music education, offering music education researchers indispensible information on the use of qualitative research methods, particularly narrative, as appropriate and acceptable means of conducting [...]