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“david kamp”

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  • The United States of Arugula

    The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution

    by David Kamp ...
    The wickedly entertaining, hunger-inducing, behind-the-scenes story of the revolution in American food that has made exotic ingredients, celebrity chefs, rarefied cooking tools, and destination restaurants familiar aspects of our everyday lives.Amazingly enough, just twenty years ago eating sushi was a daring novelty and many Americans had never even heard of salsa. Today, we don't bat an eye at a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sunny Days

    The Children's Television Revolution That Changed America

    by David Kamp ...
    One of the “Best Books” of the year from The Smithsonian, The Washington Independent Review, and more!From bestselling writer David Kamp, the “fun, fascinating, and surprisingly touching,” (People) behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the beloved children’s TV programs Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Free to Be…You and Me, and Schoolhou... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Food Snob's Dictionary

    An Essential Lexicon of Gastronomical Knowledge

    by David Kamp, Marion Rosenfeld ...
    Food Snob n: reference term for the sort of food obsessive for whom the actual joy of eating and cooking is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge about these subjectsFrom the author of The United States of Arugula--and coauthor of The Film Snob’s Dictionary and The Rock Snob’s Dictionary--a delectable compendium of food facts, terminology, and famous names that gives ordinary ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Wine Snob's Dictionary

    An Essential Lexicon of Oenological Knowledge

    by David Lynch, David Kamp ...
    A nicely structured, lightly acidic addition to the handy Snob’s Dictionary series, decoding the baffling world of winespeak from A to Z.Wine Snob. The very phrase seems redundant, doesn't it? When faced with this snobbiest of snobberies, the civilian wine enthusiast needs the help of savvy translators like David Kamp and David Lynch. Their Wine Snob’s Dictionary delivers witty explication of both ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Belief and Bloodshed

    Religion and Violence across Time and Tradition

    by Scott Noegel, Sarah Culpepper Stroup, Michael Berger, Charles McDaniel, Paul Stephenson, Jon Pahl, David Atwill, Marianne Kamp, Charles Keyes, Marion Goldman, Joel Black, Bruce Lincoln ...
    Intended for students as well as scholars of religion and violence, Belief and Bloodshed discusses how the relationship between religion and violence is not unique to a post-9/11 world-it has existed throughout all of recorded history and culture. The book makes clear the complex interactions between religion, violence, and politics to show that religion as always innocent or always evil is ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Responsible Innovation in Large Technological Systems

    Edited by J. Roland Ortt, David van Putten, Linda M. Kamp, Ibo van de Poel ...
    Large technological systems, such as seaports, nuclear power stations, wind farms and natural gas extraction, provide vital functions for society. And yet these large technological systems have an impact on different stakeholder groups in both positive and negative ways.This book defines responsible innovation and describes how both the innovation process and the resulting innovation outcome can ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Development of Movement Coordination in Children

    Applications in the Field of Ergonomics, Health Sciences and Sport

    Edited by Geert Savelsbergh, Keith Davids, John van der Kamp, Simon J. Bennett ...
    Co-ordination of movement plays a key role in human development and is an important area in sport and health sciences. This book looks in detail at how children develop basic skills, such as walking and reaching for objects, and more complex skills such as throwing and catching a ball accurately or riding a bicycle.Development of Movement Co-ordination in Children is informed by five major ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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    The Lives and Times of Hollywood Film Pioneers Nicholas and Joseph Schenck

    by Michael Benson, Craig Singer ...
    The incredible true story of the most powerful brothers in Hollywood history—an wildly entertaining saga studded with glamorous stars, scandals, mobsters, murders, and one legendary blond bombshell. . . .They were the Godfathers of the Movies. Groundbreaking pioneers of the Hollywood Dream Factory, Joseph and Nicholas Schenck may not have been household names like the Warner brothers or Louis B. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law

    by John Van Der Kiste ...
    The first book to study the four wives of Queen Victoria's sons as a family group—based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives.The first to join the family of the "Grandmama of Europe" was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. Charming, ever sympathetic and widely considered one of the most attractive royal women of her ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story of Tea

    A Cultural History and Drinking Guide

    by Mary Lou Heiss, Robert J. Heiss ...
    Whether it's a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss chronicle tea's influence across the globe and provide a complete reference for choosing, drinking, and enjoying this beverage.The Story of Tea ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Mockingbird

    A Portrait of Harper Lee, from Scout to Go Set a Watchman

    by Charles J. Shields ...
    "This biography will not disappoint those who loved the novel and the feisty, independent, fiercely loyal Scout, in whom Harper Lee put so much of herself." —Garrison Keillor, The New York Times Book ReviewAn extensively revised and updated edition of the New York Times–bestselling biography of Harper Lee, reframed from the perspective of the recent publication of Lee's Go Set a Watchman.To Kill a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Faithful Executioner

    Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

    by Joel F. Harrington ...
    The extraordinary story of a renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overlooked journal.In a dusty German bookshop, the noted historian Joel F. Harrington stumbled upon a remarkable document: the journal of a sixteenth-century executioner. The journal gave an account of the 394 people Meister Frantz Schmidt executed, and the hundreds more he tortured, flogged, or disfigured ... Read more

    $14.39 USD