Nearly seven million Muslims live in the United States today, and their relations with non-Muslims are strained. Many Americans associate Islam with figures such as Osama bin Laden, and they worry about homegrown terrorists. To shed light on this increasingly important religious group and counter mutual distrust, renowned scholar Akbar Ahmed conducted the most comprehensive study to date of the American Muslim community. Journey into America explores and documents how Muslims are fitting into U.S. society, placing their experience within the larger context of American identity. This eye-opening book also offers a fresh and insightful perspective on American history and society.

Following up on his critically acclaimed Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Brookings, 2007), Ahmed and his team of young researchers traveled for a year through more than seventy-five cities across the United States from New York City to Salt Lake City; from Las Vegas to Miami; from the large Muslim enclave in Dearborn, Michigan, to small, predominantly white towns like Arab, Alabama. They visited homes, schools, and over one hundred mosques to discover what Muslims are thinking and how they are living every day in America.

In this unprecedented exploration of American Muslim communities, Ahmed asked challenging questions: Can we expect an increase in homegrown terrorism? How do American Muslims of Arab descent differ from those of other origins (for example, Somalia or South Asia)? Why are so many white women converting to Islam? How can a Muslim become accepted fully as an American , and what does that mean? He also delves into the potentially sticky area of relations with other religions. For example, is there truly a deep divide between Muslims and Jews in America? And how well do Muslims get along with other religious groups, such as Mormons in Utah?

Journey into America is equal parts anthropological research, listening tour, and travelogue. Whereas Ahmed's previous book took the reader into homes, schools, and mosques in the Muslim world, his new quest takes us into the heart of America and its Muslim communities. It is absolutely essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of America today.

zachomikowany

6,5 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Akbar Ahmed - Journey into America, The Challenge of Islam (2010).pdf

zachomikowany

161 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Beatrice A. Ojakangas - Great Old Fashioned Americ an Desserts (2004).jpg

"Great Old Fashioned American Desserts" offers a diversity of desserts that span the various periods and regions of American cooking. Some dishes are accompanied by chatty notes, explaining, for example, that waffles were introduced by the Dutch in the 1800s. But these are mere embellishments, and the business side of this book is the generous assortment of enticing, lucid recipes meant to be used by modern-day bakers. Creole sweet-potato and old Arkansas vinegar pies are examples of "America's favorite dessert." The chocolate Kentucky bourbon-pecan cake and "Lazy-Daisy" cake (first baked, then topped with a brown sugar-and-butter topping) are among the more unusual cake contributions.
Pastry and dough-based items include cream puffs and New Orleans beignets, while cooked fruit comes to the fore in baked pears with mint cream, plum duff and fresh berry tumble. Puddings and ice creams round out a collection that will nudge dessert lovers into the kitchen to recapture old favorites and discover new ones.

zachomikowany

9,1 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Beatrice A. Ojakangas - Great Old Fashioned Americ an Desserts (2004).pdf

zachomikowany

81 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

BYOB Chicago - Your Guide to Bring-Your-Own-Bottle Restaurants and Wine & Spirits Stores in Chicago - 3rd edition (2009).jpg

USA Books - BYOB Chicago - Your Guide to Bring-Your-Own-Bottle Res...and Wine Spirits Stores in Chicago - 3rd edition 2009.jpg

Dedicated exclusively to the Bring-Your-Own-Bottle (BYOB) landscape in Chicagoland, this indispensable purse-sized guidebook lists nearly 300 BYOBs located in and around the city and suburbs. Featuring restaurants that not only allow but encourage customers to bring their own wine, beer, or spirits, this updated edition reflects the continued growth of the BYOB trend in Chicago, as more people are learning to appreciate the savings and personal enjoyment of bringing their own bottles of wine, beer, or spirits to dinner. Handy indices listing restaurants by location and cuisine are coupled with insightful information on food-pairing guidelines, BYOB etiquette, and local liquor laws to help restaurant-goers create a perfect dining experience.

zachomikowany

0,9 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

BYOB Chicago - Your Guide to Bring-Your-Own-Bottle Restaurants and Wine & Spirits Stores in Chicago - 3rd edition (2009).pdf

zachomikowany

249 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

David Levinson - Sewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W. E. B. Du Bois, A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church (2006).jpg

USA Books - David Levinson - Sewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W. ...B. Du Bois, A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church 2006.jpg

Sewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W. E. B. Du Bois is the often heroic tale of a small group of African Americans who founded and have maintained their church in a small New England town for nearly 140 years. The church is the Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and the town is Great Barrington, Massachusetts--the home town of the leading African American scholar and activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Du Bois attended the church as a youth and wrote about it, these writings being one source for this history. The book gives readers a broad view of the details of the church's history and recounts the story of its growth and declines and revivals within the context of regional history.

zachomikowany

4,3 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

David Levinson - Sewing Circles, Dime Suppers, and W. E. B. Du Bois, A History of the A. M. E. Zion Church (2006).pdf

zachomikowany

115 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Elizabeth Poskitt, Laurel Edmunds - Management of Childhood Obesity (2008).jpg

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious problems facing the developed world. It is damaging to the medical and psychological well-being of the child and casts a shadow on their future health, leading to serious illness and ultimately premature death. Management of Childhood Obesity provides practical, realistic and easily implemented advice on sensitive approaches to children and their families in a very accessible form for all practitioners involved in the care of overweight children. Changes to diet and activity are reviewed in detail but also with the whole spectrum of eating within the family and community, including sedentariness and the significance of sleep in preventing overweight.

zachomikowany

3,9 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Elizabeth Poskitt, Laurel Edmunds - Management of Childhood Obesity (2008).pdf

zachomikowany

89 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Fabio Parasecoli - Bite Me, Food in Popular Cultur e (2008).jpg

Food is not only something we eat, it is something we use to define ourselves. Ingestion and incorporation are central to our connection with the world outside our bodies. Food's powerful social, economic, political and symbolic roles cannot be ignored - what we eat is a marker of power, cultural capital, class, ethnic and racial identity. Bite Me considers the ways in which popular culture reveals our relationship with food and our own bodies and how these have become an arena for political and ideological battles. Drawing on an extraordinary range of material - films, books, comics, songs, music videos, websites, slang, performances, advertising and mass-produced objects - Bite Me invites the reader to take a fresh look at today's products and practices to see how much food shapes our lives, perceptions and identities.

zachomikowany

1,6 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Fabio Parasecoli - Bite Me, Food in Popular Cultur e (2008).pdf

zachomikowany

123 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Ian Conrich - Horror Zone, The Cultural Experience of Contemporary Horror Cinema (2010).jpg

In his landmark Introduction to the American Horror Film, Robin Wood noted that horror "has consistently been one of the most popular and, at the same time, the most disreputable of Hollywood genres." Horror is still immensely popular but its assimilation into our culture continues apace. In Horror Zone, leading international writers on horror take horror out into the world beyond cinema screens to explore the interconnections between the films and modern media and entertainment industries, economies and production practices, cultural and political forums, spectators and fans. They critically examine the ways in which the horror genre functions in all its multifarious forms, for example the Friday the 13th films as modern grand guignol, the relationship between the contemporary horror film and the theme park ride, horror as art house cinema, connections between pornography and the horror film and the place of special effects in this most respectable of Hollywood genres.

zachomikowany

51 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Joan D'Amico, Karen E. Drummond - The Coming to Am erica Cookbook, Delicious Recipes and Fascinating Stories from America's Many Cultures (2005).jpg

USA Books - Joan DAmico, Karen E. Drummond - The Coming to America...d Fascinating Stories from Americas Many Cultures 2005.jpg

Grade 4-7–Eighteen countries, including Brazil, Ethiopia, Norway, and South Korea, are represented in this book that offers recipes as well as some background on how cooking and dining are affected by a nation's climate, geography, culture, and history. Also provided are a few details about the country's typical immigration patterns to the U.S. and how some dishes have been Americanized over time. While the simple black-and-white illustrations depict young people, the recipes are not necessarily for beginners: many require fairly specialized ingredients and/or complicated techniques. There is a good balance of main dishes, side dishes, vegetarian meals, and sweets. Safety rules, step-by-step instructions, preparation times, and lists of utensils needed are given, but nutritional information is not. Diane Simone Vezza's Passport on a Plate (S & S, 1997) is a more attractive book for those who are interested only in recipes from other countries. Mark H. Zanger's The American Ethnic Cookbook for Students (Oryx, 2001) focuses on immigration but is for older readers. Overall, D'Amico's title might be useful for larger collections, especially where the topic is frequently assigned.

zachomikowany

2,6 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Joan D'Amico, Karen E. Drummond - The Coming to Am erica Cookbook, Delicious Recipes and Fascinating Stories from America's Many Cultures (2005).pdf

zachomikowany

214 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Nancy Cole, Mary Kay Fox - Diet Quality of America ns (2009).jpg

This book uses the most recently available data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2004) to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive picture of the diets of Food Stamp Program (FSP) participants in three age groups - children 1-18 years old, adults 19-59 years old, and older adults 60 years and older. The book examines nutrient intakes, diet quality, and food choices. Data are presented for FSP participants and two groups of nonparticipants - those who were income-eligible for the FSP but did not participate, and higher-income individuals who were not eligible for the FSP.

zachomikowany

3,3 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Nancy Cole, Mary Kay Fox - Diet Quality of America ns (2009).pdf

zachomikowany

129 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Paula H. Deen - The Lady & Sons Savannah Country C ookbook (1998).jpg

Savannah's popularity as a tourist destination has increased dramatically in the months that John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been on the New York Times best sellers list, and in his introduction to this cookbook, Berendt says Deen's restaurant is one he recommends to visitors as exemplifying "the very heart of Southern cooking." Deen (the Lady) says Southern cooking is "comfort food," and she and her two sons serve homey, completely unpretentious food at their popular downtown restaurant. Many of the recipes she includes here rely on convenience foods (canned soup, Cheese Whiz) and some have been perennial favorites in "community" cookbooks since the Fifties or Sixties.

zachomikowany

19,8 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Paula H. Deen - The Lady & Sons Savannah Country C ookbook (1998).pdf

zachomikowany

87 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

R. Marie Giffith - Born Again Bodies, Flesh and Sp irit in American Christianity (2004).jpg

The story recounted the success of the Weigh Down Workshop, the nation's largest Christian diet corporation and the subject of extensive press coverage from Larry King Live to the New Yorker. In the United States today, hundreds of thousands of people are making diet a religious duty by enrolling in Christian diet programs and reading Christian diet literature like What Would Jesus Eat? and Fit for God.

zachomikowany

11,4 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

R. Marie Giffith - Born Again Bodies, Flesh and Sp irit in American Christianity (2004).pdf

zachomikowany

233 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

The Junior League of Savannah, Inc - Savannah Styl e Cookbook (1997).jpg

The Junior League of Savannah shares a bit of that style with 464 recipes from the city's best cooks along with enthralling glimpses into Savannah's social and culinary history. Emphasis is on simple but elegant food, well within the ability of the busy person who cares about graceful living and stylish entertaining. Each recipe has been tested three times, and it is certain that readers will find something tempting for every occasion.

zachomikowany

40,2 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

The Junior League of Savannah, Inc - Savannah Styl e Cookbook (1997).pdf

zachomikowany

194 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Peter Sutherland, Revs - Autograf, New York City's Graffiti Writers (2004).jpg

A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment - from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one¹s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose faces are known only to their peers. Treated as criminals by the law and dismissed as artists by the establishment, writers are perceived as either alluring anti-heroes or loathsome vandals, and usually remain anonymous to their audience. But not to photographer Peter Sutherland. With an eye for style, Sutherland captures all of the gritty glory and glamour of the graffiti world and its warriors. Collected for the first time in Autograf: New York City¹s Graffiti Writers, Sutherland presents a never-before-seen chronicle of the people and places that populate New York¹s famed graff scene. Featuring old-school legends FUTURA, STAY HIGH 149, LADY PINK and DOZE, as well as COPE 2, KAWS, CYCLE, CLAW, VFR, KR, EARSNOT, SERF, RATE, SACER, UFO, and DSENSE, among many others, each one of the fifty-three portraits is authentically tagged by the individual writers using the same paint markers that brought them fame. Complemented by over fifty landscape photographs and featuring handwritten text by legendary recluse REVS, Autograf is the only book to showcase New York City¹s graffiti scene as it was created and defined by some of the most prolific artists of our time.

zachomikowany

85,7 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Peter Sutherland, Revs - Autograf, New York City's Graffiti Writers (2004).pdf

zachomikowany

52 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

George Plasketes - B-Sides, Undercurrents and Over tones, Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to th e Present (2009).jpg

USA Books - George Plasketes - B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtone...pheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present 2009.jpg

There are undercurrents and peripheral taste preferences that are a defining part of our individual and collective cultural experience. Music is no exception. Professor George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical, and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered 'B-sides' - overlooked, under appreciated, and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. The under appreciated yet enduring contributions of a variety of creative individuals in music, television and film are a centerpiece of this volume: actress Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, a 1960s music producer whose imprint is on the surf, country blues, garage pop and most importantly the folk rock genre; Hans Fenger's kid chorus cover project, a musical variation of 'outsider art' that became representative of the tribute wave that began in the 1990s and continues today; versatile guitarist virtuoso Ry Cooder's extensive film soundtrack work; World Music 'missionary efforts' of American artists beyond Paul Simon's Graceland, including Neil Diamond's precursor with Tap Root Manuscript in the 1970s and the exotic adventures of Henry Kaiser and David Lindley in Madagascar and Norway - to name just a few examples. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. Collectively, these B-sides are an A-side antidote of outskirt observations, individual snapshots of artists, artifacts and rituals, genres and generations, producers and musical productions in television, film and video. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context - social, legal, historic, economic, technological, generational, aesthetic - for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.

zachomikowany

95 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Bruce Jackson - Pictures from a Drawer, Prison and the Art of Portraiture (2009).jpg

For more than forty years Bruce Jackson has been documenting—in books, photographs, audio recording, and film—inmates’ lives in American prisons. In November, 1975, he acquired a collection of old ID photos while he was visiting the Cummins Unit, a state prison farm in Arkansas. They are published together for the first time in this remarkable book.

The 121 images that appear here were likely taken between 1915 and 1940. As Jackson describes in an absorbing introduction, the function of these photos was not portraiture—their function was to “fold a person into the controlled space of a dossier.” Here, freed from their prison “jackets,” and printed at sizes far larger than their originals, these one-time ID photos have now become portraits. Jackson’s restoration transforms what were small bureaucratic artifacts into moving images of real men and women.

Pictures from a Drawer also contains an extraordinary description of everyday life at Cummins prison in the 1950s, written originally by hand and presented to Jackson in 1973 by its author, a long-time inmate.

zachomikowany

128,8 MB
6 mar 13 5:36

Bruce Jackson - Pictures from a Drawer, Prison and the Art of Portraiture (2009).pdf

zachomikowany

179 KB
6 mar 13 5:36

Richard W. Blumenthal - Charles Wilkes and the Exp loration of Inland Washington Waters, Journals fro m the Expedition of 1841 (2009).jpg

USA Books - Richard W. Blumenthal - Charles Wilkes and the Explora...gton Waters, Journals from the Expedition of 1841 2009.jpg

A follow-up to 2004's The Early Exploration of Inland Washington Waters: Journals and Logs from Six Expeditions, 1786-1792 and 2007's With Vancouver in Inland Washington Waters: Journals of 12 Crewmen, April-June 1792, this book offers another significant addition to maritime history in the Pacific Northwest. It follows naval officer and explorer Charles Wilkes, an experienced nautical surveyor who led the Wilkes Expedition through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and other inland Washington waters in 1841. This book includes the journals of Charles Wilkes and ten of his crewmen, including Augustus L. Case, George Colvocoresses, George T. Sinclair, and other esteemed naval officers. Special attention is given to the many place names that Wilkes originated. The book also includes eighteen of the Wilkes Expedition's charts, the quality of which reflects the crew's careful attention to accuracy. Finally, it includes a complete muster list of the officers and crewmen attached to the Wilkes Expedition, featuring name, title, and, in most cases, a brief synopsis of the man's activity within the expedition.

zachomikowany