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The Mekong region, which extends south from China through Laos and Thailand to Cambodia and Vietnam, offers extraordinary food. Hot Sour Salty Sweet, which takes its name from the principal taste sensations of the region's cooking, provides an unparalleled culinary journey through this fertile land. Though the book contains a wealth of anecdotal material, its great strength lies in its 175 recipes, explicit formulas for the likes of Shrimp in Hot Lime Leaf Broth, Lao Yellow Rice and Duck, and Hui Beef Stew with Chick Peas and Anise. The breadth and substance of this authentic yet approachable collection is truly exciting; readers who cook from the book (not difficult to do once ingredients are assembled and techniques understood), as well as those searching for the best kind of armchair travel, will be delighted.
Beginning with a discussion of the Mekong region, its people (a complicated mix, among them the Kai, Akha, and Cham), and their characteristic foods, the book then provides recipes organized by ingredients, dish types, and topics such as "Everyday Dependable," "One-Dish Meals," "Kids Like It," and "Vegetarian Options." This latter style of division helps define and "domesticate" a vast array of cooking, often enjoyed at times and places foreign to Westerners. Chapters devoted to such sweets as Tapioca and Corn Pudding with Coconut Cream, grilled specialties, and fare for adventurous cooks, such as Aromatic Steamed Fish Curry (more painstaking technically, though not truly difficult) further widen the book's scope. Illustrated throughout with 150 color photos and containing a comprehensive ingredient glossary, the book is a definitive point of entry to a mostly unexplored culinary port of call. --Arthur Boehm
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Luminous at dawn and dusk, the Mekong is a river road, a vibrant artery that defines a vast and fascinating region. Here, along the world's tenth largest river, which rises in Tibet and joins the sea in Vietnam, traditions mingle and exquisite food prevails.
Award-winning authors Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid followed the river south, as it flows through the mountain gorges of southern China, to Burma and into Laos and Thailand. For a while the right bank of the river is in Thailand, but then it becomes solely Lao on its way to Cambodia. Only after three thousand miles does it finally enter Vietnam and then the South China Sea.
It was during their travels that Alford and Duguid—who ate traditional foods in villages and small towns and learned techniques and ingredients from cooks and market vendors—came to realize that the local cuisines, like those of the Mediterranean, share a distinctive culinary approach: Each cuisine balances, with grace and style, the regional flavor quartet of hot, sour, salty, and sweet. This book, aptly titled, is the result of their journeys.
Like Alford and Duguid's two previous works, Flatbreads and Flavors ("a certifiable publishing event" —Vogue) and Seductions of Rice ("simply stunning"—The New York Times), this book is a glorious combination of travel and taste, presenting enticing recipes in "an odyssey rich in travel anecdote" (National Geographic Traveler).
The book's more than 175 recipes for spicy salsas, welcoming soups, grilled meat salads, and exotic desserts are accompanied by evocative stories about places and people. The recipes and stories are gorgeously illustrated throughout with more than 150 full-color food and travel photographs.
In each chapter, from Salsas to Street Foods, Noodles to Desserts, dishes from different cuisines within the region appear side by side: A hearty Lao chicken soup is next to a Vietnamese ginger-chicken soup; a Thai vegetable stir-fry comes after spicy stir-fried potatoes from southwest China.
The book invites a flexible approach to cooking and eating, for dishes from different places can be happily served and eaten together: Thai Grilled Chicken with Hot and Sweet Dipping Sauce pairs beautifully with Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad and Lao sticky rice.
North Americans have come to love Southeast Asian food for its bright, fresh flavors. But beyond the dishes themselves, one of the most attractive aspects of Southeast Asian food is the life that surrounds it. In Southeast Asia, people eat for joy. The palate is wildly eclectic, proudly unrestrained. In Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet, at last this great culinary region is celebrated with all the passion, color, and life that it deserves.
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Wonderful.......2006-08-17
This was given to me by a good friend. I love to cook, and over the years have struggled with South East asian, Thai in particular, cooking. But this book lays it all out in such a way, and has such clear instructions that, in combination with an asian grocery store, it is foolproof. As a bonus, the travelogues and side bars are wonderfully interesting. Even if you don't cook, you will be taken away on a wonderful culinary journey through the region.
Some issues with book.......2006-07-12
Pondering on whether to return book or not. Purchased for Cambodian recipes, having a hard time finding a Cambodian cookbook, this was the best bet = and it does have dishes for things we ate like Khmer soup, pumpkin curry and a similar version to Amok. (oddly i have the amok recipe in my New York Cookbook, a favorite standby)
But as an avid photographer and traveler and cookbook collector, i have to say the travel writing is amateurish, the photos are not great (a mini picture of Angkor wat and i don't think i saw many pictures of places i'd been to in thailand or vietnam - just street scenes - what kind of travelogue is this?) and never seem to match the right page (you would think there would be a photo of what you are reading about next to it) and the pictures of dishes are far and few between. For the huge irregular book format of the book there are not that many recipes. Compare for example "the Cook's Book" for the same heft has 685 recipes.. Compare with Nobu Now for the difference in food photography capability..
if many of these reviews didn't say the recipes are good they are part of daily repetoire, i'm tempted to return. it really is way to big for the content inside.
Very Good Coffee Table Book. Good recipes, but expensive.......2005-12-31
`Hot Sour Salty Sweet' by husband and wife team, Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid is a troublesome book to evaluate. Its biggest problem is its relatively high list price ($45) for no more than average culinary content. Much of that inflated price is based on its oversized heft and the fact that it mixes cooking content with comments on culinary regionalism and pure travelogue in text and pictures.
I confess that this is a very attractive book, very similar in appearance to their later volume, `Home Baking' that I enjoyed and very favorably reviewed. And, since the authors have just come out with a new book with similar heft, price, and subject, I figured it was time to attend to reviewing this volume.
Aside from the price, I have one major problem with this book. While its focus is the culinary world of Southeast Asia, the text is far more anecdotal and personal than it is analytical. After reviewing many excellent books on the regional cooking of France, Italy, and other parts of the Mediterranean, I really find this book very thin on substance. Part of the problem for me may be that it tries to cover far too great an area. In 324 pages of material, they cover Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Yunnan Province of China. Thailand alone has required a 675 page book (`Thai Food') from David Thompson. And, on the ingredients of Asia, you can get a far more comprehensive coverage in Bruce Cost's classic `Asian Ingredients'.
In contrast, the books on Italy's regions all include great insights on the origins of culinary mores in these relatively small venues. And, while Arthur Schwartz' book on Naples may include 50 detailed recipes for pasta in Campania, this book gives but 10 for a much larger region. On the other hand, I give the authors extra credit for providing a recipe for fresh, homemade rice noodles. You may have a bit of a problem wrangling this big book around your kitchen and making a decent photocopy of the oversized page, but it is still a good recipe.
If you have no interest whatsoever in acquiring any OTHER books on Southeast Asian cuisine and you have the budget for it, this is a very nice book. I just think that if you are serious about learning about food, you look for books with greater depth and less fluff.
I find it very interesting that none of the blurbs on the back of the book refer to this volume and none are from culinary notables. All refer to the authors' earlier book on flatbreads and most come from general publications such as `The New York Times' and `The Globe and Mail'.
I can really appreciate all the nice things other reviewers have said about this book, as I was impressed with it when I first looked at it 300 cookbook recipes ago. Since then, I find it just a bit too light for the price.
Recommended as a good coffee table book. Look for it at a steep discount!
This literary and culinary triumph is a ticket to SE Asia........2005-06-20
Of the dozen cookbooks I own, this remains my favorite. Mr. Alfrod and Mrs. Duguid bring the sights, sounds and smells of the Mekong river alive with excellent prose, assisted by photos from their travels. I have made about half the recipes in this book, and they are excellent. As the authors mention, their children love it, and I can believe it. Some ingredients and techniques are unusual, but the detailed instructions and indexes make it easy to get into SE Asian cooking. Some days I end up reading a few dozen pages when a just meant to pick a simple recipe. It is as delicious to enjoy in the study as in the dinning room!
Like Southeast Asian Food? Get this book!.......2005-06-18
I have been cooking food from Southeast Asia for over 15 years, so I have quite a cookbook collection. I must say that this is one of the best books on the subject that I own. They got it right in the title: hot, sour, salty, sweet---the combination of flavors used all over Southeast Asia. Great information for beginner or seasoned cook. And, wonderful, authentic recipes to boo! A must have for anyone interested in cooking food from this area of the world. ---Rev. Jeff, www.revjeff.com
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Wonderful Cookbook!.......2007-05-25
I highly recommend this Chinese cookbook. I don't know if I just lucked out when selecting it, but I will tell you it was put together very well by Rhonda Lauret Parkinson. It is packed full of recipes we have all heard of and feasted on at the tastiest restaurants. For example, I became really excited to learn how to make Honey Walnut Prawns, a dish that my husband and I really enjoyed at our favorite chinese restaurant in an area we long since relocated from. We hadn't been able to find a restaurant that served them since then--not until very recently. And I have to say, hands down, the recipe in the book is far better than the dish we had in Seattle. Also, I love all the tips she gives because I find them extremely helpful.
Has All the Good Recipes.......2005-01-05
The thing about this book that distinguishes it from other Chinese cookbooks, is that is had ALL the recipes I was looking for (e.g., black bean sauce for noodles, Dan Dan, Singapore noodles, sweet and sour shrimp, etc). The only downside is that the author decided to make some of the dishes lighter (e.g., not having the shrimps dipped in batter and fried for the sweet & sour shrimp) - which I think should go into a different kind of book than a general Chinese recipe book as this. However, to me that is something that can easily be corrected without exercising too much imagination.
I've flipped through many Chinese cookbooks, and this is the only one that I've bought.
Simple but easy cooking.......2004-08-02
This book is pretty good for beginners like me ..it's so informative on the cultures and what to do but ..there's no illustration of the food itself how it would look like when it's done...so basically having to guess what it looks like ,however it definately teaches me how to make the food from dim sum but and it's pretty simple and easy but the ingredients are sort of hard to get ...in all like i said it's a good book .
Deliver expertly prepared and palate pleasing Chinese fare.......2003-11-14
In The Everything Chinese Cookbook, Chinese cuisine expert Rhonda Lauret Parkinson has developed a truly "user friendly" specialty cookbook which is ideal for the novice kitchen cook wanting to prepare and serve traditional Chinese dishes as part of a family dining experience. With an informed and informative introductory chapter on getting started with respect to Chinese cooking, individual chapters are devoted to dipping sauces, appetizers, soups and salads, rice and noodles, beef dishes, pork entrees, chicken and other poultry, tofu and eggs, fish and other seafood, Chinese vegetables; desserts and snacks. An ideal introduction into the kitchen mechanics of preparing popular Chinese dishes, The Everything Chinese Cookbook is further enhanced with two appendices: "Putting It All Together" and "Glossary of Asian Ingredient". The Everything Chinese Cookbook will take even the most amateur kitchen cook and show how to deliver expertly prepared and palate pleasing Chinese fare for ordinary daily dining or those special celebratory dinners with a true Chinese flair and expertise.
For the Chinese Takeout lover!.......2003-09-07
I love Chinese food: Not the torturous, pages-long recipes found in "gourmet" chinese cookbooks, but the delicious concoctions I can get at the local Oriental restaurant. This terrific book seems to have been cribbed from a Chinese takeout menu; all your favorite are here, from Moo Goo Gai Pan to Hot-and-Sour Soup. the recipes are well written and easy-to-follow, and none of the dishes is difficult to prepare. There are hints and tips for the novice, as well. A great value!
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Winner of the 1980 English-Speaking Union Literary Award
The first novel in Farah's universally acclaimed Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy, Sweet and Sour Milk chronicles one man's search for the reasons behind his twin brother's violent death during the 1970s. The atmosphere of political tyranny and repression reduces our hero's quest to a passive and fatalistic level; his search for reasons and answers ultimately becomes a search for meaning. The often detective-story-like narrative of this novel thus moves on a primarily interior plane as "Farah takes us deep into territory he has charted and mapped and made uniquely his own" (Chinua Achebe).
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L to the power of S ..........1998-11-19
Sweet and Sour Milk was published in 1979, four years after Somalian anglophone writer Nuruddin Farah was forced into exile by Siyad Barre's military regime. It is the first novel of the trilogy that also includes SARDINES and CLOSE SESAME. The overall title of the trilogy is "Variations on the Theme of an African dictatorship".
The novel is the story of two twins, Loyaan and Soyaan. Loyaan is a dentist and Soyaan occupies an official position in the country's military regime. At the beginning of the novel (in the Prologue), Soyaan dies mysteriously. Before hiccupping his last, he shouts his twin brother's name three times.
The whole novel is Loyaan's inquiry on his brother's death: who poisoned Soyaan? SWEET AND SOUR MILK is, in a way, a detective story with metaphysical and mythical undertones.
Among other things, Loyaan finds out that Soyaan was a member of a clandestine organization that aimed at overthrowing the regime. He also finds out about the fact that Soyaan had a two-year old son, Marco.
Loyaan is surrounded with supposedly friendly people, people who want to help, such as Doctor Ahmed-Wellie. Whom should he trust? Whom can he trust?
And what do his mother and sister (Qumman and Ladan) think? Why does his father, Keynaan, (a patriarch and a dictator in his own household) "breathe respectability" into Soyaan's name by saying in the national newspaper that Soyaan was a national hero and a fierce follower of the General's regime?
What does that mean? Why does Farah lead us through ambiguous pathways and seemingly clear-cut formulas? Why is there a poetical vignette at the head of each chapter and why do those vignettes sound like enigmatic allegories?
At the end of the novel, Beydan, Keynaan's second wife, dies giving birth to a child who is immediately named Soyaan by the brave and firm sister, Ladan. Is that a note of hope?
Well, read the novel and try to find answers to these questions, and to all the other enigmas that I have not mentioned.
A good book can be read five or six times in a row, from several angles and divergent points of view. Take my word for it, this in an EXCELLENT book!
Bibliography
Jacqueline Bardolph has written numerous articles on Nuruddin Farah. I can give you a complete list if you wish (my e-mail address is at the top of the page).
Derek Wright, THE NOVELS OF NURUDDIN FARAH, Bayreuth African Studies, #32, 1994
I have also written an extended essay devoted to the trilogy. It is called "A Study of Duality in Nuruddin Farah's Dictatorship Trilogy".
Guillaume Cingal
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Sweet & Sour Lily
Sally Warner
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Six-year-old Lily Hill takes life by the horns in these funny and enjoyable chapter books for grade-schoolers.
The irrepressible Lily learns the hard way how to make friends in a new school. After moving from a small town to the big city of Philadelphia, Lily is eager to make friends and a good impression at Betsy Ross Primary School. But her plans backfire when she brings her cherished doll, Lilanna, to school and Lily is labeled a troublemaker. Lily must learn that the ability to apologize and forgive can make life a lot happier. Humorous and helpful, Sweet and Sour Lily takes on universal kid issues in a refreshing, funny, and thoughtful way that will keep kids reading.
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sweet and sour lily.......2006-11-30
lily hill has just started 1st grade . On her first day of school ,she wants to make friends. So she over hears lAvon and daizy talking about toys that thre going to bring to school the next day . And so lily thought it would be a good oppertunitey for her to bring a toy to school and show it too lavon and daizzy and make freinds with them. so the next day lily brought a very pretty doll to school and in the moning she shoed it to daizzy and daizzy loved it so she kept it and wouldnt give it back so lily was sooooo mad she yelled at her to give it back durring class so she gave it back and the teacher saw lily with the doll and told her toys of any kind are not aloud at school . lily got into truble. dassy felt guilty and came up to her and saidsorry I got you into truble all I was tring to do show it top lavon. and they and lavon became friends.
sweet and sour lily.......2006-11-30
lily hill has just started 1st grade . On her first day of school ,she wants to make friends. So she over hears lAvon and daizy talking about toys that thre going to bring to school the next day . And so lily thought it would be a good oppertunitey for her to bring a toy to school and show it too lavon and daizzy and make freinds with them. so the next day lily brought a very pretty doll to school and in the moning she shoed it to daizzy and daizzy loved it so she kept it and wouldnt give it back so lily was sooooo mad she yelled at her to give it back durring class so she gave it back and the teacher saw lily with the doll and told her toys of any kind are not aloud at school . lily got into truble. dassy felt guilty and came up to her and saidsorry I got you into truble all I was tring to do show it top lavon. and they and lavon became friends.
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- A book that interests children in poetry!
- What a Tribute!
- A charming book....
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The Sweet and Sour Animal Book (Opie Library)
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In 26 never-before-published short and wonderfully clever poems, Langston Hughes takes children through both the alphabet and the animal world. From Ape to Zebra--with bees, camels, fish, and even a unicorn in between--he paints a picture of each animal with just a few simple, but telling, words.
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A book that interests children in poetry!.......2000-06-26
This book helps children make the transition in reading poetry from the beloved Dr. Suess to reading more sophisticated writing. My children loved the rhymes, and related to the stories. Like Robert Louis Stevenson in A Child's Garden of Verses, Langston Hughes captures childhood in his verses. Many current writers of children's poetry appeal to children using gross stories of bodily functions and gum in the hair. Langston Hughes gives kids more credit than that, but still appeals to children. What kid hasn't wanted to look down on "those stuck up clowns" in real life? This book was entertaining, and made my children want to hear more from this author.
What a Tribute!.......2000-04-18
This book is a wonderful tribute to one of America's finest poets. The book appeals to both children and adults. The poems are whimsical and fun. In my own classroom, the children list these poems as some of their favorites. The art work inspires my students to achieve as much as they can in their own art work. The introduction and afterward provide the reader with a history of the Harlem art's movement and Langston Hughes' contribution to this movement. The information provided could be shared with children, however it is written for advanced readers. Overall, this book is one of the most well thought out books that I have seen.
A charming book...........1999-03-05
Although I enjoyed this book as a Langston Hughes fan, I was not sure that the children's artwork and Hughes' poetry would be appreciated by children. However, my 5-yr-old clearly responds to the rhyming text and enjoys the art. I've overheard him reciting lines from this book by memory. The rhythym is soothing and the children's art is charming. This is not Hughes at his most profound- (couldn't he have chosen "walrus" to star on the "w" page instead of a white mouse?) and does not teach kids much about the alphabet ("m" is for monkey, but we never hear that word in the poem, instead the monkey's name- "jocko"), but it will appeal to their sense of rhyme and whimsy. I'm leaving it 5 stars because of the beautiful art and catchy poems.
Very good book........1999-01-24
The Sweet And Sour Animal book is a good colletion of animal poems. It's illisterated with paper mache art.
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- Well Written Book, Wrap Up Superb!
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- Entertaining first but certainly insightful as well
- Sometimes Heartwarming, Always Interesting
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Sour Sweet (Aventura)
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Well Written Book, Wrap Up Superb!.......2006-12-04
I think that this book - Sour Sweet - by Timothy Mo was a great and enjoyable book to read. His writing on Chinese family adapting to the British and his ending on how the life ended was great literature, but sympathizing and as a Chinese, I have never heard of such stories. So when I first read it, it touched me through my heart, and I started giving sympathy to those who are in need of help, whoever they may be. I think I liked this book because of the sympathy that Timothy Mo has given me. I think I now know that many people are struggling out there to adapt, and I would like to stop being such a spoiled child after reading this magnificent novel.
John Li
Wow!.......2005-10-04
I was able to get an out-of-print book from this seller that was in top-notch condition for the lowest price I've seen!
Entertaining first but certainly insightful as well.......2002-02-20
I recommend this novel without reservation. It is almost a shock to read a novel written in a classically disciplined style. Mo's writing doesn't take short cuts or skip on background. It isn't The Red and The Black, but it isn't Gravity's Rainbow either. What it is is conventional in the finest sense and bold in terms of story and character rather than style. I was swept up in the story of the Chen family and the London triad. Having lived in Taiwan for over a year, I also enjoyed all of the Chinese culture. This book made me much more sympathetic to the Chinese despite the fact that it pulls no punches in describing their peculiar ethos. Very enjoyable read.
Sometimes Heartwarming, Always Interesting.......2000-06-20
Mo has a good sense of humor and a heart-warming way with characters. This tale of a Chinese family in England is at times a good series of lessons on Chinese culture.
Somewhat clumsily (at times) juxtaposing triad gang strife with the struggle of a family to succeed, Mo weaves a story that is fun to read.
Mo is a master craftsman of dialogue. His careful way of transposing Cantonese into English is to be praised... the reader really feels he is understanding another language.
English post-colonialism.......2000-06-11
As a student of English literature I found this book hard to follow at first. Yet reading beyond a certain point, I understood the specialness of the diverse characters and the interelations between the characters. It is a beautiful book if you are willing to take the time to read deep into the novel. I'm glad I got the chance to read this novel.
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Sixth grade is over and each Chef Girl has an amazing summer planned. There's only one problem-all of the girls will be apart for the entire summer. Even Molly and Amanda will be separated-for the first time in their lives-as Amanda heads off to theater camp and Molly spends the summer as a mother's helper. For each girl, it will be a summer of changes and challenges, including the surprising event that will change Molly and Amanda's relationship forever.
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Best book in the series! For Ages 8-11.......2005-12-10
This was absolutely the best Dish book Diane Muldrow has written. It all starts out when Amanda Moore finds out she has been accepted to Spotlight Camp, a camp she was dying to get into a few months before. She's thrilled at the thought of being able to go and act her heart out with other kids all over the country! But Molly is less than happy about this news. She tries to hide her dissapointment, but somehow she just can't. How could she survive a summer without Amanda? Well, at least she has the rest of the Chef Girls...right? Wrong. Day after day, it seems like Molly's being left in the dust. Shawn goes away to Cheerleading Camp, and is very surprised to learn that Angie was suspended from the camp. Now she's stuck with Elizabeth, the girl who Angie sabotaged a few weeks before. Elizabeth obviously thinks that Shawn is involved with Angie's bad-doing. How can Shawn convince her that she's innocent? What's even more surprising is that Natasha's going to France with her Mom! And is she ever going to be in for the surprise of her life...fashion, museums, and art classes...she's going to experience it all! Peichi has been swept away to China, where she's originally from, and is thrilled to be with her family again, and learn about where her grandparents are from...and she's having an awesome time filming it all! But what about Molly? Well, she can't be stuck in boring Brooklyn by herself all summer can she? No way! She takes up a job being a mothers helper for the summer at the beach. And who does she meet while she's there? None other than Justin McElroy: her twin's crush from back home. Uh oh...sounds like trouble to me! Read this book to find out all about these girls' exciting summers! Highly recommended.
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In The Sweet Science Goes Sour, boxing writer Thomas Myler recounts some of the sport’s most controversial fixes, fakes, and frauds. Like a ringside seat at the sport’s greatest and most troubled bouts, the book brings to life boxing’s many outrageous characters. They include Primo Carnera, tragically manipulated and ultimately destroyed by mobsters; Sonny Liston, who lost to Muhammad Ali because of a suspicious phantom punch; and Roberto Duran’s, who was involved in a baffling surrender to Sugar Ray Leonard. Here too are notorious matchups like Riddick Bowe versus Andrew Golota, which ended in an unprecedented full-scale riot at Madison Square Garden. There's also Mike Tyson’s infamous ear-munch on a shocked Evander Holyfield. Based on solid research and written in a dramatic, “you-are-there” style, this book pulls back the curtain on the squared circle to reveal the seamier side of the sweet science.
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thats it?.......2007-03-13
after reading the first chapter of this book and uncovering mob ties dating back throughout the 20th century, i was anxious to read further about each individual bout that was marred with scandal. unfortunately, this book leaves you wanting more in terms of answers and further insight into certain fights. for instance, there is great coverage and details about the bouts themselves, but just as your getting into the stories the chapter will end unexpectedly and leave you with the same sour feeling you get upon watching a fight get stopped prematurely due to a disqualification, or a judge who makes you sick to your stomach as a result of his scoring. there was nothing about why andrew golota threw so many low blows. furthermore, there wasn't much on the phantom punch of sonny liston. right when you think the book is about to throw a knockout punch, the round ends.
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Sweet And Sour
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Taming the Sun.......2007-03-29
Inez Baranay was born of Hungarian gypsies in Naples and brought up in Australia. The gypsies left India a thousand years ago and have forgotten everything, their language and their origin. But you can see everything in their music and their dance. It is all there.
Inez is a writer. She is a yogini. She has lived with primitive tribes in New Guinea. She has traveled the world telling her stories and her story here, in sun square moon, her natal horoscope, is about her art and her yoga, it is about awareness, about creativity, and about her journey through those worlds.
It's a story with a disarming honesty. She does not even avoid sex, dreams, drugs, retail therapy and money. Sex power money is the potent mantra of the age even for the health food goody goody yogis. She has indulged. But the theme of the book is practice, body and self.
She is not brain dead. She scotches the rumour that yoga produces an empty head and a flaccid sex life. She brings her awareness from yoga to writing and takes it the other way as well. Ultimately there are no differences. Only fools could insist there were. Writing has been with us for 300 years; yoga for 3000. But her book is not quite about writing as such, it is about art, the art of insight, and that has been around longer.
"We are what our bodies are" - but then there are points of view. She documents these and lays out the fascism of a fixed point of view. She has not spoken of demons. She abandoned them on the way from India a thousand years ago.
And here she is with her moon squared to a relentless sun. This is one of the few books on yoga that is not trivia.
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