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An Empire on Display: English, Indian, and Australian Exhibitions from the Crystal Palace to the Great War
Peter H. Hoffenberg
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The grand exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which Peter Hoffenberg examines the economic, cultural, and social forces that helped define Britain and the British Empire. He focuses on major exhibitions in England, Australia, and India between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Festival of Empire sixty years later, taking special interest in the interactive nature of the exhibition experience, the long-term consequences for the participants and host societies, and the ways in which such popular gatherings revealed dissent as well as celebration.
Hoffenberg shows how exhibitions shaped culture and society within and across borders in the transnational working of the British Empire. The exhibitions were central to establishing and developing a participatory imperial world, and each polity in that world provided distinctive information, visitors, and exhibits. Among the displays were commercial goods, working machines, and ethnographic scenes. Exhibits were intended to promote external commonwealth and internal nationalism. The imperial overlay did not erase significant differences but explained and used them in economic and cultural terms.
The exhibitions in cities such as London, Sydney, and Calcutta were living and active public inventories of the Empire and its national political communities. The process of building and consuming such inventories persists today in the cultural bureaucracies, museums, and festivals of modern nation-states, the appeal to tradition and social order, and the actions of transnational bodies.
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The Crystal Palace has some cracks in it........2007-07-24
Briefly, this was not what I had expected. Not that it was a horrible book, or that it wasn't interesting, but it didn't follow anything anywhere, the characters weren't fleshed out at all, and the plot was so-so. The idea of a post-Plague world where the Saracens and others control the world is interesting, as are the land ships, but the novel leaves something wanting because it feels no need to elaborate. I would only recommend this book to fans of the author, otherwise if you're looking for good fantasy or alternative history novels, look elsewhere.
Probably my favorite alternate history novel.......2007-07-07
I have a very strange relationship with this novel, and more specifically, its author. L. Neil Smith is probably one of the most recognizable libertarian scifi authors around. I personally find libertarianism ridiculously naive, and since the majority of Smith's books deal with libertarian themes, I have a hard time taking them seriously or enjoying them.
The Crystal Empire, however, is not one of those. It is an alternate history novel, pure and simple. As another reviewer said, if there was a libertarian message in this one, I missed it. Thankfully.
The plot deals with the adventures of Sedrich Sedrichson, a native of a small Vinland-ish settlement in eastern North America - one of the last remnants of European culture in this world, founded by people fleeing a Black Plague that almost completely decimated Europe. Sedrich has been tasked with delivering the daughter of the Caliph of the Saracen-Jewish Empire, which dominates most of Europe, to her future husband, the god-like emperor of a strange and amazing Sino-Aztec empire in the far west of America.
Sedrich is a pretty sympathetic character, as is Ayesha, the Caliph's daughter. Their interaction, their chemistry, is great, and their story is evocative of the best of classic literature. If Shakespeare collaborated on an alternate history novel with George RR Martin, this might be the result. Yes, it's that good, in my opinion.
So... an author whose works and personal philosophy I find idiotic has managed to turn out what is probably my favorite alternate history novel, one which I re-read every couple of years. Very odd. At any rate, if anyone out there has been turned off of Smith after his Probability Broach universe novels, I urge you to give this one a try, and possibly Henry Martyn, also by Smith, which is fairly decent as well.
Imaginative novel would make a good movie.......2005-04-22
There are some memorable scenes in this book. I am thinking specifically of Comanches on motorcycles attacking a sail-driven landship. Sound ridiculous? Yet Smith pulls it off in this alternate-history novel in which Europe is decimated by the plague, leaving the world to other cultures. It's a big book, but it's worth it. I liked it, and you probably will, too.
Worthy.......2003-12-27
L. Neil Smith is most noted for his libertarian works. This novel is a bit different. It may be a study or lesson in libertarianism but if so I missed the lesson. That is not to say the novel is boring or not worth the read. Far from it. This is an alternate history novel and one done very well.
In L. Neil Smiths future the Europeans and Christians or gone due to a plague which was far more demonstrous then the one encountered in our timeline. This is a very similar premise to what Kim Stanley Robinson used 15 years later in his "Years of Rice and Salt". Smith does it better. In this novel the event change had a clear plot purpose where as in Robinson's novel I never quite got the point.
A densely written novel which requires careful reading and can not be skimmed through. If you give the novel the effort is deserving of you will enjoy the encounter. A worthy novel which should come back into print.
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The Crystal Empire
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The Crystal Empire
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Crystal Empire
L Neil Smith
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Title: An Empire on Display: English, Indian, and Australian Exhibitions from the Crystal Palace to the Great War. .(Book Review)
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Corner stones of Empire;: The settlement of Crystal City and District in the Rock Lake Country
T. G McKitrick
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When it was first published in 1980, Maida Heatter's Book of Chocolate Desserts became a New York Times bestseller and then won a James Beard award. The book is Heatter's third, a mouthwatering compendium of superb but easily achieved chocolate cakes, cookies, pies, puddings, confections, sauces, and more. Like all of Heater's books, Chocolate Desserts balances good taste with warm, meticulous instruction that anticipates and addresses every question and concern a dessert-maker might have. Cooks at every skill level, from amateur to professional, will find Heater's recipes, and their results, a joy.
Arranged by categories like cakes, pastries, and cold and hot desserts, the hundreds of recipes are a chocolate-lover's dream come true. There are classic Heatter offerings, like her Palm Beach Brownies, the ultimate in dark, chewy fudginess, and her Positively-the-Absolute-Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (they are). Other must-make treats include Amaretto-Amaretti Chocolate Cheesecake with Chocolate Cigarettes, Chocolate Merry-Go-Round Cake, Chocolate Pecan Angel Pie, and 4-Star French Chocolate Ice Cream. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction to ingredients, equipment, and techniques and is filled throughout with Heatter's invaluable advice. Drawings by Toni Evans illuminate the exemplary text. --Arthur Boehm
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Chocoholics rejoice! Heatter's perennial favorite has everything for the chocolate-loving cook--cakes, cookies, pies, puddings and more. Each recipe is precisely detailed, and Heatter provides valuable advice on cooking techniques, ingredients and equipment.
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This one is a gem!.......2007-02-24
I received this book many years ago at my Sweet Sixteen birthday party. I was already a pretty good cook, but I credit this book with taking me to the next level.
What is truly special about this book is that the author takes her time to tell us things other cookbook writers don't. First, she gives us a lovely introduction to each recipe, including where it comes from, and what to expect from it. That certainly saves the home cook much time and effort trying recipes that might not be a good match. She tells us at beginning of each one which desserts are moist, dense, light, easy, challenging, sweet, less-sweet, etc. Which means that I was able to zero in on the recipes which were most likely to match what I or my guests like.
Second, she discusses choices of equipment and ingredients, both in an introductory chapter and then again throughout. And unlike other gourmet cookbooks which are sometimes inflexible, she is frank about choices and substitutions, and when it's o.k. to use less costly or more readily available ingredients.
And third, she doesn't assume that the home cook has training as a pastry chef, which means she includes details like how & why to temper your eggs, how to arrange the oven racks for a particular recipe, and which way of preparing your spring-form pan will work best with this particular recipe.
And lastly, she ends most recipes with ideas for alternate forms of the same recipe, either in suggested ingredient substitutions, or alternative prep methods, or variant presentation.
As a result, this is a hefty book, and many recipes take up several pages. The first chocolate chip cookie recipe itself is 3 full pages long. (There are eleven chocolate chip cookie recipes to choose from!)
Many (!) years later, when I see friends from high school, they still talk about the chocolate desserts I made from recipes in this fabulous cookbook.
Best ever.......2007-01-15
I bought it when it was first available back in the early 80s and all the recipes are really great. But first among equals is the Toblerone Milk Chocolate Mousse - I regularly double the recipe and it never fails to please.
At Last, Thank You Mr. Publisher.......2006-08-13
This book has been unavailable for many years. The copies that people had (I wasn't lucky enough to have one of my own and had to Xerox pages here and there from friends that did.) they held on to very tightly. Now it's available again, (Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing) and we can all have our very own copies.
As you can tell from the title, this is a book on CHOCOLATE. Why waste time on Apple Pie or Strawberry Shortcake when you can have CHOCOLATE! Why have Pecan Pie when you can have CHOCOLATE Pecan Pie (Recipie on Page 179). Hundreds of CHOCOLATE recipies. Why you can mix CHOCOLATE with nearly everything and it will turn out better. What more can I say in a review?
Well there is one thing, in the Introduction she says 'Don't Mess With the Recipies, follow the directions carefully.' Nah! Experiment! Just don't blame her when things don't turn out right. For instance she often recommends walnuts. I don't like walnuts, I simply use pecans instead (MAMMOTH PECAN HALVES from Navarro Pecan Co. - Don't even think about any other, yes they are on the web.) And her otherwise excellent 86-Proof Chocolate Cake (Page 83) calls for the addition of instant coffee. I can't stand coffee, I left it out and added more bourbon. Sorry Maida!
Must disagree with jerry i h , Aug 2004.......2006-08-02
I must disagree with the review posted by jerry i.h.in Aug 2004. All of the sins of omission that he mentions are covered in great detail in the ingredients chapter. For example, there is one page on sifting and measuring flour, a paragraph on egg size as it applies to the way Heatter writes recipes, and a page on beating egg whites. Ms Heatter is known as one of the "Three Fussbudgets" at my house (Rose Levy Berenbaum & Lynn Rosetto Kasper being the other two) because her instructions are sometimes detailed to the point of being fussy. Her directions yield beautiful results however, and provide techniques that can be used in other recipes to good effect. (Her pan-lining trick for bar cookies comes to mind.) The Palm Beach Brownies have become the only brownie I bake now as they are so wonderful. Her detailed instructions yield a reliably, decadently fudgy brownie, with a marvelous espresso kick. I would buy this book if only for this recipe. (Incidentally, versions of this recipe are available on the internet, but they modify the ingredients and skip significant portions of the instructions such that I cannot believe a comparable brownie would result.)
A Good But Not Great Chocolate Book.......2004-08-16
This book has a legendary reputation. It was one of the earliest (1978) bestselling cookbooks about just chocolate. Most cookbook authors and culinary professionals either have it or know about it. I find this chocolate book rather over-rated, but it is nevertheless a good resource for chocolate recipes to have on your bookshelf.
The recipes are an impressive collection from far and wide, and this is reflected in the vastly different recipe instructions. The author seems to have left the procedures largely intact from the original source, other than to supply the details you might have trouble with. I suspect that some of the recipes did not work originally, and the author then had to "fix" them. In the end, I had no trouble with any of the recipes I tried, even the wacky ones I thought would not work (such as a cake that uses whipped cream instead of whipped egg whites). The author has a good feel for what the average home cook is capable of, and most people should not have much trouble with any of the recipes.
The tremendous variety of recipes is this book's strongest suit. It is a scrap book full of truly good recipes from many people and places, many of them professionals and/or famous cooks. It has sections on cakes, cookies, pastry, desserts, and other (confections, sauces, decorations, drinks, reprints).
The author commits the ultimate baking cookbook sin: not specifying how the flour is measured, nor supplying the equivalent weights. The author merely says "fill" a measuring cup with flour and level, but it is not clear if this is "scoop and sweep" or "spoon as sweep". I used spoon and sweep (a la Julia Child), and this seemed to give the correct results. The ingredient lists specify sifted flour, and instructions also specify sifting; it is not clear if the author wants the flour sifted twice (once for measurement and another for mixing the flour with other dry ingredients) or just the once listed in the recipe. If the sifting is during measurement, it is also not clear if this suppose to occur before or after measuring.
Besides flour measurement, it is also lax in other aspects. Varying egg sizes are treated as more or less interchangeable (they are not). Reliable and detailed instructions on how to tell when things are done baking are notably absent. There are no detailed instructions on how to do the 2 things used in virtually every recipe: creaming butter and sugar, or beating egg yolk and sugar to a ribbon stage. The temperature of eggs or butter is usually not specified. A majority of the recipes specify decoration or frosting, but the instructions for them are not supplied. There is a chatty essay about the varieties of chocolate, but the author does not give firm recommendations as to specific brands; she merely lists the commercial brands available at the time, although some recipes do list brands. There is no advice on the proper method of cutting flourless cakes that are notably sticky or moist. In the introductory chapter, there are detailed procedures for folding batters and melting chocolate, subjects that are usually absent from baking books. However, there is not a similar dissertation for whipping egg whites; the brief instructions contained within the recipes are not sufficient. On the bright side, this book has instructions for making pie dough that are complete, detailed, and reliable, quite a rarity these days.
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- Chocolate facts and info as well as recipes
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The Great Book of Chocolate
David Lebovitz
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The Great book every chocophile has been waiting for, pastry chef David Lebovitz's guide is a jam-packed snapshot of the global chocolate picture. In this compact volume, he gives a succinct cacao botany lesson, explains the process of chocolate making, runs through chocolate terminology and types, presents information on health benefits, offers an evaluating and buying primer, profiles the world's top chocolate makers and chocolatiers (with a whole chapter dedicated to Paris alone!), and shares dozens of little-known factoids in sidebars throughout the book. More than 30 of his favorite chocolate recipes—from Black-Bottom Cupcakes to Homemade Rocky Road Candy, Orange and Rum Chocolate Mousse Cake to Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies—are icing on the cake. His extensive resource section (with websites for international ordering) can bring the world's best chocolate to every door. A self-avowed chocoholic, Lebovitz nibbles chocolate every day—and with THE GR! EAT BOOK OF CHOCOLATE in hand, he figures the rest of us will too.
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Chocolate facts and info as well as recipes.......2007-01-29
Excellent book. One of the very few books on chocolate that I own that actually contains lots of info about chocolate. Previously I've only collected recipe books but I have already read this book cover to cover and was delighted with all the information (valuable insights into chocolate manufacture, tasting, etc). The recipes look fantastic - I have yet to try them but I am very impressed by the information presented on chocolate. I wish I had purchased this book years ago before I started making chocolates and chocolate desserts it would have saved lots of time and mistakes.
Excellent intro to top-quality, tasteful chocolate........2007-01-04
Handy international travel/shopping guide and well-focused recipe collection. Very accurate and informative. Compact narrow book format is great for suitcases but a pain for comfortable armchair reading. Elegant, GORGEOUS photos are a big plus, but excessive wasteful "white space" and generous text-spacing (leading) should have been saved instead for a larger coffee-table book. Note that much of the shopping/address info in the 2004 edition reviewed here might need updating, so check if the publisher has done so.
Simplicity at its best.......2006-08-14
I love David's cookbooks because the thread that runs through all of them is great ingredients simply prepared make wonderful desserts. My preschool daughters and I make truly homemade brownies together and it doesn't get any better than that!
The best journey through the world of chocolate.......2006-08-02
If you love chocolate, and let's face it, most of us do, this book is definitely a must have! This 164-page book, with its spectacular photos by Christopher Hirsheimer of exquisite dishes that will leave your mouth watering, will take you on a complete chocolate journey.
Starting with a condensed history of chocolate and moving on to the properties of cacao leaves and plants, and bringing the reader into modern day, Mr. Lebovitz teaches the reader everything one could ever want to know about chocolate. In fact, the reader will also learn about the health and antioxidant properties of chocolate. Who knew chocolate was actually good for you?
A nice bonus in this book is the factoids presented as sidebar information that Mr. Lebovitz provides the reader, answering all those interesting little-known questions about chocolate we never even considered asking!
Just when it seems the journey through the world of chocolate couldn't get any better, The Great Book of Chocolate continues by offering the reader over 30 of Mr. Lebovitz's favorite chocolate recipes. Among these, the reader can salivate over such culinary desert delights as Double Chocolate Chip Espresso Cookies and Black Bottom Cupcakes.
In summary, The Great Book of Chocolate, written by David Lebovitz, takes the love and appreciation for fine chocolates to a height only before seen by the great wine connoisseurs of the world, only a lot more tasty and fun, and, as Mr. Lebovitz points out, much healthier.
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Wonderful- loved it- you gotta get it!!.......2005-07-28
I am a hard-core "chocophile" and chocolate book collector and I LOVED this book!! Whats so wonderful about is the format, writer's style, photos, and variety of topics. The author does not just focus on one or two aspects of chocolate, like history or recipes, he adds in many additional elements including modern day chocolatiers, favorites in Paris (he is an expert here) all different types of chocolate, bean-to-bar manufacturing process, how to use it in baking, healthy aspects of it, organic chocolate, amazing recipes....and more! Its like getting a box of assorted chocolates, covering all different tastes. The photos are gorgeous, even the shape of the book is fun. I recommend this book to any connoisseur as well as anyone who loves and wants to learn more about chocolate- of my many many books on the subject, this is quite possibly my favorite!
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- Would be better if I hadn't seen the movie first!
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- An awesome book -- a review by Eli (7 years old)
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Deliciously madcap mayhem and out-of-this-world fantasy--this is what you'll find within the casing of this boxed set of two of Roald Dahl's most brilliant creations: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
For decades, delighted readers of all ages have explored Willy Wonka's fabulous chocolate factory, met the Oompa Loompas, and sampled the chocolate river along with Augustus Gloop. And later, they have zoomed off into the stratosphere in the most remarkable elevator ever created. Now, a new generation of readers barely needs to pause between the first and the second of Roald Dahl's masterful volumes. Hardcover editions of each title, illustrated of course by the incomparable Quentin Blake, are tucked in a handy cardboard sleeve, ready for the next set of hungry eyes. Sadly, the convenience of the set is counterbalanced by the poor quality of the paper used for the books. Classics like these deserve thick, creamy, opaque pages; not the flimsy, rough, semitransparent sheets used here. (Ages 7 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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Would be better if I hadn't seen the movie first!.......2007-06-05
I bought this book the other day at a outlet store for only two dollars. I'm alreday on chapter 17. I like the book, and the way the author writes, but it would be MUCH better if I hadn't seen the movie first.
The old, old movie from the 70's is very different form the book. the NEW movie (which I thought was really good!) is a LOT like the book.
I agree with a few revwiers that the illustrations aren't the best. they're good, and funny, and cute...but they need to sculpt teh charcters a little more.
Besides all that, this is a pretty good book.
charile and the choclate factory.......2007-05-23
the plot took place on this huge place were they make the wonka bar.And the mr.wonka like to invent thing made out of choclate and oher stuff.Mr.wonka let five people to his factory so he signs on the light post.then on the morning people read the paper it said five people are alowed to his factory and who ever finds five golden tickets are going to his factory.Then people are finding the golden ticket then charlie wanted to go but his family are poor.On chalies bithday hr recived a ghoclate bar from his mom and dad.Then his gandpa was exicted that he might find it.but he didn't find it.one day he was walking around charlie found something green charlie said it looks like a bill so piked it up and it was a one dollar bill.So he went to the store and bought the last choclate bar in the store and chaile opened the bar and saw the golden bar.He ran to his house and said i found the golden ticket!his grandpa was excited that he found the golden ticket he was jumping all around.And charlie said that you are not going.Then the next day he thought of it so he said he could go.then it was time.they were walking all around then the chubby kid fell down the choclate river.they were helping he to get out the choclate river the big tube sucked him up.then they left to another room they were trying out candy so the mean girl got some gum and she turn fat and blue.After that went to a room that could turn things big or small.they put a bar put it in the middle they turn it big.they turn the little vilonte boy so small they tried to make him in the wright size but they couln't one by one are living .the only ones that are left is the little girl and charlie.next they went to see the squirles and the little gilr wanted one but sge couldent get one and the dad said can i buy one for my daughter and wonka said no thelittle girl was holdind one it was runing around she chase it she fell down.and the dad went to get her and he fell down to.charlie was the last one.so wonka took them home with him.
Love the story but strongly dislike the illustrations.......2007-04-13
Let me just start off by saying that I love Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After seeing the movie version with Gene Wilder, I had to read the book, so I rented the ORGINIAL edition from my library and fell in love with it. Then I rented the sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and enjoyed it just as much.
My only complaint with this edition is the illustrations by Quentin Blake. Let me just be bluntly honest: they are horrible! They look as if a five year old drew them! I don't like the way any of the characters look, especially Willy Wonka. In Blake's illustrations they all look just poor, mediocre, stupid and dopey. They don't add to the book or enhance your visualization of the characters but detract from it. I don't expect Alan Lee-like drawings, just something a bit more better drawn and closer to the characters in the book.
The critic on Amazon calls the illustrator "the incomparable Blake." I'd like to choke when I read that. Incomparable? Yeah right. Just compare this one with the ORIGINAL illustrations by Joseph Schindelman and you'll see that Blake is definitely a big step down in quality. Joseph Schindelman, to me, really captured the goodness and innonence of Charlie and the delightfulness and lovablness of Willy Wonka in his illustrations, and more importantly, they match Roald Dahl's descriptions well. They look more like people and more like you imagined them to look like. When I think of Willy Wonka and Charlie, my mind goes back to the illustrations of Joseph Schindelman; there just better done and more like characters. They are much more charming than the stick figure we have with long nose and bug eyes in Blake's Wonka.
And this guy is a teacher? It looks to me like he needs to be taught a few art lessons. I bought this edition only because I love the story so much and had to have a copy, but now I'm really hoping to get the original edition with Joseph Schindelman as the illustrator.
Last word: somebody needs to fire this guy Blake. He's ruining Road Dahl's books!
Very Good.......2007-01-04
The collectors edition was nice to handle and added to the enjoyment of these classic books.
An awesome book -- a review by Eli (7 years old).......2006-07-19
This is a great, interesting, funny book. I liked both stories but especially Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I like how the author describes the scenes in the book in many details and you can actually imagine how the factory looks like. The illustrations are funny and good.
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El Gran Libro Chocolate/ The Great Book Of Chocolate: Informacion Practica Sobre Pasteleria, Confiteria, Postres y Bebidas
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Silvio Rizzi , and
Christian Teubner
Manufacturer: Everest Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 8424123964 |
Customer Reviews:
chock full of chocolate .......2005-09-14
This book has a large number of simple chocolate recipes all in one place. Nothing too original, but useful.
Product Description
Gold edged pages
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