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Hazel Wolf: Fighting the Establishment

7 reviews
Susan Starbuck

University of Washington Press, 2002

a manual for activists plus a great read!
Hazel Wolf really understood how to organize and shares her knowledge with the reader. But don't be fooled by the practical nature of that remark: Hazel Wolf was also a great character and funny. This is a thoroughly enjoyable read about a woman with an amazing (and very long)life who knew how to get things done, how to grow and move with the times, and never lacked the self confidence to go for ...

Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness

7 reviews
Evan McHugh

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Classic, funny, and dead on...
A friend of mine tipped me to a book that immediately caught my interest... Pint-Sized Ireland: In Search of the Perfect Guinness by Evan McHugh. Having spent a little time in Ireland for a software conference, I find myself drawn to the country, people, and customs. Evan McHugh made me feel like I was right back there. And I haven't read something this funny in quite awhile... Contents: ...

Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century

6 reviews
David Hein

Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2007

More than meets the eye...
This seemingly unassuming book is full of treasures to be discovered. David Hein's biography of Noble Cilley Powell, Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Maryland from 1943 to 1963, presents so much more than an exact account of the life and works of a well-known and beloved Episcopal bishop. Hein's insightful and clear writing style is very effective at depicting the circumstances of the times ...

The Parting Glass : A Toast to the Traditional Pubs of Ireland (Irish Pubs)

8 reviews
Eric Roth, Eileen McNamara

"Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2006

Photos on tap
When I'm in Ireland -- which isn't nearly enough -- I try to avoid the trendy new pubs and stick to the joints where the local people go, where you're still likely to find a session in the corner, where the food is simple but hearty, and where the Guinness is pulled with pride. Eric Roth, a Boston-based photographer, pays tribute to the "real" Irish pubs of Ireland in "The Parting Glass." Of ...

The Professional Bar & Beverage Managers Handbook: How to Open and Operate a Financially Successful Bar, ...

6 reviews
Douglas Robert Brown

Atlantic Publishing Company, 2006

A True Handbook for the Profession
The Professional Bar and Beverage Managers Handbook has the look and feel of an encyclopedia on the outside, and the contents of a detail oriented bar entrepreneur on the inside. It's a large book, with large print, which leaves plenty of room for margin notes. The book is quite comprehensive and covers end to end, everything to consider when opening and running a bar or nightclub. The ...

Make Some Noise - Over 101 Great Things to do at a Club, Bar or Party

8 reviews
Chuck Fresh

Brevard Marketing, 1999

Two thumbs up; three if I had another!
Forget about bikini contests, banana eating contests and all that silly stuff everyone else has been doing the past 10 years. It's no wonder the club business is suffering - it's been incredibly BORING! "Make Some Noise" finally brings some new and sometimes pretty wild contests and promotions to light. I run a mid-sized bar in the Philadelphia suburbs, and this book has been a big part of ...

The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich

16 reviews
Larry Hawthorne

Independent Pub Group, 2000

Best Tour Book
I have gone through 3 versions of this book, been to Munich 6 times, and I still find new and exciting things to do by reading it. The BDG2M allows you to sample the best Munich has to offer, and to go to places that tourists and locals love. Reading the book gives you a good idea of the wonderful culture, that IS Bavaria. It's not all about drinking beer, but the unique sense of ...

Dice Angel

113 reviews
Brian Rouff

Hardway Pr, 2002

A Page Turner
Having spent the last 25 years in Las Vegas I can attest that Brian Rouff knocked this one out of the ball park. I could swear that I know some of these people. The characters are so intriguing that we want to know them better. I hope that this will become a series because one seldom encounters so pleasant a read. The narrative is honest and refreshing and he captures Vegas Noir with style and ...

The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--And Bucked the Medical Establishment--In a Quest to Save His ...

10 reviews
Geeta Anand

William Morrow, 2006

A book about love
Ms. Anand tells a wonderful tale of true love. Love of a husband and wife faced with unexpected challenges so early in their marriage, and how they struggled to keep that love alive under both sad and horrific conditions. Love of children for their parents and each other. Love of family, both immediate and extended. And love for each and every person touched by the fight for the cure. I was ...

Butterflies of the Night: Mama-Sans, Geisha, Strippers, and the Japanese Men They Serve

7 reviews
Lisa Louis

Weatherhill, 1992

A Unique Perspective on Japanese Night Life
The author Lisa Louis is an American who traveled to Japan and actually lived there for a number of years. When in need of some extra money she dabbled in the night life profession herself as a hostess at a bar where she poured drinks and entertained men. She is also fluent in the Japanese language. It?s because of these things that I think she was able to write such a compelling book. Since ...

Honest Nutrition: A Descent Into The Ocean Of Nutritional Prattle, And Coming Up For Air

3 reviews
Ira Edwards

Trafford Publishing, 2006

Bringing Reality to the Health-Care Debate
Many who write on the subject of nutrition and health are intelligent, educated and knowledgeable. Honest Nutrition by Ira Edwards is noteworthy because the author writes as a health consumer; he does not have a health product or service to promote. To his credit, Edwards has no bias for or against conventional medicine, alternative medicine or herbal healing. He lays out the benefits, problems ...

The Irish Pub Cookbook

5 reviews
Margaret Johnson

Chronicle Books, 2005

A very nice addition to Johnson's Contemporary Irish recipes
`The Irish Pub Cookbook' is the fourth Irish themed cookbook I have reviewed from Irish-American Margaret M. Johnson of New York. All four, including `The New Irish Table', `Irish Puddings, Tarts, Crumbles, and Fools', and `The Irish Heritage Cookbook' are of similar trade paperback format from Chronicle Books. They are also similar in that all seem to be collections of recipes from various ...

A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, a Curse, and the American Dream.

5 reviews
Rick Kogan

Lake Claremont Press, 2006

Numerous vintage black-and-white photographs add a you-are-there touch to this history of a beloved Chicago hangout.
WGN radio personality and Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan presents A Chicago Tavern: A Goat, A Curse, and the American Dream, the true story of a baby goat who fell off a truck in 1934, hobbled into a tavern owned by Greek immigrant William Sianis, and became a Chicago icon. Known as The Billy Goat Inn, Sianis' tavern gained a lasting reputation as the leisure pub of choice for newspaper ...

Immune Dysfunction: Winning My Battle Against Toxins, Illness & the Medical Establishment

4 reviews
Judith Lopez

Millpond Press, 2001

A powerful and engaging medical memoir
Immune Dysfunction: Winning My Battle Against Toxins, Illness & The Medical Establishment is the personal and compelling story of Judith Lopez and her experiences with medical mismanagement and malpractice. Judith documents her struggle with a mystery malady that was life threatening. All the while her doctors sought to discount chronic fatigue syndrome, yeast syndrome, and environmental ...

The Guardians : Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment

3 reviews
Geoffrey Kabaservice, 2004

This is an amazing book
Many of us who came of age in the 1980s and '90s forget that America used to be a much more liberal place, and that there was a time in recent history when Republicans aligned themselves with issues like civil rights, meritocracy, affirmative action, and the problems of the inner city. We forget -- or never realized -- that in the '60s and '70s there existed a significant faction within the ...

Meet Me in the Bar: Classic Drinks from America's Historic Hotels

4 reviews
Thomas Connors

Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2003

Share the Pleasure
This book is delightful. The introductions to the charming hotels alone are worth the price. However, my husband and I have particularly enjoyed the variety and fun in making the wonderful signature cocktail recipes. This is a terrific book for anyone into quality nostalgia. We received it as a gift, and now we share the fun by giving it to others.

Jukeboxes & Jackalopes, A Wyoming Bar Journey

3 reviews
Julianne Couch

Pronghorn Press, 2007

Need a drink in wyoming....this is the guide
Wyoming prides itself in being thought of as one small town with a long main street and a great people-to-bar ratio. Okay, so I added the people-to-bar ratio based on personal experience. But many of these great bars are not on main street; rather you have to stumble off into the alleyways and dirt roads. So if your goal is to get off of main street to explore the old western bar with more ...

Transformation and Healing: Sutra on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness

5 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh

Parallax Press, 2006

Excellent guidance on mindfulness
Thich Nhat Hanh's structure of how he presents and reviews the suttas of the Pali cannon is very easy to follow and broken down into manageable portions. For a novice Buddhist like myself, I find this format very helpful. So many other discussions on the suttas make my head spin! In this text, as in others, the sutta in its entirety is presented in the Therevada translation. He then follows this ...

The 101 Best Bars of Los Angeles: A Libationary Guide to the City's Finest Saloons, Pubs and Watering Holes, ...

4 reviews
Frank Mulvey

Angel City Press, 2001

Put down your tea and grab your honey...to the bars we go
Frank has put together a great selection of bars from Santa Monica to Pasadena. He loads each review with little tidbits that are seldom known by even the most travel worn Angelenos: Irish commanders leading Mexican troops past the current day Molly Malone's, the biggest sports bar in the world on Santa Fe Street (which unfortunately closed at Prohibition), and Walt Disney's first studio...just ...

American Blue Blood: The Challenge of Coming of Age in Upper-Class America

3 reviews
William C. Codington

iUniverse, Inc., 2004

Why the Old Money WASP Has Been Marginalized
This novel helps us understand why upper class WASP culture (White Anglo Saxon Protestant) lost its exalted place in American society in the decades that ended the 20th Century. The families portrayed in this novel are inheritors of the WASP culture that founded our country and in later generations founded and populated our exclusive suburban neighborhoods, such as the Philadelphia Main Line ...

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