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Dan Graham: Rock/Music Writings – $295

13 May, 2013 by rgonzalezr

As admired for his writing as for his work in art, photography and architecture, Dan Graham was one of the first contemporary artists to embrace Punk, Postpunk and No Wave, becoming a figurehead for those movements, and an early supporter of (and friend to) Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth among many others. Rock/Music Writings collects 13 of Graham’s most influential writings, on bands ranging from The Kinks to Bow Wow Wow, first published in art journals such as Real Life, Open Letter and ZG between 1968 […]

Categories: Arte, Ensayo, Música • Tags: 2009, Art, Artists, Dan Graham, Essays, Música, music, Primary information, Rock, rock music, Writing

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Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink – $265

12 May, 2013 by rgonzalezr

A sample of the menu: Woody Allen on dieting the Dostoevski way • Roger Angell on the art of the martini • Don DeLillo on Jell-O • Malcolm Gladwell on building a better ketchup • Jane Kramer on the writer’s kitchen • Chang-rae Lee on eating sea urchin • Steve Martin on menu mores • Alice McDermott on sex and ice cream • Dorothy Parker on dinner conversation • S. J. Perelman on a hollandaise assassin • Calvin Trillin […]

Categories: Antología, Cocina, Ensayo, Gastronomía • Tags: anthology, beverages, Cooking, Cuisine, Drinking, drinks, eating, Essays, Food, Gastronomy, kitchen, Modern Library, New Yorker, wine

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The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement – $345

9 May, 2013 by rgonzalezr

A bold rethinking of the most powerful political idea in the world—democracy—and the story of how radical democracy can yet transform America Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution—from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive only to the wealthiest among us and leaves most Americans feeling disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? And if the tools of our […]

Categories: Actualidad, Economía y Política, Ensayo, Historia, Sociología • Tags: 2013, América, Ciencias políticas, Democracia, Democracy, doctrines, Ensayo, Graeber, Historia, History, ideologies, Ideology, politica, politics, Spiegel & Grau, USA

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Apology Magazine: No. 1 - $375

29 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Apology is a new magazine of art, fiction, games, humor, essays, interviews, journalism and photography. Founded and edited by former Vice magazine editor-in-chief Jesse Pearson, Apology is inspired in equal measure by the golden ages of The New Yorker and Esquire; by 1980s punk zines like Sick Teen and RE/Search; by the Encyclopedia Britannica and The People’s Almanac; and by MAD magazine. This inaugural issue includes stories by and with Tim & Eric, Lesley Arfin, John Ashbery, Arthur Bradford, Bill Callahan, Frederick Exley, Johanna Fateman, Rivka Galchen, Christy Karacas, Paul Maliszewski, Sam McPheeters, Chelsea Peretti, Gwendoline […]

Categories: Arte, Ensayo, Humor, Periodismo, Revistas • Tags: 80s, Art, Essays, Fiction, Foto, fotografia, games, Humor, Interviews, Journalism, magazine, photography, Punk, vice

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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation - $395

26 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, Pollan learns how to grill with fire, cook with liquid, bake bread, and ferment everything from cheese to beer. In the course of his journey, he discovers that the cook occupies a […]

Categories: Cocina, Ensayo • Tags: 2013, cocina, cook, Cooking, drink, eat, essay, ferment, Food, Gastronomía, Gastronomy, kitchen, penguin, Pollan

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Ugly Feelings - $445

25 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Envy, irritation, paranoia–in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which these affects give rise, Sianne Ngai suggests that these minor and more politically ambiguous feelings become all the more suited for diagnosing the character of late modernity. Along with her inquiry into the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects such as irritation, envy, and […]

Categories: Análisis Literario, Ensayo, Psicología, Sociología, Teoría • Tags: 2007, Criticism, Emotions, Harvard, Harvard University Press, Literature, Social, Theory

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The Pirate Organization: Lessons from the Fringes of Capitalism - $345

25 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

A short history of piracy and capitalism When capitalism spread along the trade routes toward the Indies…when radio opened an era of mass communication . . . when the Internet became part of the global economy…pirates were there. And although most people see pirates as solitary anarchists out to destroy capitalism, it turns out the opposite is true. They are the ones who forge the path. In The Pirate Organization, Rodolphe Durand and Jean-Philippe Vergne argue that piracy drives capitalism’s evolution and foreshadows […]

Categories: Historia, Economía y Política, Ensayo • Tags: Piratas, Internet, Historia, economía, History, piracy, French, Capitalism, economics, Hacking, Harvard Business Review Press, pirates, pirate, Free Enterprise

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The Virtues of Poetry - $285

22 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

The Virtues of Poetry is an illuminating look at the many forms of poetry’s essential excellence by James Longenbach, a writer with “an ear as subtle and assured as any American poet now writing” (John Koethe) “This book proposes some of the virtues to which the next poem might aspire: boldness, change, compression, dilation, doubt, excess, inevitability, intimacy, otherness, particularity, restraint, shyness, surprise, and worldliness. The word ‘virtue’ came to English from Latin, via Old French, and while it has […]

Categories: Ensayo, Poesía • Tags: 2013, Criticism, Graywolf Press, Literary, Poesía, Poetry

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Poverty of Theory - $445

11 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

This classic collection of essays by E.P. Thompson, one of England’s most renowned socialist voices, remains a staple text in the history of Marxist theory. The bulk of the book is dedicated to Thompson’s famous polemic against Louis Althusser and what he considers the reductionism and authoritarianism of Althusserian structuralism. In lively and erudite prose, Thompson argues for a self-critical and unapologetically humanist Marxist tradition. Also included are three essays of considerable importance to the development of the New […]

Categories: Economía y Política, Ensayo, Filosofía • Tags: 1978, Britsh, England, Ensayo, essay, Filosofia, Monthly Review Press, philosophy, politica, politics, socialism, socialist

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Revolutions in Reverse: Essays on Politics, Violence, Art, and Imagination - $295

10 April, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Capitalism as we know it appears to be coming apart. But as financial institutions stagger and crumble, there is no obvious alternative. There is good reason to believe that, in a generation or so, capitalism will no longer exist: for the simple reason that it s impossible to maintain an engine of perpetual growth forever on a finite planet. Yet faced with this prospect, the knee-jerk reaction is often to cling to what exists because they simply can’t imagine an […]

Categories: Economía y Política, Ensayo, Revolución, Sociología • Tags: anarchy, anarquia, Autnomedia, economía, economics, gobierno, Government, Graeber, política, Revolución, Revolution, Social, social science

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Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation – $545

27 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Since humans left Africa less than a hundred thousand years ago there has been a staggering explosion of cultures. What caused this blooming of diversity? Why are there so many mutually incomprehensible languages, even within small territories? Why do we rejoice in rituals, wrap ourselves in flags, or define ourselves in opposition to others? In “Wired for Culture” Mark Pagel, one of the world’s leading experts on human development, shows how our facility for culture is the key to our […]

Categories: Antropología, Cultura, Ensayo, Sociología • Tags: Allen lane, Anthropology, antropologia, cooperación, cooperation, cultura, cultural, Culture, political, Social, Sociology

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Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition - $295

21 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Humans have long turned to gardens—both real and imaginary—for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh’s garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as restorative, nourishing, necessary havens. With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens […]

Categories: Antología, Ecología, Ensayo, Nature • Tags: Antología, garden, Human Condition, jardin, nature, plants, pogue, self cultivation, University of Chicago Press

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Gun Guys: A Road Trip - $345

21 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their local range, many Americans love guns—which horrifies and fascinates many other Americans, and much of the rest of the world. This lively, sometimes raucous book explores from the inside the American love affair with firearms. Dan Baum is both a lifelong […]

Categories: Actualidad, Ensayo • Tags: 2013, armas, arms, bullet, dan baum, essay, guns, Knopf, pistolas, Shooting, Social, Travel, USA, violence, weapons

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Nobody’s Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker - $225

20 March, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Anthony Lane on Con Air— “Advance word on Con Air said that it was all about an airplane with an unusually dangerous and potentially lethal load. Big deal. You should try the lunches they serve out of Newark. Compared with the chicken napalm I ate on my last flight, the men in Con Air are about as dangerous as balloons.” Anthony Lane on The Bridges of Madison County— “I got my copy at the airport, behind a guy who was buying Playboy’s Book of Lingerie, and I […]

Categories: Cultura, Ensayo • Tags: 2003, Correspondence, Criticism, Culture, Ensayo, essay, Film, Guide, Movies, New Yorker, reviews, Vintage

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Chamber Music: A Listener’s Guide - $725

25 February, 2013 by rgonzalezr

Oxford‘s highly successful listener’s guides–The Symphony, The Concerto, and Choral Masterworks–have been widely praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and delightful humor. Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music. Approaching the tradition of chamber music with knowledge and passion, Keller here serves as the often opinionated, always genial guide to 192 essential works by 56 composers, providing illuminating essays on what makes each piece distinctive and admirable. Keller spans the history of this […]

Categories: Arte, Ensayo, Música • Tags: 2010, música clásica, música de cámara, music, Oxford

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Category Archives: Ensayo

Dan Graham: Rock/Music Writings – $295

Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink – $265

The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement – $345

Apology Magazine: No. 1 - $375

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation - $395

The Pirate Organization: Lessons from the Fringes of Capitalism - $345

The Virtues of Poetry - $285

Poverty of Theory - $445

Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition - $295

Nobody’s Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker - $225

Chamber Music: A Listener’s Guide - $725

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