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THE MILLENIUM WHOLE EARTH CATLOG

Name: THE MILLENIUM WHOLE EARTH CATLOG
Author: Howard Rheingold
ISBN: 0-06-251141-6

ACCESS TO TOOLS AND IDEAS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

edited by Howard Rheingold ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 11, 1994

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Nietzsche was right when he spoke of eternal return. After all, Woodstock came back, mud and all. Now, 25 years after the publication of the Whole Earth Catalog, comes this new edition designed to tell us where we can get the books, seeds, and software we need to live well. Luckily, this book looks to be a lot more relevant than the silly concert redux. Under the stewardship of Rheingold (The Virtual Community, 1993, etc.), some of the more doe-eyed utopianism of the original Catalog has given way to a cannier view of what it takes to get by in the world without becoming a rapine, sexist, racist, exploiting, polluting establishment lout. Technology, for instance, is now our friend. There are seven pages on cyberspace, offering resource information about bulletin boards and tips for the Internet. There's a section on women's health; lists of activist groups; and scads of stuff for econauts and other environmentally conscious folk. Presented in a postmodern stew of text and image, this Catalog is like a Table of Contents to the Zeitgeist—or the coolest Yellow Pages around.

Pub Date: Nov. 11, 1994

ISBN: 0-06-251141-6

Page Count: 384

Publisher: N/A

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1994

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
by Howard Rheingold

- BOOK REVIEW
VIRTUAL REALITY
by Howard Rheingold

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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GENERAL NONFICTION

- BOOK REVIEW
THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING
by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; adapted by Natalie Andrewson ; illustrated by Natalie Andrewson

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THE NUTCRACKER
by E.T.A. Hoffmann & illustrated by Julie Paschkis

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.