Robbins's Diet for a New America (1987) was one of those virtuous guides to alternative eating that said nothing much new but somehow caught on: The publishers claim 350,000 copies in print. Here, Robbins conveys the same message—that meat and dairy production are bad for the world's hungry as well as for consumers' physical and spiritual health—in the same punchy manner, replete with preachy homilies, arresting statistics, and quotes from both medical authorities and other popular writers. Except perhaps for his strong argument that drinking milk doesn't prevent bone loss, this is familiar stuff to any casual reader of the genre; but there's no denying Robbins's success at predigesting the studies and sermons for new converts. The recipes are also in the unsophisticated natural-food mode: There's one for ``Italian'' rice croquettes that uses brown rice, tofu, and soy sauce, and there are lots of sugar-free desserts that put heavy demands on maple syrup. They won't convert advanced foodies, but they'll do fine with Robbins's following.
Pub Date: Sept. 16, 1992
ISBN: 0-688-11625-6
Page Count: 300
Publisher: Morrow/HarperCollins
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1992
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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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