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  • Recapitulations

    A Memoir

    by Vincent Crapanzano ...
    A distinguished anthropologist tells his life story as a wistful novelist would, watching himself as if he were someone elseThis memoir recaptures meaningful moments from the author’s life: as hischildhood on the grounds of a psychiatric hospital, his psychiatrist father’s early death, his years at school in Switzerland and then at Harvard in the 1960s, his love affairs, his own teaching, and his ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Harkis

    The Wound That Never Heals

    by Vincent Crapanzano ...
    In this haunting chronicle of betrayal and abandonment, ostracism and exile, racism and humiliation, Vincent Crapanzano examines the story of the Harkis, the quarter of a million Algerian auxiliary troops who fought for the French in Algeria’s war of independence. After tens of thousands of Harkis were massacred by other Algerians at the end of the war, the survivors fled to France where they were ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Tuhami

    Portrait of a Moroccan

    by Vincent Crapanzano ...
    Tuhami is an illiterate Moroccan tilemaker who believes himself married to a camel-footed she-demon. A master of magic and a superb story-teller, Tuhami lives in a dank, windowless hovel near the kiln where he works. Nightly he suffers visitations from the demons and saints who haunt his life, and he seeks, with crippling ambivalence, liberation from 'A'isha Qandisha, the she-demon.In a sensitive ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Gateau

    The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes

    by Aleksandra Crapanzano ...
    James Beard Award–winning writer Aleksandra Crapanzano shares the secrets of the cakes Parisians bake at home, from the simplest yogurt cakes to a deceptively easy bûche de Noël, from yuzu madeleines to boozy flourless chocolate confections.When we think of French desserts, we tend to imagine ornate creations and confections. Perhaps we envision a tarte Tatin, but rarely a homemade cake, whipped ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The London Cookbook

    Recipes from the Restaurants, Cafes, and Hole-in-the-Wall Gems of a Modern City

    by Aleksandra Crapanzano ...
    From an award-winning food writer comes this intimate portrait of London—the global epicenter of cuisine—with 100 recipes from the city's best restaurants, dessert boutiques, tea and coffee houses, cocktail lounges, and hole-in-the-wall gems—all lovingly adapted for the home kitchen.Once known for its watery potatoes, stringy mutton, and grayed vegetables, London is now considered to be the most ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • EAT. COOK. L.A.

    Recipes from the City of Angels [A Cookbook]

    by Aleksandra Crapanzano ...
    An intimate culinary portrait of Los Angeles today—a city now recognized among food lovers for its booming, vibrant, international restaurant landscape—with 100 recipes from its restaurants, juice bars, coffee shops, cocktail lounges, food trucks, and hole-in-the-wall gems.Once considered a culinary wasteland, Los Angeles is now one of the most exciting food cities in the world. Like the multi ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Hand of God

    by Angelo Thomas Crapanzano ...
    The author Angelo Crapanzano, being a devout Christian, decided to write this short text to answer the questions he was often asked about the lord. The believers wanted explanations and the unbelievers questions his believe. This book discusses what he felt were the most important questions. First he discusses the evidence of the existence of God. There is so much evidence of God but most people ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Back to Ground Zero

    by Angelo Thomas Crapanzano ...
    Back to Ground Zero is a science fiction novel about the life and adventures of Antonio Corelli. After a devastating auto accident, he was left in a state of depression. The accident, which took the life of his beloved wife of 50 years, destroyed his present world like an atomic bomb. He referred to the place of the accident as Ground Zero. His life as Antonio Corelli ended when fate brought him ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Novel Romances

    by Angelo Crapanzano ...
    The Author, Angelo Crapanzano was ninety years old when he wrote this novel. In his years he has heard of many interesting and unusual love stories. This book details five of these love stories. Two of these stories were provided by a relative in California. They were about the final romances of two actresses who did not make it to stardom. The other three stories are unusual and unexpected ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Different Time, a Different Earth

    by Angelo Thomas Crapanzano ...
    A DIFFERENT TIME, A DIFFERENT EARTH is a novel about the romance of a young couple set in a science fiction background. The background was developed around two fictitious societies that inhabited two continents that supposedly existed on the earth before the great flood. These societies developed fantastically advanced technology. A war between them caused the complete destruction of their ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Road to Romance

    by Angelo Thomas Crapanzano ...
    John has been dumped by all the girls he had ever gone steady with. After graduation his two best friends got married and moved to other states. He felt lonely and unlovable. Then he met Lorrie. it was love at first sight for both of them. What John felt for her he had never felt before. John's parents loved her like one of their own child. After a few romantic months John proposed. She said yes ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Adventures of Detective Robert Benson

    by Angelo Thomas Crapanzano ...
    The Adventures of Detective Robert Benson is a fictional novel of the life of Robert Benson and the adventures he had after he retired from the police force. After his wife passed away, to keep busy he started to write a novel around all the action he had during his time in the police force. However, his previous boss Captain Wilson did not let him retire in peace. He was asked to come back as a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD