Michael Jackson, Author Smithsonian Books $28 (212p) ISBN 978-0-87474-536-8
One of the most interesting features of this work by a New Zealand poet-anthropologist is that it exists at all. Its venerable publisher has never before brought out a novel, even an ""ethnographic novel,'' as this is subtitled; it's the first...
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Michael Jackson, Author Running Press Book Publishers $29.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-89471-649-2
Jackson ( Simon & Schuster Pocket Guide to Beer ) argues convincingly that it's time the great beers of the world found their rightful place alongside fine wines. To this end, he offers a beer drinker's grand tour, focussing on Northern and Central...
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Michael Jackson, Author Running Press Book Publishers $35 (288p) ISBN 978-1-56138-288-0
``Beer deserves to be treated as a civilized drink; it may even have been the cause of civilization.'' Jackson ( The New World Guide to Beer ) here presents a knowledgeable and civilized survey of the various and sundry beers imbibed around the...
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Michael Jackson. Columbia Univ., $40 (272p) ISBN 978-0-231-17818-1
Jackson, professor of world religions at Harvard Divinity School, provocatively challenges our understanding of the categories art and religion. Rather than being distinct practices, he writes, both are attempts of individuals or communities to...
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Michael Jackson, Author, Michael Jackson, Author, Jackson, Author Duke University Press $22.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-8223-3313-5
Anthropologist, poet and novelist Jackson returned to Sierra Leone in 2002, after some 30 years' absence, at a time when the West African country was emerging from a violent 11-year civil war. In the 1970s, Jackson had lived among Sierra Leone's...
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Michael Jackson, Author DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) $45 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7894-9710-9
The occasional tippler may be intimidated by all the nuances of fine whiskey; after all, there are just so many variables to consider. What is the local climate and geography of the distillery? What the kind of grain is used, and how is it prepared...
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