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Phillippe Sands, author of TORTURE TEAM: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, which chronicles the Bush administration's torture policy, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday but was interrupted when a Republican Senator successfully stopped the hearings and forced the Senate into recess.
Ken Albala has won the Jane Grigson Award for Beans: A History. The award was announced at the 2008 IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals) Awards Ceremony on Friday April 18th in New Orleans. Commenting on the award, Ken Albala said "Thanks to all the people at Berg, to the great libraries where I did the research like the Clements in Ann Arbor, MI, and the Schlesinger in Cambridge, MA, and others in Europe, and thanks to the Culinary Trust and the University of the Pacific for funding the research. This book was an absolute blast to write, no pun intended!"
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New from Palgrave MacmillanWhy Men Die First
How to Lengthen Your LifespanIt is a universal fact that men die before women. But the causes of this have long remained unexplored. In this trailblazing book, Dr. Marianne Legato--an expert in gender specific health--examines the reasons behind men's fragility and explains what they need to do to live longer.Read On
New From Palgrave MacmillanTorture Team
Rumsfeld's Memo and The Betrayal of American ValuesOn December 2, 2002 the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, signed his name at the bottom of a document that listed eighteen techniques of interrogation--techniques that...Read On
New from Palgrave MacmillanGreen
Your Place in the New Energy RevolutionJane and Michael Hoffman use their years of experience to explain the technological and economic future of this ecologically significant issue. They guide readers through the misinformation and confusion over global warming, and demonstrate the degree to which renewable energy can be part of the solution.Read On
New from Palgrave MacmillanSeinfeld
This is a reflective, funny account of one of the most popular TV sitcoms ever made. Nicholas Mirzoeff explores Seinfeld’s obsession with the rules of everyday life in the key areas of comedy itself: dating , relationships, Jewishness and how to be a New Yorker, wherever you happen to live.Read On
New From Palgrave MacmillanPure Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was a defining figure in American public life, a firebrand politician associated with an optimistic brand of conservatism. In an era in which American conservati...Read On
New From Palgrave MacmillanThe Confrontation
Winning the War against Future JihadIn Future Jihad, terrorism and Middle East expert Walid Phares gave a definitive account of the historical and cultural forces that led to September 11 and the rise of radical I...Read On
New From Palgrave MacmillanFive Years of My Life
An Innocent Man in GuantanamoIn October 2001, nineteen-year-old Murat Kurnaz traveled to Pakistan to visit a madrassa. During a security check a few weeks after his arrival, he was arrested without explanat...Read On
New from Palgrave MacmillanInside Egypt
The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a RevolutionJohn Bradley examines the junctions of Egyptian politics and society as they slowly disintegrate under the twin pressures of a ruthless military dictatorship at home and a flawed Middle East policy in Washington.Read On