Engaging young readers, this series offers a delightful exploration of global cuisine and cultural heritage. Children will enjoy cooking a variety of delicious recipes while simultaneously discovering the languages, traditions, and customs of different countries. Each volume is designed to be both educational and entertaining, making it an ideal resource for introducing kids to the joys of cooking and the richness of world cultures.
Examining the global response to the Covid pandemic, this book critiques the unprecedented emergency measures taken and the failures of institutions during this crisis. It questions why existing pandemic plans were ignored, how dissenting voices were marginalized, and whether the policies implemented truly served their intended purposes. The authors highlight the disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations and emphasize the need to uphold the values of liberal democracy—tolerance, open-mindedness, and respect for evidence—in future crises.
"Thomas Mann's last major novel, Doktor Faustus, revolves around the transformation of traditional German culture into Hitler's fascist Germany, a process that intrigues and confounds thinking people still today. Mann has always been considered an exemplary and authoritative portrayer of German culture, and his opinion on the rise of fascism carries considerable weight Unfortunately, the novel has always been interpreted as saying the opposite of what it does in fact say. Frances Lee provides a radically new interpretation by relating in a detailed manner to the text of Doktor Faustus the arguments expressed by Mann in his Observations of a Non-Political Man - a book of political essays published in 1918. This approach resolves many of the features that have been seen by critics as flaws or contradictions in the novel. Lee establishes what is actually happening in the novel in its historical setting, showing Mann's view of how the acceptance of fascism occurred and the determining role he attributed to the academic community in bringing about the disaster. Her book will be of interest to both amateur and professional students of Mann, particularly because it points to rich new directions for study."--Jacket