Baker Joan Brooks (42 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Joan Brooks Baker grew up privileged in the New York City of post-World War II America. It was a world shaped by an unwritten code of conduct - the Magnolia Code - that paralyzed her mother and threatened to do the same to her. In this memoir, she shares how she navigated her bifurcated world, finding role models in rebellious women.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Autobiographical fiction from the author of the memoir The Magnolia Code B'rer Rabbit, trickster of the Uncle Remus tales. A chicken's head bobbing in a bowl of soup, its dead eyes accusing the diner. Cockroaches, venomous snakes, biting frogs. These are among the lively characters in Joan Brooks Baker's second book, a collection of stories called In the Swampyland, which spans the author's life from her childhood in New York City to her eye-opening, sometimes-risky world travels. In the Swampyland examines the world in which Baker grew up and aims equally intense scrutiny at the exotic cultures her innate curiosity has motivated her to visit, from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of India and the attractions of the American South, in her search for belonging. We empathize as she confronts the constraints of her world in The Burrito and learns to appreciate its advantages in Beyond the View; we watch her literally close the door on her past in A Lingering Scent. We admire her risk-taking, as a child and as an adult, as she forges a different path than the one she was expected to take. Following on the heels of her award-winning memoir, The Magnolia Code (2020, SF Design/Fresco Books), In the Swampyland reaches even deeper into memory, meaning and desire. In the story after which the book is titled, Baker persuades us to ponder the notion of our own swampylands and discover how we can survive these dark, dangerous, and yet fecund locales in our own minds and hearts--and in the process, if we are lucky, find out where we belong.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Autobiographical fiction from the author of the memoir The Magnolia Code B'rer Rabbit, trickster of the Uncle Remus tales. A chicken's head bobbing in a bowl of soup, its dead eyes accusing the diner. Cockroaches, venomous snakes, biting frogs. These are among the lively characters in Joan Brooks Baker's second book, a collection of stories called In the Swampyland, which spans the author's life from her childhood in New York City to her eye-opening, sometimes-risky world travels. In the Swampyland examines the world in which Baker grew up and aims equally intense scrutiny at the exotic cultures her innate curiosity has motivated her to visit, from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of India and the attractions of the American South, in her search for belonging. We empathize as she confronts the constraints of her world in The Burrito and learns to appreciate its advantages in Beyond the View; we watch her literally close the door on her past in A Lingering Scent. We admire her risk-taking, as a child and as an adult, as she forges a different path than the one she was expected to take. Following on the heels of her award-winning memoir, The Magnolia Code (2020, SF Design/Fresco Books), In the Swampyland reaches even deeper into memory, meaning and desire. In the story after which the book is titled, Baker persuades us to ponder the notion of our own swampylands and discover how we can survive these dark, dangerous, and yet fecund locales in our own minds and hearts--and in the process, if we are lucky, find out where we belong.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Autobiographical fiction from the author of the memoir The Magnolia Code B'rer Rabbit, trickster of the Uncle Remus tales. A chicken's head bobbing in a bowl of soup, its dead eyes accusing the diner. Cockroaches, venomous snakes, biting frogs. These are among the lively characters in Joan Brooks Baker's second book, a collection of stories called In the Swampyland, which spans the author's life from her childhood in New York City to her eye-opening, sometimes-risky world travels. In the Swampyland examines the world in which Baker grew up and aims equally intense scrutiny at the exotic cultures her innate curiosity has motivated her to visit, from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of India and the attractions of the American South, in her search for belonging. We empathize as she confronts the constraints of her world in The Burrito and learns to appreciate its advantages in Beyond the View; we watch her literally close the door on her past in A Lingering Scent. We admire her risk-taking, as a child and as an adult, as she forges a different path than the one she was expected to take. Following on the heels of her award-winning memoir, The Magnolia Code (2020, SF Design/Fresco Books), In the Swampyland reaches even deeper into memory, meaning and desire. In the story after which the book is titled, Baker persuades us to ponder the notion of our own swampylands and discover how we can survive these dark, dangerous, and yet fecund locales in our own minds and hearts--and in the process, if we are lucky, find out where we belong.…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Autobiographical fiction from the author of the memoir The Magnolia Code B'rer Rabbit, trickster of the Uncle Remus tales. A chicken's head bobbing in a bowl of soup, its dead eyes accusing the diner. Cockroaches, venomous snakes, biting frogs. These are among the lively characters in Joan Brooks Baker's second book, a collection of stories called In the Swampyland, which spans the author's life from her childhood in New York City to her eye-opening, sometimes-risky world travels. In the Swampyland examines the world in which Baker grew up and aims equally intense scrutiny at the exotic cultures her innate curiosity has motivated her to visit, from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of India and the attractions of the American South, in her search for belonging. We empathize as she confronts the constraints of her world in The Burrito and learns to appreciate its advantages in Beyond the View; we watch her literally close the door on her past in A Lingering Scent. We admire her risk-taking, as a child and as an adult, as she forges a different path than the one she was expected to take. Following on the heels of her award-winning memoir, The Magnolia Code (2020, SF Design/Fresco Books), In the Swampyland reaches even deeper into memory, meaning and desire. In the story after which the book is titled, Baker persuades us to ponder the notion of our own swampylands and discover how we can survive these dark, dangerous, and yet fecund locales in our own minds and hearts--and in the process, if we are lucky, find out where we belong.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Autobiographical fiction from the author of the memoir The Magnolia Code Brer Rabbit, trickster of the Uncle Remus tales. A chickens head bobbing in a bowl of soup, its dead eyes accusing the diner. Cockroaches, venomous snakes, biting frogs. These are among the lively characters in Joan Brooks Bakers second book, a collection of stories called In the Swampyland, which spans the authors life from her childhood in New York City to her eye-opening, sometimes-risky world travels. In the Swampyland examines the world in which Baker grew up and aims equally intense scrutiny at the exotic cultures her innate curiosity has motivated her to visit, from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of India and the attractions of the American South, in her search for belonging. We empathize as she confronts the constraints of her world in The Burrito and learns to appreciate its advantages in Beyond the View; we watch her literally close the door on her past in A Lingering Scent. We admire her risk-taking, as a child and as an adult, as she forges a different path than the one she was expected to take. Following on the heels of her award-winning memoir, The Magnolia Code (2020, SF Design/Fresco Books), In the Swampyland reaches even deeper into memory, meaning and desire. In the story after which the book is titled, Baker persuades us to ponder the notion of our own swampylands and discover how we can survive these dark, dangerous, and yet fecund locales in our own minds and heartsand in the process, if we are lucky, find out where we belong. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition color illustrated heavy oversized (folio - 12 inches tall) softcover wraps. Includes Dedication; Contributors; A Note from Robert A. Wilson; A Note from Don Carty; Preface; Bibliography; Photo Credits; Acknowledgments; and Index. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, drawings, etc. The rear lower left corner cover has a 4 inch crease. (see photographs). Highlights from American Greats (from the rear outer cover): "It remains what it was, the greatest of bridges, the Brooklyn Bridge, made in America, its appeal defying time, a symbol now no less than ever of brave work nobly done." - David McCullough on the Brooklyn Bridge. "There is only one Chez Panisse. In this age of multiple restaurants it has no clones in London, Las Vegas, or Tokyo. Because Alice Waters has more than money on her mind." - Ruth Reichl on Chez Panisse. "Duke Ellington liked to claim he won his job at the Cotton Club, in December 1927, because he showed up three hours late for the audition, as did the owner, who heard only Ellington and non of his rivals." - Gary Giddins on the Duke Ellington Orchestra. "They [the editors] had uncanny ears for a false note; they sometimes surprised you by accepting a daring or experimental piece; they manifested a cloistered virtue, in a fallen, hustling world, that made appearing anywhere else feel like a dangerous trespass." - John Updike on The New Yorker. "Our original goal was simple, and only in retrospect, revolutionary: to use television to help children learn. We knew young children watched a great deal of television in the years before they went to school. We also knew they liked cartoons, game shows, and situation comedies; that they responded to slapstick humor, music with a beat, and above all - sadly - fast-paced, oft-repeated commercials." - Joan Ganz Cooney on Sesame Street. "So here I was, my anxiety over the flight spilling all over Danny DeVito, my fears at the time very real. Danny responded, 'Look there's no way you're going to crash because I am the LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, and since I need you to do this work with me when you come back, there is no way you don't make it back.' 'Great,' I said. 'I can just picture it; the plane is on fire and as we crash I'm screaming, "Ha, ha Danny. Your luck has run out.' " - James L. Brooks on television situation comedy. "What made the Wright brothers' successful early experiments so remarkable is that neither had any academic education in physics. They were entirely self-taught. The difference between them and other small town entrepreneurs was they had a genius for learning, and for identifying new problems to solve." - John Keegan on the Wright Brothers. "West Point has always seemed to me to be unusually close to Main Street in Middle America; it is a place without glitz, which without consciously trying, reflects both the norm, the center, and the diversity of America. Again and again it turns out good people of significant personal modesty and a powerful sense of obligation." - David Halberstam on West Point.…

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