false 189935 4 3 everyday life. Her most recent book is The Gift of Thanks, published by HarperCollins. Her previous books, Much Depends on Dinner, The Rituals of Dinner, The Way We Are, and The Geometry of Love, have all been best sellers and have won major international awards, including the Glenfiddich Award for Foodbook of the Year in Britain in 1989, the International Association of Culinary Professionals' Literary Food Writing Award, and the Jane Grigson Award. In 2002 she gave the Massey Lectures on CBC radio, subsequently published as the best-selling book, Beyond Fate. Her books have been translated into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. She appears frequently on radio and television, and has lectured extensively in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia. She divides her time between Toronto, Paris, and South West France.]]> female 331024 0802136516 9780802136510 18 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331024.Much_Depends_on_Dinner_The_Extraordinary_History_and_Mythology_Allure_and_Obsessions_Perils_and_Taboos_of_an_Ordinary_Meal 3.82 87 189935 3.84 211 48 1986 696667 0140170790 9780140170795 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177357287m/696667.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177357287s/696667.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/696667.The_Rituals_of_Dinner 3.88 56 189935 3.84 211 48 1991 418904 0865476403 9780865476400 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174581108m/418904.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174581108s/418904.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418904.The_Geometry_of_Love_Space_Time_Mystery_and_Meaning_in_an_Ordinary_Church 4.39 18 </div>]]> 189935 3.84 211 48 2000 1081846 0571198856 9780571198856 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223631799m/1081846.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223631799s/1081846.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081846.The_Way_We_Are 3.50 16 189935 3.84 211 48 1994 1081844 0887846793 9780887846793 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180830362m/1081844.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180830362s/1081844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1081844.Beyond_Fate 3.88 8 Beyond Fate examines why. In her characteristically lively prose, Margaret Visser investigates what fate means to us, and where the propensity to believe in it and accept it comes from. She takes an ancient metaphor where time is "seen" and spoken of as though it were space and examines how this way of picturing reality can be a useful tool to think with - or, on the other hand, how it may lead people into disastrous misunderstandings. By observing how fatalism expresses itself in one's daily life, in everything from table manners to shopping to sport, the book proposes ways to limit its influence. Beyond Fate provides a timely and provocative perspective on modern life, both personal and social.</div>]]> 189935 3.84 211 48 2002 1426546 0002007886 9780002007887 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1426546.Thanks 4.50 2 189935 3.84 211 48 2008 1218348 0146001419 9780146001413 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181968703m/1218348.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181968703s/1218348.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1218348.More_Than_Meets_the_Eye 5.00 1 189935 3.84 211 48 1996 6626721 0151013314 9780151013319 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6626721-the-gift-of-thanks 2.00 1 The Gift of Thanks considers cultural history, including the modern battle of social scientists to pin down the notion of thankfulness and account for it, and the newly awakened scientific interest in the biological and evolutionary roots of emotions. <DIV> <DIV>With her engaging combination of curiosity and erudition, Visser once again reveals the extraordinary in the everyday.

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