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Most Americans know about the "Hare Krishnas" only from encounters in airports or from tales of their activities in the East Village and Haight-Ashbury in the 1960s. This entertaining and sensitive book deepens our knowledge by tracing the paths of those Western Hare Krishnas who eventually traveled to or lived in India. The charismatic leader of the sect, the Indian monk Swami Bhaktivedanta, aimed to save Westerners from what he saw as materialism and atheism by converting them to worship of the Hindu god Krishna. In addition, he hoped that Western disciples would inspire Indians to...

Published annually since 1973, Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year zeroes in on the past year's headline-making events. From the presidential election at home to the tragedy of hunger in Africa, 1984 is captured in more than 300 cartoons from 131 leading editorial cartoonists.

Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives and a fan of political cartoons, has written the foreword to the 1985 edition of Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year. O'Neill writes, "The walls of my Capitol office are testament to the fact that I have appreciated the humor even when I have...

For the past decade--ten eventful, epochal years--the Best Editorial
Cartoons of the Year series has become the definitive compendium of leading
cartoonists ' views of major national and international issues. Started in 1972,
the series has been widely acclaimed as a concise yet far-ranging pictorial
history of each year's events. As Publisher's Weekly said, -it's a great way to get the gut feeling of a year's history-.
The works of nine Pulitzer Prize winners are featured in - Best
Editorial Cartoons of 1972 -. Edited by Charles brooks, past
president...

The year 1988 was a bonanza for cartoonists. The long presidential campaign led the news, culminating in the struggle between George Bush and Michael Dukakis for the White House. But that was not the only news.

The Midwest drought, the Persian Gulf war, the unrest in Israel, Mikhail Gorbachev's continuing campaign for reform, the Geneva summit meeting and the INF treaty, the Seoul Olympics, and the continuing problem of AIDS all provided material for more than 330 cartoons from the pens of cartoonists in the United States and Canada.

Long considered the most definitive...

-The political cartoon, like fine art, is the creation of an individual that gives it a singular effectiveness.- - - Jerry Robinson Combine the wit and insight of 130 leading editorial cartoonists with the headline-making events of a year filled with controversial issues, and the result is this provocative volume of wry satire and social commentary. This collection of editorial cartoons is a pictorial history of the yeari1/2s major developments. Included are principal issues such as the Carter Administration, the demise of the environment, the taxpayeri1/2s revolt, the test-tube baby, and...

The people, events, and issues that made headlines in 1975, including the Ford administration, the CIA and FBI, Indira Ghandi, gun control, New York City's financial plight, presidential hopefuls, and the energy crisis.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Editor Charles Brooks is past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and for 38 years was a cartoonist for the Birmingham News. He has been the recipient of 13 Freedom Foundation Awards, a national VFW Award, two Vigilante Patriot Awards, and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning.

What do the Regan administration, the U.S. Budget,
National Defense, the Soviet Pipeline, and the Pro-Football Strike all
have in common? Theyi1/2re all subjects that were up for grabs in 1982 for
the nation's leading editorial cartoonists.
Started in 1972, the series has been widely acclaimed
as a concise yet far-ranging pictorial history of each year's events. As
Publishers Weekly said, it's "a great way to get the gut
feeling of a year's history."
The 1984 edition continues the standard of excellence
established in previous editions. More...

The 1980 edition of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series, which has been banned by government authorities at the 1979 Moscow international Book Fair, contains the best works of some 130 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States and Canada and focuses on the 25 major news stories of the year.
Published each year since 1972, the 1980 edition features a foreword by Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York who analyzes the reluctance of the Soviet Union to allow its citizens to read such works.
-If there be no other value to this new compilation of...

Relive the year's history-making events with Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1986 Edition. Since 1973, this series has showcased the talents of leading editorial cartoonists form the United States and Canada. This year's volume presents more than 350 noteworthy cartoons from 133 cartoonists, including the top prize-winners of 1985.

Congressman Jack Kemp, a frequent target of editorial pens, contributed the forward for this year's edition. He notes that editorial cartooning is vital to a free press and in preserving history, commenting that "no one has ever seen a cartoon poking...

Combine the wit and insight of more than 130 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States, Canada, and Latin America with the headline-making events of a year filled with contro
versial issues, and the result is this provocative volume of prickly satire and social commentary.

A pictorial history of the year's major developments, this collection of more than 360 editorial cartoons focuses the spotlight on those stories that claimed banner treatment in newspapers around the world.

Included are such intriguing issues as the travails of the Carter Administration, the...