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The Bloomsbury Cookbook: Recipes for Life, Love and Art

Jans Ondaatje Rolls · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Book

Sheds light on the vivid personalities, ideas, and achievements of the Bloomsbury Group from a unique culinary perspective Throwing aside the stifling patriarchy of late Victorian Britain, the Bloomsbury Group fostered a fresh, creative, and vital way of living that encouraged debate and communications,...
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Superstar Customer Service: A 31-Day Plan to Improve Client Relations, Lock in New Customers, and Keep the Best Ones Coming Back for More

Rick Conlow · Career Press
Format: Paperback

Are you worried that your customers are trying to survive tough times by seeking better deals from your competitors?Are you having an even tougher time finding new customers for your product or service?Superstar Customer Service follows Superstar Leadership and Superstar Sales, three titles...
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Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir

Lita Ford · William Morrow & Co
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this long-awaited, emotionally powerful memoir, "HEAVY METAL'S LEADING FEMALE ROCKER" (Rolling Stone) opens up about the '70s and '80s music scene and her trailblazing life as the lead guitarist of the "pioneering band" (New York Times) the Runaways and her platinum-selling,...
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Dadland

Keggie Carew · Atlantic Monthly
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Keggie Carew grew up in the gravitational field of an unorthodox father who lived on his wits and dazzling charm. For most of her adult life, Keggie was kept at arm's length from her father's personal history, but when she is invited to join him for the sixtieth anniversary of the Jedburghs...
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Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power

Howard French · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

From the former New York Times Asia correspondent and author of China's Second Continent, an incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy. For many years after its reform and opening in 1978,...
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Vegetarian for a New Generation: Seasonal Vegetable Dishes for Vegetarians, Vegans, and the Rest of Us

Liana Krissoff · Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2014.
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

With recent nationwide health initiatives, we all know that vegetables need to be the main focus of our diet. The number of vegetarians and vegans in the United States is growing every year, and, even for the omnivorous, cooking and eating more vegetables is the new normal. Vegetarian...
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Basic Hindi

Sonia Taneja · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 200
Format: Book

Provides exercises to help you develop your Hindi script, grammar, vocabulary, and conversation skills. This title includes coverage that ranges from reading and writing the Devanagari script, to mastering of core vocabulary, basic grammar, and conversational structures.  Read...
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The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps 2015, 37th Edition

Thomas E. Hudgeons Jr. · House of Collectibles; 37 edition
Format: Paperback

The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps 2015 is an indispensable, easy-to-use sourcebook for collectors. Filled with the most current values and the latest market reports, this guide has all the information you need to become a knowledgeable collector of stamps.Features...
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Is Your Job Making You Fat?: How to Lose the Office 15 . . . and More!

Kenneth L Lloyd · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

The only thing that should be fat on your job is your paycheck. There is a "huge" worldwide obesity problem. While fads and quick-fix diets abound, they fail to address an important question in weight gain today: is your job making you fat? The answer is "Yes."This bold...
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Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal

Jack Kelly · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking...
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Logic: A Complete Introduction

Siu-Fan Lee · Teach Yourself
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback

Understand Logic is a comprehensive introduction to this fascinating though sometimes challenging subject. As well as looking at logic in theoretical terms the book considers its everyday uses and demonstrates how it has genuine practical applications. It will take you step by step through...
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The Modern Witchcraft Grimoire: Your Complete Guide to Creating Your Own Book of Shadows

Skye Alexander · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Discover the Power of the Grimoire! A grimoire records your personal journey through the world of magick. It's where you record your favorite spells, chronicle your magical developments, and keep your most treasured secrets. And now, Skye Alexander, spellcraft expert and author of The Modern...
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At Last Great Female Songs For Singers Book/CD

Various · MMO
Pages: 20
Format: Paperback

Etta James has long been considered one of the most overlooked blues and R & B musicians in the music industry of the United States. It was not until the early 1990s that she began to receive wide recognition. In recent years she was seen as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues...
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Wooden: A Coach's Life

Seth Davis · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 591
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writersNo college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped...
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The Edna Lewis Cookbook

Edna Lewis · AXIOS
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

EdnaLewis was recently honored with the issuance of a postal stamp by the US PostOffice. She is renowned as one of the greatest American chefs and as an African-Americanwoman who almost single handedly revived a forgotten world of refined Southerncooking.Anothercelebrated American chef,...
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