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A World of Noodles
Brian Yarvin - Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Virtually every cuisine in every culture around the globe has something approximating a noodle. We’re familiar with macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, and Asian noodle dishes, but A World of Noodles shows home cooks how much more there is to explore. Author Brian Yarvin takes us on a 100+... |
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Hockey's Hidden Gods: The Untold Story of a Paralympic Miracle on Ice
S. C. Megale - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary true story of the U.S. sled hockey team that overcame physical adversity and internal strife to win Paralympic gold.When former NHL star Rick Middleton accepted the position of head coach for the United States sled hockey team, he wasn't sure what to expect. The program... |
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Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your BrainAnd How They Guide You
Rebecca Schwarzlose
Format: Hardcover
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Your brain is a collection of maps. That is no metaphor: scrawled across your brain's surfaces are actual maps of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. Scientists first began uncovering these maps over a century ago, but we are only now beginning to unlock... |
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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
Maggie O'Farrell - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking.We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.I... |
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How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times
Roy Peter Clark - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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America's most influential writing teacher offers an engaging and practical guide to effective short-form writing.In HOW TO WRITE SHORT, Roy Peter Clark turns his attention to the art of painting a thousand pictures with just a few words. Short forms of writing have always existed-from... |
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Senior Court Office Assistant
Jack Rudman - National Learning Corp.
Format: Paperback
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The Senior Court Office Assistant Passbook prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: clerical... |
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Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg - Random House
Format: Print book
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon The Power of Habit comes a fascinating new book that explores the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how you think - rather than what you think - can transform your life. A young... |
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Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now:
Various - Library of America; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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“The history of Shakespeare in America,” writes James Shapiro in his introduction to this groundbreaking anthology, “is also the history of America itself.” Shakespeare was a central, inescapable part of America’s literary inheritance, and a prism through which... |
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The Gods of Olympus: A History
Barbara Graziosi - Holt & Company, Henry
Format: Print book
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An elegant and entertaining account of the transformations of the Greek gods across the ages, from antiquity to the Renaissance and the present dayThe gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just... |
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