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Brains, Brains, and Other Horrifying Breakfasts

Ali Vega · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What can be as foul as it is fun to eat? Your breakfast! Learn how to create a variety of breakfast entrees that are both repulsive and delicious. Cook up dishes like a bowl of brains, spider eggs, and oozing zombie flesh. Cooking breakfast has never been so much fun - or so gross!
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One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858

Rosemary Ashton · Yale University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A unique, in-depth view of Victorian London during the record-breaking summer of 1858, when residents both famous and now-forgotten endured "The Great Stink" together While 1858 in London may have been noteworthy for its broiling summer months and the related stench of the sewage-filled...
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Foolproof Wood Finishing, Revised Edition: Learn How to Finish or Refinish Wood Projects with Stain, Glaze, Milk Paint, Top Coats, and More

Teri Masaschi · Fox Chapel Publishing; Revised edition
Format: Print book

This is the essential guide for everyone who loves to build but hates to finish. Expert finishing instructor Teri Masaschi takes the mystery out of finishing, and helps you to avoid costly and frustrating mistakes. She shows how to choose, use, and apply the perfect finish in Foolproof...
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Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity

JAMES MARTIN · HarperOne
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage turns his attention to the relationship between LGBT Catholics and the Church in this loving, inclusive, and revolutionary book.On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James...
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The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah: Fear and Love in the Modern Middle East

Adam Valen Levinson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Chronically questioning, funny, and bold, a young American explores the majority-Muslim lands that scare him most.Armed only with college Arabic and restless curiosity, Adam Valen Levinson sets out to "learn about the world 9/11 made us fear." From a base in globalized and sterilized...
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It's Twins! Now What?: Tips, Advice and Real-life Experience to Help You from Pregnancy through to Your Babies' First Year

Jessica Bomford · Summersdale
Pages: 287
Format: Paperback

Whether twins are a delightful surprise or a bolt from the blue, one thing is certain: your life will never be the same again. Packed with tips and anecdotes from fellow parents of twins, as well as advice from professionals, this go-to guide will help you prepare for, survive and enjoy...
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Making History: Have a Blast with 15 Crafts

Wendy Freshman · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Print book

"The past comes alive through craft projects celebrating Minnesota's history and people. Imagine soldiers on the Civil War battlefield as you assemble a "housewife" sewing kit like those made by wives and mothers. Re-create the drama of a midwestern tornado when you build...
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Figure Drawing Methods for Artists: Over 130 Methods for Sketching, Drawing, and Artistic Discovery

Peter Boerboom · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Simple methods teach how to draw figures. When we try to draw a person, we are quickly confronted with various challenges. The proportions need to be correct, the attitude must be clear and vivid, the face should show resemblance and also be expressive. Such a task takes courage. Yet a little...
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Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity

Nick Bunker · Knopf
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

In this new account of Franklin's early life, Pulitzer finalist Nick Bunker portrays him as a complex, driven young man who elbows his way to success.From his early career as a printer and journalist, to his scientific work and his role as a founder of a new republic, Benjamin Franklin...
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Catnip: A Love Story

MICHAEL KORDA · Countryman Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From silly to sweet, 365 cat sketches by Michael Korda, drawn with love for his wife With the imagination of a writer and the eye of an artist, Michael Korda doodled on the backs of old manuscripts in his tackroom while his wife, Margaret, was out riding. They loved and acquired cats -- a habit...
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Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life

Randy Travis · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited, deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of death - told as only Randy Travis can.Beloved around the world, Randy...
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A Headache In the Pelvis: The Wise-Anderson Protocol for Healing Pelvic Pain: The Definitive Edition

David Wise · Harmony
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

The top-selling book about pelvic pain offering the gold-standard nondrug, nonsurgical Wise-Anderson protocol for treating chronic pelvic pain, A Headache in the Pelvis has only been available online until now; our streamlined edition will be the definitive resource for anyone suffering...
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A Fool's Guide to Actual Happiness

Mark Van Buren · Wisdom Publications
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Happiness lies within us - but we could all use a little help finding it. In a refreshing new voice, The Fool's Guide to Actual Happiness shows us how to feel and be better - without having to be perfect. Let's face it: we all have a motivating drive to become "better." What we have...
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time

Andrew Forsthoefel · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing down, way down,...
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Patterson's Elementary Education 2013

Wayne Moody · Educational Directories Inc
Format: Book

Patterson's Elementary Education 2013
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