Summary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Joinson, Simon.

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Publisher / Publication Date: David & Charles 2006

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Joinson, Suzanne.

Summary: Years after photographer William Harrington participates in a 1920s project to redesign Jerusalem with British parks against a backdrop of growing nationalist unrest, his revelations about long-buried secrets transform the life of his former employer's daughter. --Publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2016

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Merlino, Doug.

Summary: Doug Merlino takes us from the cage to the training gyms to the fighters' living rooms in a character-driven examination of the world's fastest-growing sport: MMA.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2015

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Jonson, Ben

Summary: This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair. The texts of these plays have all been newly edited for this volume, and are presented with modernized spelling. Stage directions have been added to help actors and directors reconstruct the play the way it would have been performed in the seventeenth century, and the introduction,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford Paperbacks 1998

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Toumani, Meline.

Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014

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Johnsen, Karen.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 1986

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Johnsen, Linda

Summary: Covering the long history of how the Hindu religion has developed from its fragmented origins, this is a comprehensive guide to Hindu religion and culture, from karma and reincarnation to dietary habits and the caste system.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2009

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Holland, Merlin.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998

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Amerine, Jami

Summary: "Female readers of all ages will find a sassy, funny, authentic, and encouraging friend in master word weaver Jami Amerine, as she comes alongside you to share God's overwhelming grace and peace in an inside-out journey to true, life-sustaining rest. In a climate that is steeped in stress and worries, this book offers a priceless opportunity to walk in faith to experience the overwhelming...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Publishing 2021

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Petrosian, Melineh

Summary: Ariana’s bitter childhood battles with the outside world and her narcissistic mother threaten to consume her soul. As a Christian minority growing up in Tehran, Iran, Ariana faces harsh physical and emotional abuse from her mother and witnesses the same pain inflicted on her siblings. Her daily awakenings leave her unguarded against her mother’s wrath. Despite this, Ariana’s only true safe...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Electio Publishing 2018

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Mehling, Carl.

Summary: Questions and answers provide facts about dinosaurs, such as what they ate, how they are named, and how scientists gather information from fossils.

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Publisher / Publication Date: ROURKE PUB 2001

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Perrine, Doug.

Contents: Introduction : a first glimpse -- ch. 1. Origins and ancestors -- ch. 2. Between the plates -- ch. 3. Mating behavior and reproduction -- ch. 4. The lost decade -- ch. 5. Growing up -- ch. 6. The incredible journey -- ch. 7. Troubled times -- ch. 8. Families and species -- ch. 9. Watching sea turtles.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2003

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Jonsson, Erik

Summary: "Why are we so often disoriented when we come up from the subway? Do we really walk in circles when we lose our bearings in the wilderness? How - and why - do we get lost at all?" "In this book, Erik Jonsson, a Swedish-born engineer who has spent a lifetime exploring navigation over every terrain, from the crowded cities of Europe to the emptiness of the desert, gives readers extraordinary new...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2002

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Berliner, Don.

Summary: Describes the origins, specifications, and performance of military aircraft using stealth technology, and discusses pilot training and possible future developments for this type of airplane.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2001

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Knight, JohnTom

Summary: "It's nearly nighttime, but the sun won't set in Xus National Park! Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar go to Spirit Park to discover why, and learn an important lesson about what it really means to be a hero"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Books for Young Readers 2023

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McFadden, Johnjoe

Summary: "Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham's razor changed our world by showing simpler answers to be preferable and more often true. In Life Is Simple, scientist Johnjoe McFadden traces centuries of discoveries, taking us from a geocentric cosmos to quantummechanics and DNA, arguing that simplicity has revealed profound answers to the greatest mysteries. This is no coincidence. From the laws that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Maxwell, Zerlina

Summary: "In the entire history of the United States of America, we've never elected a woman as our president. And we've only had one president who was not a white man. After working on two presidential campaigns (for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton), MSNBC political analyst and SiriusXM host Zerlina Maxwell gained first-hand knowledge of everything liberals have been doing right over the past few...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020

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Perrine, Stephen.

Summary: Presents a program that works with a reader's body to build lean muscle and burn stubborn belly fat -- in just 27 days! This title includes: the women's health fast-track tone up plan; a guide to the female body in your 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond; and, the 250 best foods for women.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2012

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Monson, Ander

Summary: Readers of physical books leave traces: marginalia, slips of paper, fingerprints, highlighting, inscriptions. All books have histories, and libraries are not just collections of books and databases but a medium of long-distance communication with other writers and readers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2015

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Ohlson, Kristin

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Publisher / Publication Date: Theia 2003

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Johanson, Paula.

Summary: This book describes how processed foods get to the point that they are no longer healthy, natural food and how foods that are deep-fried put extra calories into human bodies that become obese and have health problems.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2011

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