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Change Your Mind, Change Your Health: 7 Ways to Harness the Power of Your Brain to Achieve True Well-Being
by Anne Marie Ludovici&“Easy to relate to and fun to read, with sensible advice that doesn&’t require anything but a desire to be healthy.&”—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® True wellness is about more than just health—it&’s about living a fulfilling, well-rounded life. It&’s about becoming and being our best selves. Yet from health to jobs to finances, it&’s no secret that people today face a number of seemingly insurmountable barriers to achieving a secure, self-affirming sense of personal well-being. They&’ve tried fad-this and celebrity-that because they want to change, but nothing really works or lasts. Without knowing how to achieve meaningful and sustainable personal change, many of us lack the independence and empowerment to make it happen. Filled with personal, engaging stories, Change Your Mind, Change Your Health reveals proven techniques used by behavioral experts, researchers, health coaches, and psychology professionals to inspire and empower people to embrace the enriching power of change. Change isn&’t an outcome, it&’s a process—a journey of personal independence, self-discovery, and transformation leading to a new, healthier you. Change Your Mind, Change Your Health leads you step-by-step down the path to conquer your challenges and harness and channel your inner power to transform your life for good. Just as the caterpillar becomes a butterfly, the power of change can unlock your hidden beauty and potential to soar. &“You are in the hands of one of my favorite friends and colleagues in the wellness field.&”—James O. Prochaska, PhD, coauthor of Changing for Good &“An excellent resource for anyone seeking permanent health behavior change.&”—Kathleen Cullinen, PhD, RD, executive committee for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Wall Street Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Twist Phelan Stephen Rhodes Tim BroderickThis anthology explores the dark side of finance from Manhattan to Bangkok and Tel Aviv, featuring new stories by Jim Fusilli, Lauren Sanders and more. Wall Street often looks like a gleaming world of high-end professionalism where decisions to buy or sell are guided by expertise, formulas and dispassionate strategy. And sure, that&’s one version of Wall Street. Let&’s call it the CNBC edition. But this book is about another place, just beneath that shiny surface: a place where fear and greed have always held sway. Think WorldCom or Tyco; think Enron. Think Gordon Gekko. Wall Street Noir illuminates a place whose boundaries have spread well beyond Trinity Church and the East River. In today&’s global economy, Wall Street is everywhere: a borderless, virtual city encompassing Midtown Manhattan, Main Street, U.S.A., the maquilas of Honduras, the office towers of Shanghai, and the brothels of Bangkok. It&’s a shadowy metropolis, as the stories in this exciting collection reveal, and one that&’s far more Jim Thompson than Warren Buffet. Wall Street Noir includes brand-new stories by John Burdett, Henry Blodget, Peter Blauner, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Stephen Rhodes, Twist Phelan, Tim Broderick, Jim Fusilli, David Noonan, Richard Aleas, Lawrence Light, James Hime, Mark Haskell Smith, Peter Spiegelman, and Lauren Sanders.
Frostbite (The Modern Knights Novels #1)
by Joshua BaderA down on his luck wizard-for-hire must save his new boss from a deadly ice demon in this urban fantasy novel for fans of Jim Butcher and Benedict Jacka. Colin Fisher is a young man with a lot of problems on his plate: a dying father, a dead car doubling as a home, and a mysteriously disappeared fiancée. You&’d think with a magical inclination he&’d be able to turn it all around, but not so much. Yet his bad luck appears to be on the way out when the CEO of a multinational corporation offers him a job. It&’s a sweet gig as a personal wizard with a fat paycheck. It just has one catch. The paranoid CEO isn&’t a mere hypochondriac, he&’s been hexed with an authentic ancient curse. Now Colin is the only thing standing between his new boss and a frozen bundle of fangs, claws, and rage. If he can&’t stop the cannibal ice demon in time to save his new boss, it&’ll be back to living out of his dead car. That is, if he even survives the battle.&“Well-researched and creatively presented humor and action perfectly blend with moral quandaries in this outstanding debut.&”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Cabin Cooking: Rustic Cast Iron and Dutch Oven Recipes (Log Cabin Grub Cookbooks Ser. #Vol. 6)
by Colleen SloanFrom the &“First Lady of Cast Iron Cooking,&” 150 rustic recipes you can whip up inside in your oven or outdoors over a campfire. Grab your skillet and fire up the coals! Next time you need to feed hungry campers, give some of this classic cabin cuisine a try. Cream Soda Biscuits, Hootenanny Pancakes, Calico Beans, You Wish It Were Chicken Legs, and Cowgirl Apple-Pie Cake are just a sampling of the lip-smacking cast-iron and Dutch oven dishes you&’ll enjoy. Inside you&’ll also find tips on properly stoking your campfire and maintaining your skillet or Dutch oven, and each recipe features icons detailing the cooking methods you can use to prepare the dish.
Sustainable Wellness: An Integrative Approach to Transform Your Mind, Body, and Spirit
by Matt Mumber Heather Reed&“Describes a larger medicine . . . rooted in the natural world and our own internal resources. This is the next step in the evolution of health care.&”—Dr. Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestselling author For nearly a decade, award-winning radiation oncologist Dr. Matt Mumber and yoga instructor Heather Reed have led retreats for people facing health challenges of all kinds. Through their eight-week Sustainable Wellness program, participants have found that using simple tools consistently creates remarkable health benefits. Whether you&’re looking for improved physical health, better ways to manage stress, or just a greater sense of inner peace and wellness, Sustainable Wellness offers a simple but powerfully effective plan for transformation. You will learn how to: Empower yourself to reclaim your health and play a more active role in shaping it.Become aware of the daily choices that affect your health and how you can transform them in a positive way.Let go of destructive habits and embrace new ones that enhance wellness. Sustainable Wellness combines modern scientific research with ancient methods that benefit the individual on all levels. The authors share tested techniques, personal stories of triumph, and daily exercises that will guide you on the path to sustainable wellness. &“Offers a refreshingly mature and practical synthesis of wisdom from the field of integrative healthcare . . . proven pathways to living with greater mindfulness and satisfaction.&”—William Collinge, PhD, author of Partners in Healing &“A powerful, inspiring approach to creating sustainable body/mind/spirit health and wellbeing.&”—Jeremy Geffen, MD, FACP, author of The Journey Through Cancer
"It's the Pictures That Got Small": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age (Film and Culture Series)
by Charles Brackett&“Brackett&’s diaries read like a funnier, better-paced version of Barton Fink.&” —Newsweek Screenwriter Charles Brackett is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as &“the happiest couple in Hollywood,&” collaborating on such classics as The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard. He was also a perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry, and in this annotated collection of writings from dozens of Brackett&’s unpublished diaries, film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder&’s films and enriches our knowledge of Wilder&’s achievements in writing, direction, and style. Brackett&’s diaries re-create the initial meetings of the talent responsible for Ninotchka, Hold Back the Dawn, Ball of Fire, The Major and the Minor, Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Boulevard, recounting the breakthroughs and the breakdowns that ultimately forced these collaborators to part ways. In addition to a portrait of Wilder, this is rare view of a producer who was a president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Writers Guild, a New Yorker drama critic, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. With insight into the dealings of Paramount, Universal, MGM, and RKO, and legendary figures such as Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edna Ferber, and Dorothy Parker, this book reveals the political and creative intrigue at the heart of Hollywood&’s most significant films. &“A fascinating look at Hollywood in its classic period, and a unique and indispensable must-have for any movie buff.&” —Chicago Tribune &“This feels as close as we can get to being in the presence of Wilder&’s genius, and he emerges as the cruelest as well as the wittiest of men.&” —The Guardian &“Not only rare insight into their often-stormy partnership but also an insider&’s view of Hollywood during that era.&” —Los Angeles Times &“Very entertaining.&” —Library Journal
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir #2)
by O. Henry Edith Wharton Stephen CraneThis anthology spans more than a century of noir fiction set in the heart of the Big Apple—&“17 sure winners&” from Edith Wharton, Donald Westlake, and more (Publishers Weekly, starred review).The island of Manhattan has been a breeding ground of crime, longing, and discontent since its earliest days as a city—and a natural setting for noir fiction since the genre was invented. And from Harlem to Greenwich Village to Wall Street, it has also been home to many a great writer. After the success of the first Manhattan Noir, dedicated to all-new stories, Lawrence Block combed through the borough&’s long literary history to deliver this stellar collection of classics, even stretching the bounds of noir to include poems by Edgar Allen Poe and others. Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics features entries by Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Damon Runyon, Evan Hunter, Jerrold Mundis, Edgar Allan Poe, Horace Gregory, Geoffrey Bartholomew, Cornell Woolrich, Barry N. Malzberg, Clark Howard, Jerome Charyn, Donald E. Westlake, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, and Susan Isaacs.
Prague Noir (Akashic Noir #0)
by Martin Goffa Štepán KoprivaThis &“varied and polished&” anthology of original noir fiction introduces a new wave of Czech authors to English-speaking audiences (Publishers Weekly).It can be difficult to imagine noir fiction emerging in a city like Prague, where the profession of private detective didn&’t even exist prior to 1990. Before the Velvet Revolution, the only serious criminal organization was the secret police. Yet, with its complex and often tragic history, the home of Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera offers a uniquely rich setting for stories of menace, danger, and secrecy; tales of individuals driven to break the law in the face of a desperate situation. In this &“superior entry in Akashic&’s noir series,&” fourteen contemporary Czech authors introduce themselves—and their world—to an international audience (Publishers Weekly).Prague Noir includes brand-new stories by Martin Goffa, Štěpán Kopřiva, Miloš Urban, Jiří W. Procházka, Chaim Cigan, Ondřej Neff, Petr Stančík, Kateřina Tučková, Markéta Pilátová, Michal Sýkora, Michaela Klevisová, Petra Soukupová, Irena Hejdová, and Petr Šabach.
101 Things To Do With Chocolate (101 Things To Do With)
by Stephanie AshcraftChocolate lovers rejoice! A melting pot of recipes—from candies to dessert pizzas—by the bestselling author of101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix. Satisfy all of your chocolate cravings in 101 different ways with the newest addition to the 101 series, 101 Things to Do with Chocolate. Try easy recipes such as Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Bars, Decadent Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Mint Layer Brownies, and Chocolate Pudding-Filled Donuts to give you that needed fix. With sections such as Dessert Pizzas and Ice Cream Cakes, you&’ll find new and delicious ways to enjoy chocolate in addition to all the old favorites. Taste-tempting recipes include: Fun-Topped Fudge, No-Bake Chocolate Drops, Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pink Peppermint Frosted Brownies, Chocolate Fall Harvest Bars, Banana Chocolate Chip Cake, Grasshopper Ice Cream Sandwiches, Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake, Hot Chocolate, Cookies-and-Cream Milkshake, Cream Puff Squares, and more.
Difficult Loves (Picador Bks.)
by Italo CalvinoThe author of Invisible Cities explores love and war &“with enormous realist dignity&” in this collection of &“wondrous work from [his] early career&” (Kirkus, starred review). In this short story collection, one of Italy&’s greatest storytellers explores the interior lives of characters just as their most cherished illusions of love are suddenly swept away. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady&’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach by the loss of her bikini bottom. Confronted with a jarring moment of recognition, each of these characters discovers hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life. This is the first edition in English to present these fifteen short stories together as Calvino originally envisioned them. It also includes two stories newly translated by Ann Goldstein.
Kansas City Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Kevin Prufer J. Malcolm Garcia Grace SuhDark and gritty tales set in the &“Paris of the Plains,&” including Nancy Pickard&’s &“Lightbulb&”—selected for The Best American Mystery Stories 2013. Akashic Books&’ groundbreaking, globetrotting noir anthology series sets all-new stories in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective metropolitan area. Now &“Kansas City, famous for its jazz, its barbecue, and its shady history, provides the venue for this solid addition&” (Publishers Weekly). This collection includes brand-new stories from J. Malcolm Garcia, Grace Suh, Daniel Woodrell, Kevin Prufer, Matthew Eck, Philip Stephens, Catherine Browder, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard, Linda Rodriguez, Andrés Rodríguez, Mitch Brian, Nadia Pflaum, and Phong Nguyen. &“Hard-used heroes and heroines seem to live a lifetime in the stories . . . Each one seems almost novelistic in scope. Half novels-in-waiting, half journalistic anecdotes that are equally likely to appeal to Kansas City boosters and strangers.&”—Kirkus Reviews &“Travel has many unexpected benefits, so even if you&’ve never had a reason to visit the city itself, you&’ll find Kansas City Noir surprisingly well worth the price of the ticket.&”—Bookgasm &“Picture steam rising from a sewer grate on a rain-slicked street. The sound of footsteps comes closer and closer behind you as you walk down a dark, downtown Kansas City alley. If this scenario entices you, then you just might enjoy Kansas City Noir.&”—Kansas City Public Television
Mexico City Noir (Akashic Noir)
by Eduardo Antonio Parra Bernardo FernándezLatin American noir at its finest. &“[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City.&”—MostlyFiction Book Reviews Akashic Books&’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, &“Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, corruption, violence and self-delusion . . . This collection is such a varied literary feast. Fans of Jorge Luis Borges will find surprises galore in the story &‘Violeta Isn&’t Here Anymore.&’ The noir-ish maze that Myriam Laurini constructs with her flair for the shifting realities of &‘magical realism&’ is dazzling enough, and then up pops Borges . . . &“Peel back one layer and find something totally unexpected, these tales tell us again and again. As Eduardo Monteverde writes, &‘the heart of Mexico City is made of mud and green rocks, and the God of Rain continues to cry over the whole country.&’ And standing on that ground, the 12 writers here find inspiration to die for&” (Shelf Awareness). This anthology includes brand-new stories by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonio Parra, Bernardo Fernández Bef, Óscar de la Borbolla, Rolo Díez, Victor Luiz González, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hernández Luna, Myriam Laurini, Eduardo Monteverde, and Julia Rodríguez.
Seeing
by José SaramagoA strange protest triggers a descent into paranoia and chaos in this &“illuminating parable&”—a sequel to the Nobel Prize-winning author&’s Blindness (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian, UK).On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o&’clock, the rain finally stops. Voters promptly rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank.In response to this mass act of rebellion, a state of emergency is declared. But are the authorities acting blindly? The word evokes terrible memories of the plague of blindness that hit the city four years before, and of the one woman who kept her sight. Perhaps she is the one behind the blank ballots. A police superintendent is put on the case. What begins as a satire on governments and the dubious efficacy of the democratic system turns into something far more sinister. As the story unfolds, &“the humor is still tender but the tone darkens, tension rises&” (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian, UK).
Lingua Franca
by William ThackerA marketer learns the limitations of language in this &“hilarious&” and thought-provoking satire (Flux Magazine). Miles Platting is pulled from the ruins of a shipwreck into a hospital in which no one will speak to him. The founder of Lingua Franca—a naming rights agency committed to renaming every UK town after a corporate sponsor—Miles is desperate to recount the story of his quest for linguistic supremacy to anyone who&’ll listen. Confined to his bed in a deathly quiet ward, Miles seeks to find his colleagues and reunite with his true love. But in doing so, he must confront his most deeply held convictions and consider the question of what&’s in a name in a world where the spoken word has been replaced with silence.
Teach Her
by Mark KottingWhen an everyman&’s life unravels, the mundane spins out into a bizarre tale of regret and revenge in this &“glimpse into lives we rarely get to read about&” (Sean Lock).Local barber Jim January has what appears to be a stable life, even if it is a bit dull. But that&’s about to change—and his wife Shirley leaving him is only the beginning. In the topsy-turvy world of Mark Kotting&’s Teach Her, a teacher is in for the chop; an ex-pupil with psychotic tendencies wants answers; and a one-legged soldier home from war has revenge in his heart.Tension is rising as this unique cast of characters struggle to live side-by-side in a small town.This odd and unnerving tale will leave you questioning the influence of teachers and the value of a fake leg.
All I Ever Wanted (The Summer Love Novels #1)
by Katrina MillsIn this romantic comedy, the reunion between a teacher and her army veteran ex-love might make for the hottest summer this small town has ever seen. Eat a stick of butter or return to her hometown? School teacher Kinsley Bailey would rather risk the caloric overload. Staunton, Virginia, is laced in bad memories of a mentally ill mother, an estranged father, and the first boy who broke her heart. Yet the news of her father&’s death has forced her return to the nightmare. Now in the heat of summer, Kinsley&’s left unraveling the mysteries surrounding a house, an antique gun collection, a flabby basset hound, and a safety deposit box that no one in the family wants to discuss. After a series of tough breaks, army soldier Bastian Harris desires the serenity of small town life in Staunton. Even with women signing up for his shooting courses and emphasizing their desires for a different kind of target practice, he keeps his nose down and his gun in his holster. Yet when a certain auburn-haired blast from the past comes blazing into his shop to sell her late father&’s antique gun collection, he might have to reconsider the tranquil life and take up arms for the one woman he could never forget.
The 25-Year War: America's Military Role in Vietnam
by Bruce Palmer Jr.An American army general presents an insider's history of the Vietnam War with &“a tough, dispassionate, common-sense analysis&” of what went wrong (Baltimore Sun). On April 30, 1975, Saigon and the government of South Vietnam fell to the communist regime of North Vietnam, ending twenty-five years of struggle for American military forces. This is the story of what went wrong there militarily, and why. General Bruce Palmer experienced the Vietnam War in the field and in the highest command echelons. America's most serious error, he believes, was committing its armed forces to a war in which neither political nor military goals were ever fully articulated by our civilian leaders. Our armed forces, lacking clear objectives, failed to develop an appropriate strategy, instead relinquishing the offensive to Hanoi. Yet an achievable strategy could have been devised, Palmer believes. Moreover, our South Vietnamese allies could have been bolstered by appropriate aid but were instead overwhelmed by the massive American military presence. Compounding these errors were the flawed civilian and military chains of command. The result was defeat for America and disaster for South Vietnam. &“Perhaps the best single account of the Vietnam War by a military man.&” —Baltimore Sun
Cain: A Novel
by José SaramagoA &“winkingly blasphemous retelling of the Old Testament&” by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gospel According the Jesus Christ (The New Yorker). In José Saramago final novel, he daringly reimagines the characters and narratives of the Old Testament. Placing the despised murderer Cain in the role of protagonist, this epic tale ranges from the Garden of Eden, when God realizes he has forgotten to give Adam and Eve the gift of speech, to the moment when Noah&’s Ark lands on the dry peak of Ararat.Condemned to wander forever after he kills his brother Abel, Cain makes his way through the world in the company of a personable donkey. He is a witness to and participant in the stories of Isaac and Abraham, the destruction of the Tower of Babel, Moses and the golden calf, and the trials of Job. Again and again, Cain encounters a God whose actions seem callous, cruel, and unjust. He confronts Him, he argues with Him. &“And one thing we know for certain,&” Saramago writes, &“is that they continued to argue and are arguing still.&”"Cain's vagabond journey builds to a stunning climax that, like the book itself, is a fitting capstone to a remarkable career."—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewThis ebook includes a sample chapter of Jose Saramago&’s Blindness.
Cross My Path (The Blackie and Care Cat Mysteries #3)
by Clea SimonAn old enemy from the past spells trouble for a young PI and her enigmatic cat in this dystopian noir mystery from the author of The Ninth Life. Care&’s reputation as a private investigator is growing, and clients are starting to beat a path to her door. An elderly woman seeks her help in finding out what happened to her missing brother. Blackie senses that he has met this woman before, some time before he became a cat. But who is she—and what is their connection? At the same time, a dockworker asks Care to find a colleague who has gone missing. But how does a poor laborer have the funds to pay for Care&’s investigative services? As Blackie and Care delve further into each case, it becomes clear that neither client has been telling the whole truth. Then a body is discovered at the waterfront, and the investigation takes a disturbing new twist…&“Cat-loving fans of grim postapocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon's third Blackie and Care mystery.&”—Publishers Weekly
Life Mask: A Novel
by Emma DonoghuePrivilege has a price for three high-society Londoners in this eighteenth-century historical novel by the author of Room and The Pull of the Stars. In a time of looming war, of glittering spectacle and financial disasters, the wealthy liberals of the Whig Party work to topple a tyrannical prime minister and a lunatic king. Marriages and friendships stretch or break; political liaisons prove as dangerous as erotic ones; and everyone wears a mask. Will Eliza Farren, England's leading comedic actress, gain entry to that elite circle that calls itself the World? Can Lord Derby, the inventor of the horse race that bears his name, endure public mockery of his long, unconsummated courtship of the actress? Will Anne Damer, a sculptor and rumored Sapphist, be the cause of Eliza's fall from grace? Let the games begin . . .&“Mesmerizing. With the French Revolution raging in the background, Donoghue has lighted on another terrific story, and she pulls off a dazzling feat of choreography.&” —Julia Livshin, The Washington Post Book World&“Few will be able to put it down before its enthralling tales end.&” —Chicago Tribune
Virginia at War, 1865 (Virginia at War #Vawr)
by William C. Davis And James I. Robertson Jr.The final volume in this comprehensive history of Confederate Virginia examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion. By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert at higher rates than at any other time in the war, returning home to provide their families with whatever assistance they could muster. It was a dark year for Virginia.Virginia at War, 1865 presents a striking depiction of a state ravaged by violence and destruction. In the final volume of the Virginia at War series, editors William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. have once again assembled an impressive collection of essays covering topics that include land operations, women and families, wartime economy, music and entertainment, the demobilization of Lee's army, and the war's aftermath. The volume ends with the final installment of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's popular and important Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War.
101 Things To Do With a Sheet Pan (101 Things To Do With)
by Madge BairdPare down your kitchen prep and clean-up with mix-and-match recipes for easy one-pan meals—from the author of 101 Things to Do with Rotisserie Chicken.Baking sheets aren&’t just for cookies! Enjoy the ease of serving up tasty meals by cooking your main dishes and sides together in the oven on a sheet pan, without having to dirty a bunch of pots or stand over a hot stove. Just prep your ingredients, arrange them on the pan, and pop into the oven. From appetizers to main dishes, side dishes, snacks, and of course desserts, 101 Things to Do with a Sheet Pan is chock-full of easy-to-make recipes for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike, such as Ciao Italian Stuffed Mushrooms, English Muffin Breakfast Pizzas, Mexicali Corn, Cheesy Summer Squash, Turkey Meatloaf with Pomegranate Glaze and Roasted Red Grapes, Chinese Sticky Ribs with Pork Dumplings, Blackberry-Apple Crisp, and Chewy Almond Brownies. Simple never sounded so good!
D.C. Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
by Jim Patton Kenji Jasper Richard CurreySixteen stories of capital crimes and misdemeanors—the basis for the film directed by George Pelecanos, producer and writer of The Wire. Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories detailing the seedy underside of the nation&’s capital. This is not an anthology of ill-conceived and inauthentic political thrillers. Instead, in D.C. Noir, pimps, whores, gangsters, and con-men run rampant in zones of this city that most never hear about. This anthology includes brand new stories by George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Jabari Asim, Ruben Castaneda, James Patton, Norman Kelley, Jennifer Howard, Richard Currey, Lester Irby, and others. &“[Grady&’s] &‘The Bottom Line&’ is a tour de force of narrative bravado. A story of double-dealing on Capitol Hill, it crams enough plot to power a full-length novel into a mere 30 pages. From its opening sentence—&‘The Capitol building glowed in the night like a white icing cake&’—to the surprises at its finish line, this is a story that never stops barreling along.&”—The Washington Post &“Pelecanos . . . delivers a wholly satisfying volume. From his own &‘Confidential Informant,&’ to James Grady&’s &‘The Bottom Line,&’ Pelecanos shows us how both trash-strewn alleys and oak-paneled offices can trap their occupants with dreams, compromise, and heartbreak.&”—Booklist &“Well written . . . Highlights include Pelecanos&’s &‘The Confidential Informant&’ and Laura Lippman&’s &‘A.R.M. and the Woman.&’&”—Publishers Weekly
No Second Chances: A Voodoo Mystery Set In New Orleans (The Quentin Archer Mysteries #3)
by Don BrunsA New Orleans detective&’s investigation of a fellow cop&’s murder reveals surprises in this mystery from the USA Today–bestselling author of Thrill Kill.One of Quentin Archer&’s fellow officers has been shot dead in broad daylight, in his own squad car. A random cop killing…or something more sinister? With no leads to go on, Archer turns to voodoo queen Solange Cordray for help. But is he prepared to take her advice? As Archer uncovers some surprising facts about the dead man&’s past, there is another murder. With the simmering racial tensions in the city threatening to escalate into outright violence, Archer begins to suspect there&’s far more to Officer Leroy&’s killing than he&’d first supposed. Could it be part of a carefully orchestrated plan of revenge…?&“Even if there seems no room left for the unexpected, Bruns still has one last surprise up his sleeve.&”—Kirkus Reviews&“Richly nuanced…Bruns clearly loves New Orleans and pithily inserts details of the city&’s complex history and culture.&”—Publishers Weekly
Li'l Pumpkin Cookies
by Julia M. UsherCelebrate fall or Halloween—or give yourself a treat any time of year—with these delicious pumpkin spice cookies from the author of Cookie Swap. Embellished with orange glaze, cinnamon stick "stems," and green sugar "vines," these pumpkins appear to be freshly plucked from the patch! With expert advice and step-by-step instructions from celebrated cookie queen Julia M. Usher, you'll be able to add these gourmet ghouls to your next Halloween party or use them in a pumpkin-themed garden scene for a centerpiece.