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The End of Men? (Re: CONSIDERING)

by Simon Smart

Re:CONSIDERING invites you to look at what’s familiar from an unfamiliar angle. To consider how we consider things – and how to do it better.What makes a good man?In this grounded, forthright and hopeful book, Simon Smart reconsiders the modern male dilemma.Models of masculinity may be less constricting than they used to be – but boys and men are confused about what’s expected of them, and it shows. In education, in mental health, in relationships, they’re struggling. And we’re all struggling to have a constructive conversation about the challenges they face.Drawing on his own experiences of schooling and fatherhood, the best contemporary research, interviews with those on the front lines of a growing crisis, as well as ancient wisdom, Simon Smart asks the question: how can we help boys become their best selves, and a gift to those around them?

Abide

by Katherine Thompson

Just as grapes cannot grow without the grapevine, neither can we flourish and grow without God. He is the vine and we are his branches. Jesus often used everyday images and metaphors, including that of the grapevine, to help us understand more about God and the nature of our relationship with him. We are invited to abide (remain) in God. Of utmost importance in this process is learning how to listen deeply to what God is speaking into our hearts, through all of our senses. In the quietness that follows, our spirit is able to hear what God’s Spirit is saying to us. The exercises in 'Abide' are designed to help you to take time out of your busy life – to stop and deeply listen to God. Take some time out now, and learn how to abide in the presence of God.

Big Fat Cookies

by Elinor Klivans

Bigger is better in the cookbook that “opens up a whole universe of giants, including chocolate chip whoppers and king-sized raisin pillows” (The Boston Globe).Nobody’s ever made baking history with a scrawny cookie. No matter what the occasion, nothing beats the big, fat, homemade kind. With this deliciously fun cookbook and a few simple ingredients, anyone can whip up a quick batch of one of fifty different gigantic crispy, chewy, or fancy-pants sandwich cookies. From classic Super Chocolate Chip to colossal Mocha Mud Mountains, Jumbo Coconut Macaroons to Lemon Whoopie Pies, this is total cookie satisfaction. Introductory material includes tips on buying the best ingredients, techniques such as mixing and forming the perfect round, baking ahead and storing, and for those who actually like to share their cookies, how to pack them up safely so they won’t break on the way to the party. So, get that sweet tooth ready and bite into a Big Fat Cookie.“Cookies don’t always get much credit for being desserts, partly because of their small size. Klivans’s creations, however, give cookies the size they need to hold their own at the end of a meal (or anytime) . . . Even those who spend very little time in the kitchen will be inspired to break out their baking sheets after thumbing through this enticing book.” —Publishers Weekly“A former pastry chef and author of several baking books, Klivans draws heavily on the classics—chocolate chip, oatmeal, shortbread, gingerbread—but she always manages to interject an unusual twist . . . a book that any cookie-loving reader will want to use over and over again.” —East Bay Times

Normal Is Just a Setting on the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real Real World

by Adair Lara

When the self-help books just aren’t helping, it’s time to call in the experts: real people . . . San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers for life lessons learned through experience, receiving thousands of heartfelt and irreverent responses. The best are compiled here in more than two hundred bits of priceless counsel, accompanied by witty, whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Roxanna Bikadoroff. This handy little volume is filled with humor, unconventional insights, and the kind of common wisdom that will always bear repeating.

Dads Are the Original Hipsters

by Brad Getty

From the beloved blog comes this hilarious vintage photo collection of the OG hipsters, real dads in their glory days looking cooler than you’ll ever be.He listened to vinyl before you did. He drank whiskey before you did. He had a mustache before you did. Admit it: your dad was a hipster before you were! Based on the blog phenomenon of the same name, this book celebrates dads as the original hipsters. Vintage photos of real dads back in the day—in their short shorts and tight tees playing arcade games—accompany snarky captions that at once tip a cap to Dad’s glory days and poke fun at modern hipsters. Featuring tons of never-before-seen content, this book is perfect for dads, hipsters, and those who love to tease them!

More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas (Blacks in the Diaspora)

by David Barry Gaspar and Darlene Clark Hine

Essays exploring Black women’s experiences with slavery in the Americas.Gender was a decisive force in shaping slave society. Slave men’s experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited both in reproductive as well as productive capacities. The women did not figure prominently in revolts, because they engaged in less confrontational resistance, emphasizing creative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.The contributors are Hilary Beckles, Barbara Bush, Cheryl Ann Cody, David Barry Gaspar, David P. Geggus, Virginia Meacham Gould, Mary Karasch, Wilma King, Bernard Moitt, Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe, Robert A. Olwell, Claire Robertson, Robert W. Slenes, Susan M. Socolow, Richard H. Steckel, and Brenda E. Stevenson.“A much-needed volume on a neglected topic of great interest to scholars of women, slavery, and African American history. Its broad comparative framework makes it all the more important, for it offers the basis for evaluating similarities and contrasts in the role of gender in different slave societies. . . . [This] will be required reading for students all of the American South, women’s history, and African American studies.” —Drew Gilpin Faust, Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

Good Food, Great Business: How to Take Your Artisan Food Idea from Concept to Marketplace

by Susie Wyshak

Business wisdom from more than seventy-five food industry experts, specialty food buyers, and entrepreneurs to help you start and run a small culinary concern. For those ready to follow their foodie dreams (or at least start thinking about it) Good Food, Great Business is the place to get organized and decide whether creating a specialty food business is really possible. Whether the goal is selling a single product online or developing a line of gourmet foods to be sold in grocery chains, this working handbook helps readers become food entrepreneurs—from concept to production to sales to marketing. Using real life examples from more than seventy-five individuals and businesses that have already joined the ranks of successful enterprises, the book walks readers through the good, the bad, and the ugly of starting a food business.In these pages, you’ll learn . . . Personal habits and business fundamentals that will help you in every walk of lifeHow to choose the business idea or ideas that best fit you and your personalityHow to determine the viability of those ideasConcrete steps you need to take to make your business a reality

The Ahmadiyya in the Gold Coast: Muslim Cosmopolitans in the British Empire

by John H. Hanson

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a global movement with more than half a million Ghanaian members, runs an extensive network of English-language schools and medical facilities in Ghana today. Founded in South Asia in 1889, the Ahmadiyya arrived in Ghana when a small coastal community invited an Ahmadiyya missionary to visit in 1921. Why did this invitation arise and how did the Ahmadiyya become such a vibrant religious community? John H. Hanson places the early history of the Ahmadiyya into the religious and cultural transformations of the British Gold Coast (colonial Ghana). Beginning with accounts of the visions of the African Methodist Binyameen Sam, Hanson reveals how Sam established a Muslim community in a coastal context dominated by indigenous expressions and Christian missions. Hanson also illuminates the Islamic networks that connected this small Muslim community through London to British India. African Ahmadi Muslims, working with a few South Asian Ahmadiyya missionaries, spread the Ahmadiyya's theological message and educational ethos with zeal and effectiveness. This is a global story of religious engagement, modernity, and cultural transformations arising at the dawn of independence.

Ultimate Book of Adventure: Life-Changing Excursions and Experiences Around the World

by Scott McNeely

Break out of your comfort zone and find a new adventure in this guide to some of the world’s most amazing experiences.From tracking gorillas in Uganda to cliff diving in Brazil, surfing a volcano in Nicaragua, or starting a tomato fight in Spain, this action-packed guide is bursting with inspiring ideas for trying the unfamiliar, taking risks, or pursuing a new experience. Containing in-depth descriptions and logistical information for each activity, this handbook also features survival skill tips and an adventure kickstart guide. Ranging from death-defying stunts to easy and safe family vacations, Ultimate Book of Adventure has an escapade for everyone and welcomes travel junkies and armchair travelers along for the ride.

Build This Bong: Instructions and Diagrams for 40 Bongs, Pipes, and Hookahs

by Randy Stratton

Construct your own smoking devices—from simple to elaborate—with easily obtained materials. Includes bonus instructions for making your own vaporizer! The first book ever to feature detailed directions for bongs, pipes, hookahs, and more, Build This Bong brings both the classics and entirely original showstoppers to the home workshop. Projects of all sorts—from a standard gravity bong to a rubber ducky hookah and a state-of-the art vaporizer—come to life with Popular Mechanics-inspired illustrations and simple instructions. No fancy materials necessary: handyman Randy Stratton shows how to construct everything from common household goods. Build This Bong’s forty inventive projects—made from melons, coconuts, snow-globes, teapots, and more—are sure to be a big, mind-blowing hit.

Everything Tastes Better with Garlic: Positively Irresistible Recipes

by Sara Perry

Explore the power of garlic in every course with this zesty collection of recipes from the author of Everything Tastes Better with Bacon.The marvelous aroma and mouthwatering flavors of garlic are waiting to be discovered. Author Sara Perry’s rendition of treasured favorites like Caesar salad, chicken with forty cloves (and counting), old-fashioned garlic bread, and mesmerizing mashed potatoes are all here, along with sassy newcomers such as Grilled T-Bone Steaks with Garlic Bourbon Barbecue Sauce, Garlic Risotto with Baby Peas and Truffle Oil, Six Cloves Mac and Cheese, Coney Island Hot Dogs with Damn-Good Garlic Sauce, and quick-as-you-please Crispy Garlic Potato Chips.In addition to the delicious, you’ll also find handy lists featuring all things garlic, including books and informative websites, garlic farms and garden sources, and a year-round calendar of garlic festivals to help you explore garlic in its many guises.No matter how you chop, mince, grate, press, sauté, roast, or cook it, everything tastes better with garlic.“This is a charming volume from which to pick and choose.” —Publishers Weekly

Chocolate Chip Cookies: Dozens of Recipes for Reinterpreted Favorites

by Robyn Lenzi Carey Jones

The beloved go-to dessert gets an update forty different ways—from savory sweet Duck Fat and Maple-Bacon versions to the grown-up Boozy Bourbon.The deliciously adaptable chocolate chip cookie stars in this charming book of more than forty recipes. These formulas yield the perfect cookie for every taste, every time, whether the baker’s druthers are crispy or soft, vegan or gluten-free, or salty or nutty cookies. A baker can never have too many good recipes for a perennial favorite, and Chocolate Chip Cookies riffs on the classics with contemporary flavor profiles such as coconut-sesame and olive oil.“Forty different ways to enjoy my favorite cookie? Game on . . . More than anything else, this book is just good, clean (sweet!) fun. Jones and Lenzi aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel here—they’re just showing us how much more bling we can add. If you’re also open to venturing beyond your One True Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, then I think you’ll have a grand ol’ time baking your way through this book. After all, the more excuses to eat chocolate chip cookies the better, right?!” —Kitchn“For the most glamorous chocolate chip cookies ever, whip up a plate or two (or three! Or four!) of olive oil and sea salt cookies from Chefs Carey Jones and Robyn Lenzi.” —InStyle

Alcatraz: History and Design of a Landmark

by Ira Nadel Donald MacDonald

This illustrated volume by the authors of Golden Gate Bridge explores the history and design of San Francisco’s infamous island prison.Award-winning architect Donald MacDonald and acclaimed author Ira Nadel present the first complete history of Alcatraz told through its architecture. In friendly illustrations and accessible text, Alcatraz reveal the design decisions that have shaped the island from its first brick and masonry fortress to the infamous concrete cellblock, to the landscape design of its contemporary gardens and bird sanctuaries.Packed with intriguing facts throughout, this little treasure allows an unprecedented glimpse into the life of the island. It is an entertaining look at one of the nation’s most visited destinations.

Jewish Holiday Feasts

by Louise Fiszer Jeannette Ferrary

Make traditional dishes and desserts for Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, and more!Jewish Holiday Feasts serves up delectable, easy-to-prepare dishes for memorable holiday celebrations. Hanukkah treats of Potato Latkes, Golden Challah Bread for the Sabbath, Braised Apples and Red Cabbage with Wine perfect for Rosh Hashanah, irresistible Passover Biscotti, two Hamentashen variations to please both kids and adults on Purim, and for Succoth, sublime Baked Figs with Honeyed Yogurt are just some of the great recipes in this charming and timeless cookbook. The tastes and traditions of the Jewish holidays combine with fresh, healthy, seasonal ingredients in a popular collection of inspired favorites that friends and family will cherish throughout the year.

Chocolate Cakes: 50 Great Cakes for Every Occasion

by Elinor Klivans

“[A] drool-inducing, photo-heavy cookbook . . . [Klivans] guides even the least confident baker to a cocoa-dusted kitchen and full-on chocolate ecstasy.” —Publishers WeeklyThere are enough people out there obsessed with chocolate cake to warrant an official holiday: National Chocolate Cake Day, January 27. Beloved baker Elinor Klivans, author of the best-selling Cupcakes! and Cupcake Kit, has dedicated her new cookbook to the stuff of chocoholic fantasy: chocolate cake. There’s something for bakers of every skill level in the fifty recipes included here, from fast chocolate fixes like the Hot Chocolate Pudding Cake to more elaborate recipes like the Mocha Whipped Cream Truffle Cake. This book is certain to be celebrated by chocolate lovers everywhere. And how will they do that? With cake, of course!“A splendid book. Many of the recipes are easy, but even the ones that are somewhat complicated—the New Brooklyn Chocolate Blackout Cake, for instance—feature concise instructions written in plain language. And the photos and food-styling are stunning. All together, it’s a great package. True chocoholics won’t want to miss this one.” —January Magazine

Funny on Purpose: The Definitive Guide to an Unpredictable Career in Comedy

by Joe Randazzo

&“A guidebook to the world of professional humoring . . . Randazzo pulls off the rare trick of being funny while discussing comedy.&” —Michael Ian Black, The New York Times Book Review It takes guts to be a comedian, and it takes smarts to make a living off it. In this insider&’s guide, former Onion editor Joe Randazzo delivers a funny and insightful blueprint for those looking to turn their sense of humor into a vocation, and solicits advice and stories from the likes of Judd Apatow, Jack Handey, Weird Al Yankovic, Rob Delaney, Joan Rivers, Tim & Eric, Nick Kroll, Lisa Hanawalt, and more. Explaining how it works and how to break in, Joe provides tips and guidance, outlines successful career paths, and gives readers the knowledge and inspiration to launch a career in comedy with confidence. &“Covers an impressive range of comedy formats including standup, improv, sketch, TV, writing, directing, animation, and YouTube . . . includes tons of little details (reviews of websites that accept submissions, tips on how to create funny characters), any one of which might be the thing to jumpstart a comedian&’s success.&” —Publishers Weekly

Waste-Free Kitchen Handbook: A Guide to Eating Well and Saving Money By Wasting Less Food

by Dana Gunders

This &“slim but indispensable new guide&” offers &“practical tips and delicious recipes that will help reduce kitchen waste and save money&” (The Washington Post). Despite a growing awareness of food waste, many well-intentioned home cooks lack the tools to change their habits. This handbook—packed with engaging checklists, simple recipes, practical strategies, and educational infographics—is the ultimate tool for using more and wasting less in your kitchen. From a scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council come these everyday techniques that call for minimal adjustments of habit, from shopping, portioning, and using a refrigerator properly to simple preservation methods including freezing, pickling, and cellaring. At once a good read and a go-to reference, this handy guide is chock-full of helpful facts and tips, including twenty &“use-it-up&” recipes and a substantial directory of common foods.

Mastering the Grill: Reference to Go

by Andrew Schloss David Joachim

The authors of the New York Times–bestselling Mastering the Grill present a quick reference guide featuring fifty recipes plus loads of essential tips.In Mastering the Grill, Andrew Schloss and David Joachim—two acclaimed cookbook authors and veteran grill masters—created the definitive guide to the art and science of grilling. Now they have distilled the most essential knowledge, along with fifty of their best recipes, for this convenient reference ebook.

Dictionary of Word Origins (Barnes And Noble Digital Library)

by Joseph T Shipley

This extensive reference volume presents the etymological history of thousands of English words. The story of how words come to be is the story of how humans think, and how we fashion our civilizations. Words can be the product of long and intertwining histories, migrations from other languages, or new coinages of science or slang. This diversity of origins is part of what gives the English language its beauty and power. In Dictionary of Word Origins, etymologist Joseph T. Shipley provides a fascinating window into the evolution of modern English, from the onomatopoetic aspect of &“abash&” to the animalistic origins of &“zodiac.&”

Compliments of a Fiend (The Ed & Am Hunter Mysteries #4)

by Fredric Brown

A detective scours Chicago for his missing uncle in this classic mystery by &“a real pro—a natural storyteller&” (The New York Times Book Review). Young Ed Hunter and his uncle Ambrose, an ex-carnie, have been making their mark as private detectives in post-WWII Chicago, and one day their agency gets a call from someone seeking help. Apparently, the problem involves carnivals, so Ambrose steps in to put his expertise to work—and then disappears. To find his partner, Ed will have to pound the seedy streets of the city, get involved with a fortune teller, and delve into an old story about an &“Ambrose collector,&” in this smart, quirky entry in the Edgar Award–winning series.

One for the Road

by Fredric Brown

A small-town reporter must investigate a murder in a motel—before he becomes the story—in this mystery from an Edgar Award winner and &“real pro&” (The New York Times Book Review). Bob Spitzer is a young newspaperman in Arizona, and the owner of the local motel has just called. A woman named Amy Waggoner has been found naked and stabbed to death on the premises. As the reporter and the police chief survey the lurid scene, Spitzer reflects on the fact that he once showed a romantic interest in the victim—a fact that could put the spotlight of suspicion directly on himself. His only hope for taking the heat off is to put his investigative skills to work—not something he needs to do very often working for a weekly rag in a sleepy town—and locate the elusive murderer . . .

The Five-Day Nightmare

by Fredric Brown

The clock is ticking as a husband frantically tries to save his abducted wife in this fast-paced crime novel by &“a real pro&” (The New York Times Book Review). Twenty-five grand if he wants his wife back alive. That&’s the demand on the ransom note Lloyd Johnson found sitting in his typewriter. It has to be in unmarked bills—and it has to be delivered in five days. To make it worse, the kidnapper dropped the names of his previous victims—one who&’d made it back home to her husband, and one who hadn&’t. Armed with this information, Johnson hopes further investigation of those cases will improve his—and his wife&’s—chances. But the more he learns, the worse things look, and time is running out, in this twisting tale by the Edgar Award–winning author.

Farm Together Now

by Amy Franseschini Daniel Tuckey

The story of the sustainable farming movement, with numerous photos: “Inspirational, informational . . . a glimpse of what the future of food may well look like.” —TreehuggerWith interest in home gardening at an all-time high and concerns about food production and safety making headlines, Farm Together Now explores the current state of grassroots farming in the United States. Part oral history and part treatise on food politics, this fascinating project is an introduction to the many individuals who are producing sustainable food, challenging public policy, and developing community organizing efforts. With hundreds of photographs and a foreword from New York Times columnist Mark Bittman, Farm Together Now will educate, inspire, and cultivate a new wave of modern agrarians.

Four Seasons Pasta: A Year of Inspired Recipes in the Italian Tradition

by Janet Fletcher

The James Beard Award–winning author “pairs pasta with seasonal vegetables in a succinct collection of recipes that should become a family standby” (Publishers Weekly).In a world where everyone seems to be trying to eat more healthfully and seasonally, nothing makes more sense for dinner than pasta with vegetables. In Four Seasons Pasta, bestselling author Janet Fletcher follows the harvest to create more than fifty seasonal recipes for this wholesome combination. Inspired by the southern Italian pasta repertoire, Fletcher has unearthed many little-known gems—authentic, unfussy regional recipes that even novice cooks can make. From a spring fava bean stew with fusilli to summer’s spaghetti alla Palermitana (with zucchini, tomatoes, anchovies and capers), peak-season produce paired with pasta makes a totally satisfying meal. Autumn brings radicchio to braise with pancetta and onions—a savory sauce for tagliatelle. Even winter provides produce for the pasta kitchen: beans for hearty bean-and-pasta soups and kale for a winter pesto. With guidelines for choosing dried pasta, making fresh pasta from scratch, and equipping the pasta kitchen, Four Seasons Pasta offers readers a delicious and sensible way to eat for life.“Like a crash course in pasta cooking . . . That’s all before you delve into the more than 50 southern Italian recipes, many gleaned from chefs and home cooks during frequent trips to Italy . . . will definitely change pasta from a standby to a star in your kitchen.” —San Francisco Chronicle

The Secret Art of Being a Grown-Up: Tips, Tricks, and Perks No One Thought to Tell You

by Bridget Watson Payne

Playful and practical advice to make adulthood easier—and more fun.Hello, grown-ups of all ages! In this book, you’ll find bite-sized bursts of advice and quirky illustrations celebrating your status as an adult, no matter how long you’ve officially been one. Remember how when you were a kid you thought being a grown-up meant you could eat whatever you want and stay up all night watching TV? Turns out it’s true! (As long as you’re willing to accept the consequences and all that other grown-up stuff.)This lighthearted book provides both wisdom and skills for making the most of the post-childhood years, from the ten things you actually need in the kitchen, to the perils of perfectionism (get a lot more comfortable with being wrong), to the best way of opening a champagne bottle. With these handy tips, you can get more of the benefits of adulthood—and less of the bummers.

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