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Follow the explosive journey of this Southern state as it became the site of America’s first gold rush.
Thick-framed eyewear and skinny jeans abound in this refreshing rendition of the classic Twelve Days of Christmas carol that finally answers the age old question: What do you give a hipster for Christmas?
This guide promotes a diverse selection of hospitable lodgings with more than 150 places to stay in Norway. Each locale lists popular activities in the area such as skiing, glacier hiking, and air sports. Nearby shops and cafes are named and rental availabilities for boats and bicycles are given to help with itinerary planning. Whether taking yoga classes at a Holiday Center in Fyresdal or mingling with Kashmir goats on a farm in Lysekloster, you are guaranteed a warm welcomes and generous hosts at each B&B.
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This edition makes Ziglar’s dynamic message available to the 15,000,000 Spanish-speakers living in the United States today.
Spanning from “Vietnam and the Johnson Years” to “Clinton and Everyone Else,” the editorial cartoons of Paul Szep showcase his biting wit and scathing social commentary. Paperback.
New York City is famous for its museums, notably the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, and, of course, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, dozens of lesser-known museums dot the city. This taste of over seventy of those museums is filled with the riches, beauty, and intellectual stimulation found at each institution. From the AIA Center for Architecture to the Ukrainian Museum, visitors to and natives of New York will delight in these unique gems.
Food is a wonderful resource for the body and the mind—it nourishes bodily needs and nurtures emotional stability. Too often, however, people use food to replace or negate their feelings rather than to balance them. Inspired by cooking methods, nutritional content, and even Taoist dietary principles, Marci Izard has grouped her recipes by how they make you feel—“Refreshed,” “Peaceful,” “Comforted,” “Treated,” or “Indulged.” In doing so, she aims to eradicate the habit of “disorderly eating” and create a positive eating experience, which will bring you to a state of balance and joy.
About ninety percent of good Creole cooking requires a well-executed French roux. No one appreciates this more than “Mother Roux,” who here divulges over sixty of her best classically Creole recipes. From appetizers to desserts, from refreshingly sharp Shrimp Remoulade to deliciously rich Cherry Cheese Pie, “Mother Roux” prevents both cooking novice and professional alike from making any number of Creole cooking catastrophes.
Christmas Eve can be busy, especially for the head nurse at Angel Hope General Hospital. Too many patients, too little help, and a crowded ER all threaten to make this night before Christmas one big headache. It seems that nothing could bring holiday cheer to the patients and staff of this hectic hospital. Hardcover.
Presented in the pages of this book is an amazing pictorial overview of some of the finest drinking establishments in the world still operating today and cherished photographs of those no longer open. Lavishly illustrated with 200 color photographs, this lush history provides a glimpse into the architectural and cultural treasures of New Orleans’ drinking scene. It overflows with tantalizing stories from the best bars in town.
When a thunderous storm in 1992 threw a cargo container filled with bathtub toys overboard into the Pacific Ocean, no one expected the 29,000 plastic toys would help scientists prove that the ocean currents are connected. However, the toys are still popping up today on beaches near and far—some more than 17,000 miles away from the accident at sea. This story gives a fictionalized account of the happening, telling the tale of a flock of rubber ducks as they traveled the globe’s waterways.
This saltwater adventure begins as a sea turtle hatchling makes a ninety-second mad dash from the nest to the water’s edge. At times suspenseful and always entertaining, this twenty-five-year journey follows the hatchling as she grows into a three-hundred-pound swimming machine. Illustrations dripping in a cool pallet of ocean blues and greens plunge you deep into the abyss as the turtle migrates from her Florida home to the Mediterranean Sea and mysteriously back to Florida, where she builds a nest for her own hatchlings.
Through roiling waves and a swirling light show, a brave hermit crab crosses a brilliant living reef as she tackles the ocean’s obstacles on a quest to find a shell that fits. During her mission, she encounters such aquatic creatures as conch shells and shimmering jellyfish. Children, parents, and teachers alike will enjoy the colorful journey. An illustrated glossary includes information about the marine life featured in this story and an author’s note explains the effects of pollution and climate change on the ocean.
Sheba Turk is an anchorwoman like no other. In her timely and moving book, Turk shows us that we, too, can smooth that bumpy path using the wisdom earned in the early stages of her own career.
Conveying both heroic and light-hearted stories, from hunting and fishing in Great Falls to attending college in Los Angeles, from his Army training at camps like Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, to his flight training experiences in San Antonio, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, the author paints vivid images of his formative experiences and explains what shaped his values, perspectives, and evident pride for his family and his country. His accounting of his 1942 enlistment and all that followed offers an insider’s view of basic training, flight training, Instructor’s School, and the role of a flight instructor.