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A Darkening Stain
Robert Wilson Manufacturer: Harvest Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 015601131X |
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Feel the Heat.......2007-05-11
First Rate African Noir.......2005-11-23
A cesspool of criminality.......2004-06-28
Circumstantially, five men are found dead on a boat owned by Marnier, bringing the noble Detective Bagado into the picture, the pivotal moral center of the series. Then innocent schoolgirls begin to disappear, an issue that stirs up enormous public fear. Medway, as usual, has his hands full, juggling villains and thugs, one step ahead of their evil intentions. When Bagado's daughter is one of the targeted schoolgirls, the action heats up and moves in a more violent and graphic direction than any of the previous novels.
Medway trolls the late-night dens of concupiscence, opening up another fertile area of the West Africa coast, the flesh trade, the same low form of the human species found everywhere, where nothing is sacred and everyone is for sale. In order to survive this new dimension, Medway must betray himself in a manner that may destroy everything he values in life.
At this point in the series, Wilson's protagonist is faced with an acute moral dilemma, slithering along the dark side with some of humanity's most despicable characters. Inspector Bagado has been a moral compass, tipping Medway back into reality, saving him from ambiguous circumstances time after time. Meanwhile, Medway's personal life has turned increasingly, well, personal, perhaps to more obviously identify him with recognizable humanity. But Medway's mid-life passion with his now-pregnant girlfriend only adds to the desperate emotional edge of the hard-drinking PI. Perhaps it is time, after all, for Medway to consider a career change. Luan Gaines/2004.
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DARKENING STAIN
ROBERT WILSON Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O8QHLY |
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The Rice Room: Growing Up Chinese-American from Number Two Son to Rock 'n' Roll
Ben Fong-Torres Manufacturer: Plume ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0452274125 |
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On the Inside of "Rolling Stone".......2007-09-21
The Rice Room.......2007-01-10
Great read!.......2004-11-03
A Straightforward Look at an Interesting Life.......2004-09-25
An Inspirational Story For All.......2004-02-11
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The Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1419124285 |
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Out of print for decades, Barricade Books is reprinting the complete and unabridged text of The Chinese Room. First published in America in 1942, Dial recalled the original edition soon after publication. The Society for the Suppression of Vice demanded the censorship due to the sexual nature of a particular phrase. Citadel Press offered an edition in 1943 minus the offending phrase, and a bestseller emerged, eventually selling more than three million copies in its various editions.Unlike many books, The Chinese Room will be all things to all readers. Some will see it as a mystery story of the mind with suspense building up to a surprising yet inevitable climax.
Others will see a deeply satisfying tale of love and marriage-a story that shows us how much wiser we are than we know-at least in our bodies, if not in our minds.
Here is an uninhibited story about one of literature's most absorbing themes: the relationship of the sexes.
The Chinese Room merits a place in the league of earlier novels, censored due to erotic content, now accepted as literary masterpieces: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lolita, and Tropic of Cancer.
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ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM HERBERDEN COIN ROOM: GUIDE TO THE GREEK, ROMAN, ENGLISH AND CHINESE COINS.
Manufacturer: Oxford ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HJIP10 |
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Chinese Foods and Recipes (The Rosen Publishing Group's Reading Room Collection)
Erin Maher Manufacturer: Rosen Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: 0823937488 |
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The Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: The Citadel Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NX0KQ8 |
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The Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000RTG5DU |
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The Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: New York: Bantam Books, 1960 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000LVIMLC |
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Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UDQVTQ |
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The Chinese Room
Manufacturer: Bantam Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000GSOB6U |
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The Chinese Room
Vivian Connell Manufacturer: Bantam ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000JMC6H4 |
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Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain, A: A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book
John P.J. Pinel , and Maggie E. Edwards Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0205162991 |
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Acknowledging the difficulty many readers have when first attempting to learn about the brain's psychological functions, the authors of A Colorful Introduction to the Human Brain have created a book that makes the fascinating world of brain psychology research accessible to readers with little or no background in neuroscience. Readers learn the material in several steps. First they read through the introduction and definitions on the left page; then they color the illustration on the facing page; and finally they use the special cover flap to conceal the illustration labels while checking their knowledge, until they feel they have completely learned the material. Review exercises at the end of each chapter provide an opportunity for self-assessment, with answers provided at the end of the book.
John Pinel, a professor of biopsychology at the University of British Columbia, is an award-winning teacher and the author of over 200 scientific articles. However, he is best known for his reader-oriented writing. His clear concise introductions to behavioral neuroscience have inspired, enthralled, and amused a generation of students and lay people.
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Finger paint your way through neuroanatomy.......2006-07-11
Very helpful.......2006-03-16
Good for students.......2006-02-18
Good focus on functionally important structures.......2005-11-24
A good neuroanatomy resource.......2005-09-30
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A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain: A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book (2nd Edition)
John P.J. Pinel , and Maggie Edwards Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0205548741 |
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A Colorful Introduction to the Anatomy of the Human Brain A Brain and Psychology Coloring Book
John P. J./ Edwards, Maggie E. Pinel Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OOMBZY |
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Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe
Mollie Katzen Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0786862696 |
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Can there possibly be anyone left in the U.S. who hasn't heard of Mollie Katzen? Or if not Mollie herself, at least her first cookbook, the now classic Moosewood Cookbook? Few writers have reached so broad an audience with a healthy-cooking, pro-vegetarian message. Ms. Katzen's latest effort, Sunlight Café, turns breakfast into a healthy, fulfilling showpiece meal, a morning sanctuary for assembling the day. She explains how to do this, no matter what your time crunch or disinclination might be. And in an introductory essay called "Breakfast for Metabolic Health," she explains why.There are chapters in Sunlight Café devoted to beverages, fruit, grains, muffins and the like, eggs, potatoes, breakfast vegetables, griddle foods, puddings, etc. Katzen takes the time and space to explain how to scramble eggs, how to enrich scrambled eggs, how to augment scrambled eggs, and how to achieve the world's creamiest scrambled eggs. Does that sound comprehensive? Well, the entire book has been written that way. Nothing has been left out. Not sure how much water goes with a cup of brown rice, or how long to cook the grain? Katzen supplies the all-encompassing chart. It's one of many, and worth the price of the book. Among the 350 recipes you'll find easy, delicious baked goods to make ahead and eat at your desk (Katzen is not out of touch with the working world). You'll also find menus for the relaxed brunch you can lay out on the weekend. Leave it to Mollie Katzen: she has taken breakfast and made it better than ever. --Schuyler Ingle
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Can there possibly be anyone left in the U.S. who hasn't heard of Mollie Katzen? Or if not Mollie herself, at least her first cookbook, the now classic Moosewood Cookbook? Few writers have reached so broad an audience with a healthy-cooking, pro-vegetarian message. Ms. Katzen's latest effort, Sunlight Caf+, turns breakfast into a healthy, fulfilling showpiece meal, a morning sanctuary for assembling the day. She explains how to do this, no matter what your time crunch or disinclination might be. And in an introductory essay called "Breakfast for Metabolic Health," she explains why.There are chapters in Sunlight Caf+ devoted to beverages, fruit, grains, muffins and the like, eggs, potatoes, breakfast vegetables, griddle foods, puddings, etc. Katzen takes the time and space to explain how to scramble eggs, how to enrich scrambled eggs, how to augment scrambled eggs, and how to achieve the world's creamiest scrambled eggs. Does that sound comprehensive? Well, the entire book has been written that way. Nothing has been left out. Not sure how much water goes with a cup of brown rice, or how long to cook the grain? Katzen supplies theall-encompassing chart. It's one of many, and worth the price of the book. Among the 350 recipes you'll find easy, delicious baked goods to make ahead and eat at your desk (Katzen is not out of touch with the working world). You'll also find menus for the relaxed brunch you can lay out on the weekend. Leave it to Mollie Katzen: she has taken breakfast and made it better than ever. --Schuyler IngleCustomer Reviews:
Cookbook that got me cooking.......2007-06-20
Absolutely terrific.......2006-12-15
Not in the least delightful........2006-01-30
Heavy food, hyper delivery.......2005-07-24
Delightful and Nutritious Guide to Good Breakfasts.......2004-04-06
Before I loose you in my usually long discourse, let me say that this book can do more good for your eating and health than just about any three other books put together. This opinion is based both on the quality of the book and the special position of it's subject.
Most people give less attention to breakfast than to either lunch or dinner. This means that breakfast is the one meal where the room for improvement is the greatest. It certainly has a higher potential for improvement than lunch, as most people eat lunch outside of the home. Even if they carry lunch from home, the range of foods, which can be made portable without special equipment, is smaller than what can be prepared and eaten in ones own kitchen.
This book is directed not only at a very wide range of good breakfast food, it is also directed at giving you the information you need to eat a nutritious breakfast with few or no `empty calories.
The book starts with a brief essay on how the body deals with carbohydrates, especially upon eating the first meal of the day, or, `breaking fast'. The long and the short of this story is that you are much better eating whole grains with protein and good fats rather than sugars and quickly digested starches. The remainder of the book is dedicated to making this option appealing.
The recipe chapters are:
Beverages: The straight skinny on coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and smoothies.
Fruit, including fruit salads, dried and roasted fruits, and crisp or cobbler.
Grains, Cereals, and Porridges, including an excellent tabular presentation of grain cooking characteristics.
Muffins, Biscuits, Breads, and Buns, including all the classics plus great stuff with bran and whole grains.
Eggs, Tofu, Scrambles, Quiches & Souffles, or Protein Central. Lots of basic methods.
Potatoes, Beans, Tempeh & Hashes. Lots of Potato recipes and unusual hashes.
(Other) Vegetables for Breakfast, especially tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach
Griddle Foods: Pancakes, Waffles, Blintzes, Crepes & French Toast
Yogurt and Cheese: Lactose central with (mostly) ricotta and other soft cheeses.
Puddings and Custards: Sweeten up your egg protein and vegetable goodness.
Condiments, Sauces, Toppings & Spreads with syrups, sauces, salsas Jams, Aioli, Ketchup, etc
Breakfast Bars, Coffee Cakes & Sweet Somethings: Home for lots of nuts, berries, and seeds
Menus, or how to really do a healthy pig out on Sunday morning
The book is laid out with lots of sidebars on tips and techniques which make it very easy to read and to find what you are looking for. Each chapter title page gives a complete table of recipes in the chapter. Almost (but not quite) as good as a complete list of recipes in the front of the book. Be sure to check the index when you are looking for a specific recipe. French toast, for example, appears in Griddle Foods and not Eggs or Breads and Potato Pancakes appears in griddle foods and not under potatoes.
The author wins me over completely when she quotes the line on omelets by Elizabeth David that says that the perfect omelet recipe is the way you make it. Another good quote describes an omelet as nothing more than eggs, butter, and body English. Of course, she goes on to give detailed instructions on how to make a good omelet and says it is not easy. Moral of the story, read and emulate her directions, but don't get too hung up on the result not looking like something done on the Food Network. Just keep practicing until you are happy with the result.
Not nearly enough has been written about the economics of home cooking versus prepared foods. Ms. Katzen's recipe for granola is probably an excellent place to start. A quick look at the health food aisles of my local megamart shows designer brand containers with less than a pound of food for prices that would make a beef fillet blush. Granola is a product that is almost completely foolproof to make from ingredients that individually are very, very cheap. And, I checked out those same health food aisles in the megamart and I found every single ingredient in bulk.
To repeat, Ms. Katzen's book is probably one of the very best places to start in improving what you eat. It is a very nice bonus that the list price of the book is significantly lower than the average cookbook and the artwork done by the author is truly delightful.
Very highly recommended. Easy for people with little cooking knowledge.
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