Alma McKee's Books

To Set Before a Queen

Mrs McKee's Royal Cookery

By: Alma McKee

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Alma McKee, cook to both Her Majesty the Queen and the late Queen Mother, was working for the Queen and Prince Philip at Clarence House at the time of the Accession. Mrs McKee recounts that when the Queen moved to Buckingham Palace she asked her to write down a selection of her recipes: the origins of this book. Mrs McKee, a Swede by birth, had trained as a young girl at Horningshom Castle in Sweden. She came to work in England in the period between the First and Second World Wars, and married the Scotsman, Jimmy McKee, who was himself a butler. Here is a unique collection of recipes with a Scandinavian flavour that vividly evoke life upstairs and downstairs in the royal households, full of anecdote and sharp insights into a hidden world. This is an era when at Court the lingering majesty of Empire was still mingled with post-war austerity, though already the first glimpses of a new Britain and a new social order with very different values are to be seen. When working for ex-King Peter and Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Mrs McKee had made her name with her resourceful and economical cooking, constrained by wartime rationing and the relative poverty of her employers. At Clarence House, with the resources of the royal estates at her disposal for the supply of cream, game, poultry and vegetables, she was to cook meals enjoyed by most of the crowned heads of Europe, politicians and a host of distinguished guests. Her recipes are spiced with her tales of the great and famous and of the not so famous - from Prince Charles' childhood passion for Swedish meatballs to large policemen sheltering in her kitchen from persecution by the royal corgis. Mrs McKee reveals the secrets of a royal cook, from simple tips to menu planning. Her matter-of-fact approach and sensible presentation of cooking in a grand manner, offer us all the opportunity to share in the style enjoyed by the Queen and the Royal Family. With this book we can all create a dinner party to set before a Queen. Maureen Owen, a London journalist covering royal affairs at the time of the Accession and Coronation, was also a fashion reporter on the News Chronicle. After chance meeting, she was to become a life-long friend of Mrs McKee, and a frequent visitor to the royal households. She worked with Mrs McKee on her recipe books, and has now brought all Mrs McKee's recipes and anecdotes together in one volume.

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Gracewing Publishing

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085244558X

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9780852445587

PRINCIPIOS B?SICOS DE BROMATOLOG?A PARA ESTUDIANTES DE NUTRICI?N

By: Alma Rosa Del Angel Meza

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PRINCIPIOS B?SICOS DE BROMATOLOG?A PARA ESTUDIANTES DE NUTRICI?N

By: Alma Rosa Del Angel Meza

El objetivo de este libro es presentar los métodos del análisis de alimentos más comunes y de mayor interés para el estudiante de nutrición, orientándolo principalmente al análisis químico a través del desarrollo de técnicas analíticas con las que pueden obtenerse resultados reproducibles y en las que se ha limitado la dependencia de costosos equipos de investigación, sin menoscabo de la calidad del análisis. Las técnicas empleadas infieren el desarrollo de procedimientos del tipo gravimétrico y volumétrico en general con los que se pretende que el estudiante se interese en continuar con la investigación de los métodos instrumentales.

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Palibrio

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146336136X

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9781463361365

Our Lady of Controversy

Alma López's “Irreverent Apparition”

By: Alicia Gaspar de Alba,Alma López

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Our Lady of Controversy

Alma López's “Irreverent Apparition”

By: Alicia Gaspar de Alba,Alma López

Months before Alma López's digital collage Our Lady was shown at the Museum of International Folk Art in 2001, the museum began receiving angry phone calls from community activists and Catholic leaders who demanded that the image not be displayed. Protest rallies, prayer vigils, and death threats ensued, but the provocative image of la Virgen de Guadalupe (hands on hips, clad only in roses, and exalted by a bare-breasted butterfly angel) remained on exhibition. Highlighting many of the pivotal questions that have haunted the art world since the NEA debacle of 1988, the contributors to Our Lady of Controversy present diverse perspectives, ranging from definitions of art to the artist's intention, feminism, queer theory, colonialism, and Chicano nationalism. Contributors include the exhibition curator, Tey Marianna Nunn; award-winning novelist and Chicana historian Emma Pérez; and Deena González (recognized as one of the fifty most important living women historians in America). Accompanied by a bonus DVD of Alma López's I Love Lupe video that looks at the Chicana artistic tradition of reimagining la Virgen de Guadalupe, featuring a historic conversation between Yolanda López, Ester Hernández, and Alma López, Our Lady of Controversy promises to ignite important new dialogues.

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University of Texas Press

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0292726422

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9780292726420

The Afterlife Is Where We Come From

By: Alma Gottlieb

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The Afterlife Is Where We Come From

By: Alma Gottlieb

When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa, they see it not as being born, but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Far from being a tabula rasa, a Beng infant is thought to begin its life filled with spiritual knowledge. How do these beliefs affect the way the Beng rear their children? In this unique and engaging ethnography of babies, Alma Gottlieb explores how religious ideology affects every aspect of Beng childrearing practices—from bathing infants to protecting them from disease to teaching them how to crawl and walk—and how widespread poverty limits these practices. A mother of two, Gottlieb includes moving discussions of how her experiences among the Beng changed the way she saw her own parenting. Throughout the book she also draws telling comparisons between Beng and Euro-American parenting, bringing home just how deeply culture matters to the way we all rear our children. All parents and anyone interested in the place of culture in the lives of infants, and vice versa, will enjoy The Afterlife Is Where We Come From. "This wonderfully reflective text should provide the impetus for formulating research possibilities about infancy and toddlerhood for this century." — Caren J. Frost, Medical Anthropology Quarterly “Alma Gottlieb’s careful and thought-provoking account of infancy sheds spectacular light upon a much neglected topic. . . . [It] makes a strong case for the central place of babies in anthropological accounts of religion. Gottlieb’s remarkably rich account, delivered after a long and reflective period of gestation, deserves a wide audience across a range of disciplines.”—Anthony Simpson, Critique of Anthropology

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University of Chicago Press

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022633063X

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9780226330631

Marilyn Monroe: on the Couch

Inside the Mind and Life of Marilyn Monroe

By: Alma Halbert Bond

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Marilyn Monroe: on the Couch

Inside the Mind and Life of Marilyn Monroe

By: Alma Halbert Bond

It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak.They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both--the mysterious men in black. And now they travel by train, destined for parts unknown.But a note torn from the hand of a dead man in a New York tunnel guarantees that safety is an illusion. When the children's world is blown apart, life will never be the same again.Soon, the children--Jasper and little Lucy Modest, from London, England; Wallace Banneker, from New York, United States; Noah Canto-Sagas, from Toronto, Canada; and Faye Vigyanveta, from Delhi, India--find themselves in the ancient Italian village of Solemano, deep in a mystery that spans centuries. As they inch toward the truth of the men in black and the secrets they keep, one terrible fact remains: Komar Romak is still out there. He's still after them, for reasons they can't even begin to imagine.And he knows exactly where they are...From the rolling plains of America to the wide-open waters of the Atlantic, through the Strait of Gibraltar to a remarkable village in the hills of Abruzzo, Italy, The Ravens of Solemano or The Order of the Mysterious Men in Black, the second book of Eden Unger Bowditch's Young Inventors Guild trilogy, is an adventure like no other, as the children draw ever closer to the answers to the mysteries that surround them.

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Bancroft Press

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1610881087

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9781610881081

Organizational Jazz

Extraordinary Performance through Extraordinary Leadership

By: David Napoli,Alma Whiteley,Johansen S Kathrine

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Organizational Jazz

Extraordinary Performance through Extraordinary Leadership

By: David Napoli,Alma Whiteley,Johansen S Kathrine

It is obvious that the world is caught in the process of constant, rapid and unpredictable change. Such changes are challenging the time-honoured business models that we hold, as we strive to understand the changes around us and survive. This book offers a lens through which we search for new ways of thinking about, and working in our dynamic complex world. The search draws on the science of complex adaptive systems. Organizations of today need ‘Extraordinary Leaders’ who can ‘dance’ with these changes by embracing the principles of complexity science to create highly adaptable and innovative organizations that recognise the value of intangible assets. The success of an organization usually depends on those working closest to the value-adding end of the business. It is those employees and their immediate leaders, who seem to have the greatest impact on the success of an organization. Managers-as-leaders can ease the way for those who depend on them for support and encouragement. People are the only true agents in a business or organization. All assets, whether tangible or intangible, are the result of human actions. Therefore, it is essential that people in organizations experience high levels of commitment to their work and value relationships and respect. These are fundamental requirements if rapid, timely and comprehensive information is to flow to the decision points within the organization in productive and sustainable ways. This book places people at the centre of the organization working within the theoretical framework of complex adaptive systems and shows how and why it works to create wealth and dignity. Organizational Jazz symbolically represents the joining of the certain with the uncertain creating an environment for innovation and performance.

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265

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Routledge

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1317324978

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9781317324973

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

By: Carl C. Gaither,Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither

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Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

By: Carl C. Gaither,Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither

Scientists and other keen observers of the natural world sometimes make or write a statement pertaining to scientific activity that is destined to live on beyond the brief period of time for which it was intended. This book serves as a collection of these statements from great philosophers and thought–influencers of science, past and present. It allows the reader quickly to find relevant quotations or citations. Organized thematically and indexed alphabetically by author, this work makes readily available an unprecedented collection of approximately 18,000 quotations related to a broad range of scientific topics.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387495770

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9780387495774

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To Set Before a Queen

To Set Before a Queen

PRINCIPIOS B?SICOS DE BROMATOLOG?A PARA ESTUDIANTES DE NUTRICI?N

PRINCIPIOS B?SICOS DE BROMATOLOG?A PARA ESTUDIANTES DE NUTRICI?N

Our Lady of Controversy

Our Lady of Controversy

The Afterlife Is Where We Come From

The Afterlife Is Where We Come From

Marilyn Monroe: on the Couch

Marilyn Monroe: on the Couch

Organizational Jazz

Organizational Jazz

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations

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