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Piss & Vinegar

By: Sam Sumac

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When the twenty-three Altoonian spaceships arrive at Earth, they not only shatter the shaky peace of the place, they thrust Vice President James Fenimore Hunter into a role he may not be ready for. While the aliens keep saying they’ve come in peace, the real reasons and the real costs are more than the vice president can ignore. Unfortunately, in his bungling attempts to stop this absurd madness, he unwittingly makes the most foolish decisions and chooses the worst allies, and thereby becomes the unwitting agent of the apocalypse. But he needs to make things right...or die trying.

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Black Rose Writing

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1684334802

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Wild Rides and Wildflowers

Philosophy and Botany with Bikes

By: Scott Abbott,Sam Rushforth

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Wild Rides and Wildflowers

Philosophy and Botany with Bikes

By: Scott Abbott,Sam Rushforth

Two guys on bikes offer often-humorous, always poignant insights into the male psyche, botany, philosophy, and true friendship.

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Torrey House Press

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1937226239

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9781937226237

The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm

Recipes and Wisdom from Our Artisans, Chefs, and Smoky Mountain Ancestors : A Cookbook

By: Sam Beall

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The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm

Recipes and Wisdom from Our Artisans, Chefs, and Smoky Mountain Ancestors : A Cookbook

By: Sam Beall

Step into the world of top luxury resort Blackberry Farm, where lovers of farm-to-table cuisine and the lost arts of Southern cooking will find bliss in the gorgeous photographs, enticing recipes, and artisanal food-making tutorials of this transporting book. Blackberry Farm has long been lauded as one of the country's most excellent resorts and sought out for its perfect mix of rusticity and refinement. The Blackberry Farm Cookbook was a love letter to the experience and cuisine of Blackberry Farm. Now, owner Sam Beall takes food lovers a step further, drawing them deeply into the secrets that make Blackberry Farm cuisine so magical. It all starts with their roots in the rich traditions of "foothills cuisine." Every day, Blackberry Farm's chefs, gardeners, cheese-makers, and preservationists use wisdom passed down through generations of mountain residents. Following the natural rhythms of eight seasons or "times" allows cooks to coax the most heady dishes out of what's fresh and best, such as Lay by Time's menu of Mountain Multigrain Bread, Fried Catfish and Cucumber Slaw, Green Tomato Pie, and Banana Peanut Butter Pudding. Interspersed throughout the book are artisanal craft lessons, such as cheese-making, canning and preserving, and curing meats. A sumptuous package full of stunning photography, The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm will be both a transportive tome and a trove of fantastic seasonal recipes that any food lover will be eager to try at home.

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Clarkson Potter

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0770433480

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9780770433482

Fantastic Tales for Fearless Girls

31 Inspirational Stories from Around the World

By: Anita Ganeri,Sam Loman

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Fantastic Tales for Fearless Girls

31 Inspirational Stories from Around the World

By: Anita Ganeri,Sam Loman

This beautifully illustrated hardcover brings together 31 of the most courageous and irrepressible heroines of classic children's fiction and traditional folk tales from around the world. Discover the stories of plucky Dorothy, who freed faraway Oz from a terrible tyrant; brave Bradamante, who rides into battle on a flying horse; fearless Lykke, the mermaid who saved a prince from drowning; and many more thrilling tales. Beautiful full-color illustrations by award-winning Khoa Le accompany these stories, bringing these enchanting stories to life. Stories include: • Dorothy's Adventure in Oz • Hua Mulan, the Noble Warrior • Gerda and the Snow Queen • Princess Kaguya's Great Adventure • Hermione and Perdita

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Arcturus Publishing

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1398819670

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9781398819672

Carrying the Burden of Peace

Reimagining Indigenous Masculinities Through Story

By: Sam McKegney

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Carrying the Burden of Peace

Reimagining Indigenous Masculinities Through Story

By: Sam McKegney

Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities be an honor song—one that celebrates, rather than pathologizes; one that seeks diversity and strength; one that overturns heteropatriarchy without centering settler colonialism? Can a critical examination of Indigenous masculinities even be creative, inclusive, erotic? Sam McKegney answers affirmatively. Countering the perception that masculinity has been so contaminated as to be irredeemable, the book explores Indigenous literary art for understandings of masculinity that exceed the impoverished inheritance of colonialism. Carrying the Burden of Peace weaves together stories of Indigenous life, love, eroticism, pain, and joy to map the contours of diverse, empowered, and non-dominant Indigenous masculinities. It is from here that a more balanced world may be pursued.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816542848

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9780816542840

Grow Native

Landscaping with Native and Apt Plants of the Rocky Mountains

By: Sam Huddleston,Michael Hussey

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Grow Native

Landscaping with Native and Apt Plants of the Rocky Mountains

By: Sam Huddleston,Michael Hussey

Here is a frank discussion of the hardiest of trees, shrubs, and groundcovers suitable for landscaping in the rough, and at times unforgiving, Rocky Mountain climate.

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Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum

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1555913733

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9781555913731

The Best Things in Life are Cheese

An incomplete (but delicious) guide to cheese!

By: Ellie Studd,Sam Studd

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The Best Things in Life are Cheese

An incomplete (but delicious) guide to cheese!

By: Ellie Studd,Sam Studd

Discover the infinite galaxy of cheese with experts Ellie and Sam Studd, as they share their wealth of knowledge and all the practical info you need to up your cheese game. Learn how to buy and store cheese, pair it perfectly every time and put together a rockstar cheese board. Ellie and Sam guide you through the key categories of cheese - from blues and washed rinds to fresh cheeses such as mozzarella- telling the story of each, explaining how they are made and sharing tasting notes for their favourite cheeses in each category. Then, celebrate cheese in all its oozy glory, with 70 delicious recipes for a casual brunch, midnight snack, date night or picnic with mates. Try summery halloumi and watermelon salad, the best-ever cheese toasties, three genius ways with mac 'n' cheese or baked camembert with caramelised apple and roasted hazelnuts. Get ready to fall (even more!) in love with cheese and arm yourself with all the knowledge you need to select, store, serve, taste and cook with cheese like a true pro. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

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Plum

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1761269577

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9781761269578

Inventing Elsa Maxwell

How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World

By: Sam Staggs

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Inventing Elsa Maxwell

How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World

By: Sam Staggs

Inventing Elsa Maxwell, the first biography of this extraordinary woman, tells the witty story of a life lived out loud. With Inventing Elsa Maxwell, Sam Staggs has crafted a landmark biography. Elsa Maxwell (1881-1963) invented herself–not once, but repeatedly. Built like a bulldog, she ascended from the San Francisco middle class to the heights of society in New York, London, Paris, Venice, and Monte Carlo. Shunning boredom and predictability, Elsa established herself as party-giver extraordinaire in Europe with come-as-you-are parties, treasure hunts (e.g., retrieve a slipper from the foot of a singer at the Casino de Paris), and murder parties that drew the ire of the British parliament. She set New York a-twitter with her soirees at the Waldorf, her costume parties, and her headline-grabbing guest lists of the rich and royal, movie stars, society high and low, and those on the make all mixed together in let-'er-rip gaiety. All the while, Elsa dashed off newspaper columns, made films in Hollywood, wrote bestselling books, and turned up on TV talk shows. She hobnobbed with friends like Noel Coward and Cole Porter. Late in life, she fell in love with Maria Callas, who spurned her and broke Elsa's heart. Her feud with the Duchess of Windsor made headlines for three years in the 1950s. One of the twentieth century's most colorful characters is brought back to life in this biography by the author of All About All About Eve.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250017750

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Mentoring to Empower Researchers

By: Sam Hopkins,Susan A. Brooks,Alison Yeung

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Mentoring to Empower Researchers

By: Sam Hopkins,Susan A. Brooks,Alison Yeung

Mentorship can be a rewarding experience for both the mentor and the mentee. Within this context, this book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor, including: • Mentorship for transition points, • Skills development needed for publication, funding application and networking, • Mentorship for performing supervision duties. This is a practical and easy-to-use guide that draws on the editors’ extensive experience, and an invaluable tool for practitioners, career advisors and academics working in research and skills development.

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SAGE

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1526483122

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The Comprehensive Survival Guide

By: Sam Palais

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The Comprehensive Survival Guide

By: Sam Palais

This book started out as a collection of handouts that I would give to people taking classes with me. The handouts became manuals, and the manuals became a book. This is that book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing and illustrating it. Everything contained in this book represents the knowledge, experience, and wisdom handed down to us from our ancestors. As you learn these skills and put them in to practice, you will feel an awakening in yourself that will take you back to the beginning of the dawn of mankind. It is in all of us. It may be dormant, but trust me, it’s in there. Sam

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662426623

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9781662426629

World Was My Garden, Too

By: Sam Pickering

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World Was My Garden, Too

By: Sam Pickering

He roams New England, Arkansas, the Caribbean, Nova Scotia and the familiar and odd plots of mind and thought. He explores shorelines and climbs "hillish" mountains. He sits on porches and talks to passersby and their dogs. He meets strange and delightful people, most of whom are real.

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Madville Publishing

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1948692155

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9781948692151

The Everything Mediterranean Diet Book

All you need to lose weight and stay healthy!

By: Connie Diekman,Sam Sotiropoulos

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The Everything Mediterranean Diet Book

All you need to lose weight and stay healthy!

By: Connie Diekman,Sam Sotiropoulos

With 150 original recipes, menu plans, and dieting tips, you'll get a comprehensive tour of the Mediterranean diet! By combining nutrient-rich vegetables, healthful olive oils, and plenty of exercise, this lifestyle can help you shed pounds and prevent myriad diseases. Here, you'll learn how to adopt heart-healthy habits and create recipes like: Chicken Tagine with Whole-Wheat Couscous White Bean and Tomato Pizza Grilled Fennel Shrimp Pancetta with Peaches Hazelnut Ricotta Cake By learning the science behind better eating and how to utilize the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid, you will eat your way to better health--and feel like a Greek god or goddess in the process!

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Simon and Schuster

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1440506752

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9781440506758

Day Out of Days

Stories

By: Sam Shepard

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Day Out of Days

Stories

By: Sam Shepard

From one of our most admired writers: a collection of stories set mainly in the fertile imaginative landscape of the American West, written with the terse lyricism, cinematic detail, and wry humor that have become Sam Shepard’s trademarks. A man traveling down Highway 90 West gets trapped alone overnight inside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, where he is tormented by an endless loop of Shania Twain songs on the overhead sound system. A wandering actor returns to his hometown against his better instincts and runs into an old friend, who recounts their teenage days of stealing cars, scoring Benzedrine, and sleeping with whores in Tijuana. A Minnesota family travels south for a winter vacation but, caught up in the ordinary tyrannies of family life, remains oblivious to the beauty of the Yucatán Peninsula. A solitary horse rancher muses on Sitting Bull and Beckett amid the jumble of stuff in his big country kitchen—from rusted spurs and Lakota dream-catchers to yellowing pictures of hawks and galloping horses to “snapshots of different sons in different shirts doing different things like fishing, riding mules and tractors; leaning up against their different mothers at radical angles.” Made up of short narratives, lyrics, and dialogues, Day out of Days sets conversation against tale, song against memory, in a cubistic counterpoint that finally links each piece together. The result is a stunning work of vision and clarity imbued with the vivid reverberations of myth—Shepard at his flinty-eyed, unwavering best.

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Vintage

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0307593223

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9780307593221

Sam the Cooking Guy and The Holy Grill: Easy & Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Grilling & Smoking

By: Sam Zien

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Sam the Cooking Guy and The Holy Grill: Easy & Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Grilling & Smoking

By: Sam Zien

Master the fire and discover the flavor of grilling—meat, fish, veggies, and more—with YouTube star Sam Zien. Your quest is over—the holy grail of outdoor cooking is here. Unique, charismatic, and a damn fine cook, Sam the Cooking Guy has made perfecting backyard barbecuing his worthy mission. From keeping a chicken breast tender to smoking a turkey, from “dino ribs” to artichokes, these recipes will take your grill game to the next level. Gas versus charcoal? Why is mayo magical? What if a vegetarian is coming for dinner? These questions and more are answered in this indispensable guide to cooking with fire and smoke. Perfect for beginners and seasoned grill aficionados alike, these 100+ recipes include appetizers, vegetables, chicken (and one duck!), seafood, kebabs, side dishes, and desserts. Start with the Caveman Steak and work up to the Whole Grilled Fish with Cilantro, Chile, and Lime. Make it a full-course meal with the Chopped Grilled Caesar and Angel Food Cake with Grandma Ruth’s Chocolate Sauce and Grilled Pineapple.

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The Countryman Press

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168268802X

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9781682688021

Malibu Off the Grid!

Mysteries and Secrets from the past

By: Sam Neilson

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Malibu Off the Grid!

Mysteries and Secrets from the past

By: Sam Neilson

Most of you know Malibu. Malibu off the Grid is the Malibu you don't know. That is why the cover depicts snow and a trailer. Did you know it snows in Malibu? Most of Malibu is steep mountains and rolling hills. The coastline is just a small part of the scenery. That is why it is some of the most sought-after real estate in the country. Malibu is Hollywood's movie set. In the early days, it was wild and untouched. They have filmed more movies, TV shows, and commercials in Malibu than anywhere in the country. Some of the movie and TV stars made the place they filmed at their home. Did you know Malibu had a nuclear missile base? In fact it had two. Malibu was also the home to Chumash Indians for ten thousand years. Living in Malibu is not for the meek. People who live in Malibu have been through hell. From the fires that blow in with the Santa Ana's to the flooding and mudslides that occur in the winter. There is never a dull moment. Although it never rains in California, when it does it comes in buckets. Malibu wouldn't have it any other way. Take a tour with me into the town of the rich and famous. Where your neighbor could be the Lone Ranger or the second man on the moon. A town where your famous neighbor might have the Beatles play at his house. You have to read the whole book. Take a chance. Find out if Linda Blair's Volvo is haunted. If Don Drysdale gave out autographed baseballs for Halloween. Is the Hotel California really in Malibu?

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Page Publishing Inc

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1645849465

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9781645849469

A Very Vegan Christmas

By: Sam Dixon

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A Very Vegan Christmas

By: Sam Dixon

Enjoy plant-based twists on iconic Christmas dishes and discover some new festive favourites, with more than 70 recipes for the holiday season. Christmas can often be a feast of meat, cheese and chocolate, but whether you are reducing your meat intake or catering for plant-based friends and family, A Very Vegan Christmas will provide amazing food that everyone will love. Each recipe is simple to make and packed full of flavour, making sure each meal is a true celebration. With beautiful photography and illustrations throughout, this book would also make a wonderful gift for the vegan in your life. Contents Include: Chapter 1: Party Food Rainbow vegetable sushi with sriracha mayo; Curried parsnip croquetas; Korean fried cauliflower Chapter 2: Mains Caramelised onion tart; Mushroom wellington; Carrot, swede & parsnip nut roast Chapter 3: Sides Maple & pecan stove-top carrots; Crispy sage & garlic sprouts; Polenta & rosemary roast potatoes Chapter 4: Leftovers Mincemeat pancakes; Roast veg & stuffing hand pies; Cranberry sauce muffins Chapter 5: Baking Chocolate chip orange shortbread; Pesto tear 'n' share Christmas tree; Iced gingerbread Chapter 6: Desserts Sticky stem ginger toffee pudding; Blood orange pavlova; Flourless chocolate chestnut pudding

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Hamlyn

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0600638049

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9780600638049

The Subject Steve

A Novel

By: Sam Lipsyte

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The Subject Steve

A Novel

By: Sam Lipsyte

The dazzling debut novel from the author of The Ask and Home Land, Sam Lipsyte's The Subject Steve is by turns manic, ebullient, and exquisitely deadpan—and belongs in the company with the master American satirists. Meet Steve (not his real name), a Special Case, in truth, a Terminal Case, and the eponymous antihero of Lipsyte's first novel. Steve has been informed by two doctors that he is dying of a condition of unquestioned fatality, with no discernible physical cause. Eager for fame, and to brand the new plague, they dub it Goldfarb-Blackstone Preparatory Extinction Syndrome, or PREXIS for short. Turns out, though, Steve's just dying of boredom.

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Picador

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1429968508

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Through the Back Gate

Experiences and Stories of Life Close to the Land

By: Sam L. Bevard

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Through the Back Gate

Experiences and Stories of Life Close to the Land

By: Sam L. Bevard

This collection presents an assortment of lyric essays and rural-themed fiction in which the author explores the timeless and enduring relationship of people to place. This volume celebrates nature and the mystic thread that holds residents to their rural Kentucky roots."--Page 4 of cover

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iUniverse

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0595465099

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9780595465095

One Grand, Sweet Song

Essays

By: Sam Pickering

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One Grand, Sweet Song

Essays

By: Sam Pickering

One Grand, Sweet Song is a collection of familiar essays in which Sam Pickering explores libraries and woods and fields. He wanders over hills and far away—to Caribbean and Canada—but he always returns to the local, to Connecticut and his memories of a Southern childhood. He ponders writing and aging, joy and lunacy. He celebrates family and Christmas. He laughs and tells terrible lies, and jokes. He runs half-marathons, and on a farm in Nova Scotia, he tries to write his Walden. “O World, I cannot hold thee close enough!” Edna St. Vincent Millay once exclaimed. In these pages Pickering embraces his world with great love, wrapping it in words and pulling it and the reader unforgettably close. Pickering has written 28 books and 100s of articles. The subject matter of the books ranges. Three are scholarly studies, two of which focus on 18th century children’s literature. Four are travel books, three of these describing his family’s meanderings in Australia. One book mulls teaching, and another is a memoir. The rest of Pickering’s books are collections of familiar essays, providing his take or perhaps “untake” on things. “Reading Pickering,” a reviewer wrote in the Smithsonian, “is like taking a walk with your oldest, wittiest friend.”

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Texas A&M University Press

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1680030965

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9781680030969

Camp Sights

By: Sam Cook

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Camp Sights

By: Sam Cook

Collection of stories and columns originally appearing in the Duluth news tribune.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452906335

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9781452906331

All My Days Are Saturdays

By: Sam Pickering

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All My Days Are Saturdays

By: Sam Pickering

A New York Times article once stated that “the art of the essay as delivered by [Sam] Pickering is the art of the front porch ramble.” As Pickering himself puts it, “Well, I have gotten considerably older, and humor has come to mean more and more to me. And if I’m on the front porch, I am in a rocking chair.” All My Days Are Saturdays offers fifteen new pieces in which he ponders a world that has changed and, in new ways, still delights him. This collection features Pickering writing about teaching and his recent retirement, visits to various locales, and, as he tell us, “the many people I meet...who tell me their stories, small tales that make one laugh and sigh.” Distinctive and unmistakable, Pickering’s style deftly mixes the colloquial language of everyday life with references to a lifetime of extensive reading. The seamless blend of these two worlds in his writing is indicative of how they fuse together in his daily life. As Pickering puts it, “All my life I have roamed libraries, almost as much as I have roamed the natural world. I try to get at many truths, but when I tell the truth, I ‘tell it slant.’ I do so to describe life as it is and indeed celebrate that ‘as it is.’” “Pickering is a master of his craft, one of the finest of personal essayists around, and these essays bear many of the characteristics of his other volumes—reflections on his everyday activities and on individuals around him, humorous exchanges with his wife, and so forth. But this volume seems to have something else as well. We find here a thoughtful meditation on time and self and relative old age demonstrating a close attention to the natural world—a tone not unlike Thoreau’s at times.” -- Fred C. Hobson, Professor of English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and author or editor of fourteen books, most recently A Southern Enigma: Essays on the U.S. South

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University of Missouri Press

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0826273270

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9780826273277

Herbal Medic

A Green Beret's Guide to Emergency Medical Preparedness and Natural First Aid

By: Sam Coffman

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Herbal Medic

A Green Beret's Guide to Emergency Medical Preparedness and Natural First Aid

By: Sam Coffman

With a focus on herbal medicine and first-aid essentials, former Green Beret medic and clinical herbalist Sam Coffman presents this comprehensive home reference on medical emergency preparedness for times when professional medical care is unavailable. Herbal Medic covers first-aid essentials, such how to assess a situation and a person in need of treatment and distinguish between illness and injury, as well as how to prepare and use herbs when there is no access to conventional medical treatment. In addition, the book provides a basic introduction to herbal medicine, with detailed entries on the best herbs to use in treatment; information on disease in the body and how herbs work against it; instructions for making herbal preparations; a list of those herbs the author has found most useful in his clinical experience; and a wide array of specific herbal care protocols for a multitude of acute health issues.

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Storey Publishing, LLC

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1635861934

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9781635861938

The Best of Pickering

By: Sam Pickering

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The Best of Pickering

By: Sam Pickering

Praise for Sam Pickering: "Pickering has all of Thurber's humor, and he writes as well as E. B. White. He writes with passion, wit, and a strange personal note of self-mockery; he is humanely educated, wise, and capable of a wide range of stylistic effects." ----Jay Parini ". . . he writes in the tradition of Montaigne hammering together a ramshackle affair of surprising nooks, crannies and additions-all under the same roof." ---The Oxford American "Pickering has the natural essayist's intimate yet distanced take on the world that combines a devotion to particulars . . . with a near-indifference to the status- and achievement-mongering that marks modern life." ---Publishers Weekly "Pickering writes with the sensitivity and craft of a poet, finding meaning in the commonplace and ordinary." ---Library Journal "Pickering's genre is unique, but I'm not sure anyone else can write this stuff. I can live with that, as long as Pickering himself continues to wend through the forests, classrooms, airports, billiards championships, hometown parades, and his inner world of Tennessee gags and characters." ---Hartford Courant His writing is as unique and recognizable as the music of Mozart, the painting of Picasso, or the poetry of Dickinson. Yet most Americans likely know Sam Pickering, the University of Connecticut English professor, from the movie Dead Poets Society. In the film, Robin Williams plays an idiosyncratic instructor---based on Pickering---who employs some over-the-top teaching methods to keep his subjects fresh and his students learning. Fewer probably know that Pickering is the author of more than 16 books and nearly 200 articles, or that he's inspired thousands of university students to think in new ways. And, while Williams may have captured Pickering's madcap classroom antics, he didn't uncover the other side of the author-Sam Pickering as one of our great American men of letters. The Best of Pickering amply demonstrates Pickering's amazing powers of perception, and gives us insight into the mind of a writer nearly obsessed with turning his back on the conventional trappings of American success-a writer who seems to prefer lying squirrel's-eye-level next to a bed of daffodils in the spring or trespassing on someone else's property to pursue a jaunt through joe-pye weed and goldenrod. Indeed, Pickering's philosophy, at least on paper, may very well be "Now is the only time." If you haven't met Sam Pickering before, prepare to be surprised and delighted by these wry and sometimes self-deprecating essays that are witty and elegant and concrete yet wander widely, and include Pickering's well-trod fictional Southern town of Carthage, Tennessee, full of strange goings-on. This definitive collection of the best of Pickering is a must for Pickering fans and a fine introduction for the uninitiated to one of our greatest men of letters.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472024345

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Broke Vegan: One Pot

Over 100 simple plant-based recipes that don't cost the Earth

By: Sam Dixon

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Broke Vegan: One Pot

Over 100 simple plant-based recipes that don't cost the Earth

By: Sam Dixon

With over 100 plant-based recipes using supermarket staples, along with hints and tips for simplifying vegan cooking, Broke Vegan: One Pot will have you cooking delicious meals time after time that save money and help the planet. From easy weeknight meals to fancier dishes for entertaining, Broke Vegan: One Pot will help you cook sustainably without breaking the bank. Whether you're taking part in Veganuary for the first time, making the move from veggie to vegan or just trying to make your money go further, Broke Vegan: One Pot will bring variety and flavour to your meals without all the washing up! CONTENTS INCLUDE: Midweek Marvels Includes Cauliflower, carrot & spinach dhal, Ratatouille gratin and Courgette & aubergine farinata Weekend Wonders Includes Peanut butter & banana peel curry, Smoky black bean chilli with cornbread topping and Aromatic chickpea stew Enjoy Together Includes Burrito bowl, Wild mushroom & beetroot wellington with roasted broccoli and Roasted tomato & onion puff pie Simple Sweets Includes Saucy chocolate pudding, Nectarine & raspberry cobbler and Drop doughnuts

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1783255390

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Body of the World

By: Sam Taylor

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Body of the World

By: Sam Taylor

Body of the World, Sam Taylor's first book, is the work of a poet whose sense of what it means to be human is inseparable from the physical world, about which he writes with unnerving intimacy. The voice, while grounded in the familiar landscape of twenty-first-century America, is also transparent. It regards itself as integral to that place in time, so that to speak of the human mind and body is to speak of the world, just as perception of the world becomes perception of the physical and mental self: not himself, but the human self. Thus, his subject is the enduring mystery of consciousness in all its embodiments: memory, the rain, a credit card, death, an air conditioner, the scent of eucalyptus. His language is like granite, a substance unto itself yet at home in the flux. As we enter what the poet has called elsewhere "a global age of distance-less information and virtual experience," Body of the World is a necessary book. Oh the body in its bedouin sleep. Always awake, always walking blocks of city scaffolding, always wrapped in rain, hot cocoa, cinnamon. Always a curled embryo, always a curved umbrella, always the handle of an unknown suitcase, always the echo that will not fit inside a cathedral. Always a brief April. A graduate of Swarthmore College and a former Michener Fellow in the MFA program at The University of Texas at Austin, Sam Taylor is a poet, nonfiction writer, and yoga teacher. His poems have appeared in numerous publications and received The Florida Review Editor's Award in Poetry in 2002. He splits his time between teaching English at The University of New Mexico-Taos and as a caretaker for a wilderness refuge in the San Juan Mountains during its snowed-in winter months.

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1931337268

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The Last Book

By: Sam Pickering

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The Last Book

By: Sam Pickering

Readers familiar with Sam Pickering's delightful essays will certainly hope that the title of his latest collection is not intended as prophecy. A true original, Pickering offers observation on everyday life that never fail to sparkle with wit, insight, amusement, and wonder. Freely blending fact with fiction-"Writing makes liars of us all," he notes-Pickering ranges easily and amiably from his home base in Storrs, Connecticut, to his roots in middle Tennessee, with numerous side trips to observe the natural world to refelct on the bonds of family and friends. One essay finds him playing auctioneer at a local arts council event, jollying the attendees with "tattered country tales" and fanciful, extravagant claims for items being sold. In another piece, his tongue-in-check remarks about the split infinitive, when quoted in a newspaper, ignite a small controversy that lands him on radio talk shows and provokes a flood of sometimes angry e-mail. Yet, whenever the irritations of the human world become a bit too wearying, Pickering finds ready refreshment in the doings of birds and insects and the splash of sunlight on a tree or flower. Throughout these sixteen essays, Pickering implicitly heeds the advice he offers his son just before the boy much meet the parents of his prom date: :The good storyteller, I instructed Francis, heaps paragraph upon paragraph, just like a waitress serving mashed potatoes in a family-style restaurant." Having dined at the table of a master storyteller, readers will depart this collection feeling fully sated-indeed, well nourished. The Author: A native of Nashville, Sam Pickering is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut and author of eleven previous books of essays. His most recent collections are Living to Prowl, Deprived of Happiness, and A Little Fling.

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157233147X

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A Little Fling, and Other Essays

By: Sam Pickering

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A Little Fling, and Other Essays

By: Sam Pickering

No matter where he finds himself, Sam Pickering's thoughts invariably return to his roots. Whether traipsing through a New England field near his home, overhearing a conversation at the local coffee shop, or enjoying idle time in Nova Scotia, he finds connections in life that always seem to lead him back to Tennessee.

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1572330627

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True Food

Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure

By: Andrew Weil,Sam Fox

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True Food

Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure

By: Andrew Weil,Sam Fox

The #1 bestseller that presents seasonal, sustainable, and delicious recipes from Dr. Andrew Weil's popular True Food Kitchen restaurants. When Andrew Weil and Sam Fox opened True Food Kitchen, they did so with a two-fold mission: every dish served must not only be delicious but must also promote the diner's well-being. True Food supports this mission with freshly imagined recipes that are both inviting and easy to make. Showcasing fresh, high-quality ingredients and simple preparations with robust, satisfying flavors, the book includes more than 125 original recipes from Dr. Weil and chef Michael Stebner, including Spring Salad with Aged Provolone, Curried Cauliflower Soup, Corn-Ricotta Ravioli, Spicy Shrimp and Asian Noodles, Bison Umami Burgers, Chocolate Icebox Tart, and Pomegranate Martini. Peppered throughout are essays on topics ranging from farmer's markets to proper proportions to the benefits of an anti-inflammatory diet. True Food offers home cooks of all levels the chance to transform meals into satisfying, wholesome fare.

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Little, Brown Spark

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0316215465

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Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food

A Grocer's Guide to Shopping, Cooking & Creating Community Through Food [A Cookbook]

By: Sam Mogannam,Dabney Gough

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Bi-Rite Market's Eat Good Food

A Grocer's Guide to Shopping, Cooking & Creating Community Through Food [A Cookbook]

By: Sam Mogannam,Dabney Gough

A cookbook and market guide from the nation’s premier neighborhood grocery store, featuring expert advice on how to identify the top ingredients in any supermarket and 90 vibrant recipes that make optimal use of the goods. San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Market has a following akin to a hot restaurant—its grocery goods and prepared foods have made it a destination for lovers of great food. In Eat Good Food, former chef turned market owner Sam Mogannam explains how to source and use the finest farm-fresh ingredients and artisanal food products, decipher labels and terms, and build a great pantry. Eat Good Food gives you a new way to look at food, not only the ingredients you buy but also how to prepare them. Featuring ninety recipes for the dishes that have made Bi-Rite Market’s in-house kitchen a destination for food lovers, combined with Sam’s favorite recipes, you’ll discover exactly how to get the best flavor from each ingredient. Dishes such as Summer Corn and Tomato Salad, Spicy String Beans with Sesame Seeds, Roasted Beet Salad with Pickled Onions and Feta, Ginger-Lemongrass Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Dipping Sauce, Apricot-Ginger Scones, and Chocolate Pots de Crème will delight throughout the year. No matter where you live or shop, Sam provides new insight on ingredients familiar as well unique, including: • Why spinach from open bins is better than prepackaged greens • What the material used to wrap cheese can tell you about the quality of the cheese itself • How to tell where an olive oil is really from—and why it matters • What “never ever” programs are, and why you should look for them when buying meat More engaging than a field guide and more informative than a standard cookbook, and with primers on cooking techniques and anecdotes that will entertain, enlighten, and inspire, Eat Good Food will revolutionize the way home cooks shop and eat.

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1607740710

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The Dogfish Head Book

26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures

By: Sam Calagione,Mariah Calagione,Andrew C. Greeley

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The Dogfish Head Book

26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures

By: Sam Calagione,Mariah Calagione,Andrew C. Greeley

Celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery with this rich, adventurous history The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures celebrates a quarter-century in business for the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Over the past 26 years, the Dogfish Head founders have learned timeless lessons about working and living. This book shares their hard-earned insights and helps readers navigate life’s adventures. Through its colorful design and photos, The Dogfish Head Book brings the brewing business to life. Inside, you’ll find wisdom and entertainment in the form of memorabilia, photos, and the Dogfish Head Rules of Thumb. Food and beer lovers, entrepreneurs, and business professionals alike will enjoy this unique book, which also makes a perfect gift for any Dogfish Head fan or craft beer enthusiast. Since its start in 1995, Dogfish Head has grown exponentially to become one of the most celebrated craft breweries in the United States. This book lets you tour the history of the iconic brand without leaving home. Recounts the rich history of the Dogfish Head Brewery and Distillery Explores the founders’ unique and successful business philosophy Reveals new details about the future of this fast-growing brewery Celebrates the 26th anniversary of Dogfish Head Paired nicely with any Dogfish Head beer, The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures is a living guide to business and life—the Dogfish way!

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119649579

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9781119649571

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