When Sean's mum' Di' starts treatment for cancer' it is cooking' of all things' that brings father and son together. Baz starts whipping up Japanese fish parcels and braised lamb shanks with polenta to tempt Di's flagging post - chemo appetite and Sean is impressed. When Baz gets the bad news that a lifetime of drinking and smoking has caught up with him' it's suddenly Sean's turn in the kitchen . . .As much about the changing landscape of Australian male culture as it is about losing loved ones' Cooking with Baz will make you laugh and get a lump in your throat' often at the same time. And you'll think about what 'family' really means.
One man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record. Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secret. He is a hard-core birdwatcher (aka twitcher'). Sean takes a year off to try to break the Australian twitching record - he has to see more than 700 birds in twelve months. Travelling the length and breadth of Australia, he stops at nothing in search of this birdwatching Holy Grail, blowing his inheritance, his career prospects and any chance he has of finding a girlfriend. Part confessional, part travelogue, this is a true story about obsession. It's about seeking the meaning of life, trying to work out what normal' is, and searching for the elusive Grey Falcon (the bird, not the car). Sean's story of how he followed his childhood dream of becoming a national champion is both inspiring and ridiculous. Could this be the most pathetic great achievement in Australian history?
2018 James Beard Award Winner: Best American Cookbook Named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2017 by NPR, The Village Voice, Smithsonian Magazine, UPROXX, New York Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Mpls. St. PaulMagazine and others Here is real food—our indigenous American fruits and vegetables, the wild and foraged ingredients, game and fish. Locally sourced, seasonal, “clean” ingredients and nose-to-tail cooking are nothing new to Sean Sherman, the Oglala Lakota chef and founder of The Sioux Chef. In his breakout book, The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen, Sherman shares his approach to creating boldly seasoned foods that are vibrant, healthful, at once elegant and easy. Sherman dispels outdated notions of Native American fare—no fry bread or Indian tacos here—and no European staples such as wheat flour, dairy products, sugar, and domestic pork and beef. The Sioux Chef’s healthful plates embrace venison and rabbit, river and lake trout, duck and quail, wild turkey, blueberries, sage, sumac, timpsula or wild turnip, plums, purslane, and abundant wildflowers. Contemporary and authentic, his dishes feature cedar braised bison, griddled wild rice cakes, amaranth crackers with smoked white bean paste, three sisters salad, deviled duck eggs, smoked turkey soup, dried meats, roasted corn sorbet, and hazelnut–maple bites. The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen is a rich education and a delectable introduction to modern indigenous cuisine of the Dakota and Minnesota territories, with a vision and approach to food that travels well beyond those borders.
Caregiver is a non-fiction offering from the perspective of caring for a critically ill loved one over the final fourteen weeks of the last 30 months. Learn how to cope with your loved one's illness. Learn how to help your loved one cope with their uninvited malady. Caregiver will provide a look inside the healthcare industry from the customer's perspective. Learn about the potential for the emotional roller coaster ride during long-term hospitalization and how to combat the attack on your sensibilities. Learn what to do and what not to do. Sean W. Dooley experienced several personal opportunities to serve as a Caregiver in his family. Caregiver is a living journal of sharing in a loved one's suffering. The presence provided for personal growth and perspective regarding service to and for others. Sean W. Dooley's experience being the Caregiver for his wife, Kathi reflects a daily struggle to ensure his wife's care by her professional caregivers is the best available and to maintain his sanity. His experience at authoring, co-authoring or revising technical instruction manuals, concept papers, proposals, contractual and procedural documents as part of his 44 year career in the Aerospace Industry, which included forays within the education and healthcare industries provides a fundamental baseline for Caregiver. Sean W. Dooley lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife surrounded by their children and grandchildren. He is a Deacon in the Catholic Church and works as an independent consultant.
For decades, the Global Circuit of Wrestling has dominated the pro wrestling world. After inheriting their father's gym, Aaron and Chad Lindberg seek to change that. Despite the GCW having the best talent in the world, they've become sloppy with their showmanship, a shortcoming the Lindberg brothers tend to capitalize on with their new wrestling company, the Number One Wrestling Federation.With disposable income in its arsenal, the NOWF quickly acquires raw talent, beefs up its characters into larger-than-life superstars, and makes a run at becoming a serious player in the wrestling world. The GCW won't go down without a fight though, and each promotion pushes the other to new heights as veterans and rookies alike learn valuable lessons along the way.
These photos portray specimens of entire species that are losing, or have lost, the fight for survival. Because of their rarity these specimens are important, as sources of knowledge that can help conserve species and as reminders of the beauty of these lost and fading species."--artist's website.
When Abraham Lincoln expressed gratitude for the northern churches in the spring of 1864, it had nothing to do with his appreciation of doctrine, liturgy, or Christian fellowship. Collectively, the churches earned the president's admiration with rabid patriotism and support for the war. Ministers publicly proclaimed the righteousness of the Union, condemned slavery, and asserted that God favored the federal army. Yet all of this would have amounted to nothing more than empty bravado without the support of the men and women sitting in the pews. This outstanding book examines the Civil War from the perspective of the northern laity, those religious civilians whose personal faith influenced their views on politics and slavery, helped them cope with physical separation and death engendered by the war, and ultimately enabled them to discern the hand of God in the struggle to preserve the national Union.From Lincoln's election to his assassination, the book weaves together political, military, social, and intellectual history into a religious narrative of the Civil War on the northern home front. Packed with compelling human interest stories, this account draws on letters, diaries, newspapers and church records along with published sources to conclusively demonstrate that many devout civilians regarded the Civil War as a contest imbued with religious meaning. In the process of giving their loyal support to the government as individual citizens, religious Northerners politicized the church as a collective institution and used it to uphold the Union so the purified nation could promote Christianity around the world. Christian patriotism helped win the war, but the politicization of religion did not lead to the redemption of the state.
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