For fans of Italian wine, few names command the level of respect accorded to Brunello di Montalcino. Expert wine writer Kerin O'Keefe has a deep personal knowledge of Tuscany and its extraordinary wine, and her account is both thoroughly researched and readable. Organized as a guided tour through Mo[...]
"The World of Sicilian Wine" provides wine lovers with a comprehensive understanding of Sicilian wine, from its ancient roots to its modern evolution. Offering a guide and map to exploring Sicily, Bill Nesto, an expert in Italian wine, and Frances Di Savino, a student of Italian culture, deliver a s[...]
A foundation of Chinese life sciences and medicine, "The Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen" is now available for the first time in a complete, fully annotated English translation. Also known as "Su Wen," or "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic," this influential work came into being over a long period reachin[...]
The food of Rome and its region, Lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and pork. It is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredients. In this only English-language book to encompass th[...]
The Ling Shu, also known as the Ling Shu Jing, is part of a unique and seminal trilogy of ancient Chinese medicine, together with the Su Wen and Nan Jing. It constitutes the foundation of a two-thousand-year healing tradition that remains active to this day. Its therapeutic approach is based on a pu[...]
In the style of Stephenie Meyer, three tales of supernatural love that all hinge on a life-changing kiss.
Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls:
Goblin Fruit: In Victorian times, goblin [...]
A National Book Award Finalist, now in paperback
Everyone dreams of getting the kiss of a lifetime... but what if that kiss carried some unexpected consequences? A girl who's always been in the shadows finds herself pursued by the unbelievably attractive new boy at school, who may or may not be[...]
Werewolves, vampires, furry little monsters: It's a three-ring circus of spooky
After dodging mutant werewolves and mad scientists all summer, Nat and Woody have joined the Twilight Circus of Illusion, hoping it might bring them closer to Nat's fugitive dad or, just maybe, any surviving members[...]
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The Cat in the Hat makes another surprise appearance at Dick and Sally's house--only this time he makes his entrance riding atop a brachiosaurus! Soon, he's off, along with Dick and Sally, millions of years back in time to see how fossils were created. Then it's on to a tour through the Cat's own Su[...]
A sexy, witty Beat novel from one of the movement's most accomplished writers. Long regarded as an underground classic for its gritty and unabashedly erotic portrayal of bohemian New York in the 1950s, 'Memoirs of a Beatnik' is a moving account of a young artist coming of age sensually and intellect[...]
Stephanie Blake s hilarious and irreverent little bunny will tickle kids funny bones Little bunny dear only says one thing: Poop-di-doop He says it in the morning, he says it at lunchtime, he says it in the evening. . . . What will he say when he meets a hungry wolf? Blake s books about this big-e[...]
Master the skills and stylistic techniques of jazz guitar playing in this feature-filled lick pack. You'll learn the foundations of jazz guitar, including jazz-blues licks, how to apply the modes over different types of chords, bossa nova guitar style, how to play chords and melody together, chromat[...]
At the start of her career Janine di Giovanni was advised, 'Write about the small voices, the people who can't write about themselves.' For over fifteen years, she has been doing exactly that. From a near-abandoned hospital in Chechnya to bombed-out Tora Bora in Afghanistan, from Saddam Hussein's de[...]
The 16-bit PIC24 chip provides embedded programmers with more speed, more memory, and more peripherals. This book teaches readers what they need to know about these chips: how to program them, how to test them, and how to debug them, in order to take full advantage of the capabilities of the PIC24 m[...]
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written over the past few years and creates a one-stop reference for engineers involved in markets from communications to embedded systems and everywhere in between.
PIC design and development a natural fit for this reference [...]
Just months after the introduction of the new generation of 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, a Microchip insider and acclaimed author takes you by hand at the exploration of the PIC32. The free CD-ROM includes source code in C and the Microchip MPLAB C32 compiler. It includes handy checklists to help re[...]
Through 1996 and 1997 bestselling author Joe McGinniss followed the Italian football season from Castel di Sangro, a small town nestled in the Abruzzi region of Italy. The motley crew that comprised the di Sangro soccer team in the early 90s masked an unparalleled prowess for playing soccer. This is[...]