Some of these may be older titles because this issue had a holiday guide.
Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many
years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and
culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of
understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he’s cooking,
it’s for family and friends.
Appetites, his first cookbook in more than ten years, boils
down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight
repertoire of personal favorites—dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr.
Bourdain’s opinion) know how to cook. Once the supposed "bad boy" of
cooking, Mr. Bourdain has, in recent years, become the father of a little
girl—a role he has embraced with enthusiasm. After years of traveling more than
200 days a year, he now enjoys entertaining at home. Years of prep lists and
the hyper-organization necessary for a restaurant kitchen, however, have caused
him, in his words, to have "morphed into a psychotic, anally retentive,
bad-tempered Ina Garten."
The result is a home-cooking, home-entertaining cookbook
like no other, with personal favorites from his own kitchen and from his
travels, translated into an effective battle plan that will help you terrify
your guests with your breathtaking efficiency. – Amazon Description
Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson
An all-new 120-page Stormlight Archive novella,
"Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The
Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling
author Brandon Sanderson.
The collection will include nine works in all. The first
eight are:
“The Hope of Elantris” (Elantris)
“The Eleventh Metal” (Mistborn)
“The Emperor's Soul” (Elantris)
“Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through
30” (Mistborn)
“White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain)
"Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” (Threnody)
“Sixth of Dusk” (First of the Sun)
“Mistborn: Secret History” (Mistborn)
These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and
elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting
tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo
Award-winning novella, “The Emperor's Soul” and an excerpt from the graphic
novel "White Sand."
Arcanum Unbounded will also contain the 120-page Stormlight
Archive novella "Edgedancer," which will appear in this book for the
first time anywhere. It is a story of Lift, taking place between Words of
Radiance and the forthcoming Oathbringer.
Finally, this collection includes essays and illustrations
for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set. –Amazon
Description
Frontier Grit – by Marianne Monson
Discover the stories of twelve women who heard the call to
settle the west and who came from all points of the globe to begin their
journey. As a slave, Clara watched helpless as her husband and children were
sold, only to be reunited with her youngest daughter, as a free woman, six
decades later. As a young girl, Charlotte hid her gender to escape a life of
poverty and became the greatest stagecoach driver that ever lived. As a Native American,
Gertrude fought to give her people a voice and to educate leaders about the
ways and importance of America s native people.
These are gripping miniature dramas of good-hearted women,
selfless providers, courageous immigrants and migrants, and women with skills
too innumerable to list. Many were crusaders for social justice and women s
rights. All endured hardships, overcame obstacles, broke barriers, and changed
the world.
The author ties the stories of these pioneer women to the
experiences of women today with the hope that they will be inspired to live
boldly and bravely and to fill their own lives with vision, faith, and
fortitude. To live with grit. – Amazon Description
Gem by DK
A dazzling visual guide to precious and semiprecious stones,
organic gems, and precious metals that showcases beautiful, specially
commissioned images as well as science, natural history, mythology, and true
stories of adventure and discovery.
From diamonds and sapphires to emeralds and obsidian, Gem
profiles all the key gemstones and other precious materials. Its stunning
images show the jewels in their different cuts, colors, and uses. See the
exquisite jewelry pieces of royalty around the world, high-society women, and
Native American traditions. Visit the Russian Amber Room, study the details of
a Fabergé egg, and find out what characteristics are needed for a
record-breaking gem.
The stories, myths, and legends that surround the most celebrated
gems and jewel-laden artifacts from around the world are revealed, from their
journeys in the company of royalty, film stars, and thieves to the curse of the
Hope Diamond. Follow the history of the world's most famous jewelry houses and
their designers, including Cartier, Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co., and more.
For additional information about the world's natural
treasures, an 80-page reference section at the back of the book highlights a
variety of other rocks and minerals, and a color guide directory groups gems
according to their main color.
Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution and
featuring a foreword by New York Times-bestselling author Aja Raden, Gem
combines lavish photographs with expert knowledge, making it perfect for
gift-giving. –Amazon Description
Good Clean Fun by Nick Offerman
Nestled among the glitz and glitter of Tinseltown is a
testament to American elbow grease and an honest-to-god hard day’s work:
Offerman Woodshop. Captained by hirsute woodworker, actor, comedian, and writer
Nick Offerman, the shop produces not only fine handcrafted furniture, but also
fun stuff—kazoos, baseball bats, ukuleles, mustache combs, even cedar-strip
canoes.
Now Nick and his ragtag crew of champions want to share
their experience of working at the Woodshop, tell you all about their passion
for the discipline of woodworking, and teach you how to make a handful of their
most popular projects along the way. This book takes readers behind the scenes
of the woodshop, both inspiring and teaching them to make their own projects
and besotting them with the infectious spirit behind the shop and its
complement of dusty wood-elves.
In these pages you will find a variety of projects for every
skill level, with personal, easy-to-follow instructions by the OWS woodworkers
themselves; and, what’s more, this tutelage is augmented by mouth-watering
color photos (Nick calls it "wood porn"). You will also find writings
by Nick, offering recipes for both comestibles and mirth, humorous essays, odes
to his own woodworking heroes, insights into the ethos of woodworking in modern
America, and other assorted tomfoolery.
Whether you’ve been working in your own shop for years, or
if holding this stack of compressed wood pulp is as close as you’ve ever come
to milling lumber, or even if you just love Nick Offerman’s brand of bucolic
yet worldly wisdom, you’ll find Good Clean Fun full of useful, illuminating,
and entertaining information. – Amazon Description
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of
your dead relatives.
Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a
generation...and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a
spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes
into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can't trust. A boy
whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin.
The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova
to Los Lagos, a land in-between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as
Wonderland... – Amazon Description
The Ornatrix by Kate Howard
The passionate and elegantly dark tale of desire, obsession,
and deceit by a talented new author
In this exquisitely dark debut, Kate Howard delivers a
stirring tale on the cost of beauty, packed with suspense and period detail
worthy of Kate Mosse, Jessie Burton, and Tracy Chevalier.
Cursed from birth by the bird-shaped blemish across her
face, Flavia spends much of her life hidden from the outside world. Lonely and
alienated even from her family, she sabotages her sister’s wedding in a fit of
jealous rage and is exiled to serve in the convent of Santa Giuliana. Soon she
finds that another exile dwells in the convent: a former Venetian courtesan
named Ghostanza whose ostentatious appearance clashes with the otherwise austere
convent and sparks gossip throughout the town. When Ghostanza claims Flavia as
her ornatrix―her personal hairdresser and handmaid―Flavia is pulled into a
world of glamor and concealment where admiration is everything and perfection
is the ultimate, elusive goal. And she soon finds that with beauty in her
grasp, in the form of the poisonous but stunning white lead cerussa, Flavia
will do anything to leave her marked face behind.
Rich in description and character, Kate Howard’s stunning
novel is painted against a vivid historical landscape with themes and
characters relevant today, tackling issues of belonging, female identity, and
the perception of beauty. – Amazon Description
Storm Siren by Marv Weber
“I raise my chin as
the buyers stare. Yes. Look. You don’t want me. Because, eventually,
accidentally, I will destroy you.”
As a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen,
seventeen-year-old Nym isn’t merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are
only born male and always killed at birth—meaning, she shouldn’t even exist.
Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched
mountains, Nym faces her fifteenth sell. But when her hood is removed and her
storm-summoning killing curse revealed, Nym is snatched up by a court advisor
and given a choice: be trained as the weapon Faelen needs to win the war or be
killed.
Choosing the former, Nym is unleashed into a world of
politics, bizarre parties, and rumors of an evil more sinister than she’s being
prepared to fight . . . not to mention the trainer whose dark secrets lie
behind a mysterious ability to calm every lightning strike she summons.
But what if she doesn’t want to be the weapon they’ve all
been waiting for? Set in a beautifully eclectic world of suspicion, super
abilities, and monsters, Storm Siren is a story of power. And whoever controls
that power will win. – Amazon Description
The All New Ball Book of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of
the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes by Jarden Home Brands
From the experts at Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball
canning products, comes the first truly comprehensive canning guide created for
today's home cooks. This modern handbook boasts more than 350 of the best
recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and
more-including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly
preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty.
Organized by technique, The All New Ball Book of Canning and
Preserving covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting,
freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Straightforward instructions and step-by-step
photos ensure success for beginners, while practiced home canners will find
more advanced methods and inspiring ingredient twists.
Thoroughly tested for safety and quality by thermal process
engineers at the Fresh Preserving Quality Assurance Lab, recipes range from
much-loved classics - Tart Lemon Jelly, Tomato-Herb Jam, Ploughman's Pickles -
to fresh flavors such as Asian Pear Kimchi, Smoked Maple-Juniper Bacon, and
homemade Kombucha. Make the most of your preserves with delicious dishes including
Crab Cakes garnished with Eastern Shore Corn Relish and traditional
Strawberry-Rhubarb Hand Pies. Special sidebars highlight seasonal fruits and
vegetables, while handy charts cover processing times, temperatures, and recipe
formulas for fast preparation.
Lushly illustrated with color photographs, The All New Ball
Book of Canning and Preserving is a classic in the making for a new generation
of home cooks. – Amazon Description
The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other
Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was
lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein's wife, a
brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory
of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound
and very personal insight.
Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other
girls. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite
Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever
calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an
easier path than marriage. And then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an
interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of
the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius
in a marriage. – Amazon Description
Thug Kitchen 101 by Thug Kitchen
The creators of the New York Times bestselling cookbook
series Thug Kitchen are back to deliver you the sorta gentle, but always
hilarious shove you need to take the leap into healthy eating.
Thug Kitchen 101 includes more than 100 easy and accessible
recipes to give you a solid start toward a better diet. TK holds your hand and
explains ingredients from chickpeas to nooch so you'll feel confident knowing
exactly what the f*ck you're cooking. This kickass kitchen primer also serves
up health benefits and nutrition to remind everyone, from clueless newbies to
health nuts, how a plant-based lifestyle benefits our bodies, minds,
environment, and pocketbooks. THAT'S RIGHT. EAT GREEN, SAVE GREEN.
So scared of commitment you can't even dedicate some time to
cook? Thug Kitchen's here to fix that sh*t: All recipes in TK 101 are
guaranteed to be faster than delivery, so you can whip up some tasty meals with
simple ingredients regardless of when you stumble home from work. You're too
damn important to be eating garbage, so TK has made it easy to take care of #1:
you. No needless nonsense or preachy bullsh*t. Just delicious, healthy,
homemade food for all the full-time hustlers out there. –Amazon Description
