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The Farmer?s Daughter Bakes: Cakes, Pies, Crisps and More for Every Fruit on the Farm By : Kelsey Siemens READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Savor the Flavors of Every Season with Beautiful Baked Goods Bake along with Kelsey Siemens, creator of The Farmer?s Daughter blog and fulltime apple farmer at her family?s orchard. In this inspiring collection, she shares the ins and outs of a year on the farm, along with new and heirloom recipes, plus gorgeous photography. Layered with crumbles, fillings, creams and curds, these impressive treats bring out the best in every fruit. Whether you want to take your pies to the next level with a braided lattice crust and creative flavor pairings, or just need clever ways to use your farmers? market haul or garden harvest, you?ll find a bounty of delicious ideas and easy techniques. Welcome spring with Great-Grandma Enid?s Rhubarb-Pistachio Coffee Cake and capture the sweet taste of summer in Blueberry?Earl Grey Cream Roll Cake. Celebr...

All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet By : Pippa James READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For every two lovers of sweet baked treats, there is at least another who will take the gruyere gougere or the curry pastie every time, thank you. All Day Baking: Savoury, Not Sweet is a baking cookbook ? at last ? for them. Its mission is to deliver comforting, inventive and wholegrain-forward ideas for pies, sausage rolls, pasties and myriad other mostly pastry-based recipes, alongside gutsy accompaniments that equip the reader with the tools to transform delicious bakes into nourishing any-time-of-day meals.Author Michael James is a Michelin-restaurant chef by training who was drawn early to the art, precision, and satisfaction of baking. In All Day Baking, his second book, he turns his attention to the pasties of his UK childhood, the pies he creates today for his young family, and the quiches, sausage rolls, palmiers and galettes that have earned him a cultish following around t...

Payard Cookies By : Fran?ois Payard READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : 100 favorite cookie recipes from legendary pastry chef Fran?ois Payard?s beloved patisseries and caf?s Third-generation pastry chef Fran?ois Payard shares his favorite cookie recipes?the bestsellers at his popular New York City patisseries and caf?s, the recipes he learned from his father, and the ones he makes at home. They range from the simplest sabl?s (butter cookies) to the most picture-perfect macarons, with everything in between: unassuming spice cookies, jam-filled linzers and other sandwiches, elegantly fluted and scalloped cannel?s and madeleines, cakelike financiers, and beautifully iced cutout cookies for every holiday. All adapted for home cooks and tested in a home kitchen, these treats are easy to make yet offer a taste of ?Paris-meets-Upper East Side? luxury to anyone, anywhere. Book Detail : Author : François Payard Pages : 272 pages Publisher : Mariner Books Language : ISBN-10 : 05...

Martha Stewart's Cookies: The Very Best Treats to Bake and to Share By : Martha Stewart READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A perfect Mother?s Day gift!Cookies are the treat that never disappoints. Whether you?re baking for a party or a picnic, a formal dinner or a family supper? or if you simply want something on hand for snacking?there is a cookie that?s just right. In Martha Stewart?s Cookies, the editors of Martha Stewart Living give you 175 recipes and variations that showcase all kinds of flavors and fancies. Besides perennial pleasers like traditional chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin, there are other sweet surprises, including Rum Raisin Shortbread, Peppermint Meringue Sandwiches with Chocolate Filling, and Lime Meltaways. Cleverly organized by texture, the recipes in Martha Stewart?s Cookies inspire you to think of a classic, nostalgic treat with more nuance. Chapters include all types of treasures: Light and Delicate (Cherry Tuiles, Hazelnut Cookies, Choc...

Milk Jar Cookies Bakebook: Cookie, Cakes, Pies, and More for Celebrations and Every Day By : Courtney Cowan READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Book Detail : Author : Courtney Cowan Pages : pages Publisher : Language : ISBN-10 : 1599621509 ISBN-13 : 9781599621500   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

American Girl Cookies: Delicious Recipes for Sweet Treats to Bake Share By : American Girl READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From the well-loved American Girl brand comes a favorite topic: baking cookies!?With more than 60 recipes for mouthwatering creations, Cookies will be a go-to guide for aspiring young bakers in search of sweet inspiration?whether looking to create delectable treats for after-school snacks, holiday gifts, or weekend get-togethers with friends.Cookies features 60+ recipes for one of America?s favorite sweet treats, from classic favorites to fresh, fun, and contemporary creations. Chewy, crunchy, gooey, or crumbly, choose from a delectable collection of drop cookies, sandwich cookies, cut-out cookies, brownies, and bars?like cinnamon-y snickerdoodles; chocolate sweetheart sandwiches; lemon squares studded with coconut; brownies covered in gooey chocolate frosting; rainbow sugar cookies; and cookie cutouts decorated with every kind of sprinkle! ?I...

Cookie Love: More Than 60 Recipes and Techniques for Turning the Ordinary into the Extraordinary By : Mindy Segal READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A new, edgier take on baking cookies, from a James Beard Award-winning chef and the owner of the popular Chicago restaurant, HotChocolate.Mindy Segal is serious about cookies. And Cookie Love is your new go-to, never-fail reference for turn-out-perfectly-every-time cookie recipes. Mindy, award-winning pastry chef and self-professed ?cookie nerd,? shares all of her secrets for turning classic recipes into more elevated, fun interpretations of everyone?s favorite sweet treat. From Peanut Butter Peanut Brittle Cookies and Fleur de Sel Shortbread with Vanilla Halvah, to Malted Milk Spritz and Peaches and Cream Thumbprints, Segal?s recipes are inspired and far from expected. Inside you?ll find more than sixty perfected recipes for every kind of cookie including drop cookies, bars, sandwich cookies, shortbread, thumbprints, and ...

The Clock Repairer's Handbook By : Laurie Penman READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Provides all the necessary information to troubleshoot any clock?s problems and to make sure your clock continues to run in perfect order for generations to come?from tools and equipment to strike and chime work.Laurie Penman has written an indispensable guide for both the absolute beginner and the experienced clock enthusiast. The Clock Repairer?s Handbook provides information on how to repair and maintain a clock?s delicate mechanics and teaches the basics of clock repairing through detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and more than three hundred instructive diagrams and illustrations.Advice and directions for tools and equipment, cleaning clock movements, pivoting and mounting, fixing train faults and gears, the importance of lubrication and friction, suspensions and crutches, weight and spring drives, and how to make sure the strike and chimes work on the hour, every hour. Book...

The Big Book of Cupcakes By : Betty Crocker READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Spectacular cupcake recipes made from scratch or with a mix Get ready for adorably decorated and deliciously flavored cupcakes made easy! "Betty Crocker The Big Book of Cupcakes" features 175 delightful cupcakes, all using new and fun decorating ideas anyone can master and simple ingredients available anywhere. And as a unique feature, almost every cupcake can be made from scratch or with a mix: You decide which method to follow.Recipes include kids' party favorites like Double Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes, as well as sophisticated flavors like Mocha-Caramel Cappuccino Cupcakes. You'll find:More than 175 cupcakes, with a tantalizing full-color photograph of every cupcake, plus helpful how-to photos showing easy decorating techniquesA special Kids' Party Cupcakes chapter with decorated treats like Puffer Fish Cupcakes, Monster Truck Cupcake Pull-Aparts and Campfire S...

Baking with Cookie Molds: Secrets and Recipes for Making Amazing Handcrafted Cookies for Your Christmas, Holiday, Wedding, Tea, Party, Swap, Exchange, or Everyday Treat (Third Edition) By : Anne L. Watson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE, AND YOU'LL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS!?Beautiful to look at but hard to use. That's the reputation of cookie molds. But should it be??In this groundbreaking book, Anne L. Watson restores cookie molds to an honored place in the baker's kitchen by revealing long-lost secrets of their use. With Anne's techniques and recipes, tasty cookies with lovely, detailed designs will literally fall from the mold into your hand.?Learn how to make traditional molded cookies like speculaas, springerle, and shortbread, as well as modern ones like White Chocolate Lime Cookies and Orange Blossom Wedding Cookies. Learn the...

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? By : Jared Diamond READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday - in evolutionary time - when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions.The World until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years - a past that has mostly vanished - and cons...

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific By : Nicholas Thomas READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did they come? And how were they able to reach islands dispersed over such vast tracts of ocean?? In Voyagers, the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas charts the course of the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between Asia and the Americas from late prehistory onward. Drawing on the latest research, including insights gained from genetics, linguistics, and archaeology, Thomas...

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia By : Christina Thompson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Book Detail : Author : Christina Thompson Pages : pages Publisher : HarperAudio Language : eng ISBN-10 : B07N7M59D3 ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History) By : Craig L. Symonds READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : There are few moments in military history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly and so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4, 1942, a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset, their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk by American planes. Though the Second World War had three more years to run, the Imperial Japanese Navy would never again initiate a strategic offensive.In this spellbinding account of a key turning point, one of America?s leading naval historians, Craig L. Symonds, paints a portrait of ingenuity, courage, sacrifice, and chance. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor after the devastating Japanese attack, and describes the events leading to the climactic battle, including both Coral Sea?the first in history involving opposing carrier forces?and...

DK Eyewitness Portugal By : DK Eyewitness READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Welcome to Portugal, a sunseekers' paradise.Whether you're looking for world-renowned beaches, serene hilltop villages, verdant islands, or captivating cities, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Portugal has to offer.Small but immensely varied, Portugal offers countless opportunities for adventure. From the soaring mountains and volcanic craters of the Azores to the subtropical paradise of Madeira, there is plenty of natural beauty to be discovered. Urban Portugal is equally as unmissable; cutting-edge galleries, cool hangouts, and a thriving food scene make Lisbon and Porto two of Europe's trendiest cities.Our newly updated guide brings Portugal to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights and advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn ...

Dead Man Running: An Insider's Story on One of World's Most Feared Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. . . The Bandidos By : Ross Coulthart READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : "We are the people our parents warned us about? is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world?s most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs. For ten years, Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. He arranged the security of their clubhouses. He ?cooked? ecstasy and ice for them. He was at meetings where interstate and overseas drug and weapons smuggling was planned. He saw stolen military weapons being sold. He witnessed vicious beatings, helped dump corpses. He saw men executed in front of him.It all became too much and, in an attempt to regain control of his life, Utah resorted to the unthinkable: he rolled over to the Federal police and told them all he knew about the Bandidos.This shocking, unflinching, tragic story is Steve Utah?s confession. He knows he is a dead man running - that inevitably the Band...

Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem By : Rosalyn Schanzer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale.?In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began.?The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people?s lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling detail in this young adult book by award-winni...

The Boy on the Wooden Box By : Leon Leyson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Even in the darkest of times - especially in the darkest of times - there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir by Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler?s list.Leon Leyson (born Leib Lezjon) was only ten years old when the Nazis invaded Poland and his family was forced to relocate to the Krakow ghetto. With incredible luck, perseverance, and grit, Leyson was able to survive the sadism of the Nazis, including that of the demonic Amon Goeth, commandant of Plaszow, the concentration camp outside Krakow. Ultimately, it was the generosity and cunning of one man, a man named Oskar Schindler, who saved Leon Leyson?s life, and the lives of his mother, his father, and two of his four siblings, by adding their names to his list of workers in his factory - a list that became world renowned: Schindler?s List.This, the only memoir published b...

Four Perfect Pebbles: A True Story of the Holocaust By : Lila Perl READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The twentieth-anniversary edition of Marion Blumenthal Lazan?s acclaimed Holocaust memoir features new material by the author, a reading group guide, a map, and additional photographs. ?The writing is direct, devastating, with no rhetoric or exploitation. The truth is in what?s said and in what is left out.??ALA Booklist (starred review)Marion Blumenthal Lazan?s unforgettable and acclaimed memoir recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood. Following Hitler?s rise to power, the Blumenthal family?father, mother, Marion, and her brother, Albert?were trapped in Nazi Germany. They managed eventually to get to Holland, but soon thereafter it was occupied by the Nazis. For the next six and a half years the Blumenthals were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps, including Westerbork in Holland and Bergen-Belsen in Germany, before finally making it t...

Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea By : Sungju Lee READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who was forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, ?his brothers,? to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist. ? Book Detail : Author : Sungju Lee Pages : 344 pages Publisher : Harry N. Abrams Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1419727613 ISBN-13 : 9781419727610   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, A...

Nevermore (Maximum Ride, #8) By : James Patterson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Maximum Ride and her faithful friends stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known--now combining forces in an unbeatable plot to destroy life as we know it once and for all. And this time, the enemy truly can't be stopped. The danger mounts just as the boy genetically engineered to be her "perfect match", Dylan, has finally worked his way into Max's heart--and just as her beloved Fang unexpectedly returns to the flock. An explosive confrontation between the two boys with a claim to Max's heart ensues, and the entire world hangs in the balance. In this powerful and moving latest sequel in James Patterson's epic fantasy series, fans will finally get the answers they've been waiting for--and an ending full of shock, surprises, and the greatest conclusion you never saw coming.RUNNING TIME ? 7hrs. and 43mins.?2012 James Patterson ...

The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI?s Original Mindhunter By : John E. Douglas READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ?John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I've had the privilege of knowing? Patricia Cornwell ?John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world? Jonathan Demme, Director of The Silence of the Lambs The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process, and divulging the strategies used to crack some of his most challenging cases. The FBI?s pioneer of criminal profiling, former special agent John Douglas, has studied and interview...

Because You Loved Me By : M. William Phelps READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A Life Taken Jeanne Dominico's fianc? found her body on her kitchen floor. More than forty stab wounds and blows to her head with a blunt instrument had cut her life short. What monster had struck in the heart of a peaceful New England town? A Trust Betrayed Jeanne was a hard-working single mother. Nicole, her fourteen-year-old daughter was on the honor-roll and head over heels in love--with an eighteen-year-old man she'd known only through the Internet. Once the lovers met in person, Jeanne's motherly instincts sensed trouble. If only she'd known that the life in danger was her own. In The Name Of Love With a history of psychological trouble and family misfortune, Billy Sullivan's obsessive and controlling power over Nicole contributed to the brutal slaying of her mother. But it was Nicole's stunning confession and guilty plea that led to Billy's sensational tria...

High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life By : Tiffany Jenkins READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : I wasn't always a terrible person, in fact, there was a point when I was captain of my high school cheerleading squad, "Valentine Queen," and student body president. So when word got out that I was currently withdrawing from opiates on the floor of a jail cell, people in my town were shocked, to say the least. Not because of the 27 felonies I'd acquired, or the nature of my crimes, but mainly because my boyfriend was a Sheriff Deputy, and his friends - our friends - were the ones who'd arrested me. I spent 120 in a jail where every officer knew what I had done to their 'brother in blue' and despised me for it. After a few suicide attempts, cavity searches, pillow fights and lesbian love affairs, I made my way to a residential treatment center. It was there that I recounted the harrowing events leading up to my ar...

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War By : Ben Macintyre READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The celebrated author of?Double Cross?and?Rogue Heroes?returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling?Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nation's communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Union's top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6. For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing Russian spies and helping to foil count...

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit By : John E. Douglas READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas? twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country?s most notorious serial killers and criminals?the basis for the upcoming Netflix original series.In chilling detail, the legendary Mindhunter takes us behind the scenes of some of his most gruesome, fascinating, and challenging cases?and into the darkest recesses of our worst nightmares. During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that near...

Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant By : W. Chan Kim READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A global phenomenon now published in a record 43 languages. Over 3.5 million copies sold. A bestseller across five continents.Since the dawn of the industrial age, companies have engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for differentiation. Yet, as widely practiced as this approach has been, W. Chan Kim and Ren?e Mauborgne?s research shows that is not the way to create profitable growth in the future.In their book Blue Ocean Strategy?now expanded and with a new Preface by the authors?Kim and Mauborgne (INSEAD) argue that cutthroat competition increasingly results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves (...

Wreck This Journal By : Keri Smith READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process. Book Detail : Author : Keri Smith Pages : 224 pages Publisher : Penguin Books Language : ISBN-10 : 0399161945 ISBN-13 : 9780399161940   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TX...

TOEFL Pocket Vocabulary: 600 Words + 420 Idioms + Practice Questions By : Kaplan Test Prep READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Kaplan's TOEFL Pocket Vocabulary provides clear definitions and practice exercises to help you master the vocabulary words and idioms you'll need to know in a North American university setting. This focused, portable guide will help you learn essential English comprehension, speaking, and writing skills so you can face the TOEFL with confidence.Essential ReviewMore than 500 words and more than 400 idioms in flashcard-like page designDefinitions, parts of speech, and sample sentences for each word to help you learn the meanings in contextContent is focused on higher-level vocabulary and terms related to U.S. campus lifePractice exercises help you test your knowledgeExpert GuidanceWe invented test prep?Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their...

Textbook on International Law By : Martin Dixon READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The seventh edition of Textbook on International Law offers students new to the subject, a concise and focused introduction to the essential topics of an international law course from the nature and sources of international law to the use of force and human rights. Dixon guides students through the legal principles and areas of controversy, bringing the subject to life with the use of topical examples to illustrate key concepts. The book incorporates helpful features including a glossary, chapter summaries and further reading. The seventh edition includes further discussion of topical areas such as international human rights law and international criminal law. It features a new chapter focusing explicitly on international criminal law. Online Resource Centre The book is complemented by a website providing updates on case law and legislative developments, as well as annotated links to rel...

Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy By : Max Van Manen READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Bestselling author Max van Manen?s Researching Lived Experience introduces a human science approach to research methodology in education and related fields. The book takes as its starting point the "everyday lived experience" of human beings in educational situations. Rather than rely on abstract generalizations and theories in the traditional sense, the author offers an alternative that taps the unique nature of each human situation. First published in 1990, this book is a classic of social science methodology and phenomenological research, selling tens of thousands of copies over the past quarter century. Left Coast is making available the second edition of this work, never before released outside Canada.Researching Lived Experience offers detailed methodological explications and practical examples of inquiry. It shows how to or...

The Golden Bough: A New Abridgement By : James George Frazer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and his wife. That abridgement has never been reconsidered for a modern audience. In it some of the more controversial passages were dropped, including Frazer's daring speculations on the Crucifixion of Christ. For the first time this one-volume edition restores Frazer's bolder theories and sets them within the framework of a valuable introduction and notes. With new, modern packaging this new edition is a valuable classic to add to your bookshelf. Book Detail : Author : James George Frazer Pages : 908 pages Publisher : Oxford U...

Popular Culture in American History By : Jim Cullen READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The second edition of "Popular Culture in American History" updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade.Fully revised second edition with over 50 percent new materialCompact and classroom-friendly formatIncludes the best writing on popular culture from the 1970s onwardsEssays examine pivotal moments, issues, and genres in American popular culture, from the 'penny press' to the Internet Book Detail : Author : Jim Cullen Pages : 296 pages Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0470673656 ISBN-13 : 9780470673652   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Introduction to Physical Anthropology By : Robert Jurmain READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Introduction to Physical Anthropology brings the study of physical anthropology to life! With a focus on the big picture of human evolution, the 15th Edition helps you master the basic principles of the subject and arrive at an understanding of the human species and its place in the biological world. Each chapter begins with new Student Learning Objectives and a chapter outline to help you focus your study time. Each chapter then ends with an expanded section of "How Do We Know?", followed by a critical thinking question, designed to help cement your understanding of the concepts. Book Detail : Author : Robert Jurmain Pages : 592 pages Publisher : Cengage Learning Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1337099821 ISBN-13 : 9781337099820   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*====...

Ordinary Affects By : Kathleen Stewart READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Ordinary Affects is a singular argument for attention to the affective dimensions of everyday life and the potential that animates the ordinary. Known for her focus on the poetics and politics of language and landscape, the anthropologist Kathleen Stewart ponders how ordinary impacts create the subject as a capacity to affect and be affected. In a series of brief vignettes combining storytelling, close ethnographic detail, and critical analysis, Stewart relates the intensities and banalities of common experiences and strange encounters, half-spied scenes and the lingering resonance of passing events. While most of the instances rendered are from Stewart?s own life, she writes in the third person in order to reflect on how intimate experiences of emotion, the body, other people, and time inextricably link us to the outside world.Stewart refrains from positing an overarching system?whether it?s cal...

Six Months Later By : Natalie D. Richards READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From the bestselling author of teen suspense books, Natalie D. Richards, comes a psychological thriller about a girl who wakes up with everything she?s ever wanted, but can?t remember the last six months of her life, perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and If I Stay.When Chloe fell asleep in study hall, it was the middle of May. But when she wakes up, snow is on the ground, and she can't remember the last six months.Before, she'd been a mediocre student. Now, she's on track for valedictorian and being recruited by Ivy League schools. Before, she never had a chance with sports star Blake. Now he's her boyfriend. Before, she and Maggie were inseparable. Now her best friend won't speak to her.What happened to her? Remembering the truth could be more dangerous than she?d ever imagined. Book Detail : Author : Natalie D. Richards Pages : 370 pages Publisher : Sourcebooks Fire ...

As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3) By : Holly Jackson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The third thrilling book in the bestselling, award-winning A Good Girl?s Guide to Murder seriesA Good Girl's Guide to Murder is The New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller and WINNER of The British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 2020 and SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she?ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her . . . and this time it?s all about Pip. Pip is used to online death threats, but there?s one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you?re the one who disappears? And it?s not just online. Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been ...

Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1) By : Maureen Johnson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. ?A place,? he said, ?where learning is a game.?Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym ?Truly, Devious.? It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve ...

The Electric Heir (Feverwake, #2) By : Victoria Lee READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In the sequel to The Fever King, Noam ?lvaro seeks to end tyranny before he becomes a tyrant himself.Six months after Noam ?lvaro helped overthrow the despotic government of Carolinia, the Atlantians have gained citizenship, and Lehrer is chancellor. But despite Lehrer?s image as a progressive humanitarian leader, Noam has finally remembered the truth that Lehrer forced him to forget?that Lehrer is responsible for the deadly magic infection that ravaged Carolinia.Now that Noam remembers the full extent of Lehrer?s crimes, he?s determined to use his influence with Lehrer to bring him down for good. If Lehrer realizes Noam has evaded his control?and that Noam is plotting against him?Noam?s dead. So he must keep playing the role of Lehrer?s prot?g? until he can steal enough vaccine to stop the virus.Meanwhile Dara Shirazi returns to Carolinia, his magic stripped by the same vaccine tha...

CCNA Security (210-260) Portable Command Guide By : Bob Vachon READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Preparing for the latest CCNA Security exam? Here are all the CCNA Security (210-260) commands you need in one condensed, portable resource. Filled with valuable, easy-to-access information, the CCNA Security Portable Command Guide, is portable enough for you to use whether you're in the server room or the equipment closet. Completely updated to reflect the new CCNA Security 210-260 exam, this quick reference summarizes relevant Cisco IOS(R) Software commands, keywords, command arguments, and associated prompts, and offers tips and examples for applying these commands to real-world security challenges. Configuration examples, throughout, provide an even deeper understanding of how to use IOS to protect networks. Topics covered include Networking security fundamentals: concepts, policies, strategy Protecting network infrastructure: network foundations, security manag...