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International Cooking  Fairy Tale Feasts
A Literary Cookbook for Young Readers and Eaters
tales retold Jane Yolen, recipes Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Phillippe Beha
Now available in paperback From the earliest days of stories, when hunters told of their exploits around the campfire while gnawing on a leg of beast, to the era of kings in castles listening to the storyteller at the royal...
$20.00
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 Jewish Kitchen, The
Clarissa Hyman; photography by Peter Cassidy
Jewish cooking is the daily expression of not only religious beliefs, but a cultural and family history. The recipes passed from one generation to another tell their own story of a family’s past. An historically peripatetic people, Jewish commu...
$20.00
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 Mexican Modern
New Food from Mexico
Fiona Dunlop; photography by Jean-Blaise Hall
An enthralling gastronomic journey that captures the incredible vitality and color of this country and the remarkable food of Mexico today
Mexico is experiencing a gastronomic revolution. A return to pre-Hispanic cooking techn...
$29.95
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 One World Vegetarian Cookbook
Troth Wells
An information-packed gastronomic tour of the world and the ultimate resource for global vegetarian recipes
One World Vegetarian Cookbook starts in your backyard-buying produce at your local farmers' market or perh...
$35.00
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 Spice Kitchen, The
Flavorful Recipes from Around the World
Michal Haines; photography byJacqui Blanchard
A cookbook that will undoubtedly inspire new directions in your culinary repertoire
Since the days of the Silk Road and the Spice Trail, adventurers have traversed uncharted territories purely to get their hands on spices—th...
$29.95
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 Spices of Life, The
Piquant Recipes from Africa, Asia & Latin America
Troth Wells
Love potions, cures for toothache or flatulence, tasty flavoring - spices have been a pungent presence down the ages. Long before Peter Piper picked his peck of pickled pepper, the Queen of Sheba sent spices to King Solomon and Emperor Nero burned Ro...
$17.95
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 Warm Bread and Honey Cake
Home Baking from Around the World
Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra; photography by Vanessa Courtier
UK Guild of Food Writers Award Winner COOKERY BOOK OF THE YEAR
Baking is one of life’s pleasures—few can resist the comforting smell of freshly baked bread, the warmth of spices, sticky cak...
$35.00
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Film Studies  Guilty
Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs After 9/11
Jack G. Shaheen
"Nothing will be the same again." Americans scarred by the experience of 9/11 often express this sentiment. But what remains the same, argues Jack G. Shaheen, is Hollywood's stereotyping of Arabs. Before 9/11, Shaheen dissected Hollywoo...
$18.00
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 Reel Bad Arabs (revised and updated edition)
How Hollywood Vilifies a People
Jack G. Shaheen
A groundbreaking book that dissects a slanderous history dating from cinema's earliest days to contemporary Hollywood blockbusters that feature machine-gun wielding and bomb-blowing "evil" Arabs
Award-winning film au...
$25.00
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100 Best Series  100 Best Paintings in New York
Deanna MacDonald and Geoffrey Smith
100 Best Paintings in New York combines art history, commentary, and tourists' guide to provide you with a deeper understanding and appreciation of New York's greatest works of art. The descriptions draw attention to fascinating deta...
$22.00
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Assorted Travel Titles  Alaska (Travellers' Wildlife Guide)
Dennis Paulson and Les Beletsky
Alaska has both vast wilderness tracts and a modern transportation system, making eco-travelling in the state easy as well as exciting. From the broad expanses of tundra in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the rich seabird colonies of the Beri...
$27.95
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 Cafe Life New York
An Insider's Guide to the City's Neighborhood Cafes
Sandy Miller; photography by Juliana Spear
Café Life New York is an essential companion for anyone committed to discovering the true heart of one of the world's greatest cities.
Discover the cafés of New York City, the neighborhood hangouts that even s...
$20.00
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 Mississippi
Ben Wynne
Beginning with the state’s earliest settlers, Ben Wynne explores the paradox that is Mississippi—its rich soil and namesake river, yet its vulnerability to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. It is one of the US’s poorest s...
$18.00
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 Secret New York
Exploring the City's Hidden Neighborhoods
Michelle Haimoff; photography by Rachel Feierman
A unique walking guide written for those who want to experience the delights of walking New York’s diverse neighborhoods.
New York churns at a relentless pace. It is constantly being rebuilt, torn down, and rebuilt again to...
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 South Carolina
Kenneth Townsend
Today tourists flock to the warm waters of Myrtle Beach, explore refurbished plantations, and stroll the picturesque streets of old Charleston. In this history of the state, Kenneth Townsend examines the rich and complicated past of these places. Beg...
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 Taxi
Christina Oxenberg
Briefly sketches the history of taxi cabs, shares the stories of New York cabbies, and passengers describe unusual experiences riding in taxis....
$14.95
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Biography & Memoirs  A Voyage to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies
John Atkins
The first modern edition of major work of anti-slavery literature; a unique eye-witness account of the eighteenth-century slave trade
'They are brought by us (some say) not as merchants but as Christians to preserve them from...
$17.95
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 Dancing In the No-Fly Zone
A Woman’s Journey Through Iraq
Hadani Ditmars
Here is a unique perspective on Iraq, before and after the recent war.
When Hadani Ditmars first went to Iraq in 1997 for the New York Times, she was shocked at what she saw. Six years of the worst sanctions ever inflicte...
$16.95
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 Embers and Ashes
Memoirs of an Arab Intellectual
Hisham Sharabi; translated by Issa Boullata
Hisham Sharabi (1927-2005) was a distinguished Palestinian intellectual and an outspoken critic of traditional Arab society and culture. Despite his wealthy family and his upbringing as a member of the privileged class, his conscious self-analysis af...
$15.00
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 Fire in My Belly
Alfred J. Roach
Octogenarian Al Roach, now chairman of two high technology companies and a champion of disarmament, tells here of his extraordinary life and imparts gems of practical wisdom born out of his decades of experience in life and business.
A sen...
$15.00
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