Category Archives: Caribbean
New Orleans Cocktails: Over 100 Drinks from the Sultry Streets and Balconies of the Big Easy
โ€Whether a clean-drinking history buff or a connoisseur of all things served in fancy cups, New Orleans Cocktails raises a glass to the best of culture.โ€ –Christina Leo, inRegister โ€Transport yourself to the heart of New Orleans` fascinating cocktail culture with this collection of contemporary and classic drinks. Expect unique libations inspired by writers, musicians,
El Paso: A Novel
Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life this period of history in a saga of heroism, injustice and love. El Paso pits the legendary outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa, against a thrill-seeking railway tycoon known as the Colonel whose fading fortune
The Pizza Bible
The World`s Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and More
Chinese Soul Food
Chinese soul food is classic comfort food you can`t resist, and in this cookbook you`ll find 80 recipes for favorites you can easily make any night of the week. Chinese food is more popular than any other cuisine and yet it often intimidates North American home cooks. Chinese Soul Food draws cooks into the kitchen
Correspondents
`A sprawling tale of love, family, duty, war, and displacement` Khaled HosseiniCorrespondents by Tim Murphy is a powerful story about the legacy of immigration, the present-day world of refugeehood, the violence that America causes both abroad and at home, and the power of the individual and the family to bring good into a world that
Gospel of the Eels
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society and White Horse Book Shop Literary Prize`This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.` Sunday Times`What a joy! Patrick Svensson`s sinuous weaving of natural history, philosophy, psychology and autobiography is as compelling and rewarding
The Reason I Jump: one boy`s voice from the silence of autism
The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as a child with autism, now a documentary film Winner of Best Documentary and Best Sound in the British Independent Film Awards 2021. `It will stretch your vision of what it is to be human` Andrew Solomon, The TimesWhat is it like to have
Of Women and Salt
`Extraordinary . . . stunning` Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory`Vivid details, visceral prose and strong willful women` Angie Cruz, author of Dominicana`Vivid, engrossing, luminous` Sharlene Teo, author of PontiFive generations of women, linked by blood and circumstance, by the secrets they share, and by a single book passed down through a family, with
Amexica: War Along the Borderline
Between the interiors of the USA and Mexico lies a borderland: Amexica. A terrain astride the world`s busiest frontier, teeming with migrants, factory workers, narcos, tourists, heroines and heroes, ranchers and rogues. A border both porous and harsh, criss-crossed by a million people every day. A warzone, where a grotesque pastiche of the globalised economy
Searching for Sylvie Lee
`Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets` Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the WaterIt begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit
Crossroads
Reinventing plant-based eating is what Tal Ronnen is all about. At his Los Angeles restaurant, Crossroads, vegans, vegetarians, and carnivores sit side by side and eat dishes that satisfy each of them. Ronnen`s cooking is Mediterranean first – think warm bowls of tomato-sauced pappardelle, plates of spicy carrot salad, and crunchy flatbreads piled high with
Why We March: Signs of Protest and Hope-Voices from the Women`s March
On January 21, 2017, over 5 million people in 673 cities around the globe gathered in solidarity for the Women`s March, carrying signs that shone with unwavering hope and determination and demanded the protection of women`s rights, opposed the newly inaugurated U.S. president, and championed equality and justice for all. Why We March presents 300
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community, serving tea, clinging to tradition, and dreaming of Tehran. Outside, she was a California girl who
On Earth We`re Briefly Gorgeous
** The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller **Brilliant, heartbreaking and highly original, Ocean Vuong`s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytelling.`A marvel` MARLON JAMESThis is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog,
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
Best-selling suspense author Mary Higgins Clark invites you on a tour of Manhattan`s most iconic neighborhoods in this anthology of all-new stories from Mystery Writers of America, produced to commemorate its 70th anniversary. In Lee Child`s The Picture of the Lonely Diner, legendary drifter Jack Reacher interrupts a curious stand-off in the shadow of the
An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar
The jaguar is one of the most mysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power and indomitable spirit so strong, the jaguar has
Everybody
`Simply one of our most exciting writers` – Observer`A free-wheeling and joyful exploration of the works and lives of a range of artists and thinkers who brought libidinal and creative energy together with spectacular results` – Jack HalberstamThe body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power.
Ranking America`s Fifty States: A Comparison in Graphic Detail
This book provides a compendium of stimulating facts about the states, presented graphically, and covering a wide array of topics including demographic, economic, environmental, health, and crime variables. Hundreds of attributes are compared side-by-side, from life expectancy to murder rates; from fourth-grade math proficiency scores to the number of food stamp recipients, and from illicit
