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This is a collection of recipes for all types soups and sauces including vegetable soups, broths, stock, purees, hot sauces, and cold sauces -- and so much more. - Summary by Larry Wilson

This is a collection of recipes for all types of cakes and biscuits including sponge cakes, fruit cakes, gingerbread and icings. - Summary by Larry Wilson

This is a collection of recipes for all types of puddings and pastries including custards, fritters, pancakes, soufflés, tarts, jellies, ices, pies and so much more. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of...

In the expert hands of two of the mystery world's top storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. These original stories explore the dark side of the housewife psyche and are guaranteed to delight. But be cautioned: These stories—"GDMFSOB" by Nevada Barr (author of the Anna Pigeon series) and "Acid Test" by Sara Paretsky (author of the V.I. Warshawski novels)—are meant to be listened to alone while sipping a glass of wine.

Living in a Time of Dying is a spiritual manifesto for our times. It undertakes the sobering task of inviting us to feel the full weight of not only the inevitability of death, but the impending collapse of our human civilization, as evidenced through the social, psychospiritual, and ecological crises that we face in the 21st century on this planet Earth. Written for all those struggling with grief and fear about the future of our world, it offers a deeply poignant and compassionate vision for how to live in such times with integrity, courage, and grace.