Featuring treasured down-home dishes, including Fiesta Dip, Red Flannel Hash, Sloppy Joe Turnovers, and Green Bean Casserole, this cookbook focuses on the many regional and ethnic foods brought to potlucks and church suppers throughout the United States and Canada.
A memoir about a British couple's project to renovate a rickety Victorian house in the USA and rebuild their own lives - one room at a time.
Helps to create haircuts for yourself or those else. Along with style tips and techniques, this book provides step-by-step instructions on how to cut various types of hair - straight or curly, thin or thick - whether it's yours or somebody else's. It includes ten basic haircuts and dozens of variations for men, women and children.
Throughout his life, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) wrote hundreds of letters, mostly to his brother Theo, who acted as patron, agent and sounding board to an artist whose life was fraught with poverty, a struggle for fame and alternating fits of madness and lucidity. This work re-translates and sets side-by-side with his drawings and paintings.
Presents a satire on modern day ethics and unacceptable behavior (from the bedroom to the boardroom). This book offers tips and tricks that show men young and old just what is proper and what is pitiable. It is suitable for dads, husbands and boyfriends - and for those men who seem to be perpetually single.
Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye.
A collection of cartoons which have appeared in New Yorker magazine since the 1920s: the best from every decade, as well as decade-by-decade essays by prominent writers.
The Manhattan Project (1942-1946) resulted in the development and detonation of the first nuclear weapons - and irrevocably changed the course of world events. This book provides the history of the project and its legacy, from the array of perspectives and primary sources: secret documents, essays, articles, biographies, plays, and novels.
A collection of 24 Paris maps and panoramic views. It includes some of the earliest known maps of the city as well as topographical maps, views of iconic and historic locations, transport maps, maps used for advertising and tourism, road and bicycle maps, and more.
A collection of 24 London maps and panoramic views. It includes some of the earliest known maps of the city as well as topographical maps, views of iconic and historic locations, transport maps, maps used for advertising and tourism, road and bicycle maps, and more.
Suitable for children aged 9-12, this work takes you on a tour of the Earth's varied environments - in all their beauty and fragility - along with activities and materials to encourage young environmentalists. It is divided into sections exploring: the water, land, and air around us; the atmosphere and weather; plants; energy sources; and animals.
About making and breaking secret messages from hieroglyphs to the Internet. This book is about the fascinating world of codes - from deciphering ancient hieroglyphics to the cipher machines used in wartime and modern computer cryptology for encoding financial transactions.
Offers a resource for eager questions and lively debates. This title includes the major accomplishments of various administrations, key legislation, diplomatic triumphs, profiles of cabinet members, results, political legacies, foreign policy endeavours, social impact, family lives, and little known facts.