-- Beats the competition -- covers the basics of food science and techniques a cook should know, plus tips, rules of thumb and other factors for success.-- Line art, photos and recipes.Have you ever started out making a wonderful recipe only to be sidetracked by terms and techniques you didn't understand? Have you wondered why some sugars caramelize and some sugars burn, how to slice those tiny matchstick carrots or make a basic sauce from scratch? Authors Labensky and Fitzgerald are two of the top culinary experts in the business and they share with you the tips and techniques that make professional chefs look so good. They also cover food safety, basic baking chemistry, knifing and basic cooking techniques and recipe construction Lots of rules of thumb and basic knowledge to make you a better cook. Coverage includes food and cooking terms (English, French and Italian); techniques for knives, styles of slicing and dicing; smoking, brining, slow-cooking and other meat treatments; food safety including freshness, food use, sanitation, etc; basic food chemistry - starches, eggs, leveners, and even biotechnology; baking science and techniques including yeast and quick breads; sauces, emulsions, stocks, gravies and other basics that sound hard but really are easy

Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Techniques and Science (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Labensky, Sarah

FitzGerald, James

Cooking Education & Reference

Alpha

You know who you are: you're one of the one billion adults who takes pleasure in smoking cigarettes. This one-of-a-kind treasure trove of memories, meditations, fascinating facts, tantalizing trivia, wit, and wisdom about smoking will only enhance the unparalleled pleasure of lighting up!
Did you know: Nearly 15 billion cigarettes are sold worldwide daily—about 10 million cigarettes every minute. . . . A single tablespoon of tobacco seeds can sow six acres of land. . . . Lucky Strike was originally the name of a chewing tobacco sold during the Gold Rush?
Gone are the days of TV tobacco ads ("Winston Tastes Good Like a Cigarette Should!"). Airplane and movie theater smoking sections and smoking cars on railroad trains are things of the halcyon past. But smoking carries on! The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes enables confirmed and unbowed tobacco enthusiasts to revel in their satisfaction, with classic advertisements, smoking celeb photographs, drawings, and fascinating observations on:
<ul>
<li>The psychotherapeutic effect of cigarette as timepiece ("One more smoke, and then I'll pay the utilities bill.") </li>
<li>The new brands and the old favorites </li>
<li>Being a smoker in a nonsmoking world </li>
<li>The classic smoker profile: the Marlboro Man, the American Spirit American, Joe Camel, the Gauloises Gal</li>
</ul>
And Much More!
They may bar you from restaurants. They may force you out into the cold, cold streets. But they will never rob you of . . . the joys of smoking cigarettes!

The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes

Reference

It Books

Prize-winning author James FitzGerald explores how the death of an eighteen-year-old girl in the summer of 1968 forever changed his life and the life of the other man who loved her. Dreaming Sally is a deeply moving exploration of the weight of a life cut short. Sally will die in Europe this summer. George Orr dreamed that his girlfriend, Sally Wodehouse, would die on the trip she wanted to take, and he begged her not to go. But Sally did not take him seriously--how could she? She left for Europe in July 1968 with twenty-five other private-school kids, on "The Odyssey," a Sixties version of the Grand Tour. In August 1968, only hours after becoming engaged to George via telegram, she died as he had dreamed she would, in a freak accident. Sally was George's first love, but she was also James FitzGerald's. James first met Sally at a family cottage; he was drawn to her energy and warmth, a stunning contrast to the chilly emotional life of his own family. At seventeen, not exactly a hit with the girls, James was delighted when he realized that he'd be spending the summer with his old friend. And soon, even though he knew that Sally had a serious boyfriend back home, they became inseparable, touring the glories of Western culture by day, dancing and drinking the nights away--giddily unshackled from the expectations and requirements of their class and upbringing. To George and James, both sons of parents who knew how to make demands of their children but not how to love them, Sally represented all the optimism and promised freedom of the '60s. Her death has haunted both men for fifty years--arresting their development, miring them in grief and unreasoning guilt. Dreaming Sally is a profound and evocative exploration of the long shadow left by an eighteen-year-old girl, an uncanny story of first love, sudden death and the complexity of trauma and mourning.

Dreaming Sally: A True Story of First Love, Sudden Death and Long Shadows

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Random House Canada

A rich, unmined piece of Canadian history, an intense psychological drama, a mystery to be solved… and a hardwon escape from a family curse Like his friends Banting and Best, Dr. John Fitzgerald was a Canadian hero. He founded Connaught Labs, saved untold lives with his vaccines and transformed the idea of public health in Canada and the world. What so darkened his reputation that his memory has been all but erased? A sensitive, withdrawn boy is born into the gothic house of his long dead grandfather, a brilliant yet tormented pathologist of Irish blood and epic accomplishment whose memory has been mysteriously erased from public consciousness. As the boy watches his own father - also an eminent doctor - plunge into a suicidal psychosis, he intuits, as the psychiatrists do not, some unspeakable secret buried like a tumour deep in the multi-generational layers of the family unconscious. Growing into manhood, he knows in his bones that he must stalk an ancient curse before it stalks him. To set himself free, he must break the silence and put words to the page. His future lies in the past.

What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past

A rich, unmined piece of Canadian history, an intense psychological drama, a mystery to be solved… and a hardwon escape from a family curse. Like his friends Banting and Best, Dr. John Fitzgerald was a Canadian hero. He founded Connaught Labs, saved untold lives with his vaccines and transformed the idea of public health in Canada and the world. What so darkened his reputation that his memory has been all but erased? A sensitive, withdrawn boy is born into the gothic house of his long dead grandfather, a brilliant yet tormented pathologist of Irish blood and epic accomplishment whose memory has been mysteriously erased from public consciousness. As the boy watches his own father - also an eminent doctor - plunge into a suicidal psychosis, he intuits, as the psychiatrists do not, some unspeakable secret buried like a tumour deep in the multi-generational layers of the family unconscious. Growing into manhood, he knows in his bones that he must stalk an ancient curse before it stalks him. To set himself free, he must break the silence and put words to the page. His future lies in the past.

Professionals & Academics

Vintage Canada

As World War Two ended, President Truman recognized “…that Chiang’s (China’s) government fought side by side with us against our common enemy…” Washington records attest that both FDR and HST pledged vast aid to restore and rearm a devastated China and when Communist insurrection erupted, China urgently requested that promised aid. It was not to be. Two years later, U.S. Ambassador Stuart in China described the situation “America still delays the long promised aid on which survival of democratic institutions depends.” And “The Chinese people do not want to become communists, yet they see the tide of communism running irresistibly forward.” Ambassador Stuart’s reports and other revealing documents have been ignored in material published over the past half-century. There was no vast aid. There was no popular revolt. There was only betrayal. Washington records, incriminating personal papers, archived news reports and Communist records provide the backbone for Abandoning an Ally, its exposure of the China betrayal and the price paid by young Americans. It was Stalin’s second attempt to enslave 20% of the world’s population. China was first targeted by Soviet Premier Lenin in 1922 and by 1926 Stalin had Russian advisers imbedded in Sun Yat-sen’s (Sun Yixian’s) fledging Chinese government. When the Soviets incited their Red Chinese comrades to revolt, a young disciple of Sun moved decisively. Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) stifled the uprisings, deported the Russians and outlawed the Chinese Communist party. China’s great economic progress through the early 1930s made her less vulnerable to Stalin’s plots but threatened Japan’s dominance in Asia. Japan attacked, expecting a quick victory but China would not surrender. Chiang’s Army tied down and bled the Japanese Army for three long years before America entered WW2. Meanwhile, Stalin’s Asian plotting was interrupted when ally Hitler turned on his Soviet partner. Suddenly, Russia fought for survival and Moscow had no resources for the subversion of China. However, International Communism was thriving. This was an era President Dwight Eisenhower defined as “harrowing decades that partly poisoned our national life.” Disciples in the west eagerly took on the Red mission. Their obstacle: full support of China by emerging world super power U.S. would render China invulnerable to Communist overthrow. The only tactic available was the “Big Lie.” Propaganda poured forth sanctifying the avowed terrorist who would soon enslave hundreds of millions. Despite his early advocating and use of terror, Mao Tse-tung (Mao Zedong) was acclaimed the “Enlightened leader of agrarian reformers,” “The Great Teacher,” “The most selfless man ever encountered.” Conversely, his opponent, the head of China’s government, who rose from defeat and founded a thriving democratic nation, was demonized as a cruel, corrupt despot. A 180 degree character reversal, but the enablers were skilled communicators unhampered by ethics, and their anointed one, Mao, was a master propagandist. The key American in Communism’s China strategy was a desk soldier with a talent for impressing politicians and collecting unearned accolades. A peculiar, aloof individual who exhibited less than full commitment to the war effort and consequently lost authority as WW2 progressed. At wars end, a new U.S President awarded him authority over U.S. – China relations. The indifferent conference room warrior of WW2 found new levels of commitment and sacrificed all ethics in order to seal China’s fate. Dwight Eisenhower said we will never forget the “Harrowing decades that partly poisoned our national life.” But until now, a half century later, the betrayers responsible for the death of tens of thousands of Americans and tens of millions of Chinese have been protected by a pervasive, drastic distortion of documented history. The victims of history’s deadliest betrayal deserve a true accounting.

Abandoning an Ally: The Real Story Behind 70 Million Killed in China and America's "Forgotten War"

History

Asia

James Fitzgerald

Take the reins of your financial future with this powerful and insightful new resource&nbsp; In&nbsp;Bulletproof Investing, real estate expert, investor, entrepreneur, and author James Fitzgerald, delivers&nbsp;a collection of personal stories and experiences that&nbsp;will&nbsp;show how you too can&nbsp;gain and retain financial control of your life.&nbsp;You'll learn how to spend less than you earn, find a mentor, identify a purpose&nbsp;for your financial wellbeing, and, ultimately, learn to achieve financial independence.&nbsp; This important book shows you how to:&nbsp; <ul> <li>Improve&nbsp;your mental health by removing the stress and anxiety of financial insecurity&nbsp;</li> <li>Familiarise&nbsp;yourself with the right tools to control your financial destiny&nbsp;</li> <li>Minimise&nbsp;and manage risk, rather than trying fruitlessly to eliminate it&nbsp;</li> <li>Take advantage of the miracle of compound growth&nbsp;and watch your&nbsp;investment portfolio&nbsp;flourish&nbsp;</li> <li>Stop&nbsp;working hard and start working smart, letting your money do much of the work for you</li> </ul> Perfect for millennials, adults with children, and those nearing retirement aiming for financial control and stability,&nbsp;Bulletproof Investing&nbsp;will also earn a place in the libraries of&nbsp;anyone hoping to gain a firmer grasp of their financial reality and investment portfolio.&nbsp;

Bulletproof Investing: Gaining Financial Control in Uncertain Times

Business & Money

Investing

wiley

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

The Best Fences (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, A-92)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Storey Publishing, LLC.

A-Rod: American Hero: An Unauthorized Biography

A-Rod: American Hero: An Unauthorized Biography

Children's Books

Biographies

Razorbill

In July 2000, God sent a watchman to Madison Square Garden in New York City with warning of an imminent surprise attack that would be a sign pointing to the endtimes. When this very thing happened fourteen months later on 9/11, it proved to be God’s terrible catalyst to begin the end-times right before our eyes.
The 9/11 Prophecy tells the remarkable testimony of the watchman who was sent to NYC at the Millennium. With amazing, irrefutable proof from scripture, history and providence, it shows how 9/11 set in motion two of the most critical end-time prophecies in the New Testament and how these specific prophecies will lead to America’s fall before the rise of an Islamic Antichrist in this very generation.

The 9/11 Prophecy: Startling Evidence the Endtimes Have Begun

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

WND Books

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Books by FitzGerald, James

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking Techniques and Science (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

The Joys of Smoking Cigarettes

Dreaming Sally: A True Story of First Love, Sudden Death and Long Shadows

What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past

What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past

Abandoning an Ally: The Real Story Behind 70 Million Killed in China and America's "Forgotten War"

Bulletproof Investing: Gaining Financial Control in Uncertain Times

The Best Fences (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, A-92)

A-Rod: American Hero: An Unauthorized Biography

The 9/11 Prophecy: Startling Evidence the Endtimes Have Begun