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Cuisinart GR-4N 5-in-1 Griddler $185.00 The Cuisinart(tm) Griddler makes “multifunctional” an understatement! Make perfect panini… plus! With four separate cooking options, it can handle everything from pancakes to sausages to grilled cheese to steaks, hamburgers and panini. It helps you prepare more servings of more kinds of food in less time, so you can cook for a crowd — no one has to wait!Simply change the cooking plates and adju… |
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EasyLunchboxes 3-compartment Bento Lunch Box Containers (Set of 4) BPA-Free. Easy-Open Lids (Not Leakproof) $13.95 Save time, money, paper, and plastic when you use EasyLunchboxes. No more wasteful baggies or mismatched plastic containers. Now you can pack lunches fast for work or school. Even make homemade “Lunchables®!” Created by a mom of three, these bento-style, 3-compartment containers are designed to be carried upright in the EasyLunchboxes cooler bag (choose from 7 vibrant colors). Container lids stay… |
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Cuisinart TOB-40 Custom Classic Toaster Oven Broiler $65.99 Product Features: Toast, Bagel, Bake and Broil functions 1800 watts Full size interior holds and 11 pizza and 4-slices of toast Stainless Steel front with rubberized easy grip dials and cool touch handle Always Even Shade Control monitors the temperature and adjusts the timing to consistently toast to the shade selected every time! Convenient auto slide-out rack for hands-free loading and easy re… |
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CINDERELLA’S DOLLHOUSE LG $4.99 Decorate Cinderella’s castle, filling it with furnishings, pictures, and even food before bringing in the world’s most downtrodden stepdaughter and her friends. With this game, Cinderella fans ages 5 and older can design their heroine’s living spaces, print out especially well-decorated rooms, and experiment with a new variation on the age-old pastime of playing with dolls. Disney’s Cinderella Do… |
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100 Individual Serving Sampler Organic Dessert Teas $24.95 These teas have a light, yet full flavor, perfect for after a meal or anytime of the day or night since they are caffeine-free and organic…. |
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8 Inch, Indus Classic, Lot of 2 Himalayan Rock Crystal Salt Lamps 7~10 Lbs Comes with Shrink Wrapped, Cord, Bulbs. Get Free 125 Grams Gourmet Pink Edible Food Grade Salt. $26.25 Authorized online retailer of IndusClassic brand is only TigerDive. Indus Classic brings for Special Mother day Gifts for you from HIMALAYA. Whether you are seeking a decorative devotional collectible for your personal enjoyment, or a very unique gift for those you love, place your orders and you will amazed with our professional service and romantic and unique and Natural product! LAMPS come with… |
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RARE AUTOGRAPHED – FOOD ADDICTION: THE BODY KNOWS, SIGNED BY KAY SHEPPARD – VERY RARE, FIRST-EDITION, 1989, 19-YEAR-OLD COLLECTIBLE *PLUS FREE GIFT: VHS Miracles of Hands-On Healing For Women Only [SHIPS SAME DAY WITH FREE TRACKING] **OWN THIS RARE, IMPOSSIBLE-TO-FIND, FIRST-EDITION COLLECTIBLE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, KAY SHEPPARD. Would You Believe That Some Foods Can Be As Additive As Cocaine, Alcohol, Or Other Addictive Substances? In This Book, Kay Sheppard Explains That Food Addiction Is Not A Lack Of Will Power Or A Behavioral Problem But A Physical Disease With Symptoms And Characteristics Which Can Be Recogniz… |
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RARE VHS: Why Do I Eat When I’m Not Hungry – Dr. Roger Callahan *PLUS 2 FREE PAPERBACKS: It’s Not What You’re Eating, It’s What’s Eating You (Food Addiction) – Janet Greeson + Hope for the Hungry Heart: God’s Promises for Overeaters – Gary Wilde **FOOD ADDICTION? Been there, done that. Get Inspiration for changing your life with RARE Video and 2 Free Paperbacks! RARE VHS: Why Do I Eat When I’m Not Hungry, by Dr. Roger Callahan . PLUS 2 PAPERBACKS: ‘It’s Not What You’re Eating, It’s What’s Eating You: The 28-Day Plan to Heal Hidden Food Addiction,’ by Janet Greeson, and ‘Hope for the Hungry Heart: God’s Promises for Overeaters,’ by Gary Wi… |
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Rubbermaid 7J93 Produce Saver Square Food Storage Containers Set of 8 $16.29 * Produce saver * Fresh vent and crisp tray keeps produce fresh and crisp longer * Lids and trays snap to bases and each other for easy and organized storage * Microwave, freezer, and dishwasher safe * Square design * 8-piece set includes: one 14-cup, one 5-cup, and two 2-cup food-storage containers, with four lids… |
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Films Set In Chicago, Illinois (Study Guide) $33.4 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: When Harry Met Sally…, the Breakfast Club, the Sting, North by Northwest, Some Like It Hot, Airport, in Old Chicago, Scarface, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Marked for Death, the Great Ziegfeld, What Women Want, Powers of Ten, John Q, the Negotiator, High Fidelity, the Grudge 2, Wanted, the Blues Brothers, Road to Perdition, Public Enemies, Tucker: the Man and His Dream, Death of a President, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Streets of Fire, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Stuart Saves His Family, Child’s Play, the Untouchables, a League of Their Own, Flags of Our Fathers, I, Robot, Radioland Murders, the Time Traveler’s Wife, List of Fiction Set in Chicago, Eight Men Out, the Lake House, Leatherheads, Fred Claus, Running Scared, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Chain Reaction, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Risky Business, Backdraft, Barbershop, the Deep End of the Ocean, Damien: Omen Ii, Derailed, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the Front Page, Twentieth Century, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Candyman, Judgment Night, Pretty in Pink, Adventures in Babysitting, Never Been Kissed, Stir of Echoes, a Sound of Thunder, the Unmentionables, Captain Ron, Save the Last Dance, the Weather Man, Dragonfly, Poltergeist Iii, a Raisin in the Sun, Medium Cool, Blankman, Soul Food, Uncle Buck, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, Shall We Dance?, Prelude to a Kiss, the Promotion, the Babe, Only the Lonely, While You Were Sleeping, U.s. Marshals, Rookie of the Year, Thief, Baby’s Day Out, Mad Dog and Glory, Little Man, V. I. Warshawski, Class, Butterfly on a Wheel, Primal Fear, T.r. Baskin, Bad Boys, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Next of Kin, Roll Bounce, Straight Talk, Continental Divide, Red Heat, the Watcher, Nothing in Common, the Break-Up, Rapid Fire, Michael, the … More: |
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Slimming World Free Foods: Guilt-Free Food Whenever You’re Hungry $32.95 The people at Slimming World know that all slimmers want plenty of gorgeous food — but to deny yourself is not the way to get slim and stay slim. This unique approach to slimming is based on a revolutionary concept — that of ‘Free Foods’ — foods you eat in any quantities, whenever you’re hungry. And they aren’t just typical diet staples such as lettuce and low-fat cottage cheese. Free Foods include pasta, rice, lean meat, fish, poultry, and fresh fruit and vegetables. Fancy a big plateful of vegetable curry with unlimited rice, or a pile of pasta with a spicy tomato sauce? How about a monster jacket potato with a tin of baked beans? Or a meaty tuna steak with a heap of ratatouille? Recipes such as Farfalle and mixed bean salad, mild and creamy chicken curry, fragrant pilaff, and many more besides, can be eaten as Free Foods when you are Food Optimising. Gone are the days of feeling as though you are missing out! |
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$5 a Meal College Cookbook: Good Cheap Food for When You Need to Eat $6.08 Say goodbye to the dining hall! Need a break from the monotony of your meal plan? Can?t afford to waste money on lukewarm takeout? Well, now you can ditch the dining hall’s soggy excuse for the Monday-night special thanks to this appetite-saving book packed with cheap, easy, and delicious recipes. Offering up more than 300 hassle-free dishes, this cookbook will not only satisfy your hunger but your meager bank account, too! Whether you need a morning-after greasy breakfast, a cram-session snack, or date-night entr?e, here you?ll find ideas for everything you crave, including: Western OmeletAsian Lettuce WrapsEasy Eggplant ParmesanSimple Pepper SteakDecadent Apple Crisp Saving you from overcooked, overpriced, and dull dishes, if you have to buy a book for college, this is required reading. |
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‘Bread and Circuses’ $138 Cities in the ancient world relied on private generosity to provide many basic amenities, as well as expecting leading citizens to pay for ‘bread and circuses’ – free food and public entertainment. This collection of essays by leading scholars from the UK and USA explores the important phenomenon of benefaction and public patronage in Roman Italy.Ranging from the late republican period to the later Roman Empire, the contributions cover a wide range of topics, including the impact of benefactions and benefactors on the urban development of Roman Italy, on cultural and economic activity, and on the changing role of games and festivals in Roman society. They also explore the relationship between communities and their benefactors, whether these were local notables, senators, or the emperor himself, and examine how the nature of benefaction changed under the Empire. |
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1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes $22 * The recipes cover great-tasting, fiber and nutrient-packed recipes for breakfast and brunch, appetizers, tapas, and snacks, salads and salad dressings, lunches and portable foods, main dishes, sides and sauces, breads, cookies, cakes, pies and desserts. * Icons highlight Vegetarian options and Quick meals. * Introductory sections provide information on the definition of gluten and the conditions that require a gluten-free diet, shopping guidelines, food label-reading pointers, helpful advice on pantry contents and organization, and tips on cooking with gluten-free ingredients. * Appendices include information on associations and resources, including mail-order and online sources of gluten-free ingredients. |
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1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You: An Insider’s Guide to Spending, Saving, and Living Wisely $0.99 Are you getting the most for your money? 1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You offers the experts’ knowledge on 100 industries and institutions that readers interact with daily, sometimes profoundly: financial planners, cable providers, car dealers, insurance agencies, caterers, contractors, real estate brokers, funeral directors, dentists, personal trainers, college prep counselors, casinos, florists, cruise lines, and more. Based on the popular and addictive “Ten Things They Won’t Tell You” column in SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal magazine, 1,001 Things They Won’t Tell You will make every reader a wiser, savvier consumer.The conceit is “what they won’t tell you”-in each case, the top ten things industry insiders know that you need to know before making a decision. It covers veterinarians: #2. Vaccinating your pet may do more harm than good. Automobile leasing companies: #7. You call it an odometer; we call it a cash register. Tax preparers: #4. What are my qualifications? Well, I’m real good at Sudoku. Nursing homes: #1. We’re careless about the drugs we give out. Cruise lines: #2. Our engines break down all the time. Gourmet grocers: #3. This bottled water is actually tap water. Lawyers: #4. You could win your lawsuit and still wind up with nothing. Plastic surgeons: #1. I trained a whole weekend to learn this procedure. The book outlines what you don’t know, then arms you with insights, tips, and techniques to make sure you get the best in every area of your life.Health, education, insurance, finance, automobiles, goods and services, food and drink, free time-it’s everything you literally need to know to save not only money, butalso potential headache. |
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10,000 Drinks: 27 Years’ Worth of Cocktails! Recipes and Tips for 10,000 Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Mixed Drinks, Eye-Openers, Party $13.03 Martinis, cocktails, shots and shooters, hot drinks and coolers, mind-erasers, and even luscious alcohol-free libations: with this hugely delicious collection, anyone can become a mix-master “par excellence!” The 10,000 tempting recipes feature everything from champagne- and wine-based drinks to beer, liquor-infused coffees, and iced-teas. Some come blended and frozen; others have distinct layers of ingredients that offer an array of flavor sensations. Capture the taste of the Islands with a Barbados Planters Punch; go X-rated with a Kiss Down Under; or enjoy a dramatic flaming Fiery Blue Mustang. In addition to the drinks, the guide includes a complete rundown of bartending techniques, a list of must-have equipment, advice on stocking a bar, and a glossary of every drink type you’ll need to know. |
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100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes $16.95 If you or someone you love has a wheat allergy, gluten intolerance, or celiac disease, then you know how challenging it can be to prepare tasty, worry-free meals every day. From breads and pastas to cakes and pies, many favorite foods contain wheat—the most common source of gluten—not to mention the many prepared and packaged foods that may also contain it. 100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes makes flavorful gluten-free cooking simple by compiling the best recipes—the ones you’ll really use again and again—from Carol Fenster, one of the top “gfree” diet experts in the world. Breads, pastas, and desserts are among the foods that gluten-free people miss most. This book collects the most requested recipes from Fenster’s massive compendium, 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes, offering gluten-free versions of family favorites such as Pepperoni Pizza, Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce, Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms, Buttermilk Biscuits, Chocolate Brownies, Cherry Pie, and more. Plus, this easy-to-use, attractive package includes beautiful color photos throughout, showing that gluten-free meals can be delicious and enticing.A handy introductory section offers vitalinformation on shopping guidelines, expla-nations of food labels, tips on organizing and stocking your pantry, and quick tips and advice on cooking with gluten-free ingredients. Practical, timesaving icons help you easily pick out vegetarian recipes, kids’ favorites, and fast recipes you can prepare in 30 minutes or less. If you prepare gluten-free meals, 100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes is an absolute life-saver—and will quickly become the most indispensable tool in your kitchen. |
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100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes $10.36 Essential Gluten-Free Recipes for Everyday Favorites Like Breads, Pastas, and Desserts A must-have for anyone who lives gluten-free or cooks for a gluten-free family member, 100 Best Gluten-Free Recipes compiles the most indispensable recipes from Carol Fenster’s giant collection, 1,000 Gluten-Free Recipes, in this handy, affordable, and beautiful package with color photos throughout. You’ll find plenty of delicious gluten-free versions of all your favorite fare–including pastas, breads, pizza, cookies, cakes, and more. |
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1001 Chemicals in Everyday Products $89.95 What everyone should know about hundreds of chemicals used in today’s products . . .Olestra(r) in fat-free snacks, aldicarb on potatoes, PCBs in electrical components . . .There is a virtual laboratory of chemicals in the food we eat and the products we encounter every day—at home, at school, and at work. What are these substances and how are they used? How are they helpful? Can they be harmful?Here are fast, hands-on answers to these and other crucial questions about hundreds of chemical substances we come into contact with on a regular basis. From MSG in food to perchloroethylene in dry cleaning, this A—Z guide provides clear, no-nonsense information on the use and health effects of hundreds of chemicals found in food, medicines, cosmetics, cleaning solutions, lawn and garden products, and more. Well-organized and easy-to-use, it gives you the help you need to make smarter choices about the products you choose—for yourself and your family.Inside you’ll find:* Entries listing products, uses, precautions, and synonyms* Direct answers to over 250 frequently asked questions on everyday chemicals* Handy product and chemical synonym indexes* A nationwide listing of Poison Control Centers |
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1001 Tests Of Foods, Beverages And Toilet Accessories, Good And Otherwise; Why They Are So $21.14 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York, Hearst’s international library co.; Publication date: 1916; Subjects: Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; |
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1001 Tests of Foods, Beverages and Toilet Accessories, Good and Otherwise; Why They Are So $21.61 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: New York, Hearst’s international library co.; Publication date: 1916; Subjects: Food; Beverages; Cosmetics; |
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101 Almost Free Gardening Projects $7.95 Gardening can be almost free! Discover frugal projects and ideas for the garden with 101 Almost Free Gardening Projects through Planning, Building, Growing and Harvesting.Beginning with the Planning phase, make the most out of the garden space through clever ideas and design principles.Building for the garden can be fun and easy. Grab some tools and learn how to make an inexpensive trellis, a planter box from scrap lumber and more!Explore more ways to grow plants and save money, including seeds, vertical gardening and food.Do more with what is grown with Harvesting projects, including harvesting a birdhouse.Gardening and projects go hand-in-hand. Experience more in the garden with 101 Almost Free Gardening Projects. |
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101 Almost Free Gardening Projects $10.61 Gardening can be almost free! Discover frugal projects and ideas for the garden with 101 Almost Free Gardening Projects through Planning, Building, Growing and Harvesting.Beginning with the Planning phase, make the most out of the garden space through clever ideas and design principles.Building for the garden can be fun and easy. Grab some tools and learn how to make an inexpensive trellis, a planter box from scrap lumber and more!Explore more ways to grow plants and save money, including seeds, vertical gardening and food.Do more with what is grown with Harvesting projects, including harvesting a birdhouse.Gardening and projects go hand-in-hand. Experience more in the garden with 101 Almost Free Gardening Projects. |
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101 Stylish Suppers $9.95 Ideal for those who want to enjoy good food at home without the hassle of elaborate cooking, this collection of recipes features speedy and economical weekday ideas, as well as suggestions for entertaining larger groups. Recipes include Thai Noodle Soup with Coconut and Salmon, Balsamic-Glazed Steak with Garlicky Green Beans, and Yakitori Chicken Skewers with Miso, as well as plenty of meat-free ideas, and desserts too. |
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101 Tips For Recovering From Eating Disorders $8.64 If you’re recovering from an Eating Disorder (E.D.) it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders be your companion in healing andyou’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid copingstrategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remindthat you’re not alone and recovery is possible.Acclaim for 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”If you struggle with food or body image, 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders needs to be on your coffee table or nightstand. Amy Barth’s bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and inspiration will help to pick you up on rough days, give you much-needed hope everyday, and keep you moving along the journey to freedom.”–Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder “101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders is a heartfelt and helpful tool for anybody who is trying to recover from an eating disorder. It is one of those books you can take with you as your companion knowing that when times are tough, you can draw strength from reading its tips.”–Irene Celcer, MA, LCSW”Amy Barth graciously shares her own heart-filled knowledge and insider secrets to creating a rich and satisfying life. Barth’s words, culled from years of experience, make this book not only indispensible, but also a roadmap to success. “–Dr. Annette Colby, author of Body Redesign: GoalSetting Secrets for a Thinner, Happier YouAbout the authorAmy Barth is a thriver possessing a passion for girls andwomen who need to be set free in their mind and theirhearts. Her background is in social work and she founded Safe Girls Strong Girls in |
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101 Tips For Recovering From Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom $3.99 If you’re recovering from an Eating Disorder (E.D.) it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders be your companion in healing andyou’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid copingstrategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remindthat you’re not alone and recovery is possible.Acclaim for 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”If you struggle with food or body image, 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders needs to be on your coffee table or nightstand. Amy Barth’s bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and inspiration will help to pick you up on rough days, give you much-needed hope everyday, and keep you moving along the journey to freedom.”–Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder “101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders is a heartfelt and helpful tool for anybody who is trying to recover from an eating disorder. It is one of those books you can take with you as your companion knowing that when times are tough, you can draw strength from reading its tips.”–Irene Celcer, MA, LCSW”Amy Barth graciously shares her own heart-filled knowledge and insider secrets to creating a rich and satisfying life. Barth’s words, culled from years of experience, make this book not only indispensible, but also a roadmap to success. “–Dr. Annette Colby, author of Body Redesign: GoalSetting Secrets for a Thinner, Happier YouAbout the authorAmy Barth is a thriver possessing a passion for girls andwomen who need to be set free in their mind and theirhearts. Her background is in social work and she founded Safe Girls Strong Girls in |
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125 Best Gluten-Free Bread Machine Recipes $16.14 Great breads from the home kitchen. They will taste like they came from the best bakery in town. |
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125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes: Quick and Delicious Mouthwatering Dishes for the Healthy Cook $11 “From Carol Fenster, gluten-free expert and author of three successful Avery cookbooks, comes a gluten-free vegetarian cookbook, featuring 125 or more gluten-free vegetarian and vegan recipes”– |
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125 Gluten-Free Vegetarian Recipes: Quick and Delicious Mouthwatering Dishes for the Healthy Cook $18 A new cookbook by the pioneer of delicious gluten-free food offers mouthwatering vegetarian recipes for gluten-free eaters. Whether it’s because of food allergies, celiac disease, or dietary preferences, more and more people want to eliminate gluten from their diet. Many are looking for hearty, flavor-packed vegetarian and vegan options to increase their energy and make healthy choices for their families and the environment. At last, Carol Fenster-one of the country’s foremost experts on special diets and an author of several popular gluten-free cookbooks-answers the call of a growing market of at-home cooks.In 125 Vegetarian Gluten-Free Recipes, Fenster applies her proven kitchen prowess to creating quick-and-easy vegetarian recipes that are sensational and healthful. From snacks and appetizers like Baked Kale Chips, to filling dinners like Chili Cornbread Casserole and Eggplant Parmesan Stacks, to decadent desserts like All-American Cherry Pie and Chocolate Brownies, 125 Vegetarian Gluten-Free Recipes is the perfect addition to any gluten-free kitchen. |
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131 Ice Cream Maker Recipes $1.99 Homemade Ice Cream has not lost any of its good, old-fashioned appeal. In 131 Ice Cream Maker Recipes, there is a delicious homemade ice cream to meet every need: regular, low calorie, sugar free and non-dairy, Anyone can make a homemade ice cream to suit their need. Ice cream fills a useful place in homes throughout the country. It is a favorite for desserts or snacks incorporating an array of many flavor variations. With the recipes provided, everyone will be able to enjoy some type of this taste tempting food. So let’s mix up a batch of ice cream for anyone and everyone to enjoy!You just can’t match the taste and texture of homemade ice cream. This Collection includes 131 Ice Cream Maker recipes that are sure to delight your senses. Choose from:ICE CREAMS AND SHERBERTS * ALMOND * APPLE WALNUT * APRICOT * AVOCADO * BANANA * BANANA PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM * BANANA WALNUT * BERRY, BERRY STRAWBERRY * BLUEBERRY * BROWN SUGAR PECAN * BURNT CARAMEL * BUTTER PECAN * CARAMEL * CARAMEL ALMOND * CHERRY * CHERRY BERRY * CHOCOLATE * CHOCOLATE ALMOND * CHOCOLATE ALMOND BUTTER * CHOCOLATE BANANA * CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH * CHOCOLATE EXPRESSO * CHOCOLATE FLAKE * CHOCOLATE FROZEN YOGURT * CHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT ICE CREAM * CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW * CHOCOLATE MINT * CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM * CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHIP * CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY * CINNAMON * CINNAMON NUT CRUNCH |
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131 Ice Cream Maker recipes $2.99 Homemade Ice Cream has not lost any of its good, old-fashioned appeal. In 131 Ice Cream Maker Recipes, there is a delicious homemade ice cream to meet every need. Regular, low calorie, sugar free and non-dairy, anyone can make a homemade ice cream to suit their need. Ice cream fills a useful place in homes throughout the country. It is a favourite for desserts or snacks incorporating an array of many flavour variations. With the recipes provided, everyone will be able to enjoy some type of this taste tempting food. So let’s mix up a batch of ice cream for anyone and everyone to enjoy! You just can’t match the taste and texture of homemade ice cream. This Collection includes 131 Ice Cream Maker recipes that are sure to delight your senses. |
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131 Ice Cream Recipes $2.99 Homemade Ice Cream has not lost any of its good, old-fashioned appeal. In 131 Ice Cream Maker Recipes, there is a delicious homemade ice cream to meet every need: regular, low calorie, sugar free and non-dairy, Anyone can make a homemade ice cream to suit their need. Ice cream fills a useful place in homes throughout the country. It is a favorite for desserts or snacks incorporating an array of many flavor variations. With the recipes provided, everyone will be able to enjoy some type of this taste tempting food. So let’s mix up a batch of ice cream for anyone and everyone to enjoy!You just can’t match the taste and texture of homemade ice cream. This Collection includes 131 Ice Cream Maker recipes that are sure to delight your senses. Choose from:ICE CREAMS AND SHERBETSALMONDAPPLE WALNUTAPRICOTAVOCADOBANANABANANA PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAMBANANA WALNUTBERRY, BERRY STRAWBERRYBLUEBERRYBROWN SUGAR PECANBURNT CARAMELBUTTER PECANCARAMELCARAMEL ALMONDCHERRYCHERRY BERRYCHOCOLATECHOCOLATE ALMONDCHOCOLATE ALMOND BUTTERCHOCOLATE BANANACHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGHCHOCOLATE ESPRESSOCHOCOLATE FLAKECHOCOLATE FROZEN YOGURTCHOCOLATE MACADAMIA NUT ICE CREAMCHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOWCHOCOLATE MINTCHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAMCHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHIPCHOCOLATE RASPBERRYCINNAMONCINNAMON NUT CRUNCHCOCONUTCOFFEECOOKIE DOUGHCRYING CAYENNE ICE CREAMDARK CHOCOLATEDARK FUDGEDIABETIC ICE CREAMDILL PICKLEDOUBLE CHOCOLATEEASY VANILLAEGG NOG ICE CREAMFRENCH VANILLA BEANFRESH FRUITFRESH PEACHFRUIT TOFU-BASED ICE CREAMGINGERGRAPE SHERBETGRAPEFRUIT ICE CREAMGREAT PUMPKINGREEN TEA ICE CREAMGUINNESS STOUTHAZELNUTHOMEMADE VANILLAHONEY VANILLAHONEY APPLE CINNAMON RAISIN WALNUT ITALIAN BANANA |
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14th-Century Chinese People $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 14th-Century Chinese Monarchs, Hongwu Emperor, Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan, Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan, Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan, Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, Gegeen Khan, Emperor Yingzong of Yuan, Yesün Temür Khan, Emperor Taiding of Yuan, Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, Ragibagh Khan, Emperor Tianshun of Yuan, Jianwen Emperor, Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, Song Lian, ni Wenjun. Excerpt: The Hongwu Emperor (Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Hung-wu Ti; October 21, 1328 June 24, 1398), known variably by his given name Zhu Yuanzhang (Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chu Yuan-chang) and by the temple name Taizu of the Ming (Chinese: ) was the founder and first emperor (136898) of the Ming Dynasty of China. His era name, Hongwu, means “great military power”. In the middle of the 1300s, with famine, plagues and peasant revolts sweeping across China, Zhu became a leader of an army that conquered China, ending the Yuan Dynasty and forcing the Mongols to retreat to the Mongolian steppes. With his seizure of the Yuan capital Dadu (present-day Beijing), he claimed the Mandate of Heaven and established the Ming Dynasty in the year 1368. Zhu Yuanzhang was born in 1328 in a village in Zhongli (, modern day Fengyang, Anhui) as the youngest of eight sons. His family were poor peasants and he grew up under conditions of great hardship. Because his family did not have enough food, several of his siblings were “given away” by his parents. When he was 16 the Yellow River broke its banks and flooded the lands where his family was living. This was quickly followed by the plague in which his father, Zhu Shizhen (, original name Zhu Wusi ) died, followed |
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150 Best Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes $16.96 150 Best Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes |
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150 Vegan Favorites: Fresh, Easy, and Incredibly Delicious Recipes You Can Enjoy Every Day $10 Gourmet Vegan Fare Prepared with Culinary Flair! Jay Solomon knows how to make vegan food taste good. It just takes a bit of creativity — something Jay has in spades. Here one of the most renowned vegetarian cooks offers recipes that make food achingly good. His secret? The incredibly subtle effect of fresh herbs, spicy chilies, and fragrant spices. In “150 Vegan Favorites, you’ll explore the exciting possibilities of cooking with these flavorful yet easy-to-find ingredients. In addition, you will begin to use marvelous ingredients such as colorful leafy vegetables, couscous, red lentils, wild rice, butternut squash, and West Indian pumpkin. You’ll find such tantalizingly delicious recipes as: -Curried Squash with Winter Greens -Tangy Couscous with Black Beans and Corn -Lemony Artichoke Pilaf -Yellow Rice and Avocado Burritos -Rosemary-Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes -Mango-Banana Flambe Also included are helpful shopping tips and glossaries of rices, grains, legumes, and squash. You don’t have to be vegan or even vegetarian to enjoy these zesty recipes. With “150 Vegan Favorites, meat-free, dairy-free cooking has never been easier or more delicious! |
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1702 In International Relations $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Portuguese Timor was the name of East Timor when it was under Portuguese control. During this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Netherlands East Indies, and later with Indonesia. The first Europeans to arrive in the region were Portuguese in 1515. Dominican friars established a presence on the island in 1556, and the territory was declared a Portuguese colony in 1702. Following a Lisbon-instigated decolonisation process in 1974, Indonesia invaded the territory in 1975 ending Portuguese rule. The invasion was never accepted by other countries, that is why Portuguese Timor existed officially until independence of Timor-Leste in 2002. Prior to the arrival of European colonial powers, the island of Timor was part of the trading networks that stretched between India and China and incorporating Maritime Southeast Asia. The island’s large stands of fragrant sandalwood were its main commodity. The first European powers to arrive in the area were the Portuguese in the early sixteenth century followed by the Dutch in the late sixteenth century. Both came in search of the fabled Spice Islands of Maluku. Portuguese first landed near modern Pante Macassar, and in 1556 a group of Dominican friars established the village of Lifau. Over the following three centuries, the Dutch would come to dominate the Indonesian archipelago with the exception of the eastern half of Timor, which would become Portuguese Timor. The Portuguese introduced maize as a food crop and coffee as an export crop. Timorese systems of tax and labour control were preserved, through which taxes were paid through their labour and a portion of the coffee and sandalwood crop. The Portuguese introduced mercenaries into Timor communities and Timor chiefs hired… More: |
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1855 Introductions: 1855 Ships, Railway Locomotives Introduced in 1855, Alhambra, Can Opener, Uss Wabash, Uss Shawsheen, Uss Roanoke $20.68 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 115. Not illustrated. Chapters: 1855 Ships, Railway Locomotives Introduced in 1855, Alhambra, Can Opener, Uss Wabash, Uss Shawsheen, Uss Roanoke, Uss Victoria, Uss Santee, Hms Victoria, Uss Niagara, Css Manassas, Inverted Head 4 Annas, Uss Young America, Uss Merrimack, Uss Sabine, Uss Sovereign, Hms Conqueror, Kankō Maru, Uss Minnesota, Locomotive No. 1, Hms Marlborough, Hms Victor Emmanuel, Fairy Queen, French Ship Bretagne, Hms Pearl, Hms Sutlej, Hms Chesapeake. Excerpt: A modern opener with a combination of a rotating cutting wheel and a serrated wheelA can opener (also known as a tin opener ) is a device used to open metal cans . Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were patented only in 1855 in England and in 1858 in the United States. Those openers were basically variations of a knife, and the 1855 design continues to be produced. The first opener employing the now familiar sharp rotating wheel, which runs around the can’s rim cutting the lid, was invented in 1870 but was difficult to operate. A breakthrough came in 1925 when a second, serrated wheel was added to hold the cutting wheel on the rim of the can. This easy to use design has become one of the most popular can opener models.Around the time of World War II , several can openers were developed for military use, such as the American P-38 and P-51. These featured a robust and simple design where a folding knife and absence of a handle significantly reduced the opener size. Electric can openers were introduced in the late 1950s and met with success. The development of new can opener types continues with the recent addition of a side-cutting model.Invention of cans Food preserved in tin cans was in use by the Dutch Navy from at least 1772. Before 1800, there was |
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1856 Introductions: 1856 Ships, Uss Anacostia, Hms Alert, Laurent Millaudon, Meissner’s Taxonomic Arrangement of Dryandra, Css Selma $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1856 Ships, Uss Anacostia, Hms Alert, Laurent Millaudon, Meissner’s Taxonomic Arrangement of Dryandra, Css Selma, Uss Western World, Meissner’s Taxonomic Arrangement of Banksia, Rms Persia, Css Curlew, Uss Roebuck, Uss Colorado, Curlew, Uss Two Sisters, Uss Ceres, Uss Choctaw, Css Savannah, Hms Surprise, Hms Sepoy, Lammermuir, Css Webb, Css Grampus, Santiago. Excerpt: Carl Meissner ‘s taxonomic arrangement of Banksia was published in 1856, as part of his chapter on the Proteaceae in A. P. de Candolle ‘s Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis . It was the first attempt to provide an infrageneric classification for the genus, aside from Robert Brown ‘s publication of two subgenera in 1810. Meissner’s arrangement stood until 1870, when it was superseded by the arrangement of George Bentham . Meissner’s arrangement was an excellent survey of the known species at that time, but his infrageneric taxa were all highly heterogeneous. Background Banksia and Taxonomy of Banksia Banksia is a genus of around 80 species in the plant family Proteaceae . An iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plant , they are recognised by their flower spikes or domes, and their fruiting “cones”. They grow in forms varying from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 35 metres tall, and occur in all but the most arid areas of Australia. As heavy producers of nectar , they are important sources of food for nectariferous animals such as honeyeaters and honey possum , and they are of economic importance to the nursery and cut flower industries. However they are seriously threatened by a number of processes including land clearing, frequent burning, and disease, and a number of species are rare and endangered .Specimens of Banksia were first collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel |
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1861 Novels (Study Guide): Great Expectations $19.99 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Great Expectations. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman, which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character’s eventual adulthood. Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life and attempting to become a gentleman along the way. The novel can also be considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people. The main plot of Great Expectations takes place between Christmas Eve 1812, when the protagonist is about seven years old (and which happens to be the year of Dickens’ birth), and the winter of 1840. On Christmas Eve of 1812, Pip, a boy aged 7, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting his mother and father’s graves. The convict scares Pip into stealing food for him and a file to grind away his leg shackles. He threatens Pip not to tell anyone and do as he says or his friend will cut out Pip’s heart. Pip returns home, where he lives with Mrs. Joe, his older sister, and her husband Joe Gargery. His sister is very cruel and beats him and Joe regularly, while Joe is much more kind to Pip. Early the next morning, Pip steals food and drink from the Gargery pantry (including a pie for their Christmas feast) and sneaks out to the graveyard. It is the first time in Pips life hes felt truly guilty. This is an important event in the book because the convict will never forget the kindness |
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1870 Introductions $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1870 Ships, Railway Locomotives Introduced in 1870, Bentham’s Taxonomic Arrangement of Dryandra, Bentham’s Taxonomic Arrangement of Banksia, Ss Abyssinia, Rms Oceanic, Hms Vanguard, Hms Hotspur, Moltke, Hms Sultan, Gnr Stirling 4-2-2, Hms Iron Duke, Hms Triumph, Hms Swiftsure, Hms Abyssinia, Greek Battleship Vasilissa Olga, Ss Cheviot, Hms Magdala, Japanese Gunboat Un’yÅ?, List of Ship Launches in 1870, Blackadder, Hmy Osborne. Excerpt: George Bentham ‘s taxonomic arrangement of Banksia was first published in Volume V of Flora Australiensis .George Bentham ‘s taxonomic arrangement of Banksia was published in 1870, in Volume 5 of Bentham’s Flora Australiensis . A substantial improvement on the previous arrangement, it would stand for over a century. It was eventually replaced by Alex George ‘s 1981 arrangement, published in his classic monograph The genus Banksia L.f. (Proteaceae) . Background Banksia and Taxonomy of Banksia Banksia is a genus of around 80 species in the plant family Proteaceae . An iconic Australian wildflower and popular garden plant , they are easily recognised by their characteristic flower spikes and fruiting “cones”. They grow in forms varying from prostrate woody shrubs to trees up to 35 metres tall, and occur in all but the most arid areas of Australia. As heavy producers of nectar , they are important sources of food for nectariferous animals such as honeyeaters and honey possum , and they are of economic importance to the nursery and cut flower industries. However they are seriously threatened by a number of processes including land clearing, frequent burning, and disease, and a number of species are rare and endangered .Specimens of Banksia were first collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr Daniel Solander , naturalists on HM Bark Endeavour |
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1870s In The United States $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Lincoln County War, Modoc War, David Pendleton Oakerhater, Lincoln County Regulators, National Photographic Association of the United States, Cheyenne War. Excerpt: The Cheyenne War , also known as the Cheyenne Campaign , normally refers to a conflict between the United States’ armed forces and a small group of Cheyenne families, which took place between 18781879.By the late 1870s, the Cheyenne tribes had been forced to resettle in reservations in and around the state of Oklahoma (see also Trail of Tears and Indian removal ). Conditions here were very poor and many Cheyenne people died of starvation and disease. In 1878, a small group numbering around 300 and led by chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf escaped the reservation.The two groups made it to their former homeland around the Platte River in Nebraska after defending themselves successfully in four engagements with the US army. Here, the two groups split up. Little Wolf’s followers spent the winter in South Dakota or Montana . This group was eventually allowed to remain in Montana, along with the remaining Cheyenne from the reservation.Dull Knife’s band headed northwest but was surprised and caught by a cavalry division. They were taken to Fort Robinson and were demanded to return to the reservation. Upon refusal the group was denied food and water. In desperation the group broke out of the prison and fled away from the troops. Unarmed, outnumbered and starving the group was cornered after 12 days. Apparently the remaining 20-30 tribespeople did not surrender and were shot.The fate of Dull Knife himself is unclear. Some say he was among the thirty who were killed last, others that he (with or without his family) made it to another reservation where he was hidden, perhaps to resettle once more in the Cheyenne |
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18th-Century Poems $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Auld Lang Syne, a Description of the Morning, Comin’ Through the Rye, the True-Born Englishman, Against Idleness and Mischief, Suantraí Dá Mhac Tabhartha. Excerpt: “Against Idleness And Mischief ” is a poem in Divine Songs for Children , by Isaac Watts , and is one of his best known poems. As the title suggests, it is an exhortation to work hard.Text How doth the little busy beeImprove each shining hourAnd gather honey all the dayFrom every opening flower!How skilfully she builds her cell!How neat she spreads the wax!And labours hard to store it wellWith the sweet food she makes.In works of labour or of skill,I would be busy too;For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.In books, or work, or healthful play,Let my first years be passed,That I may give for every daySome good account at last.”How Doth the Little Crocodile” Watts’ poem was famously parodied by Lewis Carroll in his book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , in the poem “How Doth the Little Crocodile ,” which is now better known than the original.Notes A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at “Auld Lang Syne ” (Scots pronunciation: : note “s” rather than “z”) is a Scottish poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many English-speaking (and other) countries and is often sung to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, its use has also become common at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions.The song’s Scots title may be translated into English literally as “old long since”, or more idiomatically, “long long ago” , “days gone by” or “old times”. Consequently “For auld lang syne”, as it appears in the first line of the chorus, is |
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1916 in Economics: Companies Disestablished in 1916, Companies Established in 1916, Bmw, Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, Boeing, Nash Motors $30.34 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Companies Disestablished in 1916, Companies Established in 1916, Bmw, Dampf-Kraft-Wagen, Boeing, Nash Motors, Associated Dry Goods, Wegmans Food Markets, Isuzu, Sinclair Oil Corporation, Famous Players-Lasky, Piggly Wiggly, Rapp Motorenwerke, Jordan Motor Car Company, Kappa, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, Barley Motor Car Co., Star Market, Crain Communications, Zil, Nathan’s Famous, Sucreries Raffineries Bulgares, Herman’s World of Sporting Goods, Zidell Companies, Agstar Financial Services, Mitropa, Buck Consultants, Ford Saf, Fageol, United Supermarkets, Standard Aircraft Corporation, Vess, North American Light and Power Company, Acqua Di Parma, Goldwyn Pictures, Alpenrose Dairy, Orwasher’s Bakery, Unique Art, British Celanese, Finnmark Fylkesrederi, Beers Timber |
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1917 In The United States $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 65th United States Congress, 64th United States Congress, Espionage Act of 1917, Houston Riot, Smith-hughes Act, East St. Louis Riot, Food and Fuel Control Act, United States Railroad Administration, Jones-shafroth Act, Selective Service Act of 1917, 1917 in the United States, List of American Films of 1917, Great Atlanta Fire of 1917, Immigration Act of 1917, Flood Control Act of 1917, Lansing-ishii Agreement, 1917 Pulitzer Prize, Victor American Hastings Mine Disaster, Second Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson. Excerpt: Events from the year 1917 in the United States .Events JanuaryMarch February 24: The Zimmermann Telegram is shown to the U.S. government.AprilJune begin{sloppypar item April 2 World War I : U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. item April 6 World War I : The United States declares war on Germany. item April 10 An ammunition factory explosion in Chester, Pennsylvania kills 133. item May 18 World War I : The Selective Service Act passes the U.S. Congress , giving the President the power of conscription . item May 21 Over 300 acres (73 blocks) are destroyed in the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 . item May 26 A tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois index{Mattoo… |
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1918 in Economics: Companies Disestablished in 1918, Companies Established in 1918, Warner Bros., Panasonic Corporation, Gte $30.61 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Companies Disestablished in 1918, Companies Established in 1918, Warner Bros., Panasonic Corporation, Gte, the Hertz Corporation, Zenith Electronics, English Electric, Dominick’s, Cotton, Magnet Kitchens, Ritz Camera Centers, Editorial Atlántida, Tiaa-Cref, Celanese, Henry Robb, Woodman’s Food Market, A-Treat Bottling Company, Houchens Industries, Attica Group, Aéroplanes Voisin, General Aeroplane Company, Citibank Indonesia, United Business Media, Tatung Company, Brookville Equipment Corporation, Cowen Group, United Steel Companies, Fendi, Anf Les Mureaux, Ruston, Proctor and Company, Bluescope Lysaght, Brendle’s, Zbrojovka Brno, South Suburban Co-Operative Society, Columbia River Shipbuilding Company, Bank of British North America, O’neills, Ortofon, Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Mido, Nitto Denko, Felgemaker Organ Company, Bunker Hill Breweries, Lion, Zojirushi Corporation, Koöperatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging Van Zuid-Afrika Bpkt, Napco Four Wheel Drive Vehicles, Cosmopolitan Productions, Etos, Belships, Tuscan Dairy Farms, Deutsche Werft, Dickies, Universal Corporation, Nationen, Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Ross, West Coast Shoe Company. Excerpt: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. (the often-used Warner Brothers is incorrect) is an American producer of film and television entertainment. One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics. Warner owns ha… |
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1922 Disestablishments $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cheka, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish Republic, House of Commons of Southern Ireland, Southern Ireland, Coalition Government 1916-1922, Republic of Central Lithuania, West Prussia, Royal Irish Constabulary, Dáil Éireann, Far Eastern Republic, Kherson Governorate, Green Ukraine, Luna Park, Johnstown, Latvian Rublis, Kingfisher College, Provisional Priamurye Government, Parliament of Southern Ireland, Kattowitz, Upper Senegal and Niger, le Nationaliste, Rikken Kokumint?, Norwegian Ministry of Provisioning, Gorkhali, Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party, Happyland Park, Privy Council of Ireland, German Ostruble, Davis Island Lock. Excerpt: The Cheka ( – Chrezvychaynaya Komissiya , Extraordinary Commission Russian pronunciation: ) was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by aristocrat turned communist Felix Dzerzhinsky . After 1922, the Cheka underwent a series of reorganizations whose members continued to be referred to as “Chekisty” (Chekists) into the late 1980s. From its founding, the Cheka was an important military and security arm of the Bolshevik communist government. In 1921 the Troops for the Internal Defense of the Republic (a branch of the Cheka) numbered 200,000. These troops policed labor camps , ran the Gulag system, conducted requisitions of food , subjected political opponents (on both the right and the left) to torture and summary execution , put down (peasant) rebellions, riots by workers, and mutinies in the Red Army , which was plagued by desertions. Name The name of the agency was originally The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (Russian |
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1923 Ships $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Uss Shenandoah, Japanese Cruiser Jintsu, Japanese Cruiser Abukuma, Ss Athenia, Japanese Cruiser Sendai, Uss S-44, Uss Trenton, Uss Medusa, Uss S-42, Japanese Destroyer Matsukaze, Uss S-43, Uss S-45, Uss Marblehead, Uss S-46, Hms X1, Japanese Destroyer Asakaze, Ss Stettin, Ss Claus Rickmers, List of Ship Launches in 1923, Rv Vema, Ss Lesbian, Uss Manhasset, Japanese Cruiser Yubari, Uss Muskeget, French Cruiser Duguay-Trouin, Ss Minnewaska, Ss California, Ss Deutschland, Japanese Food Ship Mamiya, Ss Fingal, Ss Scoresby, Cs Faraday, Spanish Cruiser Navarra, Giuseppe Miraglia, Ss Patroclus, Ss Sarpedon, Japanese Destroyer Karukaya, Uss Carolita, Uss Whitney, Alexander Arbuthnot. Excerpt: The Alexander Arbuthnot is the last paddle steamer built as a working boat on the Murray River , Australia. Characteristics: History: References (URLs online) The PS Arbuthnot was burnt at Kyalite on the Wakool River, not at the Murrumbidgee Junction A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The second CS Faraday was a cable ship built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company , Hebburn-on-Tyne , in 1922-23, as a replacement for the aging CS Faraday built in 1874. Launched on 16 February 1923, the Faraday carried out a number of cable laying and surveying exercises both in home waters and the Pacific until 1939 when she was chartered by the Admiralty to recover German cable off Ushant with intention of refurbishing the cable and relaying it to Narvik . This plan was cancelled after the evacuation from Narvik and the ship was then laid up until requisitioned by the Admiralty, first for training of Naval cadets but then for cable work around the African coast. (Some of the civilian crew had remained on board). On 25 March 1941 the Faraday and four other ships set sail from Falmouth |
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1923 in Transport: 1923 in Aviation, 1923 in Rail Transport, 1923 Ships, Bridges Completed in 1923, Vehicles Introduced in 1923, Uss Shenandoah $31.64 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1923 in Aviation, 1923 in Rail Transport, 1923 Ships, Bridges Completed in 1923, Vehicles Introduced in 1923, Uss Shenandoah, Japanese Cruiser Jintsu, Japanese Cruiser Abukuma, Ss Athenia, Japanese Cruiser Sendai, Uss S-44, Uss Trenton, Uss Medusa, Uss S-42, Japanese Destroyer Matsukaze, Uss S-43, Uss S-45, Uss Marblehead, Uss S-46, David B. Jones Special, Hms X1, Japanese Destroyer Asakaze, Ss Stettin, Buster Boyd Bridge, Ss Claus Rickmers, List of Ship Launches in 1923, Memorial Bridge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Rv Vema, Ss Lesbian, Uss Manhasset, Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington, D.c.), U.s. Grant Bridge, Japanese Cruiser YÅ?bari, Uss Muskeget, French Cruiser Duguay-Trouin, Ss Minnewaska, Ss California, Ss Deutschland, Japanese Food Ship Mamiya, Ss Fingal, Ss Scoresby, Colorado River Bridge at Bastrop, Reading Festival Bridge, Cs Faraday, Spanish Cruiser Navarra, Rainbow Bridge, Giuseppe Miraglia, Ss Patroclus, Alfa Romeo Rm, Ss Sarpedon, Goring and Streatley Bridge, Triumph 10/20, Alvis 12/50, Franklin Avenue Bridge, Macarthur Bridge, Japanese Destroyer Karukaya, Uss Carolita, Percy Burn Viaduct, Kennington Railway Bridge, Slate Creek Bridge, Mears Memorial Bridge, Uss Whitney, East Channel Bridge, Reading Bridge, Renault Type Mt, Alexander Arbuthnot, Renault Kz, Renault Kj, Amilcar Cgs, Fiat 502, Marlborough-Thomas. Excerpt: Japanese cruiser Jintsu – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jintsu was the second vessel completed in the three-ship Sendai-class of light cruisers, and like other vessels of her class, she was intended for use as the flagship of a destroyer flotilla. Jintsu was completed at Kawasaki Kobe shipyards on 21 July 1925.During a night training exercise on 24 August 1927, she inadvertently rammed and sank the destroye… More: |
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1929 In International Relations $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: States and Territories Established in 1929, Treaties Concluded in 1929, Treaties Entered Into Force in 1929, Vatican City, Kellogg-briand Pact, Lateran Treaty, Warsaw Convention, Peter I Island, Third Geneva Convention, Geneva Convention, Moscow Oblast, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, Sava Banovina, Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field, Protection Against Accidents Convention, 1929, Treaty of Lima, Litvinov’s Pact. Excerpt: Moscow Oblast (English) (Russian) Moscow Oblast (Russian : , Moskovskaya oblast ), or Podmoskovye ( ), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast ). Its area, at 45,900 km², is relatively small compared to other federal subjects, but it is one of the most densely populated regions in the country and, with the 2002 population of 6,618,538, is the second most populous federal subject. Moscow Oblast is highly industrialized, with its main industrial branches being metallurgy , oil refining , and mechanical engineering , food , energy , and chemical industries.History The oblast was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 14, 1929 as Central Industrial Oblast ( ) from the abolished Moscow , Ryazan, Tula, and Tver Governorates, as well as from the parts of Kaluga and Vladimir Governorates. On June 3, 1929 the oblast was given its present name.In September 1937, the oblast was split into Moscow, Ryazan , and Tula Oblasts , thus establishing itself in its present borders.Geography Moscow oblast borders Tver Oblast (N), Yaroslavl Oblast (at one point NE), Vladimir Oblast (E), Ryazan Oblast (SE), Tula Oblast (S), Kaluga Oblast (SW), Smolensk Oblast (W), and the City of Moscow (center), which |
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1952 in Economics: Companies Disestablished in 1952, Companies Established in 1952, Kfc, World Wrestling Entertainment, General Dynamics $40.18 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Companies Disestablished in 1952, Companies Established in 1952, Kfc, World Wrestling Entertainment, General Dynamics, Lotus Cars, Ace Books, Sneath Glass Company, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Holiday Inn, British Motor Corporation, Mapsco, Four Star Television, Morris Motor Company, Joe’s, Ballantine Books, Sheetz, Nation’s Giant Hamburgers, Ici Pakistan, Cott Corporation, Blake’s Lotaburger, Pinarello, Adelphia Communications Corporation, Guild Guitar Company, Bunnings Warehouse, Taegutec, Angelo Litrico, Save Mart Supermarkets, the Timberland Company, Fatburger, Les Schwab Tire Centers, Ninety Nine Restaurant, Douglas Theatre Company, Lakeland Bus Lines, Palomino Club, Austin-Healey, Fractionation Research, Givenchy, Parfums Givenchy, Chicken Delight, Mehano, Clark Nuber, Baker’s Drive-Thru, Marzocchi, Ore-Ida, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, Carter’s Foods, Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, Cofco Group, Batjac Productions, Imc Group, Iscar Metalworking, Cbs Productions, Biblioteksentralen, Wesco Oil, Unique Art, Television Programs of America, Dokumental, Bell Group, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Imperial International, Fire-Lite, Saskenergy, Imperial Bank of China, Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation, Continental Bank, Fbt, Caravan Tours, Koury Corporation, River Valley Ranch, Minjungseorim Bobmunsa, Unitron, Simpich Character Dolls, Shinsung Constructions, Mrs. T’s Pierogies, Non-Linear Systems, Fuchs Group. Excerpt: KFC Corporation (KFC, founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky in the United States. KFC has been a brand and operating segment, termed a concept of Yum! Brands since 1997 when that company was spun off from PepsiCo as Tricon Globa… More: |
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1956 Establishments $21.18 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tat-1, Fremont, California, S?u?ba Bezpiecze?stwa, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Rainsville, Alabama, Eredivisie, Sellafield, American Institute of Architecture Students, Verbandsliga Mittelrhein, Michigan’s Adventure, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Canadian Labour Congress, American Ballet Theatre, Verbandsliga Westfalen, Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, Raf Akrotiri, Sister Cities International, Metropolitan Stadium, Winlaton Youth Training Centre, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Kustjägarna, Christ the King Seminary, Torre Latinoamericana, Verbandsliga Niederrhein, United Nations Emergency Force, Carrington Power Station, Landstreitkräfte, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Asia Society, Tailhook Association, Televisión Española, University Grants Commission, Joffrey Ballet, Solitude Mountain Resort, Faculty of Public Administration, Semitic Action, Tulsa Ballet, Permanent Commission of the Fide for Chess Compositions, Viscount de L’isle, Fremont Hotel and Casino, Institute for Defense Analyses, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Upper Normandy, Tilbury Power Station, Matysiakowie, Confédération Générale Des Travailleurs Africains, Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Friends of Cathedral Music, Fernsehturm Stuttgart, Lowell Correctional Institution, Roman Catholic Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Rhodesia and Nyasaland Pound, Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, Intercollegiate Tennis Association, University of Missouri Hospital, Tzum, the 2i’s Coffee Bar, Vero Beach Power Squadron, Mermaids Casino, Tweede Divisie, Committee on Scientists and Engineers, Trinity, Food |
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1983 By Country $37.21 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1983 in the United Kingdom, 1983 in New Zealand, 1983 in France, 1983 in Ireland, 1983 in Australia, 1983 in South Africa, 1983 in Canada, 1983 in Wales, 1983 in Norway, 1983 in Malaysia, 1983 in Afghanistan, 1983 in Northern Ireland, 1983 in India, 1983 in Singapore, 1983 in Bangladesh, 1983 in Pakistan, 1983 in Denmark. Excerpt: See also (online edition) : 1982 in Afghanistan, other events of 1983 , and 1984 in Afghanistan.The Muslim insurgency remains locked in military stalemate against Soviet and Afghan troops. The government controls the cities, while the guerrillas control the countryside. There are conflicting reports on the success of the regime in either neutralizing the insurgency movement or crushing it with the aid of some 110,000 Soviet troops. Reports on the war are sketchy and probably biased, since they are based on accounts given either by Pakistan-based rebel groups or by journalists taken on conducted tours by the government. President Karmal is firmly in command of the ruling PDPA. Infighting between the Parcham and Khalq factions of the party is less evident in 1983 than in previous years, and it appears that the Soviets have succeeded in bringing them under control. Afghanistan continues to depend on the Soviet Union for economic aid and food assistance.January 21February 7, 1983 Diego Cordovez, UN special representative for Afghanistan, holds consultations in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. He reports that the consultations centred on “substantive contents of a comprehensive settlement” and maintains that it is possible to widen the understanding reached at Geneva in June 1982. The interrelated elements of a comprehensive settlement are the withdrawal of foreign troops, international guarantees of noninterference and nonintervention, and |
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1986 Comic Debuts $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Watchmen, X-Factor, Booster Gold, Hawkman, Blue Beetle, Justice, Strikeforce: Morituri, Psi-Force, Star Brand, Secret Origins, Omaha the Cat Dancer, Dylan Dog, Rip in Time, Masters of the Universe, Dp7, Legends, Zoids, Nightmask, Karmatron, the Puma Blues, the Enchanted Apples of Oz, the ‘nam, Elektra: Assassin, Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves, the Punisher, Dakota North, ‘mazing Man, Legionnaires 3, Mark Hazzard: Merc, Elric, Spitfire, Dice Man, Kickers, Inc., Classic X-Men, Angel Love, Dark Horse Presents, Jim, Hamster Vice, Lords of the Ultra-Realm, Metalzoic, Jonny Quest, Wonder Woman. Excerpt: ‘Mazing Man ‘ Mazing Man is the title character of a comic book series created by Bob Rozakis and Stephen DeStefano and published by DC Comics . The series ran for twelve issues in 1986, with additional special issues in 1987, 1988, and 1990. In addition, ‘Mazing Man had an origin story in Secret Origins #16, and an original one-page story that appeared in an ad in Comic Buyer’s Guide . Series overview The ‘Mazing Man series depicted the misadventures of Sigfried Horatio Hunch III , a benignly deranged little man in Queens , New York who dresses in a homemade costume and performs deeds like unclogging drains and watching out for local children. Viewed as a kook by his neighbors, he saved a child from being hit by a truck in the first issue, earning him some respect and notoriety, not to mention a steady stream of appreciation (and food) from the mother in subsequent issues. “‘Maze” tends to sing Simon and Garfunkel songs when struck on the head. Hunch is a millionaire, having won first place in a magazine subscription company’s sweepstakes. After winning the prize, he felt obligated to subscribe to all of the company’s magazines. As a result, he |
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1995 Comics Characters Debuts $24.11 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Rei Ayanami, Shinji Ikari, Neron, Nate Grey, Mongul, Killer Moth, Skrull Kill Krew, Wonder Twins, Pete Wisdom, Dark Beast, Mastermind, Green Goblin, Black Spider, Chris Bradley, Sugar Man, Gearhead, Sparx, Lady Octopus, Batwing, Joseph, Holocaust, Phil Urich, Savitar, Query and Echo, Spidercide, Mongal, Moxie “Boss” Mannheim. Excerpt: Batwing Batwing ( James “Jimmy” Santini ) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a mutate . His first appearance was in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #2. Fictional character biography Young Jimmy Santini was with his father in an investigation of illegal toxic waste dumping in Carlsbad Caverns National Park where his father was either shot in the back by the polluters or fell to his death in the deep caverns (the full details were murky in Jimmy’s diary). Jimmy was lost in the caverns and drank water that “tasted like metal.” He was eventually rescued and returned to his mother. Soon the chemicals began to take effect, and Jimmy sprouted wings. His mother proclaimed him a demon , causing Jimmy to run away. He continued to mutate and ended up stealing food to survive. He arrived in New York City and made his home under an old pier. Jimmy began stealing food from people dining on rooftops scaring people in the process. Thus, the people began to dub him “Batwing.” When New York City Councilman Randolph Cherryh was once dining with his girlfriend, Batwing appeared and stole some of his apples which humiliated Randolph. Randolph Cherryh placed a bounty on him which Peter Parker (alias Spider-Man ) decided to take part on during his financial problems. Randolph arranged for a party as part of a trap. When Batwing came, the police sprang and began shooting only for Spider-Man to web up the guns and pursue Batwing. Batwing battled |
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1996 in Australian Television: 1996 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1996 Australian Television Series Endings, Good News Week, G. P. $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1996 Australian Television Series Debuts, 1996 Australian Television Series Endings, Good News Week, G. P., Water Rats, Police Rescue, Fire, Family Feud, Lift Off, Who Dares Wins, Ship to Shore, the Wayne Manifesto, Stateline, Recovery, the Feds, the Genie From Down Under, the Extraordinary, Australian Story, Pacific Drive, Medivac, Shaun Micallef’s World Around Him, House Gang, Sweat, Blankety Blanks, Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia, Sun on the Stubble, Twisted Tales. Excerpt: Good News Week is a Logie Award-nominated satirical news-based comedy quiz show on Australian television. It originally ran from 1996 to 2000, and returned to Network Ten in 2008. It currently airs on Mondays at 8:30pm on Network Ten. Hosted by former Doug Anthony All Stars member Paul McDermott, the show has a similar format to the British show Have I Got News For You. Comedians Mikey Robins and Claire Hooper captain two opposing teams consisting of four other guest panellists, engaging in comedic games in which they are required to answer questions about the news stories of the week to score points. The name of the show is derived from the song “It’s Good News Week” by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, which is also used as the show’s theme music. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show has spawned two short-lived spin-off series, the ABC’s Good News Weekend (1998) and Ten’s GNW Night Lite (1999). On 17 January 2008, it was announced that the programme would be renewed for a new run on Network Ten and Ten HD starting with a sixth season after the 20072008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Ten’s imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week has since been renewed for a seventh and eighth season, the latter… More: |
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200 Gluten Free Recipes: Hamlyn All Color $4.88 Having gluten intolerance doesn’t have to mean missing out on favorite foods. This cookbook provides more than 200 nutritionally analyzed recipes and easy-to-make alternatives to problem foods such as pasta, bread, pastry, and cake. |
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200 Low Calorie Recipes: Hamlyn All Color $6.79 For those of us wishing to follow a balanced and low-fat diet, it can be difficult to keep mealtimes interesting without reaching for those tempting calorie-laden ingredients. However, “Hamlyn All Color: 200 Low Calorie Recipes” is here to help-providing 200 simple and delicious recipes that take the hassle out of producing great, healthy food. There are also plenty of ideas for guilt-free sweet indulgences! From Chicken Burgers with Tomato Salsa and Crab & Coriander Cakes to Passion Cake Squares and White Chocolate Drops, there’s a low calorie recipe for every occasion, complete with step-by-step instructions and a full-page color photograph to ensure perfect results for every chef, every time. |
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200 Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes: Healthy Dinners That Are Ready When You Are! $11.01 Ah, the wonders of a slow cooker. After a long, hard day you can walk in the door and the aroma of a hot, home-cooked meal fills the air. You don’t have to do that fast tango from fridge to pantry to stove and back again. It’s nearly as good as having a personal chef! But for the low-carb dieter, traditional slow cooker recipes can be a problem. Many of them depend on potatoes, noodles, rice, and starchy canned soups. And if you’ve tried to make up your own slow cooker recipes, you may have found the results less than compelling—too often the food can be mushy, water-logged, and bland.Fortunately, with 200 Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes, you can use your slow cooker and follow your low-carb diet, too!Come home to: Tuscan Chicken • Kashmiri Lamb Shanks • Teriyaki-Tangerine Ribs • Chicken Minestrone • Orange Rosemary Pork • Chipotle Brisket • Firehouse Chili • Thai Chicken Bowls • Braised Pork with Fennel • Pizza Stew • MortyÆs Mixed Meat Loaf • Low-Carb Slow Cooker PaellaBut that’s not all! The gentle, even heat of a slow cooker makes it the perfect way to cook many different kinds of foods. You’ll make low-carb party treats like Hot Crab Dip and Glazed Chicken Wings, and snacks like Smokin’ Chili Peanuts and Curried Pecans. It’s the superior way to cook incredible sugar-free desserts like Mochaccino Cheesecake and Maple-Pumpkin Custard. And you’ve never had moister, more tender seafood than my Lime-Basted Scallops or Lemon-Mustard Salmon Steaks. Plus, every recipe lists the calories, protein, fiber, and usable carbs per serving, so you’ll not only be in control of your life and your time, you’ll be in control of your diet as well.So go ahead, plug in your slow cooker, and look forward to coming home to a fabulous low-carb supper tonight!Best-selling author Dana Carpender was startled to discover that |
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2000s Documentary Films (Study Guide) $36.93 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bowling for Columbine, Naqoyqatsi, an Inconvenient Truth, Fitna, Sicko, Loose Change, the Power of Nightmares, Fahrenheit 9/11, Zeitgeist, the Movie, Capitalism: a Love Story, Super Size Me, Waltz With Bashir, Religulous, the Cove, John Peel’s Record Box, Who Killed the Electric Car?, the Voyage That Shook the World, Growing up in the Universe, No End in Sight, March of the Penguins, Food, Inc., the King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters, the Corporation, Jesus Camp, Burma Vj, Red Tail Reborn, Scratch, Outrage, Jenin, Jenin, Grizzly Man, Order Castles of the Third Reich, the Fog of War, Earth, Act of God, Man on Wire, Anvil! the Story of Anvil, Revolution Os, Shine a Light, Capturing the Friedmans, the Final Inch, Why We Fight, Encounters at the End of the World, Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, the Aristocrats, Outfoxed, When the Levees Broke, Taxi to the Dark Side, Control Room, Born Into Brothels, the Heart of Texas, the Original Kings of Comedy, Scottsboro: an American Tragedy, Spellbound, Oil Factor, in Search of the Second Amendment, War/dance, Deliver Us From Evil, Black Chicks Talking, Speedy Delivery, Mad Hot Ballroom, Trouble the Water, Our Daily Bread, Daughter From Danang, Spencer Halpin’s Moral Kombat, Hurricane on the Bayou, Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, Twist of Faith, a Reason to Live, Flight of the Red Tail, Unknown White Male, Unfair Dealing, No Direction Home, Dear Zachary: a Letter to a Son About His Father, Prisoner of Paradise, Tarnation, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Ghosts of the Abyss, Good Hair, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Planet B-Boy, Lalee’s Kin: the Legacy of Cotton, Every Little Step, Dogtown and Z-Boys, One Nation Under God, Darwin’s |
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2007 Riots $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 2007 Burmese Anti-Government Protests, 2007-2008 Kenyan Crisis, Aftermath of the Bronze Night, Bronze Night, Social Situation in the French Suburbs, 2007 Georgian Demonstrations, 2007 Karachi Riots, 2007 Catania Football Violence, 2007 A.s. Roma-Manchester United F.c. Conflict, 2007 Civil Unrest in Villiers-Le-Bel, New Castle Correctional Facility, Mihalis Filopoulos, 2007 West Bengal Food Riots, 2007 Iranian Petrol Rationing Riots, 2007 Russian Protests, Guinea-Bissau Riot, 2007, 2007 Pakistan Riots. Excerpt: The 2007 AS Roma Manchester United conflict occurred on 4 April 2007 at the Stadio Olimpico during the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League quarter-final match between AS Roma and Manchester United . In the conflict, missiles were thrown over a perspex barrier separating the two sets of supporters, which prompted the Italian riot police to enter and attempt to subdue the hostile crowd. The incident has been controversial, as the police and team supporters on both sides view the causes of and reactions to the melee differently. Manchester United fan hurling a ripped up seat at riot police. Incidents in Rome Before the match began, riot police positioned themselves only on the Manchester United side of the perspex barrier between the fans. After Roma scored their first goal, their fans were allegedly throwing missiles over the barrier into the Manchester United fans. After this, reports claim that a section of Manchester United fans pushed around the Stadio Olimpico ground stewards; as a result of this the riot police moved in to gain control of the United crowd. The following police action has resulted in Manchester United accusing the Italian police of “hand out indiscriminate beatings to United supporters” and encouraged witnesses to contact them. Many Manchester United |
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2008 British Television Programme Debuts $23.84 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wallander, I’d Do Anything, Ross Kemp in Afghanistan, Survivors, Merlin, Are You an Egghead?, Lark Rise to Candleford, the One and Only, Beautiful People, Lost in Austen, Wild China, the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Britannia High, the Palace, Ashes to Ashes, Dead Set, House of Saddam, Last Choir Standing, Being Human, Little Dorrit, Never Better, Around the World in 80 Gardens, Life in Cold Blood, Spooks: Code 9, Gladiators, the Inbetweeners, Bonekickers, Beat the Star, Fossil Detectives, Apparitions, Mistresses, Hole in the Wall, Police Interceptors, Bingo Night Live, Echo Beach, Country House Rescue, Brainbox Challenge, Rock Rivals, Moving Wallpaper, Headcases, the World’s Strictest Parents, Lily Allen and Friends, Thank God You’re Here, Battle of the Brains, the Supersizers…, Clone, Inspector George Gently, Maestro, Lab Rats, Duel, White, When Were We Funniest?, the Wrong Door, the Royal Today, Basil’s Swap Shop, Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections, Britain’s Missing Top Model, the Invisibles, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, City of Vice, the Baby Borrowers, a History of Scotland, Rory and Paddy’s Great British Adventure, Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong, Argumental, Casualty 1907, Parents of the Band, Catastrophe, Spin Star, Extreme Pilgrim, Sunshine, Teenage Kicks, the True Story, the What in the World? Quiz, the Family, Stephen Fry in America, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live, Chinese Food Made Easy, Snog Marry Avoid?, Francesco’s Mediterranean Voyage, Honest, the Fixer, Empty, Fairy Tales, Celebrity Juice, the Last Millionaire, Britain From Above, Tony Robinson’s Crime and Punishment, the Art of Spain, the Five Thirty Show, the Dark Side of Fame With Piers Morgan, Who Dares Sings, Wogan’s Perfect Recall, the Wall, Nightwatch With Steve Scott, Mutual |
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201 Organic Baby Purees: The Freshest, Most Wholesome Food Your Baby Can Eat! $11.25 Baby food should be made of the freshest, healthiest ingredients on the planet! Brimming with the biggest variety of purees sure to expand baby’s palate, “201 Organic Baby Purees” teaches readers to blend, well-balanced meals right in their own home. As easy-to-prepare as they are nutritious, these recipes include: Basic fruit and veggie blends from apricots to zucchini Classic combinations such as turkey, sweet potato, and corn Superfoods like avocado, blueberries, and spinach Puree-based transition recipes including soups, biscuits, frozen deserts, and more! Free of pesticides, hormones, GMOs, and additives, these delicious purees promote strong immune systems and healthy growth–designed to protect tiny tummies! |
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250 Gluten-Free Favorites: Includes Dairy-Free, Egg-Free and White Sugar-Free Recipes $16.08 Great gluten-free recipes that the whole family will enjoy. |
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3 & 4 Ingredient Family Recipes: Everyday Meals Made Easy: 330 Fuss-free Recipes Using Just Four Ingredients or Less, All Shown in over 350 Color Photographs $15.29 3 & 4 Ingredient Family Recipes: Everyday Meals Made Easy: 330 Fuss-free Recipes Using Just Four Ingredients or Less, All Shown in over 350 Color Photographs |
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3 Fat Chicks on a Diet: Because We’re All in It Together $9.99 Filled with the sassy attitude and sage advice of three lovable sisters from the South who have been fighting the battle of the bulge for most of their lives, 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet tells everyone who has ever wanted to lose a few pounds how to find dieting success. Because every dieter will try most of the popular diets at some point in a weight-loss struggle, the sisters give you the real scoop—as well as anecdotes and wisdom from scores of their online community of women—on the favorites, from South Beach to the Mediterranean Diet, Atkins to the Zone, and celebrity-driven weight-loss programs to Ediets. You’ll get so much more than just coffee-klatch gossip:* The pros and cons of each diet* Guilt-free ways to snack and still stay with the program* Straight talk for making the diets work for every meal of the day* Menu suggestions when dining out* Delicious recipes to try at home* And much more!Best of all, the book offers a fool-proof support system of love and encouragement from women just like you who are trying to win the war with their waistlines.Just when you think you’re bogged down by calorie counting, the 3 Fat Chicks diet community takes you on a humorous romp through their battles with everything from slimming slippers and fat-away soap to cabbage soup and grapefruit diets. Get the real-world facts that you need to embark on your personal journey to change your weight and your life.”My weakness has always been food and men—in that order.” -Dolly Parton”My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” -Orson Welles”I have gained the same ten pounds so many times over and over again, my cellulite must have déjà vu.” -Jane WagnerOn their lifelong quest to lose weight, Suzanne, Jennifer and Amy Barnett, three delightful sisters from Tennessee, have tried every popular diet. They’ve busted sugar, cut carbs, flushed fat, counted |
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3 Fat Chicks on a Diet: Because We’re All in It Together $0.99 Filled with the sassy attitude and sage advice of three lovable sisters from the South who have been fighting the battle of the bulge for most of their lives, 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet tells everyone who has ever wanted to lose a few pounds how to find dieting success. Because every dieter will try most of the popular diets at some point in a weight-loss struggle, the sisters give you the real scoop—as well as anecdotes and wisdom from scores of their online community of women—on the favorites, from South Beach to the Mediterranean Diet, Atkins to the Zone, and celebrity-driven weight-loss programs to Ediets. You’ll get so much more than just coffee-klatch gossip:* The pros and cons of each diet* Guilt-free ways to snack and still stay with the program* Straight talk for making the diets work for every meal of the day* Menu suggestions when dining out* Delicious recipes to try at home* And much more!Best of all, the book offers a fool-proof support system of love and encouragement from women just like you who are trying to win the war with their waistlines.Just when you think you’re bogged down by calorie counting, the 3 Fat Chicks diet community takes you on a humorous romp through their battles with everything from slimming slippers and fat-away soap to cabbage soup and grapefruit diets. Get the real-world facts that you need to embark on your personal journey to change your weight and your life.”My weakness has always been food and men—in that order.” -Dolly Parton”My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.” -Orson Welles”I have gained the same ten pounds so many times over and over again, my cellulite must have déjà vu.” -Jane WagnerOn their lifelong quest to lose weight, Suzanne, Jennifer and Amy Barnett, three delightful sisters from Tennessee, have tried every popular diet. They’ve busted sugar, cut carbs, flushed fat, counted |
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3.75-Quart Bamboo Composter $49.95 Turn food scraps into valuable nutrients for your plants with our leakproof, odor-free Compost Containers. Filters are included, replacements sold below. Use 100% biodegradable BioBags to line your container. They breathe naturally, allowing heat and moisture to escape. Completely compostable; just remove with the contents and add to your compost pile. |
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300 Fuss Free 20-Minute Recipes: Fabulous Ideas for Fast Meals from Breakfasts, Soups, Appetizers and Snacks to Main Courses, Side Dishes and Desserts $12.21 Each recipe in this fantastic collection can be whipped up in 20 minutes or much less. It is the perfect cookbook for today’s busy chefs. |
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324 $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 324, Battle of Chrysopolis, Battle of Adrianople, Battle of the Hellespont, List of State Leaders in 324. Excerpt: Zhang Bin (Chinese : ; died 323), courtesy name Mengsun (), formally Marquess Jing of Puyang (), was a key strategist for Shi Le , the founder of the Chinese /Jie state Later Zhao .Biography Zhang Bin’s father Zhang Yao () was a commandery governing during the early Jin Dynasty (265-420) . Zhang Bin was studious in his youth, and once, comparing himself to the great strategist Zhang Liang , said, “I believe my intelligence and judgment to be no less than Zhang Liang’s, but I have not met Gaozu (Liu Bang, the founder of Han Dynasty ).” He served on the staff of a Jin prince, but was not trusted, and so he resigned his post.Later, after various agrarian rebellions started against Jin rule during the late reign of Emperor Hui of Jin , Zhang happened to meet Shi, and believed that Shi was the most capable general he met, and so he joined Shi’s army. Initially, Shi did not consider him important, but after they became more acquainted, Shi began to value his advice more and more. In 311, when Shi, who was then a Han Zhao general who was winning many battles but failing to hold territory, considered capturing the region between the Yangtze River and the Han River , it was Zhang who advised him against the plan, apparently reasoning that Shi’s army was suitable for mobility on the plains, not the river- and lake-filled region near the Yangtze. In 312, when Shi’s army was facing a food shortage and worried about an attack from the Jin general Sima Rui (later Emperor Yuan), Shi’s other main strategist Diao Ying () suggested offering to declare loyalty for Jin, which Zhang told Shi would be impossible, given the great enmity that Jin forces had for Shi after his |
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365 Reasons Why Gettin’ Old Ain’t So Bad: $0.25 With delightful wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, a good-natured sense of fun, and truths based on living, author, speaker, and humorist Karen O?Connor provides 365 great reasons that life gets even better when the senior years hit. One-line entries celebrate that ?getting old ain?t so bad because?? you can take naps whenever you feel like it you have time to visit places you?ve always wanted to see you?re free to try different hobbies or activities you don?t have to worry about impressing anyone you get discounts on food, golf, and movies From being a grandparent to half-price national park passes, from a lifetime of learning to the amazing changes made in the world, the rewards and pleasures of a long life are plenty. Through humor and biblical wisdom, readers are encouraged to appreciate all they?ve experienced and make the most of every moment. |
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365 Reasons Why Gettin’ Old Ain’t So Bad: $6.99 With delightful wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, a good-natured sense of fun, and truths based on living, author, speaker, and humorist Karen O?Connor provides 365 great reasons that life gets even better when the senior years hit. One-line entries celebrate that ?getting old ain?t so bad because?? you can take naps whenever you feel like it you have time to visit places you?ve always wanted to see you?re free to try different hobbies or activities you don?t have to worry about impressing anyone you get discounts on food, golf, and movies From being a grandparent to half-price national park passes, from a lifetime of learning to the amazing changes made in the world, the rewards and pleasures of a long life are plenty. Through humor and biblical wisdom, readers are encouraged to appreciate all they?ve experienced and make the most of every moment. |
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4 Ingredients Gluten-Free: More Than 400 New and Exciting Recipes All Made with 4 or Fewer Ingredients and All Gluten-Free! $10.19 4 Ingredients Gluten-Free: More Than 400 New and Exciting Recipes All Made with 4 or Fewer Ingredients and All Gluten-Free! |
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40% Off Is the New Black: Reasons Why Less Is More $9.99 In 40% Off Is the New Black, best-selling authors Lisa Birnbach, Ann Hodgman, and Patricia Marx offer hundreds of recession-proof reasons why less is more. This funny, inspiring, and uplifting collection reminds us that most of the best things in life are still free.Insights include:* Hedges are prettier to look at than hedge funds.* Manicures are probably bad for you anyway–all those fumes.* Your pets wouldn’t like you more if you were rich.* There might still be time to teach your kids that money isn’t everything.* Seashells are amazingly beautiful for something that costs nothing.* Buying items in bulk makes you feel like a stalwart pioneer woman.So invest in this little piece of wisdom that is certain to do more for you than your 401(k) has lately. And, while you’re bicycling to work and growing your own food, you can think about all that really matters in life–family, friends, and early-bird specials, of course. |
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400 Calorie Dinners: Satisfying, Guilt Free, Real-life Meals $8.5 400 Calorie Dinners: Satisfying, Guilt Free, Real-life Meals |
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500 More Low-Carb Recipes: 500 All-New Recipes from Around the World $13.03 America’s “sugar-free sweetheart” and bestselling author of “500 Low-Carb Recipes” does it again with 500 more scrumptious low-carb menu items, from appetizers and salads to entrees and desserts. |
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64-Page Fireside Pie Iron Cooking Recipes Book by Richard O’Russa $9.95 Put these irons into the coals of your fireplace or campfire to cook tasty treats from toasted sandwiches, hot dogs and brats to breads and desserts. Enjoy this unique way of locking in the natural flavors of fireside food. Heavy cast iron for even, thorough cooking and stay-cool wooden handles. This timeless pie iron will supply you with generations of good cooking. 28″ long handles with chrome plated steel rods keep you a safe distance from the fire. • Cooking Irons• Heavy cast iron construction lasts for years• Stay-cool wooden handles• Long handle for safe fireside use Available Styles Pie Iron Double Pie Iron <!–Panini Iron –> Hot Dog Iron Size Approx. 22-29″L <!–GET A FREE ANNIVERSARY TOTE ??? with your purchase of any of these items! –> |
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70 Low-Fat Fat-Free Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Soups, Appetizers, Main Courses, Desserts and Cakes, Shown Step by Step in More Than 300 Photograp $5.49 A superb collection of fat-free and low-fat recipes for fabulous and healthy meals. Helpful guidelines offer hints and tips for cutting down on your daily intake of fat. |
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750 Best Muffin Recipes: Everything from Breakfast Classics to Gluten-Free, Vegan & Coffeehouse Favorites $21.21 The definitive collection of nutritious, imaginative and delicious muffin recipes. |
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8 in 1 Ecotrition Organic Blend for Cockatiels $17.99 This organic blend is grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers or food additives, ensuring a safe and healthy product for your bird. This naturally delicious mix of Cockatiels favorite seeds, fruits, vegetables and nuts is grown organically providing fresh taste and nutrition in an optimal, balanced diet for your pet. These premium ingredients are fortified with a variety of vitamins for growth and maintenance, minerals for overall health, and antioxidants for superior nutrition. Ingredients: Organic flax seed, organic oat groats, organic safflower seed, organic white millet, organic wheat, organic sunflower seed, organic soybeans, organic buckwheat, organic rape seed, organic peanuts, organic raisins, organic date granules, organic pumpkin seed, organic dehydrated carrots, organic dehydrated bananas, organic diced papayas, organic diced pineapples, organic diced apples, organic diced red peppers, organic diced green peppers, organic ground corn, organic soybean meal, organic ground wheat, dicalcium phosphate, organic soybean oil, calcium carbonate, organic spinach powder, dl-methionine, vitamin a supplement, vitamin d3 supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, vitamin e supplement, calcium pantothenate, choline chloride, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfate (source of vitamin k activity), niacin, biotin, folic acid, riboflavin, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, cobalt carbonate, iron (ferrous) sulfate, manganous oxide, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, cabbage extract, purple carrot juice, annatto extract. Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein (min) 16.0% Crude Fat (min) 12.0% Crude Fiber (max) 12.0% Moisture (max) 12.0% Calcium (min) 0.05%; (max) 0.55% Alanine (min) 0.75% Arginine (min) 0.90% Aspartic Acid (min) 1.0% Cystine (min) 0.25% Glycine (min) 0.55% Glutamic Acid (min) 2.20%</l |
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8 in 1 Ecotrition Organic Blend for Parrots & Conures $21.99 This organic blend is grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers or food additives, ensuring a safe and healthy product for your bird. This naturally delicious mix of Parrots and Conures favorite seeds, fruits, vegetables and nuts is grown organically providing fresh taste and nutrition in an optimal, balanced diet for your pet. These premium ingredients are fortified with a variety of vitamins for growth and maintenance, minerals for overall health, and antioxidants for superior nutrition. Ingredients: Organic safflower seed, organic sunflower seed, organic wheat, organic pumpkin seed, organic peanuts, organic white millet, organic diced papaya, organic buckwheat, organic oat groats, organic milo, organic navy beans, organic whole corn, organic diced apples, organic dehydrated bananas, organic dehydrated carrots, organic diced pineapple, organic pinto beans, organic raisins, organic pine nuts, organic pistachios, organic diced green peppers, organic diced red peppers, organic whole corn, organic soybean meal, organic ground wheat, dicalcium phosphate, organic soybean oil, calcium carbonate, organic spinach powder, dl-methionine, vitamin a supplement, vitamin d3 supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, vitamin e supplement, calcium pantothenate, choline chloride, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfate (source of vitamin k activity), niacin, biotin, folic acid, riboflavin, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, cobalt carbonate, iron (ferrous) sulfate, manganous oxide, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, cabbage extract, purple carrot juice, annatto extract. Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein (min) 15.0% Crude Fat (min) 15.0% Crude Fiber (max) 14.0% Moisture (max) 12.0% Calcium (min) 0.005%; (max) 0.55% Alanine (min) 0.65% Arginine (min) 0.80% Aspartic Acid (min) 1.0% Cystine (min) 0.2% Glycine (min) 0 |
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981 Essential Baby Tips $0.01 981 Essential Baby Tips is the essential resource for new parents.For new moms and dads, these proven tips will provide relief, help and support just when they’re needed most:—What to do in the early days, from birth to four months, when you are the most anxious as new parents—Solutions for all the challenges of the first year-establishing good sleep habits, trouble-free feeding, first foods, favorite foods and food allergies, common illnesses, teething and traveling with baby—Keeping Dad involved in diapering and feeding—Making sure safety comes first, both at home and when out of the house—Baby’s learning something new every day-how you can take advantage of those “teaching moments”—How to ease into toddlerhood and deal with this pint-sized person who’s just learned to say “no,” may throw a tantrum at the worst possible time and wants to explore everything under the sun—Essentials about childcare and baby-sitters |
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981 Essential Baby Tips $6.99 981 Essential Baby Tips is the essential resource for new parents.For new moms and dads, these proven tips will provide relief, help and support just when they’re needed most:—What to do in the early days, from birth to four months, when you are the most anxious as new parents—Solutions for all the challenges of the first year-establishing good sleep habits, trouble-free feeding, first foods, favorite foods and food allergies, common illnesses, teething and traveling with baby—Keeping Dad involved in diapering and feeding—Making sure safety comes first, both at home and when out of the house—Baby’s learning something new every day-how you can take advantage of those “teaching moments”—How to ease into toddlerhood and deal with this pint-sized person who’s just learned to say “no,” may throw a tantrum at the worst possible time and wants to explore everything under the sun—Essentials about childcare and baby-sitters |
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A $47 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A&W is a Canadian fast food restaurant chain. It was originally part of the American A&W chain, but was sold to and operated separately by Unilever. It no longer has any connection to the American A&W. Following a later management buyout, the chain is now owned and operated by the privately-held A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., based in North Vancouver, British Columbia and operates restaurants in over 600 locations in Canada. |
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A Book Of Private Devotion For Girls, Abridged From The Bread Of Life $19.99 General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1885Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: Here, rising from your knees, prepare for bed. As you unclothe yourself, reflect that so must your soul at last, unclothed of its vesture of flesh, stand before God; pray that it may be with joy, and not with grief. Let your last words be — Into Thy hands I commend my spirit, for Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord Thou God of truth. MORNING HYMNS. I. Now that the daylight fills the sky, We lift our hearts to God on high, That He, in all we do or say, Would keep us free from harm to-day. May He restrain our tongues from strife, And shield from anger’s din our life ; And guard with watchful care our eyes From earth’s absorbing vanities. O may our inmost hearts be pure, From thoughts of folly kept secure, And pride of sinful flesh subdued Through sparing use of daily food. So we, when this day’s work is o’er, And shades of night return once more, Our path of trial safely trod, Shall give the glory to our God. All praise to God the Father be; All praise, Eternal Son, to Thee; Whom, with the Spirit, we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and early rise To pay thy morning sacrifice. Redeem thy mis-spent time that’s past, And live this day as if thy last: Improve thy talent with due care, For the great day thyself prepare. Let all thy converse be sincere, Thy conscience as the noon-day clear ; Think how all-seeing God thy ways And all thy secret thoughts surveys. Wake and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the Angels bear thy part, Who all night long u… |
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A Brief History Of Ireland $14.14 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:IRELAND, Known to the ancients as Hibernia or Scotland, is simated in the Western Ocean, and forms an integral part of Great Britain. Its position is about 54 degrees north latitude. The climate is healthy and genial, and the fertility of its soil is extraordinary. The extreme length of this island is 306 statute miles, and its greatest breadth 183, making, altogether, 32,513 square miles, which are equal to 20,808,271 statute acres. The sea coast is above 2,000 miles in extent, with no less than 14 harbours for the use of shipping. There are also within its boundary several navigable rivers, one of which, the Shannon, is the largest in the United Kingdom. Its seas and rivers abound with fish, which forms a fruitful source of national wealth. The land abounds with minerals, notwithstanding there are 2,500,000 acres of bog. Nay, even this is of some use, as it furnishes an inexhaustible supply of fuel. This island also contains half a million of acres covered with timber. The live stock of this country is valued at £21,600,000; its land is estimated to be worth, in annual value, about £14,000,000; its bank paper amounts, in circulation, to about £5,500,000 ; its state revenue, exclusive of unrestricted taxation, averages about £4,500,000 per annum ; its local taxation, county assessment to the poor rate, and other local taxes, exceed £2,000,000 per annum; whilst it supplies 42,000 men to the British army. The population of Ireland was, in 1841, 8,175,124—7,039,059 of whom live in the country, and 1,135,405 in towns—the whole of whom occupy 1,350,000 houses. The exports of Ireland consist of grain, butter, and other descriptions of food, amounting in value to many millions sterling per annum. A large proportion of the population live |
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A Clinical Treatise On Diseases Of The Liver V.3 $21.79 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:line passing outwards from each side of the mouth, there is a pair of large, yellowish, much-curved hooks, with a broad-jointed base in a little pouch- like depression. Each hook is provided with a peculiar supporting apparatus, to which it is jointed. The supporting apparatus appears to be formed by the lining membrane of the hook-pouch converted into chitine. The upper end of the supporting apparatus is drawn out into a point, which has been designated by Kiichenmeister ” the ‘ point-cover,’” (Spitzen- decker). The anus is situated at the caudal extremity of the animal. As was imagined by Gurlt and Leuckart (Hau und Entwickelungsge- schichte der Pentastomen, Leipzig, 1860), the pentastoma denticulatum has been proved by experiment to be merely the immature pentastoma taenioides, which is parasitic in the nostrils and frontal sinuses of the dog and other animals. The pentastoma denticulatum is not uncommon in the animal kingdom, being found in goats, rabbits, bullocks, cats and other animals. How it gains admittance into the human body has not yet been ascertained. Its ordinary situation on the outer surface of the liver appears to indicate that it enters the stomach with the food, and that then it forces its way through the wall of this organ to the left lobe of the liver, where it attaches itself beneath the peritoneal covering, becomes encysted, and soon afterwards perishes.1 vii. Cancer Of The Livee. (Carcinoma Hepatis.) 1. Historical Account. Before the commencement of the present century, cancer of the liver was nowhere strictly defined from other tumors and degenerations of the gland. It is true, that cancer of the external organs, and more especially of the mammae, had been known since the time of Hippocrates; but the occurrence of cancer, and the characters .. |
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A Consideration Of The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:RIGHTS. CHAPTER IV., SECTION I. A claim of rights is an unconscious recognition of an invisible Being, whence they are derived, by whose judgments they are denned, limited and enlarged, and through whose power they are enforced. Rights, primarily derived, are recognized secondarily and in the person, as inherent. They flow from the same fountain as wants. They constitute the material embodiment of wants. They furnish wants with food, clothing and shelter. They are an outcome from the same creative power. A man who has wants, by virtue of his wants, has rights. Wants existing, rights, opening the avenues of satisfactory supply, are consequential, indispensable, inevitable. No need go to men for guarantee of rights ; their guarantee is one’s manhood. We may combine with others to secure and maintain them, but in our combination, while we re-establish for others, we but recover for ourselves. God having given them, society should assert and maintain them. A considerate generalization of rights involves three parties. First, the Creator; second, society; third, the individual. Being parts of a great whole, each may be said to have rights upon itself and the others. The Creator has rights on Himself, on society and on the individual. Society has rights itself on the Creator and on the individual. The individual has rights on himself, on society and on the Creator. We are dealing principally with the rights of man and of society. The chief end of human rights, is to assure, through effort, adequate supply of want. An assumption of rights without impulse to effort, is impertinent. Effort, or desire for employment in production, is the chief and necessary contingent of rights. A disposition to effort having been abandoned, rights cannot be logically maintained. When effo… |
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A Consideration Of The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations (1887) $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:RIGHTS. CHAPTER IV., SECTION I. A claim of rights is an unconscious recognition of an invisible Being, whence they are derived, by whose judgments they are defined, limited and enlarged, and through whose power they are enforced. Rights, primarily derived, are recognized secondarily and in the person, as inherent. They flow from the same fountain as wants. They constitute the material embodiment of wants. They furnish wants with food, clothing and shelter. They are an outcome from the same creative power. A man who has wants, by virtue of his wants, has rights. Wants existing, rights, opening the avenues of satisfactory supply, are consequential, indispensable, inevitable. ” No need go to men for guarantee of rights ; their guarantee is one’s manhood. We may combine with others to secure and maintain them, but in our combination, while we re-establish for others, we but recover for ourselves. God having given them, society should assert and maintain them. A considerate generalization of rights involves three parties. First, the Creator; second, society; third, the individual. Being parts of a great whole, each may be said to have rights upon itself and the others. The Creator has rights on Himself, on society and on the individual. Society has rights itself on the Creator and on the individual. The individual has rights on himself, on society and on the Creator. We are dealing principally with the rights of man and of society. The chief end of human rights, is to assure, through effort, adequate supply of want. An assumption of rights without impulse to effort, is impertinent. Effort, or desire for employment in production, is the chief and necessary contingent of rights. A disposition to effort having been abandoned, rights cannot be logically maintained. When effo |
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A Course Of Elementary Instruction In Practical Biology (1889) $24.02 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:a. The great relative size of the protopodite. j8. The increase in length of the endopodite over the exopodite; little marked but obvious in the case of the abdominal appendage. (Cf. the corresponding abdominal appendage of the adult Crayfish.) THE EARTHWORM (Lumbricus lerrestris). The Earthworm is to be found wherever damp earth is accessible, no matter how hard or stony the surface; the presence of moisture is indispensable to its existence. Into this earth it burrows, excavating a tubular habitation to which it repairs during the day time, emerging at night to seek food and to work, or at early morning to reproduce its species. It remains within the burrow throughout both the winter and the dry summer seasons. The interior of the burrow is smooth and frequently lined with minute stones; its mouth is often surrounded with “castings” and plugged with leaves drawn in by the animal itself, or covered, as with a lid, by stones sometimes of relatively great weight and size. The body of the worm is fairly uniform in dimensions throughout; it is bilaterally symmetrical, both mouth and anus being situated at opposite ends. The metameric symmetry such as was seen in the abdomen of the Crayfish, is here common to the whole body, which can no longer be subdivided into well-marked regions. It is constricted externally into a number of repetitional segments or somites, of which there may be, in a sexually mature animal, as few as 68 or considerably more than 200. For each of these somites there is a similar repetitional series of certain of the internal organs. Each somite is subdivided externally intoat least two lesser divisions or zonites, these however are but skin deep and in no way correlated with the internal parts. The body is invested in a continuous uncalcified exos |
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A Day in the Salt Marsh $10.42 Enjoy a day in one of the most dynamic habitats on earth: the salt marsh. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even when it is covered by salt water twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the “For Creative Minds” section. All Sylvan Dell titles feature free educational resources at www.SylvanDellPublishing.com, including the “For Creative Minds” sections and additional teaching activities. The “For Creative Minds” Sections includes: Salt Marsh Animals Matching Activity with information on their habitat and what they eat: Blue crab, Bottlenose dolphin, Diamondback terrapin, Fiddler Crab, Horseshoe Crab, Juvenile Fish, Periwinkle Snail, River Otter, Great Blue Heron, Oysters and much more! 2008 Florida Publishing Association Best Picture Book Finalist |
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A Description And History Of Vegetable Substances, Used In The Arts, And In Domestic Economy. Timber, Trees, Fruits, Food, Materials Of $20.12 The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher’s website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in Domestic Economy. Timber, Trees, Fruits, Food, Materials of Manufactures; Volume: 1; Original Publisher: C. Knight; Publication date: 1830; Subjects: Botany, Economic; Fruit; Timber; Trees; Vegetables; Gardening / Vegetables; Nature / Trees |
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition $6.81 Fully revised and updated, this leading dictionary contains over 6,150 entries covering all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health, including 150 entries new to this edition. From absinthe to zymogens, the volume offers jargon-free definitions that clearly explain even the most technical of nutritional terms, covering types of food (including everyday foods, little-known foods such as payusnaya, and dishes from around the world, from accoub and fair maids to mushy peas and zakuska), nutritional information, vitamins, minerals, and much more. The new edition includes expanded coverage of key scientific areas including genomics, proteomics and metabolomicsand provides recommended web links for many entries, kept up to date and easily accessible via the Dictionary of Food and Nutrition companion website. With useful appendix material, including RDA lists, it is an essential resource for anyone studying, teaching or working with food and nutrition and for those who want to know more about the food they are eating. |
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition $17.99 Fully revised and updated, this leading dictionary contains over 6,150 entries covering all aspects of food and nutrition, diet and health, including 150 entries new to this edition. From absinthe to zymogens, the volume offers jargon-free definitions that clearly explain even the most technical of nutritional terms, covering types of food (including everyday foods, little-known foods such as payusnaya, and dishes from around the world, from accoub and fair maids to mushy peas and zakuska), nutritional information, vitamins, minerals, and much more. The new edition includes expanded coverage of key scientific areas including genomics, proteomics and metabolomicsand provides recommended web links for many entries, kept up to date and easily accessible via the Dictionary of Food and Nutrition companion website. With useful appendix material, including RDA lists, it is an essential resource for anyone studying, teaching or working with food and nutrition and for those who want to know more about the food they are eating. |
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A Familiar History Of Birds $35.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 328 CHAPTER II. STRUCTURE OF BIRDS. EXTERNAL STRUCTURE.—SKELETON. CHARACTER OF BEAK. — BONES, THEIR LIGHTNESS. SOLIDITT OF BACKBONE. BREASTBONE, USE OF. WING-BONES. LEGS, PECULIARITIES OF. WHEN RESTING ON OVE LEG, WHY BIRDS DO NOT FALL. We shall now proceed to give a few details concerning the structure and peculiarity of their forms and characters. In examining the skeleton, we find the head terminating in a beak, composed of a horny substance, in form and structure -and hardness, as intimately connected with the habits and general character of the bird, as jaws and teeth are with those of man and other animals. Thus in Eagles, Hawks, and all birds which tear their prey, as well as in Parrots, which have to bruise hard substances, or procure their food by piercing the bark of trees, as Woodpeckers, the bill is extremely hard and powerful. Whereas in those which feed on worms, and substances equally soft, or live by suction, or swallow their food, as Woodcocks, Ducks, and c., the hardness is gradually diminished. A philosopher need not go further than this instrument, in search of a proof how well the providence of God fits the means to the ends. The hooked tip and sharp over-hanging edge of the upper mandible, in the birds of prey, acts like a IKEJ.ETON OF A VULTURE. dissector’s knife, readily separating the flesh from the bones: a bill, hooked at the end with sharp edges, may indeed be considered as a characteristic of all birds of prey, that is, of all birds living on smaller birds, or quadrupeds, orfishes. Instead of a hook there is a sort of tooth at the extremity of the beak of certain birds of this class, which adds greatly to its strength; and it has been observed, that those possessing it are more noble and courageous than others. HFAD OF THK BEARDED V… |
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A Familiar History Of Birds (Volume 1); Their Nature, Habits, And Instincts $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 328 CHAPTER II. STRUCTURE OF BIRDS. EXTERNAL STRUCTURE.—SKELETON. CHARACTER OF BEAK. — BONES, THEIR LIGHTNESS. SOLIDITT OF BACKBONE. BREASTBONE, USE OF. WING-BONES. LEGS, PECULIARITIES OF. WHEN RESTING ON OVE LEG, WHY BIRDS DO NOT FALL. We shall now proceed to give a few details concerning the structure and peculiarity of their forms and characters. In examining the skeleton, we find the head terminating in a beak, composed of a horny substance, in form and structure -and hardness, as intimately connected with the habits and general character of the bird, as jaws and teeth are with those of man and other animals. Thus in Eagles, Hawks, and all birds which tear their prey, as well as in Parrots, which have to bruise hard substances, or procure their food by piercing the bark of trees, as Woodpeckers, the bill is extremely hard and powerful. Whereas in those which feed on worms, and substances equally soft, or live by suction, or swallow their food, as Woodcocks, Ducks, and c., the hardness is gradually diminished. A philosopher need not go further than this instrument, in search of a proof how well the providence of God fits the means to the ends. The hooked tip and sharp over-hanging edge of the upper mandible, in the birds of prey, acts like a IKEJ.ETON OF A VULTURE. dissector’s knife, readily separating the flesh from the bones: a bill, hooked at the end with sharp edges, may indeed be considered as a characteristic of all birds of prey, that is, of all birds living on smaller birds, or quadrupeds, orfishes. Instead of a hook there is a sort of tooth at the extremity of the beak of certain birds of this class, which adds greatly to its strength; and it has been observed, that those possessing it are more noble and courageous than others. HFAD OF THK BEARDED V… |
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A Great American Cook: Recipes from the Home Kitchen of One of Our Most Influential Chefs $35 Renowned chef Jonathan Waxman knows that becoming a great American cook starts at home—here he shares methods for recipes you can pull together with just a few ingredients.Widely recognized as one of the fathers of New American cuisine, Jonathan Waxman knows how to make magnificent food from just a few ingredients, roasting eggplants and red peppers for an intensely flavored soup or tossing asparagus with oranges and hazelnuts for a refreshing first course. His vision is bold, but strikingly unpretentious: many of the dishes in A Great American Cook—like the Shrimp BLT, Crispy Chicken and Goat Cheese Burritos, and Gingerbread with Brandied Plums—are free-spirited plays on classics, and his “less is more” philosophy animates suppers like flash-seared scallops on caramelized onions and chicken cooked under a brick with a sauce of rosé wine, bacon, and peas. From a versatile vegetable dish that goes with nearly every main course to handmade pastas with delicate sauces to a foolproof way to cook salmon, Waxman gives you all the techniques and recipes you need for simple, sophisticated cooking at home. |
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A Guy’s Guide To Great Eating $18.95 From the author of the spectacularly successful Lean and Lovin’ It, a brawny collection of big-flavored, fat-reduced recipes for men who love to eat. A once overweight guy who never met a food he didn’t love, Don Mauer learned the hard way that most low-fat cookbooks don’t appeal to meat-and-potatoes taste buds and come with skimpy portions that may work for New York fashion models but leave men hungry. This cookbook is different, written for men by a real guy with a big appetite. The 175 easy-to-make recipes – Smokin’ Chili Pepper Cheeseburgers, Seemingly Sinful Fat-Free Roasted Garlic Whipped Potatoes, Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Pie, Fresh Blueberry Cobbler – are based on Mauer’s own favorites. The guy-sized portions get 20 percent or less of their calories from fat, and each recipe comes with a full nutritional analysis, including the amount of saturated fat. A Guy’s Guide to Great Eating will end the arguments in the kitchen between men who insist on eating what they love and the people who love them. |
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A Hunter’s Adventures in the Great West $32.98 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER III. EXCELLENT FI8HING VICINITY OF FRIENDS OR FOES AN AMBUSCADE THE 8O.UAW AND HER PAPOOSE A WIDOW’8 ATTENTIONS CHANGE OF CAMP ABUNDANCE OF GAME INDIAN DOGS PBOCESS OF TANNING CANVAS-BACK DUCKS THEIR HABITAT, AND METHODS OF CAPTURING THEM. In this spot I determined to halt for four days, for with such shelter, water, and vegetation, game must be abundant. Descending after breakfast to the stream that coursed lengthways through the valley, I found indisputable evidences of the presence of beavers, as well as numerous deer and buffalo tracks. My rough but ready fish-line was always carried in a corner of my bullet-bag. Hoping to find the water as prolific in game as the land promised to be, I cut a wand for a rod, and with some thread ravelled from a few scraps of rag I retained for gun- washing, lashed a diminutive piece of the tail of my scarlet shirt upon the hook’s shank Taking my stand where there was a rush of water, produced by a choke caused by the jamming of logs and vegetable matter, I made a cast. In a moment I had hooked a splendid fellow. For a few minutes I gave him the butt, to gain time to find a landing-place. This I succeeded in doing, and pulled my prey ashore, in VICINITY OF FRIENDS OB FOES. 39 spite of his most urgent remonstrances and struggles. Again and again the operation was repeated with equal success, till I began to regret that my horses would not eat fish, and thus justify me in continuing my sport. Returning homewards I could have killed several deer, but, satisfied that I had obtained sufficient food to sustain the inward man, I desisted from useless slaughter. Not to take too much credit upon myself for what by some may be considered self-denial, my reduced stock of ammunition might have had no small amount of influence in producing such comm… |
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A Lady’s Life Among The Mormons $19.03 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3CHAPTER IV. Our Mission to Switzeiland—Introducing Mormonism—Terrible Trials of Faith—Geneva—Days without Food—The new Convert—”The Labourer worthy of his Hire”—Timely Aid. After about a year’s absence, Mr. S. returned to England, and we were invited to attend a conference of the Saints, which was to be held in London, in June, 1851. During this conference, the ” Apostle” Snow expressed his great indignation at the manner in which I had been neglected, and said that I should no longer remain in connexion with the Southampton Conference. It was decided that my husband should go on a mission to Switzerland ; that I should go with him, and that we should begin our missionary labours in Geneva. One great incentive to this resolution was, that I could speak the French language fluently. It was, therefore, thought that I should be of great service in assisting Mr. S. with his work. I was ready to do any thing that might be required ot me, if only I could be with him. Mr. S. had once more silenced my fears about Polygamy, and I was again happy. We started on our journey—Mr. S., myself, and our dear little Clara, who was then only six months old. How much I loved that little child, no tongue can tell! Had she not been my sole companion through so many weary days and nights of sorrow ? On our arrival at Geneva, we commenced our missionary labours immediately ; but we made very little progress, as Mr. S. was not much acquainted with the French language, and the Genevese do not readily receive strangers. We had but a small sum of money left when we reached our destination, and we economized as much as we possibly could, hoping to make what we had last until some one should join the church, who might be able to assist the mission. We had full faith and confidence that the |
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A Man, a Can, a Plan: 50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make $10 Step-by-Step Recipes! ’50s-Style Creamed Chicken How to make it: Cook the onion in the oil in a large skillet over medium heat, until tender. Dump in the chicken and stir. Cook for 1 minute. Stir in the soup and mushrooms. Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the sour cream over low heat. Heat through and serve over the cooked noodles. Makes 6 servings. Per serving: 354 calories, 5 g fat (12% of calories), 1 g saturated fat, 22 g protein, 54 g carbohydrates, 5 g fiber, 599 mg sodium When it’s not just you and the TV . . . Top with chopped fresh parsley. 10-oz can chunk chicken breast, drained and flaked 11-oz can reduced-fat cream of mushroom soup 6-oz can sliced mushrooms, drained 12-oz bag “no yolk” egg noodles, cooked according to the package directions Also: 1/2 cup chopped onion, 2 tsp olive oil, 1 cup fat-free sour cream Book Facts Serving Size 50 recipes Main ingredients per recipe About 5 Avg prep time per recipe 30 min Breakfasts 4 Sandwiches 8 Munchies 9 Dinners 25 Desserts 4 Special cooking and nutrition tips 15 Easy-to-clean pages 43 |
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A Manual Of Dietetics $19.99 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. METHODS OF PKEPAKING FOOD. In the preparation of food of yore, the palate has no doubt been. the great guide. Still, a blind instinct seems also to have been at work. The cook has been led to prepare vegetables with meat; to unite grain and milk; to boil the highly nitrogenised beans with fat bacon; or peas and pork. Experience at work through countless ages has no doubt instructed Man, albeit darkly, what combinations of foods are requisite for health under certain conditions. Sauer-kraut was a wise provision of vegetable food during the long winter, when salted foods and cereals formed the chief dietary of the people. A Lenten fast of vegetables was a useful hygienic measure for clearing away the maladies incidental to such a dietary; as useful as vegetables to scurvy-stricken crews before the days of lime-juice. No wonder people long ago spoke of the anti-scorbutic properties of certain vegetables. Before proceeding with the preparation of foods, it may be well to give a Letheby Table of the comparative value of various edible articles as tissue-food and fuel-food, without any pledge as to the absolute accuracy of it. It is certainly useful, as giving a good broad idea of the value of various comestibles: CARBON. NITROGEN. Fresh Butter, 64.56 — Dry Bacon 59.87 .95 Dripping, 54.56 — Green Bacon, 54.26 .76 Lard, 48.19 — Suet, 47.10 — Salt Butter 45.85 — Fat Pork 41.13 1.06 Cocoa 39.34 1.40 Cheddar Cheese 33.44 3.06 Indian Meal, 30.16 1.20 Sugar 29.55 — Oatmeal, 28.31 1.36 Rice 27.32 .68 Seconds Flour 27.00 1.16 Split Peas 26.99 2.48 CARBON. NITROGEN. Eye Meal, 26.93 .86 Pearl Barley 26.60 .91 Barley Meal, 25.63 .68 Treacle, 23.95 — Bakers’ Bread 19.75 .88 Skim Cheese 19.45 4.83 Mutton… |
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A Manual Of Dietetics $29.11 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. METHODS OF PKEPAKING FOOD. In the preparation of food of yore, the palate has no doubt been. the great guide. Still, a blind instinct seems also to have been at work. The cook has been led to prepare vegetables with meat; to unite grain and milk; to boil the highly nitrogenised beans with fat bacon; or peas and pork. Experience at work through countless ages has no doubt instructed Man, albeit darkly, what combinations of foods are requisite for health under certain conditions. Sauer-kraut was a wise provision of vegetable food during the long winter, when salted foods and cereals formed the chief dietary of the people. A Lenten fast of vegetables was a useful hygienic measure for clearing away the maladies incidental to such a dietary; as useful as vegetables to scurvy-stricken crews before the days of lime-juice. No wonder people long ago spoke of the anti-scorbutic properties of certain vegetables. Before proceeding with the preparation of foods, it may be well to give a Letheby Table of the comparative value of various edible articles as tissue-food and fuel-food, without any pledge as to the absolute accuracy of it. It is certainly useful, as giving a good broad idea of the value of various comestibles: CARBON. NITROGEN. Fresh Butter, 64.56 — Dry Bacon 59.87 .95 Dripping, 54.56 — Green Bacon, 54.26 .76 Lard, 48.19 — Suet, 47.10 — Salt Butter 45.85 — Fat Pork 41.13 1.06 Cocoa 39.34 1.40 Cheddar Cheese 33.44 3.06 Indian Meal, 30.16 1.20 Sugar 29.55 — Oatmeal, 28.31 1.36 Rice 27.32 .68 Seconds Flour 27.00 1.16 Split Peas 26.99 2.48 CARBON. NITROGEN. Eye Meal, 26.93 .86 Pearl Barley 26.60 .91 Barley Meal, 25.63 .68 Treacle, 23.95 — Bakers’ Bread 19.75 .88 Skim Cheese 19.45 4.83 Mutton… |
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A Manual Of Dietetics $26.75 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER III. METHODS OF PKEPAKING FOOD. In the preparation of food of yore, the palate has no doubt been. the great guide. Still, a blind instinct seems also to have been at work. The cook has been led to prepare vegetables with meat; to unite grain and milk; to boil the highly nitrogenised beans with fat bacon; or peas and pork. Experience at work through countless ages has no doubt instructed Man, albeit darkly, what combinations of foods are requisite for health under certain conditions. Sauer-kraut was a wise provision of vegetable food during the long winter, when salted foods and cereals formed the chief dietary of the people. A Lenten fast of vegetables was a useful hygienic measure for clearing away the maladies incidental to such a dietary; as useful as vegetables to scurvy-stricken crews before the days of lime-juice. No wonder people long ago spoke of the anti-scorbutic properties of certain vegetables. Before proceeding with the preparation of foods, it may be well to give a Letheby Table of the comparative value of various edible articles as tissue-food and fuel-food, without any pledge as to the absolute accuracy of it. It is certainly useful, as giving a good broad idea of the value of various comestibles: CARBON. NITROGEN. Fresh Butter, 64.56 — Dry Bacon 59.87 .95 Dripping, 54.56 — Green Bacon, 54.26 .76 Lard, 48.19 — Suet, 47.10 — Salt Butter 45.85 — Fat Pork 41.13 1.06 Cocoa 39.34 1.40 Cheddar Cheese 33.44 3.06 Indian Meal, 30.16 1.20 Sugar 29.55 — Oatmeal, 28.31 1.36 Rice 27.32 .68 Seconds Flour 27.00 1.16 Split Peas 26.99 2.48 CARBON. NITROGEN. Eye Meal, 26.93 .86 Pearl Barley 26.60 .91 Barley Meal, 25.63 .68 Treacle, 23.95 — Bakers’ Bread 19.75 .88 Skim Cheese 19.45 4.83 Mutton… |
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A Mind of Winter: Poems for a Snowy Season $4.96 There is no better time to curl up in a comfortable chair and read than in wintertime. And winter has been a powerful muse for many of America’s best loved poets. The elegant patterns of frost on a windowpane, a child on a sled, a lone fox foraging for food on a desolate landscape, the comic smile of a snowman, the sobering sight of an unkempt man huddled against the cold, or a pair of red slippers glimpsed in a shop window in a gray, windy sleet have all provided inspiration for poems that sustain and renew us.A Mind of Winter collects thirty-two of the most moving poems on the experience of winter. Illustrated throughout with elegant period woodcuts by Thomas Nason, the poems range from the great classics-James Russell Lowell’s “The First Snow Fall” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s “Snow-Bound”-to the more contemporary, free form, and diverse-Rafael Campo’s “Begging for Change in Winter” and Gertrude Schnackenberg’s “The Paperweight.” While all the poets focus on the experience of winter as their theme, each provides us with an illuminating glimpse of winter’s subtle forms. Marge Piercy is grateful on New Year’s Day for all she has been given; Mary Oliver observes the cruel Darwinian reality of nature; Peter Davison muses on the irony of a “snowless New England”; and Robert Frost is surprised by joy while out for a walk on a winter’s day. Each reminds us, in the words of Wallace Stevens, that “one must have a mind of winter/to regard the frost and the boughs/of the pine-trees crusted with snow . . .” Contributors include:Rosanna Warren, Emily Dickinson, Richard Wilbur, Angelina Weld Grimké, Amy Lowell, Charles Simic, Peter Davison, Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, Marge Piercy, James Merrill, and Maxine Kumin. |
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A New And Comprehensive Grammar Of The English Language $11.66 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:A FORM OF PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING To be said before and after Meat. BEFORE MEAT. O Lord, who givest us food to eat and raiment to put on, we crave thy blessing on the provisions of which we are going to partake ; and, as thou art feeding our bodies with the bread that perisheth, grant that our souls may be nourished by the bread of life, which endureth for ever; and, whether we eat, or drink, or whatsoever we do, enable us to do all to thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.— Amen. AFTER MEAT. Great Father of all our mercies, who givest us day by day our daily bread, we humbly thank thee for this seasonable refreshment; and, while we are partaking of these temporal favours, make us the recipients of the more precious blessings of thy grace; and this we beg for Jesus Christ’s sake.— Amen. … |
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A New Monetary System; The Only Means Of Securing The Respective Rights Of Labor And Property, And Of Protecting The Public From Financial $27.55 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.Excerpt from book:Section 3PART I. THE PRINCIPLES OF DISTRIBUTION. CHAPTER I. OP VALUE. Value consists in textit{use ; it is that property, or those properties, which render anything useful. A house that could not be occupied would be worthless, unless its materials could be employed for some other purpose. A horse is valued for his useful qualities; if he becomes disabled, he is worthless, for his use is destroyed. So of everything necessary to the support and comfort of man, it is valuable because it is useful. The same is true of ornaments. They are valuable because they are useful for ornamental purposes. If diamonds were deprived of their beauty, their use, and therefore their value, as ornaments, would cease to exist. A valuable portrait might be rendered worthless by erasing the features. The canvas and the paint, the material of the picture, would remain, but its use would be destroyed. The value of all property is estimated by its textit{usefulness. For instance, the income that a city lot can be made to produce, determines its value. The interest onthe money that its improvement will cost, must be first deducted, together with the taxes, insurance, and repairs necessary to keep the improvement permanently good The surplus it will yield after making these deductions, determines the true value of the lot. There are two kinds of value: textit{actual value, and textit{legal value. Actual value belongs to anything that inherently possesses the means of affording food, or which can be employed for clothing, shelter, or some other useful purpose, ornamental or otherwise, textit{without being exchanged for any other thing. textit{Legal value belongs to anything which textit{represents actual value, or textit{capital. Its existence depends upon actual value. The worth of things of legal value depends upon the… |
