|
Bargain Books
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Splendid Solution |
Author: |
Jeffrey Kluger |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| Kluger, a senior writer at Time and co-author of the work that became the movie Apollo 13, turns to a popular history of the drama-packed struggle to eradicate polio in the mid-20th century. Jonas Salk eventually became a cultural hero to a generation, but the task wasn't an easy one. The story, told 50 years after the trials of Salk's vaccine, involves disease, fear, science, and politics. Each chapter begins with a b&w
photo from the era. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook |
Author: |
Andrea Chesman |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
What to do with a basketful of luscious tomatoes? How to prepare an armload of summer squash? Where to turn for new sweet corn preparations? These are the questions vegetable-lovers grapple with as they pick fresh-from-the-garden produce in their own backyards or from the ever-expanding farmers markets. Garden-fresh vegetables are so beautiful, yet their freshness so fleeting.
Andrea Chesman is a cook and gardener
who knows what its like to be staring down pounds of vegetables and panicking about how to use them all before its too late. Simple. Delicious. Planned to fit the season. Thats the approach Chesman brings to the 175 recipes shes developed for The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook.
The vegetables are organized seasonally by crop-readiness, with attention paid to combining vegetables that ripen together. All the favorites
spring salad greens, asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, potatoes, and more are included, along with the more unusual artichokes, endive, rutabagas, and edamame, to name a few. Popular techniques such as roasting and grilling accentuate the flavor in recipes such as Grilled Chicken and Asparagus Salad, Soy- Sesame Grilled Eggplant, and Maple Roasted Carrots. There are many vegetarian options, but even when combined with meat, vegetables
get top billing. From Egg Rolls to Borscht, Caponata to Sweet Potato Pie, The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook has dishes destined to please every palate.
To address those nights when the mounds of vegetables are just too overwhelming to try a whole new recipe, Chesman includes fourteen master recipes for simple preparation techniques that can accommodate whatever is in the vegetable basket. Readers need only to learn the
basics of preparing a creamy quiche, a bubbly gratin, a basic stir-fry, or a zesty lo mein, and then its easy to create new meals every month around the freshest assortments of seasonal vegetables. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
I Rose Like a Rocket |
Author: |
Paul Grondahl |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| Teddy Roosevelt, the favorite political role model of Bill Clinton and both George Bushes, is legendary for his political acumen and for bending the world to his will. Yet where did he learn how to master the rough-and-tumble of politics? Not by weightlifting and boxing, nor by heading out west to try cattle-ranching, nor even as a Rough Rider in Cuba. He was far more than simply a self-made man or a crusading outsider who
reinvented politics wholesale. The story of his political education has never fully been told and is every bit as entertaining as his more famous nonpolitical exploits. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin |
Author: |
David Quammen |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
|
Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no one had proposed a cogent explanation for how evolution occurs. Then, in September 1838, a young Englishman named Charles Darwin hit upon the idea that "natural selection" among competing individuals would lead to wondrous adaptations and species diversity. Twenty-one years passed between that epiphany and publication of
On the Origin of Species. The human drama and scientific basis of Darwin's twenty-one-year delay constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin is a book for everyone who has ever wondered about who this man was and what he said. Drawing from Darwin's secret "transmutation" notebooks and his personal
letters, David Quammen has sketched a vivid life portrait of the man whose work never ceases to be controversial. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Origin of the Species |
Author: |
Charles Darwin |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
The Origin of Species sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination.
The Origin of Species was the first mature and persuasive work to explain how species change through the process of natural selection. Upon its publication, the book began to
transform attitudes about society and religion, and was soon used to justify the philosophies of communists, socialists, capitalists, and even Germany's National Socialists. But the most quoted response came from Thomas Henry Huxley, Darwin's friend and also a renowned naturalist, who exclaimed, "How extremely stupid not to have thought of that!" |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Gray's Anatomy: Classic Collector's Edition |
Author: |
Henry Gray |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
This is a landmark edition of one of the greatest texts of our time. Gray's Anatomy has been an international bestseller for 100 years; its appeal is not only to physicians and students, but to artists and the medically curious. As the new Introduction by Dr. Crocco states: "Every living physician today has been exposed to Gray's Anatomy and nearly everyone has used it. It was Gray's Anatomy that
occupied most of the embryonic physician's waking hours, whether at home or at the side of his cadaver.
"There have been many imitations, but few real competitors. There have been dissection manuals and pictorial atlases brilliantly illustrated with exquisite photographs. There have been synopses of anatomy and there have been monographs on various regions of the body. However, there is only one Gray's Anatomy.
"This stellar
book represents the acme of anatomical description over the last century and will probably still be the premier text in anatomy over the next one hundred years. This commemorative edition is a very fitting tribute to Dr. Henry Gray, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, whose colossal work will be remembered by medical historians past and future and by twentieth-century physicians and surgeons as the anatomy text of our age." |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Meaning of Food |
Author: |
Patricia Harris, David Lyon and Sue McLaughlin |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
"Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are." --Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Every living thing needs food to survive, but for humans, food has a much deeper and more complex significance. This beautifully illustrated, thought-provoking book explores the role of food in our lives, going on location to thirteen ethnic communities across the United States and examining, through stories, pictures, and interviews
with food experts, the many ways that food is an expression of our humanity. It parallels a three-part PBS series hosted by acclaimed New York chef Marcus Samuelsson.
From an Italian-American wedding in San Diego to a Mexican-American family's Christmastime tradition of making holiday tamales, The Meaning of Food delves into the ways that food binds us to family and culture. It looks in on a Jamai Shasthi ceremony, in which
foods promoting fertility are fed to the sons-in-law of a Bengali family in California. It accompanies a woman to South Carolina's coastal lowlands as she explores her Geechee heritage, making red rice with a culinary historian. It enters the kitchen of an East Texas Czech family as they prepare for this year's kolache bake-off. It explains the anthropological signficance behind these and other vignettes, revealing the importance
of culinary tradition and celebrating our cultural diversity as expressed through food.
The Meaning of Food speaks for the revival of the kitchen and the table as centers of pleasure, culture, and community. With 15 recipes, including several developed by Marcus Samuelsson specifically for the series, and more than one hundred color photos, many of them captured from the series footage, it will be a wonderful addition to
the library of anyone interested in food and culture. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Treasury of Afro American Folklore |
Author: |
Harold Courlander |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Info: |
|
| In A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore, editor Harold Courlander brings together an extensive and unique collection of tales, recollections, epics, traditions, beliefs, myths, historical chronicles, and songs from the numerous Negro cultures of the New World. Courlander explores the unwritten traditions and literature of the Spanish, French, and English-speaking islands of the Caribbean, the areas of Central and South
America inhabited by people of African descent, the black communities of the United States, and many others. With a focus on the interconnectedness of cultural inheritances throughout the Afro-American region as well as the local divergences, this remarkable collection demonstrates the powerful cultural influence of Africa on this side of the Atlantic. A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore is a must-read for anyone interested in this
exciting aspect of America’s cultural history. Illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout, this classic collection is now beautifully repackaged. “This is the most important collection of Afro-American folklore compiled.”—Ralph Ellison |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Homeowner's Ultimate Tool Guide |
Author: |
Sandor Nagyszalanczy |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Info: |
|
| If you have the proper tools, you have a much better chance of getting every home improvement job done right. With this essential guide by tool expert Sandor Nagyszalanczy, homeowners can find out exactly what tool they need, how to ask for it at the hardware store — and how to use it when they get home. The Homeowner's Ultimate Tool Guide features 14 tool kits — including suggestions for plumbing, electrical, carpentry,
painting, and car repair. It offers professional advice on how to choose tools and how to use them for better results, features over 400 color photos, and is an invaluable reference for any homeowner — especially those who are assembling tool kits for the first time. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen |
Author: |
Jacques Pepin |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
The Apprentice is an engrossing tale of the modern cooking scene and how it came to be, told from an engaging personal perspective. The story begins in prewar France, with young Jacques cutting his teeth in his mother's small restaurants. Moving to Paris, it offers tantalizing glimpses of Sartre and Genet. In his role as Charles de Gaulle's personal chef, Jacques witnesses history being made from behind the swinging door
of the kitchen.
In America, he rejects an offer to be chef in the Kennedy White House, choosing instead to work at Howard Johnson's. He then proceeds to make some history of his own, creating a revolution with a band of fellow food lovers: Julia Child, James Beard, and Craig Claiborne. Culinary high jinks and revealing portraits ensue. The Apprentice also includes well-loved recipes, from Maman's Cheese Soufflé to Chicken Salad à la
Danny Kaye. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Encyclopedia of Astronomy |
Author: |
Paul Murdin & Margaret Penston |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| An extensive astronomy reference, beautifully illustrated and expertly written. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
House of Steel |
Author: |
|
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| House of Steel is a celebration of
the 2001 Pittsburgh Steelers' season, a photographic
tribute to the dawning of a new football age in a
traditional football city. Tour the inside and
outside of the state-of-the-art facility. Enjoy
moments leading up to kickoff. Take an up-close look
at the faces of game day.(dimensions
10.5x12.33inches, with dustjacket) |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
The New Yorker Book of Cartoon Puzzles |
Author: |
Will Shortz & Robert Mankoff |
Binding: |
Paperback |
Info: |
|
The millions of New Yorker cartoon fans (and puzzlers, too) will exult in this ingenious, first-ever collection of puzzles and games that feature the magazine’s cartoons as clues.
Designed to offer a challenge to puzzlers of all levels, this collection of 100 crosswords, acrostics, caption scrambles, observation puzzles, and more is absolutely unique—it’s the first-ever puzzle collectionto feature New
Yorker cartoons. Presented in an extremely user-friendly oversized spiral format, the book provides hours and hours of interactive entertainment— just bring your own pencil and brain power!
The puzzles themselves are ingenious—new and different kinds of brain-teasers that use the cartoons ofThe New Yorker in a fresh way, encouraging the agile reader to think like a New Yorker cartoonist. The introduction is a
conversation between two masters: the cartoon editor of the New Yorker and the puzzle editor of The New York Times, and it sheds fascinating light on the connection between cartoons and puzzles. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide |
Author: |
Douglas Adams |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| This outrageous volume contains six
zany, out-of-this-world adventure stories by this
incomparable novelist. From the very first to the
very latest—all best sellers—includes The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at
the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and
Everything, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish;
Young Zaphod Plays it Safe; and Mostly
Harmless. 768 pages |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Meow the Cat |
Author: |
Susi Oberhelman |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
Meow the Cat is a collection of frolicking, furry cats captured in photographs that reveal the astonishing variety of the feline purrsonality. Whether smiling, sleeping, winking, tumbling, pawing, scratching, or doing what cats do best, being curious, these kitty wonders act out their mischief up close and personal. The strong graphics and fun fish-eyed lens creates amusing and engaging pictures of cats with enlarged
heads. This book has a unique and fresh appeal and separates itself from the thousands of other cat books in publication.
Meow the Cat showcases a wide range of cats and kittens in various whimsical moments: lounging Persians, playful Abyssinians, wide-eyed Siamese, adorable American Curls, and the ever-lovable and scrappy mixes. A topsy-turvy cat's-eye view of the world, Meow the Cat is the purrfect companion book to Bow the Dog and
Pet the Puppy and the ideal gift for cat lovers. Fun text about each cat accompanies the charming photographs. |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Pittsburgh |
Author: |
Stefan Lorant |
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| |
|
|
|
Click Image
to Enlarge |
Title: |
Giant Encyclopedia of Mushrooms |
Author: |
|
Binding: |
Hardback |
Info: |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
