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Chef's Story

Chef's Story

Dorothy Hamilton; Patric Kuh

Ecco Press
2008
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Twenty-seven extraordinary chefs tell the personal stories behind their culinary triumphs.Over the past decade, our culture's interest in the world's great chefs has grown phenomenally. Once known to only the most dedicated gourmets, these supremely talented men and women have become high-profile stars with restaurants as their stages--masterful artists working in the medium that binds us all: food A wonderful companion volume to The French Culinary Institute's hit public television series, Chef's Story takes us into the private world of more than two dozen maestros of the kitchen--twenty-seven remarkable individuals who share their memories, their beliefs, and their passion for quality to reveal what helped them all become modern culinary legends.
Strong Poison

Strong Poison

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2012
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The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator, Lord Peter Wimsey, from the mystery writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age--Dorothy L. Sayers.Featuring an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master, Strong Poison introduces Harriet Vane, a mystery writer who is accused of poisoning her fianc and must now join forces with Lord Peter to escape a murder conviction and the hangman's noose.
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
"Gaudy Night stands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class by herself." --Times Literary SupplementThe great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction's most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers's work, praising her "great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail." The third Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Gaudy Night features an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. Gaudy Night takes Harriet and her paramour, Lord Peter, to Oxford University, Harriet's alma mater, for a reunion, only to find themselves the targets of a nightmare of harassment and mysterious, murderous threats.
Have His Carcase: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
"Written with distinction and wit, and is as much as psychological story as an experiment in detection. It has all the excitement which a detective story should offer." -- The SpectatorThe great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction's most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers's work, praising her "great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail." The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase features an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. Harriet's discovery of a murdered body on the beach before it is swept out to sea unites her once more with the indomitable Lord Peter, as together they attempt to solve a most lethal mystery, and find themselves become much closer than mere sleuthing partners in the process.
Busman's Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2012
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"Busman's Honeymoon has everything--mystery, comedy, love, and drama--all served up in Dorothy Sayers's best style." --New York TimesThe great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, one of mystery fiction's most enduring and endearing protagonists. Acclaimed author Ruth Rendell has expressed her admiration for Sayers's work, praising her "great fertility of invention, ingenuity, and wonderful eye for detail." The fourth Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Busman's Honeymoon features an introduction by Elizabeth George, herself a crime fiction master. Harriet and her love, Lord Peter, have finally tied the knot but begin their married life together on an expectedly sour note when a body is discovered in the cellar of their romantic country estate.
Lord Peter

Lord Peter

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2013
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One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body? Over the next twenty years, more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared, each one as cunningly written as the next. Now in a single volume, here are all of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories: a treasure for any mystery lover. From "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag" to "The Image in the Mirror" and "Talboys," this collection is Lord Peter at his best--and a true testament to the art of detective fiction.
Whose Body?

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2014
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From Dorothy L. Sayers, "one of the greatest mystery story writers of the twentieth] century" (Los Angeles Times), the first mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.A corpse has been found in the bath of an architect's flat, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez. A financier has seemingly vanished into thin air from his bedroom.The ever-curious Lord Peter Wimsey is intrigued by these odd events. Ignoring the clumsy efforts of the official investigator looking into the death, the aristocratic amateur sleuth, accompanied by his valet, Bunter, a skilled photographer, begins his own inquiry. The gentleman detective soon becomes convinced that the two cases are somehow linked. Now, he must uncover the connection--and the investigation quickly begins to bleed into his own life, stirring up dark memories of World War I that will have unexpected consequences for Wimsey and the faithful Bunter.
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
From Dorothy L. Sayers, the mistress of the Golden Age mystery, the fourth whodunnit featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter WimseyOn November 11, ninety-year-old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair at the Bellona Club. No one knows exactly when his death occurred--information essential in determining the recipient of a substantial inheritance. But that is only one of the mysteries vexing Lord Peter Wimsey. The aristocratic sleuth needs every bit of his amazing skills to discover why the proud officer's lapel was missing the requisite red poppy on Armistice Day, how the Bellona Club's telephone was fixed without a repairman, and, most puzzling of all, why the great man's knee swung freely when the rest of him was stiff with rigor mortis.
Unnatural Death

Unnatural Death

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2014
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From Dorothy L. Sayers, the mistress of the Golden Age mystery, the third mystery featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter WimseyThe wealthy old woman died much sooner than the doctor expected. Did she suddenly succumb to illness--or was it murder? The debonair detective Lord Peter Wimsey begins to investigate, with the help of his trusted manservant, Bunter, and Miss Alexandra Katherine Climpson, a gossipy spinster with a gift for asking the right questions. The intricate trail leads from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat, where a deliberate test of amour, staged by the detective, will expose the elusive truth once and for all.
Clouds of Witness

Clouds of Witness

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2014
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The great Dorothy L. Sayers is considered by many to be the premier detective novelist of the Golden Age, and her dashing sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, is one of mystery fiction's most enduring and endearing protagonists. In Clouds of Witness, the fianc of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the Wimsey family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire. The evidence points to their older brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, who is charged with the murder and put on trial in the House of Lords.To clear the family name, Lord Peter and his close friend Inspector Charles Parker scour the lodge's grounds, finding several tantalizing clues, including mysterious footprints, a piece of jewelry, and a cat charm. What do these leads mean, and why are Mary and Gerald suddenly acting so mysterious? Unraveling a string of coincidences, Lord Peter is determined to solve this intriguing case. But will the answer save his brother . . . or condemn him?
The Five Red Herrings: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

The Five Red Herrings: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2014
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The mistress of the Golden Age mystery, Dorothy L. Sayers paints a perfect picture of murder in this classic tale in which Lord Peter Wimsey must ferret out a murderer in a Scottish artists' colony.In the scenic Scottish village of Kirkcudbright, no one is disliked more than Sandy Campbell. When the painter is found dead at the foot of cliff, his easel standing above, no one is sorry to see him gone--especially six members of the close knit Galloway artists' colony.The inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey is on the scene to determine the truth about Campbell's death. Piecing together the evidence, the aristocratic sleuth discovers that of the six suspected painters, five are red herrings, innocent of the crime. But just which one is the ingenious artist with a talent for murder?
Murder Must Advertise: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

Murder Must Advertise: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

Dorothy L. Sayers

HARPER PAPERBACKS
2014
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The great Dorothy L. Sayers's classic tale of murder and scandal at a chic London advertising agency, featuring the dashing and brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey.When executive Victor Dean dies from a fall down the iron staircase at Pym's Publicity, a posh London ad agency, Lord Peter Wimsey goes undercover to investigate. Before his tragic demise, the victim had tried to warn Mr. Pym, the firm's owner, about some scandalous behavior involving his employees. Posing as a new copywriter, Wimsey discovers that Dean was part of an unsavory crowd at Pym's whose recreational habits link them to the criminal underworld. With time running out and the body count rising, Wimsey must rush to find the truth before his identity is discovered and a determined killer strikes again.
The Kitchen Whisperers

The Kitchen Whisperers

Dorothy Kalins; Danny Meyer

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC
2022
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A beautifully written tribute to the people who teach us to cook and guide our hands in the kitchen, by a founding editor of Saveur.“[The book features] many of the culinary names [Kalins] worked with . . . like Colman Andrews, Marcella Hazan, Michael Anthony and Anita Lo. Through her eyes and lively prose, they provide [a] compelling common-sense approach to food that will easily resonate with experienced cooks and should bolster the confidence of novices.” — New York TimesThe cooking lessons that stick with us are rarely the ones we read in books or learn through blog posts or YouTube videos (depending on your generation); they’re the ones we pick up as we spend time with good cooks in the kitchen. Dorothy Kalins, founding editor of Savuer magazine, calls the people who pass on their cooking wisdom her Kitchen Whisperers. Consciously or not, they help make us the cooks we are—and help show the way to the kind of cooks we have the potential to become.Dorothy’s prolific career in food media means many of her Kitchen Whisperers are some of the best chefs around (though the lessons she’s learned from fellow home cooks are just as important). For Dorothy, a lifetime of exposure to incredible cooks and chefs means that she can’t enter her kitchen without hearing the voices of mentors and friends with whom she cooked over the years as they reveal their favorite techniques. Marcella Hazan warns her against valuing look over flavor. Christopher Hirsheimer advises that sometimes water is the best liquid to add to a dish rather than stock or wine. Her onetime Southern mother-in-law wisely knows that not everyone who asks for a biscuit is food hungry. Woven through the text are dozens of narrative recipes, from her mother’s meat loaf to David Tanis’s Swiss Chard Gratin.The Kitchen Whisperers will prompt older readers to identify and cherish the food mentors in their own lives, just as it will inspire younger readers to seek them out. Stories and recipes from Dorothy’s notable connections will inspire the creative food journeys of all.
Practice Makes Perfect Spanish Vocabulary Building with Suffixes
Harness the power of suffixes while adding more than 4,000 words to your Spanish vocabulary!How do you turn a boat into a boatload in Spanish? Or change bread into a baker?* It isn't magic, it's suffixes. When attached to base terms, they have the ability to change meanings to indicate quantity, profession, gender, size, status, relationship, style, and much more. Mastering these word endings will enable you to increase your vocabulary greatly. Practice Makes Perfect: SpanishVocabulary Building with Suffixes presents 150 commonly used suffixes accompanied by their meanings, English equivalent when applicable, part of speech, and gender. Grouped by difficulty level, each suffix is fully explained and followed by a list of terms using thespecific word ending.Like all Practice Makes Perfect workbooks, you will get plenty of practice, practice, practice using your newly acquired vocabulary. And for convenient study on the go, download the free companion app that features hundreds of words in a flashcard format. Whether you are learning on your own or taking an advanced beginning or intermediate Spanish class, Practice Makes Perfect: SpanishVocabulary Building with Suffixes will help build your confidence in using your new language.*el barco (boat) becomes la barcada (boatload);el pan (bread) becomes el panadero (baker)This workbook helps you:Learn how to use suffixes to expand your SpanishvocabularyDetermine the meanings of unfamiliar terms byunderstanding their word endingsBecome more comfortable communicating in Spanish
Scoring High on the ITBS, Student Edition, Grade 4

Scoring High on the ITBS, Student Edition, Grade 4

Dorothy Liebowitz

McGraw-Hill Professional
2002
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Help your students prepare for the newest version of this test with the most recent edition of Scoring High on the ITBS. Student editions contain expanded practice opportunities with more than 80 added pages to help students with all areas of the test, including reading, language arts, mathematics, and listening skills. Each student book also presents a model of the ITBS that the students will be taking, helping them to become comfortable with the format of the test.
Scoring High Student Edition, Grade 5

Scoring High Student Edition, Grade 5

Dorothy Liebowitz

McGraw-Hill Professional
2002
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Help your students prepare for this test with Scoring High on the ITBS. Student editions contain expanded practice opportunities with more than 80 added pages to help students with all areas of the test, including reading, language arts, mathematics, and listening skills. Each student book also presents a model of the test that the students will be taking, helping them to become comfortable with the format of the test.
Scoring High Student Edition, Grade 8

Scoring High Student Edition, Grade 8

Dorothy Liebowitz

McGraw-Hill Professional
2002
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Help your students prepare for the newest version of this test with the most recent edition of Scoring High on the ITBS. Student editions contain expanded practice opportunities with more than 80 added pages to help students with all areas of the test, including reading, language arts, mathematics, and listening skills. Each student book also presents a model of the ITBS that the students will be taking, helping them to become comfortable with the format of the test.
Golden Rules Of Parenting

Golden Rules Of Parenting

Dorothy Einon

Ebury Publishing
2002
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Including:--The rules of love--Problem-solving rules--Baby rules--Toddler rules--Teenage rulesThe Golden Rules of Parenting will make parenting so much easier that our children will grow up happy, confident and cooperative.
Homoeopathy For The First Aider

Homoeopathy For The First Aider

Dorothy Shepherd

C W Daniel Co Ltd
2009
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Dr Dorothy Shepherd offers a guide to the medicinal treatment of first aid.For years she followed obediently the recognised, well-troden paths of antiseptic and aseptic wound treatment, with little or no medicinal aid, other than those already mentioned. She then had the opportunity to study and apply first-aid methods in surgical outpatients, private practice and a munition factory in the First World War and the later a minor ailment clinic. She gave up entirely the old methods and with the help of a devoted staff applied these comparatively new homoeopathic ideas which have proved successful.