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Dear Friends & Neighbors,
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Did you know that your answers to just a few questions can predict the zip code of where you grew up?
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Bakers will love Mark Bittman's creative and comprehensive new book! This world-spanning collection of over 2000 recipes and variations is as simple and straightforward as can be. Bittman demystifies the baking process, explaining its fundamentals, and offering simple techniques and foundation recipes that serve as springboards for any number of easy twists on homemade treats. A cook who relishes improvisational embellishments, adaptability, and recipe flexibility, Bittman offers useful mix-and-match charts for substitute ingredients, innovative variations, and add-ins.
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Here is a unique and unprecedented look at Frank Lloyd Wright's storied relationship with San Francisco and the Bay Area, highlighting local masterpieces as well as a remarkable body of unbuilt works.
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Fiction lovers will savor this glorious collection of essays on nearly 100 of the greatest fictional worlds ever created. A host of writers contribute short essays on books ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh up through Salman Rushdie's Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights. Each essay explores the timeless and captivating features of fiction's imagined worlds, including the relevance of the writer's own life to the creation of the story, influential contemporary events and philosophies, and the meaning that can be extracted from the details of each work.
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Here is vegetable cooking at its best from the renowned chefs of Philadelphia's nationally acclaimed restaurants Vedge and V Street.
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A wonderful gift for Bob Dylan fans, this beautiful, comprehensive volume of his lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present day, includes Dylan's edits to dozens of songs - appearing here for the first time!
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Readers who like to get the big picture will love Big History, which provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on our planet. Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, this first fully integrated visual reference for general readers places humans in the context of our universe, from the Big Bang to virtual reality. Graphics, artworks, timelines, and at-a-glance overviews make the causes and effects of pivotal events and major thresholds instantly accessible, and evidence features explain how we know what we know.
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"Through rich storytelling and recipes from her travels, Duguid explores the culinary heritage that unites Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kurdistan." - Food & Wine
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An enchanting book that will be enjoyed by many, Mr. Ken Fulk's Magical World showcases the best of his luxurious environments over the past decade. Working out of The Magic Factory, a 15,000- square-foot think tank in San Francisco, Fulk specializes in interior design, special events, and architecture. Whether he is creating fantastic homes, throwing the opening party of a museum show, or planning large-scale events, Fulk’s work is always remarkable, stylish and sometimes over the top. Featuring more than 200 color photos with accompanying narration by the designer. A fabulous gift!
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A great gift for travelers (actual and armchair) from the world's leading and award-winning travel guide publisher! Readers can take a journey through every country in the world. The Travel Book features 850 images, and 230 countries, with details of every United Nations-approved country - and a few more principalities and dependencies besides. It's the ultimate introduction to a world of travel and the essential travel reference book for every household!
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