"Dinners that chefs whip up for their kitchen- and waitstaffs before the evening's guests pile in serve as an object lesson in thoughtful meal planning." — BooklistSome of the best food you'll never eat in a restaurant . . . Family Table takes you behind the scenes of Danny Meyer's restaurant empire to share the food that the chefs make for one another before they cook for you.Each day, before the lunch and dinner services, the staff sits do...

The award–winning restaurant offers recipes revealing "what goes into the restaurant's mingling of French, Italian and other cuisines. . . . [I]mpressive" ( Publishers Weekly).Union Square Cafe serves some of the most imaginative, interesting, and tasty food in America. Now its devoted fans can savor the restaurant's marvelous dishes, trademark hospitality, and warm decor at home.Offered are recipes for 160 of Union Square Cafe's classic dishes, from...

John Engler, former Governor of Michigan, once claimed that redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take. Academicians and political leaders alike, however, have regularly debated the ideal way by to redistrict national and state legislatures. Rather than being the pure process that Governor Engler envisioned, redistricting has led to repeated court battles waged on such traditional democratic values as one person, one vote, and minority rights. Instead of being a...

Francis Weller ci conduce in un itinerario controcorrente, invitandoci “sul margine selvaggio del dolore”, dove impariamo a coltivare l’arte del lutto e a riconoscere la vitalità, la comunione con gli altri e con il pianeta che possono emergere quando smettiamo di temere la perdita e la accogliamo come parte essenziale del vivere.In una cultura sempre più disallineata dai bisogni dell’anima – segnata da modelli di amnesia e anestesia che indeboliscono la nostra capacità di attrav...

**Il trionfo di Roma in tre secoli di storiaDa Adriano a CostantinoLe innovazioni, le strategie e le battaglie che hanno segnato il successo di un grande impero**L’età d’oro dell’impero romano è durata circa due secoli e mezzo, dal regno di Adriano (117 d.C.-138 d.C.) fino alla morte di Giuliano l’Apostata (363 d.C.): una storia incredibile, densa di colpi di scena, improvvise successioni di imperatori e repentini cambiamenti di strategie politiche e militari. Nonos...

Back in the day radio was the medium; and its message was entertainment!Whatever you craved, radio delivered. Detectives, Mysteries, Westerns, Sci-Fi, Literature.This Golden Age really was crammed full of exciting, thrilling and downright brilliant programmes.These classic radio hours serve up a wide range of genres, stars, stories, and yes, entertainment.Let's jump right in.

"Bienvenido al lado tenebroso de la historia romana. Aquí le espera un mundo a veces estridente y a veces amenazador, pero siempre inquietantemente familiar. Es un mundo de consumo de drogas, pérfidos asesinatos, oscuros cultos, misteriosos asuntos de Estado, corrupción, brutales peleas entre bandas y extrañas obsesiones. Aquí no encontrarás senadores y matronas morales, sino políticos sin escrúpulos, prostitutas expertas en todas las artes, agentes secretos con nervios de acero, ingenioso...

La maltraitance est généralement considérée comme étant la forme d’adversité la plus grave à laquelle peuvent être confrontés les enfants et les adolescents. Les jeunes victimes de mauvais traitement qui présentent le niveau de risque le plus élevé sont susceptibles d’être prises en charge dans des structures extrafamiliales – familles d’accueil, soins intrafamiliaux, foyers de groupe ou vie autonome – pour leur propre protection. Young People in Out-of-Home Care est le compte ren...

This Element addresses a burning question – how can archaeologists best identify and interpret cultural burning, the controlled use of fire by people to shape and curate their physical and social landscapes? This Element describes what cultural burning is and presents current methods by which it can be identified in historical and archaeological records, applying internationally relevant methods to Australian landscapes. It clarifies how the transdisciplinary study of cultural burning by Q...

This edited collection seeks to present a valuable guide to the Jewish contribution to the European integration process, and to enable readers to obtain a better understanding of the unknown Jewish involvement in the European integration project. Adopting both a national and a pan-European approaches, this volume brings together the work of leading international researchers and senior practitioners to cover a wide range of topics with an interdisciplinary approach under three different par...

Written opinions are the primary means by which judges communicate with external actors. These sentiments include the parties to the case itself, but also more broadly journalists, public officials, lawyers, other judges, and increasingly, the mass public. In Creating the Law, Michael K. Romano and Todd A. Curry examine the extent to which judges tailor their language in order to avoid retribution during their retention, and how institutional variations involving intra-chamber dyn...

America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how is the show itself making history?Historians on Hamilton brings together a collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what ...