Culinary journeys from around the globe: recipes and stories from immigrants to the United StatesImmigrants carry more than hope as they cross oceans and traverse continents to come to the United States. They hold tightly to stories and recipes, remembrances of what they left behind. Kitchens of Hope brings together these memories from contributors who hail from more than thirty countries, offering a glimpse into their kitchens and insight into their lives...

A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest—with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers’ storiesCold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book, a compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune’s popular holi...

The book aims to be a concise and accessible guide to the latest thinking on climate change, along with the related topics of depletion of natural resources and the threats to bio-diversity. The book is focused, in particular, on what the individual might do to play a part in tackling these difficult issues. Without shying away from the serious risks the world faces, the book endeavours to offer a hopeful message as we face up to the future of our planet.Find out more about the politics ar...

The world is a crazy place, so if we’re going to engage with it successfully then maybe we need to think outside the box – be a bit crazy ourselves!This book brings together unapologetic dreams of utopia, hopes that we can discover enchantment in our everyday lives and explanations of that curious thing called a ‘commons’! All of these musings are set against the backdrop of a group of artists in the small city of Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland and the author’s care for his elderly ...

Nick Gabriel was living the good life, having made serious money as a script doctor for the movies, andfrom a successful Broadway play. Hearing about a recent murder in his hometown, he decides to write abook, using Capote's In Cold Blood as his template. After reconnecting with his estranged daughter,Angel, Nick goes home to begin his research. But when two more murders occur, FBI agent Greg Harkinsis brought in to work the case. The trio's search for the truth...

Legendary homicide detective Jack Dantzler has never failed to solve a murder. Thirty-three killers apprehended, tried, convicted. Perfect, like God's soul. But Dantzler's perfection ends when three college women are brutally murdered, victims of a serial killer who strangles his prey, decorates their bodies with a St. Jude medal and photo of Michelangelo's Pieta, then lacerates the jugular post-mortem. The series of murders reawaken Dantzler's memories of his own mother's murder when he w...

Four people brutally murdered in Manson-style slayings. A name written in blood on the TV screen. A scene straight out of a gruesome horror movie. Only it isn't a movie—it's very real. It's also unlike anything Kentucky homicide detective Jack Dantzler has ever encountered. The Devil's Racket plunges Dantzler into a nightmarish world where he will have to uncover acts of unspeakable evil. To avoid becoming the next victim, Dantzler must use all of his skill and cunning to stop the powers o...

Gnosis: Greek word meaning knowledge.Murder, mystery and redemption are at the heart of "Gnosis."Detective Jack Dantzler has no clue why he has been summoned to the prison to meet with the Reverend Eli Whitehouse, a man convicted of committing a double murder twenty-nine years ago. He is stunned when Eli claims to be innocent and wants Dantzler to prove it. But Eli only gives Dantzler a single clue—look at the obituaries in the local paper for a specific two-week period.

After winning a tennis tournament in Cincinnati, Jack Dantzler is approached by a man he once played against. The man wants to speak with Dantzler about a murder that occurred sixteen years ago. When Dantzler asks who the murder victim was, the man says it was his daughter, Jax. He wants Dantzler to look into finding Jax's killer. Dantzler is reluctant—cold cases are rarely ever solved—but he eventually relents and agrees to take the job. For Dantzler, knowing a killer might be walking fre...

Eighty delicious, imaginative recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest, with mouth-watering pictures and bakers’ storiesIt’s cold in Minnesota, especially around the holidays, and there’s nothing like baking a batch of cookies to warm the kitchen and the heart. A celebration of the rich traditions, creativity, and taste of the region, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book collects the best-loved recipes and baking lore from fifteen ...

The Kentucky Wildcats are the winningest program in the history of college basketball, and this newly revised edition of the University of Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever assembled on the history of this extraordinary team. Written in a unique, easy-to-read style that brings to life the exploits of Wildcats teams and players, this definitive source includes details about The Fabulous Five,” Rupp’s Runts,” The Unforgettables,” Jamal Mashburn,...

More than a just a trivia book, So You Think You’re A Kentucky Basketball Fan challenges your knowledge of Wildcats basketball with stories behind each question and answer that brings the history of this legendary team to life.This book, part of a new sports trivia series, is divided into four parts, with progressively more difficult questions in each new section. The Benchwarmer section contains the most basic questions. Next are the Starter and All-American sections, foll...