The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...

Since 2005, Murder & Mayhem in Muskego has welcomed and hosted over 150 authors a thousands of fans of crime fiction to the Milwaukee area. Just in time for the 8th annual benefit, a short story anthology featuring bestselling, Edgar and Shamus award-winning writers who have attended the day-long convention has been created. The collection is edited by Jon and Ruth Jordan.Contributors include: Megan Abbott, Dana Cameron, Reed Farrel Coleman, Hilary Davidson, Sean Doolittle, J.M. Ed...

'Hockey romance fans can't miss Kandi Steiner's Kings of the Ice series' - Meghan Quinn, #1 Amazon and USA Today bestselling authorOne Month with Vince Tanev. Twenty-four-seven access on and off the ice.Social media journalist Maven King lands an opportunity of a lifetime when she is assigned to get up close and personal with the Tampa Bay Ospreys' new shiny hockey player. Too bad that Maven has already met Vince at an all...

12 stories from the heart of South Minneapolis: Lake Street.Lake Street cuts across Minneapolis from west to east, from the urbane to the urban to the blue-collar. North and south, it is the dividing line between inner-city neighborhoods and tidy bedroom communities. Lake Street is a polyglot of people from all corners of the world mixing with lifelong Minneapolitans.These stories connect people's hope for a new beginning with the history of what was.

"BEGINNER'S RAFFIA CROCHET ADVENTURE: Crafting with Natural Fibers" is your gateway to a creative journey that embraces the beauty of nature's materials. This comprehensive guide is tailored especially for beginners, offering an inspiring and instructive adventure into the world of raffia crochet. Within the pages of this book, you'll embark on a hands-on exploration, learning the art of crocheting with raffia—an earthy and rustic fiber. Step-by-step tutorials, vivid illustrations, and cle...

Sylvie lived a life of luxury in France before war. The day the first Reptilian ship landed Sylvie’s life of extravagance and her family became nothing but memories. Now she’s a robotically enhanced resistant fighter with the United Federation of Earth. Sylvie has one mission in life; kill every member of the Galactic Alliance that crosses her path, and free Earth and the few remaining humans from alien influence… That is until she realized a Reptilian shares her life force…

Few images evoke a more powerful or frightening reaction than that of the assassin.Silently creeping into your room while you sleep, they plunge a pick deep inside your brain, or fill your snoring nostrils with poisonous vapour. Or perhaps skilled fingers from the shadows strike a vital point during mid-step; the coroners say it was a heart attack.Assassins are people to be feared, no doubt. But what do they fear? What do they dream of? What life, what world, are they longi...

Archon has been a soldier for the United Federation of Earth (UFE) since the day the first race of aliens invaded. Archon has learned to despise all the Aliens. So what happens we discovers half of his life force in a Venusian? Will he chose to continue to live as half a man or will he chose to accept an alien for a life mate?

"Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature" is an anthology that delights readers with a carefully curated selection of comedic writings from celebrated American authors. Spanning diverse literary forms'—ranging from short stories and essays to poetry'—this collection showcases the unique knack Americans have for humor, often reflecting the cultural, social, and historical contexts of their times. With sharp wit and keen observation, the authors navigate themes of identity, absurdity,...

A dark speculative fiction anthology of ecological delights and nightmares. In each piece, Nature prevails, it triumphs, one way or another, with teeth, claws, vines, tentacles, or more over human exploitation. Prose and poetry are equals here, giving you decadent, violent, and elegant delights. Dark humor and dark tales for dreams of a better tomorrow. All speculative subgenres are included, from literary horror, extreme horror, psychological horror to dark science fiction and new weird. ...

There is a significant divide between autistic advocates and parents of autistic children. Parents may feel attacked for their lack of understanding, and autistic adults who offer insight and guidance are also met with hostility and rejection.Meghan Ashburn, a mother of two autistic boys, and Jules Edwards, an autistic parent, were no strangers to this tension and had an adversarial relationship when they first met. Over time, the two resolved their differences and are now co-consp...

In the opulent days of her past, Sylvie reveled in a life of luxury amid the picturesque landscapes of France. But the tides of fate swiftly changed when the first Reptilian ship descended from the heavens, forever altering her world. The extravagance and her cherished family became nothing more than distant memories.Now, Sylvie is reborn as a resilient, robotically enhanced resistance fighter, standing firm with the United Federation of Earth, determined to face the relentless wav...