Que Pasa, Colleen? Stories from a Texas Town is a story of love and all of its various and powerful forms and how love shapes our lives, published posthumously as a tribute to the author. The work is a series of short stories, following the residents of Colleen, TX through life’s adventures, trials, and tribulations. The characters are quirky, likeable, and real. The context varies from the sublime and poetic, to horrifying and sorrowful, and jubilant and silly. The main character, Maria H...

Written decades before Eat, Pray, Love, this inspiring memoir details one woman's incredible journey through India to bring Eastern spirituality to the Western world.Even before she arrived at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, founder of Transcendental Meditation, in Rishikesh, India, a city at the foothills of the Himalayas along the banks of the Ganges River, in 1962, Nancy Cooke de Herrera lived a lifetime of adventure. During the 1950s, she traveled...

In March 1943 Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin took a position that catapulted her into the center of the Manhattan Project. Her office, 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe New Mexico, was the entry point for all scientists, technicians, and their families who came to Los Alamos, an isolated mesa in north-central New Mexico, to build a "gadget" that would change the course of World War II. They also built a community where people attempted to lead ordinary lives under extraordinary circumstances. ...

WHO? is written by Charles and Nancy Cookand represents a whimsical woodland adventure bursting with playful language and laughter. Join a Curious Owl on a quest to uncover a simple answer while a mischievous Katydid plays hide-and-seek with words. With clever puns, delightful wordplay, and charming illustrations, this book is a treat for readers of all ages. Get rea...

Representing Rural Women highlights the complexity and diversity of representations of rural women in the U.S. and Canada from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. The 15 chapters in this collection offer fresh perspectives on representations of rural women in literature, popular culture, and print, digital, and social media. They explore a wide range of time periods, geographic spaces, and rural women’s experiences, including Mormon pioneer women, rural lesbians in the 1970s, Canadia...

Identity is a difficult concept to grasp. It’s intangible nature forces us to look beyond the surface into murky depths. The reality is, we often aren’t prepared to face what’s within, and it might take a long time before we are ready to confront it again. However, it’s important to note that the journey is worthwhile.Why, you may ask? My answer is quite simple: if you strip away all of the layers we put on – beneath the clothes, the makeup, the hairstyles, the accessories...

Based on a true story, Francis Daymon is not your average history book hero—he was an everyday American who did what he could, never realizing that his actions and talents would mean the difference between victory or defeat in the American Revolution. Whenever America has needed heroes someone has always been there. This book was written for children and adults alike to celebrate another example of America’s greatest strength—its people.

The Three Graces of Val-Kill changes the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt’s life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land. In the early years, the three women—the “three graces,” as Franklin Delano Roosevelt called them—were nearly inseparable and f...

100道全食物低醣料理美味提案低卡／低醣／少精製／好吃／好做／好看減脂瘦身零失敗！當全世界都在瘋狂「低醣飲食（Low carb diets）」時，你會不會對「低醣」又怕又愛？愛它能快速減肥，但又怕菜色難看難下口又容易餓？愛它能展現曼妙身材，但又怕它容易復胖？愛它能控制體重及血糖風險，但又吃個東西要一直計算卡路里太麻煩？愛它能減少體脂堆積，但又怕自己做料理很複雜？其實「低醣飲食」並沒有想像中的困難，因為在生活美食家 Nancy 及食尚營養師 Charlotte 的 安排下，只要 14 天，教你如何從「減糖」到「減醣」來掌握低醣飲食。書中更將低醣料理分門別類，從調味好幫手的醬料、早餐營養沙拉、主菜的肉類及海鮮、主食的麵飯、佐菜的蔬食，到烘焙的午茶甜點，方便查詢搭配。每道料理更附上專業的營養表，幫忙計算卡路里及飲食...

Looking for quick and easy recipes when you’re not supposed to—or don’t want to—leave your house? Enter Nancy Silverton, the James Beard Award–winning chef profiled on Netflix’s Chef’s Table. One of the most revered restaurant chefs in the country, Nancy turns her attention here to quick and easy recipes that home cooks can whip up using on hand or always easy to get pantry ingredients from jars, cans, bags, and boxes. Here are two dozen delicious recipes for egg, pasta, and polen...

The Three Graces of Val-Kill changes the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt’s life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land. In the early years, the three women—the “three graces,” as Franklin Delano Roosevelt called them—were nearly inseparable and f...

Whether it's chicken, turkey, quail or any other fowl, we love to cook them up. With more than 35 recipes, Quench Cooks Things With Wings is an ideal book for those looking to develop their taste buds.