Kids cook too! This fun and inspiring guide to preparing real food is written by kids, for kids!Cookbooks for kids often focus on bland “child-friendly” fare, but the authors of Chef Junior, five young cooks between the ages of 12 and 15, challenge that assumption. Instead, they present a repertoire of healthy, delicious, and inventive recipes that range from easy to advanced. Kids will love these dishes and drinks, including Tiramisu French Toast, Coconut...

Coming soon from the BESTSELLING author of Letting Go of Yesterday, Jo BartlettThey say you'd do anything for love, but what happens when you don't believe it exists?When her free-spirited mother famously turns up naked and unapologetic during Ashleigh Hayes’ first term at college, Ashleigh is certain embarrassment is her life’s defining theme.Ten years on, things finally seem different. With her best friend Stevie by her side and a thriv...

A Will Adelhardt / Lucy Hidalgo Mystery. When a fire burns down the historic Bartlett House, the body of young activist, Emmy d'Angelo is found inside, dressed in bondage gear. Her older lover, professor Will Adelhardt, is under suspicion, but the manner in which Emmy is found is incomprehensible to Adelhardt, who is devastated by her loss. Now he must take a dark voyage through the past and his own tortured soul to find out what happened to her. Will Adelhardt and his journalist friend, L...

A famous 18-year-old fiddle player, Beau, is abducted from her parents’ huge Sierra home at a birthday folk jam in her honor one summer in the early part of the 21st century. As a fire burns up the mountain while she is buried on the land under a pile of brush, she is found just in time. A month later, much to her horror, she is abducted again, this time from a Berkeley music jam. The culprit a crazy but brilliant classical violinist only known for his expert folk guitar playing hides her ...

Since the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, increasing attention has been paid to the problems of economic development and reconstruction in South-East Europe. In a context of limited resources, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a key role to play in creating jobs and building a dynamic entrepreneurial economy.Small Enterprise Development In South-East Europe presents important findings from recent empirical research on key factors, which hinder sustainable SME gr...

This book explores the economic and social development of the Western Balkan region, a group of six countries that are potential candidates for EU membership. It focuses on the key economic issues facing these countries, including the challenge of promoting economic growth, limiting public deficits and debt, and fostering international trade relations. Given the severe impact of the recent economic crisis on social welfare in the region, it also investigates the nature and extent of social...