This comprehensive cookbook tells home and outdoor cooks everything they need to know to make irresistible Louisiana dishes in cast iron Dutch ovens.As the president of the Louisiana Dutch Oven Society, Bill Ryan has perfected the traditional, rustic methods of preparing classic Louisiana cuisine. In Dutch Oven Cajun and Creole, Bill serves up everything from breakfast to dinner as well as breads, sides, and desserts. He shares some of his prize-winning re...

"How did a girl raised in a town with no sports for girls get to stand on the medal box at the Olympic Games and receive a Silver Medal from the Prince of Denmark? Not on her own." - Joan Rosazza. This book takes you back to Melbourne, Australia to the Olympic Games of 1956. 19-year-old Joan Rosazza, a swimmer for the USA, wrote 19 letters home during her Olympic experience. Her fresh eyes and joyful spirit shine through as she describes living in the Olympic Village, competing against the...

Florida's Old King's Road ran from Georgia south of Jacksonville (the called Cow Ford), to St. Augustine, thru what is now Flagler County Florida and ended in New Symrna on Florida's Atlantic Coast. It was once named one of the most important highways in America. It has vanished.This is the history of Old King's. It covers historian Bill Ryan's effort to locate events including the great slave rebellion of the Second Seminole War, the Minorcans, large Plantations, and the many even...

Social Work and HIV: The Canadian Experience brings together essays by front-line workers and researchers from across the country. The essayists describe their own successes and failures in dealing with the effects of HIV in rural communities, urban Aboriginal street youth, upon haemophiliacs, the gay male community, women, injection drug users, and families with children. The book is divided into three sections: prevention, care, and practice. The first section on prevention looks at the rol...

Grey Eyes and his companion Black Sandy were written about by then British Governor of Florida in 1767. They organized a great cattle drive from Georgia of some 500 cows intended to feed the arriving Minorcan settlers. Grey Eyes and his group of 25 Indian boys were credited by Governor Grant in finding a route through the difficult Florida swamps and wild county. This routing may have followed ancient Indian pathways to become the Old Kings Road. The Kings Road in Florida existed from the ...

Osceola, the great Seminole War leader, was captured on Old Kings Road in Florida in 1835. He was meeting under a white flag of truce. His capture under a white flag was debated in Congress, the Court of England and capitols throughout the world. This well researched historical fiction account reveals much that is new including a portrait of his wife and son. Osceola speaks for himself. Author William Ryan is a director of the Flagler County Florida historical society and has traced histor...

Historian Bill Ryan combines his researched facts into a highly readable story of the building an immense plantation in Florida. Two middle aged geneology ladies attempt to unlock the secrets of the lost diary of "Aunty Mary" who was housekeeper of the immense Bulow plantation in Florida. There are hints of an immense buried treasure which may still remain. You will travel from 1812 to present time as the story of the rich Bulow plantation in Florida emerges.William Ryan is the auth...

Hectic lifestyles and over-full schedules make traditional cooking methods nearly obsolete in many families. The results are poor nutrition and budgets strained by the high cost of fast food or commercially prepared meals. Don't Panic-Dinner's in the Freezer offers a simple and economical alternative, featuring dozens of recipes designed to be prepared and frozen for future use.With 100,000 copies sold, this book gives practical tips for planning, organizing, and shopping for meals...

Love your slow cooker for easy weeknight meals? The authors of The Great American Slow Cooker Book show it’s a lifesaver during the holidays, too!From the authors of The Great American Slow Cooker Book, here are 32 all-new recipes that harness this kitchen appliance’s unique power to feed a crowd effortlessly. Best of all, each recipe features ingredient lists scaled for every size of slow cooker, from small 3-quarts to large 8-quarts.This...

Think fast with A.J. and Andrea from My Weird School!Did you know that the only sport that’s been played on the moon is golf? Did you know that an NFL quarterback once threw a touchdown pass to himself?!Learn more weird-but-true sports facts with A.J. and Andrea from Dan Gutman’s bestselling My Weird School series. This all-new series of nonfiction books features hundreds of hysterical facts, plus lots of photos and illustrations.Wh...

National Bestseller"A landmark and long-overdue cultural history." —VogueThe stylish, wild story of the marriage of Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward—a tale of love, art, Hollywood, and heartbreak*“Those years in the sixties when I was married to Dennis were the most wonderful and awful of my life.” —*Brooke HaywardLos Angeles in the 1960s: riots in Watts and on the Sunset Strip, wil...

Including over 600 A to Z entries, this original dictionary provides clear and succinct definitions of the terms used in the related and developing fields of occupational science and occupational therapy. Entries cover a broad range of topics from activities of daily living and autonomy to task-oriented approach and work-life balance and have a clear occupational focus. They provide an overview of the complex nature of human occupation and the impact of illness on occupation and well-being...