Based on the fifth edition, which was first published in London in 1685. "Wherein the whole ART is revealed in a more easie and perfect Method, than hath been publisht in any language. Expert and ready Ways for the Dressing of all Sorts of FLESH, FOWL, and FISH, with variety of SAUCES proper for each of them; and how to raise all manner of _Pastes_; the best Directions for all sorts of _Kickshaws_, also the _Terms_ of _CARVING_ and _SEWING_. An exact account of all _Dishes_ for all _Season...

Paul wrote, "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead..."My granddaughter is just now taking her first steps. She started out rolling to get where she wanted to go. Then she learned to crawl. Now she is beginning to walk. Soon she will be running to get what she wants. That is how we learn. We gradually move on from what we know into the unknown. Once we know tha...

Imagine the joy of being happily married for the rest of your life!In this easy-to-read, step-by-step guide, you will learn how you can drastically improve your chances for a successful marriage, and discover how you can stand at the altar on your wedding day with no regrets and no doubts.This proven method for finding and marrying the right person at the right time will open your eyes and speak straight to your heart. It will set you on a course of faith and courage, and t...

On December 9, 2024, Kent Mayes lost his son.Ten days earlier, Max - 21 years old, a junior in the theatre department at TCU, funny, social, close with his sister, thriving by every visible measure - had flown home wearing a new jacket, a note and a hundred-dollar bill folded in the pocket by an aunt who loved him. He wore it the whole flight, coat and all. Nothing about that week looked like goodbye.See Another Sunset is the book Kent Mayes wrote in the twenty-one...

Fans of the greatest reindeer of all will have a double helping of Christmas fun with this collection, which includes the title story, plus the sequel “Rudolph Shines Again.”Near and dear to so many hearts, this is the story, the original story, of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, written by Robert L. May in 1939. Rudolph, loveable and generous, humble and good, embodies the spirit of Christmas, and reminds us of the magical possibilities that exist within ...

How did enslaved African Americans in the Old South really experience Christmas? Did Christmastime provide slaves with a lengthy and jubilant respite from labor and the whip, as is generally assumed, or is the story far more complex and troubling? In this provocative, revisionist, and sometimes chilling account, Robert E. May chides the conventional wisdom for simplifying black perspectives, uncritically accepting southern white literary tropes about the holiday, and overlooking evidence n...

Fans of the greatest reindeer of all will have a double helping of Christmas fun with this collection, which includes the title story, plus the sequel “Rudolph Shines Again.”Near and dear to so many hearts, this is the story, the original story, of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, written by Robert L. May in 1939. Rudolph, loveable and generous, humble and good, embodies the spirit of Christmas, and reminds us of the magical possibilities that exist within ...

A powerful new book that corrects a false myth in African American history that Kirkus Reviews calls "a thoughtful antidote to white Southern propaganda.”According to an oft repeated legend, during Christmas before the Civil War, all enslaved people in the American South enjoyed lengthy vacations of a week or more depending on how long an oversized “Yule log” burned in their master's fireplace. As long as the log held out,...

Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics challenges the way historians interpret the causes of the American Civil War. Using Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas's famed rivalry as a prism, Robert E. May shows that when Lincoln and fellow Republicans opposed slavery in the West, they did so partly from evidence that slaveholders, with Douglas's assistance, planned to follow up successes in Kansas by bringing Cuba, Mexico, and Central America into the Union as slave states. A skeptic about...

This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America’s notorious “filibusters” — the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace. Offering the first full-scale analysis of the filibustering movement, Robert May relates the often-tragic stories of illegal expeditions into Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries and details surprising numbers of aborted plots, as...

Taking Stock of Air Liberalization is about Technology, Economy, and Policy (TEP) in the airline industry. Ten years ago, the practical collaboration was begun of bringing together people who belonged to the complementary streams of economic analysis and policy analysis presented int his book. During this time, we opened discussions on the relationship between transportation technology, transportation economics and transportation policy under the general auspices of the Canadian R...

From French intervention in Mexico to British interests in the Caribbean, the impact of the Civil War extended far beyond military campaigns in Virginia, diffusing widely into the Atlantic world. Revised to take into account the outpouring of scholarship on Civil War diplomacy that has appeared since the book was first published, The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim features essays by acclaimed historians Howard Jones, R. J. M. Blackett, Thomas Schoonover, and James M....