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In Gourmet Bachelor – Global Flavor, Local Ingredients, Chad Carns brings
exciting global dishes to your home in minutes. Elegantly designed with
vivid photography and slick black pages, The Gourmet Bachelor cookbook
includes simple cooking instructions with basic ingredients found at
your local market. Become the wine expert at your next cocktail party
after you read the essential wine guide. Carns also provides a glossary
of gourmet terms if you are just learning how to sear, chop or sauté!
Learn how to cook mouth watering recipes such as Orange-Scented Ricotta
Pancakes or a Lobster Club stacked with creamy avocado and double-thick
bacon. The Gourmet Bachelor cookbook offers a culinary-roller coaster of
exciting, global recipes for any occasion.
Chad Carns put his award-winning, graphic design career on hold to study
global cuisine and wine at the Institute of Culinary Education. He has
been featured several times on Toni On! NY (WPIX), Marie Claire, The
Villager, Next magazine and has been giving live cooking demos at
culinary destination around the country. Carns currently works as a NYC
private chef for special events and intimate dinner parties.
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Published: Carns Concepts, 06/01/2010
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In Jilliane Hoffman's Pretty Little Things, thirteen-year-old Lainey Emerson is the middle child in a household that police are already familiar with: her mother works too much and her step-father favors his own blood over another man’s problems—namely, Lainey and her wild older sister, Liza. So when Lainey does not come home from a Friday night out with her friends, it is dismissed by the Coral Springs Police Department as just another disillusioned South Florida teen running away from suburban drama and an unhappy home life.
But Special Agent Bobby Dees, who has headed up the department’s di4cult Crimes Against Children (CAC) Squad in Miami for more than a decade, is not quite so sure. Nicknamed “The Shepherd” by colleagues, he has an uncanny ability to find the missing and bring them back home—dead or alive. Haunted by the still unsolved disappearance of his own daughter, Bobby recognizes the all too familiar up-swell inside him, the gut feeling that Lainey Emerson is no runaway.
A search of Lainey’s computer and a talk with her best friend reveal Lainey was involved in a secret Internet relationship, spawned over a chat room, and nurtured through untraceable instant messages. Bobby fears she may be the victim of an on-line predator, and he fears she may not be the only one.
Pretty Little Things (Hardcover)
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Published: Vanguard Press, 09/01/2010
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BEST KNOWN AS THE DIRECTOR of such spectacular films as The Ten Commandments and King of Kings, Cecil B. DeMille lived a life as epic as any of his cinematic masterpieces. As a child DeMille learned the Bible from his father, a theology student and playwright who introduced Cecil and his older brother, William, to the theater. Tutored by impresario David Belasco, DeMille discovered how audiences responded to showmanship: sets, lights, costumes, etc. He took this knowledge with him to Los Angeles in 1913, where he became one of the movie pioneers, in partnership with Jesse Lasky and Lasky’s brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later Goldwyn). Working out of a barn on streets fragrant with orange blossom and pepper trees, the Lasky company turned out a string of successful silents, most of them directed by DeMille, who became one of the biggest names of the silent era. With films such as The Squaw Man, Brewster’s Millions, Joan the Woman, and Don’t Change Your Husband, he was the creative backbone of what would become Paramount Studios. In 1923 he filmed his first version of The Ten Commandments and later a second biblical epic, King of Kings, both enormous box-office successes. Although his reputation rests largely on the biblical epics he made, DeMille’s personal life was no morality tale. He remained married to his wife, Constance, for more than fifty years, but for most of the marriage he had three mistresses simultaneously, all of whom worked for him. He showed great loyalty to a small group of actors who knew his style, but he also discovered some major stars, among them Gloria Swanson, Claudette Colbert, and later, Charlton Heston.
DeMille was one of the few silent-era directors who made a completely successful transition to sound. In 1952 he won the Academy Award for Best Picture with The Greatest Show on Earth. When he remade The Ten Commandments in 1956, it was an even bigger hit than the silent version. He could act, too: in Billy Wilder’s classic film Sunset Boulevard, DeMille memorably played himself. In the 1930s and 1940s DeMille became a household name thanks to the Lux Radio Theater, which he hosted. But after falling out with a union, he gave up the program, and his politics shifted to the right as he championed loyalty oaths and Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist witch hunts.
As Scott Eyman brilliantly demonstrates in Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille (Simon & Schuster, $35.00), this superbly researched biography, which draws on a massive cache of DeMille family papers not available to previous biographers, DeMille was much more than his clichéd image. A gifted director who worked in many genres; a devoted family man and loyal friend with a highly unconventional personal life; a pioneering filmmaker: DeMille comes alive in these pages, a legend whose spectacular career defined an era.
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 09/01/2010
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America’s most-read, most-watched, and most beloved serial killer—Dexter Morgan—is back with Dexter is Delicious (Doubleday, $25.95). After selling more than one million copies and inspiring the wildly popular #1 Showtime series and top-rated crime drama on pay-cable television, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lindsay returns with his most hilarious, macabre, and purely entertaining novel yet.
Dexter Morgan has always lived a happy homicidal life. He keeps his
dark urges in check by adhering to one steadfast rule . . . he only kills very bad people. But
now Dexter is experiencing some major life changes—don’t we all?—and
they’re mostly wrapped up in the eight-pound curiosity that is his
newborn daughter. Family bliss is cut short, however, when Dexter is
summoned to investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl
who has been running with a bizarre group of goths who fancy themselves
to be vampires. As Dexter gets closer to the truth of what happened to
the missing girl, he realizes they are not really vampires so much as
cannibals. And, most disturbing . . . these people have decided they
would really like to eat Dexter.
Jeff Lindsay’s bestselling, dark, ironic, and oftentimes
laugh-out-loud hilarious novels about the lovable serial killer with no
soul (but a redeeming desire to kill only people who deserve it) have
gained a legion of fans and assumed a place in our culture.
JEFF LINDSAY is the New York Times bestselling author of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, and Dexter by Design. He lives in South Florida with his wife and three daughters. His novels are the subject of the hit Showtime and CBS series Dexter.
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Join bestselling author Michelle Richmond for a workshop in which she'll share her secrets and tricks in crafting vital, mesmerizing flash fiction. With in-depth exploration of samples, writing exercises, and an open discussion not only of fundamentals of fiction but of the broader writing world. Free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please reserve early. RSVP to jalison@miami.edu.
Michelle Richmond (UM MFA ’98) is the author of four books of fiction: The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, Dream of the Blue Room, No One You Know, and the New York Times bestseller The Year of Fog. She received the Hillsdale Award for Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers, the AWP Award, and the Mississippi Review Fiction Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in Playboy, Glimmer Train, Oxford American, Salon, The Guardian, The Believer, Best American Fantasy, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, and elsewhere. She also blogs for the San Francisco Chronicle. She has taught creative writing at the University of San Francisco, California College of the Arts, St. Mary’s College of Moraga, and Bowling Green State University. She currently serves on the executive council of The Authors Guild.
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He's a great big sauropod. He's a whole lotta lizard. And he's . . . lost. Have you seen his herd? Help the big guy find his pals—before he becomes lunch for some hungry predators. Yikes! Kate and Jim McMullan’s I’m Big! (Blazer & Bray, $16.99) is the perfect way for the whole family to celebrate Grandparents’ Day. This will be a Big Day for I’m Big! Kate and Jim have created some of your favorite picture books, like I’m Dirty! and I Stink!, and Kate has written scores of early readers books, so kids can progress with stories they love.
I'm Big! (Hardcover)
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It’s a Book. It’s a special book. It’s a special event. It’s a special book and a special event for the whole family! Meet Caldecott Honor winning author and illustrator Lane Smith for a special multimedia and interactive event for his amazing new book, It’s a Book (Roaring Brook, $12.99) . It’s about a monkey, a mouse, a jackass, a book and our digital world. It’s thoughtful, poignant and funny – with a mischievous little wink in its tone. It’s a book for our ever-changing age. And it’s a book for all ages. Lane Smith is the author and illustrator of the bestselling John, Paul, George & Ben and Madam President. He has also collaborated with Jon Scieszka on The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Math Curse, and The Stinky Cheese Man, for which he received a Caldecott Honor award. He has also illustrated books by Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, and Roald Dahl. And now there’s It’s a Book. Book-loving and/or tech savvy adults, buy this book for yourselves. Parents, buy this for your kids. Grandparents, buy it for your kids AND your grandkids. Read it together; laugh together. Celebrate Grandparents’ Day with an event sure to entertain kids of all ages – even the kids who are old enough to collect Social Security!
It's a Book (Hardcover)
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Debut novelist Justin Kramon will conduct a workshop designed to provide resources for writers trying to publish their short stories, find an agent, or place a novel with a
publisher. It took an embarrassing number of attempts to find the publisher for his novel, so he thought it might be helpful to other beginning writers to compile some of the resources he drew from to get Random House to take pity on him. While he was writing and selling his debut novel, Finny (Random House, $15), he often wished that all of this information were gathered in one place, so he’s structured this seminar in order to convey concrete and specific information, such as lists of agents and places to submit
fiction, and will also share examples from his own successes
and failures in publishing, such as the query letter he sent to his
current agent. Please feel free to bring questions about the publishing
process. 6pm
Finny (Paperback)
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 07/01/2010
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Brian Lutz is the author of Knoll (Rizzoli, $75.00) the first full monograph on the furniture of the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen
The history of Knoll is the history of modern design. Founded in 1938 by
Hans Knoll and joined by his wife, Florence Knoll, the company is
credited for bringing European modern design to America, then nurturing
the best homegrown talents at mid-century to build the most successful
and prestigious high-end furniture company in the world. Throughout its
history Knoll has been at the forefront of cutting-edge and chic
design, the first company to produce Mies van der Rohe’s and Marcel
Breuer’s tubular furniture for a receptive domestic market, making
Bauhaus ideals a reality to an American audience. Knoll also leveraged
America’s newfound economic and cultural status after World War II by
commissioning now-iconic furniture pieces, such as Eero Saarinen’s Tulip
chair and Harry Bertoia’s Wire chairs. More recently Knoll has produced
instant classics from Frank Gehry and Richard Meier. Equally
significant is Knoll’s pioneering foray into office planning, which
resulted in Florence Knoll’s iconic furniture and later one of the first
office systems. Knoll also fully integrated graphic design into its
program, with photography and advertising by masters such as Herbert
Matter and Massimo Vignelli. Comprehensive in narrative and scope, this
monograph will be a classic in its own right with images and texts on
furniture, furnishings, systems, graphics, and unique insight into the
modern world that is Knoll.
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Published: Rizzoli, 04/01/2010
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