Author: Claude Lanzmann
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: holocaust, film, acclaimed, text, complete, shoah
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 1995-08-22
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0306806657
ISBN-13: 9780306806650

A nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Nazi extermination camps, Shoah (the Hebrew word for "Holocaust") was internationally hailed as a masterpiece upon its release in 1985. Shunning any re-creation, archival footage, or visual documentation of the events, filmmaker Claude Lanzmann relied on the words of witnesses—Jewish, Polish, and German—to describe in ruthless detail the bureaucratic machinery of the Final Solution, so that the remote experiences of the Holocaust became fresh and immediate. This book presents in an accessible and vivid format the testimony of survivors, participant

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Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Keywords: new, york, city, restaurants, acclaimed, meyer, shake, stir, recipes, danny, mix
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-05-11
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0316045128
ISBN-13: 9780316045124

The bartenders at Danny Meyer’s wildly popular restaurants are known for their creative concoctions. Guests at Union Square Café or Gramercy Tavern expect not only the finest cuisine but also Meyer’s special brand of hospitality that often begins with a Venetian Spritz or a Cranberry Daiquiri. In MIX SHAKE STIR, Meyer offers all the tips and tools needed to become a masterful mixologist and supplements the cocktail recipes with gourmet takes on bar snacks. There are over 100 recipes of bar classics, signature favorites, and original, refreshing libations--from the Modern’s e

Author: Rebecca Ann Collins
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Keywords: series, pemberley, chronicles, sequel, prejudice, daughter, acclaimed, pride, darcy
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1402212208
ISBN-13: 9781402212208

An extraordinary woman in a turbulent era "Jane Austen herself would have been very well pleased." Beverley Wong, author of Pride & Prejudice Prudence The bestselling Pemberley Chronicles series continues the saga of the Darcys and Bingleys from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and introduces imaginative new characters. Charming, beautiful, and intelligent, Cassandra Darcy is undeniably her father’s daughter. When her brother Julian falters in his responsibilities as heir to Pemberley, Darcy and Elizabeth turn in desperation to their daughter, and Cassy is thrust into the role

Authors:Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge,
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: newspaper, columns, acclaimed, roosevelt, eleanor, day
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2001-03
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0306810107
ISBN-13: 9780306810107

Recently named "Woman of the Century" in a survey conducted by the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote her hugely popular syndicated column "My Day" for over a quarter of that century, from 1936 to 1962. This collection brings together for the first time in a single volume the most memorable of those columns, written with singular wit, elegance, compassion, and insight—everything from her personal perspectives on the New Deal and World War II to the painstaking diplomacy required of her as chair of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights after the war to the joy