Author: G. K. Chesterton
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Keywords: tyranny, appetite
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1419152483
ISBN-13: 9781419152481
The German Emperor has reproached this country with allying itself with "barbaric and semi-oriental power." We have already considered in what sense we use the word barbaric: it is in the sense of one who is hostile to civilisation, not one who is insufficient in it. But when we pass from the idea of the barbaric to the idea of the oriental, the case is even more curious. There is nothing particularly Tartar in Russian affairs, except the fact that Russia expelled the Tartars. The Eastern invader occupied and crushed the country for many years; but that is equally true of Greece, of Spain and
Author: Erika J. Kendrick
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
Keywords: novel, appetite
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-06-23
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0345494989
ISBN-13: 9780345494986
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: New Directions
Keywords: appetite, birds, zen
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1968-01-17
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 081120104X
ISBN-13: 9780811201049
Merton, one of the rare Western thinkers able to feel at home in the philosophies of the East, made the wisdom of Asia available to Westerners. .
Author: A. J. Liebling
Publisher: North Point Press
Keywords: paris, appetite, meals
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-09-29
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 086547236X
ISBN-13: 9780865472365
New Yorker writer A.J. Liebling recalls his Parisian apprenticeship in the fine art of eating in this charming memoir.
Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Keywords: appetite, wicked
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-09-14
List price: $27.99
ISBN-10: 0312652917
ISBN-13: 9780312652913
Life in Marblehead has had a pleasant predictability, until Diesel arrives. Rumor has it that a collection of priceless ancient relics representing the Seven Deadly Sins have made their way to Boston’s North Shore. Partnered with pastry chef Lizzie Tucker, Diesel bullies and charms his way through historic Salem to track them down—and his criminal mastermind cousin Gerewulf Grimorie. The black-haired, black-hearted Wulf is on the hunt for the relic representing gluttony. Caught in a race against time, Diesel and Lizzie soon find out that more isn’t always better, as they battle Wulf and
Author: Anne Katherine
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
Keywords: switch, appetite, fix, lick
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2009-04-06
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1598587137
ISBN-13: 9781598587135
You’re headed home, ready for the recliner, the remote, and couple of those brownies you hid in the blender. But you get home and there are no brownies - and no cookies, no candy, no chips or dip - as if an ant colony has swarmed through your kitchen and nibbled it bare. Two possibilities: She’s on another diet. She’s not on a diet. Either way, you’re traveling toward turmoil and, possibly, big pots of cabbage soup, no desserts, and those strange Styrofoam crackers. What’s a husband to do - or a mother, sister, best friend, lover, or partner? What can you do when
Author: Mimi Sheraton
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Keywords: life, appetite, words, eating
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-05-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 006050109X
ISBN-13: 9780060501099
What’s it like to be a food writer? What’s it like dining at some of the world’s best restaurants, as well as some of the worst? What’s it like to share your opinion about food and restaurants with readers around the world? Mimi Sheraton is one of the most renowned food writers and restaurant reviewers in the country. And perhaps the most frequently asked question is, How did she do it? Her response is simple: "Live my life." Now, in this entertaining and candid memoir, the doyenne of food critics provides a heartfelt and poignant look at the events of her extraordi
