Author: Ken Albala
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Keywords: history, beans
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-09-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1845204301
ISBN-13: 9781845204303

Whether refried, baked, falafelled, or complementing a nice Chianti, the humble bean has long been a part of gourmet and everyday food culture around the globe. As Ken Albala shows, though, over its history the bean has enjoyed more controversy than its current ubiquity lets on. From the bean’s status as seat of the soul (at least, that’s what Pythagoras thought) to seed of sin (or so said St. Jerome, who forbade nuns to eat beans because they "tickle the genitals"), Beans is a ripping tale of a truly magical fruit.

Author: James Still
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Keywords: beans, wonder, jack
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1996-02-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0813117356
ISBN-13: 9780813117355

In this Appalachian variant of the traditional tale, Jack trades his old cow to a gypsy for three beans that are guaranteed to feed him his entire life.

Author: Joe Adams
Publisher: iUniverse Star
Keywords: soul, beans, butter
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 2004-01-04
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0595297811
ISBN-13: 9780595297818

"I know a lot of people swear by the mysterious healing power of chicken soup. But I think they are mainly Yankees. Here in the South, a mess of butter beans is what we look to for physical and spiritual rejuvenation. They’re a sure cure for the blues." Joe Adams is a columnist for the prestigious North Carolina newspaper, The Gaston Gazette. Butter Beans for the Soul is a collection of his hilarious editorials for people with small-town hearts. A sampling of butter bean substitutes for the weary spirit include: RC Cola and Moonpies Singing, even if you stink Touring families of midget

Author: Becky Birtha
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: beans, lucky
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2010-03-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0807547824
ISBN-13: 9780807547823

Like so many people during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Marshall Loman’s dad has lost his job. There’s little money, but there are plenty of beans-in fact, Ma cooks them for supper every single night! Beans start looking better when Marshall sees the contest posted in the furniture store window. HOW MANY BEANS ARE IN THE JAR? WIN THIS BRAND NEW SEWING MACHINE! Ma needs that sewing machine-but how can Lomans possibly guess right? Then Marshall remembers something he learned in arithmetic class. Becky Birtha’s engaging story, based on her grandmother’s memori

Author: Robert Englander
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: beans, java, developing
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1997-06-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1565922891
ISBN-13: 9781565922891

Java Beans is the most important development in Java this year. It gives Java developers the ability to work with sophisticated graphical development tools and to integrate Java software into projects using other component technologies, such as Microsoft’s ActiveX. Developing Java Beans gives you a firm grounding in every aspect of the Java Beans component architecture. You’ll learn how to create components that can be manipulated by tools like Borland’s JBuilder or IBM’s VisualAge for Java, enabling others to build entire applications by using and reusing these buil

Author: Melanie Mitchell
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
Keywords: nonfiction, first, beans
Number of Pages: 23
Published: 2003-03
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0822546094
ISBN-13: 9780822546092

Author: Joyce Bentley
Publisher: Chrysalis Education
Keywords: food, everyday, beans
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2005-07-30
List price: $27.10
ISBN-10: 1593892179
ISBN-13: 9781593892173