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Lost in Translation

An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

by Ella Frances Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014

From the author of Eating the Sun, an artistic collection of more than 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English Did you know that the Japanese language has a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees?...

The Illustrated Book of Sayings

Curious Expressions from Around the World

by Ella Frances Sanders
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016

**From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation and Eating the Sun, a charming illustrated collection of more than fifty expressions from around the globe that explores the nuances of language From the hilarious and romantic to the philosophical and literal, the idioms,...

Light of India

A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art

by Warren Dotz
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013

With all the zany vibrancy of a Bollywood musical, the colorful matchbox labels of LIGHT OF INDIA present a fascinating confluence of popular culture and a sophisticated graphic arts tradition that stretches back for centuries. Populated with pouncing Bengal tigers, regal jungle elephants,...

Dust & Grooves

Adventures in Record Collecting

by Eilon Paz
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015

A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors...

Taste & Technique

Recipes to Elevate Your Home Cooking: A Cookbook

by Naomi Pomeroy
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016

James Beard Award-winning and self-made chef Naomi Pomeroy's debut cookbook, featuring nearly 140 lesson-driven recipes designed to improve the home cook's understanding of professional techniques and flavor combinations in order to produce simple, but show-stopping meals. Naomi Pomeroy knows...

The Field Guide to Sports Metaphors

A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms

by Josh Chetwynd
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016

**A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and idioms that have their roots in sports and games. ** There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of sports: covering all the bases (baseball), game plan (football), and par for the course (golf). But the English...

You're Saying It Wrong

A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse

by Ross Petras, Kathryn Petras
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016

For word nerds and grammar geeks, a witty guide to the most commonly mispronounced words, along with their correct pronunciations and pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and histories of use and misuse. With wit and good humor, this handy little book not only saves us from sticky...

Hiring Smart!

How to Predict Winners and Losers in the Incredibly Expensive People-Reading Gam e

by Pierre Mornell
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011

Now in Paperback!People are the most valuable asset in today'¬?s fiercely competitive workplace. In HIRING SMART, now available in paperback for the first time, Dr. Mornell delineates 45 simple strategies for "people reading"-observing a candidate'¬?s behavior and predicting what they'¬?ll...

Design the Life You Love

A Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Meaningful Future

by Ayse Birsel
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015

An interactive journal that serves as a joyful, inspirational guide to building the life you've always dreamed of, using the principles and creative process of an award-winning product designer. Life, just like a design problem, is full of constraints -- time, money, age, location, and circumstances....

What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Interviews

Ace the Interview and Land Your Dream Job

by Richard N. Bolles
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

**The first interview book from the *What Color Is Your Parachute? *career guru Richard Bolles.  ** Interviews instill fear in many a job-hunter, but this empowering guide from legendary career expert Richard N. Bolles reveals that interviews are really just conversations to determine if the work—and...

Power Plates

100 Nutritionally Balanced, One-Dish Vegan Meals: A Cookbook

by Gena Hamshaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018

Focused on the art of crafting complete, balanced meals that deliver sustained energy and nourishment, this book features 100 compelling and delicious recipes that just happen to be vegan. These 100 recipes for wholesome and nourishing vegan food from blogger, nutritionist, and Food52 author...

The Feast Nearby

How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on $40 a week)

by Robin Mather
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011

Within a single week in 2009, food journalist Robin Mather found herself on the threshold of a divorce and laid off from her job at the Chicago Tribune. Forced into a radical life change, she returned to her native rural Michigan. There she learned to live on a limited budget while remaining...

The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, Revised

40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin

by David George Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013

With its stylish new package, updated information on the health and environmental benefits of insect eating, and breed-your-own instructions, this new edition of The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook is the go-to resource for anyone interested in becoming an entomological epicure. For many Americans, eating...

A Foot in the Door

Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market

by Katharine Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the door-and then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking...
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