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A kitchen classic for nearly 35 years, this book has been hailed as "a minor masterpiece" by Time magazine since its 1984 debut. It serves as the essential resource for food lovers and professional chefs seeking to understand the origins, compositions, and transformative processes of food. For its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee released a fully revised edition, rewriting the text almost entirely, expanding it by two-thirds, and adding over 100 new illustrations. This new edition remains engaging and readable, offering countless insights into food preparation and enjoyment. It pioneered the translation of technical food science into accessible kitchen science and played a key role in the rise of "molecular gastronomy." While other kitchen science books exist, this one stands out for its unmatched accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness, blending scientific explanations with the historical evolution of foods and cooking techniques. Key themes include traditional and modern food production methods, diverse preparation techniques across cultures, tips for selecting and preparing ingredients, the substances that contribute to flavor, and evolving knowledge about food health benefits and risks. This monumental compendium is invaluable for anyone who has ever cooked, savored, or been curious about food.

When an accident takes the life of his daughter, Emma, ATF agent Jack McClure blames himself, numbing the pain by submerging himself in work. Then he receives a call from an old friend whose daughter has been kidnapped.

The year is 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman watches from the window as the city is set alight and a mob runs riot destroying everything they can lay their hands on. She begins to write down the events unfolding around her and the secret history of the Okumichi Clan. Six centuries later the lost scrolls fall into the hands of American missionary Emily Gibson, a new arrival at Edo Harbour and racing from her tragic past. Emily quickly finds herself translating the text, caught up in the gripping tale of ancestry, heroism and forbidden love. At the same time Emily is desperately trying to unravel the complexities in her own life as two men fight for her love. As Emily sifts through the fragile scrolls, she begins to see threads of her own life woven into the ancient writings. As past and present collide, a hidden history comes to life, and with it a secret prophecy that has been shrouded for centuries and may now finally be revealed.

Two tours of Iraq under his belt, Sergeant Dave Henley has seen something of how modern battles are fought. But nothing can prepare him for the posting to Forward Operating Base Senzhiri, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This is a warzone like even he's never seen before.

Matt Hunter è uscito di galera dopo nove anni di reclusione, colpevole unicamente di essersi intromesso in una rissa in cui una persona aveva perso la vita. Fuori dal carcere Matt è solo un ex detenuto con una strada tutta in salita. Lo aiutano a rialzarsi la moglie Olivia e il figlio che lei porta in grembo. Ma il passato in qualche modo sembra tornare a perseguitare Matt quando una serie di omicidi sembrano indicare in lui il principale sospetto. Uscire dalla legalità per cercare di trovare la propria innocenza per Matt e Olivia diventerà un percorso obbligato.

Rosa, reprinted with a revised cover, is the author's third novel after The Overseer and The Book of Q and is the first in the Berlin Trilogy. Shadow and Light was the second and The Second Son the third.

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9781569472422 Qiu Xiaolong's Anthony Award-winning debut introduces Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police. A young “national model worker,” renowned for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up dead in a Shanghai canal. As Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Special Cases Bureau struggles to trace the hidden threads of her past, he finds himself challenging the very political forces that have guided his life since birth. Chen must tiptoe around his superiors if he wants to get to the bottom of this crime, and risk his career—perhaps even his life—to see justice done.

A Princeton, gli studenti prossimi alla laurea sono immersi nella preparazione delle tesi e due di loro, Tom Sullivan e Paul Harris, sono a un passo dal risolvere i misteri dell'Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, un'opera rinascimentale che, fin dalla sua pubblicazione, ha eluso gli sforzi degli studiosi che cercavano di decifrarla. Nonostante l'impressione di essere molto vicini alla soluzione, i ragazzi si trovano di fronte a una barriera invalicabile, finché un diario perduto, emerso dal passato, fornisce loro un indizio di importanza fondamentale. Ma quando uno studente viene brutalmente assassinato, Tom e Paul capiscono di non essere stati i primi a tentare di lacerare il velo dietro cui si celano i segreti dell'Hypnerotomachia. E il manoscritto appare loro sotto una nuova luce: un vero e proprio labirinto matematico, un percorso a ostacoli disseminato di morti. Tutti quelli che vi si sono addentrati hanno pagato a caro prezzo il loro desiderio di conoscenza... «Un intrigante romanzo basato sul più misterioso, affascinante ed enigmatico libro del Rinascimento italiano.» Corriere della Sera

Het jaar is 4368 v. Chr. Marrah trekt met haar vriend Stavan ten strijde tegen het kwaad dat de sterke en oorlogszuchtige krijgers van de nomadische stam der Hansi belichamen. Haar hechte vriendschap met Stavan, zelf een Hansi, wordt door vriend en vijand met argwaan bekeken, maar wanneer Marrah moeder wordt van een tweeling is hun band door niets en niemand meer te verbreken. In het onherbergzame oosten van Europa, aan de oevers van een onbekende zee, worden Marrah en Stavan opnieuw geconfronteerd met de agressieve stam die zich woest en wild te paard verplaatst. Stavan wordt zelfs gevangen genomen. Marrah blijft achter, bedroefd maar niet bang, want haar geestkracht en haar energie, geërfd van vele vrouwelijke voorouders, geven haar moed.....

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