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420 Ways to Clean Everythingby Harriet WylieISBN 0517073714 (0-517-07371-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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All Souls' Risingby Madison Smartt BellISBN 0517196921 (0-517-19692-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0517189682 (0-517-18968-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Annotated Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, John Leech, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0517527413 (0-517-52741-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Annotated Walden: Walden or Life in the Woodsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0517224232 (0-517-22423-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Walden: Walden or Life in the Woods'Book summary:Walden; Or, Life in the Woods written by legendary author Henry David Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great classic on self reliance will surely attract a whole new generation of Henry David Thoreau readers. For many, Walden; Or, Life in the Woods is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Henry David Thoreau is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books America and beautifully produced, Walden; Or, Life in the Woods would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. [via]
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Bit of Everythingby SernettISBN 0513020640 (0-513-02064-0)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance GarnettISBN 0486437914 (0-486-43791-4)
Softcover, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov'Book summary:This brilliant work by one of Russia's foremost novelists teems with greed, passion, depravity, and complex moral issues. Three brothers, involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father, find their lives irrevocably altered as they are driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge.[via]More editions of The Brothers Karamazov:
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0517274159 (0-517-27415-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Tomas Bulfinch's wonderful and accessible retelling of the myths of classical antiquity and the fables of the age of chivalry has been renowned for almost 150 years as a rich panorama of gods, goddesses, and heroes, of crusading knights in the Holy Land and outlaw archers in Sherwood Forest.
With an introduction by the eminent historian Michael Grant, the selections resented here offer lively versions of the legends of the Trojan War and the epic homeward voyage of Ulysses, the story of King Richard the LionHearted, and the tales of Robin Hood.
During his distinguished career, Michael Grant has been a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; professor of humanities at Edinburgh University; vice- chancellor of the University of Khartoum; and president and vice-chancellor of the Queen's University, Belfast. Among his many books are Myths of the Greeks and Romans, Founders of the Western World: A History of Greece and Rome, and Greeks and Romans: A Social History. Bulfinch's Mythology is also available from Random House as an unabridged Modern Library book. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology:
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Complete Textsby Thomas BulfinchISBN 051722688X (0-517-22688-X)
Hardcover, Gramercy
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Charlotte and Emily Bronteby Charlotte Bronte, Emily BronteISBN 0517147793 (0-517-14779-3)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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Children of the Mistby Aleen MalcolmISBN 0515087505 (0-515-08750-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Arthur RackhamISBN 0486451240 (0-486-45124-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
Colette Complete Claudineby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517448521 (0-517-44852-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassantby Guy de MaupassantISBN 0517457512 (0-517-45751-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassant'Book summary:[via]Collected Stories of Guy de Maupassant is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Guy de Maupassant is one of the few writers whose short storieswitty, economical, elegant, yet straightforward in styleare so forceful that his literary reputation can rest on them alone. Beneath their deceptively simple surfaces lies a deep understanding of the complexities of the human psyche. Maupassant explores the full panoply of late-nineteenth-century French society, from prostitutes in Parisian brothels and peasants in rural cottages, to adulterous aristocrats at expensive spas and patrician parties.
This collection begins with Ball-of-Fat, the first story Maupassant published under his own name. Called a masterpiece by his friend and mentor Gustave Flaubert, it instantly raised the young author to celebrity status and created a clamor for more of his work. He responded with over three hundred stories (and six novels) written in a dozen years. Among others included here are the favorites The Necklace, The Horla, The False Gems, and Useless Beauty.
Richard Fusco received his Ph.D. from Duke University and is Associate Professor of English at Saint Josephs University in Philadelphia. A specialist in nineteenth-century American literature and in short-story narrative theory, his published criticism includes Maupassant and the American Short Story: The Influence of Form at the Turn of the Century and Fin de millénaire: Poes Legacy for the Detective Story.
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Color Your Own Degas Paintingsby Edgar DegasISBN 048642376X (0-486-42376-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Color Your Own Degas Paintings'Book summary:[via]Would-be artists of all ages are invited to apply their own hues to excellent adaptations of 30 works by renowned 19th-century French Impressionist among them A Woman with Chrysanthemums, Dancers Resting, The Bellelli Family, The Procession (At the Race Course), The Millinery Shop, and Women Combing Their Hair. Original paintings reproduced in color.More editions of Color Your Own Degas Paintings:
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The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Talesby Jacob Grimm, Lily OwensISBN 0517229250 (0-517-22925-0)
Hardcover, Gramercy
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The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Talesby Lily OwensISBN 051709293X (0-517-09293-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales'Book summary:L. Owens, ed. Presents all 215 stories recorded by the Brothers Grimm, many not available elsewhere, illustrated by renowned artists. Includes such timeless favorites as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and The Frog Prince. A delight for young and old alike. 100 b&w illustrations. 704 pages. [via]
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wellsby H. G. WellsISBN 051726188X (0-517-26188-X)
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A Confederacy of Dunces : A Novelby John Kennedy Toole, Walker PercyISBN 0517122707 (0-517-12270-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Confederacy of Dunces : A Novel'Book summary:"A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
Meet Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero of John Kennedy Toole's tragicomic tale, A Confederacy of Dunces. This 30-year-old medievalist lives at home with his mother in New Orleans, pens his magnum opus on Big Chief writing pads he keeps hidden under his bed, and relays to anyone who will listen the traumatic experience he once had on a Greyhound Scenicruiser bound for Baton Rouge. ("Speeding along in that bus was like hurtling into the abyss.") But Ignatius's quiet life of tyrannizing his mother and writing his endless comparative history screeches to a halt when he is almost arrested by the overeager Patrolman Mancuso--who mistakes him for a vagrant--and then involved in a car accident with his tipsy mother behind the wheel. One thing leads to another, and before he knows it, Ignatius is out pounding the pavement in search of a job.
Over the next several hundred pages, our hero stumbles from one adventure to the next. His stint as a hotdog vendor is less than successful, and he soon turns his employers at the Levy Pants Company on their heads. Ignatius's path through the working world is populated by marvelous secondary characters: the stripper Lana Lee and her talented cockatoo; the septuagenarian secretary Miss Trixie, whose desperate attempts to retire are constantly, comically thwarted; gay blade Dorian Greene; sinister Miss Lee, proprietor of the Night of Joy nightclub; and Myrna Minkoff, the girl Ignatius loves to hate. The many subplots that weave through A Confederacy of Dunces are as complicated as anything you'll find in a Dickens novel, and just as beautifully tied together in the end. But it is Ignatius--selfish, domineering, and deluded, tragic and comic and larger than life--who carries the story. He is a modern-day Quixote beset by giants of the modern age. His fragility cracks the shell of comic bluster, revealing a deep streak of melancholy beneath the antic humor. John Kennedy Toole committed suicide in 1969 and never saw the publication of his novel. Ignatius Reilly is what he left behind, a fitting memorial to a talented and tormented life. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Kant, J. MeiklejohnISBN 0486432548 (0-486-43254-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Degasby Patrick Bade, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517053780 (0-517-05378-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Dione Lucas Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook: Classic Recipes, Menus, and Methods as Taught in the Classes of the Gourmet Cooking Schoolby Darlene Geis, Dione Lucas, Dione Lucas Cooking SchoolISBN 0517370611 (0-517-37061-1)
Hardcover, Bonanza Books
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Dragonswanby Sherrilyn KenyonISBN 0515140791 (0-515-14079-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Ecce Homoby Anthony M. Ludovici, Federico NietzscheISBN 0486434168 (0-486-43416-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Elements of Chemistryby Antoine LavoisierISBN 0486646246 (0-486-64624-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Forward the Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 051715482X (0-517-15482-X)
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The French Cafeby Marie-France Boyer, Eric MorinISBN 0500016224 (0-500-01622-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The French Cafe'Book summary:The French cafe epitomises the French art of living. Through its timeless glass doors float the aromas of strong coffee and black-tobacco, hot milk and fresh croissants. The cafe, open early until late, is both focus and microcosm of society. Friends talk; lovers linger; the white saucers pile up as the world goes by; a lone customer comes in to read the newspapers or for a petit verre at the bar. The French cafe is a refuge, a place to meet, to sit inside or out, somewhere to see and be seen. For anyone interested in French life and culture, here is a an intimate look at a great institution, from the grand establishments dating from the all rural bistro from the workers' local cafes to the legendary Parisian cafes where the poets, painters and philosophers gathered. From Directoire decoration to Starck style, this book reveals the rich variety and extraordinary inventiveness of cafe design. Marie-France Boyer is a freelance journalist, and represents in Paris the magazine "The World of Interiors". Her last book wass "Cabin Fever: Sheds and Shelters, Huts and Hideaways" (1993), also published by Thames and Hudson. Eric Morin is a Paris-based photographer who contributes to many magazines on interior design including "The World of Interiors". [via]
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Future Manby Brian M. StablefordISBN 0517552493 (0-517-55249-3)
Softcover, Random House Value Pub
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Gauguin's Skirtby Stephen F. EisenmanISBN 050028038X (0-500-28038-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gauguin's Skirt'Book summary:This work is about contemporary Tahitians and a long-dead French painter, sex today and sex in the late-19th century, and colonialism old and new. Paul Gauguin travelled to Tahiti in 1891 in search of an exotic paradise. What he found instead was a French colony ostentatiously divided by race, sex and class. The artist began to explore the complexities of his world through drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpting. These works depict ancient and modern Tahitians at labour and leisure and the landscape of Polynesia; they also expose the contradictory perspective of an avant-garde artist exiled both from the modern French metropolis and from the traditions of the indigenous Maohi culture. Based upon archival and ethnographic research in France and Tahiti, this book challenges interpretations of the political and gender content of the notorious artist's pictures, and argues that many of Gauguin's most famous pictures are far more knowing than had previously been supposed. [via]
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The Genealogy of Moralsby Friedrich Nietzsche, Horace Barnett SamuelISBN 0486426912 (0-486-42691-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Great Book of French Impressionismby Horst KellerISBN 0517374595 (0-517-37459-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Great French Short Storiesby Paul NegriISBN 0486434702 (0-486-43470-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Heidiby Johanna SpyriISBN 0517189674 (0-517-18967-4)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heidi'Book summary:Johanna Spyri's classic story of a young orphan sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps is retold in it's entirety in this beautifully bound hardcover edition. Heidi has charmed and intrigued readers since it's original publication in 1880. Much more than a children's story, the narrative is also a lesson on the precarious nature of freedom, a luxury too often taken for granted. Heidi almost loses her liberty as she is ripped away from the tranquility of the mountains to tend to a sick cousin in the city. Happily, all's well that ends well, and the reader is left with only warm, fuzzy thoughts. Spryi's story will never grow wearisome--and this is a very appealing edition. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
Hundred Fables of LA Fontaineby Percy BillinghurstISBN 0517402068 (0-517-40206-8)
Hardcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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The Illustrated Brothers Grimm Fairy Talesby Arthur Rackham, Wilhelm K. Grimm, Jacob W. GrimmISBN 0517285258 (0-517-28525-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolutionby T. J. ClarkISBN 050027245X (0-500-27245-X)
Softcover, Thames and Hudson
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The Imitation of Christby Thomas, Aloysius Croft, Harold BoltonISBN 0486431851 (0-486-43185-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Imitation of Christ'Book summary:The Thomas à Kempis fan club includes St. Ignatius, Thomas Merton, Thomas More, and even Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. (She reads a chapter of The Imitation of Christ every night before sleep.) Imitation has exerted immense influence on Christian worship, ethics, and church structure, because it gives specific yet broad-minded guidance about the central task of Christian life--learning to live like Jesus. Better to read this book a little here and there, now and then, than to try gobbling it cover to cover. Imitation is no triumph of orderly thinking, but it's a great monument and incentive to deep living. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Musicby James JoyceISBN 051708239X (0-517-08239-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Music'Book summary:An eclectic volume of works by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century includes a short story collection, his most famous novel, and an early sequence of poems. [via]
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Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0517118297 (0-517-11829-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
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Josef Albers: Formulation Articulationby Josef AlbersISBN 0500238286 (0-500-23828-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Kafka Was the Rage : A Greenwich Village Memoirby Anatole BroyardISBN 0517596180 (0-517-59618-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kafka Was the Rage : A Greenwich Village Memoir'Book summary:What Hemingway's A Moveable Feast did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fledgling avant-gardist, intoxicated by books, sex, and the neighborhood that offered both in such abundance. Stylish written, mercurially witty, imbued with insights that are both affectionate and astringent, this memoir offers an indelible portrait of a lost bohemia.
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LA Varenne Pratique: The Complete Illustrated Cooking Course Techniques, Ingredients, and Tools of Classic Modern Cuisineby Ann WillanISBN 0517573830 (0-517-57383-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Varenne Pratique: The Complete Illustrated Cooking Course Techniques, Ingredients, and Tools of Classic Modern Cuisine'Book summary:Unprecedented in both scope and clarity, La Varenne Pratique is destined to become the essential culinary reference for both novice cook and expert. Written by the founder and director of Paris's prestigious La Varenne cooking school and compiled using La Varenne's extensive resources, the book brings together a practical understanding of cooking techniques, ingredients, and equipment in an unrivaled guide to classic modern cooking.
Here in one volume is the answer to every cooking question: how to make a hollandaise sauce (and why egg yolks will only absorb so much oil before the sauce self-destructs); the difference between entrecote and porterhouse; what marinades to use for lamb; which herbs will turn bitter if added at the beginning of a recipe; how to bone a chicken; the roasting times for venison, pheasant, and even squirrel; how to fillet a fiat fish; when to use a bain marie; and much more.
La Varenne Pratique is divided into 22 chapters, among them Meat and Charcuterie; Poultry and Game Birds; Milk, Cheese, and Eggs; Pastry and Cookies; Preserving, Stocks, and Soups; and Microwave Cooking. Each chapter offers an overview of the food discussed and then explains how to choose, prepare, store, cook, and present it. Recipes are included wherever an important cooking technique requires a specific example-they are carefully chosen not only to illustrate a particular dish but also to illuminate a way of cooking. In addition, La Varenne Pratique includes a guide to kitchen equipment and a glossary of culinary terms.
The photographic illustrations in La Varenne Pratique are beyond comparison. Throughout the book, techniques are clearly illustrated with specially commissioned step-by-step photo sequences that set new standards for culinary photography. Readers can actually see what texture a sauce should be, exactly where to make the first cut when boning a Chicken, what the "crust" on a clarifying broth will look like, and what larding a roast really entails.
There has never been a book like La Varenne Pratique. Comprehensive, authoritative, and eminently practical, it demands a place in the kitchen of every serious cook. [via]More editions of LA Varenne Pratique: The Complete Illustrated Cooking Course Techniques, Ingredients, and Tools of Classic Modern Cuisine:
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Lady Chatterley's Loverby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0486452344 (0-486-45234-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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Lady Susanby Jane AustenISBN 0486444074 (0-486-44407-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Last of the Mohicansby James Fenimore CooperISBN 0486426785 (0-486-42678-5)
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Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry: 15th-Century Manuscriptby Pol de Limbourg, Jean Colombe, Edmond PognonISBN 0517282887 (0-517-28288-7)
Hardcover, Crescent Books
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The Life of the Beeby Maurice Maeterlinck, Edwin Way Teale, Alfred SutroISBN 0486451437 (0-486-45143-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Life, the Universe and Everythingby Douglas AdamsISBN 0517548747 (0-517-54874-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0517189542 (0-517-18954-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Living Language French All the Way: Conversation/Grammar/Culture/Reading/Writingby Annie HeminwayISBN 0517595664 (0-517-59566-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Womanby Stefan ZweigISBN 0517553422 (0-517-55342-2)
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Matter and Memoryby Henri Bergson, Nancy Margaret Paul, W. Scott PalmerISBN 048643415X (0-486-43415-X)
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 0486432157 (0-486-43215-7)
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N'Heures Souris Ramesby Ormonde De KayISBN 0517540819 (0-517-54081-9)
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The New Larousse Gastronomique: The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookeryby Prosper Montagne, Charlotte Snyder TurgeonISBN 0517531372 (0-517-53137-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishers
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Night Gameby Christine FeehanISBN 0515139769 (0-515-13976-9)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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Nostradamus and His Propheciesby Edgar LeoniISBN 051738809X (0-517-38809-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Notes and Projects for the Large Glassby Arturo Schwarz, Marcel DuchampISBN 0500231168 (0-500-23116-8)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 0517390531 (0-517-39053-1)
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0486424537 (0-486-42453-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...and soft-hearted a mood by the very first eligible young fellow who appeals to your compassion; and I wish I were a young fellow that I might avail myself on the spot of such a favourable opportunity for doing so, as the present. You are as great a boy as poor Brittles himself, returned Rose, blushing. Well, said the doctor, laughing heartily, that is no very ditficult matter. But to return to this boy: the great point of our agreement is yet to come. He will wake in an hour or so, I dare say; and although I have told that thick-headed constablefellow down stairs that he mustnt be moved or spoken to, on peril of his life, I think we may converse with him without, danger. Now, I make this stipulation---that I shall examine him in your presence, and that if from what he says, we judge, and I can show to the satisfaction of your cool reason, that he is a real and thorough bad one (which is more than possible), he shall be left to his fate, without any further interference on my part, at all events. Oh no, aunt l entreated Rose. Oh yes, aunt! said the doctor. Is it a bargain? _ He cannot be hardened in vice, said Rose; it is impossible. Very good, retorted the doctor; then so much th6 more reason for acceding to my proposition. Finally the treaty was entered into, and the parties thereto sat down to wait with some impatience until Oliver should awake. The patience of the two ladies was destined to undergo a longer trial than Mr. Losberne had led them to expect, for hour alter hour passed on, and still Oliver slumbered heavily. It was evening, indeed, before th_e kind-hearted doctor brought... [via]
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Opera Libretto Libraryby Outlet Book Company StaffISBN 0517318830 (0-517-31883-0)
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Paris Bistro Cookingby Linda Dannenberg, Louise Fili, Michelle Willems, Guy BouchetISBN 0517228289 (0-517-22828-9)
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Pierre Deux's French Countryby Pierre Moulin, Pierre LeVec, Linda DannenbergISBN 0517547872 (0-517-54787-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pierre Deux's French Country'Book summary:What has come to be known as the French country look is really the style of Provence -- the sun-drenched region in the south of France centering on Arles, Avignon, and Aix-en-Provence. It is a land of cool stone chateaux, farmhouses painted in ochres and dusty roses, country roads bordered by rows of graceful cypress trees, fields of lavender, trellised grapevines, red tile roofs, ancient hilltop cities such as Les Baux, and the vivid blue of the Mediterranean along the Cote d'Azur. The clarity of the light and the intoxicating sensuality of the landscape inspired Cezanne and Van Gogh.
In over 450 full-color photographs, Pierre Deux's French Country explores all the rich ingredients of Provencal style. There are chapters on colors, fabrics, pottery, furniture, decorative elements, houses, gardens, and French country adaptations in the United States. A ten-page directory offers U.S. and French sources for regional antiques and contemporary products.
From the brightly patterned paisley cottons of Souleiado in Tarascon to the hand-blown glass of Biot and the hand-molded faience platters of Moustiers, from the massive 18th-century armoires and rush-seated banquettes and chairs to bread boxes, saltboxes, and chests with intricately carved floral motifs, the craftsmanship of the region imparts a special luster, a vibrancy and warmth of color and texture that survive in the works of today, Whether presenting a charmingly rustic ranch deep in the horse country of the Camargue, a Renaissance mas in the foothills of the Alps, or a wine-producer's estate near Saint-Remy, this book paints a vivid portrait of a land of grace and simplicity that is at once exuberantly beautiful, seductive, effortless, and sophisticated. [via]More editions of Pierre Deux's French Country:
Reflections on Violenceby Georges Sorel, T. E. Hulme, J. Roth, Edward Albert ShilsISBN 0486437078 (0-486-43707-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Rococo to Revolution: Major Trends in Eighteenth-Century Paintingby Michael LeveyISBN 0500200505 (0-500-20050-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Rodinby Yvon TaillandierISBN 0517082667 (0-517-08266-7)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Edward Fitzgerald, Rene BullISBN 0517072327 (0-517-07232-7)
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The School of Fontainebleau: Etchings and Engravingsby Henri ZernerISBN 050035006X (0-500-35006-X)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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A Season in Hell and Other Worksby Arthur Rimbaud, Stanley AppelbaumISBN 0486430871 (0-486-43087-1)
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The Secret Paris of the '30sby Brassai, Richard MillerISBN 0500271089 (0-500-27108-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Sherbrooke Brideby Catherine CoulterISBN 0515107662 (0-515-10766-2)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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Tao Te Chingby Derek Bryce, Lao Tzu, Laozi, Leon WiegerISBN 0517225344 (0-517-22534-4)
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Three Complete Novelsby Michael CrichtonISBN 0517084791 (0-517-08479-1)
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Tolkien Bestiaryby David DayISBN 0517120771 (0-517-12077-1)
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Toulouse-Lautrecby Maria C. VisaniISBN 050041047X (0-500-41047-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Toulouse-Lautrec: The Complete Graphic Worksby Gotz AdrianiISBN 0500091889 (0-500-09188-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: The Fantastic 14th-century Account of a Journey to the Eastby John MandevilleISBN 0486443787 (0-486-44378-7)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0486424723 (0-486-42472-3)
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With Napoleon In Russiaby Armand De Caulaincourt, Jean Hanoteau, George LibaireISBN 0486440133 (0-486-44013-3)
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Thus Spake Zarathustra (Selections)/Also Sprach Zarathustra (Auswahl): A Dual-Language Bookby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Stanley AppelbaumISBN 0486437116 (0-486-43711-6)
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