From the author of The Mediterranean Kitchen comes this sublime gastronomic tour through the cultures and cuisines of Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. From Jordanian meat pie to North African couscous, the traditional and the exotic are fully explored. 250 recipes. 240 photos.

Mediterranean the Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Mediterranean Lands

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Goldstein, Joyce

Algar, Ayla

JOHNSON, Peter

Regional & International

Collins Pub San Francisco

New Firms: An Economic Perspective

Business & Money

Economics

Unwin Hyman

The Structure of British Industry

The overview of declining and expanding, private and nationalized, capital and labour-intensive occupations offers a wide-range of illustrative and case-study material.

Routledge

For fans of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, and Jack Gantos's Joey Pigza Books comes a hilarious and poignant slice-of-life novel from critically acclaimed author and poet Peter Johnson.
When an author comes to speak to his class in a rundown area of Providence, Houdini decides to make money by writing his own novel. Houdini chronicles his life as he and his friends start a leaf-raking business, befriend Old Man Jackson (a Vietnam War veteran with a seriously intimidating dog), and get even with the neighborhood bully, Angel. But it's hard to find a way to write about his dad losing his job or his brother, Franklin, who is first reported missing in action in Iraq and then still seems to be missing when he comes home.
No matter what, Houdini and his friends rely on one another to figure out how to do the right thing. And Houdini discovers that writing and thinking about his friends and family lets him get to know them in completely new ways.

The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr. AKA Houdini

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Harpercollins

This heartfelt story about school, friendship, and family is perfect for readers who can't get enough of such middle grade favorites as Jerry Spinelli and Gary D. Schmidt. From acclaimed author Peter Johnson, The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez is a novel that will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate your family all the more.
Everyone thinks Benny Alvarez is Mr. Negativity. According to Benny, he's just realistic about seeing the "other side" of things—when it comes to just about everything. But maybe there's another way to deal with the things Benny can't control—like his ailing grandfather, his wild younger brother, and the know-it-all girls at school. In this poignant novel about acceptance, Benny Alvarez will have to decide . . . is the glass half empty or half full?

The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez

Powerful, riveting, and real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetrators, these stories get to the heart of the matter.
From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes, each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales, each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society is, and the impact they have on all of us.
Other acclaimed contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns

Literature & Fiction

Cart, Michael

Lynch, Chris

Koertge, Ron

Galloway, Gregory

Myers, Walter Dean

Weaver, Will

Block, Francesca Lia

Flinn, Alex

Wein, Elizabeth

Shanower, Eric

Aronson, Marc

Crutcher, Chris

Wynne-Jones, Tim

Hubbard, Jenny

Averett, Edward

OATES,JOYCE CAROL

Short Stories & Anthologies

HarperTeen

Powerful, riveting, real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspective to give. Capturing the hurt and the healing, victims and perpetrators, these stories get to the heart of the matter.
From a boy whose low self-esteem is impacted when a gun comes into his possession to a student recalling a senseless tragedy that befell a favorite teacher, from a realistic look at hunting to a provocative look at a family that defies stereotypes, each emotional story stirs the debate to new levels. The juxtaposition of guns and their consequences offers moving tales, each a reminder of how crucial the question of guns in our society is, and the impact they have on all of us.
Other acclaimed contributors are Marc Aronson, Edward Averett, Francesca Lia Block, Alex Flinn, Gregory Galloway, Jenny Hubbard, Peter Johnson, Ron Koertge, Chris Lynch, Eric Shanower, Will Weaver, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

Covers the realities of implementation in an incredible technology.

Ethernet-Based Metro Area Networks

Computers & Technology

Minoli, Daniel

Minoli, Emma

Certification

McGraw-Hill Professional

There has always been intense interest amongst sailors in sailing faster than anyone has ever done before. 
The RYA Book of World Sailing Records brings together for the first time all the past and present sailing and boating records, and recounts the adventures, the mishaps, the dramas and the successes that have taken place along the way. Packed with fascinating information never before gathered together or analysed in this way, the book includes: 
<li>What constitutes a record? </li>
<li>Ocean records from clipper ships to Ellen MacArthur </li>
<li>The fastest ever 500 metre run </li>
<li>The 50 knot barrier </li>
<li>Sailing firsts </li>
<li>Inshore speed records from the kite boats, planers and foilers to powerboats </li>
<li>Records still to go for This is a book that will fascinate anyone with an interest in the sea, as well as providing ample food for thought for would-be record breakers.
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The RYA Book of World Sailing Records

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

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