What do weight loss, evil emperors and tales of redemption have in common? We readers have many dirty little secrets-and our bestselling books are spilling them all. We can't resist conspiratorial crooks or the number 7. We have bought millions of books about cheese. And over a million of us read more than 50 nearly identical books every single year. In Why We Read What We Read, Lisa Adams and John Heath take an insightful and often hilarious tour through nearly 200 bestselling books, ferreting out their persistent themes and determining what those say about what we believe and how we relate to one another. Some of our favorite (and revealing) topics include: --Repeating the Obvious: Diet, Wealth, and Inspiration --Black and White and Read All Over: Good and Evil in Bestselling Adventure Novels and Political Nonfiction --Soul Train: Religion and Spirituality --Hopefully Ever After: Love, Romance and Relationships --Reading for Redemption: Trials and Triumphs in Literary Fiction and Nonfiction --Controversy and Conspiracy in The Da Vinci Code Explore the nature of what and how we read-and what it means for our psyches, our society and our future.

Why We Read What We Read: A Delightfully Opinionated Journey Through Bestselling Books

Literature & Fiction

John Heath

Lisa Adams

History & Criticism

Sourcebooks

S'mores
Gourmet Treats for Every Occasion
S'mores takes the classic campfire treat to an unbelievably yummy new level! Lisa Adams has set out to create recipes for s'mores that really live up to their name and leaving everyone clamoring for "some more!" S'mores shares dozens of delightful recipes that use fruits, chocolates of every variety, sauces, breads, cookies and more to embellish the classic s'more and add variety, creativity, and fun to the fire.
Delicious new takes on the classic campfire dessert.
Recipes include:
Fruit Flavor Burst
Banana Caramel
Kettle Corn
Caramel Apple
Chocolate Raspberry Croissant
Stuffed Apricot
The Roasty Toasty
Chocolate Yogurt
Smashing Pumpkins
Candy Cane
Fun Facts:
July 7th is Chocolate Day!
August 10th is National S'mores Day!
August 30th is National Toasted Marshmellow Day!
The first publication of the "Official S'more Recipe" was in the Girl Scouts newsletter, published by the Girl Scouts in 1927.
Lisa Adams is a writer, camping veteran and lifetime sweet tooth who loves to share her divinely delicious recipes with s'more fans everywhere. She lives in Menlo Park, California.

S'mores: Gourmet Treats For Every Occasion

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Desserts

Gibbs-Smith

LISA ADAMS: VICISSITUDE OF CIRCUMSTANCE surveys the seductive, shape-shifting psyche within Lisa Adams' haunting, mentally charged paintings. Almost cinematic in their dream-like construction of unexpected narrative and reclusive symbolism, the works document memory in strange and beautiful ways. Meaning unfurls in time lapse, both infused with a sense of rapid-fire immediacy and expansive timelessness. Like Zen koans, implausible questions take precedence over didacticism, urging viewers to forgo rational thought in order to access a deeper intuition. Transmitting informational systems, circumstance, and story with a delicate, yet commanding, organic pulse-- as if through the snap of an electrically charged synapse-- her images resonate within the subconscious and sublime.

Lisa Adams: Vicissitude of Circumstance

James Scarborough

Ezrha Jean Black

Arts & Photography

Zero+ Publishing

America's Real Health Care Crisis

Spirit of Namaste Health and Wellness Center

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