Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 New England Book Festival
Vermont Book Award Finalists
"I bake because it connects my soul to my hands, and my heart to my mouth."—Martin Philip
A brilliant, moving meditation on craft and love, and an intimate portrait of baking and our communion with food—complete with seventy-five original recipes and illustrated with dozens of photographs and original hand-drawn illustrations—from the head bread baker of King Arthur Flour.
Yearning for creative connection, Martin Philip traded his finance career in New York City for an entry-level baker position at King Arthur Flour in rural Vermont. A true Renaissance man, the opera singer, banjo player, and passionate amateur baker worked his way up, eventually becoming head bread baker. But Philip is not just a talented craftsman; he is a bread shaman. Being a baker isn’t just mastering the chemistry of flour, salt, water, and yeast; it is being an alchemist—perfecting the transformation of simple ingredients into an elegant expression of the soul.
Breaking Bread is an intimate tour of Philip’s kitchen, mind, and heart. Through seventy-five original recipes and life stories told with incandescent prose, he shares not only the secrets to creating loaves of unparalleled beauty and flavor but the secrets to a good life. From the butter biscuits, pecan pie, and whiskey bread pudding of his childhood in the Ozarks to French baguettes and focaccias, bagels and muffins, cinnamon buns and ginger scones, Breaking Bread is a guide to wholeheartedly embracing the staff of life.
Philip gently guides novice bakers and offers recipes and techniques for the most advanced levels. He also includes a substantial technical section covering the bread-making process, tools, and ingredients. As he illuminates an artisan’s odyssey and a life lived passionately, he reveals how the act of baking offers spiritual connection to our pasts, our families, our culture and communities, and, ultimately, ourselves. Exquisite, sensuous, and delectable, Breaking Bread inspires us to take risks, make bolder choices, live more fully, and bake bread and break it with those we love.

Breaking Bread: A Baker's Journey Home in 75 Recipes

Biographies & Memoirs

Philip, Martin

Professionals & Academics

Harper

Bracero 2.0

Oxford University Press Academic US

The reader's decisions and chance will determine whether Wolverine, a powerful mutant, can defeat the foes sent against him

Invasion of the Ormazoids (Doctor Who, Find Your Fate, No 5)

Children's Books

Ballantine Books

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

BBC AUDIO *

The reader's decisions and chance will determine whether Wolverine, a powerful mutant, can defeat the foes sent against him

Invasion of the Ormazoids (Make your own adventures with Doctor Who)

Severn House

Research Methods in Physical Activity

Stephen J. Silverman

JERRY R. THOMAS

Jennifer Etnier

Human Kinetics

The Doctor and Peri face enemies at every turn on Magnus: the Time Lord bully Anzor, the matriarchal ruler Rana Zandusia, and Sil, bitter from defeat on Varos. And, deep within the planet, there is something else. The future is looking decidedly colder...

Mission to Magnus (Doctor Who: The Lost Stories, 1.02)

Fantasy

Big Finish Productions Ltd

A Guide to Fantasy Literature is a wide-ranging, thoughtful look at the magic of fantasy storytelling and why it delights and enchants readers of all ages. The book discusses the nature of the best writing, from tales of Middle-earth and Narnia to many other examples of high fantasy, dark fantasy, fairy-tale fiction, magic realism, and adventure-fantasy tales. The book also examines the major building blocks of fantasy fiction, and discusses the purpose and popularity of fantasy literature today. Includes material from original interviews and many brief samples of outstanding passages from the writings of the best fantasists, from J.R.R. Tolkien to J.K. Rowling, from C.S. Lewis to Stephen King, drawing an inclusive picture of a vibrant literary community across the ages. 
This is a substantially revised version of an earlier work, The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature (2002), now oriented to a general audience of readers, while offering many tips and techniques for writers.

A Guide to Fantasy Literature - Thoughts on Stories of Wonder and Enchantment

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Crickhollow Books

''I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.''-- Flannery O'Connor Beginning writers too often believe that plot, or character development, or some structural element is what's needed to get published. This book looks at what really makes fiction work: good storytelling. ''A good writer is basically a storyteller,'' said Isaac Bashevis Singer, winner of the Nobel Prize. However, basic storytelling techniques, despite their immense value to all writers, are seldom taught in writing courses or in ''how to get published'' books of advice. This slim book explores three key elements that fuel the magic of story - intriguing eccentricity, delightful details, and satisfying surprises. The proven storytelling techniques are time-tested and used by the best authors, including by winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer, and National Book Award, as well as by commercially successful authors whose books appear on bestseller lists and whose work is treasured by generations of fans.Written by an accomplished editor and indie-press publisher, this guide draws on the author's decades of experience in the book trade, studying what really works for emerging writers and editing many books of advice on literary craft and career development.It will help writers in their efforts to craft better fiction (or nonfiction) and to get their best work published.

How To Write Your Best Story - Advice for Writers on Spinning an Enchanting Tale

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

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