A collection of over 300 lines from film noir cinema, including "Casablanca", "Born to Kill" and "The Big Heat". The authors bring together the outrageous sayings of the characters of cinema from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Hard Boiled: Great Lines from Classic Noir Films

Literature & Fiction

Thompson, Peggy

USUKAWA, Saeko

Short Stories & Anthologies

Chronicle

The Golden Mean

BANTOCK, Nick

Contemporary

This is the rollicking tale of the adventures of Charlie, the youngest cable car. Only sixty years old, he is tired of the same old rut. One night as he's puffing himself up Nob Hill, he hears a lot of excitement down below: Chinese New year! Suddenly, Charlie takes a right turn at Jackson Street, rather than the left he has taken for sixty years, and he finds himself in the middle of the parade. There he meets a friendly dragon named Chu Chin Chow, who is bored with his job. Charlie treats Chu to a cable car ride that looks as if it will end in a disastrous plunge into the San Francisco Bay--unless a miracle occurs.

The Cable Car and the Dragon

Children's Books

CAEN, Herb

Geography & Cultures

Even if you never travel, the book "will provide good information and entertainment for the armchair survivalist

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, Student Edition

Sports & Outdoors

David Borgenicht

Joshua Piven

Survival Skills

How to handle parenting emergencies: How to make an emergency bottle; how to get rid of monsters in the closet; How to survive a family car trip; How to deal with teenage angst... Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for dealing with the worst-case scenerio in your family.

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting by Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, Sarah Jordan (2003) Paperback

Humor & Entertainment

Borgenicht, David

Piven, Joshua

Jordan, Sarah

Humor

This beautiful and visually stunning book, contains a collection of both ordinary and unusual objects, all of them designed and created with charm, taste and ingenuity, and of immediate appeal to any home-maker or lover of the exotic.

Arts and Crafts of Thailand

Arts & Photography

WILLIAM WARREN

History & Criticism

The acclaimed book that demystified Japanese cuisine for home cooks returns with a newly designed cover as lovely as the photo presentations within. Over 90 exquisite recipes cover every aspect of modern Japanese meals from elaborate kaiseki dinners--to simply prepared noodle bowls for a casual family supper. The dozens of step-by-step technique illustrations make preparing even the most complicated dishes as easy as ichi, ni, san. Vibrant color photographs take fans of Japanese cookery on a culinary tour of the country , exploring the feasts and festivals, restaurants, sushi bars, street stalls, and even the temples for a taste of this intriguing land. Along the way discover why, as a result of their diet, the Japanese live longer than anyone else in the world. Itadaki masu! Enjoy.

At the Japanese Table

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

DOWNER, Lesley

Regional & International

Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in Longing for Darkness, written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante, and now boasting a smart new cover. Readers familiar with Out of Africa may recognize many of the enchanting stories. These celebrated tales and others are retold here from Kamante's perspective and are enhanced with his own drawings and letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Peter Beard. Writes Beard, "Over a period of 12 years, as if divesting himself of his possessions, Kamante put down the extra dimensions of truth which are at the heart of Out of Africa."

Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa, With Original Photographs (January 1914-Ju (1st Chroni) [Paperback]

Peter (collected by) Beard

Religion & Spirituality

La sensualiste

barbara-hodgson

When Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan founded Method, the environmentally friendly brand of cleaning products, they used packaging stylish enough to showcase on the countertop and pleasant aromas such as green tea and cucumber to transform household products into must-have lifestyle accessories. And when they coined the phrase "People Against Dirty," they weren't just talking about the stuff you track in on your shoesthey also meant the toxic chemicals that make up many household detergents. Packed with helpful tips and surprising facts, their first book, Squeaky Green, is a totally informative and completely entertaining room-by-room guide to giving dirty the boot. Squeaky Green isrehab for chemically dependant homes.

Squeaky green : the method guide to detoxing your home

Science & Math

Ryan, Eric / Lowry, Adam

Nature & Ecology

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