A journalist retraces the ancient "carpet routes" through South Asia, taking readers across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq in search of a long-dead Islamic civilization and exploring how militarism, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism are affecting the culture and economy of the region.

The Carpet Wars: From Kabul to Baghdad: A Ten-Year Journey Along Ancient Trade Routes

History

Kremmer, Christopher

Asia

Ecco Pr

An inspired collection of nearly three hundred classic and original recipes, Verdura translates the Italian passion for food into an endless celebration of vegetables.
"A good salad tomato should be firm, plucked from the vine just before it is fully ripened, and heavy with the spicy scent of its foliage." With exquisite attention to the pleasures of cooking fresh food, Viana La Place introduces the basic Italian principle of cooking with herbs and vegetables. Many of these recipes pair simple vegetables with unusual preparations, transforming classic dishes into new masterpieces. Here you will discover revelatory antipasti, like Baby Artichokes Marinated in Lemon and Herbs (Carciofini al Limone e alle Erbe); innovative salads like Romaine and Gorgonzola Salad with Whole Wheat Crostini (Lattuga Romano e Gorgonzola con Crostini al Pone Integrate); and such tantalizing pastas as Butterfly Pasta with Fennel and Balsamic Vinegar (Forfalle ai Finocchi) and Tiny Pasta with Ten Herbs (Tripolini alle Dieci Erbe)--dishes characterized by their earthy, intense fragrance. Viana La Place's brilliant and original recipes will make Verdura a permanent guide to cooking vegetables the Italian way in your kitchen.

Verdura: Vegetables Italian Style

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

LA Place, Viana

Regional & International

Over the Shoulder offers a unique view of the American dream and what this means for Allen Choice, Korean American protagonist and reluctant investigator, shaken from the doldrums of his insulated life. Choice and his partner, Paul Baumgartner, are security specialists for Silicon Valley executives. When Paul gets killed on the job, Choice and an inexperienced Bay Area reporter, Linda Maldonado, begin looking into the puzzling circumstances of the murder. As they work together to unravel the intricate threads of lies and half-truths, they discover that his death might be linked to an older, more personal one - the mysterious death of Allen's father some twenty years earlier. With his self-described "philosophy of removement" as his frame of reference, Choice searches for the hidden, long-buried answers, only to be outmaneuvered at every juncture. Against this backdrop of violence and deception, Choice soon discovers secrets that alter his understanding of his father, of his family - secrets that lead him to a buried history of betrayal.

Over the Shoulder: A Novel of Intrigue

Literature & Fiction

Chang, Leonard

United States

The author of Writings on an Ethical Life reflects on the life and work of his Viennese grandfather, a classical scholar and critic of Sigmund Freud who died at the hands of the Nazis and who left behind a legacy of personal letters and other written materials. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna

Singer, Peter

Biographies & Memoirs

The Scenic Route

Kirshenbaum, Binnie

The King Of The Ants: Mythological Essays

Herbert, Zbigniew

Essays & Correspondence

Review\n"This is the biography that we have long needed: sensitive, elegant, and excellently researched, it brings Pushkin vividly before us." -- Antony Woods, The Times, London\nA biography of one of the great literary lights of Russia explores the tumultuous career of this great poet, and the life of political censorship, unrequited love, dramatic duels, and artistic fervor it encompassed.

Pushkin: A Biography

FEINSTEIN, ELAINE

Arts & Literature

My Sister, My Love

OATES,JOYCE CAROL

Women's Fiction

Moscow Sting

Dryden, Alex

Genre Fiction

"A New York restaurant veteran takes a cup of Down and Out, adds a dash of Fear and Loathing, and whips up a gonzo memoir of what's really going on behind those swinging doors." —Newsweek The mega-bestselling classic, Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential is available in a new pocket-sized Insider's Edition. Bourdain's deliciously funny, delectably shocking, wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade are now hand-annotated throughout by the author himself, with Bourdain's updated insights and commentary—and a new Afterword about the radically changing food and restaurant industry a decade after the book's original publication. The drugs, sex, and haute cuisine are still here, but given a fresh new perspective from the bona fide super-celebrity chef, star of TV's No Reservations, and bestselling author of Medium Raw, Bone in the Throat, Gone Bamboo, and A Cook's Tour. No matter if it's your first time in Tony's Kitchen or if you've experienced the heat before, this sensational Insider's Edition is a treat worth savoring!

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, Insider's Edition

Bourdain, Anthony

Professionals & Academics

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