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Book Banana Bubblegum

    Book Details:
  • Author : Melody Ortenburger Suppes
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2017-05-18
  • ISBN : 1524556386
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book Banana Bubblegum written by Melody Ortenburger Suppes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all his serial killer experience, LAPD homicide detective Herman Hermie Grabfelder is shocked at the savagery of the murder of Jordan Hashemi and Lila Miller on Mothers Day, witnessed by her teenage son who has vanished. Shock and frustration mount when this is followed by the similar slaughter of three young, lovely Muslim women. Now dodging political ramifications and hiding the catatonic son until he recovers enough to name the killer, Hermie has to solve murders that echo assassinations invented in eleventh-century Persia.

Book Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth

Download or read book Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth written by Kim Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays look at the characteristics, development, and artists of the bubblegum pop music genre, from the Archies and the Cowsills in the 1960s to Tiffany in the 1980s and Britney Spears in the 1990s.

Book The Wine  Beer  and Spirits Handbook

Download or read book The Wine Beer and Spirits Handbook written by Joe LaVilla and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-05 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes food and wine, beer and spirits pairings and how different food flavours and beverages interact. Starting with a look at how wines are made, how to taste wine and how wines interact with food, the different types of grapes, where they are grown, and the types of wines that are made with them.

Book Epic Tales from Adventure Time  The Virtue of Ardor

Download or read book Epic Tales from Adventure Time The Virtue of Ardor written by T. T. MacDangereuse and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Flame Princess (also known as Phoebe) as she leaves her home for the city of Confectorium, a Candy Kingdom version of Ancient Rome. Will Phoebe's fire and passion lead her to danger and destruction, or will she find her place in this strange new land? The Epic Tales series, based on an idea from Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward, features the show's beloved characters in stories inspired by classic pulp novels (with a touch of romance) in a fan-fiction version of Ooo.

Book Psychedelia and Other Colours

Download or read book Psychedelia and Other Colours written by Rob Chapman and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Psychedelia and Other Colours, acclaimed author Rob Chapman explores in crystalline detail the history, precedents and cultural impact of LSD, from the earliest experiments in painting with light and immersive environments to the thriving avant-garde scene that existed in San Francisco even before the Grateful Dead and the Fillmore Auditorium. In the UK, he documents an entirely different history, and one that has never been told before. It has its roots in fairy tales and fairgrounds, the music hall and the dead of Flanders fields, in the Festival of Britain and that peculiarly British strand of surrealism that culminated in the Magical Mystery Tour. Sitars and Sergeant Pepper, surfadelica and the Soft Machine, light shows and love-ins - the mind-expanding effects of acid were to redefine popular culture as we know it. Psychedelia and Other Colours documents these utopian reverberations - and the dark side of their moon - in a perfect portrait.

Book From Abba to Zoom

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Mansour
  • Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Release : 2005-06
  • ISBN : 0740751182
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book From Abba to Zoom written by David Mansour and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of memories for anyone born in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, or 1980s features more than three thousande references on everything from television shows to dolls, and features such entertaining lists as "best toys" and "all-time coolest singers." Original.

Book MotorBoating

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 188 pages

Download or read book MotorBoating written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wiley AP English Language and Composition

Download or read book Wiley AP English Language and Composition written by Geraldine Woods and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Score your highest on exam day Relax. The fact that you're even considering taking the AP English Language & Composition exam means you're smart, hard-working, and ambitious. All you need is to get up to speed on the exam's topics and themes and take a couple of practice tests to get comfortable with its question formats and time limits. That's where Wiley AP English Language & Composition comes in. This user-friendly and completely reliable guide helps you get the most out of any AP English class and reviews all of the topics emphasized on the test. It also provides two full-length practice exams, complete with detailed answer explanations and scoring guides. This powerful prep guide helps you practice and perfect all of the skills you need to get your best possible score. And, as a special bonus, you'll also get a handy primer to help you prepare for the test-taking experience. A detailed overview of the test Subject reviews covering all test topics Practice questions Sample free-response questions with advice for crafting critical essays Strategies and solid test-taking advice Two full-length practice tests with detailed explanations and walk-throughs Supplemented with handy lists of test-taking tips and more, Wiley AP English Language & Composition helps you make exam day a very good day, indeed.

Book Mastering Homebrew

    Book Details:
  • Author : Randy Mosher
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2015-02-10
  • ISBN : 1452124418
  • Pages : 387 pages

Download or read book Mastering Homebrew written by Randy Mosher and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible guide to making your own beer, for beginning & advanced brewers, with thirty recipes and tips for choosing ingredients, equipment, and more. Mastering Homebrew will have you thinking like a scientist, brewing like an artist, and enjoying your very own unbelievably great handcrafted beer in record time. Internationally known brewing instructor, beer competition judge, author, and brew master himself, Randy Mosher covers everything that beginning to advanced brewers want to know, all in this easy-to-follow, fun-to-read handbook, including: · The anatomy of a beer · Brewing with both halves of your brain · Gear and the brewing process · Care and feeding of yeast · Hops (the spice of beer) · Brewing your first beer · Beer styles and beyond · The Amazing Shape-Shifting Beer Recipe · And more “Randy is a walking encyclopedia of beer and brewing, and his palate and taste are impeccable.” —from the foreword by Jim Koch, chairman and cofounder, the Boston Beer Company

Book Wednesday Is Indigo Blue

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard E. Cytowic
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2011-09-30
  • ISBN : 0262516705
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Wednesday Is Indigo Blue written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our traditional view of the brain. A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband's voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift—believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occurs in one in twenty people, and is even more common among artists. One famous synesthete was novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who insisted as a toddler that the colors on his wooden alphabet blocks were “all wrong.” His mother understood exactly what he meant because she, too, had synesthesia. Nabokov's son Dmitri, who recounts this tale in the afterword to this book, is also a synesthete—further illustrating how synesthesia runs in families. In Wednesday Is Indigo Blue, pioneering researcher Richard Cytowic and distinguished neuroscientist David Eagleman explain the neuroscience and genetics behind synesthesia's multisensory experiences. Because synesthesia contradicted existing theory, Cytowic spent twenty years persuading colleagues that it was a real—and important—brain phenomenon rather than a mere curiosity. Today scientists in fifteen countries are exploring synesthesia and how it is changing the traditional view of how the brain works. Cytowic and Eagleman argue that perception is already multisensory, though for most of us its multiple dimensions exist beyond the reach of consciousness. Reality, they point out, is more subjective than most people realize. No mere curiosity, synesthesia is a window on the mind and brain, highlighting the amazing differences in the way people see the world.

Book Synesthesia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard E. Cytowic
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2018-03-09
  • ISBN : 0262535092
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book Synesthesia written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field. One in twenty-three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a disorder but a neurological trait—like perfect pitch—synesthesia creates vividly felt cross-sensory couplings. A synesthete might hear a voice and at the same time see it as a color or shape, taste its distinctive flavor, or feel it as a physical touch. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Richard Cytowic, the expert who returned synesthesia to mainstream science after decades of oblivion, offers a concise, accessible primer on this fascinating human experience. Cytowic explains that synesthesia's most frequent manifestation is seeing days of the week as colored, followed by sensing letters, numerals, and punctuation marks in different hues even when printed in black. Other manifestations include tasting food in shapes, seeing music in moving colors, and mapping numbers and other sequences spatially. One synesthete declares, “Chocolate smells pink and sparkly”; another invents a dish (chicken, vanilla ice cream, and orange juice concentrate) that tastes intensely blue. Cytowic, who in the 1980s revived scientific interest in synesthesia, sees it now understood as a spectrum, an umbrella term that covers five clusters of outwardly felt couplings that can occur via several pathways. Yet synesthetic or not, each brain uniquely filters what it perceives. Cytowic reminds us that each individual's perspective on the world is thoroughly subjective.

Book Brewing with Wheat

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stan Hieronymus
  • Publisher : Brewers Publications
  • Release : 2010-03-10
  • ISBN : 1938469089
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Brewing with Wheat written by Stan Hieronymus and published by Brewers Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wit and weizen of wheat beers. Author Stan Hieronymus visits the ancestral homes of the world's most interesting styles-Hoegaarden, Kelheim, Leipzig, Berlin and even Portland, Oregon-to sort myth from fact and find out how the beers are made today. Complete with brewing details and recipes for even the most curious brewer, and answers to compelling questions such as Why is my beer cloudy? and With or without lemon?

Book Beer Brewing 101

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Krochune
  • Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • Release : 2019-10-01
  • ISBN : 1641526416
  • Pages : 239 pages

Download or read book Beer Brewing 101 written by John Krochune and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's to brewing your first craft beer. Cheers! You love craft beer—now imagine brewing it in your own home. With complete, step-by-step instructions, Beer Brewing 101 makes it easy to begin crafting fresh, homemade beer. Jump right in by using a beer kit to brew up your first delicious batch—everything you need to know is here. This guide's simple approach to beer brewing uses malt extract, a perfect entryway for first-time home brewers because it requires less equipment and a shorter brew time. Once you've learned the basics, you can dive into the wide assortment of favorite beer recipes. After a little more practice, you'll even get a helping hand designing your own signature brew! Beer Brewing 101 includes: Quick reference—A detailed supplies list, glossary of beer brewing terms, and at-a-glance charts of hop varieties, yeast strains, and malt extracts help set you up for success. 30 beer recipes—Try your hand at Czech Pilsner, West Coast Style IPA, and German Hefeweizen, along with formulas for recreating popular branded craft beers. To the rescue—Is your beer not fermenting? Does it have an off aroma or too much foam? Find the answers to common problems you might encounter while beer brewing. Discover the joys of homebrewing your own delicious craft beer with Beer Brewing 101.

Book Station To Station

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marc Weingarten
  • Publisher : Pocket Books
  • Release : 2000-11
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book Station To Station written by Marc Weingarten and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the advent of local, DJ-hosted sock-hop broadcasts to the current primacy of MTV as today's chief arbiter of pop music tastes and trends, Weingarten's fascinating survey doesn't miss a beat, spotlighting all of the key events -- both the obvious and the seemingly obscure -- that contributed to this most elemental of media marriages. Here is Elvis Presley securing a page in history with his sex-charged performance on The Ed Sullivan Show; American Bandstand exercising a longstanding stranglehold on the pop-radio charts; the rise of the revolutionary and influential Soul Train; the bizarre impact of soul-inflected rock and psychedelic-drug culture on children's programming (Schoolhouse Rock, Alvin & the Chipmunks); and much, much more. Drawing on dozens of in-depth interviews with key players at every level and from every era, Station to Station is at once detailed and wide-ranging, informative and entertaining. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Book The Seven Moods of Craft Beer

Download or read book The Seven Moods of Craft Beer written by Adrian Tierney-Jones and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 350 international craft beers are divided into seven categories -- or moods -- for drinking, including social, adventurous, poetic, bucolic, imaginative, gastronomic, and contemplative -- ensuring the perfect beer for every occasion. The Seven Moods of Craft Beer brings together the best 350 beers from around the world and then divides them into specific moods meant as the perfect guide for what to drink, when. There are beers that are social, like Funky Buddha Hope Gun from Florida, which are to be sipped in the backyard to the hum of conversation and kids playing. There are beers that are imaginative, like the Broken Dream from the UK, meant for contemplative nights with old friends. And there are gastronomic beers, like Sovina which pairs perfectly with a carnitas taco. Each of the seven chapters offers profiles of approximately 50 beers that cover tasting notes, history and information on the brewery, and alcohol percentage. Sidebars throughout include histories of the world's best bars and information on styles of beer, brewers and breweries, and the world's most famous festivals.

Book The Brazilian Sound

    Book Details:
  • Author : Chris McGowan
  • Publisher : Temple University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9781566395458
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book The Brazilian Sound written by Chris McGowan and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the second International Song Festival in 1967, Milton Nascimento had three songs accepted for competition. He had no intention of performing them--he hated the idea of intense competition. In fact, Nascimento might never have appeared at all if Eumir Deodato hadn't threatened not to write the arrangements for his songs if he didn't perform at least two of them. Nascimento went on to win the festival's best performer award, all three of his songs were included soon afterward on his first album, and the rest is history. This is only one anecdote from The Brazilian Sound, an encyclopedic survey of Brazilian popular music that ranges over samba, bossa nova, MPB, jazz and instrumental music and tropical rock, as well as the music of the Northeast. The authors have interviewed a wide variety of performers like Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Carlinhos Brown, and Airto Moreira, U.S. fans, like Lyle Mays, George Duke, and Paul Winter, executive André Midani; and music historian Zuza Homem de Mello, just to name a few. First published in 1991, The Brazilian Sound received enthusiastic attention both in the United States and abroad. For this new edition, the authors have expanded their examination of the historical roots of Brazilian music, added new photographs, amplified their discussion of social issues like racism, updated the maps, and added a new final chapter highlighting the most recent trends in Brazilian music. The authors have expanded their coverage of the axé music movement and included profiles of significant emerging artists like Marisa Monte, Chico Cesar, and Daniela Mercury. Clearly written and lavishly illustrated with 167 photographs, The Brazilian Sound is packed with facts, explanations, and fascinating stories. For the Latin music aficionado or the novice who wants to learn more, the book also provides a glossary, a bibliography, and an extensive discography containing 1,000 entries. Author note: Chris McGowan was a contributing writer and columnist for Billboard from 1984 to 1996 and pioneered that publication's coverage of Brazilian and world music in the mid-1980s. He has written about the arts and other subjects for Musician, The Beat, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, L. A Weekly, and the Los Angeles Reader. He is the author of Entertainment in the Cyber Zone: Exploring the Interactive Universe of Multimedia (1995) and was a contributor to The Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (1996). Ricardo Pessanha has worked as a teacher, writer, editor, and management executive for CCAA, one of Brazil's leading institutes of English-language education. He has served as a consultant to foreign journalists and scholars on numerous cultural projects relating to Brazil. He has contributed articles about Brazilian music to The Beat and other publications.

Book Bite By Bite

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Callahan
  • Publisher : Clarkson Potter
  • Release : 2017-08-22
  • ISBN : 0307953351
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Bite By Bite written by Peter Callahan and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated caterer Peter Callahan knows how to throw a party. With a career spanning more than two decades and a client list including celebrities, politicians, Fortune 500 companies, and New York City socialites, Peter has earned a reputation for creating hors d’oeuvres that are as inventive and beautiful as they are delicious. A two-sip shot cleverly matched to a small bite is an incredible icebreaker, especially when the appetizer is playfully served on an edible spoon or inside a miniature Chinese take-out container. Bite-size cheeseburgers are served on tiny home-baked poppy seed buns with all the trimmings. Mango-marinated shrimp are served individually on lollipop sticks sprinkled with fresh cilantro; diminutive plantain cones are filled with dollops of tuna tartare; and chicken is rolled into nori “cigarettes.” And for an impressive encore, how about shots of coffee with sugar donuts, or mini bagels with lox and cream cheese paired with caviar cones and champagne? In Bite by Bite, his debut cookbook, Callahan welcomes readers to share in the fun and beauty of his creations, providing inspiration for parties—whether casual gatherings, dinner parties, baby showers, or formal occasions such as weddings and holiday soirees—and 100 recipes for the home cook, ranging from savory to sweet, comfort food to haute cuisine. According to Peter, being prepared is the key to pulling off a self-catered party like a professional. With that in mind, he has included a “Kitchen Tools and Conveniences” section, listing the key equipment that will help you create the delicious masterpieces in this book. In the recipes he also notes what can be made in advance, how best to schedule your time, and any emergency substitutions and shortcuts that will make life easier on the big day. Along the way, he divulges his secrets and inspiration, recounting stories of how he dreamed up dishes that he’s catered for his impressive roster of celebrity clients. Full of creative recipes, unique party ideas, and vibrant food photography, Bite by Bite is your go-to source for inspired hors d’oeuvres and whimsical treats that will transform any gathering into an unforgettable event.