Not about Japanese restaurant or complex sushi preparations, this title is about home cooking and family living and reveals through one woman's personal experience an entire nation's healthier approach to food that is delicious, easy to prepare, and absolutely affordable.
This new edition of the most authoritative, comprehensive history of the French Revolution of 1789 draws on a generation of extensive research and scholarly debate to reappraise the most famous of all revolutions. Updates for this second edition include a generous chronology of events, plus an extended bibliographical essay providing an ...
Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, garnered from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours, Doyle leads the reader to the realization that we are still living with developments and consequences of the French Revolution such as decimalization, and the ...
First published in 1980, this book rapidly established itself as the indispensable guide to what brought about the French Revolution, and to the debates of historians about the issue. It combined a full critical account of recent controversies with a fresh interpretation taking stock of where the debate had led. Since 1980 discussion among ...
The author of the inspiring "New York Times" bestseller "Living Well" and a renowned talk show host shares inspiration, advice, and a practical program to help readers overcome personal obstacles in order to find peace and love in their own lives.
This survey of European history covers a period of one and a half centuries which witnessed the beginnings of the contemporary world. In his account of the economic, social, intellectual and governmental structure and development of pre-revolutionary Europe, the author stresses throughout the importance of economic and social trends, and places ...
The kingdom of France, a byword for upheaval and instability for a century before 1660, was transformed over the subsequent generation into the greatest power in Europe and an institutional model admired and imitated almost everywhere. A further century elapsed before this hegemony was challenged, and even then the collapse of monarchy in 1788 ...
The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s remains a highly controversial and divisive topic in our society; virtually the only thing that anyone can agree on is its enormous impact on American life. Critics on the right complain of the shattering of cherished social norms, while those on the left take many movements to task for not going far ...
Based on hundreds of interviews with those who were there and with access to hitherto unavailable White House tapes, this history of the civil rights era recalls the events in 1962 when 20,000 armed federal troops were sent to facilitate the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, along with the ...
In this inspiring self-help book aimed directly at the rapidly growing Latino population, nearly 100 of America's most successful Lations speak candidly about everything fron managing people to managing onself (setting goals, overcoming obstacles, building self-image). The authors offer insights into why, in the new global economy, Lation heritage ...
Included in this title are breakthrough insights from alumni of GE, Disney, McKinsey, and America's fastest growing companies. The executives profiled come from a broad cross section of large, medium, and small industries, including cable television, biotechnology, investment banking, health care, and corporate law.
First published in 1986, this book quickly established itself as a concise and accessible guide to the meanings and hidden complexities of an apparently straightforward historical category, both in the history of France and Europe as a whole. The second edition now incorporates material which has widened and advanced the historical debate in the ...
Since the 1950s a once-dominant interpretation of the French revolution has fallen to pieces. Elaborated by generations of distinguished left-wing French historians, this version was gradually undermined by the piecemeal criticisms of English-speaking scholars. Many of their doubts, and the controversies which they provoked, appeared in articles ...
The transcripts that William Doyle assembled from presidential libraries are powerful source documents of American history and reveal the varied uses of presidential power from FDR through Clinton. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
Tidal freshwater forested wetlands are unique wetland systems. Occupying low relief coastal areas which are subject to both upland runoff and tidal flooding, these systems are especially vulnerable to pressure from human development and to climate change impacts of sea-level rise and increased drought/flood frequency. Yet to date the ecological ...
The candid, inspiring stories in this book reveal the secrets that have helped Latinos make it to the top in a variety of businesses and industries. Readers will discover how to manage people, prepare and set goals, and deal with racism or sexism in the workplace.
The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians provides an authoritative and readable source book for students and specialists. It includes entries on over 450 historians, dating from Herodotus to the present. Individuals have not necessarily been chosen on account of the importance of their own research but rather for their interest in, and influence on, ...
The transcripts that William Doyle assembled from presidential libraries are powerful source documents of American history and reveal the varied uses of presidential power from FDR through Clinton. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
Are you fully up-to-speed on today's modern spectrum management tools? As regulators move away from traditional spectrum management methods, introduce spectrum trading and consider opening up more spectrum to commons, do you understand the implications of these developments for your own networks? This is the first book to describe and evaluate ...
Based on hundreds of interviews with those who were there and with access to hitherto unavailable White House tapes, this history of the civil rights era recalls the events in 1962 when 20,000 armed federal troops were sent to facilitate the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, along with the ...
Included in this title are breakthrough insights from alumni of GE, Disney, McKinsey, and America's fastest growing companies. The executives profiled come from a broad cross section of large, medium, and small industries, including cable television, biotechnology, investment banking, health care, and corporate law.
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