The Magic of Woodbridge

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&ldquo;Nobody cooks quite like the Amish! Phyllis Pellman Good sets out to show how anyone can do it in The Best of Amish Cooking.&rdquo; &mdash;South Bend Tribune"Author Phyllis Pellman Good spent years researching for this exceptional book, gathering recipes from Amish grandmothers, diaries, old books, and recipe collections in the Lancaster, PA, area. Recipes are delicious, hearty, wholesome, and in tune with the seasons. Descriptions of the Amish lifestyle make for a good read." &mdash;The Cookbook Collector&ldquo;This beautiful book by a leading expert on Amish cooking highlights traditional and contemporary recipes adapted from the kitchens and pantries of Amish cooks.&rdquo; &mdash;Country Almanac"Good explains how recipes, foods, and cooking styles figured into the Amish household. Directions are short and to the point, and the photos are charming." &mdash;Booklist

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&ldquo;This year, that curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old&hellip;And what a perfect match, in tone and whimsy, found in Rifle Paper Co.&rsquo;s Anna Bond.&rdquo;&mdash;Vanity Fair &#160; &ldquo;Publishers are having a creative field day with stunningly beautiful new covers&mdash;and lovely insides, too, in the case of Puffin&rsquo;s whimsical Alice&rsquo;s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Rifle Paper Co.&rsquo;s Anna Bond.&rdquo;&mdash;Entertainment Weekly &#160; &ldquo;Chic&hellip;The pretty face of&#160;Anna Bond&rsquo;s Alice looks continually astonished, and even in the scene where her neck grows freakishly serpentine, the heroine remains comely. Elegant and unthreatening, Ms. Bond&rsquo;s pictures abound with so many flowers and curling vines that Wonderland seems a much nicer place than perhaps we remembered.&rdquo;&mdash;Wall Street Journal &#160; &ldquo;150 years after Alice in Wonderland was published, Anna Bond, the creative director of stationer Rifle Paper Co., draws a whole new tea party in this deluxe hardcover edition.&rdquo;&mdash;New York Magazine&rsquo;s The Cut &#160; &ldquo;In this beautiful, oversized, hardcover anniversary edition&mdash;with the complete, unabridged text&mdash;readers will fall in love all over again with the classic tale of the girl who fell down the rabbit hole.&#160;Illustrator Anna Bond, of gift and stationery brand Rifle Paper Co., applies her stylish, whimsical touch and distinctive color palette to Alice and her friends, from the inviting jacket and the case-cover art beneath it to the original endpapers and the superb full-color interior illustrations, large and small.&rdquo; &mdash;Shelf Awareness &#160; &ldquo;This year marks the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll&rsquo;s beloved classic, Alice&rsquo;s Adventures in Wonderland. Commemorate the occasion with a deluxe hardcover edition of the tale from Puffin Books, available Oct. 27. The new book is re-illustrated with vibrant, whimsical designs by Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co., for a one-of-a-kind look at Alice&rsquo;s imaginative journey.&rdquo;&mdash;American Profile

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&#160;&ldquo;Irresistible. . . . [A] short but fascinating history of the capital beneath the surface.&rdquo; &mdash;The Financial Times&ldquo;Wondrous. . . . Ackroyd follows seemingly all the rivers, streams, pipes, sewers and tunnels that ever crisscrossed the city.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review&ldquo;There is perhaps no other English writer today as dedicated a Londoner as Peter Ackroyd. . . . A memorable homage to [London].&rdquo; &mdash;The San Francisco Chronicle&#160;Beautiful. . . . Each chapter has a vital story full of intriguing detail. . . . Ackroyd writes with his usual enthusiastic flair, and entertains us with chthonic demons and treasures.&rdquo; &mdash;The Columbus Dispatch&ldquo;Relentlessly interesting urban mythology, from unearthed Roman galleys to subterranean Cabinet War Rooms.&rdquo; &mdash;New York Daily News&#160;&ldquo;Throughout the book, Ackroyd is not just interested in London&rsquo;s hidden relics; he&rsquo;s interested in what they&mdash;and the idea of an underground&mdash;mean to a culture. London&rsquo;s underworld is a &lsquo;shadow or replica of the city,&rsquo; and it is also a shadow of ourselves and our thoughts, the stuff that&rsquo;s discovered when we open the trapdoor.&rdquo; &mdash;The Daily Beast&#160;&ldquo;Anyone intrigued by this tumultuous city will devour London Under in a few transporting hours. . . . Packed with revelations. . . . Ackroyd's stylistic brilliance explains why the book remains a rattling good read.&rdquo; &mdash;The Independent (London)&#160;&ldquo;For Peter Ackroyd, the subterranean world holds a potent allure. London Under, his brief account of the capital&rsquo;s catacombs and other murky zones, manages to radiate a dark mystery and sulphur reek. . . . Fascinating. . . . Peter Ackroyd illuminates the shadow world within us all.&rdquo; &mdash;The Spectator&#160;&ldquo;With quick, deft stitches he sews the fantastical and the familiar into a macabre sampler of the city that exists beneath the feet of its citizens.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)&ldquo;As ever his research is meticulous, his scope expansive, his writing definitive. Every sentence is delivered with judicial gravity and command. . . . Once again, Ackroyd shares his vision of a mythical city most do not see.&rdquo; &mdash;Time Out&ldquo;For Peter Ackroyd, the subterranean world holds a potent allure. London Under, his brief account of the capital&rsquo;s catacombs and other murky zones, manages to radiate a dark mystery and sulphur reek. . . . Fascinating. . . . Peter Ackroyd illuminates the shadow world within us all.&rdquo; &mdash;The Spectator &#160;&ldquo;With quick, deft stitches he sews the fantastical and the familiar into a macabre sampler of the city that exists beneath the feet of its citizens.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)

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