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&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a fresh ride.&rdquo;--New York Times &#160; &ldquo;With&#160;somethingtofoodabout,&#160;Quest (aka Philadelphia's Ahmir Thompson) dives head first into the topics that get chefs talking: What is creativity? How are art and food related? What does the future hold for food and cooking? Questlove sits down with some of the most exceptional chefs in America, including Daniel Humm (Eleven Madison Park), Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn), Michael Solomonov (Zahav), and Daniel Patterson (Coi). Questlove himself plays an equal part in getting the answers, providing examples and references to his own life as a musician and creator as he talks with food luminaries&#160;about the thorny questions surrounding creativity.&rdquo;--Eater &#160; &ldquo;Somethingtofoodabout&#160;is really a passion project. For Questlove, it&rsquo;s not about the food business, but rather the ideas, the concepts, and the imaginations behind the chefs who feed him. There are no recipes and no how-tos. For Questlove, the only how-to you need to know is how to appreciate and understand the taste, the process, and the journey of the idea.&rdquo;--Vogue &#160; &ldquo;An enjoyable, frequently surprising exploration of creativity.&rdquo;--Kirkus Reviews

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&#8220;Infused with love, emboldened with passion, graced with flickers of transcendence. . . . Sentence by sentence this is an exceptional book.&#8221; &#8212;The Chicago Tribune&#8220;A charming, sophisticated, and dryly witty account of this most beguiling of insects and the engaging fold who make up its devouts.&#8221; &#8212;The Seattle Times&#8220;Nature writing at its best. [Halpern&#8217;s] spare, direct prose gracefully weds scientific passion with poetic precision.&#8221; &#8212;The Christian Science Monitor&#8220;Sue Halpern is hot on the trail of one of nature&#8217;s more intriguing mysteries. . . . Full of fascinating fact and conjecture delivered in clear layman&#8217;s language.&#8221; &#8212;The Boston Globe

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"In language accessible to the non-specialist general reader, Perle Besserman's  Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism  emphasizes Kabbalah's spiritual disciplines, grounded in righteous living, devotional practices, and meditation."&#8212;Wisconsin Bookwatch  "This is a work which explains the Kabbalah with as much clarity as it can be explained and with a genuine feeling for mystic lore. I recommend it to all readers."&#8212;Isaac Bashevis Singer

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&#8220;A crystalline meditation on the defining event of the twentieth century and its aftermath . . . Inventive and consistently challenging&#8221; &#8211;Mark Rozzo, Los Angeles Times Book Review&#8220;Mysterious and compelling. . . . An elegant, unnerving novel that illuminates the personal consequences of war.&#8221; &#8211;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times&#8220;Exquisite. . . . Bock&#8217;s achievement here is in creating characters with believably ambiguous edges, vulnerable people whose understanding of themselves and others is incomplete.&#8221; -Janice P. Nimura, The Washington Post Book World&#8220;Bock has shined an illuminating searchlight on the terra incognita where the personal and the political intersect.&#8221; &#8211;Dan Cryer, Newsday&#8220;A splendid, powerful book, written with authority and admirable control.&#8221; &#8211;St. Louis Post-Dispatch&#8220;Assured and compassionate.&#8221; &#8211;Pico Iyer, Harper&#8217;s &#8220;[T]his brilliant novel traces the lingering effects of the Hiroshima bombing . . . showing how war binds victor and victim as surely as scar tissue closes a wound.&#8221; &#8211;Rick Waddington, Minneapolis Star-Tribune &#8220;Reconciliation, responsibility, blame and regret shift and fall in different patterns throughout this moving and thoughtful novel.&#8221; &#8211;Barbara Fisher, The Boston Globe&#8220;Dennis Bock began The Ash Garden long before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, but it&#8217;s impossible now not to read his haunting debut novel outside the glare of that tragedy. . . . Bock sets a match to ethical issues that are reaching the flash point today.&#8221; &#8211;Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor&#8220;One can go further with this book, and say that Bock has learned just about everything that can be gained from Michael Ondaatje and Jane Urquhart in the use of compelling images. . . . Very, very accomplished.&#8221; &#8211;T. F. Rigelhof, The Globe & Mail&#8220;This is a gorgeous, poetic novel, with scenes that stun the senses. . . . Bock makes us see and live these lives in all their uneasy compromise.&#8221; &#8211;Susan Larson, New Orleans Times-Picayune&#8220;For all its worldliness, The Ash Garden feels intimate and interior. . . . [Bock&#8217;s] are the battlefields of conscience, the war away from the war.&#8221; &#8211;Annabel Lyon, National Post

The Ash Garden

&ldquo;This picture book for adults explores the ways in which grief lays us low, but also can bring us out to discover the strength of the communities we belong to. When Roz comes to visit Sandra after Sandra&rsquo;s mother passes away, she brings her cat, Marie. Marie, in the way of so many cats, disappears the day she arrives, and Roz is desperate to find her again. The two women make flyers and Sandra reluctantly leaves her home to help Roz canvas the neighborhood, along the way meeting with others who grieve their own losses. With colorful drawings, Hern&aacute;ndez brings the community alive, while Cisneros writes her heroine&rsquo;s way through the discovery that there is a way to emerge from sadness into memory. And yes, there is a happy ending.&rdquo; &mdash;Kathy Ward, Juneau Empire  &#160; &ldquo;In Have You Seen Marie?, we are invited into a look of the pain Cisneros&rsquo;s experiences upon losing her mother. . . . This loss does not allow her to see tomorrow because she cannot remove herself from the remorse of today.&#160;During her grieving process, Cisneros receives company from her friend Roz who brings along her cat, Marie.&#160;As the two women are rejoined, they find themselves without Marie. The story takes on a new sense of urgency as the two friends take to the streets to find the missing cat. As the search for Marie ensues, we are introduced to the colorful experience and occupants of San Antonio.&#160; Each of these introductions allows us to take part in the environment that exists&#160;to remind us that there is life all around us. . . . Cisneros&rsquo;s gift of storytelling and Ester Hern&aacute;ndez&rsquo;s illustrations bring to life the story about death, grief, and the desire to move forward. This book is a wonderful gift to share with someone who is experiencing the pain of losing a loved one.&rdquo; &mdash;Jasmine Col&oacute;n, Modern Latina&ldquo;Award-winning Cisneros tells the story of her search for a runaway cat that parallels her journey through grief after the death of her mother. . . . This is a charmingly illustrated tale, rich in metaphor, and a solace to anyone who has felt the despair of losing someone dear.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Diane Prokop, Portland Book Review&#160;&#160;&ldquo;Warmly comforting . . . Cisneros has crafted a story that not only explores loss but also the journey back, creating a book that&rsquo;s unique and uplifting. As Rosalind and the narrator search a beloved cat, Marie, they encounter a culturally rich and diverse community&mdash;each person with his or her own story and preoccupations, his or her own sadness. Each of these characters seems to understand that the search is about more than finding Marie. . . . Hern&aacute;ndez&rsquo;s illustrations are wonderfully detailed and capture the uniqueness of the neighborhood and the spirituality of the journey. . . . Cisneros and Hern&aacute;ndez invite the reader to visually enjoy the story, to listen to the music of the words. In the afterword, Cisneros explores how she dealt with the death of her mother, and how the act of creation nourished her as she grieved.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Matt Mendez, El Paso Times&#160;&#160;&ldquo;A magical journey . . . A short, sweet, illustrated story about two friends searching for a lost cat. The women scour an eclectic neighborhood based on Cisneros&rsquo; own quarter of San Antonio, Texas, encountering a series of characters and small adventures . . . Cisneros has folded powerful themes into this seemingly simple fable: confronting and accepting the loss of a loved one, the importance of community, the presence of spirituality in our lives and the way that imagination and art can illuminate reality. . . . The inhabitants we meet in Cisneros&rsquo; story are equally eclectic, and many have suffered their own losses. . . . They come to life not only in Cisneros&rsquo; poetic nuggets of prose, but in Ester Hern&aacute;ndez&rsquo;s sweetly realistic color illustrations. The book glows with Cisneros&rsquo; affection for [her] neighbors. [She] hopes the book will comfort others dealing with loss.&rdquo; &mdash;Jordan Levin, The Miami Herald &ldquo;Have You Seen Marie? is the size of a lunchbox sandwich, but it offers lasting nourishment. The illustrated fable starts as a search for a friend&rsquo;s missing cat, but quickly becomes a meditation on loss, a way for the main character, also named Sandra, to process her mother&rsquo;s death. As Sandra and her friend Roz search San Antonio for Marie, questioning not just neighbors but also their pets and the neighborhood squirrels, Sandra goes on her own inner quest to make peace with her profound&#160;grief. Marie? is an orphan adventure tale for grown-ups with the soothing cadence of a children&rsquo;s picture book. Like the best bedtime stories, it both honors the darkness around us and keeps the darkness at bay. . . . This book will surely be pressed into many bereft&#160;hands. Cisneros captures the experience of grief with moving and visceral clarity; lines like &lsquo;Every day I woke up and felt like a glove left behind at the bus station&rsquo; take the reader straight into the heart of loss, while charming descriptions of San Antonio characters and the neighborhoods they inhabit keep us grounded in the world Cisneros knows so&#160;well. Hern&aacute;ndez&rsquo;s drawings fill in the blanks left by the vibrant but spare text . . . Sandra&rsquo;s neighbors remind her she is part of a community that understands loss, that can support her through loss. This reminder is one of the greatest gifts of the book: We may feel like abandoned gloves in our grief, but when we share our stories with one another, we realize we&rsquo;re in the same lost-and-found box&#160;together.&rdquo; &mdash;Gayle Brandeis, San Francisco Chronicle&#160;&#160;&ldquo;Cisneros is perhaps best-known for The House on Mango Street, a story about a young Latina who leaves behind her barrio for a chance at a better life and is considered a classic of Chicano literature. . . . Have You Seen Marie? [is] a tale about a woman&rsquo;s search for a cat who goes missing in the wake of her mother&rsquo;s death. It&rsquo;s a fable for grieving grown-ups, [one] she hopes will be medicine for hearts broken from loss. . . . Artist Hern&aacute;ndez represented the unique and colorful characters, all based on Cisneros&rsquo; neighbors. They make up the quirky King William district of San Antonio, Texas, where the story is based.&rdquo; &mdash;Cindy Y. Rodriguez, CNN&#160;&#160;&ldquo;In Have You Seen Marie?, the narrator searches for her lost cat in her neighborhood. But she&rsquo;s not just looking for Marie, she&rsquo;s looking a piece of herself. . . . The book&rsquo;s weight comes as the narrator realizes that she also misses her mother, who passed away a few months earlier. Marie provides a unique glimpse into a quirky neighborhood and heartfelt look into grieving.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;The Hispanic Reader&#160;&#160;&ldquo;A real-life bedtime story for grownups, a gently soul-stirring meditation on the universality of grief, and the healing power of community and nature. . . . Have You Seen Marie?, filled with Cisneros&rsquo; poetic words and Hern&aacute;ndez&rsquo;s vibrant illustrations, is also a love letter to the quirky neighborhood where Cisneros has lived for 20 years. . . . Charming.&rdquo;&#160;&mdash;Agnes Torres Al-Shibibi, The Seattle Times&ldquo;Cisneros, perhaps best known for The House on Mango Street, is an author whose descriptive, lyrical prose and expressive treatment of the Chicano cultural experience has catapulted [her] to nearly unparalleled fame. Her new release, Have You Seen Marie?&mdash;expressively wrought and full of picturesque illustrations of San Antonio and its colorful characters by visual artist Ester Hern&aacute;ndez&mdash;is at its heart a parable for adults, whose themes of death, mourning, and loss take on new meaning when presented within a simple tale about a cat gone astray. In the process of writing it, [Cisneros] found healing in the aftermath of her own mother&rsquo;s passing.&rdquo; &mdash;Nina Terrero, NBC Latino &ldquo;Best-selling Cisneros chronicles a search for a runaway cat that turns into a way to work through grief and discover community. . . . The deliberately informal, rough-edged illustrations give a nice sense of Cisneros&rsquo; multicultural, bohemian neighborhood . . . [T]his warmhearted tale offers comfort to anyone coping with the loss of a loved one.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus

Have You Seen Marie?

"A beguiling and valuable record of polar exploration before the planes landed, and a miraculous testament to what the human spirit can achieve. Albanov's harrowing story is a welcome addition to the canon of polar literature."-Sara Wheeler, author of Terra Incognita

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&ldquo;No Excuses Detox is full of delicious but healthy recipes&#160;that can be pulled together quickly for easy weeknight&#160;meals that the whole family will love.&rdquo; &mdash;DANIELLE WALKER, New York Times bestselling author&#160;of Against all Grain and Meals Made Simple&ldquo;No Excuses Detox offers approachable, delicious, and&#160;easy-to-follow recipes to feed the whole family. There&rsquo;s&#160;no shortage of recipes that will leave you feeling full,&#160;nourished, and most important, happy and satisfied!&#160;Megan Gilmore has masterfully turned indulgent classics&#160;into detox-friendly dishes&mdash;no excuses needed!&rdquo; &mdash;ALI MAFUCCI, New York Times bestselling author&#160;of Inspiralized and Inspiralize Everything&ldquo;Megan Gilmore&rsquo;s No Excuses Detox is a happy antidote&#160;to the fad diets and conflicting information that make&#160;healthy eating feel so complicated these days. Her recipes&#160;are proof that simple food can be abundantly satisfying&#160;and flavorful, and her stress-free meal plans will help any&#160;home cook feel empowered to commit to a wholesome&#160;and nourishing lifestyle.&rdquo; &mdash;GENA HAMSHAW, author of Food52 Vegan&#160;and Choosing Raw&ldquo;Megan has a gift for creating recipes that are&#160;quick and simple, appetizing and nutritious&#160;all at once. Her practical advice and friendly,&#160;no-nonsense attitude will surely be of help to&#160;busy home cooks. I want to cook through this&#160;entire cookbook!&rdquo; &mdash;KATHRYNE TAYLOR, blogger&#160;at CookieandKate.com

100 Recipes to Help You Eat Healthy Every Day [A Cookbook]

No Excuses Detox

"If a manic J.G. Ballard and a depressed David Lodge got together, they might produce something like The Quantity Theory of Insanity. But Will Self's world is all his own; it is both exotic and institutionalized, full of dread and dowdiness and entirely unsuspected comedy." --Martin Amis"The outright excellence of this book cannot be denied. The Quantity Theory of Insanity is of such high caliber that it could strike a new literary rivalry between the U.K. and the United States." --Los Angeles Reader

The Quantity Theory of Insanity

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Music and the Fine Arts; a Psychology of Aesthetic

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“There’s plenty of twists and turns, with a dash of magic and a wink at the classic literature.”

An Electric Empire Novel

The Diabolical Miss Hyde

&#8220;In [A Hero of Our Time], Lermontov managed to create a fictional person whose romantic dash to cynicism, tiger-like suppleness and eagle eye, hot blood and cool head, tenderness and taciturnity, elegance and brutality, delicacy of perception and harsh passion to dominate, ruthlessness and awareness of it, are of lasting appeal to readers of all countries and centuries.&#8221; &#8211;from the Translator&#8217;s Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov&#8220;[Lermontov&#8217;s] technique is surprisingly sophisticated, given the late development of the novel in Russian literature. Lermontov does not only dislocate chronology to achieve [his] result; in equally brilliant fashion he reinforces the effect by employing different contemporary literary genres . . . to create, in the end, a unified whole.&#8221; &#8211;from the Introduction by T. J. Binyon

Introduction by T. J. Binyon

A Hero of Our Time

"Washington Irving...  makes Nathaniel Hawthorne read like Dr. Seuss!"

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"If you're ready to graduate from hand-me-down furniture and weekend trips to Ikea, then this book is a great place to start."&mdash;Apartment Therapy"Interior designer Meg Braff shares her personal style plus the essential design elements she thinks every room needs."&mdash;Confetti Style Blog"Speaking of fabulous books available for pre-order, Meg Braff, one of my all-time favorite interior designers, is releasing her first book, The Decorated Home: Living with Style and Joy, in April. I can hardly wait!"&mdash;The Glam Pad"Braff considers each client&rsquo;s personal items and their placement throughout the home to be the final layer to creating happiness. 'Whether it is a piece inherited from family or just something you love, meaningful items bring great joy to every room&mdash;no matter where you live.'"&mdash;Flower Magazine&#160;"Colorful and classic, her interiors are all about symmetry, successful use in mixing patterns and color, and the effective use of timeless vintage treasures."&mdash;Array Magazine"The importance of finishing touches, the little extras, can elevate a room's decor from good to great for gracious living... as this volume illustrates."&mdash;Society Diaries"In The Decorated Home, Meg shares her recipe for a spirited dwelling. Color and pattern are her main ingredients; an eclectic eye for layering rooms adds a finishing touch that is at once purposeful and personable."&mdash;Southern Lady Magazine"Best Books"&mdash;MarkDSikes.com"In her new book, designer Meg Braff shows us the transformative power of intense hues."&mdash;ArchitecturalDigest.com&#160;"It makes me want to redecorate my whole house!"&mdash;Ridgeley's Radar&#160;"In her first book, Braff takes her fans and followers by the hand and shares practical advice and trade secrets, like choosing colors and mixing patterns. Best of all, she shows us, in delightful, colorful detail, the versatility which has propelled her continued success in more than 25 years in the design world."&mdash;The Glam Pad"She can instantly transform a blank canvas into something fabulous by infusing it with her signature island palette of blues, aquas and mint greens."&mdash;Cafe Design"In her debut book, Braff shares with readers her upbeat design work that brims with color, pattern, charm, whimsy, and joie de vivre. While reading her book, I kept thinking how much of an "old-school" decorator Braff is, a term that I use as a compliment. There is nothing weird or outr&eacute; about Braff's work. What is in evidence is Braff's enthusiasm for fabrics, furniture, and other tools of her craft, all of which she so obviously enjoys working with."&mdash;PeakofChic.com

Living with Style and Joy

The Decorated Home

&#8220;So many of us waste our lives with &#8216;when and then&#8217; thinking, believing that &#8216;when&#8217; this or that happens, &#8216;then&#8217; we will really start living and do something for God that really matters. That approach is guaranteed to leave you with regrets. At the end of your life, the only thing that will matter is whether you accomplished God&#8217;s purpose for your life. Jesus was just 12 when he said, &#8216;I must be about My Father&#8217;s business.&#8217; Barely 20 years later, he could say to the Father, &#8216;I have completed the work you gave me to do.&#8217; If we all had that kind of focus and concentration in our lives, there&#8217;s no telling what God could accomplish in the world! Kerry and Chris Shook want you to grasp that amazing insight: Embracing your mortality sets you free to live a meaningful and significant life without regret. One Month to Live is a great way to discover the purposeful, joyful, abundant life God created you to enjoy!&#8221;&#8211;Rick Warren, founding pastor, Saddleback Church, and author of international bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life&#8220;Kerry and Chris Shook are world-class leaders whose lives and ministry have impacted untold numbers of people, including me. Regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey, One Month to Live will challenge you to passionately live the life you were made for and leave an eternal legacy.&#8221;&#8211;Bill Hybels, Founding Pastor, Willowcreek Church and bestselling author of Too Busy Not to Pray&#160;&#8220;Kerry Shook is a friend, devoted father, supportive husband, and inspiring pastor. As one of today&#8217;s most gifted communicators, Kerry&#8217;s unique and creative style enables him to take the most complex issues and make them practical and relevant to daily living. He has a genuine love for people that is contagious. His ministry is changing the lives of individuals and families here in Houston and transforming communities all across the nation.&#8221;&#8211;Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church and bestselling author of Your Best Life Now&#8220;If you want new urgency, fresh purpose, and a sharper focus for your life, then this book is for you. Read it and your future may be changed forever!&#8221;&#8211;Lee Strobel, author of The Case for the Real Jesus

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