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Learn the secrets of authentic Italian home cooking, passed down through the generations with love, and embrace a passion for good food as you cook your way through 100 comforting recipes.Distilling the episodic knowledge Eva Santaguida and Harper Alexander share on their popular Italian cooking YouTube channel, Pasta Grammar (@PastaGrammar), The Italian Family Kitchen shares how to make uncompromisingly authentic Italian recipes while also putting the food into the greater context of the Italian culinary landscape.Learn how to make favorite classics, discover new and surprising dishes, acquire hands-on Italian kitchen skills, get actionable tips on how to source the right ingredients or find substitutes, and learn how to put it all together into memorable, lifestyle-fitting meals. ​In The Italian Family Kitchen you'll find:100 straightforward, delicious, and comforting recipes from all over ItalyRecipes organized by course, including Fritti (fried appetizers and street food), Bread and Pizza, Ragù, Pasta, Riso (rice), Secondo (second courses), Contorno (side dishes), and Dolce (desserts) ​Basic recipes for making fresh egg and semolina pastas, potato gnocchi, simple tomato sauce, and besciamellaHow to stock your Italian kitchen​Stunning photography throughout​Experience the real food of Italy, just as a lucky guest would witness in a family kitchen in Italy.

Discover the secrets to more authentic, meaningful and sustainable travel with this inspirational guide brimming with evocative photographic naturescapes and sage advice.  The Slow Traveller is a stunning call to change the way we travel today. Veteran slow traveller JoTinsley of Ernestmagazine invites you to embrace curiosity, make enduring connections with people and places and traverse your inner world by adopting the mindset of slow travel.Tinsley leads your way by detailing her own experiences of traveling lightly, gently and adventurously – from following to its end a meandering road lined by deep, narrow fjords in the remotest part of Iceland to kayaking around Discovery Islands in British Columbia, encountering seals, moon jellies and a bald eagle, to sunbathing in the green oasis of Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen’s culturally diverse and creative Norrebro district.  Each chapter focuses on an element of the slow travel mindset as well as a mode of travelling, type of destination or experience. Along the way, you will learn how to embrace:   Spontaneity through meandering, open-ended road trips Human connection through the simple joy of sharing food Connecting deeply with yourself and your surroundings through a long-distance walking tour The unique perspective of roaming by water, in a boat or swimming The romance of the unknown with long-distance rail travel The restorative and reflective experience of chosen solitude in simple shelters The energizing benefit of slow travel through urban environments  Stroll through the book at your own pace as you learn how to reconnect with a sense of wonder and enchantment in the world, and yourself.

Insects are incredibly weird. Their morphology is about as alien to us as you can get without leaving this planet. They outnumber us 200 million to one. Before humans stamped their mark on this planet, insects had shaped it into the colourful and extraordinary world we all share today.To many of us they are best left in the undergrowth, but to entomologists - researchers who study them - insects are the lifeblood of this planet, encompassing pollination and so much more. Now these minibeasts are leading extraordinary discoveries from robotics to genetics to forensics, transforming our knowledge of agriculture, medicine, aerospace, artificial intelligence, biodiversity, and ourselves.Whether it's the astonishing properties of resilin, the protein that makes fleas jump; or the needle-like proboscis of the mosquito's mouth being used to develop smart needles; or the computational dynamics gleaned from studying locust swarms in Africa - Erica McAlister and Adrian Washbourne reveal the wonder of insects, the historical figures who have made great breakthroughs in understanding them, and the increasingly vital role they play in ensuring life, as we know it, continues.Inspired by their BBC Radio 4 series Metamorphosis, this book uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable entomological facts which promise to transform our knowledge across many other branches of science.

'Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved. If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.' Stephen Mitchell's translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way) has sold over half a million copies worldwide. In this stunningly beautiful edition of the fundamental modern Taoist philosophy text, Mitchell's words are set against ancient Chinese paintings selected by Asian art expert, Dr Stephen Little.

Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation, with speeches from Olly Alexander, Sir Elton John, Alison Bechdel, and more. A sister title to Great Women’s Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and Proud (2020), Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement.These powerful speakers draw on all aspects of LGBTQ+ life from equal marriage to the AIDS crisis, bullying to parenthood, the first 19th century campaigns through to trans rights allyship today.We are stronger when we stand together, and this collection from award-winning activist Tea Uglow encourages us to do just that whilst celebrating the beauty of our differences. Pour through a pioneering collection of talks, declarations and lectures, from people whose voices have too often been marginalised and the allies that support them; Find over 40 empowering and influential speeches that chart the history of the LGBTQ+ movement up to the present day; Each speech is presented with a striking photographic portrait and an insightful introduction, offering essential context, fresh insights and a nuanced understanding that brings each character and their words to life. The voices: Audre Lorde; Olly Alexander; Harvey Milk; Munroe Bergdorf; Sir Elton John; Sir Ian McKellen; George Takei; Sylvia Rivera; Bayard Rustin; Elizabeth Toledo; Alison Bechdel; Loretta E. Lynch; Hanne Gaby Odiele; Vito Russo; Tammy Baldwin; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Barak Obama; Senator Karl Heinrich Ulrichs; Robert G. Ingersoll; Theodora Ana Sprungli; Franklin "Frank" Kameny; Sally Gearhart; Harry Hay; Sue Hyde; Mary Fisher; Essex Hemphill; Simon Nkoli; Urvashi Vaid; Eric Rofes; Justice Michael Kirby; Evan Wolfson; Paul Martin; Ian Hunter; Dan Savage; Terry Miller; Rabbi Kleinbaum; Penny Wong; Arsham Parsi; Anna Grodzka; Debi Jackson; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir; Lee Mokobe; Ban Ki-moon; Geraldine Roman; Cecilia Chung.

In Modern Sourdough, Michelle Eshkeri reveals how mastering the art of sourdough baking can open up a world of sweet and savoury treats at home.  Bringing together over 100 mouth-watering recipes inspired by Michelle’s heritage, Modern Sourdough expands our understanding of this ancient baking technique. Featuring a step-by-step guide to making a sourdough starter, as well as methods for folding, shaping, scoring and baking, it demonstrates how you too can make Margot signature loaves, as well as naturally-leavened pizzas, challah, focaccia, French pastries, brioche and babka.  Covering bread, cakes, buns, savoury bakes and store cupboard wonders, plus a selection of non-sourdough favourites from the bakery, these are recipes you’ll want to make again and again.‘Michelle Eshkeri’s book Modern Sourdough gives a perfect balance with easy home-style recipes and more invitingly complex challenges, just what every budding baker is looking for. Recipes are well thought out, clear and easy to follow, and will get you on the road to sourdough brilliance in no time.’ Dan Lepard, author of Short and Sweet

Create cute, imaginative art in the kawaii style! Illustrator Becky Castaneda (@Beckycas) presents more than 100 adorable drawing tutorials for you to try.Kawaii-style artwork hails from Japan and has become super popular throughout the world. Through her art, Becky Cas (Castaneda) seeks to spread joy and find inspiration in her surroundings. Now you can expand your own creativity and imagination and create cute animals, landscapes, characters, and more in Becky Cas’s signature, adorable style.Kawaii Drawing has all the tools and information you need to learn to draw your own kawaii-style art:   An introduction to kawaii, for those unfamiliar with the style Step-by-step tutorials that can be done using any drawing tools An overview of tools you can use, including pencil, pen, colored pencils, and even digital Instruction on illustration techniques Suggestions for how to find your own art style Tips for selecting a color palette and adding color to black-and-white drawings Throughout the book you will find helpful tips for finding inspiration and creativity anywhere you like to draw.Kawaii artwork is fun, joyful, and easy to create. Find your creativity and draw your own fantasy world with Kawaii Drawing!

Learn to draw perfect portraits with this primer from Fernanda Soares de Carvalho, the artist behind @creativenanda.Fernanda is a self-taught artist with a passion for creating semi-realistic portraits that are almost cartoonlike in nature and inspired by manga, anime, and fantasy art. In Dynamic Character Design, she shows you how to work with digital or traditional drawing tools to create faces, facial features, poses, facial expressions, characters, and more in her signature animated style. This easy-to-follow book includes:   A review of drawing tools, whether you work with digital apps like Procreate or prefer to use pencil, pen, marker, or colored pencil Portrait-drawing tutorials, including how to simplify facial features, hair, anatomy, and poses Sketching tips and techniques, including how to use reference photos, ideas for what to sketch, and more Instructions and tips for the digital drawing process, including creating layers, base shapes, background colors, and shadows Tips on finding your drawing style and how to design your own cute characters QR codes that link to Fernanda’s online instructional videos created exclusively for this book provide additional guidance as you learn and are featured in the book.Perfect your portrait-drawing techniques with Dynamic Character Design.

A practical yet pretty small-farm planner that serves as a guidebook, record keeper, and task tracker for small-scale farmers and backyard gardeners everywhere. From Jill Ragan, author of The Tiny but Mighty Farm, comes the resource backyard farmers, gardeners, and homesteaders have been waiting for! This complete, well organized, and easy-to-use logbook for recording all of the activities, tools, and to-dos required to run a successful home farm is organized by your garden’s cycles, not calendar dates.Divided into seasonal sections—from early-season straight through to post-season—you’ll easily be able to track everything from planting dates and chore lists to plant yields and harvest times, no matter what climate and zone you grow in. Whether you use your garden’s yields yourself or sell it to others at a farmer’s market or CSA program, this planner is an essential tool for success.Included in each seasonal section are:   Seed, plant, and tool inventory record sheetsBudget tracking and expense logsSeed starting and planting schedules and chartsPest and disease trackersMonthly chore checklistsSupply needs listsVariety reviews Plus, plenty of room to record all the little details a gardener needs to keep track of!Additional resources include goal tracking for 1, 5, and 10 years from now, recording pages for soil test results, places to track amendments and fertilizers used, advice on trellising systems, cover crops and crop rotation tracking, and end-of-year crop evaluations. With handy grower’s tips sprinkled throughout, The Tiny Farm Planner is a complete system for recording all the data, thoughts, and inspiration you need to keep your garden productive and healthy from year to year.

Enjoy the ease, speed, and money-saving convenience of your bread machine as you make breads that have the taste, texture, and aroma of the handcrafted breads from a neighborhood bakery.In this newly revised edition of the best-selling and most comprehensive bread-machine book ever written, The Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook, you will see the latest trends in bread reflected, with more sourdough breads, more gluten- and dairy-free breads, more breads from global cuisines, and more breads that feature veggies, fruits, and other plant-based ingredients. Also find information and tips on the latest technical developments in bread machines, such as programmable preset buttons.When master baker Beth Hensperger, author of the James Beard Award–winning cookbook The Bread Bible, first set out to try to make bakery-quality breads in the bread machine, she doubted it would even be possible. So she spent hundreds of hours testing all sorts of breads in every kind of bread machine—and her doubts vanished! In this big, bountiful book, full of more than 325 bakery-delicious recipes, she reveals the simple secrets for perfect bread-machine bread, every time you make it. The book includes:   Whole-Wheat and Other Whole-Grain Breads White Breads and Egg Breads Sourdough Breads Cheese, Herb, Nut, Seed, and Spice Breads Fruit and Vegetable Breads Pizza Crusts, Focaccia, and other Flatbreads Coffee Cakes, Sweet Rolls, and Chocolate Breads No-Yeast Quick Breads Holiday Breads This is a great big book by a master of bread that is guaranteed to give you a lifetime of ideas for delectable, easy-to-make breads.

Your dad is hilarious. At least he thinks he is. Give him what he needs to navigate every party, cookout, or awkward office gathering—a giant collection of dad jokes. The jokes in Dad Jokes are not clever. They’re not even terribly funny. But there’s a universal appeal to these corny classics that will make you smile. Plus, they’re good, clean fun.Dad Jokes celebrates the kind of low-stakes humor that only a dad can master. Your dad will keep party guests and his co-workers in stitches, or at least keep them smirking, as he slings another dad-joke favorite. It’s the perfect compendium to keep on hand for whenever he needs to break the ice or change the subject at a social gathering. With 500 jokes that dad can tell to embarrass you and make you chuckle, the collection includes:PunsOne-linersWord play Fun imagery that reinforces the goofy dad sense of humorYou’ll cringe. You’ll groan. You’ll chuckle. You may even genuinely laugh. Your dad’s got the delivery skills to pull off these jokes in his own personal style.Look no further for the perfect Father’s Day present. Give him this gift of a never-ending source of jokes that he can turn to again and again at just the right (or wrong) moment. Dad Jokes isn’t just for dads! It’s for anyone who appreciates a good bad joke.

The majesty of God’s Word shines through in this heirloom Pure Cambridge Edition of the King James Version of the Holy Bible.As an aid to daily study or as a meaningful gift, this Bible will surely take its place as an essential volume in any home or church. Honoring the glory of God’s word with a reverent and graceful design, this heirloom-quality Bible will instruct and inspire. This elegant edition includes:   A handsomely designed package featuring a jacket and embossed cover An affordable price point The Standard Text of the King James Version of the Bible, first published in 1900  Containing the Old and New testaments, this Pure Cambridge Edition has offered generations of faithful its timeless wisdom. This volume of scriptures will become a treasured family book passed along and preserved as a legacy of faith.

Celebrate The Beatles with rare photographs and a never-before-seen collection of removable, collectible memorabilia.At one time the most famous pop band in the world, The Beatles still hold center stage. Anyone who lived through the 1960s remembers them, and the digital remastering of their output has ensured that younger generations know them too. How could they not? The songs will live forever and are regularly used in film or TV scores, on advertisements, and on radio channels everywhere.With such coverage and interest, how can there be anything new to say about the band? The Beatles manages to do so thanks to the remarkable collection of photographs housed in Mirrorpix, the library of the Daily Mirror, Britain’s premier popular daily. With so much interest in the band, photographers were always looking to cover not just the major events that all the media attended, but smaller, more intimate moments. And then, of course, there were the paparazzi: The Beatles were perfect targets for this new breed of photographer who didn’t ask for permission to take their photos and followed George, Paul, John, and Ringo wherever they went.The book begins with an overview, starting with Brian Epstein’s birth in 1934 to The Beatles signing with him in 1961, in between covering their time in Liverpool, their start as the Quarrymen, their gigs in Hamburg, and the dawn of what would become their iconic hairstyles. Each ensuing chapter contains unique timelines that highlight notable daily activities each year, from concert dates, to personal matters (Paul marries Linda March 12, 1969), to epic events that solidify the group's fame forever (Apple Records launches August 11, 1968). The book finishes with a chapter on the band’s breakup and their lives, post-Beatles.Included are 15 removable reproductions of collectible memorabilia, including: Concert posters and flyers for the group’s performances, including at the Odeon (with Roy Orbison in 1963) and their record-breaking Shea Stadium appearance (1965)1963 program cover for a Royal performance in the presence of the Queen Mother at the Prince of Wales Theatre1963 signed souvenir card from their Scottish tour of Glasgow, Kirkcaldy, and DundeeCover from a pictorial commemorating their 1964 performances at Carnegie Hall1965 Christmas card signed by the Fab Four1966 advertisement for the band’s US single release, “Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby”Cartoon and caricature cardsMirrorpix has a sensational collection of material that was taken to feed an insatiable desire to see the band, their families, hangers on, and what they all did. Record launches, publicity events, holidays, flights in and out of the country, TV broadcasts, film work, births, deaths, and marriages: every event was photographed. With this sort of coverage, unsurprisingly, much material was not published, and it is this treasure trove that is showcased in this rare and exciting collection. Collectors of all stripes will cherish the removable reproductions of memorabilia.

The Complete Language of Trees is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 400 types of trees—now in a pocket-size edition for easy, on-the-go reference.Along with a stunning visual depiction, each entry provides the tree’s scientific and common name, characteristics, and historic and hidden properties from mythology, legends, and folklore.Discover the lore of trees, including:  Hackberry Tree – encourages someone to continuously do their bestManchineel Tree – it is so toxic that the smoke from a burning tree can cause blindness, and it is not even advised to inhale the air around the treeBark from the Bird Cherry Tree was placed on doors during medieval times to ward off plagueWashi paper is created from the inner bark of the Paper Mulberry Tree.Pando is a Quaking Aspen colony that is 108 acres wide (about the size of 83 football fields!). It is technically one tree.Imagine developing a spiritual connection with a tree in a way that exceeds visual perception; where learning its meaning and value simultaneously improves your own mental and physical wellness. Throughout history, floriographies—flower dictionaries—have gained notoriety for regulating human emotions and giving depth, symbolism, and meaning to extremely delicate aspects of nature. Following the success of The Complete Language of Herbs and its predecessor The Complete Language of Flowers, author S. Theresa Dietz continues this custom with The Complete Language of Trees.Coupled with two indexes, one for searching by common tree name and the other organized by meaning, Dietz cleverly connects quality time in nature with the overall improvement of mental health by developing a stunningly depicted dictionary for gardeners, environmentalists, and nature lovers alike.

Amazing art projects that will keep kids busy for hours!  With the fun and creative drawing activities in This is Not a Maths Book, you’ll be able to make your very own designs to amaze your family and friends. The projects are explained with diagrams and step-by-step instructions, making them simple and fun to complete. As you sketch, you’ll discover the amazing maths principles in each challenge that makes it work. Each page has lots of space to draw, and there’s a section of graph paper at the back of the book so that you can keep on creating!  You’ll discover how to make: Your own optical illusionsPerfect circlesParabolic curvesMandalasTiled patternsFractalsSnowflakesStomachion puzzlesTessellationsLoop-de-loopsGolden spiralsSquare-tanglesSketches on a slant3-D websImpossible triangles  Get ready to find out how art can be maths, and maths can be art! But remember – this is absolutely NOT a maths book.  Or is it…?  Winner of a British Book Design and Production Award 2015, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Category  Winner of the ALCS Educational Writers Award, 2016

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of arguably the greatest and most cherished of all the Star Wars films, the most important motion picture sequel of all-time, and a movie that changed pop culture forever: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. J.W. Rinzler, author of the acclaimed The Making of Star Wars, once again uses his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm archives, and their treasure trove of never-before-published photos, design sketches, paintings, production notes, interviews, anecdotes, and scripts, to take us back thirty years to relive the entire production process for one of the most anticipated movies ever produced - along the way unveiling stories as entertaining, enthralling and mind-boggling as the film itself. As a long-standing member of the Lucasfilm staff, J.W. Rinzler has enjoyed unparalleled co-operation and support from the original moviemakers, including both George Lucas and veteran director Irvin Kershner. The result is a truly definitive account that is destined to become a must-have for all true Star Wars fans and serious cinephiles. Jonathan Rinzler is a New York Times bestselling author and longtime editor at Lucasfilm Publishing.

His classic films illuminated everyone’ s childhood. The theme parks are on every tourist itinerary. The movie empire is one of Hollywood’ s biggest. Walt Disney is one of the few men who unquestionably changed our culture. And Neal Gabler is the first author to have had complete access to the Disney Archives, enabling him to write the definitive biography of this remarkable man. Gabler charts Disney’ s journey from running a fledgling studio with short cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, to the reinvention of animation with full-length films like Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi and Dumbo. Chronicling Walt’ s profligacy and expansionism, as well as his obsessive perfectionism when working on the briefest of sequences in Fantasia, Gabler describes how it was left to Walt’ s brother Roy to keep the business solvent.The successes speak for themselves - Disney then moved beyond animation with huge hits like Mary Poppins, and mixed utopianism and merchandising to conceive the world’ s first modern theme park, Disneyland. In addition to the towering achievements, Gabler shows the dark side of Walt Disney - ruthless towards long-serving staff, cavalier with contracts, neglectful of his family – but also the vulnerability, born of loneliness and ill health, in an admirably balanced portrait.