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Due to international copyrights, not all titles will be available or similarly priced outside of the United States. – Holly

Dyan Merick’s Avocado Cookbook for Vegetarians: 62 Recipes Using this Delicious Superfood by Dyan Merick

Genre(s): Cookbooks Food & Wine, Special Diet, Healthy, Vegetables & Vegetarian

B eyond Guacamole, Cooking with Avocado

Guacamole is a must-have for any tailgate party, Super Bowl bash or backyard BBQ, but that isn’t the only thing the irresistible avocado is good for. With its creamy, buttery texture and rich, almost nutty taste, this amazing superfood is the perfect ingredient for a host of delectable and healthy meals.

Among her 62 recipes, Dyan Merick cooks up a full selection of breakfasts, salads, soups, lunches and snacks, main entrées, side dishes and desserts for you.

Why not try Scrambled Tofu Burritos or an Apple Avocado Smoothie for breakfast? Put Burger Sliders, Mushroom and Onion Naan Flatbread Sandwiches, or an amazing Vegetarian Chicken Salad on your lunch menu. Dinner offerings include Alfredo Avocado Fettuccine, Black Beans and Sausage, and Polenta Stacks with Marinara, plus avocado versions of favorite comfort foods such as chili, sloppy Joes, and spaghetti. Nor has dessert been overlooked. Indulge yourself with light, dreamy Avocado Cream Pie, Date and Raisin Fudge, or a frosted chocolate cake made with avocado.

And yes, you’ll even find four different guacamoles

Avocados are a Nutrient Dense Superfood

Avocados are packed with antioxidants, healthy fats, minerals, and vitamins. According to the American Heart Association, the healthy fats in this fruit can reduce cholesterol levels and decrease the risk for heart disease. Lutein, a compound found in avocado, has been shown to protect against macular degeneration, cataracts and breast cancer in women. Avocados contain more folate per ounce than any other fruit, crucial for moms-to-be. Avocados are also rich in glutathione, considered valuable to preventing aging.

If you’d like a delicious way to get more of this nutritious superfood into your diet, start cooking now with Dyan Merick’s Avocado Cookbook for Vegetarians.

Note: Though every dish in this book is vegetarian (with vegan options), you don’t have to be a vegetarian to love each and every one!

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Scientist Steve and the Science Fair by KP Baker

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Careers, Science, Nature & How It Works, People & Places
A re you looking for the perfect way to excite your child about science? Or maybe you have a child that is already passionate about it and you want to fuel that passion. Introduce your children to Steve in “Scientist Steve and the Science Fair” and let their imaginations run wild!

Steve is an 8-year-old boy that has always loved science. Both of his parents are scientists and they have always encouraged Steve’s enthusiasm for the subject. One day Steve decided that he wanted to take his science experiments to the next level. He asked his mom to take him to the library so that he could do some research on how to create a stratovolcano. While at the library he met his friends, Jacob and Mason. As the three began exploring the different experiments, they decided that they wanted to start a science fair at their school. They went to their teacher to discuss the option of starting an annual science fair and to their surprise, the idea was approved! Steve, Mason and Jacob were the first pioneers of a school wide science fair!

Along the way, Steve and his friends learn just how to follow their passions and how when they want something, they just have to go for it. They learned the steps involved in starting up a big project and how to follow through their dreams. They had prepared themselves in case the school didn’t approve their idea, but when they did, they were incredibly surprised! Read along with Steve and his friends as they create their masterpiece experiment and show it live at the science fair along with many other students that joined in on the fun. Then join Steve as he is awarded 1st place for his experiment and earns and even bigger surprise at the end!

“Scientist Steve and the Science Fair” offers a great way to talk to children about how to follow their dreams, no matter how big they might seem. Whether you read the book with your child or he reads it on his own, it is a great time to talk about the trials and tribulations of starting your own ideas and making them reality, but with a little hard work, anything is possible. Whether you have a budding scientist or a child that is still unsure about their passions in life, Steve the Scientist will show your child that dreams can come true.

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Trivia & Fun Facts, Health Fitness & Dieting, Psychology & Counseling, Medical Psychology, General, History

T he frequently quoted classic exposition of the madness and folly of “popular opinion”. Extensive discussion about history’s most infamous speculative investment bubbles – the Tulipmania, the South Sea Bubble, and more. Additional coverage and debunking of delusions including alchemy, witch-hunts, The Crusades and duels. Present day writers on economics, such as Andrew Tobias, laud the chapters on economic bubbles.

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Power Verbs for Job Seekers: Hundreds of Verbs and Phrases to Bring Your Resumes, Cover Letters, and Job Interviews to Life by Michael Lawrence Faulkner

Genre(s): Business & Investing, Job Hunting & Careers, Guides, Job Hunting, Skills, Communications, Careers, Communication

E lectrify all your job search communications and build the great career you want!

The right verbs

• make you unforgettable

• powerfully demonstrate your value

• attract employers like moths to flame

Grab the right verb and use it the right way to:

Craft outstanding résumés, cover letters, and thank-you notes

Draw attention to your best achievements and accomplishments

Get your face-to-face interview—and ace it

Pitch yourself brilliantly, even if you only have a minute

Weave crucial “soft skills” expertise into your career communications

Prove you’re the person they’re looking for

Jam-packed with examples drawing on thousands of years of storytelling, literature, and experience

Indispensable for everyone who wants a rewarding, successful, well-paid career!

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In the Company of Secrets (Postcards from Pullman Book #1) by Judith Miller

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Historical, United States, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction

T he truth could cost her everything….

Olivia Mott didn’t intend to lie. Somehow, it just happened. And wasn’t it all Lady Charlotte’s fault anyway?

Now Olivia’s position as assistant chef at Pullman’s elegant Hotel Florence is dependant upon her keeping her secrets. And sometimes lies have a way of leading to other lies. Should Olivia admit her real past and accept the consequences or keep quiet in order to preserve her comfortable new circumstances?

Deception seems to be part of everyday life in the company town of Pullman, Illinois, where the grand Pullman Palace Car is manufactured. Samuel Howard, Olivia’s friend and the town manager, seems to think everything is fine, but Olivia observes something quite different. Could it be that Olivia is not the only one harboring secrets?

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Due to international copyrights, not all titles will be available or similarly priced outside of the United States. – Holly

Cold Quarry (A Frank Pavlicek Novel) by Andy Straka

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Men’s Adventure

S HAMUS AWARD WINNING NOVEL

ANTHONY, SHAMUS, & AGATHA Award Nominated Series

“Frank Pavlicek is a breath of fresh air in the field of private eye fiction-witty, sharp, and flesh-and-blood real.” — NY Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver

When terror strikes home, the answers are less than clear. In this suspense-filled thriller master falconer Chester Carew is found shot to death in the woods, the apparent victim of a deer hunter’s errant round. But private investigator Frank Pavlicek smells something far more deadly than a simple hunting accident. Something is contaminating the surrounding woods–something neither the local authorities nor the Feds seem willing to discuss. Things go from bad to worse when Frank’s best friend and fellow falconer Jake Toronto appears to be implicated in the murder. Seeking justice for one friend and exoneration for another, Pavlicek threatens to uncover a group of domestic terrorists with a chilling agenda.
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Praise for COLD QUARRY:

“Andy Straka soars to wonderful heights with his latest Pavlicek tale.”
– Midwest Book Review

“Spencer fans take hold, there is a new kid on the block!”
– Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin Book Club

‘An intriguing series featuring the likeable Frank Pavlicek and the ancient sport of falconry.” — C.J. Box, author of Savage Run

“I couldn’t put it down! …more pure suspense in this book than anything else I’ve read this year. — Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of Blood Is the Sky
COLD QUARRY was originally published by NAL/Signet/Penguin.

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Literary, Short Stories, Single Author, United States, Literary Fiction

N avigating between the Indian traditions they’ve inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In “A Temporary Matter,” published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant. She is an important and powerful new voice.

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Kind of Blue: An Ash Levine Thriller by Miles Corwin

Genre(s): Education & Reference, Literature & Fiction, United States, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Hard-Boiled, Crime

W hen a legendary ex-cop is murdered in L.A., the pressure’s on to find the killer. Lt. Frank Duffy needs his best detective on the case, but his best detective, Ash Levine, quit a year ago.A tenacious, obsessive detective, Ash resigned after Latisha Patton, the witness in a homicide case he was working, was murdered. Without his job, Ash is left unanchored-and consumed with guilt that he somehow caused Latisha’s murder.When he’s asked to rejoin the force, Ash reluctantly agrees. Getting his badge back could give him the chance to find Latisha’s killer.Ash dives in headfirst into the shadowlands of Southern California to investigate the ex-cop’s murder. But even when he has a suspect in custody, something about this case doesn’t sit right with Ash, and he continues working the increasinglydangerous investigation while quietly chasing leads in Latisha’s murder.Unable to let either case go until he has answers, Ash finds that his obsessive nature, which propels him into a world of private compromises and public corruption, is a flaw that might prove fatal.

Longitude by Dava Sobel

Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics, Scientists, Professional & Technical, Engineering, Patents & Inventions, Transportation, Science & Math, History

A nyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that “the longitude problem” was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution. The scientific establishment of Europe-from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton-had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever been able to do on land. Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest, and of Harrison’s forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home: Easy Techniques for the Freshest Flavors in Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Relishes, Salsas, Sauces, and Frozen and Dried Fruits and Vegetables by Janet Chadwick

Genre(s): Cookbooks Food & Wine, Canning & Preserving, Vegetables & Vegetarian, Vegetables, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Home Improvement & Design, How-to & Home Improvements, Do-It-Yourself

A wonderful thing is happening in home kitchens. People are rediscovering the joys of locally produced foods and reducing the amount of the grocery budget that’s spent on packaged items, out-of-season produce, and heavily processed foods. But fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables don’t stay fresh and delicious forever – they must be eaten now . . . or preserved for later.

For all the vegetable gardeners facing baskets overflowing with bright tomatoes, and for all the dedicated farmers’ market fans and CSA members, The Beginner’s Guide to Preserving Food at Home has the simple solutions that turn overwhelming bounty into neatly canned tomatoes, jars of jams and jellies, and crispy-tart relishes and pickles.

Organized in a friendly, food-by-food format, readers will find freezing, drying, canning, and storing instructions for each vegetable, fruit, and herb. In many cases, several ways to freeze or can a food are described, and there are often other preserving suggestions as well, such as making juice or fruit leather.

Everything is written with busy people in mind: these are the quickest, most efficient methods for preserving summer’s bounty. Up-to-date information and clear, step-by-step instructions show even absolute beginners the way to a fully stocked pantry.

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