From its origin as the sacred, bitter drink of South American rulers to the familiar candy bars sold by today’s multimillion dollar businesses, people everywhere have fallen in love with chocolate, the world’s favorite flavor. Along the way you’ll meet colorful characters like the feathered-serpent god Quetzalcoatl, who gave chocolate trees to the Aztecs Henri Nestlé, who invented milk chocolate while trying to save the lives of babies who couldn’t nurse and the quarrelsome Mars family, who split into two warring factions, one selling Milky Way, Snickers, and 3 Musketeers bars, the other Mars Bars and M&M’s. Join science author HP Newquist as he explores chocolate’s fascinating history. Its special flavor is created by a combination of 600 to 1000 different chemical compounds chocolate industry goes through eight million pounds of sugar. The first men to climb to the top of Mount Everest buried a chocolate bar there as an offering to the gods of the mountain. Its streetlights are shaped like chocolate Kisses. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. The entire town of Hershey, Pennsylvania was built by Milton Hershey to support his chocolate factory. The Book Of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Vampires and Veins is written by HP Newquist and published by Clarion Books. The Aztecs mixed it with blood and gave it to sacrificial victims to drink. Its scientific name means “food of the gods.”
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A 14-time PBA Tour champion, he was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1984. Mike Durbin is the only bowler to have won the sport's crown jewel, the Tournament of Champions, on three occasions. Your game will improve quickly and dramatically with his easy-to-follow corrections to bowling's 101 most common errorsfrom bad foot position to poor timing to improper arm swing. This book lets Mike Durbin serve as your very own bowling coach. But with the exception of top-level players, few bowlers have the benefit of personal coaching. Knowing how to correct mistakes is a vital part of any athletic endeavor that's why coaches serve such a crucial role. Through the expertise of former Professional Bowlers Association superstar Mike Durbin, From Gutterballs to Strikes provides bowlers of all levels with quick tips and solutions for correcting 101 of the most common bowling errors. Although there are countless instructional books on how to bowl, there aren't any that tell you something much more importanthow to correct what you're doing wrong. Then, last week, this book arrived in the mail! Freehand: New Typography Sketchbooks by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico promises readers they will be able to “page through the personal sketchbooks of the most influential and inventive illustrators and typographers working today.” To be honest, I wasn’t sure if anything ever came of the project. After submitting the images and answering a few questions about materials and process, I didn’t hear a word. It was an honor to share images, but also a bit scary as I’ve never shown my sketchbook to anyone before. I loved how he didn’t ask whether I had a type sketchbook, rather he assumed I did. Two years ago, Steve Heller invited me to submit images of my type sketchbook. Honored to be included in “Freehand: New Typography Sketchbooks” * "Weaving African tribal language and lore. into a rich tapestry featuring a witty projection of the future, a score of vividly realized characters, and a nonstop adventure culminating in a denouement that's at once taut, comic, and touching, Farmer has created a splendidly imaginative fantasy." -KIRKUS, starred review* "This tale overflows with wise insights, lessons and observations about the ties between heritage and family." -PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review* "In its fundamental suspense and appeal the book bears an odd but satisfying resemblance to The Wizard of Oz-witches, scarecrows, and all." -THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS, starred review On her desk is a blue glass teacup emblazoned with the likeness of Shirley Temple filled with the number two pencils that she uses to write her first drafts. The interview took place in her office, which is decorated with a large Helen Frankenthaler print, pen-and-ink drawings an architect did of all the houses that appear in her work, photographs, a few framed book-jacket covers, and an apology note to her from Hemingway-a forgery meant as a joke. We talked with Morrison one summer Sunday afternoon on the lush campus of Princeton University. Lawrence of the black psyche.” She is also a master of the public novel, examining the relationships between the races and sexes and the struggle between civilization and nature, while at the same time combining myth and the fantastic with a deep political sensitivity. But she does not reject all classifications, and, in fact, embraces the title “black woman writer.” Her ability to transform individuals into forces and idiosyncrasies into inevitabilities has led some critics to call her the “D. As one of the few novelists whose work is both popular and critically acclaimed, she can afford the luxury of choosing what praise to accept. Toni Morrison detests being called a “poetic writer.” She seems to think that the attention that has been paid to the lyricism of her work marginalizes her talent and denies her stories their power and resonance. Interviewed by Elissa Schappell & Claudia Brodsky Lacour Issue 128, Fall 1993 Well, it seems as though Shannon Hale's hand in our story has come to an end. It's up to them to save their best friends forever after from a curse that threatens to give their school-and their lives-a very unhappy ending.ĭon't miss Book #1, Ever After High: Storybook of Legends and Book #2, Ever After High: The Unfairest of Them All! Lizzie Hearts, Wonderland's future queen, Cedar Wood, daughter of Pinocchio, and Madeline Hatter, heir to the Mad Hatter's Hat and Tea Shoppe, seem to be the only ones who haven't completely lost their heads. The students transform into animals and objects, palace mice talk, and the beautiful green grounds on campus fade to black-and-white. When a mysterious being from Wonderland begins to infect Ever After High with a strange magic, everything goes topsy-turvy. Now no one's destiny is certain, not even for the most royal of them all, Apple White. But when Raven Queen came along, things became fairy, fairy confusing. At Ever After High, everyone is expected to sign the Storybook of Legends, pledging to follow in their fairytale parent's footsteps. A series of games start, each one more devious than the last. It all sounds like fun to a girl like Tate, and she is ready to play, determined to prove that she isn’t the same girl he conquered once before. Jameson has evolved into Satan – sharp teeth, sharper claws, and a tongue that can cut her in half. She doesn’t have a naive bone left in her body, and she can’t even remember what shy feels like. This time, she thinks she’s ready for him. Seven years later, life is going pretty good for Tate, when she runs into Jameson again. They come together for one night, one explosion, one mistake, and Tate is hurled into space – no family, no money, and no Jameson. Twenty-three year old Jameson Kane is smart, seductive, and richer. The Kane Trilogy: 5 Sinfully Delicious StarsĮighteen year old Tatum O’Shea is a naive, shy, little rich girl. Published by Independently Published Genres: BDSM, Dark Romance, Erotica, Romantic Suspense Degradation, Separation & Reparation by Stylo FantomeĪlso by this author: Neighbors (A Twin Estates Novel Book 1) Highsmith exemplifies a quintessential archetype of today’s online culture: she is the “ problematic fave” par excellence. Ripley (1999) is now in the limelight herself. The misanthropic writer whose morbid oeuvre provided fodder for classic films like Strangers on a Train (1951) and The Talented Mr. These new additions to the Patriciaverse join a crowded field in the last two decades, a half dozen of her books have been made into movies, and she’s been the subject of three biographies and countless essays. Last year, the writer was cast as the protagonist of a graphic novel, Grace Ellis’s Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith, and a documentary, Eva Vitija’s Loving Highsmith, while Adrian Lyne adapted her 1957 novel Deep Water into a film starring Ben Affleck. “Obsessions,” she wrote, “are the only things that matter.” Now, 80 years later, the iconic suspense novelist has herself become the object of an unhealthy fixation: we are all obsessed with Pat. AT 21 YEARS OLD, Patricia Highsmith put her finger on the theme that would dominate her life’s work. 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