Lela: 49 books

Nothing evokes the charms of the country kitchen like the smell of freshly baked cookies—or better yet, the taste. With the 250-plus recipes in this cookbook, you’ll be able to recreate the best-loved cookies and bars ever to come from those kitchens, and to make an old-fashioned special occasion...

The very notion of comfort food could have begun in the farm kitchen, with its rich aromas of bubbling stew and apple pie, its stock of fresh eggs and butter and bacon, its warming custard on a cold winters night or cool spoonful of home-churned ice cream on a steaming Fourth of July. Culled from...

Another addition to the popular Farmer's Wife series, The Farmer's Wife Harvest Cookbook includes over 300 recipes for feeding folks-and in some cases, a lot of folks-during the harvest months. Some of the recipes will help you put together a simple, informal hot meal for friends and family; others...

The early twentieth-century world of The Farmer’s Wife may be vastly different than our own hectic, high-tech times, but some things never change—like a taste for the kind of food that’s cooked all day, the long-simmered stews and chilis, pot roasts and soups and puddings that savor of comfort...

Rarely will you read a more dramatic chronicle of one man used by God to go where few would dare and do what seems impossible. From the hostages in Beirut to the Siberian 7 in Moscow—and now the Christians facing torture and beheadings in the Middle East—God has used Ray to help Christians worldwide...

How to find God at work in the midst of an often confusing world. How often do we struggle to make sense of situations in life, wondering if, by some chance, we are just not following the right directions? Is there some secret life code that we were never taught? Suppose we all, inclusively,...

Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency. More recently, it has been suggested that common law systems are more conducive of economic growth than code-based civil law systems. This book argues that there is no theory to support such statements and provides evidence that rejects a 'one-size-fits-all'...

Child abuse policy in the United States contains dangerous contradictions, which have only intensified as the public slowly accepted it as a middle class problem. One contradiction is the rapidly expanding child abuse industry (made up of enterprising psychotherapists and attorneys) which is consuming...

Afrocentric Books presents twelve tales that will transport you from Regency England to Post-Apocalyptic Africa. From the lofty branches of a mythical tree to the depths of the underworld, Afromyth explores fantastical worlds through the eyes of characters of indigenous African descent. Meet men who...

Passion for Cats is a collection of five fiction and five non-fiction cat tales from amazing writers who share a deep rooted passion for our feline friends. The stories take readers on an incredible journey between fact and fiction. There are cats that save our planet and humans who seemed destined...

An American missionary has been kidnapped in by Boko Haram. A young Nigerian mother is sentenced to death by stoning. A Texas oilman has disappeared in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta. No government in the world will touch these politically charged cases.  Acquisitions editor Karen Burke works...

She had everything she ever wanted. Why was she so tempted to throw it away? From the author of Prelude and Interlude, Reprise concludes this exciting trilogy about one woman's challenging quest for enduring love.

Die besten Geschichten über Tattoos, Tätowierer und Tätowierte. Ein Tattoo kann vieles bedeuten: Manchen ist es purer Schmuck, für andere eine richtige Lebenseinstellung. Diese fünf Geschichten stellen Tattoos in den Mittelpunkt der Handlung – und jedes Mal auf ganz unterschiedliche Weise …

La amenaza del terrorismo, probablemente, es uno de los grandes problemas que afronta el siglo XXI, y no está supeditado a un territorio específico sino, por el contrario es un mal que se extiende por varios continentes. Esta obra, resultado de un trabajo interdisciplinario de la Red interuniversitaria...