Anchor imprint: 1481 books
by Mikal Gilmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE
Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart* ***exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged.
Gary...
Walking on Eggshells
Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don’t call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup....
Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs: Traditional Toymaking
The Foxfire Americana Library (6)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
The Foxfire Americana Library takes you back to the good ol’ days with a collection of simple, classic toys that can be made at home. Complete with illustrated step-by-step instructions, “Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs” includes advice on how to make:
Ball and Cups
Blowguns
Bouncing Pigs
Bows...
by Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
The bestselling story of Julia’s years in France—and the basis for Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams—in her own words.
Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television...
Pickling and Preserving
The Foxfire Americana Library (3)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Out of the kitchens and cupboards of Appalachia comes a warmhearted collection of tried-and-true methods for pickling and preserving fruits and vegetables. Part history, part practical recipe book, here homegrown cooks offer advice on everything from bleaching and drying produce to harvesting your...
by Diana Abu-Jaber
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Diana Abu-Jaber’s vibrant, humorous memoir weaves together delicious food memories that illuminate the two cultures of her childhood—American and Jordanian. Here are stories of being raised by a food-obsessed Jordanian father and tales of Lake Ontario shish kabob cookouts and goat stew feasts...
Wild Spring Plant Foods
The Foxfire AMericana Library (7)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A handy illustrated guide to the edible plant life available in Appalachia and other temperate areas during the spring. From sassafras to rhubarb, each entry includes instructions on where to find the plant, how to spot it, and the ways it is best eaten, often with recipes.
Plants include:
Morel
Asparagus
Wild...
Appetite for Life
The Biography of Julia Child
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the art of cooking.
In...
Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation...
Blue Plate Special
An Autobiography of My Appetites
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
From acclaimed novelist Kate Christensen, Blue Plate Special is a mouthwatering literary memoir about an unusual upbringing and the long, winding path to happiness.
“To taste fully is to live fully.” For Kate Christensen, food and eating have always been powerful connectors to self and...
The Tenth Muse
My Life in Food
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
From the legendary editor who helped shape modern cookbook publishing-one of the food world's most admired figures-comes this evocative and inspiring memoir.
Living in Paris after World War II, Jones broke free of bland American food and reveled in everyday French culinary delights. On returning...
The Hot Zone
The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.
Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest...
Dynasty
The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon—his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic—with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
Dynasty...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe.
Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how...