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Stones and Bones of New England: A Guide To Unusual, Historic, and Otherwise Notable Cemeteries
Whether it's for their solace and beauty or for the sense of history that seeps from the ground, cemeteries are fascinating places to visit, this guide shows where to find the most interesting and unusual ones in all of New England. Some have headstones that are fine art, others are associated with notorious events, and others are the final resting place of famous poets, soldiers, and statesmen. Included are large public facilities as well as the small family burying grounds hidden away behind crumbling stone walls and along once-cultivated farmland. A sampling of cemeteries profiled: *Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vermont, where lifelike sculptures of angels and Greek goddesses stand next to a stone soccer ball and Shell Oil truck gravemarker, all elaborately carved from local granite by immigrant Italian stonecutters. *Spider Gates Cemetery, in Leicester, Massachusetts, a notorious Quaker burying ground famed for its frequent ghost sightings and still in use today. *A cemetery situated on the raised median of the Interstate in Warner, New Hampshire, which was preserved in 1970 by highway planners, who constructed the roadway around it. *Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven, Vermont, final resting place of Timothy Clark Smith, whose 1893 crypt includes a window to help him escape in case he was buried alive. Driving directions are provided for each cemetery, and detailed maps show the location of the more obscure graveyards. This unique guide offers an intriguing way to learn about the history and culture of New England. -
Weight Loss Smoothies: 33 Healthy and Delicious Smoothie Recipes to Boost Your Metabolism, Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast
Weight Loss Smoothies Make It Easy And Delicious To Lose Weight Fast!
Would you like to have so much energy you actually find exercise fun? How about losing weight easily and having a lean body that's fit and sexy? Maybe you never want to get sick again and feel great all year long? No Matter What Your Goals Are Weight Loss Smoothies Will Help You Get There! You're About To Learn How To Easily Lose Weight, Be Healthier And More Fit Than Any Time In Your Entire Life...
This book will take you by the hand and keep you motivated to get in the best shape ever! You'll learn so much more than just some great recipes, you'll also learn how weight loss smoothies seem to just melt fat away - fast! That's not all. You'll actually be filling in wrinkles, boosting your immune system, becoming fit and creating more energy than you know what to do with. I'm Sure You Know One Of The Main Road Blocks To Losing Weight Is Not Having A Plan...
Well, with this guide you don't need one--everything you need to know is already included! Simply read the book, grab the ingredients, throw them in your blender and drink! Yes, it really is that easy. Just by drinking healthy smoothies you will notice the inches melting away and your skin will start looking better than it has in years! Once you start reading about all the benefits of smoothies and how they transform your health you'll be highly motivated to make sure they stay in your daily diet. Actually, they are so delicious you'll look forward to waking up and drinking your breakfast smoothie. Here's A Preview Of What You'll Learn...- How smoothies will jumpstart your weight loss
- Why smoothies will melt the inches off fast
- Easy, delicious ways to get your daily greens
- What to add to make your weight loss smoothies a complete meal
- Why smoothies alone, can take your health to a whole new level
- A large variety of recipes to satisfy your taste buds
- Learn what surprising weight-inducing ingredients you should avoid
- How to "boost" your smoothies to make them even healthier
- Plus, so much more...
Super Energy Smoothie
Like the name suggests, this smoothie is an amazing source of energy that puts all energy drinks to shame, and just in case you are wondering what energy has to do with weight loss, can I just ask when when was the last time you busted out some hard workouts while extremely tired? Exactly! The ingredients for the recipe include: 1/4 of a whole medium sized pineapple
1/4 of a whole medium sized watermelon
1 cup of coconut water
3 handfuls of baby spinach
1 cup of blueberries
2 green apples or 2 bananas
Ice cubes Mojito
This smoothie contains a higher amount of fat than a lot of the recipes in the book. Fat does not equal weight gain, in fact it can actually help you lose weight. Fat halts or reduces the amount of insulin your body needs at one time in turn meaning you have less insulin in your blood stream. This is a wonderful dinner smoothie if you are too tired to cook. For this smoothie you will need: 1 C coconut water
2 T hemp seeds
1/2-1 teaspoon spirulina
2 T fresh lime juice
1/2 avocado
1 banana, frozen
2 dates, pitted
1 handful mint leaves Would You Like To Learn More?
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Twilight Before Christmas
From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Christine Feehan--a passionate and paranormal novel of love and mystery at Christmastime. Kate Drake, a well-traveled bestselling novelist, is one of seven sisters--seven very special sisters who happen to be witches. When she returns to her small coastal hometown before Christmas to attend her sister's wedding, she decides to settle there. Discovering a charming but run-down and spooky historic house, she decides to open a bookstore and sets about clearing it out when an earthquake occurs, knocking down part of the wall and revealing a burial crypt. Intrigued but cautious, she turns to the handsome carpenter she hired to help renovate the house. But Kate begins to sense that neither the carpenter nor the law nor any otherworldly power can help her reign in the evil that was released from the crypt. She will have to summon all of her supernatural power--and that of her six sisters--to destroy the sinister force that is casting a dark shadow over her hometown. The Twilight Before Christmas is a darkly charming romance, reminiscent of the holiday works of Jude Deveraux and Linda Howard. -
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION
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ONE OF BOOK RIOT'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL QUEER BOOKS OF ALL TIME How do you find yourself when the world tells you that you don't exist? Samra Habib has spent most of their life searching for the safety to be themself. As an Ahmadi Muslim growing up in Pakistan, they faced regular threats from Islamic extremists who believed the small, dynamic sect to be blasphemous. From their parents, they internalized the lesson that revealing their identity could put them in grave danger. When their family came to Canada as refugees, Samra encountered a whole new host of challenges: bullies, racism, the threat of poverty, and an arranged marriage. Backed into a corner, their need for a safe space--in which to grow and nurture their creative, feminist spirit--became dire. The men in Samra's life wanted to police them, the women in their life had only shown them the example of pious obedience, and their body was a problem to be solved. So begins an exploration of faith, art, love, and queer sexuality, a journey that takes them to the far reaches of the globe to uncover a truth that was within them all along. A triumphant memoir of forgiveness and family, both chosen and not, We Have Always Been Here is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever felt out of place and a testament to the power of fearlessly inhabiting one's truest self. -
There Is Life After College
From the bestselling author of College Unbound comes a hopeful, inspiring blueprint to help alleviate parents' anxiety and prepare their college-educated child to successfully land a good job after graduation.
Saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, today's college students are graduating into an uncertain job market that is leaving them financially dependent on their parents for years to come--a reality that has left moms and dads wondering: What did I pay all that money for?
There Is Life After College offers students, parents, and even recent graduates the practical advice and insight they need to jumpstart their careers. Education expert Jeffrey Selingo answers key questions--Why is the transition to post-college life so difficult for many recent graduates? How can graduates market themselves to employers that are reluctant to provide on-the-job training? What can institutions and individuals do to end the current educational and economic stalemate?--and offers a practical step-by-step plan every young professional can follow. From the end of high school through college graduation, he lays out exactly what students need to do to acquire the skills companies want.
Full of tips, advice, and insight, this wise, practical guide will help every student, no matter their major or degree, find real employment--and give their parents some peace of mind.
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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality: The 1905 Edition
The first edition of this classic work from 1905 shows a radically different psychoanalysis Available for the first time in English, the 1905 edition of Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality presents Sigmund Freud's thought in a form new to all but a few ardent students of his work. This is a Freud absent the Oedipal complex, which came to dominate his ideas and subsequent editions of these essays. In its stead is an autoerotic theory of sexual development, a sexuality transcending binary categorization. This is psychoanalysis freed from ideas that have often brought it into conflict with the ethical and political convictions of modern readers, practitioners, and theorists. The non-Oedipal psychoanalysis Freud outlined in 1905 possesses an emancipatory potential for the contemporary world that promises to revitalize Freudian thought. The development of self is no longer rooted in the assumption of a sexual identity; instead the imposition of sexual categories on the infant mind becomes a source of neurosis and itself a problem to overcome. The new edition of Three Essays presents us with the fascinating possibility that Freud suppressed his first and best thoughts on this topic, and that only today can they be recognized and understood at a time when societies have begun the serious work of reconceptualizing sexual identities. -
Elegant Complexity
Elegant Complexity is the first critical work to provide detailed and thorough commentary on each of the 192 sections of David Foster Wallace's masterful Infinite Jest. No other commentary on Infinite Jest recognizes that Wallace clearly divided the book into 28 chapters that are thematically unified. A chronology at the end of the study reorders each section of the novel into a sequential timeline that orients the reader and that could be used to support a chronological reading of the novel. Other helpful reference materials include a thematic outline, more chronologies, a map of one the novel's settings, lists of characters grouped by association, and an indexed list of references. Elegant Complexity orients the reader at the beginning of each section and keeps commentary separate for those readers who only want orientation. The researcher looking for specific characters or themes is provided a key at the beginning of each commentary. Carlisle explains the novel's complex plot threads (and discrepancies) with expert insight and clear commentary. The book is 99% spoiler-free for first-time readers of Infinite Jest. -
Cafe by the Sea
The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand.
Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up -- and she hasn't looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It's a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past. In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious... and hopelessly in love with her boss.
But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she's suddenly swept once more into life with her brothers (all strapping, loud and seemingly incapable of basic housework) and her father. Yet even amid the chaos of their reunion, Flora discovers a passion for cooking -- and finds herself restoring dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour: a café by the sea.
But with the seasons changing, Flora must come to terms with past mistakes... and work out exactly where her future lies...
Funny and heartfelt, The Café by the Sea is a delightful summertime novel that puts a modern twist on the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothers story.
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Sauces Recipes
This book contains 268 classic delicious recipes of sauces for every cook from beginners to professionals and for every day. These sauces can turn every ordinary dish into a delicious meal. -
Wizard War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945 (Reprint)
In this dramatic first-hand account of military intelligence triumphs, secretive detective work, and true-life espionage dramas, R.V. Jones reveals the true story of the vital role the scientific community played during World War II.
At 28 years old, Jones was summoned by Churchill to be a part of the clandestine British Scientific Intelligence community at Whitehall in London. From 1939 to 1945, Jones and his colleagues were tasked with coming up with countermeasures to German applications of science in the war. Projects he worked on during this "Wizard War," as Churchill called their efforts, sought to find technical ways to combat Germany's applications of science during the war, including newly developed navigational beams, chaff, and radar.
Jones was directly responsible for breaking Germany's navigational beam system, which Luftwaffe bombers had been using to destroy British targets with devastating accuracy. This success with the "Battle of the Beams" proved critical in the outcome of the Battle of Britain. He also devised defenses against deadly German retaliation weapons such as the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket, as well as their nascent nuclear weaponry developments. His work with radar enabled the success of the Allied bomber offensive, played a key role in preparations for D-Day, and helped the Allies achieve ultimate victory.
This highly acclaimed memoir is a masterpiece of British military history. With abundant humor, humility, and details, Jones offers a riveting insider's perspective on the scientific achievements and strategic decisions made during the Second World War -
Tactical Barbell 2: Conditioning
You have something very valuable in your hands. A lifetime's worth of training knowledge, drawn from the world's most extreme arenas. Lessons learned and best practices from military operators, tactical law enforcement, combat athletes, and others that rely on their physical abilities to survive and thrive in very harsh and unforgiving environments. Where there's more at stake than winning a medal, or getting a bruised ego. It's great having a 600lb squat and 400lb bench press. However, as an operational athlete, if you can't move, work, or thrive for long periods of time in a multitude of energy demanding environments, you are ineffective. Your big bench is useless; your big squat is useless. Tactical Barbell proposes you work towards being a different kind of athlete. The kind that's not only extremely strong, but also highly conditioned. If you look carefully, you'll see these people all around you. That guy on your Emergency Response Team with the 350lb bench press and a sub 9 minute 1.5 mile run. The old Marine Sergeant that can run 6 miles in under 40 minutes followed by 30 dead-hang pull-ups. So how do you get there? It's not what you think. Popular 'bootcamp' style approaches that throw a lot of push-ups and running at you in a haphazard fashion don't work for long. Sure, you'll break a sweat and release some endorphins. You might even lose a pound or two. But take a good hard look at your progress. For all your effort, are you really that far ahead? To make real progress, you have to look to the approaches used by professionals. Train each attribute you're trying to improve in a progressive manner, using the most effective tools for that particular fitness domain. In TB2, you'll find the structured, three-pronged approach to conditioning we take with tactical athletes. It consists of Base Building, followed by a transition to a more specific continuation protocol. Periodic maintenance of lower-priority domains complete the model. TB2 is the premier training manual for tactical law enforcement candidates, soldiers, and other operational athletes. You will be hard pressed to find a more thorough and effective conditioning program. If you're a results-oriented individual looking for concrete, actionable programming based on cutting edge practices, this book is for you. -
Seafood!: Easy Seafood Recipes for Fish, Mussels, Tilapia, and Much More
How to Enjoy Seafood
Get your copy of the best and most unique Seafood recipes from BookSumo Press!
Come take a journey with us into the delights of easy cooking. The point of this cookbook and all our cookbooks is to exemplify the effortless nature of cooking simply.
In this book we focus on Seafood. Seafood! is a complete set of simple but very unique Seafood recipes. You will find that even though the recipes are simple, the tastes are quite amazing.
So will you join us in an adventure of simple cooking?
Here is a Preview of the Seafood Recipes You Will Learn:- Mediterranean Halibut
- Winter Night Halibut Soup
- Bear Mountain Trail Halibut
- Buttery Citrus Scallops
- Stovetop Scallops and Ramen
- Elegant Risotto
- Seafood Gratin
- Delusional Spaghetti Seafood Soup
- Zesty Seafood Soup Cream
- Roasted Cherry Seafood Soup
- Old Bay's Seafood Soup
- Lime and Chipotle Tilapia
- Italian Ranch Style Tilapia
- Scampi Style Tilapia
- Lime and Chipotle Tilapia
- Italian Ranch Style Tilapia
- Scampi Style Tilapia
- Raspberry Salmon
- Honey Mustard Salmon
- Salmon Burger
- Mexican Tilapia Tacos
- Asian Inspired Halibut
- Viking Fish Soup
- Crab Appetizer
- Lebanese-Greek Halibut Fusion
- Louisiana Bayou Fish Stew
- Much, much more!
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Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is set in 1792 during the French Revolution, but centres on an English hero performing great and brave deeds in a violent and murderous climate. Marguerite St Just is a beautiful French actress, who is married to the English fop, Sir Percy Blakeney. The couple have become estranged as Marguerite has tired of her husband's seemingly superficial lifestyle. She has heard about the exploits of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel - an unknown English man - who is daily helping French aristocrats to escape the Revolution. She is captivated and entranced by the stories surrounding him, but is soon forced into a position where she must assist the French ambassador to England in capturing the elusive man. Orczy's novel unfolds with a series of twists and turns, with frequent moments of excitement and tension. -
Sin Dientes Y a Bocados / Toothless and by the Mouthful
Guía de recetas fáciles y nutritivas para aquellas familias que quieren una alimentación complementaria y sabrosa para sus bebés.
En este libro único, Juan Llorca, Chef responsable de la alimentación en Valencia Montessori School, y Melisa Gómez, dietista-nutricionista especializada en pediatría, ofrecen recetas sencillas y consejos prácticos para apoyar a las familias que buscan dar una alimentación saludable a sus pequeños desde los primeros meses. Sin dientes y a bocados es una guía completa, accesible e imprescindible; ideal para ayudarte a resolver dudas frecuentes sobre el paso de la lactancia a la alimentación complementaria regulada y dirigida por el propio bebé (conocida también como Baby Led Weaning o BLW), y capaz de brindarte los recursos necesarios para ponerte en marcha y acompañarlo en las distintas etapas de su alimentación, desde su primer bocado hasta su primer cumpleaños. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Guide to easy, nutritious recipes for families who want a delicious, balanced diet for their babies. In this unique book, Juan Llorca, head chef at the Valencia Montessori School, and Melisa Gómez, pediatric nutritionist-dietitian, offer simple recipes and practical advice to support families who want to feed their little ones healthfully from the very beginning.Toothless and By the Mouthful is a complete, accessible, and essential guide that is ideal for helping you resolve common questions about the transition from breastfeeding to complementary feeding regulated and directed by baby himself (also known as Baby-Led Weaning or BLW). It is able to offer you the resources necessary to get started and accompany your child during the many phases of feeding, from his first bite to his first birthday.
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Forgotten Coins of the North American Colonies - 25th Anniversary Edition
Since the initial book on the Forgotten Coins of the North American Colonies was published in 1992 by Krause Publications there has been much advancement of these contemporary counterfeits by American & Foreign collectors. This book is not so much a research exercise into new areas of contemporary counterfeit collecting but a tribute to an individual who started many people in collecting these coins when at this time in 1992 few if any collectors thought of collecting contemporary counterfeits. Today most collectors of any advanced collecting interest have associated contemporary counterfeits in their collection. Today if I do meet a collector with no contemporary counterfeits in their collection I do question how advanced this collector is or putting it more plainly his "breadth" of knowledge in his field of collecting. Contemporary Counterfeits sort of rounds out the collector in his collecting pursuits and distinguishes him from just being as Bill always indicated a simple minded accumulator. The purpose of this book will be to discuss certain areas that the author is familiar with and to bring this information to its current level of understanding.A good definition is a definition we used for the Counterfeit Eight Reales book released in September 2014 by Amazon Books. A Contemporary Counterfeit is defined as a spurious coin made to circulate alongside originals in day to day commerce at the same value, regardless of face value or design type. See the Definitions section within this book.Specifically, the author will discuss the Canadian Blacksmiths, Spanish/American counterfeits (i.e., Kleeberg Two Reales and the Gurney/Nichols/Lorenzo Eight Reales), English and Irish Halfpence/Farthing contemporary counterfeits principally sold in the Stacks 2008 Michael Ringo Collection and other brief treatments of counterfeits mentioned in the Forgotten Book. The reason I use the word brief as it may take two or three volumes to address all these advancements. Most of the advancements are seen for the U.S. Colonial issues in the American Numismatic Society's Colonial Newsletter in which the serious student is urged to join the ANS and subscribe to the Colonial Newsletter. -
First Judgement
The saga continues...
Banished from heaven, Lucifer, King of Perdition, presides over hell. Fired by hatred, he has a single goal: to lure unwitting mankind into damnation. And little by little, he is succeeding.
But the omens point to a shift in the balance of power. A star burns brightly over planet Earth, heralding the arrival of a child king. The Nazarene. Humiliated, Lucifer is returned to Perdition, mutinous and defiant.
Summoning the councils of hell, Lucifer conspires again against the race of men. The fallen will visit the Earth. A new Messiah will be cloned - an earthly emissary to carry out his twisted plans...
"There could be no bigger canvas for film-making." - Mark Ordesky (Executive Producer - Lord of the Rings)
"Alec not only re-frames pre-history; she also imaginatively illustrates how the realm of spirit impacts the contemporary material world." Ileen Maisel (Executive Producer for the Golden Compass)
"This is the best work of fiction I have read since the last installment of Dean Koontz' Frankenstein series" Jim McDonald - 1340Mag - Online Entertainment Magazine.