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Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats & Drinks
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Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats & DrinksGirl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats & Drinks

Stephanie Izard knows how to inspire, captivate, and cook up a storm. Fan favorite and the first and only woman to win on TV s Top Chef, she s also the chef and owner of the acclaimed Girl & the Goat restaurant in Chicago. The Girl in the Kitchen collects more than 100 of Izard s best recipes, from innovative appetizers like Asian-Spiced English Peas to luscious desserts like Quince and Fig Cobbler with Vanilla Mascarpone. Beautifully photographed and bursting with flavor, personality, and insights into the top chef s process including where she finds her cooking muses
 
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How to Grow as an Artist
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How to Grow as an ArtistHow to Grow as an Artist

In this definitive guide to resources, aspiring artists and serious amateurs devoted to their art will find scores of time-tested strategies to help them set up and work safely from a home studio; learn where and how to acquire appropriate art materials; develop their abilities with others as well as create art alone; explore opportunities for education in a wide variety of forms; overcome mental blocks; mat, frame, pack, and ship works of art; and much more. Artists looking to show and sell their work will find no-fail ideas for marketing, exhibiting, and entering the world of galleries. 
 
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Digital Landscape and Nature Photography For Dummies
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Digital Landscape and Nature Photography For DummiesDigital Landscape and Nature Photography For Dummies

Step-by-step instruction on creating beautiful nature and landscape portraits
This eye-popping guide walks you through the nitty gritty of how to take memorable and stunning landscape and nature photos. Packed with constructive advice and a good dose of friendly handholding, this full-color and extra large-trim beginner guide escorts you through the basics of photography and explains how to apply those fundamentals when taking high-quality photos. 
 
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Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing
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Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right ThingPractical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

The surest route to a happier, more productive life and future.
Most of us want to succeed. And most of us want to do the right thing. But we often forget that the way to succeed is by doing the right thing, as Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe remind us in Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing. 
 
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Taking Charge of Your Learning: A Guide to College Success
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Taking Charge of Your Learning: A Guide to College SuccessGet actively engaged in your learning! Taking charge of your learning: a guide to college success shows you how. By leading you through group workshops and real life examples, this textbook helps you learn the study habits and test-taking secrets that have enabled countless others get better grades.
 
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