With The Disney Bakery, you can bring magic from your imagination into your kitchen: each recipe is vividly inspired by one of the classic animated Disney films. Turn piecrusts into Aristocats and puff pastry into Aladdins lamp, or, best of all, turn a rainy afternoon into a mouth-watering memory to treasure. Adrienne Berofsky has run her own catering company, worked as a private chef and restaurant manager, and served as a personal assistant to Gael Greene, food critic for New York Magazine.
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The Broken Teaglass
In Arsenault's quirky, arresting debut, two young lexicographers find clues to an old murder case hidden in the files at their dictionary company. Billy, the narrator, is a strapping recent grad with a football player's physique, a penchant for philosophy and a painful chapter in his past that he hasn't quite closed. Mona is a girls' college grad with an ambivalent relationship to her stepfather's wealth and a habit of falling for older, wiser men. The two are drawn together by tantalizing clues left—they assume by a former employee—in the company's citation files.
Making Dough: The 12 Secret Ingredients of Krispy Kremes Sweet Success
Kazanjian and Joyner, both business journalists, join forces to tell the story of Krispy Kreme, considered the worlds premier doughnut company. Founded in 1937, the company today produces approximately 2 billion doughnuts annually through its 300 doughnut shops in the U.S and Canada and has plans for more international expansion. Interviewing executives, franchise owners, employees, and customers, the authors describe the culture of this remarkable company, which combines customer loyalty, valuing their employees, and commitment to their communities with quality product standards and technological innovation.
All looks set fair for Major Matthew Hervey: news of a handsome legacy should allow him to purchase command of his beloved regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. He is resolved to marry, and rather to his surprise, the object of his affections — the widow of the late Sir Ivo Lankester — has readily consented.
Sex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and Discrimination
After nearly two generations of law, politics, and business practices aimed at balancing the roles that men and women play in the workplace, sex remains a major controversy in business. Mari Florence considers all the company policies, both good and bad, and helps make sense out of a confusing array of sexual mores and motives. Mari Florence is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author. Her previous books include The Enterprising Woman and the SO/HO Desk Reference Guide.
