Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes

(First Edition, Signed Bookplate) In the warm and welcoming style that fans of the PBS television show Lidia's Italy have come to know, Lidia Bastianich here uncovers hidden treasures in the regional cooking of lesser known parts of Italy, with recipes shared by the farmers, shepherds, foragers, and artisans who produce local cheeses, meats, olive oils, and wines.

It should be the happiest day of Goldy the caterer's life. After years of putting the disaster of her first marriage behind her, she has finally found the courage to love again. Soon she'll be walking down the aisle of St. Luke's Episcopal Church to wed the man of her dreams, Tom Schulz, a homicide detective who shares Goldy's passions for preparing food and solving crimes. But moments after Goldy's put the finishing touches on the scrumptious wedding feast, and just before the ceremony begins, she receives an urgent phone call from the groom. The wedding is off, and the reason is a killer.

At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice-that of life itself. Now she introduces us to a terrifying world in which the cost of magic is just that...in which the fuel for sorcery is the very fire of the human spirit, and those who hunger for magical power must pay for it with their lives

Kosmic Consciousness

For Ken Wilber’s many avid readers—and those who have been waiting for a highly accessible invitation to his work—here is one of the most creative and significant thinkers of our time offering a feast of ideas and inspiration on our evolution toward Kosmic Consciousness.