Jim - Libros y biografía

This new translation offers readers of English a unique look at eighteenth century London and England generally, compared to Paris and France in the same period. It was written by the sharp-tongued and...

Is bacon fat meat? Chicken? Cheese? Eggs? All of these have been considered, at different times, meat or meatless foods by the Catholic Church. The eighteenth century historian Le Grand d'Aussy included...

"Your heart's pounding, you sweat, and you feel like you're going to vomit..."Tom CruiseTom Cruise is far from the only celebrity to overcome bullying to attain huge success. If bullying is a problem...

Yes an Austrian brought the croissant to France. But it wasn't Marie-Antoinette. Half a century after her time, an Austrian officer opened a bakery in Paris which became the place to go. The Boulangerie...

A collection of over 100 original monologues for teen and adult actors. Includes all the monologues from "Monologues for Teens and Twenties".Among the monologues here are the very popular "Sister Santa",...

A sourcebook of homicide, suicide, rape and prostitution cases from 18th century France, most from previously untranslated material. Sources include periodicals, Bastille records, police reports and contemporary...

Where did the baguette come from? A simple enough question, but this search for an answer ranges from the long breads of Babylon and Egypt to the first long (but wide) breads in France to the gradual...

Green eggs were popular once, and long before Dr. Seuss, in France. Poached eggs were served with orange juice and spices. Easter eggs inspired not egg hunts, but loud, raucous processions.Cheese might...

Is Anthimus' work "the oldest European medieval cookbook"? By many measures, even if it is more a medical work, or, in modern terms, a book on nutrition, than a cookbook per se.No actual cookbook has...

This excerpt from Le Grand d'Aussy's classic work on the history of French private life explores the history of beer, cider and spirits in France from the Gauls to Le Grand's own time (the late eighteenth...

A history of French bread from the first Neolithic flat breads up to the baguette, and an overview of developments since.French bread has been prized in other countries since medieval times and the baguette...

A mechanical horse... A mountain flowing with rose-water... A lake with a boat in full sail.. These were a few of the details of the complex entertainments presented with elegant Medieval meals. Meanwhile,...

When is "medieval food" not medieval food?When it means (as it usually does) the food of a few centuries out of a millenium - from the thirteenth to the fifteenth (and sometimes even beyond). But the...

A collection of monologues for young adults from their teens to their twenties, organized by age group and gender. Monologues from this collection have been included in two other anthologies. This second...

Asking "Who am I? Why am I here?"Is not so much a sign of ignorance or confusion,As it is a standing up to the Universe,A demand for answers.Not an "Is this all there is?"But an "I know there's more!"Each...

Christianity Today Book Award winnerGolden Canon Leadership Book Award winnerFeeling caught between the traditional church and the emerging church? Discover a third way: deep church.C. S. Lewis used the...

Reaching for an escape from the monotony of her world, Kara stumbles backward into her mind to find that the window to another existence is open. Fear abounds when Kara climbs through and learns that...

If you can't afford food, do you give up and starve, or do you steal just to feed yourself? Or do you sign up for Agritecture's "Food for Thought" initiative, a program resulting from the government's...

Little Teddy Winters is a curious boy. Surely he'd have to investigate a mysterious black pebble found in his backyard. Imagine his surprise when he finds the pebble able to move on its own, and his shock...

A man is stalked by monsters that only children can see.A newly installed software begins to degrade the reality around it.An artist suffers brutality in the name of transcendence. Bodies twist, minds...

Pain, sharp and searing like the feel of cold steel, aching like a buildup of flames internal, the Greer family is suffering. Billy has gone off wilder than usual on a gasoline huffing binge, and his...

A cynical, embittered man undergoes heart surgery following injury sustained in a terrorist attack. Under anesthesia, he dreams of bizarre confrontations with lovers from his past in a surrealist odyssey...

TIME OF OUR LIVESSYNOPSISThis book revolves around the life Joe and Helen have made for themselves in the south of Spain and in particular Marbella. Marbella is a town renowned for encouraging folk from...

In order to escape the escalating hassle Joe and Helen rent an apartment in a down market area, and as a result of living in such squalor Joe falls ill. Fortunately having recovered from the illness Joe...

Born to illiterate parents in a deprived area of Glasgow ensured Joe Armstrong would be stigmatisedfrom day one. His father was an indolent, gambling, alcoholic and his Mother ;a hard nosed, illiterateworkaholic....

Born to illiterate parents, in a deprived area of Glasgow ensured Joe Armstrong would be stigmatized from day one. His father was an indolent, gambling, alcoholic and his Mother; a hard-nosed, illiterate...

due in the main; to the trials and tribulations related to a complicated divorce helen and joe decide to relocate. Spain is their choice of country and Marbella their choice of town. Unaware of the culture,...

I guess the inspiration behind the writing of the book 'Failure To Communicate' came from having read and listened for many a year about incredulous situations involving working class people, with apparently...

LONGSimilar to previous submissions the new book offering ie PLASTIC SPOON has been written with the idea! That if the masses are made aware of what's actually going on around the world, then perhaps...

While in Spain Joe and Helen enrol with a casting agency, resulting in Joe being given the lead part in an advert to be filmed in Barcelona. Occasionally they fly back to Scotland and reacquaint themselves...