The Art of Cooking - The First Modern Cookery Book, by the Eminent Maestro Martino of Como.
Published in the 1400's this is the forerunner of the modern cookbook. In addition to the main text, this edition includes a detailed introduction that details the historical significance of this text, along with fifty modernized recipes.
Calligrammes: Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916), by Guillaume Apollinaire.
A bilingual, French and English edition of Calligrammes, includes an introduction and detailed commentary on Apollinaire's influential poems.
The Chuck Wagon Cookbook - Recipes From the Ranch and Range for Today's Kitchen, by B. Byron Price.
An overview of ranch and range culinary history along with a selection of authentic 'cowboy fare' recipes that have been adapted for use in modern kitchens.
Destination Dissertation, by Sonja K. Foss and William Waters.
A step-by-step guide to writing your dissertation that takes you through the entire process in a mere 29 steps.
Greasy Luck: A Whaling Sketchbook, by Gordon Grant.
This book contains sixty-four annotated illustrations that exemplify what life was life for a whaler on a typical whaling voyage.
My Travels With Clara, by Mary Tavener Holmes.
An unforgettable children's book about the real-life adventure of Clara, an Indian rhinoceros who toured extensively throughout eighteenth century Europe with her Dutch owner.
Patriotism: Quotations from Around the World, edited by Herb Galewitz.
More than 400 patriotic quotes from around the world, arranged alphabetically by author.
Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books, by Randolph Caldecott.
A one volume collection containing reproductions of nine of Caldecott's best loved children's picture books.
The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources, by James P. Davis.
A handy reference guide that examines how, and why, you need to cite your sources, in both written and oral presentations across all academic disciplines.
Sid Meier's Civilization III, By Firaxis Games.
In this complex, and fun to play computer game, where you get to rewrite history.
The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Published in 1774, this romantic tragedy became one of the first literary 'bestsellers' in the world.
They Called Me Mayer July, by Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.
Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust.
Vocabulario Vaquero / Cowboy Talk, by Robert N. Smead.
A Dictionary of Spanish Terms from the American West.
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