A tribute to legendary restaurateur Elaine Kaufman and her renowned Manhattan creative melting pot.Elaine’s was a world-famous New York restaurant that became home to writers and celebrities. Owner Elaine Kaufman was known to be New York feisty,” controversial, often rude, always blunt, with the flare of Gertrude Stein and Dorothy Parker.Elaine was highly respected and also frequently feared, and Elaine’s the restaurant received the public’s love and prais...

Diosa is as close to black as the sun allows. She has been awarded a "Best playing Pony Award," at the prestigious Palm Beach International Polo Club in the women's tournament.The press loves Diosa. She has appeared in the Palm Beach Post, the Sun Sentinel, and of course in the New York Post's infamous Page Six, where all legendary women usually land.Amy Phillips Penn is a former syndicated society columnist ( New York Post and Palm Beach D...

A collection of first-person narratives offering a vivid, nuanced look at the lived and shared experiences of Bering Strait communities in the COVID-19 era, Stronger Together is a unique collaboration between the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum in Nome, Alaska, and over forty community members, artists, and poets from across the Bering Strait region.The featured artists narrativize works inspired by the pandemic, from walrus ivory masks and sealskin face coverings to scen...

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!“I like to think of Not All Diamonds and Rosé as the ultimate reunion. I know readers will be surprised, entertained, and even shocked at what’s in store." **—**Andy CohenDave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth ...

Celebrity chef Stuart O'Keeffe and comedian Amy Phillipsrazz the Real Housewives in this gorgeous cookbook filled with recipes inspiredby iconic moments in the franchise’s rich history. With a foreword by Andy Cohen.**“**Cook It, Spill It, Throw It is animmersive, one-of-a-kind experience in a world we can’t escape (but let’s faceit, we don’t want to!).” —from the foreword by Andy CohenTrends com...

Service learning and social work education comprise an exciting, yet underutilized, partnership. This book represents the first comprehensive overview of this active and empowering approach to learning in social work. Both educators and practitioners will discover conceptual and practical guidance for developing productive community-based projects.Often envisioned as located at the midpoint on a continuum from volunteer work to internship, service learning combines the opportunity ...

An old legend that was written and saved by the monks of the Highland Monastery and the nuns of the Saint Augustine Convent is kept in the libraries for the children to read. They also warned them many times never to wander too far into the caves alone, for they may never find their way back. There are unseen forces which can draw you deeper and deeper down, where you will never be found, lost forever in the darkness of the underworld. This kingdom is ruled by Queen Austeria, who has sent ...

Postoperative Complications, An Issue of Surgical Clinics, E-Book

In looking back on his editorship of Crisis magazine*,* W. E. B. Du Bois said, “We condensed more news about Negroes and their problems in a month than most colored papers before this had published in a year.” Since its founding by Du Bois in 1910, Crisis has been the primary published voice of the NAACP. Born in an age of Jim Crow racism, often strapped for funds, the magazine struggled and endured, all the while providing a forum for people of color to document their in...

Recent scholarship on children’s literature displays a wide variety of interests in classic and contemporary children’s books. While environmental and ecological concerns have led to an interest in ‘ecocriticism’, as yet there is little on the significance of the ecological imagination and experience to both the authors and readers – young and old – of these texts. This edited collection brings together a set of original international research-based chapters to explore the role of children...

The triumphant story of beloved golfer Phil Mickelson and the years of grit and tireless work that lead to his success, packed with personal insights and never-before-seen photos.Every year, he came so close only to fall short. Every year, the dream grew larger, only to fade away. Yet every year, his gallery of fans grew in support of his quest. Then, on April 11, 2004, for the most beloved golfer of the decade, everything changed. It is a moment ingrained in the h...

The Larcher is a novel about childhood, centrally concerning a lively and curious girl who forms a mistaken belief that has unforeseen consequences. There are two perspectives: one is that of an elderly woman in a nursing home, nearing the end of a long illness and haunted by visions of a lost childhood. The other is that of an adventurous ten year old trying to make sense of the world of her small Northern seaside village .While the girl’s narrative is full of humour and innocence, there ...