Simone (“Simca”) Beck is known to millions of Americans as Julia Child’s French partner in the creation of the two classic volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Now, she gives us her own delectable recipes—the ones she most treasures out of a lifetime of cooking creativity that has made her one of the great cuisinières of her day. Here are recipes that were inspired by old French family specialties found in her mother’s and grandmother’s well-thumbed notebooks; recipes t...

This book provides an essential, comprehensive discussion on thought experiments and how they have featured throughout the history of the personal identity debate in analytic philosophy.Although many philosophical arguments employ thought experiments as a valuable methodological tool, there is a lack of focused discussion on the significant role these experiments play in the personal identity debate specifically. This book covers a range of central theories and examines how thought...

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Originally designed as a cargo and paratroop transport during World War II, the Fairchild C-82 Packet is today mainly remembered for its starring role in the Hollywood film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965). Its ungainly appearance earned it the nickname "the flying boxcar" but the aircraft was the first to achieve practical end-loading and aerial delivery of cargoes. Its outsized capacity served the U.S. military's needs for more than ten years--civilian operators flew it in remot...

Odin’s Hammer and the Storm Warriors follows 12-year-old Odin, a boy from Norway who discovers he’s the descendant of the Norse god Odin.With the ability to wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir, Odin embarks on an epic adventure with his friends—each possessing their own elemental powers. Together, they must defend Earth from the storm giants threatening to unleash chaos. As Odin learns to master Mjolnir’s incredible power, he faces challenges that test his courage, friendship,...

Full Beds Forever Is Your Complete Blueprint For Successfully Marketing Your Care Home, Filling Your Beds & Keeping Them Full Forever.Just think how good it would be… to know that whatever the financial climate, whatever the Local Authority funding levels, whatever your competition is doing and whether you are there or not, you have a list of clients just itching for a place to become available in YOUR care home.Written for specifically for care home owners and managers, yo...

Lucas and the Shadow Warriors follows Lucas, a brilliant yet underappreciated teenager who discovers he has the extraordinary ability to control shadows.When darkness begins to threaten the world, Lucas is recruited by a secret group of heroes known as the Shadow Warriors. Alongside Tala, Zen, and Kael, Lucas learns to control his powers and embrace his unique abilities in the fight against Drakmar, a villain determined to bring chaos through shadows.Full of humor,...

Ifeanyi Menkiti’s articulation of an African conception of personhood—especially in “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought” —has become very influential in African philosophy. Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person contributes to the debate in African philosophy on personhood by engaging with various aspects of Menkiti’s account of person and community. The contributors examine this account in relation to themes such as individualism, communalism, rights, individual liber...

Income trusts are booming. They have been one of the best-performing classes of investments in one of the worst markets in decades. With over 150 trusts currently trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange at a combined value of over $90 billion, this relatively new vehicle, the income fund, is one of the hottest tickets on the Canadian investment landscape today.Written by two of the industry's top experts and commentators, this is the first book of its kind: a complete guide to the in...

For many Western Christians, the experience of suffering and persecution is remote. For Chinese Christians, on the other hand, persecution is a regular aspect of the Christian life. If a Christian from the West was transported to a Chinese house church, the topic of suffering would be ever-present in preaching and conversation. With decades of persecution under government oppression and a rich theology of suffering, the Chinese house church movement has much to contribute theologically to ...

As we friends and poets were celebrating via email our third publication of poems [the Anthology of Poetry "Scattering Dreams & Tales"], our senior editor, Fabrizio Frosini of Florence, Italy, suggested a wonderful gambit: each of us would give him one of our poems which he would translate into Italian, and we would have a book in another language.Why are we doing this? To celebrate speech, to extol language, to emphasize the wonder and beauty of language as well as its utility. As ...

This latest collection of poems, our third, can be considered a grace note attached to the full melody to the first two.The title, "Scattering Dreams and Tales," was written to reflect the other two publications. According to my co-editor, Fabrizio Frosini, "Dreams & Tales" recalls 'Nine Tales of Creation'. "Scattering" evokes 'At the Crossing of Seven Winds".In this Anthology, you will find poems by 13 poets.According to the Random House Dictionary, a POET is a person...