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Hotel/Restaurant Management will give you a great start toward a rewarding and challenging career as a hotel or restaurant manager. You'll learn what hotel and restaurant managers do, where they work, and what makes them successful. Also include

Philip Marsden's brilliant first novel is set in Cornwall, in the mid-1930s. The bustling coastal community of Polmayne is on the threshold of the modern age - fishing is on the decline, electricity has just arrived and the village is flanked by

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Get out there and enjoy your garden with this all-in-one techniques and plant guide, the ideal reference for taking to the garden center and using outdoors. A-Z directory of over 350 of the best plants. Quick-reference information on plant care.

In 1922 Robert Flaherty, the Irish-American explorer, made a film about the Canadian Arctic, Nanook of the North, starring a mythical Eskimo hunter whose story captured the world's imagination. The film was shown in Paris, Beijing and New York,

Red, White & Greens celebrates a rich cuisine born of both sunshine and poverty and offers a worthy primer to cooking vegetables the Italian way. Faith Willinger's simple, healthy, and intelligent recipes are certain to become new additions to t

Jack, a Labrador Retriever, tells about his daily life of food, walks, and the "apedogs" and "funny-looking dogs" (cats) in his pack, as well as how everything changes when a pretty girl dog moves into the neighborhood.

Rodney Copperbottom has been inventing things ever since he got his first set of hand-me-down upgrades. Like his hero, Bigweld, he wants his inventions to help robots shine no matter what they're made of. But Rodney gets a shock when he goes to

One of the most popular television sports personalities offers his witty, entertaining, and utterly unique take on the world of sports: the absurd and bizarre, the personal and intimate, the monumental and historic.

Stanley Novak is a first generation Polish immigrant who moves to Bakerton and finds work in the booming local mine. The Novaks live on Polish Hill, an area teeming with immigrants from all over Europe, all chasing the American Dream. Their five

American health care is in crisis. Millions of people of all ages are fearful that the Medicare trust fund will be spent long before they are eligible to receive benefits from it. Ross Perot offers a straightforward, thorough analysis of this pr

This easy-to-use workbook follows a growing trend in personal finance, showing how to create and implement a Living Trust, a probate-free alternative to wills or conventional substitutes. This essential book will help you and your advisors desig

In South Carolina in 1780, fourteen-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll among her family and friends and, along with a startling revelation about her own background, comes to understand the true nature of war.

Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry. Ages 12 and up.

In the wonderful tradition of Elizabeth Jane Howard, "War Story tells an extraordinarily authentic tale of both rationing and riches during the war years and at the same time unfolds a mesmerizing and unforgettable love story. After war bre

Stephanie Plum has decided to quit her job as a bounty hunter. She wants something safe. She wants something normal. She's tired of creeps, weirdos, and stalkers. Then just when she thinks she's out, they pull her back in.

The Red Hat Club is back, in rare form. When Pru Bonner, black sheep of the group, falls off the wagon so hard it shakes Diane, Linda, SuSu, Teeny, and Georgia's world, "the girls" stage a hilarious kidnapping in Vegas to help their childhood fr

It's 76 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian, and Marcus Didius Falco has achieved much in his life. He's joined the equestrian rank, allowing him to marry Helena Justina, the Senator's daughter he's been keeping time with the past few years. But