For oyster lovers everywhere, this luscious cookbook features recipes, shucking instructions, and the local farming success story of the many delicious oysters from the Pacific Coast.
Carole Hillenbrand’s book offers a profound understanding of the history of Muslims and their faith, from the life of Muhammad to the religion practised by 1.6 billion people around the world today. Each of the eleven chapters explains a core aspect of the faith in historical perspective, allowing readers to gain a sensitive understanding of the essential tenets of the religion and of the many ways in which the present is shaped by the past. It is an ideal introductory text for courses in Middle Eastern studies, in religious studies, or on Islam and its history.
Kinfolk magazine-launched to great acclaim and instant buzz in 2011-is a quarterly journal about understated, unfussy entertaining.
We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such as the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China’s Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile-as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world’s natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population-have made it clear that “business as usual” is no longer sustainable. We need to find ways to improve how we live on this planet while minimizing our impact on it.
Sharing discoveries from a groundbreaking study that separated the leadership skills that get results from those that are inconsequential or harmful, Leadership 2.0 introduces a new paradigm of leadership.
The Society of Publication Designers’ (SPD) annual competition seeks the very best in editorial design work. Judged by a worldwide panel of top designers, the 50th edition of Rockport’s best-selling SPD annuals celebrates the journalists, editorial directors, photographers, and other talented individuals who brought events of the year 2015 to our doorsteps and computer screens.
The only textbook written specifically for Intermediate or Advanced Corporate Finance courses, Brigham/Daves’ INTERMEDIATE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 12E equips students with a solid understanding of both conceptual theories and practical financial skills.
Prepare for success in management today with this brief, inviting approach from leading management author Ricky Griffin. FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT, 8E combines a streamlined approach with a strong theoretical and functional framework clearly organized around the planning, leading, organizing and controlling functions of management.
Whether you inhabit a studio or a sprawling house with one challenging space, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, co-founder of the most popular interior design website, Apartment Therapy, will help you transform tiny into totally fabulous.
Eminent historian Paul Johnson provides a rich, succinct portrait of Charles Darwin
In this candy-colored guide, Vané Broussard (founder of the uber-popular blog Brooklyn Bride) and Minhee Cho (of the covetable paper company Paper+Cup) team up to present hundreds of entirely modern style ideas for every aspect of a wedding, in eight eye-catching and vibrant color palettes.
Prioritize user experience design to deliver remarkable service worth sharingIf you search for the “7 stages of experience,” you’re sure to find some of the most incredible thoughts on experience design going back to Walt Disney himself. But why is experience so important? Because the very people you’re hoping to reach are now far too elusive, thanks to empowering and always-on social technologies.
You love to sew. Don’t you wish you could make a living from your sewing? You can, with the help of this practical guide for turning your passion for sewing into a successful home business. Everything you need to know is here, from finding your personal sewing style to creating a product line, identifying customers, equipping your studio, pricing and selling your work, marketing yourself, designing your own patterns, and handling the business and legal side of sewing. And that’s not all! You also get 16 projects (all customer-tested) to start sewing and selling right now.
Teach students to maximize the use of mobile devices, make the most of online tools for collaboration and communications, and fully utilize today’s Internet capabilities with the latest edition Discovering Computers Enhanced.
Build the best pixel-pushing PC the right way with this comprehensive guide to PC building! Packed with guides, sample builds, benchmarks and kit tests, it’s the right way to make the right choices.
