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Whitebread Protestants: Food and Religion in American
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sack, Daniel, PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan, At the beginning of "Whitebread Protestants," Daniel Sack writes "When I was young, church meant food. Decades later, it's hard to point to particular events, but there are lots of tastes, smells, and memories such as the taste of dry cookies and punch from coffee hour--or that strange orange drink from vacation Bible school." And so he begins this fascinating look at the role food has played in the daily life of the white Protestant community in the United States. He looks at coffee hours, potluck dinners, ladies' afternoon teas, soup kitchens, communion elements, and a variety of other things. A blend of popular culture, religious history and the growing field of food studies, the book will reveal both conflict and vitality in unexpected places in American religious life.
Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul More Stories to
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canfield, Jack / Hansen, Mark Victor / Shimoff, Marci, PUBLISHER: Health Communications, She nurtured you from a helpless infant to a successful adult. She calmed your fears and dried your tears. She praised you when you needed encouragement and pushed you when you needed motivation. She was your nurse, your maid, your coach, your chauffeur, your teacher and your friend. She was there for you and loved you no matter what. She has the most rewarding, yet most difficult job in the world. She is your mother. This poignant collection of stories for and about the most important woman in our lives features chapters on Love, Becoming a Mother, Mothers and daughters, Miracles, Special Moments, Letting Go and more. It is a delightful anthology that will touch and warm the hearts of readers of all ages and from all walks of life.
Easy Noodles
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barber, Kimiko / Lingwood, William, PUBLISHER: Ryland Peters & Small, There is no place Asian culinary creativity shines more than in a bowl of noodles. Easy Noodles displays the most satisfying, delicious, and wholesome recipes from China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Cooking instructor Kimiko Barber takes us on a culinary tour, with japanese Miso Soup with Tofu, Scallions, and Udon Noodles; Vletnamese Pho; Pad Thai from Thailand; Korean Jap Chae; and many more tempting dishes from China, Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Noodles are incredibly convenient, you can use them fresh or dried, and you can boil, steam, stir-fry, or deep-fry them-the possibilities are endless. Kimiko Barber's healthful recipes are clear and easy to follow, and she includes a directory of noodles with special tips on preparation and cooking. Celebrated food photographer William Lingwood shows the simple beauty of these meals. When you're short on time, but long for great flavor, Easy Noodles is the book for you.
Frullatore Soup maker cousinart
Frullatore con funzione riscaldamento/cottura integrata per rendere semplice la preparazione di zuppe! Soffriggere, bollire, riscaldare e cuocere ingredienti freschi al suo interno per preparare tanti piatti salutari. Caratteristiche FUNZIONE COTTURA Prepara zuppe fresche e sane, puré e condimenti in breve tempo. Rapido elemento riscaldante e piastra di cottura anti-aderente per rosolare verdure, bollire liquidi e cuocere minestre. 3 temperature di cottura: °C Temporizzatore da 1 a 30 minuti Pulsante speciale per "mescolare" FUNZIONE FRULLATORE Potente frullatore, motore da 500 W con lame in acciaio inox. Miscela zuppe calde e salse alla consistenza desiderata, subito dopo la cottura. È possibile aggiungere gli ingredienti in qualsiasi momento durante il processo di cottura. 4 velocità di miscelazione e funzione a "Impulsi": Velocità giri/min adatta per frullare liquidi e cibi caldi Velocità giri/min Velocità giri/min Velocità 4 e funzione "Impulsi": giri appositamente dedicata per frullare alimenti solidi e per tritare il ghiaccio Elemento riscaldante interno che mantiene i cibi alla temperatura ottimale prima di servirli. Perfetta per fare zuppe, passati, condimenti, salse, frullati, frappé, dolci, smoothies, cocktails, granite.
LP di genere rock e non solo
Vendo LP di genere vario ma principalmente Rock a prezzo diverso a seconda del disco consegna a mano zone limitrofe Mn ed eventuali spedizioni a carico del destinatario, Chi volesse la lista può contattarmi Idem per aggiornamenti esempio Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet London Records stampa del tedesca 15 ? Rolling Stones Goats Head Soup stampa ita. del apribile con inserto cartonato 21 ? Rolling Stones La grande storia del rock Curcio ed. retro cover macchiata 7 ? Mick Jagger Performance stampa tedesca raretto 20 ? Bill Wyman Willie and the poor Boys 13 ? Who Who's Next originale UK non perfetto 35 ? Bob Dylan omonimo primo lp originale purtroppo con fruscio 13 ? Jackie Lomax Home is in my Head 15 ? Wishbone Ash Omonimo primo lp 13 ? Eric Burdon Starprotrait doppia raccolta francese MGM 16 ? Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl originale (purtroppo scritta sulla copertina) 15 ? Moody Blues Die Weisse serie raccolta nuovo 9 ? Mc Cartney Paul All the Best Doppia raccolta 16 ? Mc Cartney Paul Pipe of Peace 7 ? Clapton Eric Backless 13 ? Peter Frampton Comes Alive orig cover usurata
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: DiCamillo, Kate / Ering, Timothy Basil, PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press (MA), "Forgiveness, light, love, and soup. These essential ingredients combine into a tale that is as soul-stirring as it is delicious." -- BOOKLIST (starred review) Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering castle, and, ultimately, into each other's lives. What happens then? As Kate DiCamillo would say: Reader, it is your destiny to find out. From the master storyteller who brought us BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE comes another classic, a fairy tale full of quirky, unforgettable characters, with twenty-four stunning black-and-white illustrations by Timothy Basil Ering. This paperback edition pays tribute to the book's classicdesign, featuring a rough front and elegant gold stamping.
AFRICA The Music of Africa Cofanetto Originale10Cd
Isbn: Edizione: 3 Maggio . Ottime condizioni (ascoltati realmente 1 sola volta) pari al nuovo. ATTENZIONE: all'interno mancante la copertina in cartone del cd n. 2 Ottimo anche da regalare. Track Listing 1.Usimcheke Kilema 2.Nili Kua Na Numewango 3.Sakina 4.Mama Wa Kambo 5.Asili Ya Utamaduni 6.Pamela 7.Sophie 8.Vicky 9.Baba Athumani 10.Fitina 11.Ungekua Ni Wangu 12.Gi Lake Victoria 13.Ano Mayo Ano Baba 14.Niche Boresha 15.Dimulowore 16.Mburi Ya Kitutuma 17.Lala Sawa Sawa 18.Marifa Sawa Sawa 19.Ngombe Ni Mali 20.Leo Ni Leo 21.Kenya Safari 22.Duniainamambo 23.We Are All One 24.Unkula Huu 25.Kazi Ni Kazi 26.Mama 27.Conmen Wicked Men 28.Say No 29.Enuff Is Enuff 30.Rwanda 31.Back in Dubai 32.My Indian Lady 33.Walanga Pera 34.Tribute to Bob Marley 35.Viva Italia 36.Shine On 37.Swiss Lady 38.Anna Bella 39.Wazazi Wangu 40.Bilenge Musica 41.Likanisi 42.Rumba Is Rumba 43.Ewango 44.Rita. M 45.Jay-Jay 46.Yerere 47.Semusajja 48.African Paradise 49.Physical Thang 50.Hind O' Girl 51.Gira Otere Ogende 52.Stop the Pain 53.Sirina 54.Washed Tears 55.Let Peace Shine 56.People Need 57.Yerere 58.Blak Void (Interlude) 59.Serengeti Groove 60.Pamoja Kwa Upendo 61.Do Me No Wrong 62.Disco Dayze 63.Keep on Moving 64.Freaky Love 65.I Need You 66.Shadow of Your Fear 67.Don't Rush Me 68.Insatiable Lover 69.Serengeti Groove 70.Mpenzi 71.Haba Haba Soup Soup 72.Mambo Jambo 73.Binti 74.Kala Mashaka 75.Hinde 76.Kabutema 77.Malaika 78.Nilikupenda 79.Mamake Asiya 80.Dimba 81.Wangay 82.Uluhuala 83.Safi 84.Mokumba 85.Ngala Baba 86.Permis 87.Molangwa 88.Ditanta 89.Love Me 90.Dodo Payer 91.Munanga 92.Nyehe Ye Feo 93.Dzohee 94.Fofoi (Ashinao Feefeo) 95.Tsotsoobi 96.Odze 97.Olakami 98.Time for Raggae 99.Dzen Ye Kokloo 100.Lobi 101.Wiseman 102.Yaa 103.Kaya Kaya 104.Adofo Ndwom 105.Waves 106.Save the World 107.A True African 108.Begye W'ani 109.Acquele 110.Do It Without Drugs 111.Efri Woara Eventuale spedizione in Italia già inclusa nel prezzo.
Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Timmer, Doug A. / Talley, Kathryn D. / Eitzen, D. Stanley, PUBLISHER: Westview Press, This book is the first to combine a cogent explanation of the economic and historical causes of homelessness with accounts of individuals and families on the streets, in soup lines, and in shelters. The human side of the story, told from ethnographies conducted in three diverse cities--Chicago, Denver, and Tampa--shows that there is no "culture of poverty" that makes people poor, just as there is no "culture of homelessness" that leaves people without shelter. Instead, the authors show that large numbers of people became homeless through the processes of urban and industrial decline.Homelessness is largely an urban phenomenon. It increased dramatically when cities witnessed the simultaneous loss of low-income housing and good-paying industrial jobs. However, the increase in the number of homeless people does not suggest a special social problem--arising from the character of individuals--but is the result of social and economic transformations in American cities since the late s.In this book the words of the homeless tell the stories of people who were "making it" before but eventually fell into circumstances of extreme poverty. The many paths taken to homelessness, revealed in their stories, speak to the changing conditions of inequality in the United States today and the need for new public policies.
Sopa de Pollo Para El Alma del Cristiano: 101 Relatos Que
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Canfield, Jack / Hansen, Mark Victor / Aubery, Patty, PUBLISHER: Chicken Soup for the Soul, Los autores de la exitosa serie "Sopa de pollo para el alma" han plasmado los valores y principios del cristianismo en las p ginas de cada ejemplar. Historias que versan sobre el amor, el perd n, la fe, la esperanze y la caridad han hecho vibrar y commovido a miles de lectores. Ahora, en esta excepcional obra especialmente dedicada al cristiano, encontrar relatos que fortalecer n su fe y le ayudar n a comprender mejor c mo practicar los valores de la religi n en el diario vivir en casa, en el trabajo y en la comunidad. Usted abrir su coraz n al ver la manifestaci n de inagotable amor de Cristo. En esta conmovedora obra descubrir los milagros que experimentamos cuando encontramos un lugar para Cristo en nuestras vidas. Los enternecedores relatos que aqu se presentan ahondar n su compas n por los dem s y le inspirar n para realizar mayors actos de caridad y filantrop a. Le conducir n a perdonar a otros por sus errors y a usted mismo por sus deficiencies. Le motiver n a defender lo que cree y a crrer en lo que defiende. Y, quiz lo m s importante, le recordar n que nunca est solo o sin esparanza, por m s desafiantes y dolorosas que sean las circunstancias.
Food from Many Greek Kitchens
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kiros, Tessa, PUBLISHER: Andrews McMeel Publishing, Food, culture, celebration, and memory are inexorably tied together inside Tessa Kiros's "Kouzina." As the follow-up to her best-selling "Venezia" and "Falling Cloudberries," "Kouzina" explores Kiros's Greek-Cypriot heritage and takes readers on a colorful journey into the Greek kitchens of her friends and family as she catalogs the traditional foods for fasting, festivals, and feast days. Recipes like Vassilopitta New Year Wish Cake, Lamb in a Flowerpot with Dill and Red Wine, Yamopilafo Wedding Rice, and Easter Soup are accompanied by short introductions that explain each dish's cultural significance. In addition, lavish full-color photographs take readers on a tour from the local Mediterranean fishmongers and markets into Greek family homes and kitchens to experience the best in authentic Greek cooking. With a glossary and more than 200 classically prepared Greek recipes, "Kouzina" adds a greater depth of flavor to each dish through Kiros's warm anecdotal introductions like the following passage for Vassilopitta: "In Greece, everyone has a vassilopitta (cake) at New Year. The wonderful thing about this cake is that a flouri (coin) is added before baking. If you're lucky to get the piece with the coin, you'll be blessed for the year. Don't you love that sense of celebration the Greeks have?" --"Kouzina: Food from Many Greek Kitchens"
Adventures in Jewish Cooking
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jeff Nathan, PUBLISHER: Clarkson Potter, What do Latin American Ceviche and Asian Duck Stir-Fry have in common with Root Vegetable Tzimmes and Classic Chicken Soup with Matzoh Balls? They're all examples of the inspired cooking that has made Jeffrey Nathan, host of Public Television's top-rated "New Jewish Cuisine," the most exciting kosher chef at work today. His innovative food captures the spirit of Jewish cooking while exploring a whole world of sophisticated flavors. Jeffrey Nathan revives and reinvents Jewish cuisine for generations of people tired of the same old brisket and noodle kugel. In Adventures in Jewish Cooking, classic Jewish recipes get a delicious twist, like Stuffed Cabbage Rolls with Sweet and Sour Cranberry Sauce and Gefilte Fish Terrine with Beet and Carrot Salads. But Nathan also knows when to stick to tradition--in his confident hands, tried-and-true favorites like latkes and cholent have never tasted better. Inspired by Jewish cuisines from around the world, as well as a diverse palette of other ethnic flavors, these recipes are anything but bland or heavy. Israeli Chopped Vegetable Salad, Falafel-Crusted Salmon with Jerusalem Dressing, Syrian Lemon Chicken Stew, and Apple Cobbler with Almond-Streusel Topping are all so flavorful and nuanced that they can be served with pride on any occasion. With ready-for-company menus perfect for Passover, the Sabbath, and more, plenty of weeknight options, and variations that make it easy to adjust many recipes to a meat or dairy meal, this is the book that adventurous Jewish cooks have been waiting for.
Farmhouse Cookbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Loomis, Susan Herrmann, PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing, Nothing evokes comfort, warmth, and mouth-watering hospitality like the dishes prepared by people who actually grow the food. From Susan Herrmann Loomis, author of "The French Farmhouse Cookbook," "The Italian Farmhouse Cookbook," "The Great American Seafood Cookbook," and "Clambakes & Fish Fries," "Farmhouse Cookbook" is the result of a -mile trek across rural America in search of the soul of the family farm. Passionate in her quest to taste the freshest corn, understand the basics of cattle ranching, and find out just how an artichoke grows, the author contacted legions of farmers who generously shared their time, their knowledge, their homes, and their recipes. Although "Farmhouse Cookbook" includes the best pot roast, meat loaf, and stew you're ever likely to encounter, it goes well beyond the expected meat-and-potatoes fare. Here is Chew Chang's Chicken and Mustard Green Soup, Lentil Salad with Smoked Turkey and Tarragon, Pork Loin with Coriander and Garlic Crust, a Basque Fourteen-Hour Leg of Lamb, Lemony Herbed Chicken Wings, Nate Pennell's Mulligan Stew with Blueberry Dumplings, Amish Corn Pudding, and Mary Navarette's Garlicky Enchiladas, from the Christopher Farm in Gilroy, California, the garlic capital of the world. Plus, extraordinary baking-Hot Pepper Corn Bread, Funny Cake, Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies, Rhubarb Crunch, Sour Cherry Crumb Pie, and Best Ever Chocolate Cake. With profiles of farms and farmers, tips, lore, and an almond to zucchini lexicon, "Farmhouse Cookbook" is as irresistible as the ring of the dinner bell over the fields. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club's HomeStyle Books and Better Homes & Gardens Family Book Service. copies in print.
Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Norton, Trevor, PUBLISHER: Century, Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth is a hilarious celebration of the great eccentrics who have performed dangerous experiments on themselves for the benefit of humankind, written with all the wit, humour and eye for the beauties of nature -- and machinery and scientific equipment -- that have gained Trevor Norton a cult following and critical acclaim. Many have followed the advice of the great Victorian scientist Jack Haldane to "never experiment on an animal if a man will do" and "never ask anyone to do anything you wouldn't do yourself." He and his father inhaled poisonous gasses to test the efficacy of the prototype gas mask they had invented. When breathing gasses under pressure he suffered the smoking ears and screaming teeth of the title. The stories are astonishing, disturbing or absurd -- the Marquis de Sade meets Monty Python. John Hunter pioneered self-experimentation and deliberately infected himself with venereal diseases by the puss transference method and gave his name to chancre of the penis. The zoologist Frank Buckland made a concentrated effort to widen the nation's diet by personally testing everything that crossed his path, from boiled elephant's trunk to bluebottles. He published recipes for such delicacies as slug soup. Some medics deliberately contracted deadly blood diseases in the hope of finding cures. Then there was the surgeon who got the sack and won the Nobel prize for thrusting a catheter into his own beating heart. Trevor Norton writes that self-experimentation is still a component of much scientific research. In our health and safety obsessed society, we need people who are willing to risk themselves to make life safer for us.
Vintage Restaurant: Handcrafted Cuisine from a Sun Valley
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Keys, Jeff / Allison, Glen, PUBLISHER: Gibbs Smith Publishers, Jeff Keys started his culinary career in Aspen some thirty years ago. Since then, he has worked in and owned many restaurants, developing a love of European cuisine mixed with a rugged western sensibility along the way. He now owns and operates Vintage Restaurant in Sun Valley, Idaho, playground to the famous, wealthy, and well-traveled. Vintage Restaurant is renowned for its rustic elegance, including impeccably prepared and presented cuisine with a sophisticated flair that reflects the untamed beauty of the West. Fresh, in-season ingredients, local flavors, heirloom vegetables, and friendly atmosphere make Vintage the ultimate place to savor a meal after a hard day on the challenging slopes of Sun Valley. Now, experience the unforgettable cuisine of Vintage Restaurant in this new book, featuring classic yet innovative recipes for appetizers, entrees, pastas, salads, soups, and handcrafted desserts including: Prawn and Goat Cheese Tarte Bacon-Wrapped Grilled Fresh Spring Asparagus Mushroom Spinach Strudel Spicy King Crab Salad with Romaine, Tomato, and Cucumber Grilled Chili-Lime Prawn Salad Warm Shiitake Mushroom Sesame Vinaigrette Classic Tomato Soup Seared Muscovy Drake Breast with Creamy Five Rice Wild Mushroom Risotto Paris Bistro Tenderloin of Beef Idaho Ribeye Steak Feast Naturally Raised Veal Rack Chop Tuscan Hill Country Style Apple Wood Smoked Pork Loin Chop with Figs, Ginger, and Chocolate Port Butterflied Idaho Leg of Lamb with a Creamy Mushroom Charlotte Fresh Sea Bass from the Sea of Cortez Cabo San Lucas Style Blood Orange Demitasse Creme Brulee Jamaican Chimney Sweeps Gelato Delights of the Naked Stranger The World's Best Root Beer Float
Vinili Indie Rock, Alternative, New Wave
Vendo 70 dischi vinili. 12 pollici da 45 e 33 RPM. Genere musicale Indie Rock, Goth Rock, New Wave, Alternative Rock, etc. Tutti i vinili sono in buone/ottime condizioni. In blocco vendo a €. A scelta 3,00€ a pezzo. Ecco alcuni titoli: COLOURBOX - COLOURBOX THE ALARM - THE ALARM RED GUITARS - STEELTOWN THE PROCLAIMERS - LETTER FROM AMERICA (BAND VERSION) S.K.A.W. - WITHOUT YOU THE ALARM - RAW THE STRANGLERS - ALL DAY AND ALL THE ALARM - A NEW SOUTH WALES / THE ROCK THE THE - GRAVITATE TO ME THE TIMES - LUNDI BLEU ANASTACIA - I WAS MADE TO LOVE ATFC THE WOODENTOPS - GOOD THING THE DAYTRIPPERS - SHE SAID THAT 3 COLOURS RED - PARALYSE MICK JAGGER - LET'S WORK RED GUITARS - BE WITH ME THE LORD OF THE NEW CHURCH - "M" STYLE STAN RIDGWAY - CAMOUFLAGE RATCAT - TINGLES TERRORVISION - MY HOUSE JULIAN COPE - CHINA DOLL ROBIN - DO YOU KNOW (WHAT IT TAKES) L-U-K-M - DANCE TO THE GERAUSCH THE PROCLAIMERS - I'M ON MY WAY JULIAN COPE - 5 O'CLOCK WORLD 3 COLOURS RED - THIS ISMY HOLLYWOOD NORTHSIDE - MY RISING STAR THE COLOUR FIELD - CASTLES IN THE AIR ANASTACIA - ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE (ALMIGHT MIX) MESSIAH - I FEEL LOVE THE PUSHKINS - PUMPKIN HEAD SUZANNE VEGA - BLOOD MAKES NOISE SPEAR OF DESTINY - PRISONER OF LOVE ROBBIE WILLIAMS - RADIO REMIXES LIGHT A BIG FIRE - GUNPOWDERS HEADHUNTERS - WIPE OUT THE FUNK DUPLO - SLINGRINGSMONN BACK ROBBERS - JENNY GHOST DANCE - A WORD TO THE WISE THE DENTISTS - DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND CHATHAN ASSOCIATES - CLUB COUNTRY SHOP ASSISTANTS - BIG E POWER JAM & SPOON featuring PLAVKA - FIND ME (Odyssey) THEATRE OF HATE - NERO THE SOUP DRAGONS - MOTHER UNIVERSE THE DAMNED - THE SHADOW OF LOVE (THE PRESSURE MIX) CUD - OH NO WON'T DO THE PRIMITIVES - WAY BEHIND ME DIDO - ALL YOU WANT THE ALARM - PRESENCE OF LOVE ANASTACIA - WHY'D YOU LIE TO ME SKIN - FAITHFULNESS MARILLION - HOOKS IN YOU THAT PETROL EMOTION - TINGLE SPANDAU BALLET - BE FREE WITH YOUR LOVE THE SISTERS OF MERCY - NO TIME TO CRY.... E ALTRI TITOLI....
Touching Winter
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rozelle, Ron, PUBLISHER: Texas Christian University Press, Ron Rozelle's new novel, Touching Winter, is a four-part-evocation of memory and place and the yearning for home. Each part of the novel begins with a meditation on one aspect of the protagonist's life as he watches the unpredictable weather of East Texas. When Will was a young boy, he and his grandfather enjoyed being out in the spectacular East Texas storms. These sessions taught Will many things about life--ranching, weather, character, how to be a man--and bound Will to the family land and to his grandfather. Only at the ranch does Will feel like the person he was, or would like to be, before wrong decisions turned his life down an entirely different path. A powerful, early romance proved disastrous, and the relationship haunts him. To compensate for lost love, Will carved a niche for himself in the competitive concrete industry, inventing a technique to make mixing trucks more efficient and becoming wealthier than he could have dreamed. His marriage to a Houston socialite is thin and brittle, unsatisfying for his wife, Lauren, and for himself. Their daughter Aimee lives in California, as far away from her family as possible. As Will ages, he turns to the ranch as a place of clarity in times of crisis, eventually moving back there entirely. He exchanges the public life he and Lauren led in Houston for the simplicity of walks along the rustic fence, lunch with old friends at the town's only diner, and long evenings on the porch watching the stars. Along the way, a fierce, red-breasted hawk comes to represent the spiritual for Will, and he is forced to face the consequences of earlier decisions. "After his soup and crackers he came out here, not interested in the inane offerings ontelevision on such a splendid night. All those years away from here-down in the flat, concrete and steel landscape of Houston--he missed this porch. These hills. These stars. This porch swing, and the larger one that once hung here. He finds Orion, the hunter, in a sky packed with stars. It is a clear, cool night that often precedes a big norther, as if Nature has done a good cleaning, making sure everything is scrubbed bright before the onslaught of a particularly rambunctious visitor. He listens for geese; hopes for them. For the reassurance of their presence, of things moving along... None yet. So far there's just been the sound of a car as it passes, and the slight rustling of leaves in the giant cottonwood that was already old before he was born."
The Charlemagne Pursuit
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berry, Steve, PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton General Division, ONE Garmisch, Germany Tuesday, December 11, The Present 1:40 pm Cotton Malone hated enclosed spaces. His current unease was amplified by a packed cable car. Most of the passengers were on vacation, dressed in colorful garb, shouldering poles and skis. He sensed a variety of nationalities. Some Italians, a few Swiss, a handful of French, but mainly Germans. He'd been one of the first to climb aboard and, to relieve his discomfort, he'd made his way close to one of the frosty windows. Ten thousand feet above and closing, the Zugspitze stood silhouetted against a steel- blue sky, the imposing gray summit draped in a late- autumn snow. Not smart, agreeing to this location. The car continued its giddy ascent, passing one of several steel tres-tles that rose from the rocky crags. He was unnerved, and not simply from the crowded surroundings. Ghosts awaited him atop Germany's highest peak. He'd avoided this rendezvous for nearly four decades. People like him, who buried their past so determinedly, should not help it from the grave so easily. Yet here he was, doing exactly that. Vibrations slowed as the car entered, then stopped at the summit station. Skiers flooded off toward another lift that would take them down to a high- altitude corrie, where a chalet and slopes waited. He didn't ski, never had, never wanted to. He made his way through the visitor center, identified by a yellow placard as MYncher Haus. A restaurant dominated one half of the building, the rest housed a theater, a snack bar, an observatory, souvenir shops, and a weather station. He pushed through thick glass doors and stepped out onto a railed terrace. Bracing Alpine air stung his lips. According to Stephanie Nelle his contact should be waiting on the observation deck. One thing was obvious. Ten thousand feet in the high Alps certainly added a height-ened measure of privacy to their meeting. The Zugspitze lay on the border. A succession of snowy crags rose south toward Austria. To the north spanned a soup- bowl valley ringed by rock- ribbed peaks. A gauze of frosty mist shielded the German vil-lage of Garmisch and its companion, Partenkirchen. Both were sports meccas, and the region catered not only to skiing but also bobsledding, skating, and curling. More sports he'd avoided. The observation deck was deserted save for an elderly couple and a few skiers who'd apparently paused to enjoy the view. He'd come to solve a mystery, one that had preyed on his mind ever since that day when the men in uniforms came to tell his mother that her husband was dead. ""Contact was lost with the submarine forty- eight hours ago. We dispatched search and rescue ships to the North Atlantic, which have combed the last known position. Wreckage was found six hours ago. We waited to tell the families until we were sure there was no chance of survivors." " His mother had never cried. Not her way. But that didn't mean she wasn't devas