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Cooking for a Crowd

Cooking for a Crowd

— Susan Wyler

Susan Wyler offers close to 3 dozen menus for entertaining at least 10 and up to 50 guests, including bistro for 12, a Black and Orange Halloween Party for 24, a Mexican Grill fest for 36, and Wedding Supper for 50.
Food & Cooking - Non-Fiction Adults
Simply Done, Well Done (E-book)

Simply Done, Well Done (E-book)

— Aaron McCargo

Simply Done, Well done is the new cookbook from one of the television’s fastest-rising stars. Aaron McCargo won the fourth season of The Next Food Network Star in 2008 and is quickly becoming a household name.
Food & Cooking - Non-Fiction Adults
The Black Male Handbook

The Black Male Handbook

— Kevin Powell

The Black Male Handbook answers a collective hunger for new direction, fresh solutions to old problems, and a different kind of conversation man-to-man and with Black male voices, all of the hip-hop generation.
Non-Fiction Adults
It Happened on the Underground Railroad

It Happened on the Underground Railroad

— Tricia Martineau Wagner

From a riverboat worker who dressed as a woman to the abolitionist who died for his beliefs, It Happened on the Underground Railroad offers a gripping look at heroic individuals who became a part of the famous “road” to freedom.
History & Geography - Non-Fiction Adults
Prince Among Slaves

Prince Among Slaves

— Terry Alford

In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son of an African king who had saved his life many years earlier.
History & Geography - Non-Fiction Adults
The World Is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake (E-Book)

The World Is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake (E-Book)

— Dany Laferrière

On January 12, 2010, novelist Dany Laferrière had just ordered dinner at a Port-au-Prince restaurant with a friend when the earthquake struck. He survived; some three hundred thousand others did not. The quake caused widespread destruction and left over one million homeless.
History & Geography - Non-Fiction Adults
Capoeira (8-10 years

Capoeira (8-10 years

— By George Ancona

Capoeira it's a game, a dance, a martial art! It's a way of expressing oneself through acrobatic movements and pounding, rhythmic music. Come share the fun of capoeira with the students at Mandinga Academy inn Oakland, California. Learn the basic moves. Cheer on the players as they fly through the air attcking, defending, and trying to trick their opponents. From its historic beginnings in Brazil to today’s acadamies, capoeira is quickly becoming
Arts & Entertainement - Non-Fiction Children
The Yoga of Pregnancy

The Yoga of Pregnancy

— Mel Campbell

The Yoga of Pregnancy invites you to consciously connect with your unborn child through mind, body and breath. Take forty-week journey with your growing baby with week-by-week practices of yoga, meditation and affirmations which reflects the developmental and physiological changes taking place for both of you.
Health, Mind & Body - Non-Fiction Adults
Sunny’s Kitchen

Sunny’s Kitchen

— Sunny Anderson

Sunny welcomes you into her home kitchen with an array of comfort foods, relying on affordable, easy-to-find ingredients and the occasional store-bought shortcut.
Food & Cooking - Non-Fiction Adults
Stranger Safety

Stranger Safety

— Lisa Herrington

Do you know how to stay safe on the Internet, or what to do if your house catches on fire? Kid friendly text and engaging photographs to help you develop
Comics & Graphic Novels - Non-Fiction Children
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