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Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538753316
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World written by William Alexander and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on a surprisingly twisty journey through the history of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory. The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Stored in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, appropriated as wartime propaganda, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato is the Rodney Dangerfield of foods. Yet, the tomato is the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). It holds a place in America's soul like no other vegetable, and few other foods. Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; John Denver had a hit single titled "homegrown Tomatoes;" and the Heinz tomato ketchup bottle, instantly recognizable, is in the Smithsonian. Author William Alexander is on a mission to get tomatoes the respect they deserve. Supported by meticulous research but told in a lively, accessible voice, Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World will seamlessly weave travel, history, humor, and a little adventure (and misadventure) to follow the tomato's trail through history. A fascinating story complete with heroes, con artists, conquistadors and, no surprise, the Mafia, this book is a mouth-watering, informative, and entertaining guide to the good that has captured our hearts for generations.

William Alexander Percy

Author : Benjamin E. Wise
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469619101
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book William Alexander Percy written by Benjamin E. Wise and published by . This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Alexander Percy: The Curious Life of a Mississippi Planter and Sexual Freethinker

Goblin Secrets

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472109120
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Goblin Secrets written by William Alexander and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Zombay, a town full of mystery, magic and make-believe. Once upon a time, Rownie lived there with his mother and his older brother. But his mother drowned in the town's vast River; and then his brother vanished; so now Rownie runs through Zombay's riddlesome streets orphaned and all alone . . . alone except for Graba, the coddle-headed, chicken-legged witch who offers him shelter along with the other stray children she has collected - her Grubs. Rownie suspects that his brother's love of acting - which is severely outlawed in Zombay - led to his disappearance; so when Rownie encounters a theatrical troupe of goblins daring to perform a play for the townspeople (with masks and stage-tricks and everything!) he wonders whether they might hold the key to discovering what happened to his brother . . . and perhaps even help him find him again. Thus opens a dazzling heroic adventure - of immense love, loss and all-conquering courage - in which one boy's quest for the truth, leads him to learn his greatest power may lie in his mighty and boundless imagination . . .

Ambassador

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442497661
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Ambassador written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabe Fuentes is in for the ride of his life when he becomes Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy in this alien sci-fi adventure from the National Book Award–winning author of Goblin Secrets. Gabe Fuentes is reading under the covers one summer night when he is interrupted by a creature who looks like a purple sock puppet. The sock puppet introduces himself as the Envoy and asks if Gabe wants to be Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy. What sane eleven-year-old could refuse? Some ingenious tinkering with the washing machine sends Gabe’s “entangled” self out to the center of the galaxy. There he finds that Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force—and Gabe himself is the target of an assassination plot. Exactly who wants him out of the way? And why? Back home, Gabe discovers that his undocumented immigrant parents are in danger of being deported. Can Gabe survive long enough to solve two sets of “alien” problems? He runs for his life, through Minneapolis and outer space, in this fast-paced adventure from a National Book Award–winning author. “Physics lovers will enjoy this clever series opener—but so will those who enjoy comedy, politics, diplomacy or strange-looking aliens” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Nomad

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442497696
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Nomad written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabe Fuentes is in a race against time—and aliens—in this intergalactic sequel to Ambassador, which Booklist called “an exciting sci-fi adventure, perceptively exploring what it means to be alien,” from National Book Award winner William Alexander. When we last left Earth’s Ambassador, Gabe Fuentes, he was stranded on the moon. And when he’s rescued by Kaen, another Ambassador, things don’t get better: It turns out that the Outlast— a race of aliens that has been systematically wiping out all other creatures—are coming. And they’ve set their sights on Earth. Enter Nadia. She was Earth’s Ambassador before Gabe, but left her post in order to stop the Outlast. Nadia has discovered that the Outlast can conquer worlds by travelling fast through lanes created by the mysterious Machinae. No one has communicated with the Machinae in centuries, but Nadia is determined to try, and Gabe and Kaen want to help her. But the three Ambassadors don’t know that the Outlast have discovered what they are doing, and have sent assassins to track them down. As Nadia heads deeper into space to find the Machinae, Gabe and Kaen return to Earth, where Gabe is trying to find another type of alien—his father, who was deported to Mexico, and who Gabe is desperate to bring home. From a detention center in the center of the Arizona desert to the Embassy in the center of the galaxy, the three Ambassadors race against time to save their worlds in this exciting, funny, mind-bending adventure.

Ghoulish Song

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442427310
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Ghoulish Song written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave girl flees a ghoul while trying to save her city in this lively companion to Goblin Secrets, the National Book Award winner that Kirkus Reviews calls “humorous, poignant, and convincing.” Kaile lives in Zombay, an astonishing city where goblins walk the streets and witches work their charms and curses. Kaile wants to be a musician and is delighted when a goblin gives her a flute carved out of bone. But the flute’s single, mournful song has a dangerous consequence: it separates Kaile and her shadow. Anyone without a shadow is considered dead, and despite Kaile’s protests that she’s alive and breathing, her family forces her to leave so she can’t haunt their home. Kaile and her shadow soon learn that the troublesome flute is tied to a terrifying ghoul made from the bones of those who drowned in the Zombay River. With the ghoul chasing her and the river threatening to flood, Kaile has an important role to play in keeping Zombay safe. Will Kaile and her shadow be able to learn the right tune in time? Set in the delightful and dangerous world of Goblin Secrets, Ghoulish Song is a gripping adventure laced with humor and mystery from National Book Award–winning author William Alexander. His “graceful prose weaves an engaging fantasy that embraces the power of music” (Publishers Weekly).

William Alexander, Lord Stirling

Author : Paul David Nelson
Publisher : University Alabama Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book William Alexander, Lord Stirling written by Paul David Nelson and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson's William Alexander, Lord Stirling, (1726-83) is the biographical account of a man who served 18th-century American society as a prominent citizen in peacetime and as a soldier in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War Stirling was appointed a colonel in the New Jersey Continental Line and from there rose to the rank of Major General. A brave and loyal soldier, he greatly impressed General George Washington, who made him commander of one of the five divisions of the Continental Army. Serving in this capacity, Stirling made his reputation as a military man fighting in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He spent the winter of 1777-78 with Washington at Valley Forge. From time to time he carried out independent military operations, most notably a raid against Staten Island in January 1780. Stirling's buoyant optimism and reckless enthusiasm for any task led one military comrade to state that his high birth and good humor provided him with many more opportunities in life than his skill and intelligence would have permitted. He died while in command of the Northern Department on January 15, 1783, full of military glory and, according to one cynic, "good liquor."

A Properly Unhaunted Place

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481469177
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book A Properly Unhaunted Place written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award–winning author William Alexander comes “a fun and fast-paced supernatural mystery with secret depths” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Rosa Ramona Díaz has a very special talent. She comes from a family of librarians who specialize in ghost appeasement. So she can’t understand why her mother has moved them to Ingot, the world’s only unhaunted town. What are they supposed to do there, with no poltergeists to quiet and no specters to soothe? Frankly, Rosa doesn’t think anyone should want to live in a place where the biggest attraction is a woefully inaccurate Renaissance Festival. But Jasper Chevalier has always lived in Ingot, working at the festival while his parents hold court. Jasper has never seen a ghost, and can’t imagine his unhaunted town any other way…until an angry apparition thunders into the fairgrounds and turns Ingot upside down. Jasper is astonished…and Rosa is delighted. Mist is building in the hills, and something otherworldly is about to be unleashed. Rosa will need all her ghost appeasement tools—and a little help from Jasper—to try to rein in the angry ghosts in this hilariously spooky adventure.

Lanterns On The Levee

Author : William Alexander Percy
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307820270
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Lanterns On The Levee written by William Alexander Percy and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, within the shelter of old traditions, aristocratic in the best sense, William Alexander Percy in his lifetime (1885–1942) was brought face to face with the convulsions of a changing world. Lanterns on the Levee is his memorial to the South of his youth and young manhood. In describing life in the Mississippi Delta, Percy bridges the interval between the semifeudal South of the 1800s and the anxious South of the early 1940s. The rare qualities of this classic memoir lie not in what Will Percy did in his life—although his life was exciting and varied—but rather in the intimate, honest, and soul-probing record of how he brought himself to contemplate unflinchingly a new and unstable era. The 1973 introduction by Walker Percy—Will's nephew and adopted son—recalls the strong character and easy grace of "the most extraordinary man I have ever known."

The Costume of China, Illustrated in Forty-eight Coloured Engravings

Author : William 1767-1816 Alexander
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013837586
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Costume of China, Illustrated in Forty-eight Coloured Engravings written by William 1767-1816 Alexander and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Around and about Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons

Author : June O. Kennedy
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531657901
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Around and about Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons written by June O. Kennedy and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basking Ridge, Liberty Corner, and Lyons form the nucleus of Bernards Township, a region with a history as fascinating as it is long. Originally chartered in 1760 by King George II, the area figured prominently in the American Revolution: Lafayette's troops were quartered here; General Lee was arrested at Widow White's Tavern; and General Washington visited Lord Stirling's estate. After the Civil War tourism and other industries flourished, and the arrival of the railroad in 1872 brought further economic boom to the area.

A Brief History of the Hawaiian People

Author : William De Witt Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Hawaiian People written by William De Witt Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army of the United States During the Revolution

Author : William Alexander Duer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Life of William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, Major-General in the Army of the United States During the Revolution written by William Alexander Duer and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cool Water

Author : Bill Alexander
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781570622540
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Cool Water written by Bill Alexander and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a long-needed alternative to the reliance upon a "higher power" that is so much a part of traditional twelve-step addictions recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. In simple and practical language, Alexander, himself a recovering alcoholic, introduces a new, nonreligious approach to addiction recovery that he calls "Ordinary Recovery", which draws upon the wisdom of mindfulness practice.

Oil & Acrylic: Landscapes with William Alexander

Author : William Alexander
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780929261607
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Oil & Acrylic: Landscapes with William Alexander written by William Alexander and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this title, William Alexander invites you into his artistic world and shows you how to re-create a variety of beautiful landscapes in oil. After exploring tools and materials, he explores tips for various oil painting techniques as well as instructions for how to create special effects for landscape elements such as skies, trees, mountains, roads, clouds, and lakes. Following demonstrations that show how to develop an oil painting into a finished work of art using the unique Alexander Wet-on-Wet Technique, aspiring artists will discover how to create a beautiful finished painting in just one sitting. Best of all, you will find a wealth of beautiful landscape paintings to copy and admire!

Intermere

Author : William Alexander Taylor
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Intermere written by William Alexander Taylor and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intermere explores the journey of a man lost in a shipwreck, saved by the commander of an obscured ancient country, Intermere. The man is instructed in Intermere's outstanding technology, economics, and methods of government. Themes on term limits for politicians, the fair distribution of wealth, and a system of encouragement and reward for scientific progress are introduced by the author, William Alexander Taylor. In this utopian community, women are allowed to earn only half as much as men and cannot vote. Divorce is unknown, and Intermere's citizens are believed not to have a sense of humor. It is an incredible work where all the ideas about the utopian society are articulately presented by the author. The illustrations are vivid, and the intriguing characters and the storyline keeps the readers curious throughout the book.

Life of Lord Stirling (1847)

Author : William Alexander Duer
Publisher : Digital Antiquaria
ISBN 13 : 9781580572514
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Life of Lord Stirling (1847) written by William Alexander Duer and published by Digital Antiquaria. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, was one of Washington's most trusted officers. Had not his productive life been cut short just before the end of the Revolution, hw would certainly be one af America's icons. The author (his grandson) tells the story of his life with the aid of his substantial correspondence collection. Although written over 150 years ago, Duer's engaging biography of William Alexander, Lord Stirling, is still the key study of a near-forgotten patriot and Jerseyman. Hyperlinks to collections of relevant support materials at DigitalAntiquaria.com.