The Big Book of Potluck: Good Food - and Lots of It - for Parties, Gatherings, and All Occasions

The Big Book of Potluck: Good Food - and Lots of It - for Parties, Gatherings, and All Occasions Review

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Maryana Vollstedt, Queen of the best-selling Big Book series, has put the luck back in potluck with more than 250 delicious, no-nonsense recipes. From Chile Cheese Wheels and citrusy Sunburst Salad, to Moroccan Chicken with Dates and Couscous and luscious Hazelnut-Cappuccino Cake, these crowd-pleasing dishes are perfect for toting to family reunions, book clubs, showers, church suppers, picnics, and parties galore - and have everyone begging for the recipe. With tips for streamlining preparation and suggestions for transporting treats safely, this heartwarming cookbook guarantees that dish will go home empty!

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Rhetorical Occasions: Essays on Humans and the Humanities

Rhetorical Occasions: Essays on Humans and the Humanities Review

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A nationally known scholar, essayist, and public advocate for the humanities, Michael B©rub© has a rapier wit and a singular talent for parsing complex philosophical, theoretical, and political questions. Rhetorical Occasions collects twenty-four of his major essays and reviews, plus a sampling of entries on literary theory and contemporary culture from his award-winning weblog.

Selected to showcase the range of public writing available to scholars, the essays are grouped into five topical sections: the Sokal hoax and its effects on the humanities; cosmopolitanism, American studies, and cultural studies; daily academic life inside and outside the classroom; the events of September 11, 2001, and their political aftermath; and the potential discursive and tonal range of academic blog writing. In lively and entertaining prose, B©rub© offers a wide array of interventions into matters academic and nonacademic. By example and illustration, he reminds readers that the humanities remain central to our understanding of what it means to be human.

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Toasts, Eulogies, Introductions, and Other Special Occasion Speeches

Toasts, Eulogies, Introductions, and Other Special Occasion Speeches Review

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Many books on toasts, eulogies, and other special occasion speeches offer you canned speeches that you can memorize. Unfortunately, that's not how great speaking works. Every gathering of friends, family, and professionals is different, and no off the shelf speech will work in every situation.

Having to give a toast at a wedding, or write a eulogy can be a daunting task. Everyone wants their toast to be as good as the one they saw on television, but most people do not understand what their goal is. Kent's manual on special occasion speaking and funeral oratory provides a step by step guide, along with speech samples, and links to online speeches and manuscripts, so that your speeches can be a moving and memorable experience for your listeners. Kent’s book is witty, readable, informative, and comprehensive. His chapters on toasts and eulogies are the best anywhere.

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The Neelys' Celebration Cookbook: Down-Home Meals for Every Occasion

The Neelys' Celebration Cookbook: Down-Home Meals for Every Occasion Review

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Pat and Gina Neely, the beloved husband-and-wife team and authors of the New York Times best seller Down Home with the Neelys, are all about lettin’ the good times roll.

It takes family, friends, and ample good food, and in their new book, they share their recipes and secrets for entertaining year-round, dishing up new spins on seasonal classics, and suggesting occasions to celebrate that most of us haven’t thought of ourselves.

Along with menus for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter Sunday, and every known holiday in between, here are all the fixings for a year of down home celebrating, 120 recipes including Hoppin’ John Soup and Deep-fried Cornish Game Hens for New Year’s Day; Smothered Pork Chops and Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes for “Welcome Home, Baby”; One-handed Turkey Burgers and Mint Tea for “Spring Cleaning.” The Neelys believe that life should be celebrated, holiday or not. With this mouth-watering collection of recipes you have everything you need to Neely-tize your table far beyond the holiday season.

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Graces: Prayers for Everyday Meals and Special Occasions

Graces: Prayers for Everyday Meals and Special Occasions Review

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Saying grace at mealtime is a time-honored tradition for many families and a newfound source of spiritual connection for others. Whether you're a master at giving the blessing or fairly new to this sacred art, Graces will bring inspiration to your meals and special gatherings.

Seeing the need for such inspiration at her family's table, June Cotner compiled a notebook of poems, prayers, and songs that she solicited from friends, strangers, family members, and ministers. She has turned her family's well-worn notebook into this elegantly packaged edition, which will complement your finest table settings.

Arranged by thirteen themes, this beautiful gift book contains poems, prayers, songs, invocations, and salutations by figures as diverse as Leunig and Browning, Emerson and Starhawk, Kahlil Gibran and Schweitzer. Whether you need a Sanskirt Salutation to the Dawn, a Gaelic Blessings, or ancient Chinese Prayer, Graces offers fitting words for every occasion.

Having a collection of original, traditional, and multicultural blessings makes it easy to share wisdom and insight with family and friends before meals or at special gatherings. The graces compiled here have been used by people of all religions beliefs, and special attention was given to how easily the words can be spoken by both adults and children.

Life if full of occasions when it seems appropriate to say grace. Graces contains 133 prayers, poems, and blessings that span the centuries and draw from many traditions. Bring spiritual focus to your meals by bringing Graces to your table.

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Putting God Back in the Holidays: Celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Birthdays, and 12 Other Special Occasions with Purpose

Putting God Back in the Holidays: Celebrate Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Birthdays, and 12 Other Special Occasions with Purpose Review

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Instead of the joy-filled celebrations that we build up in our minds, the holidays (pick one, any one) can often become stress-filled, money-draining, joy-less days of the year that we just "want to get through." And it is by our own volition that we have refused too many times to allow our holiday celebrations to be the spiritual experience they are meant to be.

This book has been conceived and designed over 30 years as Dr. Bill Thrasher has spoken to thousands of people, helping them realize the spiritual battle that surrounds their celebration of the holidays. Littered with practical thoughts, ideas, experiences, and stories, Putting God Back in the Holidays will help you and your family celebrate holidays and birthdays with biblical truth in mind.Instead of the joy-filled celebrations that we build up in our minds, the holidays (pick one, any one) can often become stress-filled, money-draining, joy-less days of the year that we just "want to get through." And it is by our own volition that we have refused too many times to allow our holiday celebrations to be the spiritual experience they are meant to be.

This book has been conceived and designed over 30 years as Dr. Bill Thrasher has spoken to thousands of people, helping them realize the spiritual battle that surrounds their celebration of the holidays. Littered with practical thoughts, ideas, experiences, and stories, Putting God Back in the Holidays will help you and your family celebrate holidays and birthdays with biblical truth in mind.

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100 Maverick Postcards: Pictures, Images & Thoughts for Each Conceivable Occasion

100 Maverick Postcards: Pictures, Images & Thoughts for Each Conceivable Occasion Review

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The collection of 100 Maverick Postcards presents 100 variations on the theme of visual and verbal pleasure. Many of these are based on Alan Fletcher's own quirky and inimitable drawings and watercolours, while the rest are all highly entertaining examples of wit, wisdom and games with words and images. This collection will have an immensely wide appeal. As Alan Fletcher says himself, these cards are for 'aunties, starlets, dreamers, cousins, aesthetes, pilots, scoundrels, vixens, clerks, vegans, attorneys, granddads, fakirs, stewards, brokers, conjurors, gremlins, bishops, hypocrites, tutors, batsmen, tycoons, doctors, hookers, swots, libras, girls, members, snorkellers, golfers, judges, matadors, poseurs, flaneurs pimps, printers, cyclists, parents, mobsters, players, neighbours, mandarins, jokers, managers, guards, chaps, journalists, matrons, blue stockings, atheists, beaus, ornithologists, clerics, romeos, strikers...' and any more you can think of.

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Crazy About Cakes: More than 150 Delectable Recipes for Every Occasion

Crazy About Cakes: More than 150 Delectable Recipes for Every Occasion Review

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First cupcakes, then cookies. Now, here comes the ultimate cake book--and home bakers will go CRAZY over it!

This latest addition to Sterling's Crazy About series gives cake lovers a trove of fun, fresh cake designs and more than 150 delicious, easy-to-make recipes. Krystyna Castella has devised something special for every occasion under the sun, from birthdays and brunches to holidays and weddings. There are even cakes for babies, chocolate addicts, fruit lovers, and ice cream aficionados.

Creative tips on preparing, decorating, topping, filling, storing, packaging, gifting, shipping, and serving perfectly delectable cakes round out this must-have book.

 

CAKES INCLUDE:
Banana Agave  *  Chocolate Chip Sour Cream  *  Strawberry Rhubarb Jam  *  Almond Spice  * American Buttermilk*  Rainbow Sweet 16 Cake  *  Chocolate Covered Cheesecake  *  Miniature Tiered Wedding Cakes  *  and many more!

 

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Complexity Theory Retrospective: In Honor of Juris Hartmanis on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, July 5, 1988

Complexity Theory Retrospective: In Honor of Juris Hartmanis on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, July 5, 1988 Review

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In 1965 Juris Hartmanis and Richard E. Stearns published a paper "On the Computational Complexity of Algorithms". The field of complexity theory takes its name from this seminal paper and many of the major concepts and issues of complexity theory were introduced by Hartmanis in subsequent work. In honor of the contribution of Juris Hartmanis to the field of complexity theory, a special session of invited talks by Richard E. Stearns, Allan Borodin and Paul Young was held at the third annual meeting of the Structure in Complexity conference, and the first three chapters of this book are the final versions of these talks. They recall intellectual and professional trends in Hartmanis' contributions. All but one of the remainder of the chapters in this volume originated as a presentation at one of the recent meetings of the Structure in Complexity Theory Conference and appeared in preliminary form in the conference proceedings. In all, these expositions form an excellent description of much of contemporary complexity theory.

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A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals: And Other Occasions

A Contemporary Handbook for Weddings & Funerals: And Other Occasions Review

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This handbook is a compilation of tested ideas and resources from pastors to help new and veteran pastors benefit from fresh ideas. Includes difficult situations like the death of a child and second marriages. (20050401)

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Paperie for Inspired Living: Stationery and Decorations for Weddings, Parties, and Other Special Occasions

Paperie for Inspired Living: Stationery and Decorations for Weddings, Parties, and Other Special Occasions Review

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With this book from paper guru Karen Bartolomei, even the most budget-conscious host can now create beautiful, customized, coordinated suites of paper products for any occasion—a casual wine-tasting party, elegant dinner party, or backyard barbeque, among others.

To get started all you need is a computer, paper, and embellishments you can find in any craft store. Each suite contains several projects, from the all important invitation to smaller touches like labels, tags, and keepsakes. For instance, in the personal stationary suite you’ll learn to make a monogram, Thank-You cards, Mailing Labels, Business Cards, Letterhead, and Notecards, while in the New Year's Eve suite the projects include an Invitation, Menus, Resolution Sign-in/Postcards and Drink Signs.

In addition to providing inspiration for themed suites, Paperie for Inspired Living also includes indispnsable advice for invitation wording and etiquette, and provides tips for throwing unforgettable parties, like choosing a color scheme and ideas for breaking the ice.

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Town & Country The Art of Gratitude: Thank-You Notes for Every Occasion

Town & Country The Art of Gratitude: Thank-You Notes for Every Occasion Review

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We all have something to give thanks for, but we’re not always sure of the best way to convey our appreciation. This elegant new volume in Town & Country’s popular etiquette line will help. It gathers together the magazine’s time-tested wisdom on the subject, and offers the last, best word on the how and why of thank-you notes—when to write them and what to say, including examples readers can adapt for personal use.
The Art of Gratitude explains why the hand-written note is still relevant in today’s electronic society, discusses the basic stationery suite, and answers the pressing question: is it ever acceptable to send a thank-you note via e-mail? Find out about the correct language and structure to use; appropriate forms of address; ways of varying the tone for different occasions; and how to create wedding-related notes, including advice on designing your monogram as a couple. All situations receive careful attention, from the personal to the professional: letters for gifts, social occasions, in response to a kindness, condolences,and to follow up on a job interview. And, because no one is ever too young to learn good manners, the book includes guidelines for thank-you notes from children and teenagers, too.

 

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3 Books in 1: Rival Crock Pot (Slow Cooker Favorites; Winning Slow Cooker Recipes; Slow Cooker Recipes for All Occasions)

3 Books in 1: Rival Crock Pot (Slow Cooker Favorites; Winning Slow Cooker Recipes; Slow Cooker Recipes for All Occasions) Review

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A total book that is loaded with recipes that you and your family and friends will enjoy

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Elegant Ribbonwork: 24 Heirloom Projects for Special Occasions

Elegant Ribbonwork: 24 Heirloom Projects for Special Occasions Review

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Respected ribbonwork designer Helen Gibb teaches readers how to add an heirloom touch to any garment or gift in Elegant Ribbonwork. Whether it's ribbon embellishments for wedding garments or a special outfit, readers will learn how to create an upscale look for less time than it takes to find the perfect outfit at a store. This easy-to-follow book includes:

• Ribbonwork history, which gives readers a solid understanding of this exciting craft
• Techniques for adding beauty and romance to any special occasion, including anniversaries, luncheons, an evening on the town
• Special projects tailored to today's brides, featuring popular ribbonwork projects from brides of yesteryear

Detailed instructions and hand-drawn illustrations offer readers clarity and encouragement as they create upscale designs.

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The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions

The Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions Review

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A successful gift basket professional reveals her tricks of the trade in this bible of the business.

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Letters for Every Occasion: A Pastor's Sourcebook

Letters for Every Occasion: A Pastor's Sourcebook Review

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Letters for Every Occasion: A Pastor's Sourcebook Feature

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The perfect time-saving idea for pastors and their assistants who want to write sensitive, effective letters for every occasion.

This collection includes letters of:
* Thanks
* Condolence/Support/Encouragement
* Congratulations
* Milestone Birthdays
* Accepting/Refusing Invitations
* Welcome
* Attendance Concerns
* Media Contact
* Seasonal Greetings. 

 Letters for Every Occasion offers:
*more than 100 creative, carefully written letters that can be easily adapted for any particular situation
* many unique letterheads to enhance correspondence
* complete stewardship and commitment campaign materials

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Lone Star to Five Star: Culinary Creations for Every Occasion

Lone Star to Five Star: Culinary Creations for Every Occasion Review

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Lone Star to Five Star is truly culinary cuisine for every occasion, featuring scrumptious recipes with selections from Texas' most lauded chefs, cutting-edge color photography, casual to elegant entertaining ideas, delectable food preparation, and a peppering of local history depicting the quality of life in a diverse, fast-growing community. A 2004 National Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.

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