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A popular chef takes 150 familiar recipes and puts a healthy spin on them, all without sacrificing the well-loved flavors of these classic American dishes.

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A riveting and romantic journey through time, The Rose Garden drops a modern woman into the middle of a

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Living most of her 25 years in her native India, Maya Witherspoon is the daughter of a prominent British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste--and a doctor herself. Maya's mother was a former priestess of the magic fueled by the powerful pantheon of Indian gods. When her parents are murdered, Maya flees to Edwardian London where she must master her own magic.

Join Sabrina and Waco on a Wild West ride through Indian Territory. Sabrina's pampered life comes to a screeching halt when a vile conman steals away her younger sister. When her daddy's money can't buy justice, Sabrina takes matters into her own delicate but stubborn hands and heads west to track down the outlaw. To Sabrina's disgust, her solitary hope for saving Marianne seems to be Waco Smith, an only slightly reformed ex-criminal himself. Will...

" Providing a new twist on a holiday tradition, Extreme Pumpkin Carving, 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded illustrates how to carve three-dimensional faces and scenes in solid pumpkins (no hollowing necessary) using tools ranging from kitchen knives to carving gouges and chisels. Complete information is provided for getting started, including an overview of tools and tips for finding the best pumpkin to work with. Step-by-step instructions are detailed...

After rescuing Trinity Franklin from a band of thugs, Jones and Trinity begin a fast-paced adventure on their way to a small town in North Dakota--a chance meeting that turns into a charming ending when God intervenes.

Former marine Tom Cavanaugh has come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family's apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The "marrying" kind. Nothing like Nora Crane. So why can't he keep his eyes off the striking single mother? Nora may not have finished college, but she graduated with honors from the school of hard knocks. She's been through tough times and...

When Dr. Joy Gilbert is fired from a lucrative position in the city, she returns to her small hometown to find her former fiancé, Zack, single; her once vivacious mother, Molly, struggling financially and physically; and Tressa, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the boss who just fired Joy, popping out of the back door of her car. Tressa refuses to return to the city, where her divorced parents continue to battle in the aftermath of her brother's...

The sheriff of Alturas knows there's going to be trouble when gunslinger Mike Ayers comes to town. Especially when it turns out Ayers isn't just passing through. Nope, he's inherited a ranch, and he's here to stay.

A treasury of nose-wrinkling facts, quizzes, recipes and trivia includes entries about how a group of skunks is called a "stench," how snail slime was once an ingredient in cough syrup and more.