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The pasta book : recipes, techniques, inspiration
by Marc Vetri
Become a master in the art of pasta-making through over 75 recipes for simple to spectacular pasta dishes, featuring helpful QR codes to step-by-step video tutorials-from the James Beard Award-winning author of Mastering Pasta In The Pasta Book, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a myriad of easy-to-aspirational pasta dinners with a shape for every sauce, mood, and timeline. Vetri demystifies complicated techniques, like filling and shaping tortellini and agnolotti or hand shaping cavatelli, revealing how simple it can be to make creative and unique pasta shapes and sauces at home.
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Simple Southern Slow Cooker Meals : Mouthwatering Comfort Foods for Weeknight Chefs
by Hannah Turton
When life gets hectic and you have hungry mouths to feed, this collection of easy slow cooker recipes will leave you with one less dish to clean and a home filled with the irresistible aromas of Southern cooking.
Hannah Turton gained a dedicated following online for her “resting chef face” while begrudgingly feeding her family day in and day out, and this cookbook saves you from the same dreaded monotony in the kitchen. Pulling from her Southern upbringing, Hannah provides comfort food classics that couldn’t be easier to prepare and are sure to make the whole family smile.
Perfect for anyone looking for their next stress-free weeknight meal, this lifesaving collection will become an instant favorite in your home.
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Book of Lives : A Memoir of Sorts
by Margaret Atwood
Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents–entomologist father, dietician mother–Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated (on her eighth birthday: 'It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.’), but also thrilling and beautiful.
From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned Cat’s Eye to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote The Handmaid’s Tale. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.
As we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is revealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art–and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.
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Bread of angels / : A Memoir
by Patti Smith
"God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper," writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist. A post-World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail: consumptive children, vanishing neighbors, an infested rat house, and a beguiling book of Irish fairy tales. We enter the child's world of the imagination where Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army, vanquishes bullies, communes with the king of tortoises, and searches for sacred silver pennies. The most intimate of Smith's memoirs, Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years when the first glimmers of art and romance take hold. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative heroes and role models as Smith starts to write poetry, then lyrics, merging both into the iconic recordings and songs such as Horses and Easter, "Dancing Barefoot" and "Because the Night."
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Simply More : A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They're Too Much
by Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo learned the music to Wicked a decade before she needed it, not knowing those same lyrics would change her life. Now she has performed those songs on the world stage, showing us there is always time to keep discovering ourselves. And to illustrate that it’s often the parts of ourselves we are told to bury that make us shine.
In a series of powerful, personal vignettes, Cynthia reflects on the ways she has grown as an actor and human and the practices she’s learned over years of performing and reminds us all we are capable of so much more than we think.
We all have hopes and dreams that we want to bring across the finish line. We all falter and take missteps. In this book, Cynthia draws from her experiences running marathons, both real and metaphorical, onstage and onscreen, to show how each challenge can help us. She urges listeners to lean into the wisdom of their bodies, to understand and strive for a physical and mental balance. Because when we chase our deepest desires, each small step leads us closer to where we want to go.
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We Did Ok, Kid : A Memoir
by Anthony Hopkins
With candor and a voice that is both arresting and vulnerable, Sir Anthony recounts his various career milestones and provides a once-in-a-lifetime look into the brilliance behind some of his most iconic roles. His performance as Iago gets him admitted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and places him under the wing of Laurence Olivier. He meets Richard Burton by chance as a young boy in his art teacher’s apartment, and later, backstage before a performance of Equus as an established actor meeting his hero. His iconic portrayal of Hannibal Lecter was informed by the creepy performance of Bela Lugosi in Dracula and the razor-sharp precision of his acting teacher. He pulls raw emotion from the stoicism of his father and grandfather for an unforgettable performance in King Lear.
Sir Anthony also takes a deeply honest look at the low points in his personal life. His addiction cost him his first marriage, his relationship with his only child, and nearly his life—the latter ultimately propelling him toward sobriety, a commitment he has maintained for nearly half a century. He constantly battles against the desire to move through life alone and avoid connection for fear of getting hurt—much like the men in his family—and as the years go by, he deals with questions of mortality, getting ready to discover what his father called The Big Secret.
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The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions : How to Make Decisions Without Losing Your Mind
by Joseph Nguyen
Your brain is wired to overthink decisions—not because something's wrong with you, but because you care deeply about making the right choice.
If you've ever found yourself trapped in endless loops of "what if," analyzing every option to exhaustion, or seeking everyone's advice while still feeling lost... this book is your way out.
The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions breaks new ground where "just trust your gut" advice has failed you. Unlike traditional approaches that leave you stranded between endless analysis and vague intuition, this book provides a counterintuitive system that bypasses the overthinking loop entirely.
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Black-owned : the revolutionary life of the Black bookstore
by Char Adams
This is a story of activism, espionage, violence, and perseverance. The first Black-owned bookstore was opened by an abolitionist in 1834. In the twentieth century, civil rights and Black Power activists started a Black bookstore boom nationwide. Malcolm X would deliver speeches at the doorstep of the National Memorial African Book Store in Harlem, a place dubbed "Speakers Corner." Soon many bookstores became targets of the FBI and local law enforcement alike. Amid these struggles, bookshops were also places of celebration: Eartha Kitt and Langston Hughes held autograph parties at their local Black-owned bookstore and Maya Angelou even became the face of National Black Bookstore Week.
Now a new generation of Black activists are joining the radical bookstore tradition, with rapper Noname opening her Radical Hood Library in Los Angeles. And several stores made national headlines in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement. Today finds Black-owned bookshops in a position of strength-and as Adams will make clear, in an era of increasing division, their presence is needed now more than ever. Populated by vibrant characters and written with cinematic flair, Black-Owned is an enlightening story of community, resistance, and joy"-- Provided by publisher
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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
by Walter Isaacson
To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson takes readers on a fascinating deep dive into the creation of one of history’s most powerful sentences: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, this line lays the foundation for the American Dream and defines the common ground we share as a nation.
Isaacson unpacks its genius, word by word, illuminating the then-radical concepts behind it. Readers will gain a fresh appreciation for how it was drafted to inspire unity, equality, and the enduring promise of America. With clarity and insight, he reveals not just the power of these words but describes how, in these polarized times, we can use them to restore an appreciation for our common values.
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