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"With this ... parody Haggadah from the comedic minds of Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel, and Adam Mansbach, good Jews everywhere will no longer have to sit (and sleep) through a lengthy and boring Seder. In [the book], the authors will take you through every step of the Seder, from getting rid of all the chametz in your home by setting it on fire with a kosher blowtorch to a retelling of the Passover story starring Pharaoh Schmuck and a burning bush that...

Chronicles America's troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build an integrated church.

The Bible is full of monsters: giants, vengeful spirits, and more. If you read closely, you'll see these monsters aren't God's opponents- they are God's entourage. When we examine these strange creatures for what they are, we see how they validate the human experience, living in a world that is unpredictable, unjust, and at times monstrous. The Bible is teeming with monsters. Giants tromp through the land of milk and honey; Leviathan swims through...

Nicholas Gregory is everything any woman could ever wish for in a man. He's towering in height, with a gorgeous milk chocolate complexion. Throw in that he's sexier than homemade sin and fainfully employed, and there's no doubt he's a certified keeper. So, why at age twenty-nine is he childless and a virgin? Stricken by a severe case of lust, Nicholas askes himself the same question when he meets the irrisitible Royce Phillips, a nurse turned health-and-fitness...

"In an effort to help us reconnect with the food that sustains our lives, David Moscow has spent four years going around the world, meeting with rock-star chefs, and sourcing ingredients within local food ecosystems -- experiences taking place in over twenty countries that include milking a water buffalo to make mozzarella for pizza in Italy; harvesting oysters in Long Island Sound and honey from wild bees in Kenya; and making patis in the Philippines,...

In the US, meat is cheap and is often at the center of the plate. To the rest of the world, vegetables, grains and beans are treated with respect, and prepared with fresh, lively approaches that can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Discover a world of high-heat roasts, rich braises, drizzles of honey and stir-fries aromatic with ginger and garlic. The possibilities are endless-- and it's never too late to get your vegetable PhD! -- adapted...

Learn about the various aspects of science and how it applies to our lives.