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Mediterranean Table, where food from this wonderful region of the world is prepared on an almost everyday basis and a diet of Mediterranean cooking is regarded as one of the most healthiest and most popular in the world for meat eaters or vegetarians. Featured in this book are mainly traditional recipes that have been prepared in Mediterranean kitchens for many years but also a lot of Vegetarian and Vegan meals using ingredients of fresh foods, vegetables, fruit, legumes/pulses, whole grains, seeds, nuts, herbs and spices, olive oil and of course garlic, as well as seafood, meat and poultry. The author who was born in a Mediterranean country was brought up enjoying food from Greece, Italy, France and the Middle East and has created easy to prepare meals with readily available ingredients found at the local supermarket which fits in with today's lifestyle. Cooking for your family and friends, fresh home cooking and sharing plates at your table including big platters or every day meals to grazing boards and tapas this beautifully photographed and easy recipes from well known and best selling author Rena Patten will be a must for food lovers. Eating is a very important event in the Mediterranean culture, so much so that I would actually call it a ritual; it is a time where beautiful memories are made spent with people we love and sharing food that we love There have been a lot of studies done on the benefits for people that fully or partially follow a Mediterranean diet. The studies have shown that the food cooked from those regions have huge benefits in controlling certain diseases as well as resulting in an overall feeling of wellness. They have been known to lower the risk of certain diseases such as cardio vascular disease, cancer and diabetes to name a few.They can also be beneficial in lowering cholesterol, promoting healthy aging and help establish healthier mental function .

When her beloved daughter Kore vanishes, Demeter is distraught. Suspecting betrayal and mistrusting of her family, she searches across the world, unable to come to terms with such a loss. But Demeter is one of the original goddesses of Mount Olympus, and a force not to be underestimated. She is determined that she will find her daughter, even if it means destroying humanity in the process.Winter Harvest is a brand-new, dark reimagining of the tale of Demeter and Persephone by Greek author Ioanna Papadopoulou. Steeped in lore and with a deep understanding of the many different facets of Demeter's personality, this retelling will change your perspective on one of the most well-known stories of Greek mythology.

Russian literature is the body of written works created in Russian language. It includes both the residents of Russia as well as the emigres. Russian literature has its origins in the middle ages when chronicles and epics in old east Slavic were written. Some of the major periods within Russian literature are 18th century literature, 19th century literature, early 20th century literature, Lenin era, Stalin era and later Soviet era. The 19th century Russian literature is also known as the golden age of Russian literature and was characterized by romanticism and romantic poetry. The early 20th century Russian literature is known as the silver age of Russian literature. It focused on developing the literary tradition of the previous century as well as introduced avant-garde themes. This book provides comprehensive insights on Russian literature. Those in search of information to further their knowledge on this body of literature will be greatly assisted by this book.

Rare first-hand account of USS Atlanta's war--including the battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, where the ship was sunk.

A fully illustrated account of the Soviet offensive to clear German troops in northeastern Germany ahead of attacking Berlin in 1945.

"In December 1937, the Chinese capital, Nanjing, falls and the Japanese army unleash an orgy of torture, murder, and rape. Over the course of six weeks, hundreds of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war are killed. At the very onset of the atrocities, the Danish supervisor at a cement plant just outside the city, 26-year-old Bernhard Arp Sindberg, opens the factory gates and welcomes in 10,000 Chinese civilians to safety, beyond the reach of the blood-thirsty Japanese. He becomes an Asian equivalent of Oskar Schindler, the savior of Jews in the European Holocaust. This biography follows Sindberg from his childhood in the old Viking city of Aarhus and on his first adventures as a sailor and a Foreign Legionnaire to the dramatic 104 days as a rescuer of thousands of helpless men, women, and children in the darkest hour of the Sino-Japanese War. It describes how after his remarkable achievement, he receded back into obscurity, spending decades more at sea and becoming a naturalized American citizen, before dying of old age in Los Angeles in 1983, completely unrecognized. In this respect, too, there is an obvious parallel with Schindler, who only attained posthumous fame. The book sets the record straight by providing the first complete account of Sindberg's life in English, based on archival sources hitherto unutilized by any historian as well as interviews with surviving relatives. What emerges is the surprising tale of a person who was average in every respect but rose to the occasion when faced with unimaginable brutality, discovering an inner strength and courage that transformed him into one of the great humanitarian figures of the 20th century and an inspiration for our modern age, demonstrating that the determined actions of one person--any person--can make a huge difference." -- from Amazon.com.

In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a wood duck and a crow turn a mistake into an opportunity for friendship and growth.

A culturally diverse, fact-filled, and gorgeously illustrated introduction to over 80 gods and goddesses from around the world

The epigraphy of 1st-millennium-BC Italy has been studied for many years, but these studies have largely concentrated on the languages encoded in the inscriptions and their semantic meanings. This book takes a more holistic approach that looks not only at content, but also the archaeological contexts of the inscriptions and the materiality of their 'supports': the artefacts and monuments on which the inscriptions occur. The first writing in Italy was not a local invention, but was introduced by the Phoenicians and Greeks in the 9th-8th centuries BC. It was taken up by number of indigenous communities over the subsequent centuries to write their own languages, before these were eventually submerged by the spread of Latin. In a series of theoretical, methodological and interpretative essays, Ruth Whitehouse explores what can be learned about how writing was used by these communities and what it meant to them. The bodies of data considered relate to Venetic and Raetic (the northeast), Lepontic (the northwest), Messapic (the southeast) and Etruscan (west central Italy, extending also into Campania in the south and the Po plain in the north). While not a comprehensive survey, there are enough different groups to allow a comparative approach to be adopted. Analysis of the datasets is able to reveal the similarities and differences between them, as well as identify features that were widespread in 1st-millennium-BC Italy and others that were more idiosyncratic and specific to particular cultural groups.

From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War.After the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks in the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China.The eighth plane, however, did not return with the rest of the raiders.Instead, Plane 8's pilots, Captain Edward "Ski" York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, did not attack Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel. Yet, this bomber was the only plane on the mission with maps of the Soviet Union aboard. And why did Plane 8's flight plans, recently discovered in the Japanese Imperial Archives, show them nowhere near their target? The facts have long indicated that bombing Tokyo was merely a cover for Plane 8's real mission, but what was their secret objective? No one, aside from the two pilots and whomever sent them on this mission, truly knew why they were there, nor has the reason ever been revealed.Until now.In Vanishing Act, for the first time, retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton definitively solves the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid, including never-before-published documents and photographs in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Raiders' descendants.