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Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, The Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century
With the grit and determination to overcome very similar hardscrabble backgrounds, Truman Capote and Ann Woodward both rose to pinnacles in New York’s glittering mid-century high society. But overcoming such comparable odds didn’t make them fast friends. Instead, Ann’s coarse description of Capote’s sexual orientation turned him into a virulent foe. Eventually, each would plummet,…
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Salamati: Hamed’s Persian Kitchen: Recipes and Stories from Iran to the Other Side of the World
“for the adventuresome home chef, Allahyari offers a world of flavors.” In mortal danger for his beliefs, Hamed Allahyari and his pregnant girlfriend fled their homeland of Iran, first spending two months in Indonesia and then, after grueling hours long by truck over badly paved back roads and then days crammed aboard a boat another…
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Singapore Cooking: Fabulous Recipes from Asia’s Food Capital
“If you love to cook, are undaunted with unique ingredients, and want to capture the flavors of another land, accept the challenge and get cooking.” In the late 1800s and early 1900s, chop suey houses were all the rage. Opening early and closing late, they were a place to get a good, cheap meal no…
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75 Delicious Recipes: Cheesecake Love
“If it doesn’t have cheesecake in it, it should” is the baking motto that Jocelyn Brubaker lives by. Over the years, she has baked thousands of cheesecakes and challenged herself to work cheesecake into any and every dessert for the millions of readers who try and trust the recipes on her blog. Now, in her…
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5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This January ‹ CrimeReads
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Delicious Poke Cakes: 80 Super Simple Desserts with an Extra Flavor Punch in Each Bite
In their book, Delicious Poke Cakes: 80 Super Simple Desserts with an Extra Flavor Punch in Each Bite, authors Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore show us how easy it is to make poke cakes. And what is a poke cake? It’s basically a cake where you poke holes in the baked cake and add some…
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