Revelations in Air
Revelations in Air

Author: Jude Stewart

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0143135996

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An extraordinary, strange, and startlingly beautiful exploration of smell, the least understood of our five senses The nose on your face is the Buckingham Palace Guard of your body, the maitre d' of all taste, as well as the seducer of your imagination, and memory—and Jude Stewart has charmed them all into a wicked, poetic and illuminating tour of their mysterious domains. —Jack Hitt, author of Bunch of Amateurs Overlapping with taste yet larger in scope, smell is the sense that comes closest to pure perception. Smell can collapse space and time, unlocking memories and transporting us to worlds both new and familiar. Yet as clearly as each of us can recognize different smells--the bright tang of citrus, freshly sharpened pencils, parched earth after rain--few of us understand how and why we smell. In Revelations in Air, Jude Stewart takes us on a fascinating journey into the weird and wonderful world of smell. Beginning with lessons on the incredible biology and history of how our noses work, Stewart teaches us how to use our noses like experts. Once we're properly equipped and ready to sniff, Stewart explores a range of smells—from lavender, cut grass and hot chocolate to cannabis and old books—using smell as a lens into art, history, science, and more. With an engaging colorful design and exercises for readers to refine their own skills, Revelations in Air goes beyond science or history or chemistry--it's a doorway into the surprising, pleasurable, and unfamiliar landscape of smell.

The Look of Love
The Look of Love

Author: Sarah Jio

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-11-25

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 110162888X

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Inspired by the classic song, this magical story from the New York Times bestselling author of Always and Blackberry Winter tells the tale of a woman with the unusual gift to see true love—but will she be able to find it for herself before it’s too late? Born during a Christmas blizzard, Jane Williams receives a rare gift: the ability to see true love. In spite of her unique talent, Jane has emerged from an ailing childhood a lonely, hopeless romantic without love on her life. On her twenty-ninth birthday, a mysterious greeting card arrives. The card specifies that Jane must identify the six types of love before the full moon following her thirtieth birthday—or face grave consequences. But when Jane at last falls for a science writer who doesn’t believe in love, she fears that she may never accomplish her task—and that her loveless fate may be sealed... “Jio has become one of the most-read women in America.”—Woman’s World

An Exclusive Love
An Exclusive Love

Author: Johanna Adorjan

Publisher: Knopf Canada

Published: 2011-01-11

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0307399559

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Two people who have grown old together decide to take their own lives. He is terminally ill; she doesn't want to be without him. One Sunday in autumn 1991, they carry out their plan. Vera and István go to their deaths holding hands. It is the logical end of a love that shut out the entire rest of the world, even their own children. They used the formal "Sie" form of address for each other throughout their whole lives together, chain-smoked and were incredibly good-looking. They also had a past they did not speak about — a past they did not want to remember. As Hungarian Jews, they had survived the Holocaust, had become Communists and during the uprising in Budapest in 1956 had fled the country. They started a new life in Denmark and — so it seemed — never looked back. Sixteen years after her grandparents' deaths, Johanna Adorján ignored the family rule of "That's something we don't talk about." She set out to look for the blind spots in the lives of her grandparents and in the process found out things that have more to do with herself than she had expected. Against the backdrop of the disasters of twentieth-century European history, she brings Vera and István back to life — a fascinating couple, unconventionally elegant, often going against the grain.

A Smoking Bun
A Smoking Bun

Author: Ellie Alexander

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Published: 2024-02-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1250854431

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Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland, OR! The mountains are calling in Ashland, Oregon, where pastry chef turned amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, is baking up a bevy of spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour. Ramiro’s family is visiting from Spain and Jules can’t wait to take them up to her beloved Mount A with its charming and rustic lodge, backcountry trails, and star-filled skies that stretch for miles. Their winter wonderland adventure is nothing short of magical and the merry party opts to return to the slope the next day for the Downhill Dummy. The annual competition is a favorite amongst snow lovers. Contestants strap makeshift dummies to skis and send them hurling down a death-defying ski jump in hopes of catching big air. The team at Torte is in the mix this year with their own replica of a tiered cake and a baker who closely resembles their fearless leader. It’s a fun and festive atmosphere as dummies sail past the crowd to huge cheers and applause. Until one of the dummies takes a deadly detour and lands atop Fitz Baskin. Fitz is a guide on the mountain and his icy dealings have made for frosty relationships with everyone he encounters. Suddenly there are more suspects than snowdrifts as Jules dives into the investigation. She unearths a web of secrets and motives that threaten to shake the rustic mountain lodge to its core. Can she catch the killer before they strike again, or will the truth be buried forever under fluffy layers of fresh snow?

Can't Hurry Love: A Steamy Secret Relationship Romance
Can't Hurry Love: A Steamy Secret Relationship Romance

Author: Libby Waterford

Publisher: Libby Waterford

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13:

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Dating her husband isn’t on Lani’s to-do list... Staunchly single Lani Kalama is the only member of the Never a Bride club who’s managed to stay that way. What her fellow bridesmaids and best friends don’t know is that Lani has a secret—she’s already married. That pesky detail didn’t seem relevant when her husband lived on the other side of the country and she hadn’t seen him in six years, but then Reed Bennet walks back into her life and all bets are off. The moment Lani sees Reed she has to admit that he may have moved away, but she never moved on. Reed thought Lani would follow him when he left Santa Barbara to pursue his dream of becoming a great writer, but it didn’t turn out that way. He’s never forgotten the woman he married—she’s even the inspiration for his bestselling children’s book series. Running into Lani on a book tour reveals that six years hasn’t erased their chemistry. Now Reed doesn’t want to just write about Lani, he wants her back in his life. Can he prove to her that you can’t hurry love? Readers of Emily Giffin and Jasmine Guillory will love this full-length, stand-alone book in the steamy, funny series about four bridesmaids in a society Santa Barbara wedding who form a pact to be Never a Bride. Binge the complete series now! Can't Help Falling in Love (Book 1) Can't Make You Love Me (Book 2) Can't Fight This Feeling (Book 3) Can't Hurry Love (Book 4)

Never Doubt I Love
Never Doubt I Love

Author: Patricia Veryan

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2015-10-20

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1250101379

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Overview"A writer of incomparable magic." -Romantic Times SHE WAS A SIMPLE COUNTRY MISS-CAUGHT UP IN A WORLD OF DANGER AND ROMANCE! Zoe Grainger arrived in London for a Season under the auspices of her dreadfully vain and disagreeable sponsor, Lady Clara Buttershaw. But even the awful Lady Buttershaw could not spoil Zoe's chances for love, especially when a chance encounter threw her in the way of Lieutenant Peregrine Cranford. And as love embraced Zoe, so did danger. For when Zoe discovered that her brother had become the target of the nefarious League of Jewelled Men, she courageously endeavored to protect him-and the man who had come to claim her heart. . . . Patricia Veryan is a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times

A Pinch of Love
A Pinch of Love

Author: Alicia Bessette

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-10-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1101558636

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With a little bit of flour and a pinch of love, anything is possible... Rose-Ellen "Zell" Carmichael Roy doesn't cook, but she wears her late husband Nick's camouflage apron every day. That's her widow style. It's been more than a year since Nick's tragic death during a post- Katrina relief mission in New Orleans, but Zell can't bring herself to move on. Then, a postman's error spurs her to enter a baking contest in the hopes of donating the grand prize to the hurricane survivors in Nick's memory. After Zell's first attempt at baking goes embarrassingly awry, she meets Ingrid Knox-her motherless nine-year-old neighbor-and the two forge an unlikely friendship that will alter both their lives forever.

All You Need is Love + Coffee
All You Need is Love + Coffee

Author: Elizabeth Anne Martin

Publisher: Boolarong Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1922109789

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Newly self-diagnosed Coffeeholic Claire moves to Cairns to escape a failed long term relationship and to open the coffee shop of her dreams. But things are not as glamorous as she imagines. The coffee plantation is a dusty farm, the cafe is a tin shed behind a Hills Hoist, and the tall, quiet man who meets her at the station is called Bruce. Despite this and her own addiction, can she create the best coffee shop in Tropical North Queensland? Can she also find love at the same time? Something in it for everyone; the coffee drinker, the tea drinker, the decaf small macchiato drinker. Even the hot water drinker. Sam, Barista, local cafe I laughed so much coffee came out my nose. Saffron

To Vietnam with Love
To Vietnam with Love

Author: Kim Fay

Publisher: ThingsAsian Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781934159040

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From endangered langurs on Cat Ba Island to sidecar journeys in the Central Highlands, discover the secrets of savvy expatriates, seasoned travelers, and inspired locals. With its unique insights into dining, shopping, sightseeing, and culture, this personal collection of essays is a one-of-a-kind guide for the passionate traveler.

The Embroidered Garden
The Embroidered Garden

Author: Kazuko Aoki

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1611802660

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Whimsical, beautiful embroidery motifs created by an avid gardener—stitch roses, bees, or whole garden scenes. Kazuko Aoki has a unique talent for translating the beauty of the garden with needle and thread. By offering forty motifs, Aoki invites us to explore her gardens through embroidery. The forty motifs explore the roses and wildflowers that appear season to season, as well as the bees and butterflies that enjoy their nectar. The designs here are exquisite, detailed, and artfullly rendered. Beyond the motifs themselves, Aoki also presents projects that feature the embroidery: brooches, notebook covers, pin cushions, and pouches. For those new to embroidery, detailed how-to illustrations are included.