The definitive, comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach, Richmond and surrounding areas, with hundreds of lodging, dining, and recreational recommendations. Explore this vital region—Virginia Beach and Richmond, the state capitol. Author Renee Wright offers extensive coverage of Colonial Williamsburg, historic James-town, and Norfolk, home to the great Atlantic Fleet. Includes special sections on Civil War battlefields, maritime history, Hampton Roads’ quadricentennial, and bird-watching opportunities in the region.
The definitive, comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach, Richmond and surrounding areas, with hundreds of lodging, dining, and recreational recommendations. Explore this vital region—Virginia Beach and Richmond, the state capitol. Author Renee Wright offers extensive coverage of Colonial Williamsburg, historic James-town, and Norfolk, home to the great Atlantic Fleet. Includes special sections on Civil War battlefields, maritime history, Hampton Roads’ quadricentennial, and bird-watching opportunities in the region.
The black sheep of a prosperous Virginia family, Charles LeBlanc must elude the law while he investigates a mass murder at his family's annual reunion, during which he turns up the unsavory secrets kept by his kin. 25,000 first printing.
Masterful four-color photography, beverage pairing suggestions for Virginia wines, ciders, and beers, and the reputation of the award-winning Tidewater on the Half Shell make Toast to Tidewater a surefire hit! Cooks of all types will devour the triple-tested recipes featuring Virginia's finest ingredients. A 2004 National Winner of the Tabasco Community Cookbook Award.
This definitive guide to Southern cooking methods and techniques by the creators of the PBS show New Southern Cooking features more than 600 recipes. In Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking, Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart present the most comprehensive book on Southern cuisine in nearly a century. Based on years of research, Dupree and Graubart embrace the great Southern cookbooks and recipes of the past, enhancing them with the foods and conveniences of today. With more than 600 recipes and hundreds of step-by-step photographs, Dupree and Graubart make it easy to learn the techniques for creating the South’s fabulous cuisine. From basics such as cleaning vegetables and scrubbing a country ham, to show-off skills like making a soufflé and turning out the perfect biscuit—all are explained and pictured with clarity and plenty of stories that entertain.
The putrid estuaries of the Great Dismal Swamp and the colonial mansions of Tidewater Virginia provide a chilling setting for tales of the mysterious and strange. From the ghost of Jefferson Daviss iron-willed widow who walks the dank corridors of Fort Monroe to the restless presence of Cornwalliss soldiers killed at the Battle of Yorktown, the region is rife with eerie tales of the tragic and unexplained. Paranormal expert and author L.B. Taylor Jr. revisits classic ghost stories from his collection and introduces readers to thirteen terrifying new tales. Join Taylor as he travels forgotten country lanes and dark waterways in search of the spirits of Virginias haunted shores.
In recent years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and countless other politicians have made headlines for their sexual scandals. But such stories are not new. Indeed, there is a long history of misbehavior in politics, including in the nation's highest office. Bill Clinton, it can safely be said, was not the first president to misbehave, nor was he the worst. In fact, there is a long history of presidential peccadilloes. Many presidents have been influenced and had their careers affected by the hand of a woman, sometimes that of a wife or mother, but at other times that of a mistress. But these stories are rarely told. Instead, history has tended to glorify our leaders. Such a scrubbed version of the lives of presidents, however, omits their marital woes, love lives, and sexual peccadilloes. As Robert P. Watson reveals, it is precisely these intimate and all-too-human moments that provide some of the most valuable insights into our leaders. Affairs of State is not just about sex and scandal--the "who did it" of history--although such incidents are described in detail. It is a book about love, marriage, and affairs in the White House, offering an intimate character study of the First Couples who made history. To see the author discuss his book on Inside South Florida, please click here. To see him discuss the book on C-SPAN, please click here.
Grab your beach blanket, your surfboard and your shades -- it's time for a beach party! With more than 100 recipes for beach picnics and bonfire barbecues, Retro Beach Bash is the beach lover's companion for fun in the sun. Surf through recipes and cooking tips for simple yet gourmet beach cuisine that will astound your bronzed buddies. From Corona del Mar Clambake and Nana Kuli's Kona Burger to Grilled Fruit or Beach Bunny Cake, you'll find mouth-watering ideas for all courses, plus peachy thirst quenchers like the Balboa Island Offshore Breeze and Crabfest Coolers! Packed with nostalgic photographs and authentic artifacts from the 1950s, you'll blast into the past with surfer lingo, expert sandcastle-building and kite-flying skills, and tips for driving through the dunes. Turn toasting marshmallows into a fine art and beachcombing into a treasure hunt. Retro Beach Bash is more than a great cookbook -- it's a must-have for fun-filled seaside adventures!
