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With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for "vase," solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy.Crossword Puzzler's Handbook, Revised Edition has all the answers to help you become an expert crossword puzzler. With 1,500 words and their definitions to help you name that obscure actress from the 30s or a three-letter word for "vase," solving crossword puzzles has never looked so easy. This pocket-sized handbook is the perfect gift for the crossword puzzle lovers in your life.

Between Before and After, by award-winning author Maureen McQuerry, explores the nature of family secrets, resiliency, and redemption as seen through the eyes of two young adults told in dual narratives between 1918 New York City and 1955 San Jose, California.

From Courtney Allison Moulton, author of the acclaimed Angelfire series, comes Wardens of Eternity, an action-packed YA novel that blends history, mythology, and magic. In the days leading up to World War II, Ziva Ellison must rely on her wit and magic to outmaneuver Nazis and ancient Egyptian gods to prevent global destruction.

From author Laurie Boyle Crompton comes Pretty in Punxsutawney, the story of 17-year-old Andie who's stuck repeating her first day at a new school over and over. Andie's convinced she needs true love's kiss to break the curse but instead discovers how a high school filled with cliques and misfits can find common ground despite their differences.

Speedy Juicing features 120 healthy and delicious juice and smoothie recipes that can be prepared quickly and easily.We are what we drink - putting healthy ingredients into our bodies makes our bodies healthier, from our immune system to overall energy levels. Thanks to uncomplicated recipes and accessible ingredients, Speedy Juicing ensures that you'll be enjoying a delicious, healthy juice or smoothie in no time. Divided up by fruit juices, vegetables juices, smoothies, superfoods, and metabolism boosts, it's never been easier to dial in to the healthy drink your body craves.

Laugh with dads, not at them, with over 160 hilarious knee-slappers and puns dads love to tell!A potato walks into a bar. All eyes were on him: this is just one example of the 200 hilariously hokey knee-slappers and puns in Dad Jokes. Tired of the same humdrum ill-fitting pants jokes, or jabs about turkeys being flightless birds? This perfect Father's Day gift will keep the dads in your life on the pulse of family-friendly corny humor that is all new and exclusive to this book. With Dad Jokes on hand, everyone will be laughing with dads, not at them!

Marissa Orr, Facebook and Google veteran, explains why our efforts to close the gender gap have failed and posits that overhauling the business world's paradigm of a "successful leader" will result in greater diversity in corporate leadership and foster healthier work environments for both women and men.

How many of us follow the same advice our grandparents followed: contribute whatever we can to our 401(k) and hope it's enough when the time comes to retire?

Romantic Cocktails is a bewitching collection of over 100 classic and craft cocktail recipes, perfect for winning hearts-and mending broken ones, too! Inside the plush red foil cover of Romantic Cocktails you will find the secret to mixing up more than 100 cocktails for couples, crushes, and star-crossed lovers. Chapters include Vintage Romance (classic cocktails from the good old days); Pretty Drinks (visually stunning, gem-colored concoctions); Love Potions (cocktails packed with aphrodisiacs); Zero-Proof Cocktails (booze-free elixirs); Drinks for Two (what's more romantic than sharing a glass); Modern Craft Cocktails (exclusive drink recipes contributed by craft bartenders from San Francisco to Hong Kong); and a bonus chapter on Irresistible Bar Snacks, From-Scratch Ingredients, & Garnishes (cheese boards, chocolate-dipped everything, spirit infusions, and more). The drinks are as fun and charming as they are intoxicating, with names including: The Afternoon Delight, a little sweet, a little naughty Boozy Milkshake for Two, two straws please Between the Sheets, a romantic variation on the classic Sidecar cocktail The Vesper Martini, synonymous with sophistication The Goodnight Kiss, the perfect nightcap for a night you don't want to end Simple step-by-step instructions and gorgeous full-color photographs make every drink recipe easy and truly swoon-worthy. Author and bartender Clair McLafferty offers insider tips and tricks for everything from sizing up recipes for a party to fixing a drink that didn't turn out quite right. Sidebars show how to master details like floating flowers, muddling herbs, and garnishing drinks with amazing bitters art. And throughout the book, readers will find drinks-relatedromantic quotations and toasts from the likes of Shakespeare, Louisa May Alcott, and James Baldwin. Whether you are looking for a romantic gift or a reliably excellent cocktail book for your home bar, Romantic Cocktails will knock your socks off!

Filled with more facts than a clickbait article and more authentic than the Kardashians, this handbook is a Millennial’s first line of defense against naysayers, Baby Boomers, and politicians.Millennials are killing everything: marriage, the economy, the environment. Or was that the Baby Boomers? Filled with more facts than a clickbait article and more authentic than the Kardashians, this handbook is a Millennial’s first line of defense against the naysayers. Hold your own in your next Twitter fight or show your Aunt Linda what it means to be “woke” with facts about the housing market, marriage, and even politics. This manifesto is packed full of sarcasm, satire, and statistics about America’s most self-centered generations.

Plot the meter of your next poem alongside inspiring quotes and stanzas from iconic New England poet, Robert Frost.Plot the meter of your next poem alongside inspiring quotes and stanzas from New England poet, Robert Frost. With just enough space for jotting down rhyming couplets, this compact notebook is perfect for wandering through the woods on a snowy evening or pondering a road less traveled. This refined yet sturdy notebook proudly carries Robert Frost’s signature embossed on the cover to inspire writers and wanderers alike. The Robert Frost Signature Notebook is part of the Signature Notebook Series, all of which are filled with inspirational quotes for dreamer, thinkers, and writers of all ages, alongside striking, rarely-seen photographs throughout. This beautiful, pocket-sized notebook features a moleskin-like binding, cream paper stock, and an elegant ribbon page marker, so you can always pick up where you left off...and Robert Frost's removable portrait wraps around the foil-stamped front cover, which is debossed with his signature. The Signature Notebook Series features some of the most prominent figures in our society, from William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, to JFK and Michelle Obama--and Robert Frost adds an inspirational new personality to the mix.

Fifty-two unique brunch menus for your entertaining needs, featuring over 250 sweet and savory recipes. Looking for the perfect quiche? Trying to spice up your French toast? Want to take some of the stress out of menu planning? With over 250 sweet and savory recipes for breakfast, brunch, and anywhere in between, The Sunday Brunch Cookbook is the ultimate mid-morning meal reference. Featuring a unique brunch menu for every week of the year, you’re sure to impress your guests with these well-crafted recipes. Great for family meals, boozy gatherings with friends, and holiday celebrations, The Sunday Brunch Cookbook will help you take your mid-day meal to the next level. 

Featuring over 800 recipes that span the wide world of spirits, Drink is the definitive reference guide for the cocktail renaissance.  Featuring over 800 recipes, Drink is the definitive reference guide for the cocktail renaissance. Reaching back to ancient fermented beverages and traveling around the globe through history, learn about the origins of drinking, the development of spirits, and the creation of iconic drinks in detailed histories, profiles, and interviews. With cocktails and mocktails for all occasions and palates, and pro tips for stocking your liquor cabinet and making drinks just like a mixologist, Drink is the go-to book for whetting your whistle.   

Transform your backyard into a grilling mecca for family and friends!With 300 ways to kick-start your backyard BBQ, Grilling will add plenty of spice to your summer. Sick of the same old burgers and dogs? Well, this book will nurse you back to health. Bringing you everything from starters and meaty mains to unique sauces, rubs, marinades, side dishes, and desserts, this is your go-to guide for the grill. Helping you master classics like steak au poivre and innovative preparations such as lamb kebabs with mint chimichurri, Grilling will transform your backyard into a mecca for family and friends.

Speedy Cocktails guarantees that you'll get the most important ratio right: less time mixing, more time relaxing.Thanks to uncomplicated recipes, accessible ingredients, and thumb-cut tabs, Speedy Cocktails ensures that you'll be enjoying a delicious drink in no time. Featuring classic cocktails like the martini, gin and tonic, and Manhattan, it's never been easier to bolster your reputation as a great bartender. Best of all, this slim volume can be stored right by the liquor cabinet, making sure you're always putting your best foot forward when company drops in.

Spark creativity with 892 Opening Lines, an inspirational collection of fictional opening sentences.892 Opening Lines is an astoundingly varied collection of fictional first sentences that will spark a writer's creativity. It doesn't matter if you are a published author or an aspiring one ? at some time or another all writers need to jump-start their process. Whether you are trying to be the next John Steinbeck or J.K. Rowling, there is an opening sentence in here for everyone, from spy thrillers to bodice rippers and dystopian fantasies. Also included in this book are inspiring quotations from successful authors who know all too well the highs and lows of getting words on the page. Funny, enigmatic, touching, and beautiful, these opening lines unlock the limitless possibilities for all writers to start telling their stories. Author John Brueckner has won 8 Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for 38. His work has appeared on Comedy Central and the Cartoon Network.

Ditch the tower of dirty dishes-serve up a fast, flavorful meal for the whole family with just one pot!Streamline your nightly cooking process with this home cook's dream-come-true cookbook! Not many people want to come home at the end of a long day and have to concoct a complicated recipe…or deal with the multi-pot cleanup. The recipes found in One Pot Big Pot Family Meals require little effort, simple ingredients, and-best of all-only one cooking vessel. These delicious recipes can be tailored for your cooking tool of choice-whether a pan, pot, slow cooker, Dutch oven, or even a sheet pan- you have options!

With advice from Daymond John, Bobbi Brown, Marc Cuban, Sallie Krawcheck, Max Levchin, Alexa von Tobel, and other successful early stage startup investors, Inc. magazine shows you how to attract and wisely apply your firm's first precious sources of cash.

Legal constraints, trolls, and technical issues can all turn the excitement of running an online community into chaos. This book shows site administrators how to create a safe, entertaining, and informative community.

Full of tips, tricks, and instructional illustrations about how to prepare a wide range of cocktail garnishes, The Art of the Garnish is a mixology must-have!The perfect cocktail is a sight to behold, and it is often enhanced both in flavor and appearance thanks to a garnish. Learn the ins and outs of garnishing your drinks with The Art of the Garnish. Full of ways set up a dizzying array of garnishes, from herbs and citrus to nuts, candy, meat, and jewelry, this book is a must-have for the aspiring mixologist! Inside this book, you’ll find: - 100+ gorgeously garnished cocktail recipes - Illustrations that detail how to make garnishes, from Citrus Tattoos to Pineapple Firebirds and Banana Dolphins - Tips on how to select and store ingredients Like all the books in the “Art of Entertaining” series The Art of the Garnish offers easy-to-follow recipes and colorful photographs; the beautiful images detail how these garnishes enhance cocktails and will help make you the star of happy hour.

Do you have the talent it takes to succeed? According to New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell no one does--because talent will only take you so far. Learn the thirteen attributes to add to your talent that will make a real impact.

Working people of every conceivable age, sex, marital status, career path, tax bracket, and seniority have at least one thing in common--they all feel overworked, overwhelmed, and underpaid. Learn how to make a change toward a more fulfilling life.

For anyone feeling held back by lack of opportunity, president and CEO of ATand T Ralph de la Vega shares lessons learned on his journey from Cuba to Corporate America to show readers how thinking bigger can yield greater results.

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Do you sometimes feel like you're so busy trying to make a living that you're missing out on life? Motivational expert Todd Duncan uses five life-enhancing questions to guide readers to let go of excuses and live the life they deserve, starting right now.

There is one skill that separates a leader from all others. Do you have it? Learn how to lead more effectively by playing the role of a coach.

Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg draw upon their practical, hands-on experience to show how to: Become indispensable on the job, engage in work that really matters, stop making excuses for our circumstances, not wait around for others to rescue us, step up to the plate of ownership and accountability, and become the people God intended us to be.

Companies are struggling to overcome rampant employee disengagement. Learn the three key actions that will transform your workforce and help your organization thrive.

What does it mean to be a good leader? Do you believe that leadership is a biblical idea? Founded by John C. Maxwell in 1996, EQUIP (TM) is dedicated to equipping Christians with the leadership skills needed for advancing the Great Commission in their communities, workplaces, and churches.

Courageous Leadership Workbook will help both you and your leadership team become the exceptional leaders that God has called you to be.