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by Pete Jordan  Publisher Comments Dishwasher is Pete Jordan's amusing memoir of his itinerant dishwashing extravaganza. For 12 years, I was the most prolific dishlicker of them all. From 1989 - 2001, I dished my way around the country, unwittingly searching for direction. From a bagel... (read more)  List Price $13.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Bill Buford Publisher Comments A highly acclaimed writer and editor, Bill Buford left his job at The New Yorker for a most unlikely destination: the kitchen at Babbo, the revolutionary Italian restaurant created and ruled by superstar chef Mario Batali. Finally realizing a long-held... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anthony Bourdain Publisher Comments New York Chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir/expose. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, The New Yorker... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Thomas Mcnamee Publisher Comments In an authorized biography-the story of Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented "American cuisine" Not so long ago it was nearly impossible to find a cappuccino or a croissant in this country... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $19.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard P Feynman 
Publisher Comments The outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original. In this phenomenal national bestseller, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman recounts in his inimitable voice his adventures... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments Ridley traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity through his leap into biology at the age of 31 and his co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Noel Riley Fitch Publisher Comments Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard P Feynman Publisher Comments One of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled ability to tell the stories of his life. What Do You Care What Other People Think? is Feynman's last literary... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Marc Eliot Publisher Comments "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." — Cary Grant He is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Although he came to personify the debonair American, Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904,... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Russell Shorto Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-372) and index.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Anthony Bourdain
Publisher Comments When Chef Anthony Bourdain wrote "Don't Eat Before You Read This" in The New Yorker, he spared no one's appetite, revealing what goes on behind the kitchen door. In Kitchen Confidential, he expanded that appetizer into a deliciously funny, delectable... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Kathleen Flinn Publisher Comments In 2003, Flinn, a 36-year-old American living and working in London, cleared out her savings and moved to Paris to pursue a dream diploma from the famed Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. The ultimate wish fulfillment book, her story is a true testament to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Danzy Senna
Publisher Comments Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black father and a white mother, intellectuals and activists in the Civil Rights Movement in 1970's Boston. The sisters are so close that they have created a private language, yet to the outside world they can't be... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Ruhlman Publisher Comments Ruhlman's storytelling combines with his immense love of food to reveal the people whose goal is to serve perfect food. Through talking with the most talented young chefs in the business, Ruhlman takes readers on a journey toward the soul of a chef.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Israel Publisher Comments The conventional story of Thomas Edison reads more like myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a hardworking young man overcomes the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. But the portrait that emerges from... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
Powells.com Staff Pick An inspiring look at the life and times of the culinary genius, Julia Child's My Life in France is a good-humored memoir of her influential and transformative early experiences in France with her then new husband, Paul. Julia's devotees, as well as those... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Anthony Bourdain Publisher Comments Bestselling chef and No Reservations host Anthony Bourdain has never been one to pull punches. In The Nasty Bits, he serves up a well-seasoned hellbroth of candid, often outrageous stories from his worldwide misadventures. Whether scrounging for eel in... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Robert Irvine Publisher Comments Irvine tells the astonishing story of his life so far, from cooking for 3,000 refugees on open fires while civil war raged to the challenges he faced while employed for the royal family. His latest role is as host and star on the Food Networks series... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Rebecca Goldstein Publisher Comments A gem....An unforgettable account of one of the great moments in the history of human thought.--Steven Pinker A masterly introduction to the life and thought of the man who transformed our conception of math forever. Kurt Godel is considered the greatest... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard P Feynman
Powells.com Staff Pick Feynman can turn from nuclear physics to afternoon tea with ease and aplomb. Fascinating on many levels, this collection captures the unique spirit of a truly curious man. Recommended by Paige, Powells.com... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $21.00 (Used - Book W/audio Cd) check for new and sale copies
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