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On Baking A Book of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals

Friday, February 17th, 2012
On Baking: A Textbook of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals (2nd Edition)

On Baking

From the creators of the best-selling On Cooking, 4/e comes the new edition of On Baking—the source for learning the practice of baking and the pastry arts.

Lavishly illustrated, it is the most complete guide on the market—emphasizing baking principles over formulas and reinforcing each technique with a companion recipe and illustrations.

With ample coverage of the craft, equipment, and ingredients, it addresses all aspects of baking and a wide range of styles. This new edition inspires readers’ creativity with over 285 new photos, 50 new recipes, and more on advanced decorating and confectionery techniques.

  • 620 tested and proven recipes and formulas for breads, cookies, pastries, desserts, custards, ice creams and the full-range of bakeshop products
  • Essays and formulas from more than 40 working chefs, bakers and food writers allow readers to benefit from the combined expertise of these professionals
  • 700 color photos and line drawings illustrate step-by-step preparation techniques and presentations and identify equipment and fresh ingredients
  • 21 informative chapters cover bakeshop basics such as quick breads, cookies, brownies and pies, as well as advanced preparations including laminated Boughs, contemporary tortes, plated desserts and chocolate designs
  • Each copy of this book includes a CD of ValuSoft® MasterCook software, which includes all of the recipes in the book.

Price: $ 80.99 Buy Here: On Baking A Book of Baking and Pastry Fundamentals

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Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Expert Consult Premium Edition

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online Features and Print, 19e

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Expert Consult Premium Edition

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics has been the world’s most trusted pediatrics resource for nearly 75 years. Drs. Robert Kliegman, Bonita Stanton, Richard Behrman, and two new editors-Drs. Joseph St. Geme and Nina Schor-continue to provide the most authoritative coverage of the best approaches to care.

This streamlined new edition covers the latest on genetics, neurology, infectious disease, melamine poisoning, sexual identity and adolescent homosexuality, psychosis associated with epilepsy, and more.

Best of all, the expanded online access at www.expertconsult.com features the full text, case studies, new references and journal articles, Clinics articles, and exclusive web-only content so that you get even more out of this invaluable reference.

Price: $ 96.32 Buy Here: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Expert Consult Premium Edition

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Curious Folks Ask Text Book Amazing Answers

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries (FT Press Science)

Curious Folks Ask Text Book Amazing Answers

These are just a few of the fascinating science and health questions real people have asked top science writer and San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Sherry Seethaler. Curious Folks Ask brings together 162 of her best answers–all crystal-clear, accurate, quick, and a pleasure to read. Seethaler is one of this generation’s best science explainers, and it shows: Every answer is accurate, fun to read, and distilled to a single page or less! Want to know how canned air works…or nuclear bombs? What causes goose bumps, earwax, dandruff, headaches? Whether it’s healthy to crack your knuckles, drink decaf, eat chocolate? What it costs to run all those LED lights around your house? It’s all here and a whole lot more!

Prepare to Be Fascinated!

Why does the flu change every year?

• What makes glue sticky?

• What causes out-of-body experiences?

• Are all brands of gas the same?

• Will adult stem cells work as well as embryonic stem cells?

• Is one “horsepower” really equal to the power of one horse?

• Why can’t you sneeze with your eyes open?

• How much does a cremated body weigh?

  • Your body’s oddities: knees to knuckles, itches to sneezes
    Surprising facts about how your body grows and works
  • Our ingenious inventions
    The past, present, and future of our relentless human inventiveness
  • Pesky pathogens: viruses, bacteria, and prions
    How they keep outsmarting us, and why it’s so hard to stay healthy
  • Common chemical concoctions
    The science behind the everyday products that have transformed our lives
  • Uniquely human: how we got here, how we’re unique
    New lessons from genetics, archaeology, and evolutionary biology

Price: $ 8.73 Buy Here: Curious Folks Ask Text Book Amazing Answers

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Textbooks Nursing Assistants Workbook Evaluation

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

Get the most out of Sorrentino’s Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition, and prepare for your certification exam! This chapter-by-chapter workbook and competency evaluation review reinforces your understanding of textbook content.

Price: $ 28.60 Buy Here: Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants

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Textbooks – Biology: Concepts and Connections

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Biology: Concepts and Connections

  Biology: Concepts & Connections, 6/e continues to be the most accurate, current, and pedagogically effective  book on the market. This extensive revision builds upon the book’s best-selling success with exciting new and updated features. KEY T

Price: $ 59.99 Buy Here: Biology: Concepts and Connections

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Textbooks – Campbell Biology (9th Edition)

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

Campbell Biology (9th Edition)

Helping Students Make Connections Across Biology   Campbell BIOLOGY is the unsurpassed leader in introductory biology. The text’s hallmark values—accuracy, currency, and passion for teaching and learning—have made it the most successful co

Price: $ 90.00 Buy Here: Campbell Biology (9th Edition)

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Textbooks – Children’s Literature: A Textbook Of Sources For Teachers And Teacher-training Classes

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Children's Literature: A Textbook Of Sources For Teachers And Teacher-training Classes

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning

Price: $ 27.11 Buy Here: Children’s Literature: A Textbook Of Sources For Teachers And Teacher-training Classes

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Textbooks – A Text-Book of the History of Painting (Classic Reprint)

Thursday, December 1st, 2011 FORCED MOVEMENTS, TROPISMS, AND ANIMAL CONDUCT
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
The analysis of the mechanism of voluntary and instinctive actions of animals which we propose to undertake in this volume is based on the assumption that all these motions are determined by internal or external forces. Our task is facilitated by the fact that the overwhelming majority of organisms have a bilaterally symmetrical structure, i.e., their body is like our own, divided into a right and left half.
The si

Price: $ 9.74 Buy Here: A Text-Book of the History of Painting (Classic Reprint)

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Textbooks – American Leaders And Heroes: A Preliminary Text-book In United States History…

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back in

Price: $ 24.78 Buy Here: American Leaders And Heroes: A Preliminary Text-book In United States History...

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Textbooks – A Text-Book of Astronomy

Monday, November 28th, 2011 This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Price: Buy Here: A Text-Book of Astronomy

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