I am seeing a lot of people posting things on Facebook about diet and exercise. I think that should be a banned subject during the holidays. They should create an app that changes all posts about eating well into cookie recipes.
The Last Layover: The New Homefront Volume 1
Steven Bird
Genre: Science Fiction
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The Last Layover is the first book of The New Homefront series where patriotic Americans struggle to survive in a collapsing world while taking a stand against the evil and tyranny that quickly follows.
In The Last Layover, an airline crew finds themselves on an overnight layover in New York City, far from their homes when a series of events take place that bring our modern society to its knees. Join them as they face the dangers and difficulties of trying to make their way back to their homes and families in a rapidly deteriorating society, without our modern transportation and communications infrastructure, all while dealing with the lawlessness and violence that quickly ensues in a desperate and broken society. Discover with them the dark side that humanity can quickly take, as well as the good that can come from faith, family, and friendship.
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Straight Up (The Dugan Siblings Book 1)
Cate Dashwood
Genre: Romance | Contemporary Fiction
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Moira Dugan is perfectly happy keeping men at arm’s length. She’s prepared to finish her college degree, and doesn’t have time for a relationship. What she’s not prepared for is the weak feeling in her knees when Liam walks into her family’s Irish pub. Could Liam help Moira banish the haunting pain of her past?
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Battery Brothers
Steven Carman
Genre: Teen & Young Adult | Sports | Coming of Age
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Friday Night Lights meets baseball in this edgy coming-of-age story about overcoming adversity and personal tragedy.
Andy Lembo is bent on becoming the starting catcher on a talent-packed varsity baseball team in his senior year at a new high school–whereas his brother Daniel, still a junior, is a shoo-in to be the team’s ace. With his 88-mile-per-hour fastball, Daniel has Major League scouts drooling. The brothers are tight and share a dream of winning the state championship. They also share painful memories of child abuse. But Andy carries extra burdens, from panic attacks to a shaky relationship with their father. Then there’s that burn scar covering half of Andy’s face and the bully who won’t leave Andy alone. Chock-full of nail-biting baseball games, the Panthers are inching toward the division championship. But then Andy loses his biggest supporter in a freak accident and he blames himself for what happened. His emotions raw, Andy quits the baseball team and school, while his father calls him a loser. Eventually, a treasured memory coaxes Andy to attempt a challenging comeback. Andy must find the strength to go the distance–for himself, but also for his brother and their shared dream.
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17 Sheikh Hamza Street, Cairo: A Middle Eastern Historical Fiction (Memories From Egypt)
Avraham Bar-Av (Bentata)
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs | History | Historical Fiction | Biographical | Family Life
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The life of a Jewish family in Cairo is dramatically affected by the rise of Arab nationalism. A fascinating drama based on the biographic memoirs of the author, offering invaluable insight into Jewish history, North African Jewry and the history of the Middle East. The Jewish Bentata family settles in Cairo, Egypt, at the beginning of the 20th century. After a few decades of leading a respectful bourgeois lifestyle suited for middle-class westerners in the Orient, the illusion of belonging begins to crack. As Rommel’s tanks bear down on the gates of Al Alamein, Arab nationalism raises its head. In 1948, as the Israeli war of independence breaks out, the harassment reaches its peak: Hosni, a charming yet ruthless criminal, takes advantage of the family’s political weakness. He forces himself on Suzy, the youngest daughter, threatening to harm her family if she refuses him. When he discovers that she has betrayed him by marrying an English soldier and escaping to London, he turns to her older sister, Sophie. Hosni collects evidence about Sophie’s husband Zionist activity and threatens to hand it over to the authorities. While Henri is already arrested and sent to an internment camp in the desert, Sophie is given an offer that can’t be refused. She may either buy his incriminating documents one by one or buy the whole lot of them together. Hosni is not picky about the payment method: “Payment can take the form of money or gold or jewelry. If you’d rather not part with your belongings, an intimate encounter is also an option.” The family’s life in Egypt has hit a dead end. In the face of catastrophe, family members hurry to flee from Egypt. One part of the family escapes to Israel, others spread out to find refuge in France, Italy and Australia.
A historical novel depicting the fall of a middle-class Jewish family in Egypt. Through the life of the Bentata family, the reader is exposed to an unperceivable mixture of East and West that existed for a small historic moment, a vivid kaleidoscope of culture, heritage, color, scent, and flavor. Stage by stage we witness the historical realization of the prophecy given to Avraham, the patriarch of the Jewish nation: “thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall serve the people there who will afflict them… and afterward they will leave.”
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Cookies: The Top 100 Most Delicious Cookie Recipes
Ace McCloud
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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The Top 100 Most Delicious Cookie Recipes! This book gives you 100 mouthwatering recipes for all kinds of cookies including cookie bars, drop cookies, cut out cookies, filled and sandwich cookies, no-bake cookies and special occasion cookies. Because most of the recipes in this book have variations, or ways you can change the ingredients around, there are actually more than 100 cookies you can make to the delight of your family, friends, coworkers and neighbors. Once you start baking cookies, you will find your friends and family prefer homemade cookies over store bought ones. You will also discover that it doesn’t take much time or effort to bake your own cookies and many of the recipes in this book are easily made in large batches and can be frozen for future use. The recipes come from all over the world including the Welsh cookies filled with currants to German Springerle with anise flavoring and the Italian almond flavored Biscotti. Think back on your childhood. Was there someone that always had home baked cookies on hand. I remember riding my bike past the back yard of one house where and older lady usually sat in the afternoon. She always had a plate of cookies ready and I would ride by, stop at her fence, eat the cookie she gave me and talk to her for a while. I never missed a week riding by on Wednesday after school. Maybe your mom always had cookies and all your friends looked forward to visiting so they could have some of her cookies. Cookies bring about a happy and warm fuzzy feeling. Don’t you want that for your family? Learn how to make simple recipes like chocolate chip or sugar cookies. This book has several old recipes, like brown sugar or cornmeal cookies. You can also learn how to make more complicated recipes like ladylocks or almond meringue raspberry bars. Make Christmas cut out cookies complete with royal icing or opt for German Lebkuchen. Make cookies from cake mixes or create colorful and flavorful pizzelles using flavored gelatin. Try new, modern recipes like chocolate rice cereal treats or tiny cherry pie cookies. You will find them all in this book flavored with chocolate, lemon, orange, lime, cherry, raspberry, peach, vanilla, banana and more. This book will also give you ideas on how to create your own recipes by using the variations and by adding your own ideas.
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