William Alexander
2) 52 Loaves
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William Alexander is determined to bake the perfect loaf of bread. He tasted it long ago, in a restaurant, and has been trying to reproduce it ever since. Without success. Now, on the theory that practice makes perfect, he sets out to bake peasant bread every week until he gets it right. He bakes his loaf from scratch. And because Alexander is nothing if not thorough, he really means from scratch: growing, harvesting, winnowing, threshing, and milling...
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Bill Alexander had no idea that his simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard would lead him into life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, weeds, and weather; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; and skirmishes with neighbors who feed the vermin (i.e., deer). Not to mention the vacations that had to be planned around the harvest, the near electrocution of the tree man, the limitations...
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New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on the surprisingly twisty journey of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory.
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial...
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our disaffection with industrial...
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The city of Zombay is home to goblins, witches, and humans. Little Kaile really wants to be a musician like her grandfather, so when a goblin gives her a flute made out of bone she is delighted. However, this flute only plays one song, and when Kaile plays it she becomes separated from her shadow--and anyone without a shadow in Zombay is considered dead.
6) Ambassador
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Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation and the Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions.
7) Nomad
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Gabe Fuentes has become Earth's ambassador, but he is not on Earth nor on the moon. He is traveling deep into space with the alien ambassador Kaen, who looks completely human, as well as with Nadia, the human ambassador from forty years ago who hasn't seemed to have aged at all. Nadia has spent decades studying the Outlast, an evil alien species determined to wipe out all civilization other than their own. If the three ambassadors cannot work together...