William Alexander
1) 52 Loaves
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author William Alexander takes readers on a surprisingly twisty journey through the history of the beloved tomato in this fascinating and erudite microhistory.
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Stored in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, appropriated as wartime propaganda, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the...
The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Stored in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, appropriated as wartime propaganda, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
4) Ambassador
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
National Book Award winner William Alexander writes about two classmates, Jasper and Rosa, who are assigned to appease the many ghosts haunting the school in Ingot, when they meet powerful new spirit-friends, as well as a surprising enemy.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"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 foods - while becoming the most popular vegetable in America (and, in fact, the world). Each summer, tomato festivals crop up across the country; the Heinz ketchup bottle, instantly...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There's one small obstacle though: he doesn't speak la langue française. In Flirting with French, Alexander sets out to conquer the language he loves. But will it love him back?
Author
Series
Genealogy and local history volume G2022
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1937]
Physical Desc
65 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, plan
Language
English
16) Eothen
Author
Publisher
J.M. Dent & Co
Pub. Date
1908.
Physical Desc
xvi, 238 pages, 1 leaves ; 17 1/2 cm.
Language
English
17) Celia Cruz
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz--once just a girl from Havana, Cuba, who loved to sing. Her soulful voice, compelling charm, and unstoppable determination led to her meteoric rise to fame, opening the door for Latinx performers everywhere. Her booming career took her from the Sonora Matancera to the Fania All-Stars, with the rising popularity of salsa, a genre born of Afro-Cuban musical stylings. Six decades and more than seventy albums later,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sweeney!: When the sexy mistress of a cabinet minister is found dead of an apparent overdose, Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter shake off the booze and women to take on the case. But when the bullet-riddled bodies start to pile up in the London streets, Regan and Carter find themselves deep in a murderous conspiracy involving doomed prostitutes, machine-gun assassins, multi-national oil companies and a cold-blooded...