While Smith's seventh novel featuring Scottish philosopher and woman of means Isabel Dalhousie (after The Lost Art of Gratitude) doesn't break new ground, the author's many fans will be more than satisfied to follow the small events of Isabel's life, in particular her struggle to come to terms with her own imperfections. Much to Isabel's dismay, Prue, a cellist with a terminal illness who's a professional colleague of her bassoonist fiancé, Jamie, has been making ever greater demands on the good-natured Jamie.
Tristam Gowers and Yves Lafeu have the flamboyance of stage matinee idols, but currently they are running a very smart restaurant, Tryst, which is much patronized by top people in the theatrical profession. Which means it's not Charles Paris's usual ambience, but this small-part player, who's more successful as an amateur detective than as professional actor, is the guest tonight of another fascinating duo, William Bartlemas and Kevin O'Rourke, wealthy collectors of theatrical memorabilia. And he is in at the death: the gruesome murder of Yves.
Mark Caven - The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech - American English
Useful tips to help achieve a more professional level of speech in American English.
Mark Caven explains how the quality of our speech relates to our professional lives. While we know about "dressing for success," not everyone realizes how often we are judged by how we speak. The way we speak says a great deal about our backgrounds and educational levels, and may even influence the way we're treated. Caven offers, and participates in, a series of helpful warm-ups and exercises in a friendly, sincere manner.
General Rules and Instruction in all Branches of American Baking. In Nine Parts, each Part Containing many New Theories and New Ways of Composing Recipes, and Furthering the Culinary Education of the Professional Baker as well as the Housekeeper.
This Study Guide can be packaged with Professional Baking, Fifth Edition If you aspire to be a professional amateur baker, this book is a great resource. Learning how the various ingredients interact with each other is empowering for someone who wishes to make her own recipes. I haven't done so yet... but I feel like I have all the tools needed to do so!
