Taking the Heat: Women Chefs and Gender Inequality in the Professional Kitchen (Paperback)

By Deborah A. Harris, Patti Giuffre

$19.57

ISBN: 9780813571256

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Published: Rutgers University Press - May 20th, 2015

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A number of recent books, magazines, and television programs have emerged that promise to take viewers inside the exciting world of professional chefs. While media suggest that the occupation is undergoing a transformation, one thing remains clear: being a chef is a decidedly male-dominated job.

The War Came Home with Him: A Daughter's Memoir (Hardcover)

By Catherine Madison

$24.95

ISBN: 9780816698776

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Published: University of Minnesota Press - September 1st, 2015

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During his years as a POW in North Korea, "Doc" Boysen endured hardships he never intended to pass along, especially to his family. Men who refused to eat starved; his children would clean their plates. Men who were weak died; his children would develop character. They would also learn to fear their father, the hero.

A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County (Paperback)

By Kenneth Hafertepe

$24.95

ISBN: 9781623492724

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Published: Texas A&M University Press - May 27th, 2015

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This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers through the streets of this once-westernmost German settlement in America, pointing out the log, fachwerk, and stone buildings that housed the town’s full-time residents, its weekenders, and the businesses of the nineteenth century.

Abundant with details uncovered by Haferte