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Coffee Shop Conversations $12.53 A 2008 study released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life notes that the number of people creating their own interpretations of faith and culture is growing… |
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Coffee Shop $129.99 Ayline Olukman Coffee Shop – Framed Art Print |
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More Coffee Shop Theology $16.99 More Coffee Shop Theology |
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Ghetto To Coffee Shop $16.95 Ghetto To Coffee Shop |
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Coffee Culture, Destinations and Tourism $149.95 Coffee Culture, Destinations and Tourism |
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Coffee Culture In Ceylon $15.16 Coffee Culture In Ceylon |
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Shade In Coffee Culture… $15.16 Shade In Coffee Culture… |
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Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt $26.5 Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt |
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Hazelnut Coffee $8.49 Our 100% Arabica gourmet coffee is infused with the smooth and nutty tasted of fresh hazelnut. Whole Bean 12 oz. |
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Coffee Shop Menu $19.99 Lisa Audit Coffee Shop Menu – Art Print |
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Sequoia Coffee Shop, California $14.99 Sequoia Coffee Shop, California – Premium Poster |
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Interior, Retro Coffee Shop $39.99 Interior, Retro Coffee Shop – Giclee Print |
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Rooster Coffee Shop $19.99 Lesley Hallas Rooster Coffee Shop – Art Print |
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Coffee Shop, Florida $34.99 Sylvain Grandadam Coffee Shop, Florida – Art Print |
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Advances in Computers: Social Networking and the Web $160.64 This is volume 76 of the Advances in Computers. Since 1960, annual volumes are produced containing chapters by some of the leading experts in the field of computers today. For almost 50 years these volumes present ideas and developments that are radically changing our society. One of the most important ideas sweeping though society today is the social networking website. Names like Wikipedia, Flickr, Second Life, Twitter, Facebook, Meetup, MySpace, LinkedIn, among others, are becoming common parlance as the youth, and a growing segment of the adult population, now view such websites as alternatives to the corner convenience store or coffee shop and critically important avenues for social interactions. In this volume we explore this phenomenon to describe the development of some of these ideas as well as developments in web technology that enable this to occur. This volume contains seven chapters divided into two parts. The first three chapters describe the social networking phenomenon and provide insights into the technology and influences on our culture. The last four chapters provide details of the underlying technology that allows the web to expand to include these social networking sites, as well as other new applications for information dissemination, accessing, and sharing. |
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Buenos Aires $0.01 Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires. Flick through the introduction for an overview on where to go and what to see, from cosmopolitan architecture and stunning mansions to long coffee klatches, where you can soak up this energetic city whilst enjoying the finest coffee. Move on to read lively accounts of every attraction from walking along the Avenida de Mayo to enjoying dinner in a typical "parrillada." The guide provides detailed coverage of the outlying suburbs of San Isidro, Olivos and the Paraná Delta as well as destinations further afield – San Antonio de Areco and estancias in the Pampas, and Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. With colour sections on tango and football, the guide explores the city’s rich history and intense culture; includes detailed information on where to shop to where to see the best tango shows; gives practical information on accommodation and transportation; and, of course, reviews all the best places to eat and drink. With the clearest maps of any guide, be sure your trip to “the Pearl” of South America is one not to forget with this ultimate guide. |
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Coffee With The Prophet $8.93 Coffee with the Prophet is the first fiction release from Dr. Mark A. Gabriel, former lecturer in Islamic history and culture at Al-Azhar University. Dr. Gabriel’s previous books, including Islam and Terrorism, have been best-sellers in the Islam category since 2002 when his first book was released.Coffee with the Prophet tells the fictional story of Mustafa, a good Egyptian Muslim who memorized the Quran by age 12. Mustafa was a rising star in Islamic scholarship, earning a position as one of the youngest lecturers in Al-Azhar history. But in reality Mustafa’s faith in Islam was being destroyed by his studies. The more he learned, the more disappointed he felt. On the edge of abandoning his faith, Mustafa prayed for Allah to show him the truth. Little did he know that he would find his answer in a coffee shop in Mecca. There he met a charismatic tribesman with a taste for iced lattes and the knowledge of an Islamic scholar. He was the mentor Mustafa sought, but soon Mustafa realized that this stranger was surrounded in mystery. Who did he talk with late at night? What did he carry in his rough brown bag? And how did he know so much about Mustafa?Coffee with the Prophet delivers mystery, humor, and a fascinating expose of the life and personality of the founder of Islam. |
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Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress $0.99 Career waitresses do more than just serve food. They are part psychiatrist, part grandmother, part friend, and they serve every walk of American life: from the retired and the widowed, to the wounded and the lonely, and from the working class to the wealthy. The classic diner waitress is an icon of American culture. . . . This book takes a moment to honor and recognize waitresses’ contribution to our communities. Doing this project has helped me to redefine my perspective on life, work, and happiness. It has made me reevaluate the myth of the American dream that says you need to have an ‘important’ job to be happy.-from Counter CultureIn large cities and small towns across the country, the best diners and coffee shops are more than just restaurants: they are neighborhood institutions that bring together communities. From the Gold ‘N Silver Inn in Reno, Nevada to the U.S.A. Country Diner in Windsor, New Jersey, these special places are not defined by their menus or décor, but by the waitresses who have establish bonds with their customers and their communities over years-and sometimes decades-of service. Counter Culture is a window into the lives of career waitresses who have worked in diners and coffee shops for up to sixty years. Since 2001, Candacy A. Taylor (a former waitress herself) has traveled more than 26,000 miles throughout the United States collecting stories of these “lifers,” as many waitresses aged fifty or over playfully call themselves. She interviewed fifty-seven waitresses in thirty-eight towns and cities. Their compelling stories are complemented and enhanced by Taylor’s striking color photographs of the waitresses at work.Taylor expected that the waitresses she’d meet would feel overworked and underappreciated, but was surprised and delighted to find that the opposite was true. The proud, capable waitresses Taylor interviewed loved their jobs and, even if given the opportunity, “wouldn’t do anything else.” Nearly all the |
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Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress $12.86 A must-have for anyone who loves diners and coffee shops. Taylor travels more than 26,000 miles throughout the United States collecting stories of lifer waitresses. Their compelling stories are complemented by Taylor’s striking color photographs of them at work. |
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Everything TV Crosswords Book: 150 commercial-free puzzles to test your television IQ $9.95 What was the name of the coffee shop in Friends? Who was the original host of the Tonight Show? What kind of car did Jim Rockford drive? If you’re a television addict, you’ll love The Everything TV Crosswords Book. Packed with 150 puzzles, this entertaining collection covers both classic and contemporary TV shows, with clues and puzzles about all types of shows, including:Cops and detectivesSitcomsDaytime televisionSaturday morning cartoonsThe Everything TV Crosswords Book is an entertaining mix of popular culture trivia and challenging word play, perfect for winding down after a night of power TV watching! |
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Friends Collections-One With All the Birthdays $9.97 In addition to scoring one of the biggest surprise hits in television history, NBC generated a veritable pop-culture phenomenon with its 20-something sitcom smash FRIENDS. Set in New York City, the series chronicled the lives of six best friends as they navigated through the ups and downs of romance and career from the confines of their local coffee shop and some pretty fabulous Manhattan apartments. This release contains over two hours of highlights from the show.Format: DVD MOVIE |
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Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers, and Other Investigators of America’s Paranormal World $0.06 “In Ghosthunters, John Kachuba explores some of America’s great haunts while he introduces us to the people who actually go searching for ghosts. His writing takes the reader on a haunted journey-it’s like riding shotgun with him while he creeps through haunted asylums, abandoned farmhouses, and historic battlefields, and speaks with some of the biggest names in this field of study. If something goes bump in the night, have no fear-John Kachuba won’t be far behind.”-Jeff Belanger, founder of Ghostvillage.com and author of The World’s Most Haunted Places”John Kachuba is neither a gullible believer nor a skeptical disbeliever in ghosts and the paranormal. He is first and foremost a talented writer who strives to be a truly objective investigator.”-Brad Steiger, author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted PlacesWhy are so many people fascinated by ghosts?To answer that question, writer and paranormal researcher John Kachuba aka The Ghosthunter investigates haunted locations throughout the country and interviews scores of people who have had paranormal encounters. The author discovers a growing interest in ghosts today, which has spurred an American pop culture phenomenon based on the supernatural. Combining his case reports of actual hauntings, discussions with leading figures in the paranormal world, and stories about related subjects-buying ghosts on eBay, buying and selling haunted houses, ghost tourism-Ghosthunters presents an intriguing and witty look at America’s paranormal world.Set off down the trail of the paranormal and read about:• A ghost hunt in a Connecticut coffee shop with lay religious demonologistDavid Considine.• Spending the night with the ghost of Miss Lily at St. Augustine, Florida’s historic St. Francis Inn.• Spiritualist minister Rev. Rose Vanden Eynden’s abilities to talk with the dead.• The search for the headless inmate on a ghost hunt at West Virginia’s |
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Lebanese Culture $22.63 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Culture of Lebanon, Lebanese Arabic, Thursday of the Dead, Lebanese Independence Day, Lebanese Christian Nationalism: the Rise and Fall of an Ethnic Resistance, Abu Abed, Women in Lebanon, Lebanese Nationalism, Cinema of Lebanon, Tantour. Excerpt: Abu Abed is a fictional character that forms the centerpiece of many jokes in Lebanon , though he is known throughout the Arab world . The Washington Post describes him as an “Archie Bunker -like figure who is a fumbling caricature of all the failings of the Lebanese.” His full name is sometimes given as Abu Abed El Beyrouty and he is also called Abul Abed or Abu El-Abed . In illustrations, Abu Abed most notable features are a large mustache and the red fez he wears on his head. Abu Abed’s best friend is Abu Steif, with whom he spends much of the day in the Kahwat El Ejeez , an actual and well-known coffee shop in central Beirut . He is sometimes claimed to be a Sunni Beiruti. One example of the literally hundreds of jokes with Abu Abed is:During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, the most widely told joke among Lebanese was again about Abu Abed. The jokes goes: Abu Abed is sitting in the cafe when he calls Ehud Olmert , Prime Minister of Israel , to tell him not to come north of the border or he and four of this friends will give Israel trouble. Olmert laughs and tells Abed that one Israeli battalion can easily overrun his neighborhood. This verbal contest escalates until Abed says that he has collected thousands of fighters armed with shoulder-fired rockets and Olmert states that Israel has two million soldiers. “‘Two million?’ asks Abul Abed. ‘In that case I am going to have to surrender. We simply do not have enough room to keep 2 million hostages.’” Notes and references (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A |
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Living It Up: America’s Love Affair with Luxury By James B. Twitchell $19.99 <P><I>Luxury isn’t just for the rich,</I> says James B. Twitchell. Today you don’t need a six-figure income to wear pashmina, drink a limited-edition coffee at Starbucks, or drive a Mercedes home to collapse on the couch in front of a flat-screen plasma TV. In <I>Living It Up,</I> sharp-eyed consumer anthropologist Twitchell takes a witty and insightful look at luxury — what it is, who defines it, and why we can’t seem to get enough of it.<P>In recent years, says Twitchell, luxury spending has grown much faster than overall spending — and it continues to grow despite the economic recession. Luxury has become such a powerful marketing force that it cuts across every layer of society, spawning a magazine devoted to spas, cashmere bedspreads on sale at Kmart, and a dazzling array of bottled waters.<P>Twitchell says that the democratization of luxury has had a unifying effect on culture. Luxury items tell a story that we want to identify with, and more people than ever aspire to the story of Ralph Lauren’s Polo or Patek Philippe. Shopping itself is no longer a chore but a transcendent experience in which we shop not so much for goods as for an identity.<P>Sharply observed and wickedly funny, <I>Living It Up</I> is a revealing and entertaining examination of why we are all part of the cult of luxury. |
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Mountain Time: A Novel By Ivan Doig $15 At fifty-something, environmental reporter Mitch Rozier has grown estranged from Seattle’s coffee shop and cyber culture. His newspaper is going under, and his relationship with Lexa McCaskill is stalled at “just living together.” Then, he is summoned by his sly, exasperating father, Lyle, back to the family land, which Lyle plans to sell in the latest of his get-rich schemes before dying. Lexa follows, accompanied by her sister Mariah, and the stage is set for long-overdue confrontations — between lovers, sisters, and father and son. <I>Mountain Time</I> is distinguished by humor and a wry insight into the power of family feuds to mark individuals and endure. Set against the glorious backdrop of Montana mountain country, it is a dazzling novel of love, family, and the contemporary West. |
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Office for Metropolitan Architects: Seattle Public Library $14.95 OMA’s design for the Seattle Public Library—one of the firm’s most heavily anticipated projects to date—begins with a radical rethinking of the very nature of the library. If the library exists today as a threatened sanctuary, it has been done in by its own stubborn reliance on one kind of literacy and its consequent blindness to other emerging forms that increasingly dominate our culture, especially the huge efficiencies and pleasures of visual intelligence. Rather than merely package this traditional institution in a new way, OMA has completely reinvented it, transforming it wholeheartedly into a site able to aggressively orchestrate the coexistence of all available technologies for collecting, condensing, distributing, reading, and manipulating information. The library will no longer be loyal to the book… In more architectural terms, the $156 million building has an angular, meshlike glass and metal skin that surrounds a series of floating public spaces: a kid’s area at the bottom; a living room for browsing, public meeting areas, and a coffee shop; a mixing chamber where patrons can work intensively with librarians; and a reading room at the top with views of Mount Rainier and Puget Sound. In between these platforms are a series of programmatic boxes containing the more stable, or fixed, parts of the library program, including a continuous four-story book spiral where the entirety of the library’s books will be stored.This third book in Actar’s series of Verb monographs reveals how the Seattle Public Library works, and examines it in terms of new media technologies that have changed the status of the library in the contemporary city from a traditionalrepository for books to an “information store.” Also included is a comprehensive account of the design process, from initial concept through construction to ribbon cutting. |
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Scrying the Secrets of the Future: How to Use Crystal Balls, Water, Fire, Wax, Mirrors, Shadows, and Spirit Guides to Reveal Your Destiny $16.99 Scrying means seeing magical images in a reflective medium, such as a crystal ball, mirror, or natural source of inspiration like fire, water or clouds. The word “scry,” derived from the Anglo-Saxon word descry, means to “perceive dimly.”Scrying in shiny surfaces has been practiced in almost every culture and time, not only by mystics, clairvoyants and magicians, but also by every girl who has gazed into a mirror and hoped to see her lover’s face in the glass.Though it is one of the most ancient ways of predicting the future, scrying is as relevant today as when our distant ancestors gazed into pools by moonlight to locate the herds – it does not conflict with modern scientific knowledge or psychology.Scrying the Secrets of the Future offers practical, hands-on guidance to using a wide variety of methods from many cultures and ages-from Ancient Egypt, the Aztecs and Mayans, and Classical Greece and Rome to Medieval European magicians, village wise women and 21st century coffee-shop divination. Discussion of each method includes its history and cultural background, traditional practices, and how to adapt these techniques to the needs of the modern world and everyday decision making. This unique book will help you:Learn to see and interpret images in many forms, including wax, herbs and oils on water, crystal balls and candles, shadows and dark mirrors. Explore additional techniques of clairaudience, psychic hearing and clairsentience, and psychic impressions, to make your scrying multi dimensional.Discover how to prepare yourself psychically, find the best scrying tools, empower them, ensure you are protectedspiritually as you work, and how to close down your psychic energies after divination.Find out how to maximize future possibilities, avoid potential problems, and advise others privately and professionally through clairvoyanceCommunicate with and channel angels and spirit |
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Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture $14.99 Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movement changed our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods and workplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulously reported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fair trade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through a cast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, business sharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKED explores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmets in only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and social habits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things we think we know about the coffee commodity chain are false.”Starbucked is …smart cultural criticism minus any academic gobbledygook. Mr. Clark is quite funny as he dryly sends up the excess of the corporate behemoth, and Starbucked is an entertaining, highly readable book….Full of cocktail-party-worthy tidbits.” —Adelle Waldman, New York Observer |
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Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture $0.99 Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movement changed our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods and workplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulously reported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fair trade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through a cast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, business sharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKED explores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmets in only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and social habits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things we think we know about the coffee commodity chain are false.”Starbucked is …smart cultural criticism minus any academic gobbledygook. Mr. Clark is quite funny as he dryly sends up the excess of the corporate behemoth, and Starbucked is an entertaining, highly readable book….Full of cocktail-party-worthy tidbits.” —Adelle Waldman, New York Observer |
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Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture $9.99 Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movement changed our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods and workplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulously reported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fair trade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through a cast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, business sharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKED explores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmets in only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and social habits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things we think we know about the coffee commodity chain are false.”Starbucked is …smart cultural criticism minus any academic gobbledygook. Mr. Clark is quite funny as he dryly sends up the excess of the corporate behemoth, and Starbucked is an entertaining, highly readable book….Full of cocktail-party-worthy tidbits.” —Adelle Waldman, New York Observer |
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The Lucky Gourd Shop $2.99 When an American mother’s three adopted children reach their teens, they grow curious about their Korean heritage. A much-anticipated letter from Korea fails to satisfy them but sparks memories in the eldest. So begins the heartbreaking and inspiring tale of their birth mother’s life as their adoptive mother imagines it.Abandoned as a baby and then again and again, Mi Sook is raised in a Korean coffee shop by its string of owner-mothers. She grows to adulthood fiercely independent and eventually comes to manage the shop. But her marriage to Kun Soo, with whom she has three children, begins a series of events that ultimately wrench her babies from her arms. Deceived by Kun Soo and his well-intentioned mother, and unsupported by a rigidly Confucian culture, Mi Sook emerges as a tragic and heroic figure who embodies the rich complexities of a nation — and of the heart. |
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The Lucky Gourd Shop $0.01 When an American mother's three adopted children reach their teens, they grow curious about their Korean heritage. A much-anticipated letter from Korea fails to satisfy them but sparks memories in the eldest. So begins the heartbreaking and inspiring tale of their birth mother's life as their adoptive mother imagines it.Abandoned as a baby and then again and again, Mi Sook is raised in a Korean coffee shop by its string of owner-mothers. She grows to adulthood fiercely independent and eventually comes to manage the shop. But her marriage to Kun Soo, with whom she has three children, begins a series of events that ultimately wrench her babies from her arms. Deceived by Kun Soo and his well-intentioned mother, and unsupported by a rigidly Confucian culture, Mi Sook emerges as a tragic and heroic figure who embodies the rich complexities of a nation — and of the heart. |
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The Lucky Gourd Shop $25 When an American mother's three adopted children reach their teens, they grow curious about their Korean heritage. A much-anticipated letter from Korea fails to satisfy them but sparks memories in the eldest. So begins the heartbreaking and inspiring tale of their birth mother's life as their adoptive mother imagines it.Abandoned as a baby and then again and again, Mi Sook is raised in a Korean coffee shop by its string of owner-mothers. She grows to adulthood fiercely independent and eventually comes to manage the shop. But her marriage to Kun Soo, with whom she has three children, begins a series of events that ultimately wrench her babies from her arms. Deceived by Kun Soo and his well-intentioned mother, and unsupported by a rigidly Confucian culture, Mi Sook emerges as a tragic and heroic figure who embodies the rich complexities of a nation — and of the heart. |
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The Lucky Gourd Shop By Joanna Catherine Scott $14 <P>When an American mother’s three adopted children reach their teens, they grow curious about their Korean heritage. A much-anticipated letter from Korea fails to satisfy them but sparks memories in the eldest. So begins the heartbreaking and inspiring tale of their birth mother’s life as their adoptive mother imagines it.<P>Abandoned as a baby and then again and again, Mi Sook is raised in a Korean coffee shop by its string of owner-mothers. She grows to adulthood fiercely independent and eventually comes to manage the shop. But her marriage to Kun Soo, with whom she has three children, begins a series of events that ultimately wrench her babies from her arms. Deceived by Kun Soo and his well-intentioned mother, and unsupported by a rigidly Confucian culture, Mi Sook emerges as a tragic and heroic figure who embodies the rich complexities of a nation — and of the heart. |
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The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York’s East Village $27.99 For more than fifty years, customers have crowded into Veselka, a cozy Ukrainian coffee shop in New York City’s East Village, to enjoy pierogi, borscht, goulash, and many other unpretentious favorites. Veselka (rainbow in Ukrainian) has grown from a simple newsstand serving soup and sandwiches into a twenty-four-hour gathering place, without ever leaving its original location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Second Avenue. Veselka is, quite simply, an institution.The Veselka Cookbook contains more than 150 recipes, covering everything from Ukrainian classics (potato pierogi, five kinds of borscht, grilled kielbasa, and poppy seed cake) to dozens of different sandwiches, to breakfast fare (including Veselka’s renowned pancakes), to the many elements of a traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve feast.Veselka owner Tom Birchard shares stories about Veselka’s celebrity customers, the local artists who have adopted it as a second home, and the restaurant’s other lesser-known, but no less important, longtime fans, and he offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to serve five thousand gallons of borscht a year and to craft three thousand pierogi daily—-all by hand.The Veselka Cookbook will delight anyone with an interest in Ukrainian culture, New York City’s vibrant downtown, and the pleasures of simple, good food. |
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The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York’s East Village $14.99 For more than fifty years, customers have crowded into Veselka, a cozy Ukrainian coffee shop in New York City’s East Village, to enjoy pierogi, borscht, goulash, and many other unpretentious favorites. Veselka (rainbow in Ukrainian) has grown from a simple newsstand serving soup and sandwiches into a twenty-four-hour gathering place, without ever leaving its original location on the corner of East Ninth Street and Second Avenue. Veselka is, quite simply, an institution.The Veselka Cookbook contains more than 150 recipes, covering everything from Ukrainian classics (potato pierogi, five kinds of borscht, grilled kielbasa, and poppy seed cake) to dozens of different sandwiches, to breakfast fare (including Veselka’s renowned pancakes), to the many elements of a traditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve feast.Veselka owner Tom Birchard shares stories about Veselka’s celebrity customers, the local artists who have adopted it as a second home, and the restaurant’s other lesser-known, but no less important, longtime fans, and he offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to serve five thousand gallons of borscht a year and to craft three thousand pierogi daily—-all by hand.The Veselka Cookbook will delight anyone with an interest in Ukrainian culture, New York City’s vibrant downtown, and the pleasures of simple, good food. |
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Women’s Murder Club Death In Scarlet – Windows $1.21 Catch a killer in James Patterson s exciting seek-and-find mystery game.Unfold a tangled web of ancient culture corruption and greed in the spectacular yet gritty underworld of San Francisco. With over 5 million downloads and 150 million books sold James Patterson s Women s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet will have you racing to bring the killer to justice!In this dramatic new interactive seek-and find mystery adventure you become the detective medical examiner and journalist as you seek to stop a killer and expose the truth. . All New Women s Murder Club Storyline created by author James Patterson in conjunction with award-winning game designer Jane Jensen this original storyline will have players on the edge of their seats!. Nine Unique Investigations – Each with new puzzles to solve in addition to challenging seek and find levels.. Hone your detective skills in a wide range of beautifully rendered settings including Forensics Lab Police Headquarters Deadlines Coffee Shop and more across 18 unique locations!. Brain-Bending Puzzles featuring fun and challenging puzzles to solve that are critical to the case!. Format: WIN XP VISTA. Genre: ENTERTAINMENT. Rating: T. Age: 755142121426. UPC: 755142121426. Manufacturer No: 12142 |
Greece v Italy is this the ultimate match?
A Greek and an Italian were sitting in a coffee shop one day discussing who had the superior culture.
Over his thick Greek Coffee the Greek said “Well, we have the Parthenon!”
Arching his eyebrows, the Italian replied over his Latte “We have the Coliseum!”
The Greek retored “We Greeks gave birth to advanced mathematics!”
The Italian, nodding agreement, said “But we built the Roman Empire!”
And so on and so on, until the Greek came up with what he thought would end the discussion…
With a flourish of finality he said, “We invented s*x!”
To which the Italian replied, “That is true, but…
it was the Italians who introduced it to women!”
If I’m making you chuckle please give me a thumbs up and I’ll pass on more of the ‘jokes’ from the ‘Tumour Humour’ section of my Family Forum which works to keep me LMAO!!! I make no apology for the dodgy assortment they are only trying to do their job! My avatar says it all. Thanks for making me laugh with your comments!
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you have the thumb up!
as you can see i greek so… it made me laugh
Coffee & Coffee Shops : About Coffee Culture
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Amsterdam – Much More Than Just Coffee Shops
Museums are not the first thing that come to mind when thinking of the Dutch city of Amsterdam, but visitors to the city would surely be missing out if they were to come and not go to at least of the few fabulous museums in the city. In all there are 73 museums, ranging from general to very specific, small to large and offering a huge variety of topics; even those that do not consider themselves museum-goers are likely to find one that suits their interests.
The Amsterdam Historic Museum is a good place to start for a grand overview of the city. The museum’s collection is housed in magnificent historical buildings which were once a city orphanage in the 15th century. The main focus of the museum is on what is known as the ‘golden age’ during the 17th century when Holland was the richest country in the world., and visitors can discover the city’s rich history: from learning about its inhabitants to events that has helped shaped Dutch culture.
If art is your thing, head to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, otherwise known as the National Museum. This is the largest museum in the Netherlands and is internationally renowned for its exhibitions as well as its permanent collection.
For a smaller and more personal look into history visit the Anne Frank house. This house is where she and her family lived in hiding for more than two years during WWII. During this time they also shared their small hiding compartment – which was hidden by a bookcase – with another family. When they were finally discovered by the Nazis in 1944, eight people shared this confined space, and upon discovery, all were sent off to concentration camps where only Anne Frank’s father survived. In the museum there are excerpts from the diary of Anne Frank, historical documents, photographs and objects that survived through the years. The original diary is also there along with notebooks and information about what the family endured during this time.
After a trip to the sombre Anne Frank house, visitors to Amsterdam can also treat themselves to some of the other small but quirky museums like the Houseboat Museum. Many people have imagined what it would be like to live on a houseboat, but even if you have never wondered, the Houseboat museum gives visitors a chance to get a feel for what it would be like to live on the water. The museum actually resides on a real houseboat located on one of Amsterdam’s many canals, although it is no longer used as a home. Much like the many houseboats visitors see on the water, the houseboat is a converted barge, which was originally used to transport goods such as sand, gravel and coal.
Art lovers, on the other hand, must visit the Van Gogh museum. This museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings in the world. His works are organised chronologically so as you move through the museum it is as close to an intimate encounter with the artist that is possible. The huge collection is further broken down into five main periods representing where he was in life at each time.
A short break to Amsterdam is easy to arrange and won’t break the bank – making it an ideal, yet inexpensive getaway. Most of the museums are also open daily, making any time of year good for a visit.
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This Beverage Is A Part Of The Culture Of Manzanillo
Tuba: a large with valves, brass wind instrument having a bass pitch? Correct, however that is by no means what I’m speaking about. The tuba I’ve in mind is a seaside drink in the area of Manzanillo. This drink is made from coconut palm sap and is also sweet and pleasant by itself however may end up being fermented to a type of wine. Tuba is exclusive to the coast, Manzanillo along with Colima.
Workers climb the palm tree, one not necessarily used for coconut production, along with bruise the coconut flower stalk right up until the liquid actually starts to run. The stalk will be attached with bamboo strips along with a bamboo container, or bottle, can be used to gather the sap. As much as 3 flowers from one tree might be made to produce sap. Every flower creates tuba for two months after that gets dry and is cut from the tree. Tuba quenches the thirst and is also considered good for indigestion.
If you feel “first thing in the morning” will be 10am, you and I are having similar thoughts of Mexico. However the employees, referred to as tuberos, happen to be at work at daybreak. Workers climb the narrow trunks to gather the sap. If you have never seen workers climb these trees to gather coconuts or prune the palms you have skipped a genuine show! The work, and tuba, is part of what can make our Mexican Pacific distinctive in its rich culture, routines, background and artwork.
Colima is known for its drink and food and preserving tradition the tuberos climb to the maximum point to access the sap of the palm flower. Tuba originated in the Philippines and also arrived at Mexico, combined with the coconut trees which line the highway to Colima, in the 16th century. The Philippines had been overcome by the Spanish along with employees from there arrived with the seeds and also the knowledge to cultivate sugar cane and rice in the rich volcanic soil. They worked with and exchanged customs with the nearby Mexicans. This fairly sweet drink is also referred to as tuba in the Philippines.
You’ll find this kind of drink in the streets along with marketplaces of Colima state along with Manzanillo. It is sold by men putting on white linen clothing calling out “tuuuuuba”. They offer the drink offered from a huge wooden jug at a stand or perhaps from jugs carried on a pole around their shoulders. Just for a few pesos they will prepare you a fresh cup of tuba offered with nuts.
Tuba is accumulated each and every morning and also maintains its shade and special taste for two hours right after being gathered. Just five hours later, it starts to ferment. The sap can begin to ferment while still in the container on the tree, but the alcohol content increases with fermentation. If it rests for eight days, it turns to vinegar to cook and pickling. Exactly the same vinegar used in a well-known bread soup offered at weddings and baptisms.
The tree itself has an interesting historical past. These days Colima is dominated by the coconut palm that isn’t indigenous. It originated from the Solomon Islands in early 16th century. Developing in recognition it began to replace cacao as a much more rewarding crop with less work. With the coconut seeds came a few Philippine slaves. Known as Chinese Indians these were brought ashore in Salagua to avert Acapulco customs. Due to their entry method presently there is little traditional documentation on them. The owners hid them to steer clear of the tax on slaves at that time. These brand new immigrants grew to become free, landowners and also inter-mixed with the nearby population. They’d the secrets along with substantial knowledge of palm cultivation, potential and the juices and nectars that could be received.
The fermented tuba grew to become an excellent, low priced wine that accumulated a following. It competed with the Castilla wine of the royal monopoly. Growers were persecuted underneath the guise of “social well-being and hygiene”. The Royal Audience of Mexico ordered the devastation of just about all coconut fields in 1612 however this order was never obeyed because of local opposition. The tuba beverage continued and towards the end of the 18th century the Culture of the Coconut had become ingrained in the fabric of Colima’s identification.
