The most compelling, insightful, and white-knuckled journey behind the restaurant curtain since Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential. Mark H. Brezinski is a forty-five-year veteran of the dynamic restaurant industry. A graduate of the famed School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University, Mark went on to create or co-create multiple nationally acclaimed restaurant companies. His experiences span the globe in search of culinary discoveries and inspirations with industry icons like the late Norman Brinker, Paul Fleming, Phil Romano, and chefs Michael Mina and Mark Miller. Mark’s restaurants have featured an international buffet of foods that include Indian, Italian, French, and Vietnamese. His travels have taken him from Tokyo to Tuscany, from San Francisco to Shanghai, from Mumbai to Maui. This book takes you to all of these places and more, while telling behind-the-scenes stories—sometimes funny, often heartbreaking, and never without lessons learned. The journey is a remarkable tag-along to the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and the self-discovery that comes with each stop. Mark resides in Dallas and, never one to leave a stone unturned, is currently founder of his latest concept, Bizzy, which features his vision of better fast food.

An authentic eyewitness account, by the half-Cheyenne son of William Bent of Bent's Fort, of events on the Great Plains, 1826-1875.

Continue reading the award-winning Love and Magic series with this sexy paranormal romance, and enjoy a world of dangerous seduction, witty banter, and enemies-to-lovers happily ever afters! He’ll show her that the dark side has more to offer than just cookies…  Fighting demons is what witch Lily Murray does … until the night a weird dark magic spell turns her into a demon herself with the unfortunate urge to kill her loved ones. In a panic, she runs – right into a sexy male of her new demon species. He’s more than happy to help her out and show her the ropes. He’s also decidedly too gorgeous to handle. Lily is Alek’s idea of the perfect mate, and he’d do anything for her. Except help her turn back into a witch, that is. Because if she does, they can’t mate. She just needs a reason to stay a demon, and he’ll be damned if he doesn't give her one. So while he proposes to help her, he’s putting his plan in motion. Because the Dark Side has more to offer than just cookies. If you love sizzling hot enemies-to-lovers paranormal romance with a determined hero-in-pursuit, a snarky heroine, and lots of hilarious banter, this book is for you! ***This book was previously published as Blood, Breath, and Desire.*** KEYWORDS: SEXY PARANORMAL ROMANCE, ENEMIES TO LOVERS, STEAMY DEMON ROMANCE, FOUND FAMILY, ALPHA MALE, STRONG HEROINE, GUARANTEED HEA, NO CLIFFHANGERS, FUNNY ROMANCE, LAUGH OUT LOUD, SNARKY HERO, FUNNY HEROINE, HAPPILY EVER AFTER, HOT WITCH ROMANCE, STANDALONE

From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series--set in a magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites. This was once the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who had been taught since birth to hate each other like poison. But now, the boy Wizard and girl Warrior have been brought together in the Badwoods and they have witnessed the shocking consequences of the Stone That Takes Away Magic. They will need to cast aside their differences once more--for an Evil Spell has broken free. It's up to Xar and Wish to find the ingredients. But it means entering dangerous territory unannounced... Cressida Cowell brings her trademark wit to this spellbinding sequel, along with the stunning artwork and heartfelt adventure that has made her beloved around the world, weaving a story that is sure to transport readers to a world that will enchant and bewitch them.

This box set contains books 1 & 2 in the Love and Magic series, where headstrong witches clash with sexy demons, enemies turn to lovers, and forbidden passion burns up the pages. In To Seduce a Witch’s Heart, witch Merle MacKenna summons a demon to find her kidnapped sister…only to discover said demon is a hot mess intent on charming his way into her pants. Warning: Includes lots of witty banter and snarky humor, as well as a delightfully disrespectful demon hero who’s hot enough to melt panties with a look. In To Win a Demon’s Love, witch Lily Murray is turned into a demon by dark magic…and attracts the eager help of a male of her new demon species to show her the ropes—and just how irresistible he is. Warning: Includes a kick-ass heroine who loves to snark and curse, a demon hero who is as stubbornly determined to win his female as he is heart-stoppingly hot, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments and sexy action.

George Bent, the son of William Bent, one of the founders of Bent's Fort on the Arkansas near present La Junta, Colorado, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, began exchanging letters in 1905 with George E. Hyde of Omaha concerning life at the fort, his experiences with his Cheyenne kinsmen, and the events which finally led to the military suppression of the Indians on the southern Great Plains. This correspondence, which continued to the eve of Bent's death in 1918, is the source of the narrative here published, the narrator being Bent himself. Almost ninety years have elapsed since the day in 1930 when Mr. Hyde found it impossible to market the finished manuscript of the Bent life down to 1866. (The Depression had set in some months before.) He accordingly sold that portion of the manuscript to the Denver Public Library, retaining his working copy, which carries down to 1875. The account therefore embraces the most stirring period, not only of Bent's own life, but of life on the Plains and into the Rockies. It has never before been published. It is not often that an eyewitness of great events in the West tells his own story. But Bent's narrative, aside from the extent of its chronology (1826 to 1875), has very special significance as an inside view of Cheyenne life and action after the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, which cost so many of the lives of Bent's friends and relatives. It is hardly probable that we shall achieve a more authentic view of what happened, as the Cheyennes, Arapahos, and Sioux saw it.

Historians usually assume that the battles fought in Southwestern Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Eastern Tennessee played an insignificant role in the outcome of the Civil War. This book challenges that assumption. Focusing on the career of Colonel Andrew Jackson May, for whom the defense of the region was a personal crusade, it reveals that the victories which the Confederates won in this theater, allowing them to retain control of Preston’s Saltworks and the Virginia-Tennessee railroad, preserved the integrity of the Confederacy and thereby prolonged the war.