Sick of the same ol' shots? Raise the bar! Bored to tears with tequila shooters? Kamikazes make you wanna go all hari kari? Time to turn your Friday nights up a notch with The NoLita, test your limits on the Whiskey Buck Hunter, and make happy hour that much happier with a Double Entendre. In this homage to booze and creativity, mixologist Andrew Bohrer combines his bartending knowledge with his flair for the dramatically creative to invent more than 100 recipes for shots you've never, ever tried--or even heard of--along with a photo of each and every crazy concoction. Whether you're in the mood for a banger and slammer, a shot apropos for the dinner table, or the perfect shot to raise in tribute and solidarity at the ultimate drinking event (an after-funeral get-together), The Best Shots You've Never Tried is sure to be the most fun you'll ever have, 1 1/2 ounces at a time.

Remember jello shots of days of yore? They're all grown up, and are sporting a sophisticated new look! "Jelly Shots" are classic cocktails reinvented as sassy, gelatin shots--perfect, jewel-like squares, sans cup, which any adult would be proud to serve at their next dinner party. From Cosmopolitans, Tequila Sunrises, and Mojitos to Gimlets and Chocolate Martinis, Jelly Shot Test Kitchen is a guide to making gelatin versions of favorite libations. Armed with only a saucepan, a cake pan, and a sharp knife (and ingredients!), readers can be well on their way to a gorgeous batch of Jelly Shots.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Susan Morrow had come from an alternative laterally inverted world, where she had been there instead of Michael Morrow. They are now collaborating together on whether there could be any other travellers. Could that be likely, considering that her pet dog, Fido, had come through the same portal as her?

Angie is a tough but good-hearted teenager, on a search to locate her father, a man whom she has never met. Escaping, with more than just physical scars, from the psychopathic Colonel Morgan, Angie travels to New York where her quest begins. Morgan, the man who trained her as a child soldier, now wants to destroy her, and is prepared to do almost anything to succeed.Things become complicated when Angie falls foul of the law, and even more complicated when she is also secretly recruited by the FBI Special Operations Unit. All she really wants is to find somewhere to belong ? but this is not as easy as it seems, as throughout the story Angie is relentlessly pursued by her enemies.Nothing is more important to her than her freedom. But if she is to defeat her enemies, how similar to them must she eventually become? How similar is she to Morgan already?

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