Why don't we eat more octopus? What about gurnard and other ugly fish? Cheeks and feet are cheap and delicious, but people prefer fillet or chops. What about rabbits and squirrels? Where do all the giblets go? And what's wrong with ugly vegetables? This book is about ingredients that are neglected, overlooked, forgotten. They are all tasty, sustainable and cheap, and easy to cook when you know how. Ugly Food aims to change the way people think about them, and the way they think about eating them. The food industry, like the fashion industry, seems driven by the pursuit of impossible perfection: pre-packaged meats with nary a head or foot or set of giblets in sight; rows of blemish-free fruit and vegetables in supermarkets tasting of not-very- much; and a steady stream of cookbooks containing photo-shopped, super-saturated photos of beautiful dishes bathed in sunlight. In contrast, Horsey and Wharton take an unpretentious, practical approach. They reveal the tips and tricks you need to prepare these undervalued foods with ease. And, alongside recipes, they provide social histories of ingredients that are positively brimming over with fascinating facts, fictions, and, of course, flavors. Recipes include: Ox-Cheek Salad à la Hongroise Lao Chicken Feet Salad Maldivian Curried Octopus Spiced Squirrel Popcorn Deep-fried Rabbit Ears Sheep's Brain on Toast Char Siu Pigs' Cheeks

SHARKPUNK: an anthology of killer shark stories. Sharks – the ultimate predators, masters of their watery domain, a world that is entirely alien and inhospitable to man. So many aspects of the shark are associated with humankind’s most primal fears. The tell-tale dorsal fin slicing through the water, the dead eyed-stare, the gaping jaws full to unforgiving teeth, the remorseless drive to kill and feed… Inspired by such classic pulp movies as Jaws and Deep Blue Sea – as well as such ludicrous delights as Sharknado and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus – the stories contained within are rip-roaring page-turners and slow-build chillers that celebrate all things savage, pulp and selachian. Covering the whole range of speculative fiction genres, from horror and Steampunk, through to SF and WTF, these are stories with bite! Come on in. The water’s fine…

This is a book of a collection of short stories written by my now deceased father. He called them humorous. I call them a great example of the inner workings of a sociopath and sexual deviant. Though he went out of his way not to use a swear word, he did write a lot about sexual things. My father was abusive and considered himself the center of the universe. Everybody else was stupid and did not deserve to share the same air as him. The idea that he wa special was something he was taught by his mother. Because of that, he believed that he was above the law and absolutely above the rules; those were for lesser mortals. There are some funny stories in here. For that reason, I recommend that everybody should read it. You get the best of both worlds. One, you get to be entertained. Second, you get schooled on how these degenerates think. That is a huge advantage in a world gone amuck. Oh, and did I say that it was also entertaining? Sometimes, even funny.

WILD HEARTS BEAT AS ONE Jacinda had run to Sydney to lose a man, not find one. So why couldn’t she forget Callan Woods, the Australian who’d looked every inch the handsome cowboy? An ex-scriptwriter from L.A. and a cattle station owner—Jacinda knew they were an unlikely combination. Yet both were single parents with a chemistry between them almost too much to bear—until Jacinda discovered that Callan had a block of his own. His love held the power to heal her, but could Jacinda’s do the same for him? Their future was riding on it….

The universe is a very serious place. Now, it has a leader with the captainlyness to confront the issues (and slimy aliens) that face it. Meet Captain Dave and the crew of the Delineator in their first book as they battle sliminess and pursue their exciting mission. Which has something to do with space.

This drama surrounds a teenager from American Samoa named Kitiona Tuafa. Kitiona's struggles and ingenious tactical sense are interwoven throughout her adventure. Kitiona goes to San Francisco, home of Amerastar, the parent corporation of the Motorhead factory for whom her father worked. She asks pointed questions while visiting Amerastar searching for the truth about her family's recent death. Kitiona uses her ingenuity to prove her doubts about Amerastar and its owner. Her quest to find answers triggers attempts on her life. Through a series of events, a discouraged Kitiona becomes part of a team that helps illuminate her haunting mystery. Ben Green, a former attorney, befriends Kitiona. They team up with four law students to investigate what happened to her family. They go after Amerastar and their owner, a politician, Senator Bonni Giardina. The law students, Mac, Jimmy, Juan and Carol get involved with Kitiona and Ben through a series of misadventures. Together with two of Ben's old military contacts, they investigate the fire that killed Kitiona's family. Their findings of the fire's cause trouble to all concerned. Their investigation, motivated by Kitiona's revenge on the political elite, takes unexpected twists and turns. They follow the facts, connect the dots and hammer out a plan. Will the bad guys react and make mistakes? Billy Angel's '1 Law 4 All' series begins with an upper class, powerful politician trying to squash one of us common folk. Kitiona and friends challenge a politically corrupt senator hiding within our government. Angel's '1 Law 4 All' series is about applying our laws equally throughout America's social structure. In the first book of his series, a rag-tag group becomes seasoned investigators to probe and research the facts. They fight off attempts on their lives to find the truth. Who killed Kitiona's family? Will Kitiona's team find justice and prove that No One is Above the Law?

David Schaafsma presents a powerful and compelling book about the struggle of teaching literacy in a racially divided society and the importance of story and storytelling in the educational process. At the core of this book is the concept of storytelling as an interactive experience for both the teller and listener. Schaafsma offers rich samples of students' writing about their lives in a troubled neighborhood. Eating on the Street offers stories by Schaafsma, his colleagues, and students to illustrate how talking across multiple perspectives can enrich the learning process and the community-building process outside the classroom as well.