6/30/2023 0 Comments Kitchen confidential book![]() ![]() At Les Halles-at last-he had found sustained success and something resembling stability. He was 43 years old, rode hard and put up wet, a recovering addict with a number of debts and a penchant for finding trouble in failing restaurants across the city. Always a blessing and a curse, Bourdain’s restless mind continuously kicked the tires on other career avenues-Random House had published his Elmore Leonard–style culinary crime novel Bone in the Throat a few years previous-but by no means was he walking away from his calling in the kitchen. As late as 1999, Anthony Bourdain’s principal vocation remained his position as executive chef at the venerable but self-consciously middle-brow steak-frites joint Les Halles, on Park Avenue between 28th and 29th streets in Manhattan. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Gild series raven kennedy![]() ![]() To me, they are funny, inspiring or just great moving quotes that capture the greatness of this book. So for this post, I selected only 5 of my favorite quotes from Gild. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left. Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong. Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. ![]() ![]() Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. Where to buy this book: The Book Depository | Amazon | | Bookshop About Gild (The Plated Prisoner #1) By Raven Kennedy ( The Plated Prisoner #1)īook Info: 303 pages, published Octoby Independently Published ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments The works of william shakespeare![]() ![]() If you are fortunate enough to still have the dust jacket, it is worth protecting it with a plastic sleeve. See the difference? Most of the time, due the fragile condition of the dust cover, the dust jacket has been destroyed. For example, some books have been sold for $6,000 with a dust cover, but without one, the value drops to $300. The specific date that it was printed can also contribute to the value.ĭoes your book have its dust jacket? This will add more value to the book. If so, then please know that the value of your books will depend on the books’ condition. In 1885, at the age of 25, David Mckay published the first collection of William Shakespeare’s works.ĭo you have the complete works of William Shakespeare illustrated with engravings and published by David McKay that you would like to know the value of? His sonnets have appeared in books and music. William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of modern English to date. ![]() |