Dinner Party Disasters: True Stories of Culinary Catastrophe
A hilarious collection of true tales of culinary catastrophe, "Dinner Party Disasters guides you through the faux pas that other hostesses have made so that you dont make the same mistakes. Vital facts about each party (the number of guests, the menu) followed by a first-person description of the ensuing disaster, are accompanied by sidebars offering real-life solutions, such as how to prevent fires, how to recover from a hangover, how to spark conversation among your guests, and how to mend broken furniture.
The author also provides her simple formula for the headache-free dinner party, which includes the perfect mix of guests, food, dcor, entertainment, and preparation, ensuring your next gathering will be a rousing success.
Expert MySQL
Since the enormous number of new features made available with MySQL release 5.0, MySQL has been gaining steam as a viable alternative to database behemoths like Oracle and IBM DB2. MySQL users now have the ability to extend MySQL with new SQL commands, optimize query execution, and embed MySQL within low-resource environments like embedded devices and kiosks.
"Expert MySQL," by Dr. Charles A. Bell, is the first book to examine these opportunities in detail, showing you how to wield maximum control over this powerful open source database. You'll learn how to create your own custom storage handlers, ensuring maximum flexibility and speed within your specialized applications. You'll also gain valuable insight into MySQL's architecture and learn how to tweak its behavior through custom changes to the source code.
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The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design
From the Werkbund to the Bauhaus to Braun, from furniture to automobiles to consumer appliances, twentieth-century industrial design is closely associated with Germany. In this pathbreaking study, Paul Betts brings to light the crucial role that design played in building a progressive West German industrial culture atop the charred remains of the past. "The Authority of Everyday Objects "details how the postwar period gave rise to a new design culture comprising a sprawling network of diverse interest groups--including the state and industry, architects and designers, consumer groups and museums, as well as publicists and women's organizations--who all identified industrial design as a vital means of economic recovery, social reform, and even moral regeneration. These cultural battles took on heightened importance precisely because the stakes were nothing less than the very shape and significance of West German domestic modernity. Betts tells the rich and far-reaching story of how and why...
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A Dictionary of Modern Design
From Jacobsen to Tupperware, this fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design include ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, as well as biographical entries on designers, manufacturers, major museums and heritage sites, and much more. The dictionary, international in focus, also covers major movements, key concepts, design terminology, and important design institutions. The dictionary also features funky illustrations at every letter's opening page, with zeitgeist design concepts from Action Man and Barbie to Ferrari and Electrolux, which bring the designs to life. Written in a clear, accessible style, and with more comprehensive coverage than any of the other design dictionaries available, the Dictionary of Modern Design is an essential addition to every designer's and artist's studio shelf.
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Fabulous Fabric: No-Sew Decorating in a Snap!
Beautiful home decor items, made with great fabrics, that don't require threading a sewing machine! The chapters go room by room through your home. Tackle redoing just one room at a time, but before you begin browse through the entire book. Ideas in one chapter may suit a room covered in a different chapter.
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Matt & Shari: Real Decorating for Real People
Decorating's popular duo offer room-by-room tips in exciting new book.Matt and Shari put their decorating savvy into practice as they analyze what's right-and what's wrong-with 10 typical rooms, including: bedrooms for kids, teens and men; living spaces like the den, dining room, great room and sun porch; and functional areas like the kitchen, bath and entry. They present a variety of clever solutions for each room, with clear explanations of how any reader can achieve the same results.
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Missing Marlene
This series-opener by first-time mystery writer Evan Marshall mixes publishing drama with classic intrigue. Set in northern New Jersey and New York City, it follows literary agent Jane Stuart down a winding path of sex, betrayal, and obsession as she searches for the whereabouts of her seemingly sullen nanny Marlene. Marlene is assumed missing when she fails to retrieve Jane's son Nick from school one day. With each step towards the truth, Jane discovers the sinister nature of Marlene's character....
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Built-In Furniture
Built-in furnishings offer many advantages over freestanding furniture: They are generally less expensive to build than stand-alone furniture of the same type and size. They give you great latitude in designing the look and function of your interior spaces - you are not limited to designing around existing furniture pieces. And, because of the manner in which built-in furnishings are constructed, you can maximize the use of the most unusual spaces while creating an effective and aesthetically pleasing...
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