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Do you consider yourself an expert on fine food and wines? Do you like to explore the sensual delights of texture, color, taste and smell from marrying different cuisines?At the Cutting Edge is that kind of cookbook, containing a vast and delightful cornucopia of foods from all over the globe. This expansive collection of eclectic recipes comes from a food and travel enthusiast who gained her techniques and knowledge from chefs, restaurateurs and contacts over a lifetime of adventures.Designed with the experienced cook in mind, At the Cutting Edge is an entertaining and informative read with quotes from famous figures and two quizzes-on world cheeses and on alcoholic beverages.Sylvia Quenet-Chute writes with finesse and a lifetime of experience-combining her knowledge of the finer things in life with delightful essays on food and drink that our ancestors may very well have enjoyed. Quenet-Chute will take you to faraway places where you'll not only learn how to create masterpieces of culinary delight, but glean a sense of how they came to be.Sylvia Quenet-Chute was born in Newcastle, England where her French great-grandfather settled and became a ship broker. Mrs. Quenet-Chute spent her working life as an international advertising executive based in London and traveled the globe most of her career. She lives with her husband in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol in Spain.Publisher's website: www.eloquentbooks.com/AttheCuttingEdge.html

A breathtaking novel of danger, intrigue, suspense, terror and world chaos. Al Aqrab - The Scorpion Cell - is destroying the House of Saud using oil as its weapon. CIA Special Agent Jon Gold is yanked from a round of golf. Little does he know the danger he is walking into in the high stakes worlds of oil and terrorism.About the Author: Author John Opie is a heart surgeon and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ScorpionSanction.html

Discover through the new eye-opening book The Fundamental Principles of a Good Government how the dominant classes have used their economic power to maintain their social privilege. The book establishes a relationship between poverty and social injustice, examining how an ineffective government's bad social policies can and often do have disastrous consequences for the community. While it offers a social, political, and philosophical analysis of the kinds of human behavior that foster conditions for social instability, the book explains how the problems that impact individuals and families are both ethical and political.While working with low-income families and assessing their needs, author Jose Saint-Louis came to realize that the socio-economic gap that defines the life of the poor in America is mainly rooted in our domestic and international policies."I write this book to enlighten members of our community, from the rulers, to the governed. I strongly believe that humankind makes history, and can change the course of history by posing the foundation for a suitable social environment where human dignity is respected."Meanwhile, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.About the Author: Jose Saint-Louis is the author of The Tragedy of a People, a Poetic Book; Christian Advocate, a Socio-religious Revue; and The Haitian Revolution in the Shaping of American Democracy. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and holds the Master of Divinity degree. He has started writing his next book, Race and Politics in a Multicultural Society.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheFundamentalPrinciplesOfAGoodGovernment.html

Karis was a happy girl with a wonderful life, until the fateful night when everything came crashing down on her.After a terrible accident that robbed her of her memory and left her badly injured, Karis now faces the difficult task of rebuilding her life. As she endures numerous surgeries, unimaginable losses and obstacles confront Karis. And after a paranormal experience that leaves her frightened and confused, she must learn to push fear aside and open herself to her own faith and spiritual guidance.Inspiring and heartfelt, Keep Me is a story that reminds us all that there is a light at the end of every dark tunnel, but we have to have courage if we are going to reach it.Author K. Clarke is a mental health consultant living near Poway by way of Mira Mesa in the city of San Diego. She is currently working on the sequel to Keep Me as well as a book of poetry.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/KeepMe.html

August, 1899A mail order bride, we've heard that before. Little did Megan Mellington imagine she would be a substitute for her tearful traveling companion while journeying out west. Escaping a greedy, grasping uncle intent on keeping guardianship of her wealth, the New York heiress faces no other choice. Marry Bad Billy Baxter or the milksop her uncle has chosen. Of course, Bad Billy has no idea he is the pawn in question. His drink sodden friends had coerced him into signing the contract while totally inebriated.Springtown, Montana has not much to offer the society heiress, only a way to reclaim her wealth. Marry Bill Baxter and take the train out the next morning with a valid marriage certificate in hand. It would be so easy, or so she thought. Easy if the groom wasn't seeking revenge for a forced marriage and a non-existent wedding night. After waking with a hangover, tracking down his errant bride and delivering her out to his rundown ranch, Bill and Megan begin a battle of tempers rivaling the shootout at the OK Corral.Would love win out in this marriage for money? Christine Elwin brings you a laugh-filled battle of two star-crossed lovers who must reconcile themselves to patience and trust, if they are to endure a lifetime together.Christine Elwin makes her home in Mexico with her husband Robert. Initially renovating homes as a pastime, she turned to writing and Marriage for Money is her third novel after Masquerade for Marriage and A Tale in Time.

Rebecca is a 54-year-old divorcee with two daughters, a wicked sense of humour and a zest for life.One night she is brutally attacked and ends up in a coma, her life hanging by a thread. Rebecca's daughters rally by her bedside, but are disheartened by her condition.But Rebecca is having another experience altogether. She awakens in a magical place called Jess. A place where eternal youth is as natural as the perfect way of life.Then her problems begin. Rebecca finds herself in the middle of the countryside wearing nothing but her hospital gown. Her usual good mood is replaced by extreme embarrassment when she has to board a bus driven by a surly man who said he would take her home. She can't remember how she got there, let alone where she lives.This thought-provoking novel will make you question whether Jess is just a dream town or if Rebecca is Crossing Dimensions.Author Elizabeth Bell lives in Kent, England. She is working on the sequel.Publisher's website:http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/CrossingDimensions.html

Charlie Capellas is accustomed to war and the devastation it causes.A Green Beret officer, Capellas' life takes a drastic turn when he decides to trade his uniform for a coffee-colored habit. Accepting a missionary position in the impoverished town of Santa Rosa, El Salvador, Capellas is known to all as Padre Carlos. Carrying the memory of Sister Anna Maria, a close friend and missionary who saved his life, Capellas is determined to honor her mission.Controlled by coffee barons and industry leaders, Santa Rosa's indigent population suffers unfathomable poverty, governmental persecution and exploitation. Capellas will go up against a ruthless coffee baron, whose modus operandi involves the persecution of any who challenge his rule. When the baron's daughter, Margo, agrees to help him and the people of his mission town, the animosity between the two men grows.Can Capellas defeat those who wish to destroy him? Can he trust Margo or does she have an ulterior motive? Witnessing the hardships caused by the country's economy and battling violent and corrupt dictators, this will prove to be the toughest assignment of his life.Cassidy writes a stellar novel that blends fact with fiction. His depiction of a country ruled by violence and intimidation takes the reader inside a world that to most is unimaginable.Jim Cassidy is a writer and retired internist. He is the author ofThe Ferry to America and is currently writing a suspense thriller.He lives with his wife, Janeanne, near Chicago, Illinois.Publisher's website:www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/RainintheAfternoon.html

When bubonic plague breaks out in Athens in the year 404 B.C., several families escape to a deserted Aegean island.As the refugees confront the external and social challenges facing them, they are attacked by pirates and are beset by crime. To cope with these pressures, Xanthippe's Dream offers solutions to these life-changing dilemmas. But in the end, there is no prescribed resolution and readers become involved in the novel's outcome.The titular character Xanthippe is a well-born Athenian who is modest about her talents. With her friends Philippa and Cleo, she sets out to domesticate her new homeland and a different world is created in this imaginative page-turner. Xanthippe's Dream offers a 50-year history of the island colony.Author Philip Edwards has been writing for over 30 years. He grew up in Kenya and now lives in Queensland, Australia. He is working on his next autobiographical book.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/XanthippesDream.html

A group of strangers come to work at an isolated hotel restaurant in northern Arizona. Each is running from something or someone. As they get to know each other, the workers form a bond, especially after experiencing the death of a friend.There is Sydney, escaping an abusive husband, and Carmen, the general manager, who is grieving for her husband, a sheriff killed in the line of duty. Another worker, Marshall, is trying to gently break off from a woman who is too dependent on him. But also among the group is a killer, which they realize after a body is discovered on the night of a freak snowstorm. The hotel, located off the beaten track, is further isolated by the storm.Everyone is forced to look at each other in a different light as they try to identify who among them is the killer. They are trapped In the Middle of Nowhere.This tense murder mystery will have you in its grip as you come to care for the characters and worry over their every move.Author C.L. Barnes spent most of her life in the Southwest. She is a huge Stephen King fan and used to work in a setting quite like the one described in her novel. She now lives in Eastern Tennessee with her husband and son.Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/InTheMiddleOfNowhere.html