David Dodge masterfully blended thrilling mystery novels with humorous travelogues. His fiction is celebrated for its tightly woven plots, crisp dialogue, and vividly drawn characters, often set against the backdrop of exotic locales. His travel writing humorously chronicled his family's global adventures, thoughtfully interspersing practical advice for budget-conscious explorers. Dodge's distinctive voice offers readers an engaging and immersive experience across both genres.
The book focuses on the scarcity and rising costs of early 20th-century literature. It emphasizes the effort to republish these classic works in modern, affordable editions while preserving the original text and artwork. This initiative aims to make these valuable historical texts accessible to a wider audience.
Slip on your best heels, beat your face for the gods, and get ready to toast sixty iconic drag queens, kings, and nonbinary performers with cocktails and zero-proof drinks made in their honor. Category Is: Cocktails! features original recipes for 60 cocktails and zero-proof drinks, alongside beautifully-rendered illustrations and profiles of the personalities who inspired them. The drag legends here run the gamut: designers, dancers, comedians, community activists, contortionists, Emmy winners, and Broadway actors. The book includes drag's big names, such as stars of reality TV show RuPaul's Drag Race Kim Chi, Trixie Mattel, and Latrice Royale, to scene stalwarts Divine and Lady Bunny, to international performers like Pabllo Vittar and Pangina Heals--as well as culturally significant figures, like vaudevillian king Annie Hindle and activist Stormé DeLarverie. While the drinks in most drag bars could easily fuel a transatlantic flight, this collection puts forth a radical thought: drag performers and their fans deserve better. The tipples here are equal parts delicious and quirky, featuring unusual but easily-sourced ingredients. Along with straightforward recipes, the authors cover the basics of preparing, garnishing, and serving mixed drinks. Armed with these brilliant concoctions and some deep-dive diva trivia, this terrific resource will make you the life of your next cocktail party.
Strong men and women from all parts of the world, looking for a better way of life, settled the American West. This is the story of The Forbes Family, five sons and a daughter, and how their lives unfolded as they settled in the West.
When a handsome swindler working the French Riviera meets a beautiful heiress on the beach at Cannes, sparks fly. But so do bullets - and soon he's forced to flee the country with both the police and the heiress on his trail. From the casinos of Monaco to the jungles of Brazil, from Tangier to Marrakech to Peru, the chase is on.