Appetite for Murder:
A Mystery Lover's Cookbook
by Kathy Borich
A tantalizing slant on cooking and crime. Relive your favorite classic detective stories and then whip up the food that caught the culprit.
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An Illustrated Introduction to Classical Horsemanship: Concepts and Skills from A to Z
by Gary Borich
A comprehensive resource in a succinct alphabetical format that brings the beginning rider through every aspect of learning to train and ride for show and trail.
Often been surprised by a movie after what a film critic said about it? Ever felt cheated out of big bucks on the recommendations of a punk 24-year-old? Or really loved the ones they panned? Well, you no longer need to feel out of step with the current movie review band. Different Drummer is for you. Read more about our take on the film world. And get ready to relive your favorite movies with the recipes that follow each review.
This taut courtroom drama still packs a punch almost 30 years after its release, throwing the defendant and then the prosecution against the ropes. Caught in between is the beautiful defense attorney, in love with the law and all too soon with the accused himself, and trying to stave off any doubts that he really is an innocent man.
Is it an artistic triumph, an opium dream, or simply a “beautiful mess”? Or perhaps this film is like a poem that comes out of nowhere and carries us away with it – on one mad ride through modern London, ancient monasteries, and the dreamscape of the human mind.
Think of everything that guarantees box office gold – squealing car chases, steamy passion, rampant explosions, tortuous plot twists, hormone addled teens or octogenarians, and a peppering of coarse humor thrown in for good measure. Well, you’ll get none of it with this final Merchant Ivory collaboration set in 1936 Shanghai, but the simple story will stay with you long after the latest blockbuster fades from memory.
It’s come to this. Disney deconstructs Disney. Old Walt must be turning over in his grave. This newest adaptation of the 1959 animated version fits in perfectly with the upended politically correct values of our age. The wicked witch is a victim, a beautiful kind fairy only made bitter by humanity’s plunder, greed, and treachery.
Like a trip to the petting zoo, the second installment of this animated fantasy cannot fail to enthrall the little ones. The dazzling visuals, with toothless dragons as cuddly as puppies, lure us into a world almost devoid of evil. Where the warrior ethos is harnessed as effectively as the dragon’s fiery breath.
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