Blood Bones and Blisters: A culinary rant by Tristan B. Jones (40 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

? Chefs, Cooks, Kitchen Rats everywhere, this is for you.? "Liked Kitchen Confidential? Read this!" "I'm a career Cook and have been a sous chef, and this book is an updated version like Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential! Whether you are a cook or not this book tells it like it is and is funny too! So, read it and enjoy it!" - Kindle Customer "Outspoken and Opinionated" "This book is how Kitchen Confidential would have read if Bourdain had spent his childhood in a trailer park, being fed squirrel brains for breakfast instead of spending his summer holidays in France, eating fresh oysters." -Amazon Reviewer I wrote this book for cooks. For the younger crowd just starting in the industry you can learn some valuable lessons from my experience. For the older folks that have been in this stress riddled drug soaked mad house for a while, I think you'll get a few laughs. The first half is an abbreviated version of my story in kitchens around the world followed by some assorted thoughts on our industry and modern F&B culture. I have made a lot of mistakes and done numerous things that many will call questionable, but I didn't sugar coat it. This isn't me trying to tell you what I have done is right. This rant contains both the good and the bad. I have held chef positions on three continents and I have built up more than my fair share of opinions along the way. Travel, drugs, danger, foul language, and all levels of cuisine permeate the pages of my story in hospitality. Restaurant kitchens will always be my home. If you feel the same or are trying to figure out whether they should be yours as well, I think you might enjoy this.Topics like things to look for as a chef hired to start a new restaurant, how to deal with the modern customer, regulations, foodies, the next generation of cooks, and more are covered in my own, abrasive style.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Beyond the Killing Tree, A Journey of Discovery Revisited by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (9 Reviews)    Price verified 13 hours ago

In this digital edition, Beyond the Killing Tree has been revisited from the original hard cover publication. There are some new chapters and fine tuning of other chapters, though the context has not changed in spirit since it was first identified by the Anchorage Daily News as the best Alaska non-fiction book published in 1995. This is a memoir of adventure, personal change, and transformation -- a journey of discovery by Reynolds, who spent almost 30 years as a game warden in New Mexico and Alaska. There are elements of both humor and tragedy within, but does not dwell on either, as the author takes you by horseback, boat, and airplane into wilderness areas of both states. A "captivating tale of the past," says the Albuquerque Journal; "Gracefully written," says the Alaska Magazine; "When you read a page of Reynolds' prose, you'll swear that you were there," says the Tacoma News Tribune.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

From a Bush Wing: Notes of an Alaska Wildlife Trooper by Stephen Santiago Reynolds (164 Reviews)    Price verified 14 hours ago

This is a long-awaited book about flying the Alaska Bush by the author of Beyond the Killing Tree: A Journey of Discovery. Herein Stephen Santiago Reynolds relates his flying experiences as an Alaska Wildlife Trooper -- and those of other officers -- while stationed throughout one of the most dangerous environments in the world. Whether tragic, humorous, or surrounding the simple beauty of flight, there is something that jumps out in many of these chapters -- how not to fly or abuse the privilege of flying. If you are a pilot, you might see some familiar forms -- or, better yet, you might think you are looking into a mirror. "If you learn how to improve your own safety record from one or more of these events, then this effort will have been worthwhile," says the author, "for you, for your friends and families, and for me."

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter (Nonfiction Addiction Book 1) by Lynn Walker (MZW Publishing) (721 Reviews)    Price verified 38 minutes ago

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, WINNER ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD, GRAND PRIZE SHORTLIST NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALIST KINDLE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALIST Lynn was the carefree daughter of a Miami undercover narcotics agent -- until her dad snuck out of their house in the dark of night without so much as a glance back. She never understood what happened to him until she was in high school, and he was in prison for drug smuggling. By then, Lynn had developed a massive drug and alcohol habit of her own. It was the perfect setup for her to latch onto the only connection to her dad that remained once he was paroled from prison -- cocaine. After a few years of abusing coke together, Lynn lost everything and everyone she ever cared about and was forced to choose between her father and her life. Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter is a true story about family bonds, addiction and the price of holding on when it's time to let go. A Perfectly Good Fantasy: A Memoir is the darkly funny sequel to Midnight Calling.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Spartacus: The Myth and the Man by M. J. Trow (19 Reviews)    Price verified 17 minutes ago

This is a revised version of M. J. Trow's classic biography of an ancient and unforgettable hero. 'I am Spartacus' ranks among the most famous lines in Hollywood, with its image of the man's comrades prepared to die in his place in the Kirk Douglas film. And die they did; not the actors but the real army of Spartacus, crucified in their thousands along the Appian Way that leads to Rome. Spartacus: The Myth and the Man is a revised version of M. J. Trow's original biography, the first to be written in English, of a legend who has become all things to all men. He has been the focus of a ballet and an opera. Karl Marx called him 'the finest fellow in ancient history' and a communist group in 1920s Germany tried to topple the Weimar government in his name. The humble slave from Thrace (today's Bulgaria) became a gladiator, led a revolt and took on the greatest military system in history - Rome. The Romans were understandably anxious to erase him from history, so key facts about the man are hard to come by. What we do know is that he fought not one, but six Roman armies and beat them all before his final defeat. Thoroughly researched and impressive in its breadth, Spartacus: The Myth and the Man will please readers with an interest in ancient history. Praise for Spartacus: The Myth and the Man: 'Puts the fascinating story of Spartacus and his rebellion into its historical context in great detail. I really enjoyed it' - Amazon review 'If you're interested in Ancient Rome, or really enjoyed the Kirk Douglas epic, this book is fascinating. It highlights how the Spartacus story has been used and misused down the centuries and attempts to put flesh on the bones of the story' - Amazon review M. J. Trowis a historian, biographer and crime novelist. His books include the well-known Lestrade and Maxwell series as well as non-fiction such as Who Killed Kit Marlowe? and Vlad the Impaler. Originally from Wales, he now lives on the Isle of Wight.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs