Notes from a Young Black Chef
By the time he was twenty-seven years old, Kwame Onwuachi had opened—and closed—one of the most talked-about restaurants in America.
Touching My Father’s Soul
Jamling T. Norgay In a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider’s view of the Sherpa world. As...
Creativity, Inc
Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation—into the meetings, postmortems, and “Braintrust” sessions where some of the most successful films in history are made.
The Empty Mirror
Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering’s small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student—later a widely celebrated mystery writer—who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery.
A Glimpse of Nothingness
The description of a Zen path of one Westerner who began by seeking for the sense of it all, and who came to realize at least a part of it.
The Wisdom of Forgiveness
This is the extraordinary documentation of the evolving friendship between the Dalai Lama and the man who followed him across Ireland and Eastern Europe, on a pilgrimage to India’s holy sites, and through the Dalai Lama’s near-fatal illness.
The Death of Santini
As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy.
Cooking On The Line
A unique behind the scenes, ground level, cooks-eye-view of the professional restaurant kitchen. You will feel the heat, the pressure, and the intensity of cooking at the highest level.
Spiced
Following Dalia’s personal trajectory from nervous newbie to unflappable professional, Spiced is a clever, surprisingly frank, and affectionate glimpse at the sweet and sour of following your passion.
Beaten, Seared, and Sauced
On the eve of his thirty-eighth birthday and after shuffling through a series of unsatisfying jobs, Jonathan Dixon enrolled in the CIA (on a scholarship) to pursue his passion for cooking.