Jennifer Fisher

How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World

Nutcracker Nation

More than 100 gluten-free recipes that will fool even the most finicky taste buds in your family Finally, there's good news for people with gluten sensitivities and celiac disease: they can have their cake and eat it, too! With the recipes and tips in this book, you can treat yourself and your family to a variety of delicious entrees, pizzas, sides, breakfasts, breads, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies. When friends and family rave about your delectable dishes, you can share the secret--Surprise, it's gluten-free! If you are one of the many consumers who believes that expensive, cardboard-like substitutions are your only options for beloved flour-filled carbs, then confectionary mastermind Jennifer Fisher is going to turn your notion upside-down. She's developed an arsenal of gluten-free recipes that can withstand the most critical palates. Using her proprietary flour blends--meticulously tested mixes of rice flours and other allergy-friendly starches--Fisher has cooked up the magic formula for the perfect gluten-free goods. Loaded with secret tips, well-tested techniques, and mouthwatering flavors, Surprise! It's Gluten-Free! truly decodes the puzzle for how to compensate for criminalized wheat flour. You won't believe your taste buds, and you'll never want for gluten again.

Entrees, Breads, and Desserts So Delicious You Won't Know What's Missing

Surprise! It's Gluten Free!

Anthony Shay

When Men Dance explores the intersection of dance and perceptions of male gender and sexuality across history and different cultural contexts. Chapters tackle the history and dilemmas that revolve around dance and notions of masculinity from a variety of dance studies perspectives, and are accompanied by fascinating personal histories that complement their themes.

Choreographing Masculinities Across Borders

When Men Dance

Since she first was introduced in 1930, Nancy Drew, girl detective, has been cleverly solving mysteries in a popular series of books. And now, Nancy Drew appears as a paper doll, created by an exciting fresh talent, Darlene Jones. The nostalgic appeal of the beloved young detective is captured in a distinctive artistic style that recalls the enduring charm and excitement of the stories. The new paper doll book features three dolls depicting Nancy Drew in the '30s, '40s and '50s. Her wardrobe offers 24 outfits from favorite classic mysteries allowing the girl detective to follow clues anywhere they may lead until (as usual), she solves the mystery.

Nancy Drew Classic Paper Dolls

The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in the world, adopted and adapted by hundreds of communities across the United States and Canada every Christmas season. In this entertainingly informative book, Jennifer Fisher offers new insights into the Nutcracker phenomenon, examining it as a dance scholar and critic, a former participant, an observer of popular culture, and an interviewer of those who dance, present, and watch the beloved ballet. Fisher traces The Nutcracker’s history from its St. Petersburg premiere in 1892 through its emigration to North America in the mid-twentieth century to the many productions of recent years. She notes that after it was choreographed by another Russian immigrant to the New World, George Balanchine, the ballet began to thrive and variegate: Hawaiians added hula, Canadians added hockey, Mark Morris set it in the swinging sixties, and Donald Byrd placed it in Harlem. The dance world underestimates The Nutcracker at its peril, Fisher suggests, because the ballet is one of its most powerfully resonant traditions. After starting life as a Russian ballet based on a German tale about a little girl’s imagination, The Nutcracker has become a way for Americans to tell a story about their communal values and themselves.

Part memoir, part dance history and ethnography, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, and spiritual experience. The author knows that dance relates to life in powerful individual and communal ways, reflecting culture and embodying new ideas. Although ballet can appear (and sometimes is) elite and exclusionary, it also has revolutionary potential.

A Cultural Memoir of Dance Dreams and Empowering Realities

Ballet Matters

Marife Pagan

Asim Jalis

Santosh Patlolla

Casey Gerena

Michael Roth

Nick Alteen

Wes Gruver

Heiwad Osman

Foreword by Werner Vogels, Vice President and Corporate Technology Officer, Amazon The AWS exam has been updated. Your study guide should be, too. The AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is your ultimate preparation resource for the latest exam! Covering all exam objectives, this invaluable resource puts a team of AWS experts at your side with expert guidance, clear explanations, and the wisdom of experience with AWS best practices. You’ll master core services and basic architecture, and equip yourself to develop, deploy, and debug cloud-based applications using AWS. The AWS Developer certification is earned by those who demonstrate the technical knowledge and skill associated with best practices for building secure, reliable cloud-based applications using AWS technology. This book is your official exam prep companion, providing everything you need to know to pass with flying colors. Study the AWS Certified Developer Exam objectives Gain expert insight on core AWS services and best practices Test your understanding of key concepts with challenging chapter questions Access online study tools including electronic flashcards, a searchable glossary, practice exams, and more Cloud computing offers businesses the opportunity to replace up-front capital infrastructure expenses with low, variable costs that scale as they grow. This customized responsiveness has negated the need for far-future infrastructure planning, putting thousands of servers at their disposal as needed—and businesses have responded, propelling AWS to the number-one spot among cloud service providers. Now these businesses need qualified AWS developers, and the AWS certification validates the exact skills and knowledge they’re looking for. When you’re ready to get serious about your cloud credentials, the AWS Certified Developer Official Study Guide–Associate Exam is the resource you need to pass the exam with flying colors. NOTE: As of October 7, 2019, the accompanying code for hands-on exercises in the book is available for downloading from the secure Resources area in the online test bank. You'll find code for Chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12.

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