Learn to make cream puffs, eclairs, profiteroles, and more starting with just five simple ingredients! This adorable cookbook shows how easy it is to create delicious desserts at home. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to create the perfect pate a choux puff pastry shell. Once you've mastered the basics, you'll find festive dessert recipes ranging from classic chocolate eclairs to colorful party puffs to gooey ice cream-topped profiteroles. Author Barbara Schieving - the baking extraordinaire behind the blog Barbara Bakes - offers tips for whipping up light-as-air custard filling and rich glazes, along with plenty of creative inspiration. Dress up these petite sweet treats with fanciful flavors such as Mango, Orange Honey, S'mores, and Churro, or present them stacked high with eye-catching sprinkles. Filled with bright, lively photographs, the book's playful design has major eye candy appeal.

At the turn of the twentieth century, two young men from Palakkad, Puthu and Krishnan, meet aboard a ship bound for Malaya, and strike up an instant connection. Over the next two decades, they set up a restaurant in Singapore selling curry puffs and kopi, become successful, get married and start families. However, Krishnan harbours a dark secret that threatens to destroy the dreams he and Puthu have built together, a secret that only carelessness can reveal…

Puff's Dream is a story about a little cloud that wants to be as big as the other clouds. It is a tale of growing up and learning that the journey can be fun. Young children often want to be like adults but this book shows them many interesting things to see and learn along the way. A journey following the days of the week travelling round the beautiful countryside of Australia discovering the landscape and its animals and plants shows there are surprises everywhere and the journey is as joyful as the ending.

Now in paperback after six hardback printings, the damn funny...wild collection of bracingly intelligent essays about topics that aren't quite as intelligent as Chuck Klosterman'(Esquire). Following the success of Fargo Rock City, Klosterman, a senior writer at Spin magazine, is back with a hilarious and savvy manifesto for a youth gone wild on pop culture and media, taking on everything from Guns'n'Roses tribute bands to Christian fundamentalism to internet porn. 'Maddeningly smart and funny' - Washington Post'

Embark on a Poetic Journey Through a Smoky World Imagine holding in your hands a passport that doesn't just take you to new places, but unlocks new states of mind. "Puffs of Enlightenment: Poems of the Pot Passport" is your ticket to a poetic voyage wrapped in the scents and smoke of the world's most enigmatic plant. Each page is a trip, each verse a new destination. Begin your odyssey in the lush landscapes of Asia with Smoking Thai Stick in Thailand, before ascending the mystical mountains of Nepal. Drift through the cherry blossoms of Japan, each puff enchanting you to the depths of tranquil thought. This collection is not simply about cannabis--it's about the experiences, the cultures, and the ineffable moments that it accentuates. As you turn the pages, you're transported to Amsterdam's notorious backstreets and immersed into the heart-pumping atmosphere of Ibiza's nightclubs, each site offering a different shade of euphoria. The adventure only intensifies as you inhale Africa's aromatic airs and venture through the rich, red soils of the outback under a blanket of southern stars. Feel the rhythm of North America, from Cali Kush clouds to the enigmatic northern lights of Alaska. As the South American smolders embolden your spirit, brace for the Caribbean's gentle beaches where the ganja breezes whisper tales of relaxation. And still there's more--the Middle Eastern mists await with their ancient wisdom, while the Indian influence unfurls its creamy daydreams upon your conscience. At the end, you may find yourself passionately knowledgeable on the strains that inspired your poetic journey and the complex tapestry of legalities faced by the wandering smoker. Dive into the mesmerizing "Puffs of Enlightenment", where each poem brings forth a new puff of insight, and each inhale of literature leaves you a bit more enlightened than the last. Let your imagination soar on wings of smoke--discover the world, verse by euphoric verse.

Unlike usual stop-smoking manuals, this collection of interviews with more than 30 former smokers has something for everyone. The stories can be a source of inspiration, hope, and helpful hints for smokers who have, like the storytellers, made repeated failed attempts to quit.--Jane Brody, New York Times.

In a not too distant future where virtual reality has become the norm, lies a world known as the Escapist Dream, where all kinds of geeks can live a life of superpowered adventures. It is a place where comic book nerds can become superheroes, anime otakus can date their waifus, and gamers can fight each other in epic firefights.But then, something went wrong...Two individuals - a shy teenage geek named Charlie, and a serious programmer named Jim - came to the Escapist Dream for different reasons. One came to this virtual reality to have fun while the other was sent to fix bugs that have been plaguing the Escapist Dream. Charlie and Jim would soon find out how the bugs have caused madness in this place, and must now work together to protect themselves and save the Escapist Dream.

Meet John Gullivan, age thirteen, obsessed with the moles that dot most of his body. Meet his brother Gully, who can't stop laughing at them. Now meet the brothers ten years later, in the middle of the most ferocious blizzard anyone can remember. Set in an Irish working-class suburb of Boston in the 1960s and 1970s, Puff centers on a quest as the soon-to-be-orphaned brothers, posing as rescue personnel, attempt to steer their dilapidated van through insurmountable snow, all to score a bag of pot. Trapped in their own ruse and forced to act the part of the saviors they are pretending to be, the brothers run into an endless stream of foes and obstacles: the cops, their childhood priest, a knife-wielding maniac, and the ill all stand in the way of their elusive high. A raucous caper, Puff is as hilarious as it is heartfelt and will resonate with old and young alike.

Part of the fun of crocheting is finding and experimenting with new types of stitches. Learn how to add texture and embossing to your crochet, pick your favorite stitches, and begin creating new and exciting projects.