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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sign in Mendel's Window Sign in Mendel's Window Mildred Phillips When a stranger comes to Kosnov and accuses Mendel the butcher of stealing his money, the whole town joins in to show the police who is really guilty. OL112257W
Baloney Baloney Pascal Blanchet "Winds swirl and darkness reigns over a hamlet perched atop a craggy peak. Russian fatalism set the tone as Blanchet orcheetrates the tale of a v illage butcher, his disabled daughter, and her tutor … OL13770654W
Mother of all pigs Mother of all pigs Malu Halasa Hussein Saban, the only pig butcher in his small Jordanian town, lives with three generations of women. Regrets, dreams, and clandestine pasts in love, politics, and even espionage threaten the order… OL19728988W
Killing it Killing it Camas Davis Camas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with her boyfriend from New York City to take an appealin… OL19750375W
Cleaving Cleaving Julie Powell Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. OL19933978W
The Meat Hook meat book The Meat Hook meat book Tom Mylan Buying large, unbutchered pieces of meat from a local farm or butcher shop means knowing where and how your food was raised, and getting meat that is more reasonably priced. It means getting what you… OL19980650W
Robin and the Butcher Robin and the Butcher Damian Harvey Exciting, page-turning adventures in under 400 words for children developing their reading confidence.Robin and Little John meet a sad butcher in Sherwood Forest. The Sheriff has taken all the butche… OL20460419W
Cleaving Cleaving Julie Powell Her marriage challenged by an insane, irresistible love affair, Julie decides to leave town and immerse herself in a new obsession: butchery. She finds her way to Fleischer's, a butcher shop where sh… OL21423962W
STEER TOWARD ROCK STEER TOWARD ROCK Fae Myenne Ng The woman I loved wasn't in love with me; the woman I married wasn't a wife to me. Ilin Cheung was my wife on paper. In deed, she belonged to Yi-Tung Szeto. In debt, I also belonged to him. He was my… OL3947860W
Maria Mazaretti loves spaghetti Maria Mazaretti loves spaghetti Robert Kobayashi Two adventures--one involving a hungry mouse, the other a magic plant--in the life of an unusual old lady butcher. OL4452697W
It happened in Pinsk It happened in Pinsk Arthur Yorinks A shoe salesman who wakes up one morning without his head roams the city of Pinsk in search of his most prized possession. OL483228W
Cleaving Cleaving Julie Powell Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do--until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her new memoir, CLEA… OL5827357W
Household saints Household saints Francine Prose Tells the story of the Santangelos, a family in New York's Little Italy. OL92821W