Cincinnati Empress Chili
In large heavy pot, over medium-high heat, heat oil and saute onions for 8 to 10 minutes. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. 2 medium onions, chopped finely 2 Tbs apple cider vinegar 1 large bay leaf, crushed 5 whole ... [... more]
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Evelyn McCune
Sweeping through exotic, turbulent seventh-century China, EMPRESS is the captivating epic of one extraordinary woman... Trade Paperback, 500 pages "McCune has recreated the splendor and intrigue of the imperial court in the Tang dynasty...giving ... [... more]
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Sterling Seagrave
Sterling Seagrave grew up on the China-Burma border. For many years an investigative reporter in Asia, he is the author of The author of The Soong Dynasty gives us our most vivid and reliable biography yet of the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi, ... [... more]
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Catherine the Great
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762-96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting ... [... more]
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John Burnham Schwartz
In 1959, a young woman, Haruko, marries the Crown Prince of Japan. She is the first nonaristocratic woman to enter the mysterious, hermetic monarchy. Met with cruelty and suspicion by the Empress, Haruko is controlled at every turn, suffering a ... [... more]
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Hilde Hoogenboom
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762-96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting ... [... more]
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Marion Davies
The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of America's richest men. Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davie's death, read, in her own words, the story of a fantastic and ... [... more]
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Markus Cruse
Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762-96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting ... [... more]
Random House |
Falooda Cold Drink
It is said that this cool drink was a favourite of the Empress Noorjahan. It is popular in Bombay and the regions around it. In North India, Falooda is a type of arrowroot vermicelli that is served with Kulfi Indian ice-cream. It may have ... [... more]
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Shan Sa from HarperCollins Publishers
Shan Sa is the author of several acclaimed novels, including Empress and The Girl Who Played Go (winner of France's Goncourt Prize). Born in Beijing, she moved to Paris in 1990. She is also a celebrated artist who has had prominent exhibitions in ... [... more]
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