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Books with author MJ Stevens

  • All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice

    Molly Stevens

    Hardcover (W. W. Norton & Company, Nov. 5, 2019)
    The Atlantic "Best Cookbooks of 2019" • Washington Post "Cookbooks That Inspired Us in 2019" • Christian Science Monitor "Best Cookbooks of 2019" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • WBUR Here & Now "Best Cookbooks of 2019" An award-winning cookbook author and cooking teacher answers her most-asked question: What do you make for dinner?Like most of us, Molly Stevens has no team of prep cooks, no vast pantry, and no one paid to clean up her home kitchen. What she does have are delicious, time- tested recipes made from easy-to-find ingredients, collected for the first time in All About Dinner. These are the dishes that Stevens loves most, the ones her students clamor for: an Arugula Salad with Peaches, Basil Vinaigrette and Sunflower Seeds; an elegant Creamy Parsnip-Leek Soup; a Butter-Poached Shrimp with Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic; and an Apple and Triple-Ginger Crisp. Building on the foolproof clarity of her previous cookbooks, each recipe is designed to impart solid kitchen skills while encouraging home cooks to expand their personal repertoires by mastering everyday favorites like simple pasta, hearty stew, and tempting savory and sweet snacks.A gorgeous collection of balanced meals, packed with flavor, All About Dinner will entice busy cooks back into their kitchens. 75 color photographs
  • The World Sauces Cookbook: 60 Regional Recipes and 30 Perfect Pairings

    Mark Stevens

    eBook (Rockridge Press, July 16, 2019)
    A tasty world tour—with savory sauces!Take your next entrée further than it’s ever been before. The World Sauces Cookbook is here to help you top off your meals with 60 sumptuous sauces from all four corners of the globe—including Satay, Adobo, Creole Remoulade and Comeback Sauce, Baba Ghanoush, and Pesto Della Zia.In addition to helpful prep tips and storage instructions, each sauce recipe comes complete with a flavor profile, spiciness index, and basic serving suggestions. Looking to really show off these sauces? The World Sauces Cookbook also comes with over 30 recipes for main dishes and sides meant to match with them.The World Sauces Cookbook includes:A world of flavor—From Mexico and Germany to Kenya and Indonesia, sample 60 easy-to-make sauces originating in almost as many countries.Saucy suggestions—Learn how to make your sauces shine with helpful guidelines for flavors, spiciness, and best pairing options.Perfect pairings—Pick out the ideal plate to highlight each of your sauces with the help of 30+ recipes for delicious sides and entrées.Discover how simple it is to bring flavors from all over the world right to your table with The World Sauces Cookbook.
  • Stoicism for Business: Ancient stoic wisdom and practical advice for building mental toughness, productivity habits and success in modern management

    R. Stevens

    eBook
    Guess what Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barrack Obama have in common ... besides having more money than they can ever spend.Well, they live their life according to ancient stoic principles.To find out what these stoic principles can do for you and your business … keep readingIn modern-day business the challenges become bigger and bigger. You get more and more messages, Emails and meetings every day. You need to make more decisions and getting overwhelmed by requests from colleagues, unplanned setbacks, projects failing or going over budget, etc, etc.So, what will ancient Stoicism teach us regarding modern day´s challenges?Did you know the ancient Greek and Roman stoics where dealing with very practical questions like:How I deal with unplanned obstacles and setbacks?How do I handle distractions in the best way without getting sucked into it?How can I make decisions based on sound logic instead of emotions when I am under pressure?As you see, these questions are even more relevant in today´s busy business life and world. Other business men like, Tim Ferris, famous from his bestseller, the 4-hour Workweek, and Tony Robbins, one of the most popular self-help gurus in the world, credit their success to applying stoic principles in their lives and businesses as well. Even more, they are making good money by teaching stoic principles … packed in modern words … to business people around the world.In Stoicism for Business you´ll discover:How one of the greatest presidents of the United States prioritized and boosted his Productivity in only 2 steps (page 40)How to eliminate doubts and become a decision-making machine (page 37)The no.1 trait that distinguishes the best leaders from average leaders. Once you know it, it´s very simple to apply. (page 47)The stoic way of controlling your energy and exactly how to take advantage of it in modern-day business (page 48)The ´3-Step Emotional Control Manual´ for sound unbiased decision making which most great leaders apply unconsciouslyThe only rule you need to apply to become as efficient as Google and Amazon (page 44) Check out this short story about the ancient Greek, Damocles, to convert yourself directly from procrastinator into action taker and goal crusher. (page 57) The one difference between the small group of highly successful people, and the average Joe, according to this famous and successful billionaire. And it´s not your intelligence and you don´t have to be rich to start (page 59)The stoic way of dealing with adversity, obstacles and how to persevere (page 61)The simple ´3 Step Inspiration and Motivation Plan´ based on Jack Ma´s … billionaire, founder and CEO of AliBaBa and AliExpress … vision on life and business, which brought him all his success. Even when the odds were stacked against him.A checklist for what to do when one of your employees underperform (page 87)How to approach stress and anxiety like a stoic, by putting things into perspective (page 101)How to leverage and keep your high performers on board by asking them these simple questions. Most leaders are too busy to spend 5 minutes and end-up losing their most talented people (page 100)And much, much more.Maybe you hated philosophy in school. Don´t worry, Stoicism for Business is jam-packed with practical, to the point, easy to apply advice.You'll also get the daily, The-5-Minute-Self-Awareness-and-Reflection-Plan AND The-Stoic-Quotes-PDF'. Use these , to rebuild your leadership and business skills from the ground up. You will get more done in less time and with less energy from day 1.So, decide to take action, scroll-up and click ´Add to Cart´.
  • All About Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice

    Molly Stevens

    eBook (W. W. Norton & Company, Nov. 5, 2019)
    The Atlantic "Best Cookbooks of 2019" • Washington Post "Cookbooks That Inspired Us in 2019" • Christian Science Monitor "Best Cookbooks of 2019" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • WBUR Here & Now "Best Cookbooks of 2019"An award-winning cookbook author and cooking teacher answers her most-asked question: What do you make for dinner?Like most of us, Molly Stevens has no team of prep cooks, no vast pantry, and no one paid to clean up her home kitchen. What she does have are delicious, time- tested recipes made from easy-to-find ingredients, collected for the first time in All About Dinner. These are the dishes that Stevens loves most, the ones her students clamor for: an Arugula Salad with Peaches, Basil Vinaigrette and Sunflower Seeds; an elegant Creamy Parsnip-Leek Soup; a Butter-Poached Shrimp with Fresh Tomatoes and Garlic; and an Apple and Triple-Ginger Crisp. Building on the foolproof clarity of her previous cookbooks, each recipe is designed to impart solid kitchen skills while encouraging home cooks to expand their personal repertoires by mastering everyday favorites like simple pasta, hearty stew, and tempting savory and sweet snacks.A gorgeous collection of balanced meals, packed with flavor, All About Dinner will entice busy cooks back into their kitchens.
  • Copycat Cookbook - Ruby Tuesday: Feel Like You Are Dining Out in Your Own Kitchen

    JR Stevens

    eBook (New Wave Publishing, Oct. 9, 2019)
    This restaurant's name was based on the The Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday", which was popular during the time of the first restaurant's inception. Ruby Tuesday offers primarily American cuisine, including all-natural chicken, pasta, pork ribs, soups, steak, and seafood. However, it is often recognized for its fresh ingredients and salad bar and hamburgers, which have been staples to the chain since its creation.Check out some of thes restaurant favorite recipes you will find recreated in this copycat cookbook. Ruby Relaxer Cocktail Legendary Long Island Iced Tea Ruby-Rita Bang'n Shrimp Tater Totchos Blackened Chicken Quesadilla Chicken Wings With Nashville Hot Sauce Blackened Tilapia New Orleans Seafood Cajun Grilled Shrimp & Rice Hickory Bourbon Salmon Chicken Fresco Hickory Bourbon Chicken Smoky Mountain Chicken Cajun Rib Eye Asiago Peppercorn Sirloin Babyback Ribs Crispy Chicken Mac & Cheese Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie Apple Crumble Skillet Chocolate Tall CakePineapple Upside Down Cake
  • Copycat Cookbook Red Lobster Seafood Restaurant: Recreate Recipes at Home

    JR Stevens

    eBook (New Wave Publishing, Aug. 24, 2019)
    Recreate your favorite dishes from the Red Lobster restaurant at home. The Red Lobster restaurant provides an American causal dining experience centered around seafood, especially shell fish, and obviously lobster.Example recipes you can make at home include: Tito's Strawberry Lemonade Tropical Treasure Malibu Hurricane Tiki Passion Punch Jack & Coke O' Nut Batter-Fried Crawfish Cheddar Bay Biscuits Creamy Parmesan Crab Dip Chesapeake Corn Sweet Chili Shrimp Langostino Lobster-Artichoke-And-Seafood Dip White Wine And Roasted Garlic Mussels Seafood Gumbo Lobster Bisque New England Clam Chowder Manhattan Clam Chowder Chilled Lobster & Shrimp Roll Bar Harbor Lobster Bake Golden-Fried Fish Dragon Shrimp Parrot Isle Jumbo Coconut Shrimp Walt's Favorite Shrimp Crab Imperial Crab Linguini Alfredo Cajun Chicken Linguini Alfredo Salmon New Orleans Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Red Lobster Fudge Overboard Chocolate Wave Key Lime Pie Warm Apple Crostatas
  • How Great Leaders Think, Act and Communicate: Mental Systems of the World’s Richest Businessmen – Upgrade Your Productivity with Stoicism, Emotional Intelligence & Decision Making Techniques

    R. Stevens

    eBook
    Give 2 people the same information and the results and output can be totally different. One can become a millionaire and happy. The other one can stay poor and unhappy with the exact same information.If you want to discover why, then keep reading…At work, you have a lot of decisions to make and questions to answer. You get distracted by colleagues and minor tasks all the time, which prevents you from doing the important stuff.So, you´re wondering what you can learn from the successful millionaires and billionaires. Imagine that you use the same models, thinking systems and act in the same way as these successful and extremely rich leaders. This will have a great positive influence on how people perceive you, your career trajectory and of course on your income.Here is a tiny fraction of what you´ll discover:Discover the successful personal thought models of Elon Musk, Albert Einstein and Ray Dalio (page 73)Avoid these 9 common mistakes of new leaders (page 64)How to leverage and keep your high team’s performers of your team on board (page 90)The ´Rise-In-Leadership-Level-Technique´. Use this to free up mental energy and resources for the most important decisions. Positive Side effect: You will become less tired very quickly (page 58)Use this ´US-Navy-principle´ as the foundation of your decision making. It will save time, energy and costs, while increasing your profits and salary (page 88)The key difference between the small group of highly successful people, and the average Joe, according to this successful billionaire) (page 73).Hint: it´s not related to your intelligence and not related to your net worthThe ´3-step-Emotional-Control-Manual´ for sound unbiased decision making which most great leaders apply unconsciously (page 291)How one of the greatest presidents of the United States evaluated each task and decision. This insight will do wonders for your productivity and decision-making speed. (page 62)How to simplify your internal decision-making process to become more productive (page 173)How to recognize the 7 facial expressions in 1 second so you know exactly what to say in a difficult conversation (page 196)And much, much moreYou don´t need a master’s degree in psychology, math or philosophy. The practical examples, straight from the office floor, written in plain English and will give you the tools you need to apply these models and techniques right away.Maybe you feel like you´re not a born leader? Don´t worry, scientific research among identical twins shows that 20% of trait is born and 80% is learned and developed during life.To prepare you mentally as a leader you´ll get access to 4 programs and summaries. The following programs are designed to upgrade your self-awareness, thinking models and your emotional intelligence:A summary of 29 mental models, some used by billionaires, former presidents and leaders throughout history.The 5-minute a day Self-Awareness and Reflection PlanAll the Stoic quotes in an easy to print format, to give you your daily portion of inspiration.The 4-week-EQ-Booster-Program, to improve your Emotional Intelligence in just 20 minutes a daySo, if you´re ready to be the leader you want and need to be, scroll-up and click ´Add to cart´.
  • Calculus Baseball: A Guide to Engineering Baseball Intelligence Youth through High School

    M.A. Stevens

    language (, April 12, 2019)
    Calculus Baseball is your personal road map to baseball success!… and yes, there are secrets to successfully developing youth and high school baseball players.What are these secrets?Would I save money and valuable development time if I knew these secrets?Did you know that only 2% of all high school baseball players move on to play baseball at the next level? Why then, does the average U.S. family invest over $30,000 or more over a ten-year process to develop a baseball player for just a 2% chance to see a return on their investment?Many youth baseball players enter their high school baseball systems one, to two or more years behind other players based on knowledge of the game.I witnessed this as a high school baseball coach …… and also knew that these same players were so far behind other players, that they would most likely never play varsity level high school baseball.I was fortunate enough to play the game into my early twenties, and coach baseball for another thirty years as not only a high school coach, but an elite club coach, and youth coach.I wrote Calculus Baseball to help parents navigate their player’s development years, improve their chances for success, and save them thousands of dollars in the process. I tell this story through the eyes of a data scientist, because that’s how I make a living while writing about baseball.Calculus Baseball will have a profound effect on you as the reader …… you will discover the hidden secrets to developing successful baseball players.You will enjoy this book, not only because of your newfound knowledge that will save you thousands of dollars, but because the book is funny, entertaining and full of real-life stories.Get it now.
  • Stoicism for Business: Ancient stoic wisdom and practical advise for building mental toughness, productivity habits and success in modern management

    R. Stevens

    Paperback (Independently published, May 4, 2019)
    Guess what Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Barrack Obama have in common ... besides having more money than they can ever spend.Well, they live their life according to ancient stoic principles.To find out what these stoic principles can do for you and your business … keep readingIn modern-day business the challenges become bigger and bigger. You get more and more messages, Emails and meetings every day. You need to make more decisions and getting overwhelmed by requests from colleagues, unplanned setbacks, projects failing or going over budget, etc, etc.So, what will ancient Stoicism teach us regarding modern day´s challenges?Did you know the ancient Greek and Roman stoics where dealing with very practical questions like:How I deal with unplanned obstacles and setbacks?How do I handle distractions in the best way without getting sucked into it?How can I make decisions based on sound logic instead of emotions when I am under pressure?As you see, these questions are even more relevant in today´s busy business life and world. Other business men like, Tim Ferris, famous from his bestseller, the 4-hour Workweek, and Tony Robbins, one of the most popular self-help gurus in the world, credit their success to applying stoic principles in their lives and businesses as well. Even more, they are making good money by teaching stoic principles … packed in modern words … to business people around the world.In Stoicism for Business you´ll discover:How one of the greatest presidents of the United States prioritized and boosted his Productivity in only 2 steps (page 40)How to eliminate doubts and become a decision-making machine (page 37)The no.1 trait that distinguishes the best leaders from average leaders. Once you know it, it´s very simple to apply. (page 47)The stoic way of controlling your energy and exactly how to take advantage of it in modern-day business (page 48)The ´3 step Emotional Control Manual´ for sound unbiased decision making which most great leaders apply unconsciouslyThe only rule you need to apply to become as efficient as Google and Amazon (page 44) Check out this short story about the ancient Greek, Damocles, to convert yourself directly from procrastinator into action taker and goal crusher. (page 57) The one difference between the small group of highly successful people, and the average Joe, according to this famous and successful billionaire. And it´s not your intelligence and you don´t have to be rich to start (page 59)The stoic way of dealing with adversity, obstacles and how to persevere (page 61)The simple ´3 Step Inspiration and Motivation Plan´ based on Jack Ma´s … billionaire, founder and CEO of AliBaBa and AliExpress … vision on life and business, which brought him all his success. Even when the odds were stacked against him.A checklist for what to do when one of your employees underperform (page 87)How to approach stress and anxiety like a stoic, by putting things into perspective (page 101)How to leverage and keep your high performers on board by asking them these simple questions. Most leaders are too busy to spend 5 minutes and end-up losing their most talented people (page 100)And much, much more.Maybe you hated philosophy in school. Don´t worry, Stoicism for Business is jam-packed with practical, to the point, easy to apply advice.You'll also get the daily, The-5-Minute-Self-Awareness-and-Reflection-Plan AND The-Stoic-Quotes-PDF'. Use these , to rebuild your leadership and business skills from the ground up. You will get more done in less time and with less energy from day 1.So, decide to take action, scroll-up and click ´Add to Cart´.
  • Daisy Goes to the Races

    Mark Stevens

    Paperback (Third Mountain Publishing, July 10, 2020)
    Daisy Goes to the Races is the first book in my series of author-illustrated, Daisy Starshine middle grade/chapter books. Daisy, a young, orphaned, and disabled donkey, often dreams of becoming a unicorn as her way of coping with her self-perceived inadequacies. She loves that her eight-year-old best friend, Clarissa, has created a glittery silver horn for her to wear. But when Daisy starts working at a local race track, she is crushed that the other animals and grounds workers tease her for it. She’s even more hurt when the race horses she admires reject her because of her small stature and the leg brace she wears. When an angry employee sets fire to the stables that house her and the other animals, Daisy discovers a strength she didn’t know she had, saves the day, and finally discovers the happiness that comes from accepting herself as she is.As a father, grandparent, and clinical psychologist, Mark Stevens has helped numerous children overcome the issues Daisy struggles with. Drawing from this experience, he writes about human (or animal) nature and transformation that occurs in the midst of life’s difficulties in a way that is accessible to kids. His hope is that these these stories will encourage children as they face their own struggles, discover their own unique gifts and strengths, and come to fully accept themselves for the shining stars they are.
  • How Great Leaders Think, Act and Communicate: Mental Systems of the World’s Richest Businessmen – Upgrade Your Productivity with Stoicism, Emotional Intelligence & Decision Making Techniques

    R. Stevens

    Paperback (Independently published, Aug. 30, 2019)
    Give 2 people the same information and the results and output can be totally different. One can become a millionaire and happy. The other one can stay poor and unhappy with the exact same information.If you want to discover why, then keep reading…At work, you have a lot of decisions to make and questions to answer. You get distracted by colleagues and minor tasks all the time, which prevents you from doing the important stuff.So, you´re wondering what you can learn from the successful millionaires and billionaires. Imagine that you use the same models, thinking systems and act in the same way as these successful and extremely rich leaders. This will have a great positive influence on how people perceive you, your career trajectory and of course on your income.Here is a tiny fraction of what you´ll discover:Discover the successful personal thought models of Elon Musk, Albert Einstein and Ray Dalio (page 73)Avoid these 9 common mistakes of new leaders (page 64)How to leverage and keep your high team’s performers of your team on board (page 90)The ´Rise-In-Leadership-Level-Technique´. Use this to free up mental energy and resources for the most important decisions. Positive Side effect: You will become less tired very quickly (page 58)Use this ´US-Navy-principle´ as the foundation of your decision making. It will save time, energy and costs, while increasing your profits and salary (page 88)The key difference between the small group of highly successful people, and the average Joe, according to this successful billionaire) (page 73).Hint: it´s not related to your intelligence and not related to your net worthThe ´3-step-Emotional-Control-Manual´ for sound unbiased decision making which most great leaders apply unconsciously (page 291)How one of the greatest presidents of the United States evaluated each task and decision. This insight will do wonders for your productivity and decision-making speed. (page 62)How to simplify your internal decision-making process to become more productive (page 173)How to recognize the 7 facial expressions in 1 second so you know exactly what to say in a difficult conversation (page 196)And much, much moreYou don´t need a master’s degree in psychology, math or philosophy. The practical examples, straight from the office floor, written in plain English and will give you the tools you need to apply these models and techniques right away.Maybe you feel like you´re not a born leader? Don´t worry, scientific research among identical twins shows that 20% of trait is born and 80% is learned and developed during life.To prepare you mentally as a leader you´ll get access to 4 programs and summaries. The following programs are designed to upgrade your self-awareness, thinking models and your emotional intelligence:A summary of 29 mental models, some used by billionaires, former presidents and leaders throughout history.The 5-minute a day Self-Awareness and Reflection PlanAll the Stoic quotes in an easy to print format, to give you your daily portion of inspiration.The 4-week-EQ-Booster-Program, to improve your Emotional Intelligence in just 20 minutes a daySo, if you´re ready to be the leader you want and need to be, scroll-up and click ´Add to Cart´.
  • Daisy Goes to the Races

    Mark Stevens

    eBook (Third Mountain Publishing, July 9, 2020)
    Daisy Goes to the Races is the first book in my series of author-illustrated, Daisy Starshine middle grade/chapter books. Daisy, a young, orphaned, and disabled donkey, often dreams of becoming a unicorn as her way of coping with her self-perceived inadequacies. She loves that her eight-year-old best friend, Clarissa, has created a glittery silver horn for her to wear. But when Daisy starts working at a local race track, she is crushed that the other animals and grounds workers tease her for it. She’s even more hurt when the race horses she admires reject her because of her small stature and the leg brace she wears. When an angry employee sets fire to the stables that house her and the other animals, Daisy discovers a strength she didn’t know she had, saves the day, and finally discovers the happiness that comes from accepting herself as she is.As a father, grandparent, and clinical psychologist, Mark Stevens has helped numerous children overcome the issues Daisy struggles with. Drawing from this experience, he writes about human (or animal) nature and transformation that occurs in the midst of life’s difficulties in a way that is accessible to kids. His hope is that these these stories will encourage children as they face their own struggles, discover their own unique gifts and strengths, and come to fully accept themselves for the shining stars they are.