Books with author Rockridge University Press

Baking Has Never Been This Easy Discover how simple it is to bake amazingly tasty cake from scratch. All you need is a mug, a microwave, and a few basic ingredients, and you’ll be feasting on a delicious homemade cake in minutes. Whether you’re craving the classics, seasonal flavors, holiday-themed treats, bottomless chocolate, or fresh fruit galore, The Absolute Best Mug Cakes Cookbook ensures that everyone in your household will get exactly what they want. Bake your way through a wide range of satisfying and easy-to-prepare treats with: •100+ irresistible mug cake recipes, including Salted Caramel, Cinnamon Roll, Mexican Chocolate, and Confetti •Dozens of options for gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, paleo and vegan diets so that no one will miss out on the fun•Troubleshooting tips to ensure immediate mug cake success•Inventive ideas for mug cake activities, gifts, and parties•A creative guide to developing your own mug cake recipes

Think it’s impossible to crave salads? Think again. It’s easy to fall into the rut of making the same salads over and over, but the excuses end now. Salads That Inspire is a cookbook of the most creative, delicious salads you’ve yet to eat, featuring original combinations of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, spices, proteins, grains, cheeses, and dressings. Healthy eating never tasted so good.Get your salad fix on today with:• 45 healthy, homemade dressing recipes• Mason jar layering instructions for over 60 prep-to-go salads• Tips for toasting spices and nuts, infusing dressings, and making recipes more (or less) gourmet• A guide to pairing greens and dressings to help you and invent your own saladsFrom Arugula Salad with Grilled Watermelon, Pistachios, and Honey-Lime Vinaigrette to Moroccan Chicken Salad with Herbed Quinoa and Spicy Yogurt Dressing, the recipes showcase endless varieties of fresh and flavorful ingredients that will forever change the way you think about and enjoy salad.

Make the time-honored tradition of pickling simple and accessible with this handy DIY guide. From Japanese Tsukemono to Korean kimchi, from German sauerkraut to Indian chutney, pickling is part of a long and rich tradition of food culture around the world, and with DIY Pickling, making delicious sweet, sour, spicy and fermented pickles in your own kitchen has never been easier. Included are the fundamental pickling techniques that you’ll turn to again and again in your pursuit of pickling perfection. Work your way through a wide range of pickling projects with: • Over 100 step-by-step pickling recipes • Detailed troubleshooting guides to ensure pickling success • Insider tips and anecdotes from pickling experts • Chapters dedicated to fermented pickles and Asian pickles • Instructions for canning and storing your pickles • A bonus chapter about how to integrate pickles into your everyday cookingWhether you are new to pickling or looking to go beyond the basics, DIY Pickling will give you the tools and tips you need to unleash your inner kitchen crafter and master your pickling skills.

Go around the world with this holiday-themed word search for kids Up, down, sideways, diagonal―finding hidden words is a thrill for every puzzle lover. Now, kids ages 9-12 can have a blast uncovering patterns and learning new things too with holiday-themed word searches that send them traveling around the world!Discover the Aztec Origins of the Day of the Dead or read about the rituals of the Festival of Lights and Renewal in St. Lucia. Each word search for kids in this book will teach them about customs and cultures, all the while sharpening their skills as a master puzzler.Inside this word search for kids, you’ll find:Celebrate the world―Learn about popular festivities like India’s Diwali along with holidays you’ve never heard of before. What do you do at Canada’s Iceberg Festival, anyway? You’ll soon find out with this word search for kids.Have fun and learn, too! ―Build serious skills in vocabulary, spelling, and word recognition.All levels―No matter if you’re a beginner or a professional code cracker, this word search for kids has puzzles for every level of puzzle solver.No matter where you are in the world, these puzzles will send you searching for clues and answers in far away places.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Hillary Clinton.Hillary Clinton is one of the most recognized figures in America. She rose from humble beginnings in Chicago to become a First Lady, senator, Secretary of State, and now, presidential candidate.Clinton is no stranger to scandal. She has made mistakes – many of them public. But she is resilient, tenacious, and smart. Public opinion is strongly divided: her supporters adore her; her detractors abhor her. One thing is certain: The world can’t ignore her.This short book tells the intensely human story of a woman who is changing the world in a way that no one else can.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Hillary Clinton.Hillary Clinton is one of the most recognized figures in America. She rose from humble beginnings in Chicago to become a First Lady, senator, Secretary of State, and now, presidential candidate. Clinton is no stranger to scandal. She has made mistakes – many of them public. But she is resilient, tenacious, and smart. Public opinion is strongly divided: her supporters adore her; her detractors abhor her. One thing is certain: The world can’t ignore her.This short book tells the intensely human story of a woman who is changing the world in a way that no one else can.

Developed by the University of Cambridge School Classics Project, this bestselling Latin program provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilization. Following in the footsteps of two fugitives from the destruction of Pompeii, Unit 2 captures the drama of the daily lives of the inhabitants of two very different provinces at opposite ends of the Roman empire, Britain and Egypt.

Developed by the University of Cambridge School Classics Project, this bestselling Latin program provides an enjoyable and carefully paced introduction to the Latin language, complemented by background information on Roman culture and civilization. Starting in Roman Britain and moving on to imperial Rome itself, Unit 3 focuses on the murderous schemes and machinations of Gaius Salvius Liberalis, as he plots his ruthless and apparently unstoppable rise to power.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Donald Trump.Donald Trump is one of the most recognized figures in America. He is large, bold, and extravagant and has branded and promoted his name to achieve tremendous wealth and fame.Trump is no stranger to scandal. He has made mistakes – many of them public. But he is resilient, tenacious, and intuitive. Public opinion is strongly divided: his supporters adore him; his detractors abhor him. One thing is certain: The world can’t ignore him.This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who is changing the world in a way that no one else can.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Alexander Hamilton.Alexander Hamilton was a bastard and an orphan from a remote island in the Caribbean. Yet he went on to become one of the elite Founding Fathers of the United States, and, as America’s first Treasury Secretary, the founder of the nation’s financial system.A man of honor, conviction, and genius, Alexander was still not immune to scandal and conflict. His extra-marital affair deeply hurt his beloved wife and brought him ridicule from his political opponents. And his dispute with Vice President Aaron Burr resulted in their famous duel – and in Hamilton’s violent and premature death.This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Donald Trump.Donald Trump is one of the most recognized figures in America. He is large, bold, and extravagant and has branded and promoted his name to achieve tremendous wealth and fame. Trump is no stranger to scandal. He has made mistakes – many of them public. But he is resilient, tenacious, and intuitive. Public opinion is strongly divided: his supporters adore him; his detractors abhor him. One thing is certain: The world can’t ignore him.This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who is changing the world in a way that no one else can.

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Albert Einstein.Albert Einstein was once told by a teacher that he would never amount to anything. Yet he went on to develop the special and general theories of relativity, won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921, and become the most influential physicist of the 20th century.Einstein would later write that he was deeply affected by his first encounter with a compass at age five. He was mystified that invisible forces could deflect the needle. This would lead to a lifelong fascination with invisible forces. Along his circuitous route to fame, Einstein fell in love, enjoyed his family, escaped from Nazi Germany, experienced heartbreak, and advised the President of the United States.This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.