Turkey's culinary customs are as rich and varied as its landscape and award-winning Australian food writer Leanne Kitchen does justice to them both with more than 170 stunning photographs of the country's foods and people that make one want to drop everything and board the next plane. Over 100 recipes from across seven diverse regions showcase the best of Turkish cuisine, from the simple to the sophisticated.

Travel expert Maxa explores the intriguing areas of the world.

"This is the tale of a journey between three great cities--Odessa, built on a dream by Catherine the Great, through Istanbul, the fulcrum balancing Europe and Asia and on to tough, stoic, lyrical Trabzon. With a nose for a good recipe and an ear for an extraordinary story, Caroline Eden travels from Odessa to Bessarabia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey's Black Sea region, exploring interconnecting culinary cultures. From the Jewish table of Odessa, to...

Abstract: Photographs, slides (including briefings on health-related topics), audio letters home, and an oral history interview, documenting the Air Force careers of Kathy (Creager) Cash and her husband, Grady, from 1967 to 1995. Kathy was a nurse and later was instrumental in the health promotion field, and the majority of the materials in the collection document her work in these areas. Scope and content: Snapshot photographs, mostly in color,...