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Prime: The Beef Cookbook by Richard Turner

This ode to all things beef from the ultimate authority in meat cookery features over 150 brilliant recipes organized by cooking method.

 

 

 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy—'the crème de la crème'—who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a privileged world of adult games that they will never forget. 

 

 

 

Prime Baby by Gene Luen Yang

When Thaddeus learns that his baby sister is an interdimensional conduit for peace-loving aliens, he finds it hard to convince anyone of his discovery, in a laugh-out-loud look at sibling rivalry.

 

In Our Prime: How Older Women Are Reinventing the Road Ahead by Suan J. Douglas 

Susan J. Douglas declares that it is time for the largest female generation over fifty to reinvent what it means to be an older woman and to challenge the outdated stereotypes—think doddering or shrewish—that Hollywood and TV have assigned them. She zones in on how the anti-aging cosmetics industry targets older and younger women alike with their products, and how Big Pharma ads equate getting older with disease and decline. Douglas exposes the ageism that mature women face at work, and why conservatives’ decades-long attacks on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare disproportionately affect women.

 

Prime Suspect

From the PBS series Mystery comes the critically acclaimed miniseries starring Helen Mirren in her signature role as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, who is determined to prove herself to "the lads" when she heads a murder investigation. Available for the first time on DVD.

 

 

 

The Prime: Prepare and Repair your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss by Kulreet Chaudhary

A neurologist and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine describes how weight gain is caused by a toxic, inflammatory state in the body, and describes how to detox and increase the bodys natural fat- and weight-loss systems.

 

 

 

 

Prime: Poetry & Conversation by L. Lamar Wilson 

Prime: Poetry & Conversation is a first-of-its-kind document of poetry and ongoing conversation in the black, queer literary community. Sparked into existence by Best American Poetry blog from Jericho Brown in which he singled out some of the most exciting young, black, and gay men writing today, Prime features poems by and dialogue between poets Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Saeed Jones, Rickey Laurentiis, Phillip B. Williams, and L. Lamar Wilson.

 

 

Land Before Prime by John Sazaklis

When the team discovers dinosaurs on Wayward Island, they head out to investigate.

 

 

 

The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope

Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England—a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it—is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf—even Palliser's own wife, Lady Glencora. But when the interloper makes a socially advantageous marriage, Palliser must decide whether to stand by his wife's support for Lopez in a by-election or leave him to face exposure as a fortune-hunting adventurer. 

 

 

Prime: Adventures and Advice on Sex, Love, and the Sensual Years by Dr. Pepper Schwartz

After three decades of answering people's questions about their emotional, sexual, and romantic lives; after writing several books on sex and relationships; after thirty-five years as a sociology professor at the University of Washington, Dr. Pepper Schwartz has formed firm opinions about sex and relationships. However, when she becomes a single woman after twenty-three years of marriage, she has to reevaluate and discover how sex and dating can work for her at this unique time in her life.

 

Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Seasoned reporter Charlotte McNally investigates an e-mail link to a multimillion-dollar fraud ring before encountering a handsome and suspiciously helpful man who she is unsure she can trust.

 

 

 

 

Prime: Poems by Miranda Pearson

In Prime, Miranda Pearson’s first collection of poetry, the narratives of female identity, the white wedding, and the enshrined position of the mother are interrogated, using the lyric as a form of cultural critique in an examination and mockery of romantic love and heterosexual relationships. At the same time, the poems constitute an irreverent, lush romp, a celebration of friendship and absurdity.

 

 

 

Prime by Poppy Z. Brite 

Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in their restaurant, until a bad review hints that their "silent" backer has ulterior motives, and they realize it may be time to end their dependence on him. When Rickey is offered a plum consulting job at a Dallas restaurant, it seems the perfect way to beef up their bank account. But taking the gig will mean a reunion with an older chef with whom Rickey shared an unsettling encounter back in culinary school. Rickey finally accepts the offer and revamps Firestone's menu, to rave reviews. Home in New Orleans, Rickey receives disturbing information that forces his return to Dallas. Then G-man learns that there's more to the story—and that Rickey is in Texas-size danger.

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Summaries provided via NYPL’s catalog, which draws from multiple sources. Click through to each book’s title for more.