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Running Fit wins BestOf honors for best shoe store; this week vote for best … – AnnArbor.com

Running Fit wins BestOf honors for best shoe store; this week vote for best … AnnArbor.com This week, vote for the best retail wine selection in Washtenaw County. No sour grapes here, but Ben Franklin was wrong. It is wine – not beer – that proves that God loves us and wants us to be happy. And whether you're stocking your wine cellar or …

Grossman’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits
Turn to Grossman’s Guide to Wines, Beers, and Spirits for quick answers to your questions about any alcoholic beverage and for insights into the history and origins of liquor. Whether you’re looking for technical advice or interesting conversation pieces, this resource is sure to meet all of your needs.

Customer Review: Get up to speed on spirits in 600 pages
There may be more recent books focused on wine or beer, but this is the most comprehensive guide to alcoholic beverages in general. Tired of listening to a couple of colleagues discussing a subject that I knew nothing about, I read this fascinating book, and soon turned the tables: until I showed them evidence, they simply would not believe that Amaretto was made made from apricot pits rather than almonds! Many other products, like Spanish sherry, have interesting details and histories that I had never suspected. About the organization, roughly one-third is devoted to wines (a chapter per country), one-third to other alcoholic beverages, and one-third to technical advice and appendices on menu-planning, storage, vintages, etc. A highly enjoyable and informative book, very nicely balanced.

Customer Review: Grossman’s sets a standard
Meant principally as a textbook, _Grossman’s_ is nevertheless imminently readable for fun. If you feel awkward in some social situations because you can’t comment intelligently on fine drink, this is a good place to start. You’ll come away from the book with a working knowledge of:

* world wine regions

* legal definitions of various liquor types

* liquor, beer and wine production

* principles of marketing and purchasing

* beverage service

* proper glassware

* liquor trivia

Certainly, this book lacks a contemporary voice. With an original copyright date of 1940, some of the text has remained unaltered for 60 years. It misses trends in recent American beer production, and doesn’t give very complete information about emerging wine producers, such as post-Apartheid South Africa. But at its heart, this is a thoroughly objective textbook which has been written and continuously edited specifically to be brand-neutral. This makes it the pre-eminent textbook for use in a general survey course on liquor service, or an invaluable resource for anyone trying to gain a healthy appreciation for alcohol.

No fan rally planned for Texas Rangers this year – Boston Herald
ARLINGTON, Texas — There’s no celebration this year for the Texas Rangers. Last year, a fan rally followed the Texas Rangers’ first appearance in a World Series. This time, having lost the Fall Classic for the second straight year, there won’t be one. The Rangers lost to the St. Louis

Occupy Oakland sees rapid growth and changes – San Jose Mercury News
On the surface, little has changed at the Occupy Oakland camp on Frank Ogawa Plaza four days after defiant protesters returned after Tuesday’s early-morning raid. Tents again transform the lawn into a patchwork of blue, red, yellow, beige and army green. The first aid station and children’s corner

Merlot: A Complete Guide to the Grape and the Wines it Produces (Mitchell Beazley Wine Made Easy)

Nightmare in Napa: The Wine Country Murders (48 Hours Mystery)

The Shocking True Story Of Murder In California Wine Country

An award-winning journalist delves behind the scenes of a chilling true crime story aired on TV’s 48 Hours Mystery — and uncovers twisting revelations inside an already shattering case of double homicide.

Halloween night in idyllic Napa, California: two young women roommates — a transplanted Southern beauty queen and a popular engineering graduate from the Napa area — are brutally stabbed by an intruder who entered their home through a first-floor window. A third roommate heard the horrific commotion but never saw the killer. News of the tragedy sent shockwaves throughout the peaceful region as well as the nation — but while investigators pursued every angle from a satanic cult to a disgruntled suitor, the murders of Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna remained unsolved. Until someone came forward with a shocking confession — someone who was close enough to the women to escape suspicion. Someone who knew the victims all too well.

Complete with up-to-the-minute court action and the stunning crime scene breakthroughs that turned the case around, here is the full story of the Nightmare In Napa.

Customer Review: The story is a real page turner.
This book immediately drew me in with its gripping and sad storyline.
LaRosa makes you feel like you know these characters personally by the end of the story. Adriana and Leslie were so much more than the media made them out to be. Many crime books tend to tell one side of the story, where as LaRosa presents all sides of the story. Lessons can be learned from this book to leave no angle unturned. This was a story that needed to be told.
It leaves us with the question, How well do we really know our friends?
My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

Customer Review: Nightmare in Napa
I just finished “Nightmare”. I thought it was a well written book. It told the story of two young women, brutally murdered in their home. The killer, unknown at the time, turns out to be someone close to them. I didn’t feel like the author portrayed Ms. Mazzara as a wild child. I had the impression she was a beautiful, spirited, kind, young woman. The author did a good job of conveying to the reader, that these women were an assest to our society and it’s a tragedy, they are no longer here. The end, is sad and pathetic. Copple is a lowlife punk and he never gives a reason as to why he felt the need to kill two wonderful people.