The city of Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, more than even Venice, Italy! This is the definitive book on Pittsburgh's bridges by the same duo that brought you THE STEPS OF PITTSBURGH. Includes 150 contemporary and historical photos, tour maps, and historical drawings, along with detailed tables including THE BIG LIST, which includes each and every bridge in the count. Also includes 10 self-guided tours for walkers, cyclists, drivers, and boaters.

Owners of an automatic bread machine know it's the hot new kitchen appliance that takes the kneading, shaping, proofing and frustration out of baking bread. Now the authors, who tested thousands of loaves using all the major brands of bread machines, offer more than 130 recipes for making amazing homemade bread.

Bread bakers have been clamoring for more of Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway's magic. They've responded with More Bread Machine Magic, a collection of 140 of their best new recipes!

More Bread Machine Magic offers perfected recipes for an array of baked delights, from sourdough and pumpernickel loaves to sweet, savory, fat-free, whole grain, and sugar-free breads. More imaginative than the generic recipes that come with the machine, each recipe-tested in more than a dozen machines-features step-by-step instructions, hints, and creative suggestions for baking the perfect loaf, every time. There are also recipes for doughs that you prepare in the bread machine, fashioned by hand, and bake in a traditional oven, such as pizza crusts, focaccia, flatbreads, rolls,and even bagels. All recipes are adapted for 1-, 1 1/2-, and 2-pound bread machines.

Recipes include: cinnamon-raisin bagels, Scandinavian rye bread, Irish soda bread, pesto spiral loaf, New England maple syrup bread, heavenly herb rolls, petite brioche, butterscotch apple bread pudding, challah, sun-dried tomato mozzarella bread, and many more!

It's simple: Frommer's is the name you can trust for complete, easy-to-use, and up-to-date travel information. We're thoroughly committed to offering all the practical details in a fun, user-friendly format, and to helping readers discover the world in a whole new way. Our candid, authoritative hotel and restaurant reviews are the best in the business. They're incredibly detailed, and they include carefully chosen selections for every taste and budget. And we offer a wealth of sightseeing, sports, strolls, and special moments from the major tourist highlights for a first-time visitor to off-the-beaten-track discoveries that will impress even the most seasoned traveler. And it's all accompanied by our detailed, accurate two-color maps that show you the way.

Most guidebooks read like textbooks or promotional brochures, but not Frommer's. We know that readers turn to us when they're planning a vacation, so even though we take the details seriously, we produce guides with a sense of fun and discovery. And we believe that you can tell a book by its cover, so we don't settle for anything less than spectacular photography.

No wonder we're turning heads. And no wonder readers have rediscovered that Frommer's is the key to an unforgettable vacation.

Travel to Japan is booming! With the U.S. dollar up almost 10% against the yen over last year, American travelers now have more buying power in Japan than they've had in years. More Americans than ever before are requesting information from the Japan National Tourist Organization; inquiries at the New York office alone are double what they were last year. Tour sales are up 35-40% from 1996 to 1997, and one of the largest agencies selling Japan rail passes in America reports a whopping 200% increase in sales over last year.

Completely updated, and featuring an indispensible Japanese character key that makes it possible to recognize establishment signs on the street, this Frommer's guide is user-friendly and is a practical resource to the region's culture, cuisine, and customs. It's required reading for anyone visiting Japan!

Sabuda and Reinhart Studios have created another spectacular pop-up book for George Lucas's epic STAR WARS movies! Bestselling pop-up artist and engineer Matthew Reinhart has designed a thirtieth anniversary commemorative edition that comes packed with a variety of novelty features — pop-ups, working light sabers, pull tabs, and other interactive looks at the exciting and popular movies. This beautiful book will impress all fans of STAR WARS and gives a whole new perspective to the films.

MATTHEW REINHART is a renowned paper engineer and bona fide STARS WARS aficionado. He has worked with Robert Sabuda on many wonderful pop-up titles such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, A B C Disney, Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Dinosaurs, and Movable Mother Goose. He also created Mommy? by Maurice Sendak, The Pop-Up Book of Nightmares, and The Pop-Up Book of Phobias. He lives in New York City.

From the many national parks — including Bryce, Zion, and Canyonlands — to the mountains that encircle Salt Lake City, this guidebook explores all corners of this immensely popular western state. No place is too remote for Hidden Utah, not even Dead Horse Point State Park, an isolated island mesa 6,000 feet above sea level surrounded by cliffs, buttes, and towering spires. The guide also leads readers to the Grist Mill Inn, a luxurious bed and breakfast built into a former flour mill, and Cafe Diablo, where rattlesnake cakes and pumpkin-seed trout are part of the daily fare. Author Kurt Repanshek describes outdoor adventure spots and rates every ski resort in the state, from world-renowned Park City to local favorite Alta. Details on 38 pioneer homes and buildings, eight pioneer museums, ten petroglyph locales, and 26 archaeological sites help travelers discover Utah's frontier roots. Each title in the Hidden series also offers readers the comfort of detailed maps, internet information for each listing, author favorites, suggested itineraries, and walking and driving tours.

A handy, up-to-date guide describes the most efficient and cost-effective ways to clean practically everything, with special sections on how to cope with daily cleaning regimens, eliminating germs, paint removal, oven cleaners, carpet and floor cleaning, and safe storage of cleaning supplies. Original.

Daniel Rippy's Sizing Up a Start-Up is a comprehensive guide for anyone considering a job with a freshly minted entry in the realm of the New Economy. Rippy, himself a former employee at a technology start-up, is currently responsible for evaluating new business development opportunities for Johnson & Johnson. He offers step-by-step advice for those weighing the undeniable excitement, meteoric pace, and unlimited promise of the high-tech start-up against the very real risks that invariably go with the territory. To that end, the author includes commentary and counsel from others who have already been there and done that. The book covers just about everything you'll need to decide whether to join the 3-million-plus Americans who've already taken the plunge. Its overview on start-ups in general has tips for figuring out the organizational stage a particular company has reached. There's helpful advice for determining one's tolerance for career risk, along with solid descriptions of techniques that should be brought to bear on any high-tech job search: utilizing interviews, being observant, and reviewing the job offer itself. Rippy can't tell you if a particular job is a good one, but his book can certainly help you logically sort out its benefits and drawbacks. —Howard Rothman

An acclaimed guide offers techniques and tips for making profitable social and professional acquaintances at meetings, parties, and other affairs, from learning how to remember names to using humor to ""break the ice."" Reissue."

In the hands of a navy, it brings instant credibility and respect.

In the hands of a diabolical terrorist, it could launch unspeakable horror.

Admiral Arnold Morgan, the President's National Security Adviser, meets his greatest enemy yet. He is a shadowy figure, a former high-ranking SAS officer who is both brilliant and determined — and the new leader of the most vicious terrorist group in the Middle East. Sponsored by rogue nations, the man formerly known as Major Ray Kerman embarks on a breathtaking plan to acquire a nuclear submarine, train a crew, sail the Pacific ... and bring the United States to its knees.

The submarine is Barracuda 945, the ultimate weapon. A jet-black Russian nuclear hunter-killer, it runs deep, and its silence and speed are fearsome. It can stay submerged indefinitely and can fire landattack guided missiles from below the surface. Invisible to any pursuer, it is nearly impossible to track in the thousands of square miles of ocean water.

Morgan valiantly marshals America's forces, nearly helpless in the face of an 8,000-ton nemesis they cannot detect, a nightmare of modern warfare.

Patrick Robinson takes you into the heart of international terrorism with an explosive blend of military suspense, cutting-edge technology, current events, and superb storytelling. With Barracuda 945, Robinson is at his very best.

The year is 2011.

An oil-hungry world is starving . . .

. . . and Argentina, with Russia's help, is determined to brutally wrest the petroleum-rich Falkland Islands from British hands. Enraged over this brazen act of international piracy, Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to the islands for the second time in thirty years—unaware that Viper K-157, a lethal Russian Akula-class submarine, lies in wait, stuffed to the gunwales with ship-killing torpedoes.

America cannot sit idle as hell explodes in the South Atlantic and, under the stern eye of Admiral Arnold Morgan, the military's most powerful weapon is unleashed to hammer Argentina into submission: the U.S. Navy SEALs. The outcome of the unforeseen war that's igniting in America's backyard ultimately depends upon her awesome "ghost force” and their successful execution of two remarkable clandestine missions—while the consequences of failure may be too terrible to consider.

Patrick Robinson might not be the smoothest writer in the world, but for action on and around the sea he's as good as Tom Clancy or the late, much-missed Hammond Innes. Robinson's latest finds ace Iraqi terrorist Benjamin Adnam—supposedly killed at the end of Nimitz Class—alive and decorated in Baghdad. Ben instinctively knows that he is no longer useful to Saddam Hussein, and sure enough, he surprises and kills an official hit squad waiting for him at his home. Burning with the desire for revenge, Ben walks to Iran (a two-week trek through desert and marshes wonderfully described by Robinson) and convinces that country's leaders to help him launch a scheme that will punish both Iraq and the Great Satan, America.

Commander Adnam, trained as a submariner in England and Israel, hijacks the HMS Unseen,, one of the world's most dangerous and undetectable subs, refits it with Russian missile launchers, and uses it to shoot down three very high-profile airplanes, including a supersonic Concorde and a plane carrying America's much beloved vice president (this is 2006, by the way). As planned, the Iraqis are widely suspected—but national security adviser Albert Morgan recognizes Adnam's handiwork and begins a global search. There's a beautifully detailed journey, across Scotland and Ireland, before the book settles down into a smaller but satisfying story of Adnam's personal quest for some kind of redemption. —Dick Adler

The world's leading producer of oil is on the brink of revolution...

A Crown Prince, enraged over the careless, destructive rule of the Saudi royal family, is determined to bring about its fall — and secretly enlists the aid of a powerful Western ally. France, with its fleet of lethal Hunter Killer submarines, is willing to use whatever deadly force is necessary to shift the power structure of the world's oil giant for a guaranteed share of the wealth. Blind greed and duplicity have forged an unholy alliance — between France's most able commander . . . and General Ravi Rashood, the Middle East's most virulent terrorist.

The terrifying battle for a desert kingdom has begun, as the oil fields explode and the global economy is plunged into chaos. And former Security Advisor to the President, Admiral Arnold Morgan, must lead the offensive to expose the foulest treachery since World War II before America's worst nightmare becomes reality.