Discover New York by Mood - A Feel-Good Companion for Locals and Curious Visitors. Forget the checklist. City Stories: New York Moods invites you to explore the city by how you feel - energized, reflective, indulgent or inspired. Beautifully designed and full of personal insight, it's also the perfect gift book for New York lovers. Let Your ......
Behind the gates of Camp David—where presidents find solitude, forge diplomacy, and shape history in absolute secrecy.
The Presidential Retreat Camp David is shrouded in mystery, and rightfully so. The hidden retreat atop the Catoctin Mountains is the one place the President, First Family, and invited guests can ......
Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes and Appalachian Mountains
Marco Polo USA East Map: the ideal map for your trip Let the Marco Polo USA East Road Map guide you around this incredible country. Discover the Atlantic Coast from Boston to Miami, explore the Great Lakes and the Appalachian Mountains with this highly durable, overview map of USA East. It folds away easily and is always on standby to help when ......
Dearest New York is a visual homage to The City That Never Sleeps. Authored by native New Yorker Deirdre Gartner, this compendium of starkly rich and uniquely personal images is her love letter to the city. Compiled through her high-profile “Girl in the Yellow Taxi NYC” Instagram and blog, she dedicates this book to all those who dream of the ......
The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities that Shaped a Borough
Meet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City's most populous borough through their search for social justice Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation's third largest city. Its free Black community attracted people from all walks of life-businesswomen, church leaders, laborers, and writers-who sought to grow their city in a ......
The American Gilded Age (1868 to 1900) and its extreme extravagance continue to be a source of wonder and fascination, particularly for foodies. The style and excessiveness of this era has ties to modern popular culture through books, films, and television shows, including The Alienist and the new Julian Fellowes TV series The Gilded Age, slated ......
Since the very first taste of maple syrup, New Englanders have pined for something sweet. The region's native plants (corn, squash, pumpkins), orchard fruits, fresh dairy products, even the early ice industry, all converged during the past four centuries to create culinary inspiration that seeded our developing nation for generations. From the ......
The definitive history of Jews in New York and how they transformed the city Jewish New York reveals the multifaceted world of one of the city's most important ethnic and religious groups. Jewish immigrants changed New York. They built its clothing industry and constructed huge swaths of apartment buildings. New York Jews helped to make the ......
