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 ......
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 ......
Let Secret New York guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating and unusual New York guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike.
History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Roaring Twenties
How the Prohibition law of 1920 made alcohol, savored in secret, all the more delectable when the cocktail shaker was forced to go "underground" "Roaring Twenties" America boasted famous firsts: women's right to vote, jazz music, talking motion pictures, flapper fashions, and wondrous new devices like the safety razor and the electric vacuum ......
Before you plan your family's next Big Apple excursion, get some help from a professional . . . and from your kids! The Kid's Guide to New York City lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore the city, neighborhood by neighborhood. Inside you'll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get ......
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 schooner America was a technological marvel and a child star. In the summer of 1851, just weeks after her launching at New York, shecrossed the Atlantic and sailed to an upset victory against a fleet of champions. The silver cup she won that day is still coveted by sportsmen. Almost immediately after that famous victory, she began a ......
History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age
A delightful romp through America's Golden Age of Cocktails The decades following the American Civil War burst with invention-they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the airplane-but no innovation was more welcome than the beverage heralded as the "cocktail." The Gilded Age, as it came to be known, was the Golden ......
