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Classic Car: The Definitive Visual History

Dk. · DK Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

A visual guide to the most iconic classic cars of every decade from the 1940s to the 1980s, featuring more than 1,300 photographs and two prints suitable for framing.From the Aston Martin DB5 to the Chevrolet Corvette, Classic Car is packed with the marques and models of every decade from...
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Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir

Wednesday Martin Ph.D. · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Instant 1 New York Times Bestseller! The book that has outraged the social elite! Eye-popping. —People Amusing, perceptive anddeliciously evil. —The New York Times Book Review Juicy, sexy, bawdy stuff. —New York Daily News Think Gossip Girl, but with a sociological study of the parents....
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Conran on Color

Terence Conran · Conran Octopus
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Terence Conran shares a lifetime of experience as one of the world's leading designers and retailers to explain how to make the most of this vibrant and dynamic ingredient in your homeSubtle and allusive, bold and invigorating, color is one of the single most powerful elements in design...
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The Fangirl Life: A Guide to All the Feels and Learning How to Deal

Kathleen Smith · Perigee
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Are You a Fangirl? * Do you survive boring classes or meetings by imagining your favorite TV couple making out? * Have you posted a lengthy diatribe on the Internet defending a fictional character? * Have you gotten carsick from reading fan fiction on your smartphone?...
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Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words

Maeve Binchy · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 385
Format: Paperback

Before she was a bestselling novelist, Maeve Binchy started out as a columnist for The Irish Times. Her articles - focused on the famous and the obscure alike - were filled with the warmth, wit, and keen human interest that readers would come to love in her fiction. From royal weddings...
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Weekend Wraps: 18 Quick Knit Cowls, Scarves & Shawls

Cecily Glowik MacDonald · Interweave Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Fast and the Fabulous! Looking for knits that take only a little time but are big on style? Weekend Wraps features 18 designs that make short work of knitting gorgeous accessories. Cecily Glowik MacDonald and Melissa LaBarre, along with some of today's top design stars, have created...
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Your Fit Pregnancy: Nutrition & Exercise Handbook

Erica Willick · Sterling
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

For today's woman, pregnancy is no longer a "delicate condition." She's working, managing commitments inside and outside the home, and eager to stay fit - maybe even running a marathon! For the first time, there's a guide for all the moms-to-be that breaks down exercise...
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Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan

Michael Booth · Picador Usa
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Japan is arguably the preeminent food nation on earth, a Mecca for the world's greatest chefs, with more Michelin stars than any other country. The Japanese go to extraordinary lengths and expense to eat food that is marked both by its exquisite preparation and exotic content. Their creativity,...
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The Jews of Harlem: The Rise, Decline, and Revival of a Jewish Community

Jeffrey S. Gurock · New York University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

New York Times columnist David W. Dunlap wrote a decade ago that "on the map of the Jewish Diaspora, Harlem Is Atlantis. . . . A vibrant hub of industry, artistry and wealth is all but forgotten. It is as if Jewish Harlem sank 70 years ago beneath waves of memory beyond recall."...
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The Burning Shore: How Hitler's U-Boats Brought World War II to America

Edward Offley · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began...
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Make Me a Mother: A Memoir

Susanne Antonetta · W.W. Norton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A woman unexpectedly finds her best self through a sleepy bundle handed over at the airport in this heartfelt and surprising memoir. In Make Me a Mother, acclaimed memoirist Susanne Antonetta adopts an infant from Seoul, South Korea. After meeting their six-month-old son, Jin, at the airport...
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Gingerbread Wonderland: 30 Magical Houses, Cookies, and Cakes

Mima Sinclair · Kyle Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Wow your family with gorgeous gingerbread goodies. Turn your kitchen into a magical winter world with 30 ideas ranging from cute gingerbread families and their gingerbread streets, to a delicious chocolate bird house and an edible star wreath. Packed with fun cookies and sticky gingerbread...
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Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumors

Zoî Howe · The Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The New biography of "the Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll" (Rolling Stone) Lyrical visionary, enduring style icon, and one indispensable fifth of post-Peter Green megaband Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks is one of the most recognizable figures in rock 'n' roll history -- very...
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Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist

Stephen Kurkjian · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history.In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks...
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