Fashion New York
Posted in Fashion & Diet on 01/26/2012 04:26 am by admin
Special Packages for New York Holiday
Metropolitan City of New York attracts visitors from all over the world. People visit it for its wonderful architecture. Beautiful buildings are constructed painstakingly in different styles. If you love gothic art, then make a visit to Woolworth Building. The famous Chrysler Building is well known for its Art Deco style. International style of architecture is there in the Seagram Building and The Conde Nast Building is a shining example of Modern American Architecture.
New York Holiday Packages
offer cheap travelling to and fro from New York. Good hotels around the city can provide well-planned stay for its customers in the best
hotels in New York
like Doubletree Guest Suites, Hilton and Times Square etc. The package offers free show tickets to any one of the innumerable shows that is going on in the city.
If you want to go for a
holiday to New York
, compare and contrast various holiday packages available online. It is always better to visit the place at a good time and this is what New York Holiday Guide is all about. The guide shows you how to make the best out of your short visit. You can get ideas about spending your holidays in a memorable fashion. There is all information given about best eating joints, bars and shopping centers.
New York Holidays
can be fun with low-cost options available all across the city. They take you on helicopter flights to see the wonderful lighted city at night. Statue of Liberty can be seen from near during your flight excursion.
Holiday packages include visit to widespread parkland area. Beaches that cover an area up to 14 miles beckon you for sunbathing and other water sports. Rockaway Peninsula, Jacob Riis Park, Fort Tilden and Fort Wadsworth are most visited tourist attractions.
City of New York never sleeps and visitors get full benefit out of their special packages to see and enjoy more in little time.
For more information visit at: http://www.theglobehunters.com/holidays/
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Sachi Fashion Insulated Lunch Bag Fully insulated lunch tote with a sophisticated quilted exterior…. |
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Mikasa Cheers Martini Glasses, Set of 4 $59.00 Say “Cheers” and clink your glasses in style with this unique, crystal stemware. Four different patternsstriated swirls, frosted, vertical stripes and polka dotset a festive mood. Gift boxed sets of 4 designs are fun to give and keep. Each set has one stem each with dots, swirls, lines and pinstripes. These are really a fun Martini set, and coordinates beautifully with the Cheers Martini Pitcher t… |
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Stolzle New York Bar Double Old Fashioned Glasses, Set of 6 $35.08 For over 100 years, the brand Stolzle has stood for innovation and quality: lead-free crystalline glass, brilliance, breakage resistance, dish-washer safety, diamond cut and fire polished rims and an ideal price to quality ratio. Professional design and Hi-Tech-Production guarantee optimum function and elegance of the stem. With an 11 ounce capacity and solid bottom, the New York Bar Double Old Fa… |
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Friends of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival 1961 – 1965 $18.99 In the early ’60s, during the great Folk Scare, an organization called the Friends of Old Time Music (Ralph Rinzler, Izzy Young, Mike Seeger, Jean Ritchie, and John Cohen) brought some of the era’s best folk, blues, and bluegrass performers to New York City. A number of them made their debut concerts there between 1961 and 1965, the period covered by this 3-CD set. Some of them are legends (Fred … |
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New York Fashion District, Vol. 2 $22.35 2009 two CD set, the latest installment in this popular series and the second musical tribute to New York, one the most fashionable cities in the world! This unmixed double disc is filled with Nu-Cool and Smooth House classics including cuts from Jazztronik, Sabrina Starke, Nat King Cole, Tape Five, Katalyst, Beat Pharmacy, Mayer Hawthorne, Faith Hope & Charity, Mo’Horizons, Belleruche, Nekta, Bi… |
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Jones New York Women’s Black Leather Coat FINAL SALE $124.94 With a fabulous leather construction, this classic coat from Jones New York offers warmth and protection from harsh elements. ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON THIS ITEM. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Jacquard Fashion Jacket $21.99 A decorative jacquard floral pattern and a two-pocket design spotlight this women’s fashion jacket from Katherine New York. A comfortable polyester-blend construction, button-front entry and long sleeves complete the look of this elegant jacket. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Black Jacket $31.49 Classic and refined, this black jacket from Katherine New York offers a fashionable look. Fully lined, this flattering coat is finished with a belted waist, front pockets and a zip-front closure. |
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Katherine New York Sweater Knit Jacket $23.49 Rhinestone and floral embellishments decorate this stunning Katherine New York sweater jacket. Two stylish front pockets and a button-up design complete the look of this incredible black and white sweater jacket. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Paisley Jacquard Fashion Jacket $32.99 A decorative jacquard paisley pattern and a two-pocket design spotlight this women’s fashion jacket from Katherine New York. A comfortable polyester construction, button-front entry and long sleeves complete the look of this elegant jacket. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Swirl Print Fashion Jacket $19.99 A striking abstract pattern and a lined design spotlight this women’s fashion jacket from Katherine New York. A comfortable cotton-blend construction, button-front entry and long sleeves complete the look of this elegant jacket. |
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Katherine New York Womens 4-button Jacket $23.49 This elegant jacket from Katherine New York features a four-button front closure and two front faux pockets. Silvertone button accents and a chain detail highlight this fully line women’s jacket. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Black/ White Novelty Jacket $26.99 This fabulous jacket from Katherine New York features a lovely black and white pattern. Fully lined, this jacket is finished with four front pockets, a stylish spread collar with ruffle detailing and a hook-and-eye closure. |
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New York Fashion Week (Hardcover) $21.68 Since 1993, Bryant Park has been the event’s home, but in 2010 relocated to Lincoln Center. New York Fashion Week focuses on what’s already been termed the “Golden Era” of Fashion Week, the Bryant Park Years. It is fi… |
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Katherine New York Women’s Black/ White Jacket $33.99 Classic and refined, this jacket from Katherine New York features a lovely black and white pattern. A ruffle detailing, front pockets and a hook-and-eye closure finish this fashionable jacket. |
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Stevie Mac New York Women’s Faux Fur Bolero Jacket $89.99 This bold bolero jacket from Stevie Mac New York features faux Mongolian lamb fur with cap sleeves. This open front bolero is the perfect finishing touch to jeans and a tee or a little black dress. |
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Katherine New York Black/ White Abstract Jacket $54.99 A fabulous black and white abstract print defines this stylish three-button jacket from Katherine New York. Fully lined, this jacket is finished with faux pockets, a notched collar and a touch of stretch. |
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Jones New York Women’s Brown Suede Faux-fur Jacket FINAL SALE $58.64 With a stylish faux-fur detail, this jacket from Jones New York offers fashion and comfort. Fully lined, this jacket is finished with front pockets and a flattering sherpa collar. ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON THIS ITEM. |
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Katherine New York Women’s Silver Stitch Detail Jacket $54.99 A fabulous stitch detailing adds a stylish flair to this lovely short-sleeve jacket from Katherine New York. With a light stretch, this comfortable jacket is finished with faux front pockets and a notched collar. |
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Donna Karan New York DK1009 Women’s Sunglasses $89.99 Donna Karan New York 100% UV Sunglasses |
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Issue New York Women’s Ruched Tie-back Evening Dress $85 With front and back ruche detailing, Issue New York fashions a unique evening dress. This silk piece features an eye-catching v-neck with sexy back tie. |
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Kenneth Cole New York ‘Port It Out’ Black Leather Flap-over Briefcase $145.99 Add a touch of classic and sophisticated style to your daily routine with this designer Kenneth Cole New York Lawyer Leather Flap-over Portfolio Briefcase. Rich full-grain black leather and brushed metal team up to create a fashion forward briefcase. |
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The Magnolia Bakery Cookbook by Jennifer Appel (Hardcover) $16.99 The cookbook includes recipes for these, as well as for Iced Molasses Cookies, Caramel Pecan Brownies, Raspberry Marzipan Cheesecake, Lemon Icebox Pie, and many more incomparable goodies. |
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New York, 46 issues for 1 year(s) $24.97 New York magazine has the latest news in politics, entertainment, business and fashion. For the latest on where to go and what to do in New York and for intelligent and insightful information on what’s happening there and in the rest of the worl… |
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Katherine New York Women’s Black Zip-fly Jeans $22.99 With a traditional five-pocket styling, these black jeans from Katherine New York offer comfort and fashion. A belt-loop waist and touch of stretch finish these flattering pants. |
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Issue New York Women’s Banded Bottom Square Neck Bubble Dress $57.99 Issue New York fashions a perfectly purple bubble dress. A banded bottom and square neck complete the pleated look. |
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Hilary Radley New York Women’s Tan Belted Coat FINAL SALE $37.39 This classic trench coat from Hilary Radley features a lovely double-breasted closure. A slimming belted waist, embellished cuffs and spacious pockets finish this stylish look. ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON THIS ITEM. |
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Revel NY Cobble Hill LeatherTote Bag $162.99 An embossed leather creates this fashionable tote from Revel NY. With an attractive silvertone hardware, this handbag is finished with flat handles and several pockets to organize your personal items. |
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The Warhol Economy (Paperback) $15.65 The arts in New York City enrich the public in many ways, not the least of which is financial. Elizabeth Currid examines the billion-dollar arts-and-entertainment industry and the people who make it happen, interviewing young artists and performers an… |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Multi-gemstone Fashion Bracelet $124.49 This beautiful link bracelet is made with lemon quartz, amethyst, citrine, garnet and peridot stones in sterling silver. The fashion bracelet shines with a polished finish. |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Pink Quartz and White Cubic Zirconia Fashion Ring $49.49 Pink quartz and cubic zirconia ringSterling silver jewelry Click here for ring sizing guide |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Green Amethyst Fashion Ring $53.99 Round green amethyst fashion ringSterling silver jewelryClick here for ring sizing guide |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Amethyst Fashion Ring $47.99 Amethyst fashion ringSterling silver jewelryClick here for ring sizing guide |
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Bill Cunningham New York (DVD) $19.79 Bill Cunningham is a fashion photographer, but unlike most in his profession, he rarely spends a day in a photo studio. Cunningham`s work has been a long-time fixture in The New York Times; in his “Evening Hours” column, he presents pictures he`s snapp… |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Multi-Gemstone Fashion Bracelet $76.99 Blue topaz, citrines and pink sapphires line this pretty bracelet. This fine jewelry is crafted of sterling silver in a polished finish. |
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New York Gems Yellow Silver Cushion-cut Smokey Quartz Fashion Ring $48.99 Smokey quartz fashion ringYellow silver jewelryClick here for ring sizing guide |
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Kennth Cole Men’s Black Bracelet Quartz Watch $66.99 This understated Kenneth Cole men’s casual watch offers excellent looks and classic style. This casual timepiece features a stainless steel case, black ion-plating, black dial, black bracelet and three-hand display. |
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Kenneth Cole New York Men’s ‘Tie- Land’ Taupe Lace-up Boots FINAL SALE $76.49 These durable taupe boots from Kenneth Cole feature a classic lace up styling. With a slightly padded footbed and round toe, these boots offer comfort and style. ALL SALES FINAL: NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON THIS ITEM. |
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New York Yankees Hoodie Purse $24.04 This New York Yankees Hoodie Purse features a kangaroo pocket on the front and two internal patch pockets inside. This MLB-licensed bag has a sturdy magnetic closure and tied drawstrings to create a classic look. |
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Kenneth Cole Mens ‘NY Mid-Town’ Black Oxford Shoes $114.99 Whether your attire goes GQ or goes semi-casual, easily flip the script in modern style with the Mid Town LE shoes from Kenneth Cole New York. |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Multi-Gemstone Fashion Necklace $95.99 Smoky quartz, rose de France and blue topz are set on this fashion necklace. This jewelry is crafted of sterling silver in a polished finish. |
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New York Yankees Hoodie Duffel Handbag $25 This New York Yankees Hoodie Duffel Handbag features a kangaroo pocket on the front and two internal patch pockets inside. This MLB-licensed bag has a sturdy magnetic closure and tied drawstrings to create a classic look. |
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Jones New York Women’s Black Besom Pocket Flare Pants $28.49 Fashionable and flattering, these black pants from Jones New York feature a flare style. With a touch of stretch, these pants are finished with a traditional five-pocket design and a belt loop waist. |
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SomerTile 11.75×12-in New York 1-in Hex White Unglazed Porcelain Mosaic Tile (Pack of 10) $49.95 An Unglazed Porcelain Tile for your Kitchen, Bath, Fireplace, Pool, Foyer or BacksplashThis Floor & Wall Tile comes in tones of NaturalThis Vintage style mosaic is suited for Interior or Exterior use |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Amethyst and Cubic Zirconia Necklace $53.99 This charming fashion pendant showcases a round-cut amethyst cabochon and round-cut white cubic zirconia. Crafted of sterling silver, the necklace offers polished yellow rhodium plating and includes a cable chain. |
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My City, My New York (Paperback) $10.26 What do famous people love to do during their free time in the Big Apple? Like all New Yorkers,… |
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New York Giants Canvas Hampton Tote Bag $24.49 This Concept 1 New York Giants Canvas Hampton Tote Bag is a fashionable way to support your favorite team wherever you are. This tote is perfect for traveling or a day at the beach. |
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SomerTile New York 1-in Hex Black Unglazed Porcelain Mosaic Tile (Pack of 10) 11.75×12-in $86.55 Aged black matte finish porcelain tiles that will never go out of style. The tile has a smooth, unglazed texture but is highly slip-resistant, making it perfect for commercial settings as the high friction rating meets ADA guidelines. |
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Kenneth Cole Men’s ‘NY Mid-Town’ Brown Oxfords Shoes $113.99 Whether your attire goes GQ or goes semi-casual, easily flip the script in modern style with the Mid Town LE shoes from Kenneth Cole New York. |
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New York Gems Sterling Silver Pink Quartz and Clear Cubic Zirconia Fashion Necklace $44.49 This amazing fashion pendant is adorned with a rectangular-cut pink quartz cabochon in the center surrounded by sparkling clear cubic zirconia. The polished rhodiumplated sterling silver necklace includes a matching cable chain. |
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New York Yankees Quilted Tote Bag $30.49 This New York Yankees Quilted Tote Bag features an embroidered team logo. MLB-licensed tote bag also features magnetic closure and two interior pockets. |
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New York Gems Yellow Sterling Silver Green Amethyst and Cubic Zirconia Fashion Ring $49.99 Green amethyst cabochon and cubic zirconia ringYellow rhodiumplated sterling silver jewelryClick here for ring sizing guide |
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New York Gems Yellow Sterling Silver Amethyst and Cubic Zirconia Fashion Ring $59.99 Amethyst cabochon and clear cubic zirconia ringYellow rhodiumplated sterling silver jewelryClick here for ring sizing guide |
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New York Giants Hoodie Purse $23.54 This New York Giants Hoodie Purse features a kangaroo pocket on the front and two internal patch pockets inside. This NFL-licensed bag has a sturdy magnetic closure and tied drawstrings to create a classic look. |
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Second Chance $7.91 Opposites attract, then pull apart, and finally attract again in this contemporary romance by bestseller Danielle Steel. Fiona Monaghan, editor-in-chief of a glossy New York fashion magazine, and John Anderson, head of an advertising agency, have … |
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‘Don We Now Our Gay Apparel’ $37.95 “Gay style actually sets trends. It’s what straight people take fashion from.”–Tony WoodcockFrom the New Edwardians and muscle boys to Radical Drag and Genderfuck, gay men’s dress has had a profound impact on fashion. However, it is easy to forget that, with few exceptions, gay men earlier in the century took great pains to conceal their sexual identity. Men such as Quentin Crisp, while highly influential, were far from the norm. Most gay men resorted to a number of subtle dress codes to identify themselves to other gay men — from Oscar Wilde’s famous green carnation, which was still being worn in the 1930s, through to suede shoes. Beginning with a look at the subcultural world of gay men in the early part of this century — particularly in New York and London — this fascinating book analyzes the trends in dress adopted by gay men as well as the challenge gay style has made to mainstream men’s fashion. The importance of dress choice to the formation of sexual identity is highlighted, as is gay influence on punk and the fashion industry as a whole. The rise of new dress choices in the wake of gay liberation is analyzed with particular emphasis on the masculinization of gay dress. The importance of the body to gay culture is addressed, from the physique magazines of the 1950s, through to tattooing and body piercing, and their origins in the S&M scene.Anyone interested in gay culture or the history of dress will find this book to be essential reading. |
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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art $11.95 Coco Chanel, Paul Poiret, Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Alexander McQueen: The very names of master dress designers evoke stylishness. That elegance is displayed on page after page of 100 Dresses, a paperback original pictorial that showcases the peerless fashion collection of The Costume Institute at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The 100 dresses chosen for the book reflect changing styles and social mores from the 17th century to the near present. Flip the pages; pick your favorite fantasy designer dress. |
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1802 Books (Study Guide): Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Bowditch’s American Practical Navigator, Lyrical Ballads, G nie Du Christianisme $14.14 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Bowditch’s American Practical Navigator, Lyrical Ballads, Génie Du Christianisme, 1802 in Literature, the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. (1802) is a collection of nine observational letters written by American writer Washington Irving under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. The letters first appeared in the November 15, 1802, edition of the New York Morning Chronicle, a political-leaning newspaper partially owned by New Yorker Aaron Burr, and edited by Irving’s brother, Peter. The letters were printed at irregular intervals until April 23, 1803. The letters lampoon marriage, manners, dress, and culture of early 19th century New York. They are Irving’s debut in print. Irving’s first Oldstyle letter appeared in the November 15, 1802, edition of the Morning Chronicle. In his first letter, Irving mocked the current trends in dress and fashion, training most of his criticism on young men and their “most studied carelessness, and almost slovenliness of dress,” who are more interested in themselves than in the unfortunate “belle who has to undergo the fatigue of dragging along this sluggish animal.” The signature in all capital letters at the end of the piece was not Irving’s own, but rather the first of many pseudonyms Irving would adopt throughout his literary life, Jonathan Oldstyle. A second letter followed on November 20, this time poking fun at the “strange and preposterous manner in which modern marriages are conducted.” Describing the marriage between Oldstyles aunt Barbara and an ironically-named Squire Stylish, Irving juxtaposed modern manners against old etiquette, concluding that no one could read such a comparison of old versus new, |
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21 Steps to Happiness $11.95 Lynn Blanchett’s Steps to Happiness:Step 1: Find a job. (Done! I’m doing PR for hotshot young designer Muriel B.–which I’m totally unqualified for.)Step 2: Find a man. (Check! There’s a rich, gorgeous man chasing me…so what if I find him infinitely less appealing than my charming, possibly gay, French coworker?)Step 3: Find a translator. (Hmm? I do have that French-English dictionary…but it so doesn’t help with the language of love.)Step 4: Find a shower. (I did just fl y in from New York…. I can’t be fabulous all the time!)Dropped into a ridiculously cushy job in Paris by her distant fashion-icon mother, all Lynn has to do to prove she’s not a fraud (which she is!) is fi gure out what exactly her job entails, how she got involved in something that can only be described as fashion treason and how to untangle her love life in time to make Muriel B.’s next runway show the event of the season. With time running short and expertise running low, Lynn has little to guide her but a self-help manual that promises twenty steps to happiness. Written by a fashion insider, 21 Steps to Happiness is a dishy must-read whose narrator boldly and hilariously goes where no young American in Paris has gone before–behind the seams. |
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21 Steps to Happiness $0.99 Lynn Blanchett’s Steps to Happiness:Step 1: Find a job. (Done! I’m doing PR for hotshot young designer Muriel B.–which I’m totally unqualified for.)Step 2: Find a man. (Check! There’s a rich, gorgeous man chasing me…so what if I find him infinitely less appealing than my charming, possibly gay, French coworker?)Step 3: Find a translator. (Hmm? I do have that French-English dictionary…but it so doesn’t help with the language of love.)Step 4: Find a shower. (I did just fl y in from New York…. I can’t be fabulous all the time!)Dropped into a ridiculously cushy job in Paris by her distant fashion-icon mother, all Lynn has to do to prove she’s not a fraud (which she is!) is fi gure out what exactly her job entails, how she got involved in something that can only be described as fashion treason and how to untangle her love life in time to make Muriel B.’s next runway show the event of the season. With time running short and expertise running low, Lynn has little to guide her but a self-help manual that promises twenty steps to happiness. Written by a fashion insider, 21 Steps to Happiness is a dishy must-read whose narrator boldly and hilariously goes where no young American in Paris has gone before–behind the seams. |
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22 Ways To Say Black $1.83 Until Coco Chanel came along, black was usually only worn by women on occasions of mourning; in the late nineteenth century, when worn outside such occasions, black clothing was even considered indecent (as instanced by the controversy attending John Singer Sargent’s “Portrait of Madame X”). But in 1926, Chanel overturned centuries of convention by publishing a photograph in an issue of Vogue of a dress she had designed that came to be known as “the little black dress” (or “LBD”). Chanel’s little black dress was cut simply, usually featured a short skirt, and was designed primarily for durability, affordability and versatility. An immediate hit with women from across the social spectrum, the popularity of the little black dress persisted even into the Great Depression, and for nearly a century it has continued to symbolize the modern woman, flourishing through every decade where most dresses would flounder (Vogue once described it as “Chanel’s Model-T Ford”). Among the many celebrities who have made it a part of their personal style are Audrey Hepburn, Betty Boop, Wallis Simpson and Edith Piaf. Here, in celebration of this classic garment’s enduring appeal, Swarovski AG has commissioned 22 of today’s leading fashion designers, including Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood, Donna Karan and Jean-Paul Gaultier, to design one little black dress apiece. All dresses will be sold at auction, at Phillip’s New York gallery during Fashion Week Fall 2010. 22 Ways To Say Black pays homage to the legacy of Chanel’s masterpiece, illustrating all 22 dresses in lavishly staged photographs. A limited quantity of this title is available. |
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5-star hotel in New York $0 Times Square is the world famous epicentre of the theatre, dining, fashion, media, and business worlds |
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A Book Of Idiomatic Phrases $10.29 Encouraged and inspired by Mother Teresa, multi-lingual author and educator Angela Muka offers students A Book of Idiomatic Phrases. By reading and studying the numerous English-language idioms in the first part of this book, students will understand the expressions, learn to write and construct various phrases, and speak intelligently.Examples of various types of letters in the second part of the book-such as resume cover letters, sales letters, condolence letters, and personal letters to friends-illustrate the structure, rhythm, and etiquette of each type of letter. Through the true-to-life examples of each idiom and the organization and content of the letters, not only will readers learn to use English-language idioms, but also they will be uplifted and encouraged to deal more compassionately with others.Angela Muka’s life has been like a great storm in the ocean, pushing the waves in all different directions. As many young girls who dream of studying abroad to enrich their lives, Angela traveled to Italy to study Italian and German, and then went to Rome to study fashion design. World War II put an end to her studies, and she joined her father, an ambassador, in Egypt. From there, they went to Cannes, France, where Angela attended classes at l’École Spéciale des Arts et Techniques de la Mode.After the war, Angela’s father told her, “I want to give you a free country-America. You are going to love this country.” There she taught dress design and pattern making at D’Youville College in Buffalo and high-school French and German in Iroquois, New York. Angela’s first books, written at the request of her students and colleagues, were on patternmaking. After her friend, Mother Teresa, saw Angela’s book on children’s patterns she said, “Now that you dressed the children, you need to write a book to enrich the lives of young people to get all kinds of knowledge.” In response, Angela wrote this book, A Book of Idiomatic Phra |
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A Dash Of Daring $34.95 Carmel Snow, who changed the course of our culture by launching the careers of some of today's greatest figures in fashion and the arts, was one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century. As editor in chief of Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958 she championed the concept of "a well-dressed magazine for the well-dressed mind," bringing cutting-edge art, fiction, photography, and reportage into the American home.Now comes A Dash of Daring, a first and definitive biography of this larger-than-life figure in publishing, art, and letters. Veteran magazine journalist Penelope Rowlands describes the remarkable places Snow frequented and the people whose lives she transformed, among them Richard Avedon, Diana Vreeland, Geoffrey Beene, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cristobal Balenciaga, Lauren Bacall, and Truman Capote.She chronicles Snow's life on both sides of the Atlantic, beginning in nineteenth-century Ireland and continuing to Paris, Milan, and New York City, the fashion capitals of the world.Snow was the daughter of an Irish immigrant, who was herself a forward-thinking businesswoman, and she worked in her mother's custom dressmaking shop before being discovered by the magazine publisher Conde Nast and training under Edna Woolman Chase, the famous longtime editor of Vogue. From there it was on to Harper's Bazaar which, with the help of such key employees as Avedon, Vreeland, and art director Alexei Brodovitch, Snow turned into the most admired magazine of the century. Among the disparate talents who worked at Bazaar in the Snow era were Andy Warhol, the heiress Doris Duke, Maeve Brennan, and members of the storied Algonquin Round Table.Overflowing with previously untold stories of the colorful and glamorous, A Dash of Daring is a compelling portrait of the fashion world during a golden era. |
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A Dash of Daring: Carmel Snow and Her Life In Fashion, Art, and Letters $13.99 Carmel Snow, who changed the course of our culture by launching the careers of some of today’s greatest figures in fashion and the arts, was one of the most extraordinary women of the twentieth century. As editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar from 1934 to 1958 she championed the concept of “a well-dressed magazine for the well-dressed mind,” bringing cutting-edge art, fiction, photography, and reportage into the American home.Now comes A Dash of Daring, a first and definitive biography of this larger-than-life figure in publishing, art, and letters. Veteran magazine journalist Penelope Rowlands describes the remarkable places Snow frequented and the people whose lives she transformed, among them Richard Avedon, Diana Vreeland, Geoffrey Beene, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cristobal Balenciaga, Lauren Bacall, and Truman Capote.She chronicles Snow’s life on both sides of the Atlantic, beginning in nineteenth-century Ireland and continuing to Paris, Milan, and New York City, the fashion capitals of the world.Snow was the daughter of an Irish immigrant, who was herself a forward-thinking businesswoman, and she worked in her mother’s custom dressmaking shop before being discovered by the magazine publisher Conde Nast and training under Edna Woolman Chase, the famous longtime editor of Vogue. From there it was on to Harper’s Bazaar which, with the help of such key employees as Avedon, Vreeland, and art director Alexei Brodovitch, Snow turned into the most admired magazine of the century. Among the disparate talents who worked at Bazaar in the Snow era were Andy Warhol, the heiress Doris Duke, Maeve Brennan, and members of the storied Algonquin Round Table.Overflowing with previously untold stories of the colorful and glamorous, A Dash of Daring is a compelling portrait of the fashion world during a golden era. |
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A Dedicated Follower of Fashion $35 The clothes and accessories we wear and see every day are more than just topics for the fashion literati: they provide rich clues to our personal identity and popular culture. This collection of 28 incisive essays by noted critic and ‘fashion anthropologist’ Holly Brubach looks at clothing and the fashion industry as barometers of cultural and aesthetic change. In essays published over the past two decades in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker and the Atlantic, Brubach reflects on a wide range of subjects, from famous designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Gianni Versace to designer eyeglasses, from the timeless elegance of a Chanel suit to the decline of elegance in the 1990s, and from formal French style to the advent of casual athletic clothing as a fashion uniform. Brubach’s witty commentaries weave connections between fashion and the larger world around us, making this an essential book for fashion insiders as well as anyone interested in popular culture and style. |
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A Great Day for a Ballgame: A Conscious Love Story $6.98 In A Great Day for a Ballgame, narrator Fielding is a writer who sells a story to a fashion magazine and is invited to meet the literary editor Amelia West in her midtown New York office. It turns out shes a fan and, surprise, she instantly likes him in person. For his part, he too is hooked, attracted by her beauty but also by the disarming fact that she really is in tune with him. She can appreciate his wit, observations, and theories. As they start dating, she even understands his concept of a storyline dialoguetwo fictional characters, or real-life people, having a conversation that is moving toward the same end, so that their lines are interchangeable. At one point, when Amelia makes a comment, Fielding comically says, Thats my line. Except for the cigarettes, this could be a story of the present or future, but its also good to see it as a part of New Yorks past. I had a remarkable feeling that I was in one of my own stories, the Fielding character says. |
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A Guy’s Guide To Great Eating $18.95 From the author of the spectacularly successful Lean and Lovin’ It, a brawny collection of big-flavored, fat-reduced recipes for men who love to eat. A once overweight guy who never met a food he didn’t love, Don Mauer learned the hard way that most low-fat cookbooks don’t appeal to meat-and-potatoes taste buds and come with skimpy portions that may work for New York fashion models but leave men hungry. This cookbook is different, written for men by a real guy with a big appetite. The 175 easy-to-make recipes – Smokin’ Chili Pepper Cheeseburgers, Seemingly Sinful Fat-Free Roasted Garlic Whipped Potatoes, Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Pie, Fresh Blueberry Cobbler – are based on Mauer’s own favorites. The guy-sized portions get 20 percent or less of their calories from fat, and each recipe comes with a full nutritional analysis, including the amount of saturated fat. A Guy’s Guide to Great Eating will end the arguments in the kitchen between men who insist on eating what they love and the people who love them. |
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A Hedonist’s Guide to New York $18.95 Hg2 New York turns its stylish focus on the ‘City That Never Sleeps’, unravelling this, at times, confusing world where high fashion and high finance collide in an exciting whirl of new trends, new places and new looks. Crunching through the Big Apple to weed out the pips, Hg2 takes readers off the timeworn tourist trail and into the most stylish, hip and original locations; from Downtown boutique hotels with a buzzing bar scene to grand-dame favourites on the Park; haute-cuisine temples of gastronomy to laid-back lunch spots or the latest see-and-be-seen fusion restaurant; chic bars serving perfect Martini’s to hidden speakeasies on the Lower East Side and clubs for every mood. The scale and enormosity of the city makes it difficult to tackle for residents and visitors alike. Hg2 New York provides an effective filter in bringing the readers the best of such a diverse city and taking you to truly the most interesting places in town. |
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A Memory Unchained $2.99 WHO WILL UNCHAIN THE MEMORY TUCKED DEEP IN HER HEART?Pamela Thronton, beautiful widow and successful Fashion Designer of Boston, accidentally meets playboy Jeff Desmond, Department store magnate, and is instantly swept off her feet.Pamela is commissioned by her boss to go to Paris and check out the new designs for the Fall. She is overwhelmed at the invitation to meet top Fashion Designer, Rex Dupar and they form an instant close friendship. He introduces her to the world of Paris Fashion then on to the sights of Paris..Tragedy strikes, but Pamela rely’s on her faith to pull her through. Her beautiful daughter, Jill is close beside her during this time.Grant Mondane of “Mondanes’of Paris” the largest Department store chain in Paris and close friend of Rex’s enters into a merger that affords Pamela the chance of a lifetime.Who will win her heart? God guides her every step as this new adventure leads to the glittering stage of New York’s Fashion show of the year. God allows a deep memory to be unchained and Pamela is free to love again. |
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A Modest Proposal $15.95 All my life I had dreamed of changing the ordinary girl’s world of fashion by designing modest formal gowns—ones that you’d actually want to wear. With my super-hero stitching I would save you mothers and daughters crying in dressing rooms over yet another “the straps are just too small” prom dress. Don’t worry, I even thought of a catchy tagline for my brand: “Modest Is Hottest.” I told you I was good! So I moved to New York and am finally living that dream . . . well, almost. I am at one of the top fashion companies, and my designs are definitely modest—but let’s face it, when it comes to outerwear, would you want to buy a skimpy trench coat? Didn’t think so. Even though I don’t have my dream job, my family is a mess, and my love life stinks, I have a feeling things are going to change. I mean, they have to soon, or I’ll be forced to marry Jace. I did promise to become his wife only if I turned thirty and was still single, but I honestly didn’t think it was possible. Now twenty-nine, I’m cutting it way too close. Right now I’m flying back to Utah for our Butterfly Girls reunion. And since it is the Mormon Mecca, I might find myself a modest proposal. Utah engagements can take mere weeks. Never mind, I’m not that desperate. Really. But maybe the girls can help. We’ve been best friends since high school. We Butterfly Girls are not the typical Pink Ladies, although we’ve definitely had our share of drama. We’ll laugh and cry over memories, from pageant glory to tragic endings, but the ones stored inside our butterfly box will surprise you most. We only open it when we’re all together, and our lives never seem the same after. |
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A Modest Proposal $7.46 All my life I had dreamed of changing the ordinary girl’s world of fashion by designing modest formal gowns—ones that you’d actually want to wear. With my super-hero stitching I would save you mothers and daughters crying in dressing rooms over yet another “the straps are just too small” prom dress. Don’t worry, I even thought of a catchy tagline for my brand: “Modest Is Hottest.” I told you I was good! So I moved to New York and am finally living that dream . . . well, almost. I am at one of the top fashion companies, and my designs are definitely modest—but let’s face it, when it comes to outerwear, would you want to buy a skimpy trench coat? Didn’t think so. Even though I don’t have my dream job, my family is a mess, and my love life stinks, I have a feeling things are going to change. I mean, they have to soon, or I’ll be forced to marry Jace. I did promise to become his wife only if I turned thirty and was still single, but I honestly didn’t think it was possible. Now twenty-nine, I’m cutting it way too close. Right now I’m flying back to Utah for our Butterfly Girls reunion. And since it is the Mormon Mecca, I might find myself a modest proposal. Utah engagements can take mere weeks. Never mind, I’m not that desperate. Really. But maybe the girls can help. We’ve been best friends since high school. We Butterfly Girls are not the typical Pink Ladies, although we’ve definitely had our share of drama. We’ll laugh and cry over memories, from pageant glory to tragic endings, but the ones stored inside our butterfly box will surprise you most. We only open it when we’re all together, and our lives never seem the same after. |
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A Noble Woman (Dodo Press) $27.5 Ann Sophia Stephens (1813-1886), who also wrote under the pseudonym Jonathan Slick, was an American novelist. Born in Derby, Connecticut, she was an author of dime novels and is credited as the progenitor of that genre. Her work was also serialized in Godey’s Lady’s Book, The Ladies’ Companion, and Graham’s Magazine. The term “dime novel” originated with Stephens’s Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter, printed in the first book in Beadle & Adams Beadle’s Dime Novels series, dated June 9, 1860. The novel was a reprint of Stephens’s earlier serial that appeared in The Ladies’ Companion magazine in February, March, and April of 1839. Later, the Grolier Club listed Malaeska as the most influential book of 1860. Her other works include: High Life in New York (1843), Alice Copley: A Tale of Queen Mary’s Time (1844), The Diamond Necklace and Other Tales (1846), Fashion and Famine (1854), The Old Homestead (1855), The Rejected Wife (1863) and A Noble Woman (1871). |
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A Southern Belle Primer: Or Why Paris Hilton Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma $11.95 Who knows what lurks in the hearts of the women of Dixie? A Southern Belle Primer tells us all. In this rollicking guide to survival in a society that has not gone with the wind, the mystique of the Southern belle is exposed. Maryln Schwartz’s cult classic and perennial bestseller returns with a new look to steer the next generation of belles through the enduring world of Southern propriety and protocol.Being a belle is not a part-time job—it’s a cradle-to-grave commitment—and A Southern Belle Primer covers it all. With anecdotes, observations, lists, and delightful illustrations, the Primer delves into family trees, big hair, the Twelve Patterns of the Silver Zodiac (everyone knows girls who choose certain silver patterns are fast), the fashion calendar (the do-or-die seasonal etiquette of patent leather, gloves, and stockings), honorary belles, wannabe belles, fallen belles, and even why Paris Hilton will never be a Kappa Kappa Gamma.The Primer also reveals shocking real-life stories from contemporary Southern belle history: the truth behind the Garden Club wars in Natchez, Mississippi, the Chattanooga woman shunned by society for a faux pas in her chicken salad recipe, and the disastrous white-shoe-in-September affair during the Texas visit of Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. What The Official Preppy Handbook did for the madras-and-penny-loafer set A Southern Belle Primer does for the indestructible ladies from below the Mason–Dixon Line, in an uproarious guide to navigating a society that continues to fascinate people the world over. |
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A Thin Dark Line $0.99 The Barnes & Noble Review April 1997 Charles Platt has “very little interest in history.” The writer of over forty books and his own computer software, Platt remarks that he is “much more interested in the future, and [has] spent a lot of time writing and thinking about that.” He has contributed more than a dozen articles to Wired magazine, and his novel The Silicon Man was chosen as one of the top three science fiction novels of the year by The New York Times. Charles Platt is looking to the future, and as everyday life moves into its new digs online, very real legal and social issues concerning cyberspace crime and virtual sex need to be examinied. Anarchy Online is really two books bound together in one volume. In the first half of Anarchy Online, Charles Platt frankly lays out evidence of crime on the Internet. From famous hackers like Kevin Mitnick, to anonymous users who crack into satellite cable channel codes, to local online sheriffs busting illegal bulletin board operators, the book documents individual cases in a chronological and nonpartisan fashion. Platt details the modus operandi of everyone from urban phone “phreaks” to the savviest online pirates. Just as quickly, he interviews the lawmakers — including the deputy director of the FBI in charge of formulating government legal policy concerning the Internet — in hopes of answering the question of whether or not new laws will protect the everyday user or corporation from intrusion, vandalism and viruses. There are issues of free speech at stake here. Part two of AnarchyOnlineconcentrates on the social implications of netspeech. Should pornographic, violent, innaccurate, or hate-filled content in chat rooms and on websites be regulated? How much of it can be legally deemed “obscene,” and is there a way to direct the discussion in cyberspace short of setting up |
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A Thin Dark Line $1.98 The Barnes & Noble Review April 1997 Charles Platt has “very little interest in history.” The writer of over forty books and his own computer software, Platt remarks that he is “much more interested in the future, and [has] spent a lot of time writing and thinking about that.” He has contributed more than a dozen articles to Wired magazine, and his novel The Silicon Man was chosen as one of the top three science fiction novels of the year by The New York Times. Charles Platt is looking to the future, and as everyday life moves into its new digs online, very real legal and social issues concerning cyberspace crime and virtual sex need to be examinied. Anarchy Online is really two books bound together in one volume. In the first half of Anarchy Online, Charles Platt frankly lays out evidence of crime on the Internet. From famous hackers like Kevin Mitnick, to anonymous users who crack into satellite cable channel codes, to local online sheriffs busting illegal bulletin board operators, the book documents individual cases in a chronological and nonpartisan fashion. Platt details the modus operandi of everyone from urban phone “phreaks” to the savviest online pirates. Just as quickly, he interviews the lawmakers — including the deputy director of the FBI in charge of formulating government legal policy concerning the Internet — in hopes of answering the question of whether or not new laws will protect the everyday user or corporation from intrusion, vandalism and viruses. There are issues of free speech at stake here. Part two of AnarchyOnlineconcentrates on the social implications of netspeech. Should pornographic, violent, innaccurate, or hate-filled content in chat rooms and on websites be regulated? How much of it can be legally deemed “obscene,” and is there a way to direct the discussion in cyberspace short of setting up |
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A Thin Dark Line $7.99 The Barnes & Noble Review April 1997 Charles Platt has “very little interest in history.” The writer of over forty books and his own computer software, Platt remarks that he is “much more interested in the future, and [has] spent a lot of time writing and thinking about that.” He has contributed more than a dozen articles to Wired magazine, and his novel The Silicon Man was chosen as one of the top three science fiction novels of the year by The New York Times. Charles Platt is looking to the future, and as everyday life moves into its new digs online, very real legal and social issues concerning cyberspace crime and virtual sex need to be examinied. Anarchy Online is really two books bound together in one volume. In the first half of Anarchy Online, Charles Platt frankly lays out evidence of crime on the Internet. From famous hackers like Kevin Mitnick, to anonymous users who crack into satellite cable channel codes, to local online sheriffs busting illegal bulletin board operators, the book documents individual cases in a chronological and nonpartisan fashion. Platt details the modus operandi of everyone from urban phone “phreaks” to the savviest online pirates. Just as quickly, he interviews the lawmakers — including the deputy director of the FBI in charge of formulating government legal policy concerning the Internet — in hopes of answering the question of whether or not new laws will protect the everyday user or corporation from intrusion, vandalism and viruses. There are issues of free speech at stake here. Part two of AnarchyOnlineconcentrates on the social implications of netspeech. Should pornographic, violent, innaccurate, or hate-filled content in chat rooms and on websites be regulated? How much of it can be legally deemed “obscene,” and is there a way to direct the discussion in cyberspace short of setting up |
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A.L.T. 365+ $6.94 The unstoppable, unforgettable André Leon Talley, Vogue magazine’s editor at large, embodies the essence of the American spirit—the self-made man who has risen through the ranks of the elite high fashion industry with subtle perseverance, incomparable elegance, and searing wit over the past three decades. “Style transcends race, class, and time,” Talley explains; his inestimable influence can be seen everywhere, from the runways and the glossies to the backstage parties and the streets. Talley invites us to share in a year of his life in A.L.T. 365+, his first art monograph, designed by world-renowned art director Sam Shahid. Within the pages, Talley’s photographs and text introduce us to the people and places he encounters along his travels around the world, be it among the devout perched along the front row of Fashion Week in New York, Paris, and Milan or seated with the faithful at the Good Friday services at Abyssinian Baptist Church, Harlem. A wonderful and warm family album, A.L.T. 365+ is inspired by Allure, the iconic volume of culture, personality, and style by Talley’s beloved mentor, Diana Vreeland. Showcasing charmingly candid snapshots, taken with a Kodak one-time-use camera to lend a classic Warholian touch, along with revealing and intimate remembrances, A.L.T. 365+ is the only book to bring you the most illustrious players of our day living the life without thinking twice, all posing for Talley’s camera—legendary designers Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Miuccia Prada, Oscar de la Renta, Manolo Blahnik, Diane von Furstenberg, Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, Stephen Jones, and Zac Posen; famed models Iman, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Sophie Dahl, Stella Tennant, and Carmen Kass; superstar drag queens Lypsinka and Lady Bunny; Hip Hop icons Russell Simmons, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, and Jay-Z; |
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Abitare: 50 Years of Design: The Best of Architecture, Interiors, Photography, Travel, and Trends 1961-2011 $85 The first-ever compilation of the most innovative design magazine of the 1960s and 1970s. Launched in 1961, Abitare is considered by some to be the Wallpaper* magazine of its day: the source of all things hip, important, and avant-garde, as well as must-know information and must-have objects, many of which have become design classics fifty years later. This important compilation brings together the very best of the Abitare universe: the most noteworthy design developments of the last fifty years, with emphasis on the 1960s and 1970s. Abitare was founded to cover the growing influence of Italian design but also to gather the most interesting trends worldwide, from the mod fashion in London, and the rise of alternative lifestyles in New York and San Francisco, to the development of industrial design in Milan. Classic articles from Abitare are reproduced in full, with their original English and Italian texts, while new essays by noted writers and past editors reflect on the influence of this trailblazing magazine. |
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Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 9: January 1790-December 1793 $105 The years 1790 to 1793 marked the beginning of the American republic, a contentious period as the nation struggled to create a functioning government amid increasingly bitter factionalism. On the international stage, the turmoil of the French Revolution raised important questions about the nature of government. As usual, the Adams family found itself in the midst of it all. Vice President John Adams chaired Senate sessions even as he was prevented from participating in any meaningful fashion. Abigail joined him when her health permitted, but even from afar she provided important advice and keen observations on politics and society.All four Adams children are well represented here, especially Charles and Thomas Boylston, who, for the first time, appear as correspondents in their own right. Both embarked on legal careers, Charles in New York and Thomas in Philadelphia, while John Quincy did the same in Boston. Daughter Nabby cared for her growing family as her ambitious husband, William Stephens Smith, pursued financial schemes. This volume offers both insight into the family and the frank commentary on life that readers have come to expect from the Adamses. |
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After Dark (Vamps Series #3) $8.99 What good is a designer dress if someone puts a stake through it? It’s the most important event of the season in New York’s upper-crust vampire society. The Rauhnacht Grand Ball has everything you need for a night of scandal and intrigue: gala dresses, stolen boyfriends, forbidden love . . . Then a team of vampire hunters shows up and ruins everything! The surprise attack by Van Helsings is the worst gate-crashing ever. In the aftermath, half sisters Lilith and Cally scramble to regain their footing at the exclusive Bathory Academy—and in the world of high fashion, where both have star potential. When new suitors turn the romance up a notch, it’s almost enough to make the half sisters forget their intense rivalry. Almost. But shared blood between vampires is not easy, and before long Lilith and Cally find themselves face-to-face again. |
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After Dark (Vamps Series #3) $8.99 What good is a designer dress if someone puts a stake through it? It’s the most important event of the season in New York’s upper-crust vampire society. The Rauhnacht Grand Ball has everything you need for a night of scandal and intrigue: gala dresses, stolen boyfriends, forbidden love . . . Then a team of vampire hunters shows up and ruins everything! The surprise attack by Van Helsings is the worst gate-crashing ever. In the aftermath, half sisters Lilith and Cally scramble to regain their footing at the exclusive Bathory Academy—and in the world of high fashion, where both have star potential. When new suitors turn the romance up a notch, it’s almost enough to make the half sisters forget their intense rivalry. Almost. But shared blood between vampires is not easy, and before long Lilith and Cally find themselves face-to-face again. |
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After Dark (Vamps Series #3) $8.99 What good is a designer dress if someone puts a stake through it? It’s the most important event of the season in New York’s upper-crust vampire society. The Rauhnacht Grand Ball has everything you need for a night of scandal and intrigue: gala dresses, stolen boyfriends, forbidden love . . . Then a team of vampire hunters shows up and ruins everything! The surprise attack by Van Helsings is the worst gate-crashing ever. In the aftermath, half sisters Lilith and Cally scramble to regain their footing at the exclusive Bathory Academy—and in the world of high fashion, where both have star potential. When new suitors turn the romance up a notch, it’s almost enough to make the half sisters forget their intense rivalry. Almost. But shared blood between vampires is not easy, and before long Lilith and Cally find themselves face-to-face again. |
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Alabama Stitch Book: Projects and Stories Celebrating Hand-Sewing, Quilting and Embroidery for Contemporary Sustainable Style $11.95 “Haute homespun out of the Deep South.” That’s how Vogue magazine has described the fashion of Natalie Chanin. Alabama Stitch Book brings us a collection of projects and stories from her clothing and lifestyle company, Alabama Chanin, known for the cutting-edge twist it puts on tried-and-true sewing, quilting, and embroidery techniques, applied mostly by hand to recycled cotton jersey. This long-awaited book from Chanin begins with her story. After living in New York and Vienna for over 20 years, she began to transform cotton T-shirts into high fashion using the needlework skills she learned as a child in Florence, Alabama. When she moved home, Chanin hired local women (many of whom had worked in the state’s now defunct textile factories) to stitch her couture collections with her. What follows is a step-by-step guide to the stitching, stenciling, and beading techniques used in the 20 projects showcased in the book: T-shirts, skirts, and corsets that are sold at chic shops around the world, plus a journal cover, sampler quilt, and tablecloth, among others. Also included are a pullout stencil, perforated postcard for bead-embroidery, and reusable patterns. Throughout are Robert Rausch’s beautiful photographs set against the back roads, farms, and homesteads of the rural South. |
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Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army $22.95 “The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again. . . .Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. . . . Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander’s strategic decision in the light of the options open to him…The chief merit of this splendid book is perhaps the way in which it brings an ancient army to life, as it really was and moved: the hours it took for simple operations of washing and cooking and feeding animals; the train of noncombatants moving with the army. . . . this is a book that will set the reader thinking. There are not many books on Alexander the Great that do.”–New York Review of Books |
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Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention $50 Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, the artist known as Man Ray (1890–1976) revealed multiple artistic identities over the course of his career—New York Dadaist, Parisian Surrealist, international portraitist, and fashion photographer––and produced important works as a photographer, painter, filmmaker, writer, and maker of objects. Alias Man Ray considers how the artist’s life and career were shaped by his turn-of-the-century American Jewish immigrant experience and his lifelong evasion of his past.  As an exploration of the artist’s deliberate cultural ambiguity, which allowed him to become the first American artist to be accepted by the Paris avant garde, this book examines the dynamic connection between Man Ray’s working-class origins, his assimilation, the evolution of his art, and his willful construction of his own artistic persona, as evidenced in a series of subtle, encrypted self-references throughout the artist’s career. Beautifully illustrated, Alias Man Ray will stand as a definitive study of an incomparable figure in 20th-century art.  |
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All This And Heaven Too $16.95 This number-one bestselling novel is based on the true story of one of the most notorious murder cases in French history. The heroine, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, governess to the children of the Duc de Praslin, found herself strangely drawn to her employer; when the Duc murdered his wife in the most savage fashion, she had to plead her own case before the Chancellor of France in a sensational murder trial that helped bring down the French king. After winning her freedom, Henriette took refuge in America, where she hosted a salon visited by all the socialites of New York and New England. This thrilling historical romance, full of passion, mystery, and intrigue, has laid claim to the hearts and minds of readers for generations. This replaces 044102226X. |
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All This Heavenly Glory $0.99 The glittering new book from the author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “unique, intriguing, and often hilarious.”Here are the events that make up a life: a junior high school fashion crisis, a best friend’s betrayal, substance abuse, recovery, finding a satisfying career, dating fiascos, the perfect relationship, the illness and slow death of a parent. This is the life of Charlotte Anne Byers, told by Elizabeth Crane, whose debut, When the Messenger Is Hot, has been praised across the country for its humor and grace. From the time she moved to New York as a young girl, desperate to tame her ridiculed southern accent, Charlotte Anne Byers has struggled to fit in-even while her strong will makes her clash with everything and everyone around her. With her mother pursuing a career as an opera singer and her father returning to Iowa, Charlotte is caught in the divide between her parents’ dreams. She finds a touchstone in Jenna, a friend who will be by Charlotte’s side through the death of her mother, several failed career moves, even more failed romances, a detour into alcoholism, and finding true love. In her lifetime Charlotte finds hope and disappointment mingled with faith and desperation, laughter on the heels of weeping, and success assuaging the pain of the most embarrassing failures-her path both all her own and instantly familiar. All This Heavenly Glory confirms Elizabeth Crane’s talents as the writer the San Francisco Chronicle called “hilariously off kilter and utterly refreshing.” With whimsy, skepticism, and undaunted emotional frankness, she paints a dazzling portrait of one woman’s unique desires and heartbreaks. |
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All This Heavenly Glory $9.99 The glittering new book from the author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “unique, intriguing, and often hilarious.”Here are the events that make up a life: a junior high school fashion crisis, a best friend’s betrayal, substance abuse, recovery, finding a satisfying career, dating fiascos, the perfect relationship, the illness and slow death of a parent. This is the life of Charlotte Anne Byers, told by Elizabeth Crane, whose debut, When the Messenger Is Hot, has been praised across the country for its humor and grace. From the time she moved to New York as a young girl, desperate to tame her ridiculed southern accent, Charlotte Anne Byers has struggled to fit in-even while her strong will makes her clash with everything and everyone around her. With her mother pursuing a career as an opera singer and her father returning to Iowa, Charlotte is caught in the divide between her parents’ dreams. She finds a touchstone in Jenna, a friend who will be by Charlotte’s side through the death of her mother, several failed career moves, even more failed romances, a detour into alcoholism, and finding true love. In her lifetime Charlotte finds hope and disappointment mingled with faith and desperation, laughter on the heels of weeping, and success assuaging the pain of the most embarrassing failures-her path both all her own and instantly familiar. All This Heavenly Glory confirms Elizabeth Crane’s talents as the writer the San Francisco Chronicle called “hilariously off kilter and utterly refreshing.” With whimsy, skepticism, and undaunted emotional frankness, she paints a dazzling portrait of one woman’s unique desires and heartbreaks. |
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All This Heavenly Glory $13.95 The glittering new book from the author hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “unique, intriguing, and often hilarious.”Here are the events that make up a life: a junior high school fashion crisis, a best friend’s betrayal, substance abuse, recovery, finding a satisfying career, dating fiascos, the perfect relationship, the illness and slow death of a parent. This is the life of Charlotte Anne Byers, told by Elizabeth Crane, whose debut, When the Messenger Is Hot, has been praised across the country for its humor and grace. From the time she moved to New York as a young girl, desperate to tame her ridiculed southern accent, Charlotte Anne Byers has struggled to fit in-even while her strong will makes her clash with everything and everyone around her. With her mother pursuing a career as an opera singer and her father returning to Iowa, Charlotte is caught in the divide between her parents’ dreams. She finds a touchstone in Jenna, a friend who will be by Charlotte’s side through the death of her mother, several failed career moves, even more failed romances, a detour into alcoholism, and finding true love. In her lifetime Charlotte finds hope and disappointment mingled with faith and desperation, laughter on the heels of weeping, and success assuaging the pain of the most embarrassing failures-her path both all her own and instantly familiar. All This Heavenly Glory confirms Elizabeth Crane’s talents as the writer the San Francisco Chronicle called “hilariously off kilter and utterly refreshing.” With whimsy, skepticism, and undaunted emotional frankness, she paints a dazzling portrait of one woman’s unique desires and heartbreaks. |
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Allido Records Artists: Mark Ronson, Wale, the Rumble Strips, Daniel Merriweather, Rhymefest $10.18 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is an English guitarist, music producer, artist and co-founder of Allido Records. While his debut album Here Comes the Fuzz (featuring collaborations with Sean Paul, Nate Dogg and Ghostface Killah) failed to make an impact on the charts, his second album, Version (with covers of songs by bands such as Radiohead, Maxïmo Park, The Smiths, The Zutons and Kaiser Chiefs) included three top ten hits and won Ronson a BRIT Award for Best Male Artist 2008. Ronson was born into a wealthy family at the Wellington Hospital, St John’s Wood, north London, England, the son of writer and socialite Ann Dexter-Jones and one-time band manager and real estate entrepreneur Laurence Ronson. His parents are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, with ancestors from Austria, Russia, and Lithuania, and Ronson was brought up in Conservative Judaism. Ronson is related to British Conservative politicians Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Leon Brittan, and has younger twin sisters, Charlotte Ronson, a fashion designer, and Samantha Ronson a singer and DJ. After his parents broke up, his mother married Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones, which contributed to a childhood surrounded by music. Ronson has been “best friends” with Sean Lennon, son of the late John Lennon, since the age of thirteen. Ronson went to high school at Collegiate School (New York). Attending Vassar College and then New York University (NYU), Ronson became a regular at downtown hip-hop spots and made his name as a DJ on the New York club scene in 1993, charging $50 per job. Though a novice with little experience, he became known for his diverse, genre-spanning selection. Influenced by funk, the hip-hop scene of New York and the more rock influence of the UK (all of which he incorpor… More: |
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Alligators, Old Mink and New Money: One Woman’s Adventures in Vintage Clothing $10.99 Alligators, Old Mink & New Money is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations, that leave their indelible stamp on each of our lives. Alison Houtte—a former fashion model who runs the beloved Brooklyn, New York, boutique Hooti Couture—knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it, and she uses these items as a springboard to explore such universal topics as relationships, self-image, the bond between mothers and daughters, and that elusive thing called style. Whether you’re a flea market veteran who savors the thrill of the hunt, a couture shopper with a Vogue budget, or are simply drawn to the de rigueur world of vintage, Alligators, Old Mink & New Money offers a shopping adventure—through auctions, estate sales, flea markets, and clothing racks all over the world—to be savored, and inspired by! |
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Alligators, Old Mink and New Money: One Woman’s Adventures in Vintage Clothing $1.53 Alligators, Old Mink & New Money is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations, that leave their indelible stamp on each of our lives. Alison Houtte—a former fashion model who runs the beloved Brooklyn, New York, boutique Hooti Couture—knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it, and she uses these items as a springboard to explore such universal topics as relationships, self-image, the bond between mothers and daughters, and that elusive thing called style. Whether you’re a flea market veteran who savors the thrill of the hunt, a couture shopper with a Vogue budget, or are simply drawn to the de rigueur world of vintage, Alligators, Old Mink & New Money offers a shopping adventure—through auctions, estate sales, flea markets, and clothing racks all over the world—to be savored, and inspired by! |
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Alligators, Old Mink and New Money: One Woman’s Adventures in Vintage Clothing $1.99 Alligators, Old Mink & New Money is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations, that leave their indelible stamp on each of our lives. Alison Houtte—a former fashion model who runs the beloved Brooklyn, New York, boutique Hooti Couture—knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it, and she uses these items as a springboard to explore such universal topics as relationships, self-image, the bond between mothers and daughters, and that elusive thing called style. Whether you’re a flea market veteran who savors the thrill of the hunt, a couture shopper with a Vogue budget, or are simply drawn to the de rigueur world of vintage, Alligators, Old Mink & New Money offers a shopping adventure—through auctions, estate sales, flea markets, and clothing racks all over the world—to be savored, and inspired by! |
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Altered Clothing: Hip Fixes and Transformations with a Needle and Thread $2.48 A treasure for sewers, crafters, and creative fashionistas.Sewing, like all of domestic arts, is experiencing a renaissance of interest, especially for the “DIY Generation”. This new and growing group strives for individuality and the satisfaction of wearing custom garments that make a personal statement. Altered Clothing is a collection of ideas and projects that provide the resources and inspiration for creating personal fashion from existing, used, and vintage clothing and fabrics. Rather than having to discard a favorite pair of jeans because they just are worn through or are cut wrong, this book provides creative redesigns. Rather than buy new mass produced fashions, it is easy and economical to take what you already have in your closet and create not only a fashion statement, but a political statement. With knowledge of some basic sewing technique (barely necessary with today’s available technology), anyone can turn old clothing into new favorites with a little creative inspiration and embellishment. So simple that even basic mending tasks can become fashion opportunities.Kathleen Maggio started making clothes for herself at age nine. She has taught fashion design at Mayer School and Pratt Institute. She currently teaches pattern making, draping and construction to juniors in the BFA program at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Photographer Tim Maggio owns a business that integrates photography, technology, and design. Both live in New York City. |
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Alumni of the National College of Art and Design: William Butler Yeats, George William Russell, Se n Keating, Eileen Shields, Gary Farrelly $10.66 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: William Butler Yeats, George William Russell, Seán Keating, Eileen Shields, Gary Farrelly, Estella Solomons, Philip Treacy, Stella Steyn. Excerpt: Eileen Shields (Born 1970 in New York ) is a footwear designer and owner of the EILEEN SHIELDS label and the Dublin-based store/gallery “5 Scarlet Row”. She has been a featured designer at Harvey Nichols in London and Hong Kong, and at Brown Thomas in Dublin and Cork. Eileen is most noted for her “Bette” shoes being worn by Eva Longoria’s character on Desperate Housewives which had originally aired April 8, 2007. Shields has custom-made shoes for Bono and P.J. Harvey , and counts Halle Berry, Eva Longoria, Samantha Morton, Courtney Cox Arquette, Drew Barrymore and Andie MacDowell amongst her many fans . Biography Eileen is youngest of five siblings born to a mother who worked as a nurse and a food-industry executive father . The family had moved from New York to Dublin when Eileen was 2. Early career After graduating from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin with a Bachelors of Arts degree, Shields moved to New York in 1988 to begin her design career. She took classes at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) , and went to work as a show designer for Anne Klein . Shields went on to work for Donna Karan , and was a key player in launching and building the DKNY footwear line, including Men’s and Women’s. Shields was responsible for the innovative D by DKNY line, which was nominated for “Best New Line” at the VH1 Fashion Awards . EILEEN SHIELDS Label The EILEEN SHIELDS label was launched in February 2004, and she went on to open her own flagship store and gallery, “5 Scarlet Row” in the Old City district of Dublin in September 2004. The store was created in collaboration with renowned curator/gallerist Vaari |
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America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 12 $50.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 12 is the twelfth cycle of America’s Next Top Model and the sixth season to air on The CW network. It premiered on March 4, 2009. The cycle’s catch phrase is “Get In The Fold.” The cycle’s promotional song is Lady Gaga’s “The Fame”.The first half of the cycle took place in New York City, moving the show back from Los Angeles last season. The international destination for this cycle is São Paulo, Brazil.The number of girls was reduced to 13, the first time since Cycle 9, after being maintained at 14 in the last two cycles. This was the last time Paulina Porizkova participated as judge.The winner was 20 year-old Teyona Anderson from Woodstown, New Jersey. Her prizes included representation by Elite Model Management, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, and the cover and six-page fashion spread in Seventeen. This season averaged 4.35 million viewers per episode. |
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American Archers: Geena Davis, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Howard Hill, Vic Wunderle, Lindsey Carmichael, Corey Schell, Darrell Pace $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Geena Davis, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Howard Hill, Vic Wunderle, Lindsey Carmichael, Corey Schell, Darrell Pace, Henry B. Richardson, Fred Bear, Butch Johnson, Khatuna Lorig, Justin Huish, Jay Barrs, Jennifer Nichols, Janet Dykman, Doreen Wilber, John Williams, Richard Mckinney, Brady Ellison, William Thompson, Ann Penelope Marston, George Bryant, Emma Cooke, Robert Williams, Luann Ryon, Samuel Duvall, Matilda Howell, Louis Maxson, Jessie Pollock, Karen Scavotto, Rod White, Wallace Bryant, Charles Woodruff, William Clark, Galen Spencer, Stephanie Arnold, John Magera, Dave Cousins. Excerpt: Virginia Elizabeth “Geena” Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actress, Academy Award winner, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women’s Olympics archery team semi-finalist. Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts, USA, the daughter of Lucille, a teacher’s assistant, and William Davis, a civil engineer; she has a brother named Dan. At an early age, she became interested in music. She learned piano and flute and played organ well enough as a teenager to serve as an organist at her church in Wareham. Davis attended Wareham High School and while an exchange student in Sandviken, Sweden, she became fluent in Swedish. Enrolling at New England College, Davis eventually graduated with a bachelor’s degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. While at Boston University, Davis worked part time for the Media Group. Davis at the 1989 Academy Awards.After graduating, Davis served as a window mannequin for Ann Taylor until signing with New York’s Zoli modelling agency in 1979. Davis auditioned for roles in many popular movies, including The Terminators Sarah Connor, which went to Linda Hamilton. She was working as a model when director Sydney Po… More: |
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American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion $30.3 This beautifully illustrated book is the first to examine the relationship between innovation and aesthetics as expressed by American couturiers and fashion designers from the late 1910s to the present day. The book, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, reveals that great design and great style were consistent elements in the work of American’s best fashion designers. Patricia Mears introduces many great forgotten figures, as well as many familiar names: work by lesser-known figures such as Jessie Franklin Turner, Ronaldus Shamask, and Charles Kleibecker is discussed alongside pieces by more celebrated creators, such as Halston and Charles James; work by designers of the past is juxtaposed with that of present-day designers such as Rick Owens, Yeolee Teng, and Maria Comejo. James’s grand and structurally imposing gowns from the 1950s appear alongside contemporary Infantas by Ralph Rucci; the section on draping juxtaposes 1930s gowns by Elizabeth Hawes and Valentina with more contemporary garments by Jean Yu and Isabel Toledo; clothing cut into pure geometric shapes like circles, triangles, and rectangles is illustrated by World War I–era teagowns by Jessie Franklin Turner, Claire McCardell’s mid-century rompers garments, and modern sportswear by Yeohlee and Shamask. While the United States may be best known worldwide for its casual mass-marketed garments, Mears demonstrates that artistry, innovation, and flawless construction are the true marks of American fashion. |
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American Farmhouses: Country Style and Design $35 A country farmhouse surrounded by fields and trees is a quintessentially American secene, but it’s one that has universal appeal. These simple homes speak to us of history and values, promising both comfort and protection. The “country look” remains the single most popular American style. Despite social and economic changes and the whims of fashion, it continues to shape our design and decorating tastes. Now in these lavishly illustrated pages, American Farmhouses offers a rich and inspiring survey of country architecture and design, from painted furniture to porches, stenciling to saltbox houses. Part of the appeal of country homes lies in their hand-hewn individualism and heritage of Old World charm. Many familiar design elements derived from distinct traditions brought by the early settlers, then adapted to local conditions and materials. Even in the early twentieth century, most country houses were still designed and constructed by local craftsmen, resulting in an immensely rich variety still visible in farms large and small across the country. Today, the interior of a country home can be a meticulous restoration in a traditional style or a flea-market mix of furnishings and collectibles. The nearly twenty profiles of country homes in American Farmhouses, ranging from a rustic German-style house in Texas to a classic Greek Revival in upstate New York to a contemporary reinterpretation in Connecticut, are full of stimulating and original ideas. To help readers bring the “country look” home, whether in a city apartment or a rural getaway, American Farmhouses also includes a detailed sourcebook of manufacturers, craftsmen, and architectural antiques dealers nationwide. Here is everything from cast-iron firebacks to milk paint to farmhouse tables, from suppliers who continue to keep the spirit of the farmhouse vital and alive today. |
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving Your Assets $10.99 “If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain,” #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life — usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand — just in case How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five |
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving Your Assets $0.01 “If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain,” #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life — usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand — just in case How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five |
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving Your Assets $30.95 “If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain,” #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life — usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand — just in case How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five |
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving Your Assets $11.99 “If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain,” #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life — usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand — just in case How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five |
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American Thighs: The Sweet Potato Queens’ Guide to Preserving Your Assets $2.29 “If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain,” #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look “hot” or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets of sweat), every woman has given, or will give, ample thought to preserving her best “assets” (thighs included), so that the dread transition from “cute girl” to “ma’am” won’t be quite so unsettling. Here are stories of growing up and learning about life — usually the hard way! From disastrous haircuts and color jobs to fashion or verbal faux pas committed, from the kiss wished for but never gotten to the one that should have been skipped, these are the moments that mark each of our journeys from what we thought back then to what we now know. Since to say that Youth is wasted on the Young has got to be the understatement of all time, it falls upon Browne, as one older and wiser, to take a “Hit and Run” down Memory Lane for the sake of offering “Asset-Preserving Tips,” with astonishing disclosures about: Why women have risked their lives just to get a little bit blonder How the muumuu has been fashionably resurrected as the “patio dress” Why it’s important to always have a good photo of yourself on hand — just in case How, no matter what skin you’re in, to make it last a lifetime Why you can never trust anyone over eighty-five |
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American Vogue: Anna Wintour, Bridget Bate Tichenor, Sadi Ranson, Isabella Blow, Lauren Weisberger, Diana Vreeland, Stacy London $20.4 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Anna Wintour, Bridget Bate Tichenor, Sadi Ranson, Isabella Blow, Lauren Weisberger, Diana Vreeland, Stacy London, Millicent Fenwick, Babe Paley, Plum Sykes, Edna Woolman Chase, Frank Crowninshield, André Leon Talley, Grace Coddington, Hamish Bowles, Grace Mirabella, Lisa Love. Excerpt: André Leon Talley André Leon Talley (born October 16, 1949) is the former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York , Paris , London and Milan for more than 25 years. He uses his influence to promote young fashion designers, such as John Saldivar and mentors young talent in other fields as well. His most famous pairings of late have been with designers Tracy Reese, Rachel Roy , and singer/actress Jennifer Hudson . He is known as a very close friend of pop diva Mariah Carey , fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons , and tennis star Venus Williams . In 2007, he was ranked 45th in Out Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America”. Talley has an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Savannah College of Art and Design, where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees. As of November 2009, Talley is currently serving on the judging panel for America’s Next Top Model . Biography Talley was born in Durham , North Carolina son of Alma Ruth Davis and William C.Talley. His parents left him with his grandmother Bennie Davis who raised him and, he claims, gave him an “understanding of luxury.” After graduating from North Carolina Central University , Talley received his master’s degree in French from Brown University . While at Brown, Talley befriended students from the nearby Rhode Island School of Design and often went on weekend trips to |
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American Yoga Teachers: Richard Hittleman, Cooper Seay, Judith Hanson Lasater, Bija Bennett, Darren Main, Marcia Moore, Dharma Mittra $9.16 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard Hittleman, Cooper Seay, Judith Hanson Lasater, Bija Bennett, Darren Main, Marcia Moore, Dharma Mittra, Ingrid Boulting. Excerpt: Richard Hittleman was an American Yoga teacher and author (1927-1991) who taught Hatha and Raja Yoga through the first-ever Yoga television series, Yoga for Health. Richard Hittleman specialized in introducing Yoga in an easy-to-follow fashion to those who were new to the subject. Through his books, lectures, recordings and TV programmes, he brought Yoga to more people than any other person alive at the time he was most active (the 1960s and 1970s) (Howard Kent, ‘Yoga for Health: A Breakthrough in Television Programmes’ in Yoga and Health, edited by Ronald Hutchinson, Astrian, London, 1972, p. 18). It has been said that Richard Hittleman introduced Yoga to literally millions of people via the medium of television (Yogi’s Boo-boo by Ami Chen Mills, 22-Nov. 29, 1995 issue of Metro and Howard Kent in Yoga and Health, London, 1972, p.18). His method was to start with the most elementary Hatha Yoga postures and gradually bring the student into more advanced physical asanas and the more profound Yoga philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. So popular did Richard Hittleman’s Yoga For Health TV programmes become that ‘… the programmes were repeated again and again – indeed, in New York ‘Yoga for Health’ was screened for more than four-and-a-half years without a break’. Hittleman had been a student of the great Indian spiritual master, Ramana Maharshi, along with Dr. Paul Brunton, in the late 1940s and regarded Maharshi as his guru. He also had an interest in Zen Buddhism, and Buddhism generally. He is said to have been working on a re-interpretation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead at the time of his death. Richard Hittl… More: |
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Andy Warhol Portraits $44.95 To the mainstream masses, Andy Warhol is known as the painter of legendary icons, from multi-colored Marilyns to Chairman Mao. With his gaunt face and wiry-platinum hair, his self-portraits are perhaps the most instantly recognizable in all of modern art. Less known, however, are the portraits Warhol created of socialites, art dealers, collectors, politicians, fashion designers and a variety of contemporary cult figures, mostly commissioned work that helped finance Warhol’s other artistic endeavors. Andy Warhol Portraits by Tony Shafrazi, is the first book to provide a complete overview of Warhol’s many celebrity portraits, from the famous to the infamous. Never before has there been a book that provides such a comprehensive overview of all of Warhol’s painted portraits. The book features over 300 glamorous portraits including many works largely unknown even by avid fans. Andy Warhol Portraits grew out of an exhibition organized by the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, in New York of 2005. The book includes, in addition to famous portraits of Marlon Brando, Liz Taylor and Dennis Hopper, lesser-known images of actors Bill Murray and Meryl Streep, fellow artists Donald Judd and Cy Twombly and royal family members such as Princess Diana and Princess Caroline. The book also features a number of musicians, including Prince and Dolly Parton, and fashion icons such as Diane von Furstenberg and Giorgio Armani. The book begins with an introduction by Tony Shafrazi, and features essays by established art historians/critics Carter Ratcliff and Robert Rosenblum, who lend insight into Warhol’s endlessly fascinating career. Warhol’s life and influence on pop culture and the art world today is undeniable,making this collection of famous faces an important facet of contemporary art. |
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Andy Warhol Portraits $49.95 To the mainstream masses, Andy Warhol is known as the painter of legendary icons, from multi-colored Marilyns to Chairman Mao. With his gaunt face and wiry-platinum hair, his self-portraits are perhaps the most instantly recognizable in all of modern art. Less known, however, are the portraits Warhol created of socialites, art dealers, collectors, politicians, fashion designers and a variety of contemporary cult figures, mostly commissioned work that helped finance Warhol’s other artistic endeavors. Andy Warhol Portraits by Tony Shafrazi, is the first book to provide a complete overview of Warhol’s many celebrity portraits, from the famous to the infamous. Never before has there been a book that provides such a comprehensive overview of all of Warhol’s painted portraits. The book features over 300 glamorous portraits including many works largely unknown even by avid fans. Andy Warhol Portraits grew out of an exhibition organized by the Tony Shafrazi Gallery, in New York of 2005. The book includes, in addition to famous portraits of Marlon Brando, Liz Taylor and Dennis Hopper, lesser-known images of actors Bill Murray and Meryl Streep, fellow artists Donald Judd and Cy Twombly and royal family members such as Princess Diana and Princess Caroline. The book also features a number of musicians, including Prince and Dolly Parton, and fashion icons such as Diane von Furstenberg and Giorgio Armani. The book begins with an introduction by Tony Shafrazi, and features essays by established art historians/critics Carter Ratcliff and Robert Rosenblum, who lend insight into Warhol’s endlessly fascinating career. Warhol’s life and influence on pop culture and the art world today is undeniable,making this collection of famous faces an important facet of contemporary art. |
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Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Labor (1915) $19.36 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:cerned, and while its duty under the law left no choice but to enforce the provisions of law, it was felt that this should not be done in any arbitrary or unreasonable fashion. Accordingly in the latter part of the year the possibility of appeal from field inspectors’ orders to the Department, which has always existed and been more or less utilized without formal establishment, was definitely announced to all employers by the printing upon all forms for orders sent to factory proprietors of the following notice: Important.— It you believe these orders are unreasonable or unnecessary, and you desire to have them changed, modified or waived, you are not required to employ or retain a lawyer, architect, engineer, building expert or lire prevention expert. Make written protest within five days to the Commissioner of Labor, when, If the facts justify, a reinspectlon will be made and such action taken as the later inspection warrants. Without relaxing intent or effort to enforce the law, the rule of reason was thus definitely applied to such enforcement. Experience under this practice soon revealed the desirability of establishing in New York City, for the first inspection district, a special division of appeals to handle such matters, and such division was accordingly set up on October 2. The establishment of the subdivision of engineering was dictated by the amount of work which developed under the new requirements as to structural conditions in factories, especially the examination of plans for new buildings or alterations submitted under section 79-d of the Labor Law. THE METHOD OF LABOR LEGISLATION The developments above noted as the ground for the creation of the division of appeals, illustrate a fundamental need in connection both with labor legislation and with |
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Another Fashion Book $60.52 Another Fashion Book collects some of the most striking spreads commissioned for Another Magazine’s fashion pages, culled from the magazine’s decade-long reign as the bellwether of couture trends. Another is known for staying one step ahead of the curve on all counts: the Spring/Summer 2009 cover features Tilda Swinton, for instance, shot by New York-based British photographer Craig McDean in clothes by Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf. In an image that fuses both Swinton’s and the designers’ iconoclastic ethos, McDean captures the statuesque actress’ intensity while highlighting the sculptural quality of the design duo’s dresses. Gathered in this volume is work by some of the most provocative names in fashion and art photography, including Nick Knight, Mario Sorrenti, Inez & Vinoodh, Sam Taylor-Wood, Horst Diekgerdes, Stephen Shore, David Sims, Terry Richardson, Steven Klein, Willy Vanderperre and Glen Luchford. Always blurring what little remains of the boundary between fashion and art, the images often reference the history of photography, art and design while forging a wholly new international language that has come to define the look of this decade. Creative Director David James has combed through the magazine’s archive to find the finest fashion photography, all of which has been specially reprinted for this book. |
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Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm: Anita and 124 other portraits $24.9 Anita and 124 other portraits surveys 10 years of fashion photography from Anuschka Blommers and Niels Schumm, and is the first book to bring together all the wide-ranging elements of their increasingly closely-watched collaboration. The duo is known for playing with the conventions of fashion in their work: in one piece, they explicitly pictured the instructions they had received from a well-known Japanese fashion house telling them how to photograph the clothes; for another fashion photo they selected someone who was not a professional model and, contrary to the client’s expectations, worked with neither a hairstylist nor a make- up artist. This led to the creation of a hyper-real image that touched on the surreal. In this volume, their fashion portfolios–they’ve worked for Self Service, Purple, Dazed & Confused, i-D, Re-Magazine, Another Magazine, Visionaire, British and Japanese Vogue, Interview, and the New York Times Magazine–are presented in complete series, many in their original magazine layouts. Portraits are ordered alphabetically, which results in unexpected combinations of style, and of civilians and stars, including Veronique Branquinho, Hussein Chalayan, Anton Corbijn, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Rem Koolhaas, Steve McQueen, Chloe Sevigny, Hedi Slimane and Viktor & Rolf. |
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Arena Football League in Las Vegas: Las Vegas Gladiators, Cleveland Gladiators, 2007 Las Vegas Gladiators Season $14.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Las Vegas Gladiators, Cleveland Gladiators, 2007 Las Vegas Gladiators Season, 2003 Las Vegas Gladiators Season, 2004 Las Vegas Gladiators Season, 2005 Las Vegas Gladiators Season, 2006 Las Vegas Gladiators Season, Anaheim Piranhas. Excerpt: The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which will play in the new Arena Football League for its inaugural 2010 season. The franchise was previously a member of the defunct original Arena Football League and was originally based in East Rutherford, New Jersey and later in Las Vegas, Nevada. The New Jersey Red Dogs entered the Arena Football League in 1997, along with the Nashville Kats and the New York CityHawks. Their ownership group, which was led by New Jersey radio entrepreneur E. Burke Ross, also included several ex-NFL players, such as Joe Morris, Carl Banks, and Harry Carson. The Red Dogs played at Continental Airlines Arena in the East Rutherford, New Jersey. The AFL’s intention was to add only New Jersey and Nashville for 1997. However, well after the awarding of the Red Dogs and Kats franchises, the owners of Madison Square Garden in New York City requested a franchise of their own, and the league granted this request. And so the CityHawks also began play in 1997. This had an impact on the Red Dogs, in that the league then prevented the Red Dogs from advertising in New York. While North Jersey itself is very populous in its own right, the Red Dogs had hoped to be the team for the entire New York metropolitan area. Despite this setback, the Red Dogs management built a good team, which opened its history in memorable fashion. The team won 8 of its first 9 games, including a victory in their inaugural game on a last-second game-winning field goal, a thrilli… More: |
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Arlington Heights $6.99 Arlington Heights follows the course of a gifted and beautiful black woman who overcomes the stigmata of a youth of mistakes to become one of the more powerful forces in New York’s fashion and business scene. Arlington Cavanaugh has past her prime as a model and has committed her life to the building of the highly regarded fashion magazine, HEIGHTS. Through the novel she takes a journey that speaks not only to the incredible climb up the ladder of success, but also details all of the consequences of decisions made along the way by a woman so focused on escape from her past that she nearly loses her soul. |
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Art in Alabama: Art Galleries in Alabama, Art Museums in Alabama, Artists From Alabama, Monuments and Memorials in Alabama $21.51 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Art Galleries in Alabama, Art Museums in Alabama, Artists From Alabama, Monuments and Memorials in Alabama, Outdoor Sculptures in Alabama, Civil Rights Memorial, Jon Coffelt, Pinky Bass, Birmingham Museum of Art, Vulcan Statue, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Mary Ann Sampson, Anne Arrasmith, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, John Trobaugh, Karen Graffeo, Howard Cruse, William Christenberry, Jerry Dolyn Brown, Lee Isaacs, Ave Maria Grotto, Marie Weaver, Boll Weevil Monument, Edith Frohock, Clayton Colvin, Mobile Museum of Art, Agnes, Guido Maus, Walton Creel, Ellicott’s Stone, Melissa Springer, Spider Martin, Huntsville Museum of Art, Julie Moos, Westervelt Warner Museum of American Art, Alabama Rural Heritage Center, Thornton Dial. Excerpt: Johnny Lee Coffelt born (May 16, 1963) is an American artist who lives and works in Manhattan in the Financial District of New York City. Coffelt paints, sculpts, sews, makes book arts. and curates art exhibitions. Coffelt was born to Dorcas Ann (née Shadrick) and John Henry Coffelt and has two sisters, Joanna and Janie. Coffelt was raised in the East Tennessee mountains in the town of Palmer and the community of Griffith Creek near Whitwell, Tennessee. Coffelt has been painting since he was eight years old. It was his grandfather, John Ervin Coffelt who taught him how to paint. Coffelt still considers himself a colorist. Carl Alton Shadrick, Coffelt’s maternal grandfather, was a founding member of the Cumberland Methodist Church and was known regionally as a designer and maker of fine furniture. Shadrick had a radio show ministry for many years. Coffelt started out in the fashion industry designing clothing as well as fabric for Willi Smith in the 1980s. Once he decided to devote his full energies… More: |
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Art of Jewelry Design: Principles of Design, Rings and Earrings $47.96 The process of designing jewelry has never before been explored in a book. It has taken the combined talents of three top jewelry designers, including a profess who teaches the skill to jewelry students, to create this beautiful and practical step-by-step format. Starting with a fully illustrated discussion of design principles and metal and stone rendering techniques, this volume then presents progressive detailed sketches and finished drawings of many varieties of ring and earring designs. From such drawings the manufacturing jeweler can assemble the objects themselves. This book teaches one how to create those drawings. “It is a book that I have searched for, in vain, for many years. It is both the first and undoubtedly the best, and will remain the best for many years. This book is destined to become the bible of the designer, the guide of the artisan, and the companion of the jewelry lover.” Samuel Beizer, Chairman, Jewelry Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. |
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Assignment in Paris $15.95 A fast-paced international romance thriller"Doris Elaine Fell has become one of America's favorite storytellers."-KAREN KINGSBURY, USA Today and New York Times best-selling author of more than 40 novels"Doris spins an intriguing tale."-ROBIN JONES GUNN, best-selling author of the Glenbrooke and Christy Miller series"Doris Elaine Fell writes with a tender heart. You won't want to miss this one!"-ANGELA HUNT, Christy Award-winning author of more than 100 worksThe fashion circuit in Paris is a coveted assignment, but it might cost Andrea her life.Fashion journalist Andrea York is on the fast-track to success at Style Magazine in Beverly Hills, but she dreams of having her own designer label. Right before she is to travel to the City of Light, her beloved grandmother, Katrina, falls desperately ill. As Andrea searches through treasured mementos, she finds her grandfather Conrad's watch-hands stopped at his death on the beach at Normandy-and some faded photos of men under his command. She remembers Katrina's whisper: "Conrad believed there was a traitor in his unit."Sherman Prescott's life changed forever the day his wife drowned. The CIA told him it was a simple accident, but Sherm is convinced she was murdered. The file on Melody is sealed now, but he won't rest until he uncovers the truth. Then he receives a phone tip that the last person to see Melody alive is in Paris….Don't miss Doris Elaine Fell's Sagas of a Kindred Heart series: Blue Mist on the Danube, Willows on the Windrush, Sunrise on Stradbury Square. |
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Australian Fashion: Australian Fashion Designers, Clothing Brands of Australia, Leigh Bowery, Ray Brown, Quiksilver, Lover, Ksubi $25.14 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Australian Fashion Designers, Clothing Brands of Australia, Leigh Bowery, Ray Brown, Quiksilver, Lover, Ksubi, Carla Zampatti, Rip Curl, Katie Perry, Linda Britten, Billabong, Charlene O’brien, Eco Logika, Alex Perry, Lisa Ho, Wayne Cooper, Collette Dinnigan, Australian Fashion Week, Leviathan, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane, Ericaamerica, Jenny Kee, Michelle Jank, Akira Isogawa, Yeojin Bae, Enid Gilchrist, Antipodium, Toni Maticevski, Christopher Chronis, Zara Bate, Prue Acton, Coogi, Jonathan Pampling, Peter Jackson, Sass and Bide, Joshua Goot, Alannah Hill, Joe Saba, Jenny Bannister, Supré, Tarocash, Industrie Clothing, Peter Morrissey, Juli Grbac, Wheels and Doll Baby, Linda Jackson, Christopher Essex, Stubbies, Tea Rose, Arthur Galan Ag, Bianca Spender, Leona Edmiston, Richard Tyler, Afends. Excerpt: Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 – 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and designers. His influence reached through the fashion, club and art worlds to impact, amongst others, Alexander McQueen, Lucian Freud, Vivienne Westwood, Boy George, Antony and the Johnsons, John Galliano, the Scissor Sisters, David LaChapelle, Lady Bunny plus numerous Nu-Rave bands and nightclubs in London and New York which arguably perpetuated his avant garde ideas. Leigh Bowery was born in 1961 in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, Victoria. He often compared his early life there to a cultural wasteland in which he did not fit well. He was a sensitive and multi-gifted child in “macho” surroundings and as a te… More: |
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Australian Performance Artists: Leigh Bowery $10 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Leigh Bowery (26 March 1961 – 31 December 1994) was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and designers. His influence reached through the fashion, club and art worlds to impact, amongst others, Alexander McQueen, Lucian Freud, Vivienne Westwood, Boy George, Antony and the Johnsons, John Galliano, the Scissor Sisters, David LaChapelle, Lady Bunny plus numerous Nu-Rave bands and nightclubs in London and New York which arguably perpetuated his avant garde ideas. Leigh Bowery was born in 1961 in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, Victoria. He often compared his early life there to a cultural wasteland in which he did not fit well. He was a sensitive and multi-gifted child in “macho” surroundings and as a teenager discovered a whole new world by reading about the London new romantic scene from British fashion magazines such as i-D. This inspired him to reinvent himself at the centre of the avant-garde art world in London. His family was conservative and he often reflected on his parents who were actively involved in the local Salvation Army. He was the older of two children, his sister Bronwyn being several years younger. He described his father as kind but macho and had a particularly close relationship with his mother from whom he inherited a love of dressmaking. After attending Melbourne High School, and one year of a fashion course there, he abandoned Australia and moved to London for good in 1980, initially to make his career as a fashion designer. Although this was a financial failure, it did garner him a small c… More: |
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Autobiography of a Wardrobe $11.99 Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays a significant role as we follow B., the wardrobe’s owner, through her buttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts, sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazine work, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps, finally comes into her own.Part memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades, Autobiography of a Wardrobe is an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning. |
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Autobiography of a Wardrobe $15 Saddle shoes. Camp shorts. Girdles. Bell-bottoms. Each plays a significant role as we follow B., the wardrobe’s owner, through her buttoned-up Midwestern childhood to the freedom of miniskirts, sundresses, and New York City. We watch as B. copes with the untimely death of her mother, makes a go of glamorous magazine work, and, after the inevitable false starts and fashion missteps, finally comes into her own.Part memoir, part fashion and cultural history of the last five decades, Autobiography of a Wardrobe is an exploration of the clothes each generation has embraced and the smallest details in which we are able to seek comfort and meaning. |
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Avenged $9.99 When Lauren Kean and Francesca Bianco became best friends on the first day of school in the seventh grade, they didn’t realize they would share a lifetime of triumphs and struggles-from their fondest dreams, to sensuous romances, high-profile careers, globe-trotting adventures, handsome men, and murder.Lauren fulfills her ambition to become a doctor, settles into her New York practice, and marries brilliant psychiatrist Kenny Stevens. But her life is turned upside down when Kenny is murdered, and she becomes a thirty-year-old widow. At the same time, Francesca makes a name for herself in the international fashion world as a top designer based in Rome. After a lengthy relationship with the wealthy and handsome Marco DiGiovanni, Francesca instead marries successful Italian lawyer, Roberto Casadei.But dark secrets, revolving around Kenny’s murder and Marco’s business dealings, threaten to destroy Lauren and Francesca’s longtime friendship and their lives. Many suspect that Marco hired someone to kill Kenny to get to Lauren and will do anything to prove it. Allowing trust, resolve, and love for one another to guide them, Lauren and Francesca navigate several interesting twists of fate and restore their hopes, dreams, and friendship. |
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Avenged $26.95 When Lauren Kean and Francesca Bianco became best friends on the first day of school in the seventh grade, they didn’t realize they would share a lifetime of triumphs and struggles-from their fondest dreams, to sensuous romances, high-profile careers, globe-trotting adventures, handsome men, and murder.Lauren fulfills her ambition to become a doctor, settles into her New York practice, and marries brilliant psychiatrist Kenny Stevens. But her life is turned upside down when Kenny is murdered, and she becomes a thirty-year-old widow. At the same time, Francesca makes a name for herself in the international fashion world as a top designer based in Rome. After a lengthy relationship with the wealthy and handsome Marco DiGiovanni, Francesca instead marries successful Italian lawyer, Roberto Casadei.But dark secrets, revolving around Kenny’s murder and Marco’s business dealings, threaten to destroy Lauren and Francesca’s longtime friendship and their lives. Many suspect that Marco hired someone to kill Kenny to get to Lauren and will do anything to prove it. Allowing trust, resolve, and love for one another to guide them, Lauren and Francesca navigate several interesting twists of fate and restore their hopes, dreams, and friendship. |
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Avenged $16.95 When Lauren Kean and Francesca Bianco became best friends on the first day of school in the seventh grade, they didn’t realize they would share a lifetime of triumphs and struggles-from their fondest dreams, to sensuous romances, high-profile careers, globe-trotting adventures, handsome men, and murder.Lauren fulfills her ambition to become a doctor, settles into her New York practice, and marries brilliant psychiatrist Kenny Stevens. But her life is turned upside down when Kenny is murdered, and she becomes a thirty-year-old widow. At the same time, Francesca makes a name for herself in the international fashion world as a top designer based in Rome. After a lengthy relationship with the wealthy and handsome Marco DiGiovanni, Francesca instead marries successful Italian lawyer, Roberto Casadei.But dark secrets, revolving around Kenny’s murder and Marco’s business dealings, threaten to destroy Lauren and Francesca’s longtime friendship and their lives. Many suspect that Marco hired someone to kill Kenny to get to Lauren and will do anything to prove it. Allowing trust, resolve, and love for one another to guide them, Lauren and Francesca navigate several interesting twists of fate and restore their hopes, dreams, and friendship. |
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B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style $29.99 Barbara Smith, the famed fashion model who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine, went on to build an empire that includes television shows, restaurants, her own furniture line (another first for an African American woman), and other lifestyle products from rugs to kitchenware. Called “one of the most formidable rivals of Martha Stewart” by The Wall Street Journal, Barbara Smith not only shattered glass ceilings, she also brought America a casual, elegant, easy style that is all her own. With B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style, Barbara focuses solely on the food — no table settings, no party plans — and gives readers more than 200 recipes and tales from her incomparable career. Readers and cooks will be surprised: for a skinny girl, she knows her way around cornbread, fritters, and pain perdu. She also knows and passes on lots of tips and strategies for bringing down the calorie count without losing flavor. From Cajun and Creole to Soul Food and beyond — including some of the many ways to use smoked pig — Barbara treats the home cook to a mouthwatering tour of Southern cuisine. Crave the classic Southern white meat? Barbara gives Catfish Fingers a tweak with a Guinness-flavored tartar sauce. Many iconic dishes of the American South are here — Frogmore Stew, Jambalaya, Kentucky Burgoo, and Étouffée, along with updated versions of old favorites such as Vegetarian Étouffée, Chocolate Chip Dessert Sliders, and Bananas Foster converted into a sundae. Barbara even gives up the recipe for Swamp Thang, a riff on favorite Southern flavors and a perennial selection at her restaurants. As The New York Times Magazine noted, “B. Smith’s goal is to get you looking good and having fun.” And with dishes such as Root Beer Barbecued Pulled Pork, Collard Greens Slaw, and Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes, how could you not have fun? |
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B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style $35 Barbara Smith, the famed fashion model who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine, went on to build an empire that includes television shows, restaurants, her own furniture line (another first for an African American woman), and other lifestyle products from rugs to kitchenware. Called “one of the most formidable rivals of Martha Stewart” by The Wall Street Journal, Barbara Smith not only shattered glass ceilings, she also brought America a casual, elegant, easy style that is all her own. With B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style, Barbara focuses solely on the food — no table settings, no party plans — and gives readers more than 200 recipes and tales from her incomparable career. Readers and cooks will be surprised: for a skinny girl, she knows her way around cornbread, fritters, and pain perdu. She also knows and passes on lots of tips and strategies for bringing down the calorie count without losing flavor. From Cajun and Creole to Soul Food and beyond — including some of the many ways to use smoked pig — Barbara treats the home cook to a mouthwatering tour of Southern cuisine. Crave the classic Southern white meat? Barbara gives Catfish Fingers a tweak with a Guinness-flavored tartar sauce. Many iconic dishes of the American South are here — Frogmore Stew, Jambalaya, Kentucky Burgoo, and Étouffée, along with updated versions of old favorites such as Vegetarian Étouffée, Chocolate Chip Dessert Sliders, and Bananas Foster converted into a sundae. Barbara even gives up the recipe for Swamp Thang, a riff on favorite Southern flavors and a perennial selection at her restaurants. As The New York Times Magazine noted, “B. Smith’s goal is to get you looking good and having fun.” And with dishes such as Root Beer Barbecued Pulled Pork, Collard Greens Slaw, and Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes, how could you not have fun? |
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B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style $24.99 Barbara Smith, the famed fashion model who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine, went on to build an empire that includes television shows, restaurants, her own furniture line (another first for an African American woman), and other lifestyle products from rugs to kitchenware. Called “one of the most formidable rivals of Martha Stewart” by The Wall Street Journal, Barbara Smith not only shattered glass ceilings, she also brought America a casual, elegant, easy style that is all her own. With B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style, Barbara focuses solely on the food — no table settings, no party plans — and gives readers more than 200 recipes and tales from her incomparable career. Readers and cooks will be surprised: for a skinny girl, she knows her way around cornbread, fritters, and pain perdu. She also knows and passes on lots of tips and strategies for bringing down the calorie count without losing flavor. From Cajun and Creole to Soul Food and beyond — including some of the many ways to use smoked pig — Barbara treats the home cook to a mouthwatering tour of Southern cuisine. Crave the classic Southern white meat? Barbara gives Catfish Fingers a tweak with a Guinness-flavored tartar sauce. Many iconic dishes of the American South are here — Frogmore Stew, Jambalaya, Kentucky Burgoo, and Étouffée, along with updated versions of old favorites such as Vegetarian Étouffée, Chocolate Chip Dessert Sliders, and Bananas Foster converted into a sundae. Barbara even gives up the recipe for Swamp Thang, a riff on favorite Southern flavors and a perennial selection at her restaurants. As The New York Times Magazine noted, “B. Smith’s goal is to get you looking good and having fun.” And with dishes such as Root Beer Barbecued Pulled Pork, Collard Greens Slaw, and Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes, how could you not have fun? |
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Baaba Maal – Television CD $11.39 On TELEVISION, Baaba Maal collaborates with Didi Gutman and Sabina Sciubba of New York’s Brazilian Girls to fashion an album that combines subtle electronica with his own kind of Senegalese pop. Th… |
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Babeth Djian: Babeth $45.95 If Cathy Horyn of The New York Times has captured Elisabeth Djian’s essence in words, Babeth, does so in pictures. Horyn wrote, “Babeth has the intimidating look of a French madam, heightened by stiletto booties, a wink of a black bra and a laugh as free as salt. I once asked Djian what her life was like in the 1980s when, as the fashion director of the influential little magazine Jill, she captured, and created, the ultra-feminine look of that era. Her answer sailed as cleanly as an arrow over my bow. ‘Lovers,’ she said.” While her first magazine, Jill, has remained iconic, Babeth Djian has been busy setting off plenty other cult classics in the world of fashion, in her work at French and Italian Vogue, with Glamour, Mixte and most recently Numero. Some of the most renowned photographers, designers, makeup artists, hairstylists and models in the world began their careers working with Dijian. Accordingly, this album includes illustrations from major names such as Mert Alas & Marcus Pigott, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Nathaniel Goldberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Guido Mocafico, Sofia Sanchez & Mauro Mongiello, Liz Collins, Solve Sundbo, Camilla Akrans, Greg Kadel, Dusan Rejlin, Ellen von Unwerth, Paolo Roversi and more. |
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Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool–the Very Last Word on First Names $0.99 Need the low-down on first names? Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran, authors of the bestselling Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana and The Last Word on First Names, draw on years of research and experience to offer important insights like these: * Call your daughter Rose, but don’t call your son Thorne. * Nature names are fashionable now, especially those that haven’t been used much in the past. December, in other words, is much cooler than April * Although it sounds desert-like, Zahara is actually a Muslim and Swahili name meaning ‘flower.’ In Hebrew, it denotes brightness. * Diego, which is a Spanish form of James, has a lot of verve when combined with either a Latin or an Anglo surname. * Though it has a hippyish feel, Jupiter has a legitimate history as a first name, used in this country as far back as the eighteenth century-in fact, Jupiter Hammon was the first African-American poet published here. A fresh, illuminating, and indispensable guide to thousands of names, from Aaliyah to Zuri, Baby Names Now will provide the information and inspiration you need to make the perfect choice. Author Biography: Linda Rosenkrantz is the author of six other books in addition to the baby-naming series, ranging from Gone Hollywood, a social history of the film colony, to a childhood memoir, My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood. A resident of Los Angeles, she also writes a syndicated weekly column on collectibles. Pamela Redmond Satran is a contributing editor for Parenting magazine and a columnist for Baby Talk and TV Guide. The former fashion features editor of Glamour, her articles have appeared in publications ranging from Self to Good Housekeeping to The Wall Street Journal, as well as online at parenting.com and women.com. She lives outside of New York City with her husband and three children. As |
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Baby, The Stars Shine Bright $51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Baby, The Stars Shine Bright (Kabushiki Kaisha Beibī, Za Sutāzu Shain Buraito) (Shortened to Baby or BTSSB) is the name of a Japanese clothing boutique chain created in 1988 by Akinori Isobe and his wife, Fumiyo. The original fashion house is located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Baby, The Stars Shine Bright specializes in Lolita fashion, and like Manifesteange Metamorphose temps de fille, their main focus is the subcategory Sweet Lolita. Baby, The Stars Shine Bright has opened their first international retail store outside of Japan in Paris, France, and opened their first North American retail store in San Francisco, California, USA on August 15, 2009. The New York City branch of Kinokuniya occasionally sold clothing from the label, including dresses, headdresses, shoes and socks, but only received shipments sparingly. As mentioned in Shimotsuma Monogatari, the label’s name was taken from the title of the album Baby the Stars Shine Bright by English pop music group Everything But the Girl. |
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Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown $27.95 When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman. From Brown’s first book, Sex and the Single Girl, a bold precursor to today’s unapologetic Sex in the City, to her editing of the most widely read women’s magazine in the world, Brown defied traditional mores to proclaim the unmarried woman’s right to happiness. The first woman to publicly say there was another role available in the conservative context of the 1960s, Brown offered American women a revelation that resulted in a revolution. Scanlon tracks the trajectory of Brown’s career as a frank, fearless champion for women, from her support for abortion rights to her demands that freedom of choice for women include everything from fashion to politics, showing how Brown has advocated for women while achieving great commercial success. The first to focus on Helen Gurley Brown, Scanlon’s intriguing biography accords Brown a place among the early leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. In Bad Girls Go Everywhere, Scanlon’s impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today. Scanlon’s perceptive account of this shrewd public figure tracks the collision between sexual politics and commerce, providing new insight into the social forces that shape modern life. To read it is to better understand how feminism operates in our day-to-day lives. |
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Bag the Elephant $13.95 Now available in paperback, Steve Kaplan’s Bag the Elephant, is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Business Week bestseller that has received praise from around the business community: “Steve Kaplan’s elephant strategy is right on the money, as long as you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and go to work.”—Daniel M. Snyder, Owner, Chairman of the Board, The Washington Redskins. “Kaplan shows you how to think BIG, act BIG, and win BIG.”—Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling. “A terrific read! From now on, when I think about building business and sales, there’s no way I’ll ever forget the Elephant.”—Harvey Mackay, author of Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. Bag the Elephant is all about how smart businesspeople can woo and keep those all-important elephants—the big, make-or-break customers. Like its companion, the New York Times bestseller Be the Elephant, it is filled with dynamic advice and real-life examples, delivered in an energetic, straight-shooting fashion that gets right to the core of its powerful idea—how to land the account that will put you over the top. Here are six keys to achieving the elephant mindset and understanding the big customer. How to map and use a big company’s red tape to your advantage. Why the elephant needs you as much as you need it. Preparing yourself and your pitch. How to negotiate with elephants without losing your profit margins. And how to avoid the five killer mistakes, from mismanaging client expectations to losing sight of the numbers. For small businessowners, entrepreneurs, executives, and sales people, stalking and landing an elephant can be the most profitable adventure of your life, and Kaplan explains everything you need to know. |
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Bag the Elephant: How to Win & Keep Big Customers $13.95 Now available in paperback, Steve Kaplan’s Bag the Elephant, is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Business Week bestseller that has received praise from around the business community: “Steve Kaplan’s elephant strategy is right on the money, as long as you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and go to work.”—Daniel M. Snyder, Owner, Chairman of the Board, The Washington Redskins. “Kaplan shows you how to think BIG, act BIG, and win BIG.”—Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling. “A terrific read! From now on, when I think about building business and sales, there’s no way I’ll ever forget the Elephant.”—Harvey Mackay, author of Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive.Bag the Elephant is all about how smart businesspeople can woo and keep those all-important elephants—the big, make-or-break customers. Like its companion, the New York Times bestseller Be the Elephant, it is filled with dynamic advice and real-life examples, delivered in an energetic, straight-shooting fashion that gets right to the core of its powerful idea—how to land the account that will put you over the top. Here are six keys to achieving the elephant mindset and understanding the big customer. How to map and use a big company’s red tape to your advantage. Why the elephant needs you as much as you need it. Preparing yourself and your pitch. How to negotiate with elephants without losing your profit margins. And how to avoid the five killer mistakes, from mismanaging client expectations to losing sight of the numbers.For small business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and sales people, stalking and landing an elephant can be the most profitable adventure of your life, and Kaplan explains everything you need to know. |
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Bahamarama $0.99 As unpredictable as island trade winds, Bahamarama twists and turns its way to a stunning slam-bang conclusion and announces the arrival of Bob Morris, a writer who is sure to surprise and delight mystery fans for years to come.STAYING ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH…Two years in a Florida federal prison on bogus charges has made former Miami Dolphins strong safety, Zack Chasteen, stir crazy. The first step toward getting his life back together is meeting up with his beautiful magazine mogul girlfriend, Barbara, on Harbor Island in the Bahamas. ISN’T EASY…But making it out of Florida proves to be more trouble than a gator with a toothache—and even deadlier when he discovers Barbara’s been kidnapped and her ex-lover, a fashion photographer, murdered…a gang of Cuban thugs is on his tail, a nymphet named Tiffani is in his bed, and he’s about to lose his idyllic family homestead, a place that has been home to generations of Chasteens. WHEN SOMEONE HAS IT IN FOR YOU…Once again, trouble has come knocking on Zack’s door…with a sledgehammer. But this time he’s fighting back, with the help of a Royal Bahamanian police superintendent, his trusted mystical Taino Indian friend Boggy, and a cast of the most colorful characters ever to step into the warm Bahama sun.”Marvelous.”—Dave Barry, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner”This book stands out…a fun and engrossing read.”—Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Narrowswww.minotaurbooks.com |
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Bahamarama $0.99 As unpredictable as island trade winds, Bahamarama twists and turns its way to a stunning slam-bang conclusion and announces the arrival of Bob Morris, a writer who is sure to surprise and delight mystery fans for years to come.STAYING ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH…Two years in a Florida federal prison on bogus charges has made former Miami Dolphins strong safety, Zack Chasteen, stir crazy. The first step toward getting his life back together is meeting up with his beautiful magazine mogul girlfriend, Barbara, on Harbor Island in the Bahamas. ISN’T EASY…But making it out of Florida proves to be more trouble than a gator with a toothache—and even deadlier when he discovers Barbara’s been kidnapped and her ex-lover, a fashion photographer, murdered…a gang of Cuban thugs is on his tail, a nymphet named Tiffani is in his bed, and he’s about to lose his idyllic family homestead, a place that has been home to generations of Chasteens. WHEN SOMEONE HAS IT IN FOR YOU…Once again, trouble has come knocking on Zack’s door…with a sledgehammer. But this time he’s fighting back, with the help of a Royal Bahamanian police superintendent, his trusted mystical Taino Indian friend Boggy, and a cast of the most colorful characters ever to step into the warm Bahama sun.”Marvelous.”—Dave Barry, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner”This book stands out…a fun and engrossing read.”—Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Narrowswww.minotaurbooks.com |
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Bahamarama $6.99 As unpredictable as island trade winds, Bahamarama twists and turns its way to a stunning slam-bang conclusion and announces the arrival of Bob Morris, a writer who is sure to surprise and delight mystery fans for years to come.STAYING ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH…Two years in a Florida federal prison on bogus charges has made former Miami Dolphins strong safety, Zack Chasteen, stir crazy. The first step toward getting his life back together is meeting up with his beautiful magazine mogul girlfriend, Barbara, on Harbor Island in the Bahamas. ISN’T EASY…But making it out of Florida proves to be more trouble than a gator with a toothache—and even deadlier when he discovers Barbara’s been kidnapped and her ex-lover, a fashion photographer, murdered…a gang of Cuban thugs is on his tail, a nymphet named Tiffani is in his bed, and he’s about to lose his idyllic family homestead, a place that has been home to generations of Chasteens. WHEN SOMEONE HAS IT IN FOR YOU…Once again, trouble has come knocking on Zack’s door…with a sledgehammer. But this time he’s fighting back, with the help of a Royal Bahamanian police superintendent, his trusted mystical Taino Indian friend Boggy, and a cast of the most colorful characters ever to step into the warm Bahama sun.”Marvelous.”—Dave Barry, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner”This book stands out…a fun and engrossing read.”—Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Narrowswww.minotaurbooks.com |
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Bald Lubavitcher $9.99 Beware the Eyes of Stink!Author Takes on Oddly Enchanting World of Horror in Newest Screenplay NEW YORK – Stink Eyes. It is a look of incredible hatred, a look that – if intense enough, if long enough, if delivered by a person who truly hates – can result in a curse. And it is the look given to Rolando Karputchnick by his soon-to-be ex-wife, Neptune, as she lays dying in the street after a hit-and-run. Lawrence J. Corneck has done it again, shocking and satisfying readers with his eccentric, outlandish characters and trademark brand of sinister humor in his dark new screenplay, Bald Lubavitcher (published by AuthorHouse). A companion to Corneck’s previous books, Bald Lubavitcher follows the outlandish and arrogant Rolando from Geezer Pleaser (published by AuthorHouse), who, in typical Rolando fashion, doesn’t seem too upset about his wife’s sudden expiration. His only cause for concern? Neptune’s departing serving of Stink Eyes. As Neptune fades out of his life, a Movie Buff walks in. “Not an ordinary Movie Buff,” writes Corneck. “But a Movie Buff from Hell, a Movie Buff who assumes the persona of Major Characters in Movies and then proceeds, if one is a believer in the Occult (and dare one not be), to enforce Neptune’s Curse.” Rolando sues the Movie Buff, an ex-con who owes him money, and the two hot-headed men get caught up in an obsessive and unusual rivalry that involves company takeovers, a mind-altering painting, mystery and, of course, murder. The Movie Buff’s last big role? A big surprise. Born and raised in New York, Corneck continues to love living in the Big Apple. He is also the author of Existential Hell: A Screenplay Trilogy, Big Cigar, small d**k, FAT FAT Snitch and Geezer Pleaser (all published by AuthorHouse), companions to Bald Lubavitcher. More screenplays based upon earlier characters, including Mime’s the Word, Bubble Catcher, Asphalt Bungle and Bitch Fight at the KO Corral, will soon be available through AuthorHouse. According to Corneck, each |
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Beale Family: Edith Bouvier Beale $9.38 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 ca. January 9, 2002) was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. She is best known as “Little Edie,” one of the subjects of the documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles detailing life at the East Hampton home. Beale was born in New York City, the only daughter of Phelan Beale, a lawyer, and Edith Ewing Bouvier (known as “Big Edie”). She was born at 987 Madison Avenue (now the site of the Carlyle Hotel). She had two brothers, Phelan Beale, Jr., and Bouvier Beale and had a privileged upbringing and gilded youth. Beale attended The Spence School and graduated from Miss Porter’s School in 1935. She was also a member of the Maidstone Country Club of East Hampton. She had her debut at the Pierre Hotel on New Year’s Day 1936. The New York Times reported on her debut, where she wore a gown of white net appliqued in silver and a wreath of gardenias in her hair. While Beale was young, her mother pursued a singing career, hiring an accompanist and playing small venues and private parties. In the summer of 1931, Phelan Beale abandoned the family, leaving 35-year-old Big Edie dependent on her family for the care of herself and children. Some time later, he obtained a divorce (though Little Edie described it as a “fake Mexican divorce” since it was not recognized by the Catholic Church). In her youth, Little Edie was a clothes model at Macy’s in New York and Palm Beach, Florida. She later claimed to have dated J. Paul Getty and to have once been engaged to Joe Kennedy, Jr. (although in reality she only met him once). During the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy, she told Joe Kennedy, Sr. that if young Joe ha… More: |
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Been There, Done That, Kept The Jewelry: Find True Love–Turn Your Tarnished Dating Past into a Brilliant Romantic Future $14.95 The Bachelor, The Proximity Guy, The Party Guy . . . you’ve dated them all, and they’ve all been Mr. Wrong! But what you may not realize is that your tarnished dating history holds the blueprint for a brilliant romantic future-including the path to Mr. Right! Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry helps you take a no-nonsense look at your dating history, including the most common types of guys you’re sure to have encountered. No matter how much of a dud he turned out to be, you certainly learned something from dating him, right? This book will show you how to put those mistakes to work for you and create your own, highly personal, and totally effective plan for finding Mr. Right. You’ll: Analyze your exes and learn why you chose a loser like that for fabulous you Identify-and end!-harmful dating patterns Create a foolproof Essentials list that will start you on the path to your dream guy The most precious gem of all-a bright future with the man of your dreams-is within your reach! All you’ve got to do is put those tarnished costume jewels of relationships past behind you, and set your sights on something truly brilliant. Author Biography: Cooper Lawrence is a developmental psychologist, radio personality, television host, and magazine columnist. Her nationally syndicated radio show, The Cooper Lawrence Show, is an FM talk show for women on topics ranging from dating, relationships, and family, to fashion and social issues, and any other topic that concerns women. Cooper is also an advisory board member and monthly columnist for CosmoGIRL! magazine. She lives in New York, NY. |
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Been There, Done That, Kept The Jewelry: Find True Love–Turn Your Tarnished Dating Past into a Brilliant Romantic Future $14.95 The Bachelor, The Proximity Guy, The Party Guy . . . you’ve dated them all, and they’ve all been Mr. Wrong! But what you may not realize is that your tarnished dating history holds the blueprint for a brilliant romantic future-including the path to Mr. Right! Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry helps you take a no-nonsense look at your dating history, including the most common types of guys you’re sure to have encountered. No matter how much of a dud he turned out to be, you certainly learned something from dating him, right? This book will show you how to put those mistakes to work for you and create your own, highly personal, and totally effective plan for finding Mr. Right. You’ll: Analyze your exes and learn why you chose a loser like that for fabulous you Identify-and end!-harmful dating patterns Create a foolproof Essentials list that will start you on the path to your dream guy The most precious gem of all-a bright future with the man of your dreams-is within your reach! All you’ve got to do is put those tarnished costume jewels of relationships past behind you, and set your sights on something truly brilliant. Author Biography: Cooper Lawrence is a developmental psychologist, radio personality, television host, and magazine columnist. Her nationally syndicated radio show, The Cooper Lawrence Show, is an FM talk show for women on topics ranging from dating, relationships, and family, to fashion and social issues, and any other topic that concerns women. Cooper is also an advisory board member and monthly columnist for CosmoGIRL! magazine. She lives in New York, NY. |
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Belted Print Maxi Dress $304 A designer whose show at New York Fashion Week is one not to be missed, Mara Hoffman’s collections illustrate a passion for the organic, different cultures and an imaginative, dream-like element that sets her apart from the traditionally American collecti |
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Beneath a Starlet Sky $11.99 The New York Times bestselling authors of Celebutantes return with a dazzling new novel set among the star-studded crowds of the Cannes Film Festival, where everyone’s hoping to discover, sign, screw or become the Next Big Thing.  And a three-picture deal would be nice.   Lola Santisi—CEO of a struggling fashion line, reformed Actorholic and daughter of Hollywood Royalty—is now not only bicoastal, she’s Bi-Lolar: That is the condition which causes her to swing like a pendulum between the opposing poles of the fashion world in New York and the real world with her Doctor Boyfriend in Los Angeles. She hardly knows which shoe fits her anymore: the Louboutin stiletto or the Croc. As Lola tries to launch Julian Tennant’s new dress line, it looks like they’re about to get their next big break: his wedding dresses have been chosen to feature in the top film at the Cannes Film Festival. And suddenly Lola is staging a full-blown couture show on a yacht – in the middle of the Med.  Think those super models had trouble walking down the catwalks at Fashion Week?  With an unexpected finale twist, this time it’s Lola who’s tumbling off the runway.  Having recently endured a disastrous break-up with Lola’s brother Christopher, Kate Woods, Lola’s BFF and CAA’s rising star agent, is newly single, and focused 24-7 on her clients. The only thing worse than thinking it was a good idea for Kate to date Lola’s brother, is thinking it was a good idea for Kate to put one of her most loose-cannon clients, Nic Knight, in Lola’s father’s movie. Among Kate’s other mega star clients is Saffron Sykes whose appearance on the cover of Vain magazine in Julian Tennant could be the difference between Julian Tennant, Inc. weathering the economy or going |
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Beneath a Starlet Sky $14.99 Lola Santisi—CEO of a struggling fashion line in New York and daughter of Hollywood Royalty—has given up her Actorholic ways for her hot Doctor Boyfriend in LA and a frenzied bicoastal existence. She hardly knows which shoe fits her anymore: the Louboutin stiletto or the Croc. Now, Lola’s trying to launch Julian Tennant’s new dress line, and they’re about to get their next big break: his wedding dresses are going to be featured in the top film at the Cannes Film Festival. And they better make a big splash, or the sponsors will snip all the purse strings once and for all. For Kate Wood, Lola Santisi’s BFF and CAA’s rising star agent, Cannes is all work and no play. The only thing worse than thinking it was a good idea for Kate to date Lola’s brother, was thinking it was a good idea for Kate to put one of her most unpredictable clients, Nic Knight, in Lola’s father’s movie. As Lola fights to survive the Cannes Film Festival, will she get swept into the French Riviera’s riptide of glamour and superficiality? Are real love and couture mutually exclusive? With her father and brother vying for the same prize, her mother starring in her new reality show, and one heartbroken girlfriend about to declare motherhood, it’s all on Lola to come up with the answers… |
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Beneath a Starlet Sky $24.99 The New York Times bestselling authors of Celebutantes return with a dazzling new novel set among the star-studded crowds of the Cannes Film Festival, where everyone’s hoping to discover, sign, screw or become the Next Big Thing.  And a three-picture deal would be nice.   Lola Santisi—CEO of a struggling fashion line, reformed Actorholic and daughter of Hollywood Royalty—is now not only bicoastal, she’s Bi-Lolar: That is the condition which causes her to swing like a pendulum between the opposing poles of the fashion world in New York and the real world with her Doctor Boyfriend in Los Angeles. She hardly knows which shoe fits her anymore: the Louboutin stiletto or the Croc. As Lola tries to launch Julian Tennant’s new dress line, it looks like they’re about to get their next big break: his wedding dresses have been chosen to feature in the top film at the Cannes Film Festival. And suddenly Lola is staging a full-blown couture show on a yacht – in the middle of the Med.  Think those super models had trouble walking down the catwalks at Fashion Week?  With an unexpected finale twist, this time it’s Lola who’s tumbling off the runway.  Having recently endured a disastrous break-up with Lola’s brother Christopher, Kate Woods, Lola’s BFF and CAA’s rising star agent, is newly single, and focused 24-7 on her clients. The only thing worse than thinking it was a good idea for Kate to date Lola’s brother, is thinking it was a good idea for Kate to put one of her most loose-cannon clients, Nic Knight, in Lola’s father’s movie. Among Kate’s other mega star clients is Saffron Sykes whose appearance on the cover of Vain magazine in Julian Tennant could be the difference between Julian Tennant, Inc. weathering the economy or going |
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Berg Publishers $45 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Berg Publishers is an academic publishing company based in Oxford, England that was founded in 1983 by Marion Berghahn, D Phil, PhD. Berg publishes monographs, textbooks and reference works as well as journals. Concentrations are fashion, design, anthropology, history and cultural studies. Berg is known as the publisher of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, edited by Valerie Steele, director of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. This journal pioneered the concept of fashion theory to bring the study of dress and fashion into the academic arena. After an acrimonious split with Berg’s investment partners, Dr. Berghahn founded a new company, Berghahn Books, in 1994 and started publishing again in 1995, specializing in the Social Sciences, especially in Social Anthropology and History. |
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Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes $1.99 “Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character….I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them….I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented. |
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Better Homes and Husbands $16.99 980 Park, a fictional, pre-war co-op on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street, houses the rich and famous-Sidney Sapphire, the blonde anchorwoman of ABC News, Angela Somoza, the gorgeous Nicaraguan jet-setter, Bob Horowitz, the former chairman of the United Jewish Appeals, and the usual collection of banking and industrial CEO’s, Wall Street magnates, and white-haired philanthropists. The Brooklyn-born doorman, Vinnie Ferretti, joins the ranks when he becomes a major fashion designer.The building’s board, rich as clotted cream, sips gin in the afternoons and devises ways to keep out anyone deemed “inappropriate.” Stifled resentments come to a head when the French baroness in the penthouse dies, and two Jewish families in the building suspect the co-op board of more discrimination with regard to prospective buyers than might be legal.Better Homes and Husbands is a stylish, richly woven novel about class and caste feuds, played out with ferocity and etiquette in a posh New York apartment building during the tumultuous period of social change between 1970 and 2000. |
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Better Homes and Husbands $9.99 980 Park, a fictional, pre-war co-op on the Northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street, houses the rich and famous-Sidney Sapphire, the blonde anchorwoman of ABC News, Angela Somoza, the gorgeous Nicaraguan jet-setter, Bob Horowitz, the former chairman of the United Jewish Appeals, and the usual collection of banking and industrial CEO’s, Wall Street magnates, and white-haired philanthropists. The Brooklyn-born doorman, Vinnie Ferretti, joins the ranks when he becomes a major fashion designer.The building’s board, rich as clotted cream, sips gin in the afternoons and devises ways to keep out anyone deemed “inappropriate.” Stifled resentments come to a head when the French baroness in the penthouse dies, and two Jewish families in the building suspect the co-op board of more discrimination with regard to prospective buyers than might be legal.Better Homes and Husbands is a stylish, richly woven novel about class and caste feuds, played out with ferocity and etiquette in a posh New York apartment building during the tumultuous period of social change between 1970 and 2000. |
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Beverly Johnson $50 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beverly Johnson (born October 13, 1952) is an American model, actress, and businesswoman. She made history when she rose to fame as the first black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in 1974.Johnson paved the way for black women in fashion, and future models like Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. She was honored in 2006 at Oprah Winfrey’s Legends Ball along with Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner and other female African Americans in entertainment, civil rights, and the arts. The New York Times named Johnson one of the 20th century’s most influential people in fashion. |
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Bike Boys, Drag Queens, And Superstars $42.76 “This comprehensive, insightful study demonstrates that 1960s New York underground film fused ‘artistic innovation and the exploration of everyday life’ and distinctively interacted with mass culture.’” — Choice”… thoroughly researched [and] engaging text… ” — Library Journal”This is a very timely and welcome book…. intervenes very effectively to to rewrite the history of the 1960s American underground cinema.” — UTS ReviewAt the confluence of experimental art and the gay subculture of early 1960s New York, Juan Suárez discovers a postmodern, gay-influenced aesthetic that “recycles” popular culture. Filmmakers Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol epitomize this sensibility, combining the influences of European avant-garde movements, comic books, rock ‘n’ roll, camp, film cults, drag performances, fashion, and urban street cultures. |
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Bill Cunningham New York DVD (Widescreen) $20.95 Widescreen – Bill Cunningham is a fashion photographer, but unlike most in his profession, he rarely spends a day in a photo studio. Cunningham’s work has been a long-time fixture in The New York T… |
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Black Dress $0.99 If you could have only one dress, wouldn’t you make it a black one? Glamorous or modest, seductive or practical, chic and versatile, elegant, powerful, modern, and never out of style, the black dress has been the foundation of a woman’s wardrobe for centuries. The allure of the black dress has captured the imagination of generations of couturiers and artists and served as the signature of society’s most enviably dressed women. The Black Dress is a lush visual celebration of this fashion classic. With an essay and images selected by Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, this volume features page after uniquely designed page of some of the most compelling dresses in the history of fashion. The diverse imagery includes fine art, runway shots and design sketches, stills from classic films and vintage fashion plates, and, above all, gorgeous evocations of the black dress from the world’s greatest designers, illustrators, and photographers. These include paintings by Peter Paul Rubens, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, and John Signer Sargent; illustrations by Georges Barbier and Ruben Toledo; and iconic images of movie goddesses such as Audrey Hepburn and Rita Hayworth. The world’s foremost fashion designers, from Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Yohji Yamamoto to Boudicca, are featured in full color throughout, their designs accompanied by quotes on black from writers, artists and fashion personalities. Extended captions at the back of the book provide details one ach dress and its place in fashion history. |
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BlackBook Guide to New York 2010 $9.95 Whereas most city guides focus on places to stay and things to do, these sleek and indispensable pocket-sized bibles for nightlife connoisseurs pinpoint exactly where to go to be seen. Boasting hundreds of succinct listings for the hippest restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels, these offshoots of BlackBook magazine’s Little BlackBook offer smart and fresh commentary with a healthy dose of snark, written by and for discerning city savants. Containing the latest information about the most intriguing and fashion-forward hot spots, each volume also sports an extra garnish or two, from interviews with entertainment icons to signature cocktail recipes and photos from featured venues. The inclusion of numerous two-tone city maps ensures that life in the fast lane never has to slow down.Hundreds of succinct reviews identifying New York’s hippest restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels fill this sleek guide for nightlife connoisseurs. Written by and for discerning city savants, these guides from the minds behind BlackBook magazine offer fresh and pithy listings for the most intriguing and fashion-forward hot spots. Each compact book contains the latest information, and two-tone city maps ensure that glamour never has to pause for bad directions. And our invaluable Toplists break the city down by theme, style, and interest. |
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Blinds To Your Door – Greater New York Area $1500 - Coupon good for 60 days from purchase. – No shipping charges unless items are over 102???. – May buy as gifts. – FREE measuring and consulting for Westchester County. |