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American Food
A Not-So-Serious History
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
**A clever and whimsical illustrated history of 26 iconic American foods, from Ambrosia to Zucchini Bread **
This captivating and surprising tour of America’s culinary canon celebrates the variety, charm, and occasionally dubious lore of the foods we love to eat, as well as the under-sung...
The Boombox Project
The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
On the heels of the graffiti renaissance comes a vibrant look at an old-school icon that figured prominently in the hip-hop, rock & roll, and punk movements of the 1970s and 80s. The Boombox Project features contemporary fine art portraits of an array of vintage boomboxes, as well as scores of...
by Mark Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Award-winning photographer Mark Nixon has created a trove of quirky and nostalgic portraits of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have been lovingly abused after years of play. MuchLoved collects 60 of these images along with their accompanying background tales. An exhibit in the photographer’s...
by Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the rabbi known as “The Rav” by his followers worldwide, was a leading authority on the meaning of Jewish law and prominent force in building bridges between traditional Orthodox Judaism and the modern world. In THE LONELY MAN OF FAITH, a soaring, eloquent essay first published...
Lunch at the Shop
The Art and Practice of the Midday Meal
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Don’t skip lunch! Complete with recipes, this “meditation on food, togetherness and simplicity” celebrates a daily break from the clock and the computer (Edible San Francisco).
Nowadays, lunch has been sadly reduced to the realm of pay-and-go, stand-up, pre-made, take-out, and food-truck...
by Dan Borris
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Learn how to sit, stay, and roll over with this fully illustrated, “delightful” guide to yoga starring man’s best friend (Shutterbug magazine).
Inspired by a friend’s mastiff who would imitate his master’s morning yoga routine, photographer Dan Borris created Yoga Dogs, a full-color...
by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Originally born in Algeria, Yves Saint Laurent moved to Paris when he was 18, and only three years later he was handpicked by Christian Dior to take the reins as designer of his fashion house. Over time, Saint Laurent resur- rected haute couture from the casual mores that predominated in the 1960s,...
Wicca's Charm
Understanding the Spiritual Hunger Behind the Rise of Modern Witchcraft and Pagan Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2009
How Wiccan Spirituality Is Filling a Spiritual Hunger in America
Hundreds of thousands of people practice Wicca and other forms of modern Pagan spirituality in America today, and journalist Catherine Edwards Sanders wanted to understand why such belief systems are rapidly attracting followers....
Work. Pump. Repeat.
The New Mom's Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
The practical, relatable, and humorous guide to surviving the difficult, awkward, and rewarding job of being a breastfeeding, working mom.
Meet the frenemy of every working, breastfeeding mother: the breast pump. Many women are beyond “breast is best” and on to figuring out how to make...
Praying Naked
The Spirituality of Anthony de Mello
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
In his books Awareness and The Way to Love, among others,theinternationally acclaimed spiritual guide Anthony de Mello presented an approach to spirituality that integrated the ancient traditions of the East with the psychological and philosophical perspectives of the West. Twenty years after his...
Believers, Thinkers, and Founders
How We Came to Be One Nation Under God
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson—founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious liberty—offers a refreshing resolution to the age-old dispute surrounding the relationship of religion and state: a return to first principles.
“The...
The Ancient Path
Old Lessons from the Church Fathers for a New Life Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
People often imagine that the Church Fathers looked like their icons and smelled of incense, heroic figures wrapped in fine liturgical vestments of silk and lace, engulfed in billows of smoke from their golden censers. Yet, truth be told, even in their writings they resemble more the tattered cloak...
Mastering Sadhana
On Retreat With Anthony De Mello
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
A close friend and associate of Anthony de Mello shares for the first time not only personal conversations and reminiscences, but also de Mello's own words as recorded during a 15-day retreat in India.
Awareness
Conversations with the Masters
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
**"This is your wake-up call! You may not have even realized you were sleep-walking. Most of us are most of the time. Awareness is an eye-opener. It's Anthony de Mello telling you gently but firmly, 'It's time to get up now.'" --Charles Osgood of "CBS Sunday Morning" and "The Osgood File"
"Awareness...