Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City
Sea Life 3 Mini Notebooks Set
A fabulous set of mini notebooks from Cavallini with these vintage images of London on their front covers.3 pocket sized notebooks, one with plain pages, one with lined pages and one with grid pages.
Canada National Parks Wrap
This is a beautiful and unique wrapping paper featuring a tourism poster of Canada, from Cavallini & Co. It is printed on thick quality Italian laid paper stock and measures 51x71cm (20″x28″). Perfect for wrapping special presents. Its high decorative qualities make it also ideal for framing and other creative purposes.
Canada Wrap
This is a beautiful and unique wrapping paper featuring a map of Canada from Cavallini & Co. measuring 51×71 cm (20″x 28″). It is printed on thick quality Italian laid paper stock.Please note that this is not a scaled map of Canada.Perfect for wrapping special presents. Its high decorative and historical qualities make it also
London Vintage Illustrated Wrap
Transport yourself to another time and place with this Cavallini & Co. London Map Decorative Paper Sheet with vintage images from the Cavallini & Co. archives. This beautiful London Map themed decorative paper sheet is printed on heavy luxury cream Italian archival paper stock and is perfect for framing, gift wrapping, posters, scrapbooking, book covers
London Vintage Posters Wrap
This is a beautiful and unique wrapping paper featuring vintage London posters from Cavallini & Co. measuring 51×71 cm (20″x 28″). It is printed on thick quality Italian laid paper stock.Perfect for wrapping special presents. Its high decorative and historical qualities make it also ideal for framing and other creative purposes.
Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony.The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men`s survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has
Vintage London 3 Mini Notebooks Set
A fabulous set of mini notebooks from Cavallini with these vintage images of London on their front covers.3 pocket sized notebooks, one with plain pages, one with lined pages and one with grid pages.
Leave Me Alone with the Recipes: The Life, Art, and Cookbook of Cipe Pineles
The newly discovered illustrated recipes of wildly influential yet unsung designer Cipe Pineles, introducing her delectable work in food and art to a new generation.Not long ago, Sarah Rich and Wendy MacNaughton discovered a painted manuscript at an antiquarian book fair that drew them in like magnets: it displayed a vibrant painting of hot pink
Amรฉrica: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898
An epic history of the Spanish empire in North America from 1493 to 1898 by Robert Goodwin, author of `Spain: The Centre of the World`. At the conclusion of the American Revolution, half the modern United States was part of the vast Spanish Empire. The year after Columbus`s great voyage of discovery, in 1492, he
The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation
“Miriam Pawel`s fascinating book… illuminates the sea change in the nation`s politics in the last half of the 20th century.” New York Times Book ReviewA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist`s panoramic history of California and its impact on the nation, from the Gold Rush to Silicon Valley–told through the lens of the family dynasty that led the
Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America`s Origin
For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick`s Mayflower, a groundbreaking history that makes the case for replacing Plymouth Rock with Jamestown as America`s founding myth.We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled “shining
The Road to Sleeping Dragon: Learning China from the Ground Up
In 1995, at the age of twenty-three, Michael Meyer joined the Peace Corps and, after rejecting offers to go to seven other countries, was sent to a tiny town in Sichuan. Knowing nothing about China, or even how to use chopsticks, Meyer wrote Chinese words up and down his arms so he could hold conversations,
My Part Of Her
For our unnamed confessor, the summer months spent on the Caspian Sea during the 1970s are a magically transformative experience. There, he is not the `poor relative from the North,` but a welcome guest at his wealthy cousin Nilou`s home and the gatekeeper of her affections. He revels in the power of orchestrating the attentions
A Woman`s Guide to the Wild: Your Complete Outdoor Handbook
For any woman who wants to get outside and play, here is the definitive guide to being a woman in the great outdoors. This guide covers the matters of most concern to women, from “feminine functions” in the wilderness to how to deal with condescending rangers and arrogant fellow travellers. Outlining the basics of wilderness
Hello! My Name Is Tasty: Global Dinner Favorites from Portland`s Tasty Restaurants
`Hello! My Name Is Tasty` presents the recipes from Portland`s favourites, Tasty n Sons and Tasty n Alder, the restaurants that blew up the brunch scene with supremely satisfying eats.The dishes are a mash-up of globally inspired food with American regional favourites. In Portland, Oregon, the food capital of America according to many, brunch is
Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City
Prague is the magic capital of Europe. Since the days of Emperor Rudolf II, “devotee of the stars and cultivator of the spagyric art”, who in the late 1500s summoned alchemists and magicians from all over the world to his castle on Hradeany hill, it has been a place of mystery and intrigue. Wars, revolutions,
Florence: A Delicate Case
Why has Florence always drawn so many English and American visitors? Why have men and women fleeing sex scandals traditionally settled here? What is it about Florence that has made it so fascinating–and so repellent–to artists and writers over the years? Moving fleetly between present and past and exploring characters both real and fictional, Leavitt`s
