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Stuff Every Woman Should Know

This pocket-sized companion features everything a woman should know including: • How to ask for a raise. • Ten stylish pieces every woman should own • How to throw a football • Good responses to bad pick-up lines • How...

Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History

From admired historian—and coiner of one of feminism's most popular slogans—Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes an exploration of what it means for women to make history. Ulrich explains how that happened and what it means by looking back at women of...

A Year of Birdsong: 52 stories of songbirds

A natural wonder that has captivated generations, birdsong is the soundtrack to life.Leading bird expert Dominic Couzens takes us on a journey around the world to enjoy an authentic year of birdsong, from the influence of the blackbird’s song on...

Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen—and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.Long...

Bicycling for Ladies: The Classic 1896 Guide to Skills, Exercise, Mechanics, and Dress

Bicycling for Ladies is the trailblazing book that introduced women to bicycling and shocked a Victorian culture on its release in 1896. Today it remains comprehensive and useful, but also celebrates women’s advancement in the sport and offers...

Paint with Thread: A step-by-step guide to embroidery through the seasons

Slow down and embroider your way through the changing seasons with the beautiful debut book from embroidery artist and rising star Emillie Ferris.  Needlepainting, also known as thread painting or silk shading, is a form of embroidery that creates a...

The Bouquet in a Book: Pre-punched pages to press out and make

Unlock your inner artist and create a stunning, everlasting floral arrangement with The Bouquet in a Book This innovative press-out and make book of ready-to-use press-out paper pieces offers step-by-step instructions to help you...

Botanical Art to Cut Out and Collage: Over 500 botanical illustrations to inspire creativity

Scissors and glue stick at the ready... inject a wealth of botanical beauty into your creative projects with this sumptuous collection of images from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew archive.Whether you're looking for vintage botanical ephemera to enhance...

Kew - Plant Words: A book of 250 curious words for plant lovers

What is a perennial plant? What grows in herbaceous borders? Why are fungi not plants? And what would you find growing in a Wardian case?Plant Words is an eclectic collection of 250 botanical terms curated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This treasury...

Gardener's Folklore: The ancient secrets for gardening magic.

Ever wondered if there's any truth behind planting by the moon? Or why wassailing is still a common folk practice in some parts of the world? In Gardener's Folklore, the record of these practices is unveiled, with plenty of tips and tricks to try in your...

The Met Paper Dollhouse

Travel through time as you explore the famous period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and craft your own dollhouse with the press-out paper dolls and objects.Immerse yourself in five opulent historical spaces with this chic, illustrated dollhouse...

Dining with the Victorians: A Delicious History

From traditional seaside holiday treats like candy floss, ice cream and fish ‘n’ chips, to the British fascination for cooking and baking, the Victorian era has shaped British culinary heritage. Victoria’s austere attitude after an age...

The Women of Rothschild

In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and power.From the East End of London to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, from...

The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."―The Christian Science MonitorThe modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P...

Discriminating Taste: How Class Anxiety Created the American Food Revolution

For the past four decades, increasing numbers of Americans have started paying greater attention to the food they eat, buying organic vegetables, drinking fine wines, and seeking out exotic cuisines. Yet they are often equally passionate about the items...

A Floral Feast: A Guide to Growing and Cooking with Edible Flowers, Foliage, Herbs and Seeds

How to grow and harvest an abundant supply of edible ingredients from your garden. Flowers have probably been used in cooking for as long as people have been preparing and flavoring food. In China cooks were experimenting with chive flowers in 3000 BC...

Forage & Feast: Recipes for Bringing Mushrooms & Wild Plants to Your Table

Explore the bounty of the natural world through over 85 vegan recipes featuring foraged ingredients “Forage & Feast embodies a commonsense, simple, and joyful approach to foraging and cooking.”—Michel Nischan, chef,...

The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever

“Valiant and timely ... ‘The Cure for Women’ reintroduces its subject as a hero for this moment.” ―The New York TimesHow Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood―and the...

Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner

The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner—creator of one of America’s most stunning museums—an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella’s world,...

When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail

Ancient China collides with newfangled America in this epic tale of opium smugglers, sea pirates, and dueling clipper ships. Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our...