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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...

Planting for Butterflies: The Grower's Guide to Creating a Flutter

Butterflies are brilliant pollinators and add vibrancy and color to the garden. A summer's day wouldn't be the same without the gentle fluttering of delicate wings. They connect us with living and breathing nature and are an essential part of a dynamic...

All the Pretty Places: A Novel of the Gilded Age

“A timeless and powerful novel of a daring woman who must decide if she will risk everything to follow her passion and find her voice.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author From the moment she was born, the...

The Floral Birthday Book

Discover your Victorian birthday flower and poem and keep track of friends and family occasions in this lovely gift hardback historic reproduction. This reproduction of a Victorian birthday reminder book entwines flowers and their emblems with great...

The Beekeeper's Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses

The Beekeeper’s Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover, from ecologist Richard A. Jones and writer Sharon Sweeney-Lynch.Part history book, part...

50 Ways to Help Save the Bees

Have you heard the buzz? Bees―the tiny insects that pollinate nearly all our fruits and vegetables―need our support. If you like to eat your fruits and vegetables (and even if you don’t!), you should value our planet’s bees. Yet, because of...

The Gardener's Year

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers. Macmillan...

The Garden Awakening: Designs to nurture our land and ourselves

Bring in the energy of wild places and work in harmony with the land to grow your own food and live sustainably.In this beautifully illustrated book, award-winning garden designer Mary Reynolds encourages us to create a bond with the land to restore its...

The Wharton Plot: A Novel

Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in the twilight years of the Gilded Age in New York as she tracks a killer.New York City, 1911. Edith Wharton, almost equally famed for her novels and...

The Flower Yard: Growing Flamboyant Flowers in Containers

This lushly photographed idea book proves that it is possible to create a glamorous outdoor space of ever-changing color, teeming with life, in the smallest of spaces, whether a patio, terrace, or front porch.This inspirational guide demonstrates how a...

White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America

The fascinating historical biography of America’s most memorable first daughter, Alice Roosevelt, whose free spirit and status made her the Princess Diana and Jackie O of the early 20th century.Perfect for readers of female-centric biographies...

Boards and Spreads: Shareable, Simple Arrangements for Every Meal

Go beyond cheese with 65 recipes for delicious boards and epic spreads, whether you’re in the mood for a girl dinner or appetizers, breakfast, snacks, and more.In Boards & Spreads, you won’t find cheese boards--instead, you’ll...

The Art of the Handwritten Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication

For those who enjoy writing notes, or those who value doing so but find themselves intimidated by the task, acclaimed calligrapher Margaret Shepherd has created both an epistolary tribute and rescue manual. Just as you cherish receiving personal mail,...

Garden Wonderland: Create Life-Changing Outdoor Spaces for Beauty, Harvest, Meaning, and Joy

A visual feast of garden design inspiration that embraces diversity and teaches you how to create a lush, colorful, edible, and meaningful garden wonderland of your own.“Through story and imagery, Garden Wonderland reminds us over and...

The Fragrant Flower Garden: Growing, Arranging & Preserving Natural Scents

Make your garden and home look and smell heavenly with this accessible gardening guide that explains how to grow fragrant flowers outdoors and bring natural scents indoors by creating floral arrangements, scented beauty products, and more...

Why We Garden: The Art, Science, Philosophy, and Joy of Gardening

Explore the mystery of what makes us love gardening, via history, science, art, and philosophy.Whether you seek sanctuary in your potting shed, find paradise amongst your patio plants, or enjoy the simply solace of your hands in the soil, there is...