Clogs and Clogmaking
Written by Jeremy Atkinson
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $11.95
Clogs were a popular form of footwear in Britain from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, when they began to be perceived as unfashionable, utilitarian and a sign of poverty. The craft of clogmaking has since declined almost to extinction and there are very few...
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Bringing Paris Home
Written by Penny Drue Baird
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $45.00
Bringing Paris Home invites the reader to re-create the panache of French interior style in an American setting. Author Penny Drue Baird shares her love and knowledge of French history and decorative arts and describes the design elements essential to an elegant French interior—architectural details, furniture, paint and wall covering, fireplaces...
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Slipware
Written by David Barker
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: July 21, 2009
Price: $11.95
Slipware has been one of the most popular types of pottery in Britain since its introduction over four centuries ago. By the seventeenth century the decoration of pottery with slip, or clay mixed to a creamy consistency, had become widespread and the technique was perfected by the potters of England and...
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Grandi Vini
An Opinionated Tour of Italy's 89 Finest Wines
Written by Joseph Bastianich
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Price: $24.99
Travel through the Italian countryside with Joseph Bastianich in search of the country’s eighty-nine finest wines. Joseph Bastianich is steeped in Italian wines like no one else. Not only is he the co-owner, with Mario Batali, of some of America’s premier Italian restaurants, but he also produces wine on four separate...
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