Books for the Valentine in Your Life

Name: A History Lover's Guide to New York City
Brand: Alison Fortier
SKU: 9781467119030
Price: 24.99 USD
Availability: InStock

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, love (and shopping) are in the air. Finding the perfect gift for that special someone can be tough, but we make it easy with our Valentine's Day collection. Maybe your partner is a big traveler - with our romantic getaway books, we help you find the perfect city to visit, with all the sights worth seeing. Or maybe your honey would rather stay home - no problem! With our staycation books, we bring the cuisine of your favorite city to you, with cookbooks to try your new favorite recipe together. No matter what your pleasure, we'll help you find the perfect gift for this Valentine's Day.

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A History Lover's Guide to New York City

A History Lover's Guide to New York City

9781467119030

$24.99

New York is a city of superlatives. It has the largest population, greatest wealth, broadest diversity and most elegant museums in the nation. With that comes an amazing history.

This tour of the Big Apple goes beyond the traditional guidebook to offer visitors and residents alike a chance to walk back in time along the streets of Manhattan. George Washington took his first oath of office on the steps of Federal Hall. Visitors can still dine at the famed Fraunces Tavern and worship at historic St. Paul's Chapel. From the Brooklyn Bridge to stunning skyscrapers, the city celebrates its own history and that of the nation. Join author Alison Fortier as she traces the history and heritage of America's largest metropolis.

New York City Coffee

9781467136006

$21.99

This colorful history explores New York’s coffee culture from the brew’s initial arrival in the 1600s to today’s artisanal connoisseurs.

The coffee industry was made for New York: complex, diverse, fascinating and full of attitude. Since arriving in seventeenth-century New Amsterdam, coffee held patriotic significance during wartime, fueled industrial revolution and transformed the city's foodways. The New York Coffee Exchange opened tumultuously in the Gilded Age. Alice Foote MacDougall founded a 1920s coffeehouse empire. In the same decade, Brooklyn teenager William Black started Chock Full o’Nuts with $250 and a dream.

Third wave coffeeshops like Joe and Ninth Street Espresso offer single origin pour overs and push the limits of latte art. Through stories, interviews and photographs, author and coffee professional Erin Meister shares Gotham’s caffeinated past and explores the coffee-related reasons why the city never sleeps.