The Manhattan Cook-Book

Containing Many Valuable Original Receipts and Other Useful Information

 This volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, published in New York in 1877, is a cookbook, patent medicine advertisement, and medical manual all combined in one small volume published by the manufacturer of a well-known and widely used nineteenth century home remedy, Atwood’s Bitters.  Historical records assert that in 1840 Moses Atwood of Boston…

Ziggy Hot Off the Presses

A Cartoon Collection

The fast-paced world might overlook somebody like Ziggy; he has no pants, no hair, and no luck. But that just makes everyone relate to him. And now everyone can walk in his shoes as much as they want with the fun Ziggy Hot Off the Presses collection. You will find optimism, good intentions, and great…

Chicago

Take a walking tour through famous Chicago landmarks with this die-cut Accord book, featuring memorable illustrations, fun historic facts, and a colorful gatefold map of the Windy City. Designed to illuminate Chicago's skyline, every page of this stylishly illustrated book features the cut-out silhouette of a notable site. The tour begins at the steps of…

Posh Connections A Dot-to-Dot Coloring Book for Adults

Reduce stress while challenging your mind—connect the dots to connect with simple pleasures of home and the outdoors. This connect-the-dots coloring book features images from around the home, in the garden, and from nature. Steve Duffendack has developed a unique approach to connecting the dots that allows for more diversity in how a page can be…

BINGE PARENTING

A Baby Blues Collection

Baby Blues is a pitch-perfect and hilarious family-oriented comic strip that typifies modern parenting.  In this chronological collection, readers get a close-up view inside the home of the MacPhersons, a perfectly normal family with perfectly chaotic lives. Daryl and Wanda are deep in the trenches of childrearing and earning their stripes as parents to Zoe,…

Adult Time

A Baby Blues Collection

A year’s worth of strips — many with comments from Jerry and Rick.  From the dark days of sleep deprivation to the cacophony of a tri-kid family, Baby Blues reveals the true dark underbelly of parenting to the delight of newspaper readers everywhere. Like a comic epidural, or butt cream on a raging diaper rash, this comic…

Brain Health Puzzles for Adults 2

Crosswords, Sudoku, and Other Puzzles That Give the Brain the Exercise It Needs

Staying active is about more than just your body; the brain needs regular exercise, too. Brain Health Puzzles for Adults 2 is packed with word and number puzzles that are as fun as they are challenging. The perfect brain workout is just a page turn away! From New York Times puzzlemaker Phil Fraas comes Brain…

Mexican Flavors

Contemporary Recipes from Camp San Miguel

 Let best-selling author and master cooking teacher, Hugh Carpenter, lead you on a delicious adventure with new approaches to Mexican cuisine that can be easily reproduced in any American kitchen, including 115 recipes and 130 gorgeous location and food photographs centered around San Miguel de Allende. Mexican Flavors is your chance to learn about contemporary…