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Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn

A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America

by Jan Whitaker ...

"A delightful tour of the tearooms that dotted the nation in the first half of the twentieth century . . . [an] irresistible slice of American popular culture." — BooklistThe Gypsy Tea Kettle. Polly's Cheerio Tea Room. The Mad Hatter. The Blue Lantern Inn. These are just a few of the many tea rooms—most owned and operated by women—that popped up across America at the turn of the last century, and ... Read more

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"A delightful tour of the tearooms that dotted the nation in the first half of the twentieth century . . . [an] irresistible slice of American popular culture." — BooklistThe Gypsy Tea Kettle. Polly's Cheerio Tea Room. The Mad Hatter. The Blue Lantern Inn. These are just a few of the many tea rooms—most owned and operated by women—that popped up across America at the turn of the last century, and
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How the American Department Store Fashioned the Middle Class

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A comprehensive history of America's downtown department stores and their influence on culture and society—from careers and consumerism to technology.From Boston to San Diego and Miami to Seattle, department stores symbolized a city's spirit, wealth, and progressiveness. Situated at busy intersections, they occupied the largest and finest downtown buildings, and their massive corner clocks became ... Read more

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A comprehensive history of America's downtown department stores and their influence on culture and society—from careers and consumerism to technology.From Boston to San Diego and Miami to Seattle, department stores symbolized a city's spirit, wealth, and progressiveness. Situated at busy intersections, they occupied the largest and finest downtown buildings, and their massive corner clocks became
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Postcard Collector

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An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards. ... Read more

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An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards.
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Provence, 1970

M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste

by Luke Barr ...

Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate, talked and argued, about the future of food in America, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery. ... Read more

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Provence, 1970 is about a singular historic moment. In the winter of that year, more or less coincidentally, the iconic culinary figures James Beard, M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, Richard Olney, Simone Beck, and Judith Jones found themselves together in the South of France. They cooked and ate, talked and argued, about the future of food in America, the meaning of taste, and the limits of snobbery.
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The Right People

The Social Establishment in America

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An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for ... Read more

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An enlightening and entertaining inside look at the lifestyles of America's extremely wealthy from the bestselling author of "Our Crowd"It's no secret that the rich are different from the rest of us. But the rich, as author Stephen Birmingham so insightfully points out, are also different from the very rich. There's Society, and then there's Real Society, and it takes multiple generations for
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The Man Who Ate Too Much

The Life of James Beard

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**A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (Writing)The definitive biography of America’s best-known and least-understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped.**In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard’s life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of ... Read more

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**A Finalist for the 2022 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (Writing)The definitive biography of America’s best-known and least-understood food personality, and the modern culinary landscape he shaped.**In the first portrait of James Beard in twenty-five years, John Birdsall accomplishes what no prior telling of Beard’s life and work has done: He looks beyond the public image of the "Dean of
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Cubed

A Secret History of the Workplace

by Nikil Saval ...

You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it ... Read more

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You mean this place we go to five days a week has a history? Cubed reveals the unexplored yet surprising story of the places where most of the world's work—our work—gets done. From "Bartleby the Scrivener" to The Office, from the steno pool to the open-plan cubicle farm, Cubed is a fascinating, often funny, and sometimes disturbing anatomy of the white-collar world and how it came to be the way it
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Ten Restaurants That Changed America

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Finalist for the IACP Cookbook AwardA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA Smithsonian Best Food Book of the YearLonglisted for the Art of Eating PrizeFeaturing a new chapter on ten restaurants changing America today, a “fascinating . . . sweep through centuries of food culture” (Washington Post).Combining an historian’s rigor with a food enthusiast’s palate, Paul Freedman’s seminal and h... ... Read more

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Finalist for the IACP Cookbook AwardA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA Smithsonian Best Food Book of the YearLonglisted for the Art of Eating PrizeFeaturing a new chapter on ten restaurants changing America today, a “fascinating . . . sweep through centuries of food culture” (Washington Post).Combining an historian’s rigor with a food enthusiast’s palate, Paul Freedman’s seminal and h...
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Makeshift Metropolis

Ideas About Cities

by Witold Rybczynski ...

In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn upon a lifetime of observing cities to craft a concise and insightful book that is at once an ... Read more

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In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn upon a lifetime of observing cities to craft a concise and insightful book that is at once an
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What Would Mrs. Astor Do?

The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age

by Cecelia Tichi ...

This illustrated Gilded Age etiquette guide offers "proof that sliding around the naughty edges of society can be as informative as it is entertaining." (Alida Becker, The New York Times Books Review)Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States' population doubled, accompanied by an unparalleled industrial expansion and an explosion of wealth. America was the ... Read more

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This illustrated Gilded Age etiquette guide offers "proof that sliding around the naughty edges of society can be as informative as it is entertaining." (Alida Becker, The New York Times Books Review)Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States' population doubled, accompanied by an unparalleled industrial expansion and an explosion of wealth. America was the
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The Company I Keep

My Life in Beauty

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In hismuch-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life inBeauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée LauderCompanies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned aswell as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop businesshis mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand andultimately into the iconic global prestige ... Read more

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In hismuch-anticipated memoir, The Company I Keep: My Life inBeauty, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of The Estée LauderCompanies Leonard A. Lauder shares the business and life lessons he learned aswell as the adventures he had while helping transform the mom-and-pop businesshis mother founded in 1946 in the family kitchen into the beloved brand andultimately into the iconic global prestige
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A History of Howard Johnson's

How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon

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The iconic restaurant chain that defined Americana by introducing twenty-eight flavors of ice cream, "tendersweet" clam strips, grilled "frankforts," and more.Popularly known as the "Father of the Franchise Industry," Howard Johnson delivered good food and fair prices—a winning combination that brought appreciative customers back for more. The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with ... Read more

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The iconic restaurant chain that defined Americana by introducing twenty-eight flavors of ice cream, "tendersweet" clam strips, grilled "frankforts," and more.Popularly known as the "Father of the Franchise Industry," Howard Johnson delivered good food and fair prices—a winning combination that brought appreciative customers back for more. The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with
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