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On the Town in New York: The Landmark History of Eating, Drinking, and Entertainments from the American Revolution to the Food Revolution

by admin on July 1, 2010

From Library Journal
“A delightfully nostalgic look at some of the notable eating and drinking establishments and their celebrated clientele,” said LJ’s reviewer of this volume, which takes readers on a tour of such sites as Brodie’s, Delmonico’s, McSorley’s, the Waldorf Astoria, and the Plaza Hotel. With most [...]

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A Cultural History of Tarot: From Entertainment to Esotericism

by admin on May 27, 2010

Review
“Deeply researched and elegantly written, Farley’s is by far the most important contemporary contribution to the academic study of the Tarot. No serious work in the history of  Western Esotericism will be able to ignore the author’s ground-breaking study. Engrossing and fascinating.”– Philip C Almond, Emeritus Professor of Studies in Religion, University of [...]

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Writing and Reading Royal Entertainments: From George Gascoigne to Ben Jonson

by admin on May 25, 2010

This major new study of Elizabethan and Jacobean royal entertainments, including country house entertainments, tiltyard speeches, and court masques, is the first to look in detail at the evidence provided by the surviving material texts. Drafts, royal presentation manuscripts, widely-circulating scribal copies, and printed pamphlets are all carefully placed in their cultural context, [...]

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Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments

by admin on March 30, 2010

Six enchanting tales, told by an Arabian princess to delay her execution, teem with giants, magnificent palaces, and beautiful princesses. Includes Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Fisherman and the Jinni, Judar and His Brethren, and Khalifah the Fisherman of [...]

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Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments

by admin on March 28, 2010

Six enchanting tales, told by an Arabian princess to delay her execution, teem with giants, magnificent palaces, and beautiful princesses. Includes Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Fisherman and the Jinni, Judar and His Brethren, and Khalifah the Fisherman of [...]

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