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The Japanese Art Of The Cocktail

Katana Kitten is a popular bar in West Village NY, run by award-winning mixologist Masahiro Urushido. His reputation encompasses both a meticulous attention to detail but also a whimsical playfulness evident in the bar´s name. In his first cocktail book "The Japanese Art Of The Cocktail", Urushido shares his immense knowledge of Japanese cocktails with eighty recipes that best exemplify Japan’s contribution to the cocktail scene, both from his own bar and from Japanese mixologists worldwide.



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THE BIKE DECONSTRUCTED

"The Bike Deconstructed” is a visually impressive book that provides an in-depth look of the modern bicycle in order to understand the design, origins, and evolution of each constituent part. On first glance, your bicycle might look pretty straightforward, but if you dismantle it, you´ll find as many as two hundred parts, each with a critical role to play. The beautifully illustrated guide written by bicycle guru Richard Hallett celebrates bicy...
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TATTOO

Written by Legendary tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher, this new book by book publisher Taschen, takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to the 1970s. Tattoo is an oversized book packed with stunning tattoo artifacts and designs, delivered in an easy-to-read and awe-inspiring format over the course of five different chapters. Showcasing over two hundred years of worldwide tattoo history, the huge book is limited to ...
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ADRIFT | SEVENTY-SIX DAYS LOST AT SEA

Adrift is a must have for your adventure library. It describes Steven Callahan´s dramatic tale of survival, the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, he fights for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. He had to face sharks, sunburn, physical deterioration and mental agony, a riveting firsthand account...no wonder this book was considered "One of the 100 best adventure books of all time"...
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