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• How to Roast a Pig (Book)

  In Art, Books, Food, How To, Lifestyle, Man Meal / 30 May 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The all encompassing guide to roasting your very own pig. The idea in itself seems like the pinnacle of outdoor cooking, a feast for all looked upon with envy and salivating mouths by all friends and onlookers, but the task can be grueling and disastrous with out the proper techniques and cuts. ‘How to Roast a Pig’ is the one and done guide to roasting, by renowned chef, Tom Rea. The book guides you through the most common joints and cuts, from loin chops to Boston butt, then as you attain your brown and yellow belt, takes those skills to move onto the joy of roasting a whole pig, spit-roast or Coja China style, for the be-all-end-all pig roast. How to Roast a Pig $17  

• Man Meal: Guy Gourmet (Book)

  In Art, Books, Food, Lifestyle, Man Meal / 16 May 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Rejoice, a cookbook targeted toward the guy who wants to cook like a man and eat healthy. From Adina Steiman, the food and nutrition editor of Men’s Health, and Paul Kita, who oversees the Guy Gourmet blog on MensHealth.com, Guy Gormet features healthy recipes from the palettes of Thomas Keller, Rick Bayless, Kenny Callaghan, Tyler Florence, Adam Perry Lang, Chris Lilly, Anita Lo, Masaharu Morimoto, Seamus Mullen, Eric Ripert, John Stage and Marcus Samuelsson and other highly respected chefs, giving you a play by play on how to enjoy cooking like a man without your arm going numb.  The ideal cook book for summer if you want to stay healthy and lean. Soon you won’t even have to suck in when you look in the mirror. Guy Gourmet $15.26      

• The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream (Book)

  In Art, Baseball, Books, Sports / 6 May 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The rare and untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin’ Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio, and the Great American Game—baseball—that would consume their lives. Everyone knows the Yankee Clipper, Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, arguably the best all around baseball player of the 20th century, but the other two brothers DiMaggio were no slouches either. Also center fielders, Dominic, affectionately known as “The Little Professor,” was a seven-time All-Star who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1940 through 1953. He hit better than .300 five times in his career, finished with a .298 average, and like his big brother, rarely struck out. And Vince DiMaggio, the eldest, made two All-Star teams and in 1941 smacked 21 home runs and drove in 100 RBIs while playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The book highlights the life and times of the DiMaggio family and brings out their otheriwse secret life. The DiMaggios $18.00

• 3 Essential Grilling Books For Summer

  In Art, Books, Burgers, Food, How To, Lifestyle, Man Meal / 3 May 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Part of becoming a man is knowing how to grill. It’s a coming of age journey not mastered overnight. It takes time, trials and of course, error. Hopefully not giving an entire party full of guests salmonella, but we all make mistakes manning the grill. With all things intricate comes a step by step process to create something perfected, but with taste everyone has a different palette, so use these three books as your lantern through the dark, then when you’re a master have some fun with the recipes.

• Shortology: Life in 5 Seconds

  In Art, Books / 29 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Everyone has a story. Every story has a beginning, middle and end. Milan based creative agency, H-57, believes that story can be told in 5 seconds or less. The Result, Shortology, a simple pictogram book containing stories shown through basic icons. Each page tells a story of history, movies and famous people throughout the world. A minimalistic approach to telling stories that have been drawn out in movies and books.  

• Craft Beer World, By Mark Dredge (Book)

  In Art, Beer, Books, Drink, Lifestyle / 22 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  With the emergence of craft beer comes this book gathering over 300 beers from around the world and divided into 50 different categories. The best part about craft beer is the quality of beer. Since there’s so much room for experimenting each beer has it’s own very distinct taste and culture associated with it. Author, Mark Dredge is an award-winning beer writer and runs the popular blog Pencil and Spoon where he writes about anything ale-related, and his acquired taste guide’s you in the right direction, depending on how many beers you’ve consumed, there may be 3 fuzzy directions you’ll be guided in. Craft Beer World $15.00

• Jay-Z Covers Time’s ’100 Most Influential People In The World’ Issue

  In Books, Entertainment / 19 April 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Jay-Z is sporting the cover of the 10th annual Time Magazine’s 100th Most Influential People In The World. The list is divided into five categories — titans, leaders, artists, pioneers and icons — and this year the magazine has released seven cover portraits of honorees “who reflect the breadth and depth” of the list. The drug dealer turnerd rapper turned entertainment mogul embodies the ultimate dream of success from nothing. Other New Yorkers honored on the list include Christina Aguilera, Scooter Braun, Perry Chen, Lena Dunham, Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi, Jimmy Fallon, Elena Kagan, Jimmy Kimmel and Michael Kors.  

• Eleven Rings, By Phil Jackson (Book)

  In Art, Books / 29 March 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The Zen Master has released a book, and you would only be bettering yourself by reading it. During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. Even more important, he succeeded in never wavering from coaching his way, from a place of deep values. Eleven Rings $14.99  

• Taxi Driver Photographs By Steve Shapiro (Book & 6 photos)

  In Art, Books, Movies / 26 February 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The role that sent Robert DeNiro from mobster cliche to the top of the food chain in hollywood. His role as Travis Bickle, a disturbed trigger-happy psychopath with a mohawk is widely believed to be one of the greatest performances ever filmed and would be the catalyst for his future leading roles in cinema masterpieces like Raging Bull,  A Bronx Tale and Analyze This. Scorsese’s adaptation would pave the way the the future of his aclaimed film making archives. Steve Shapiro is regarded as one of the best journalistic photographers of all time and his works have been published on the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. Shapiro was the on set and behind the scenes photographer of the movie capturing every chilling moment of the deranged character in a post-nam era.

• Alone on the Ice: The Greatest Survival Story in the History of Exploration (Book)

  In Art, Books / 8 February 2013 / 0 comments

  

  On January 17, 1913, alone and near starvation, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was hauling a sledge to get back to base camp. The dogs were gone. Now Mawson himself plunged through a snow bridge, dangling over an abyss by the sledge harness. A line of poetry gave him the will to haul himself back to the surface. A month later Mawson found himself, nearly starved to death, at the base camp he sought out for. On the 100th anniversary of the most incredible survival story ever recorded, David Roberts releases the book telling the story, including remarkable photo illustrations from Mawson’s account. Alone on the Ice $17.96

• Zeitguide 2013

  In Art, Books, Lifestyle / 25 January 2013 / 0 comments

  

  The Zeitguide is an all encompassing walkthrough of the upcoming culture of the year. Serving as a know all for food & wine, finance and creativity from infamous consulting agency, Grossman & Partners. Why should you listen to what G & P have to say? Because this is what they do. They’re a company dedicated to investing a boatload of research and money, then turning that into yearly intuition.

• Master-Mind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Book)

  In Art, Books / 22 January 2013 / 0 comments

  

  Everyone wants to be smarter, but alas, as your physical body deteriorates as you age, so does your brain. Without brain teasers and exercises, your brain will eventually turn into mush. Especially if you keep meeting Molly at electro-post-modern-techno shows. So what Maria Konnikova, a psychologist and writer for such publications as the New York Times and The Atlantic, has created is a series of fun dead lifts for your noggin. 

• John Lennon Letters (Book)

  In Art, Books / 14 January 2013 / 0 comments

  

  A must have for any Beatles fan. A collection of 300 letters and postcards written by Lennon to friends, family, lovers, and even total strangers. The collection is edited and annotated by Hunter Davies, who wrote The Beatles’ authorized biography in 1968. 

• The 4 Hour Chef (book)

  In Books / 27 December 2012 / 0 comments

  

  The 4-Hour Chef contains practical cooking and recipe tips and uses the skill of cooking to explain methods for accelerated learning.  Recipes based on Ferriss’ Slow-Carb Diet are included, and the book is presented as a practical and unusual guide to mastering cooking and food. Alongside these cooking techniques, Ferriss shows readers how to learn any new skill or ability quickly. Ferriss calls this capacity for mastering new skills in the minimum amount of time possible “meta-learning. The 4 Hour Chef $35.00

• The Max 100 (book)

  In Art, Books / 17 December 2012 / 0 comments

  

  The Nike Air Max 1 is the dfinitive shoe for a generation. A simple runner that paved the way for an Air Max line that has become the staple line for Nike. Matt Stevens had such a passion for the sneaker, he launched a kickstarter page to raise money to produce a book  made up of 100 of his personal interpretations of “the greatest sneaker ever made, the AirMax1″. Between the 40 new entries and the behind the scenes content, the book will be almost half entirely new, never before seen content. Matt reached his goal and the book is in full production and for sale. Max100 $50.00

• The Art of Fixing Things (10 Days Until Christmas)

  In Art, Books, Gear, Gift Guide / 14 December 2012 / 0 comments

  

  We’re not our fathers. We’re a generation who’s more likely to fix a javascript algorithm than a leaky faucet. The Art of Fixing want’s to change that. 150 Tips and Tricks come to you from a time when we repaired our possessions, rather than throwing them away. For the complete beginner, and the more experienced home repairer, it contains 185 crisp black and white photo illustrations, direct, and simple explanations, and easy to follow directions, for doing repairs, and making things last longer. The Art of Fixing Things $11.00  

• Coaching Confidential

  In Books, Football, Sports / 24 November 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Coaching Confidential chronicles a year in the life of an NFL head coach. But not just one head coach. A composite portrait is drawn through interviews with at least 20 current and former head coaches (including Super Bowl winners such as Bill Parcells, Tom Coughlin, Jimmy Johnson, Tony Dungy, Sean Payton, Mike Shanahan, Dick Vermeil, Mike Holmgren, Brian Billick, and Joe Gibbs), taking us through the professional and personal challenges of the job. This book covers the draft, free agency, big trades, training camp, family crisis, player troubles, coaching relationships with members of the staff, coach-owner dynamics, rivalries, Xs and Os, the playoffs–all the way to the Super Bowl. Just getting to Sunday is almost a relief for NFL head coaches. It’s during that three-hour window 16 days a year when they can simply concentrate on what they do best, which is trying to win football games. But the job is, of course, much more than that. COACHING CONFIDENTIAL $26.00

• Urban Shelf

  In Art, Books, Gear / 19 November 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Lets face it, the days of the regular book shelf are behind us. A new breed of innovative and clever wall shelves are upon us. The Urban shelf is sure to be a hit with creative start ups and city apartments. It’s a miniature fire escape! The Urban Shelf $98.00

• Grantland Quarterly

  In Art, Books, Sports / 15 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Relive all your favorite sports and lifestyle moments from past quarters written by the best writers in the world and edited by Grantland frontman, Bill Simmons. This is a tangible collection, featuring custom artwork, full color and never before read articles from the 2nd best sports and lifestyle site on the web, Grantland. Including Malcolm Gladwell on the NBA lockout, Simmons’ infamous article on the LeBron meltdown and Michael Schur (co-creator of the show Parks and Recreation) on the dismal collapse of the 2011 Red Sox.

• America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t

  In Art, Books / 3 October 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Depending which direction your political freedom flag flies, this book will fall somewhere between a left handed knee slapper to down right hilarious. A good ol’ fashion amusement park of ironic American humor than pokes fun at our stumbling shortcomings to our ultimate potential as a country. The graves we dug ourselves and the reason they became so deep so fast. Colbert’s success lies in his ability to mock our apparent flaws while sarcastically pushing them under the rug, and reassuring the limitless possibilities we have to offer. The book takes on healthcare, Wall Street, energy, and, of course, elections.

• The Hemingway Cookbook

  In Art, Books / 14 September 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Think cookbooks are unmanly? Well next time you’re on safari and need to know how to cook and filet a lion you should probably think twice about giving this book a gander. Ernest Hemingway’s insatiable appetite for life was evident in his writing and equaled by little else than his voracious appetite for good food and drink. The Hemingway Cookbook collects, for the first time, more than 125 recipes from Hemingway’s life and art featuring such unique dishes as Dorado Fillet in Damn Good Sauce, Woodcock Flambé in Armagnac, Campfire Apple Pie, and Fillet of Lion washed down with Campari and Gordon’s Gin or a cool Cuba Libre. The Hemingway Cookbook $17.00

• Top 5 Books Every Guy Should Read Before Turning 30

  In Art, Books / 12 September 2012 / 0 comments

  

  For eternity, books and the authors that write them have helped shape society and inspire the people that have changed this world. Even today, books go a long way in helping form our outlook on love, success, courage..anything, really. I attempted to make a list of 5 books that every guy should read before turning 30. Allow yourself to learn from these books and the great minds behind them.