New York Mets Coffee Table

Front Porch Classics® Circa Baseball¿ is a fast-action pinball baseball game with a classic ballpark aesthetic. Game features a working scoreboard, solid-wood construction, and scorecards. Take yourself out to your favorite ballpark any time. Game measures 12.25" X 12.25" X 8".

From the lens of George Kalinsky comes this photographic chronicle of the Mets, from the first team photo taken at the Polo Grounds to today's Shea Stadium. Packed with hundreds of full-color photographs, The New York Mets covers every moment of the Mets' history -- from the 1969 and 1986 World Series victories to the struggles of the late '70s and early '80s to today.Complementing the spectacular photography is an oral history of the team compiled by Sports Illustrated's Jon Scher. The words of the players, managers, coaches and others come alive in this wonderful, dramatic collection of exceptional photography.A must for every Mets fan, this book will be turned to fondly for many seasons to come.

What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of which is a reminder of the ways fashion reflects the broader culture that created it.Featuring designs by Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel, Madame Grès, Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, and many others, this one-of-a-kind collection presents a stunning variety of garments. Ranging from the buttoned-up gowns of the late 17th century to the cutting-edge designs of the early 21st, the dresses reflect the sensibilities and excesses of each era while providing a vivid picture of how styles have changed—sometimes radically—over the years. A late 1600s wool dress with a surprising splash of silver thread; a large-bustled red satin dress from the 1800s; a short, shimmery 1920s dancing dress; a glamorous 1950s cocktail dress; and a 1960s minidress—each tells a story about its period and serves as a testament to the enduring ingenuity of the fashion designer’s art.Images of the dresses are accompanied by informative text and enhanced by close-up details as well as runway photos, fashion plates, works of art, and portraits of designers. A glossary of related terms is also included.

Every sport has their pinnacle trophy, but none is as coveted as baseball's World Series; a best of seven contest that celebrates our national pastime. All the glory and classic moments of the historic World Series Championships from 1903 to 2008 are preserved in this one-of-a-kind 20-disc DVD/ Book Compilation. his specially packaged book will feature editorial, photos, and Hall of Fame memorabilia to illustrate105 championship teams and moments, while the 65 films ranging from 1943 - 2008 will take viewers on a ride back through history.

The Official Major League Baseball World Series Film Collection is an impressive 20-disc set that assembles all the official World Series highlight films between 1943 and 2008's Philadelphia Phillies victory. The films themselves--the earliest are black and white and under a half-hour, the most recent well over an hour-- are fascinating time capsules of the game, recording many of its greatest players, greatest teams, and greatest moments: the Yankees-Dodgers-Giants intracity rivalry, the St. Louis Cardinals' "Gas House Gang," Willie Mays' catch and Don Larsen's perfect game, Bill Mazeroski's and Kirk Gibson's dramatic home runs, the Mets' miracles, the Big Red Machine, and the Red Sox's curse-breaker. They're packaged in an eye-catching book-sized tome that collects facts and descriptions of the Fall Classic starting in 1903, a list of all winners, a foreword by Bob Costas, and two empty slots to house future films. It's a great gift for any serious baseball fan. --David Horiuchi

This splendid book examines the legacy of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, one of the twentieth century's great icons of style. While Chanel mythologized her glamorous life through relentless self-invention, the bare facts of her biography are no less worthy than her legend: born of a poor family in the provinces and raised in a convent, she was an entertainer and the mistress of men of impeccable social standing, and she began her career not as a dressmaker but as a milliner.Chanel's enduring influence is necessarily based on the long shadow cast over fashion by her maison couture. Chanel examines the history of the House of Chanel both thematically and chronologically, introducing ideas and elements of biography as they were expressed in her collections. Period examples are juxtaposed with the work of Karl Lagerfeld, who, beginning in 1983, just over ten years after Chanel's death, reinvented and revolutionized the House's identity. It is in Lagerfeld's masterful and often irreverent interpretations of Chanel's work, as well as his mixing of influences from high and low culture, that the historic importance of Chanel and the resonance of her image as the independent, elegant modern woman are both defined and reasserted for the contemporary world.