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CITY STYLE

GLOBAL

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A FIELD GUIDE TO GLOBAL FASHION CAPITALS

New York, Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, Stockholm, Sydney and L.A.

Every city has its signature style.

City Style is a guide to the world’s most fashionable cities, curated by their most stylish residents. From the runways of New York and Paris to the streets of Tokyo and the London club scene, our expert guides give you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the local look and how to get it.

In addition, interviews with top designers, photographers, and other industry insiders answer the question: What makes each city uniquely stylish?

Featuring:

> Color photos of shops, design studios, models and backstage at fashion shows

> Sidebars on hotspots (hotels, restaurants, clubs and neighborhoods), required reading (blogs, magazines)

> Complete designer directory featuring runway photos and shopping information

> Fashion timeline for each city

> Q&As with locals about their unique fashion sense

> Extended information on additional cities including Copenhagen, Antwerp, Brooklyn and Melbourne

Contributors: New York: Laia Garcia (geometricsleep.com); Paris: Lauren Drablier, freelance fashion show producer; Milan: Fabiana Fierotti and Ilaria Norsa (PIG magazine); London: writer/stylist Jem Goulding; Los Angeles: Maxwell Williams, (Flaunt magazine); Tokyo: Dan Bailey (tokyodandy.com); Stockholm: Andy Carlson (threenyc.com)

CHRONICLES OF OLD NEW YORK

NEW YORK

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EXPLORE 400 YEARS OF MANHATTAN HISTORY

The history of New York is written in its streets; uncover it with Chronicles of Old New York from Museyon Guides. Discover 400 years of innovation through the true stories of the visionaries, risk-takers, dreamers, and schemers who built Manhattan. Then see it for yourself with nine historical walking tours, illustrated with detailed maps and full-color photographs. Witness life when Greenwich Village was a bucolic suburb and disease was a fact of daily life. Explore the city’s dark side, from the slums of Five Points to Harlem’s Prohibition-era speakeasies, and find out which park covers a sea of unmarked graves.

Chronicles of Old New York: Exploring Manhattan’s Landmark Neighborhoods is enjoyable for history buffs, New York residents, and NYC tourists alike. It includes:

·25 meticulously researched articles on dramatic stories from Manhattan history including episodes from the lives of John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Stanford White, Gertrude Whitney, Donald Trump, and more

·58 historical maps, plus 118 photographs and illustrations from the collections of the New York Public Library, New-York Historic Society, New York University Archive, Smithsonian Institute, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York

·Sidebars on taverns, townhouses, architecture, and neighborhoods

·Detailed timeline of historical events

·Walking tours of nine historic New York neighborhoods, including detailed maps, color photographs and subway directions

·Cover design by Jose Antonio Contreras

Available in stores and online July 6, 2010.

About the Author

A third-generation New Yorker, James Roman has regaled listeners with his chronicles of old New York as a real estate broker and sales manager for 15 years in Manhattan, and as a lecturer at the Real Estate Board of New York and New York University.

978-0-9822320-6-4

Trade Paperback

$17.95

208 pages, 5 1/4 x 8

Carton Qty: 36

History

HIS036080: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic

HIS037030: HISTORY / Modern / General

TRV025050: TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic

July 6, 2010 Release

ART + TRAVEL

EUROPE

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Van Gogh. Munch. Vermeer. Caravaggio. Goya.

Five artists who have captured the imagination and continue to inspire. Now see the world through their eyes with Art + Travel Europe, a new guidebook from Museyon Guides, the publisher of Music + Travel Worldwide and the Film + Travel series. Curated by industry experts, Art + Travel Europe is the first guidebook to feature detailed walking tours of the five cities where these artists lived, loved and labored. Readers will discover the sights and stories behind such iconic works as "Starry Night" and "The Scream," go on the run to retrace the steps of Caravaggio in exile, plus much, much more. You know their art; now step into their lives.

Contributors: Kristin Hohenadel (The Los Angeles Times), Lea Feinstein (SF Weekly), Sandra Smallenburg (Arts Editor NRC Handelsblad), George Stolz (ARTnews), Barbie Latza Nadeau (CNN Traveler)

Walking tours of five cities as seen through the eyes of five iconic artists: Van Gogh's Arles, Munch's Oslo, Vermeer's Delft, Caravaggio's Rome, Goya's Madrid
Meticulously researched articles curated by local experts
Chapters loaded with useful sidebars, travel tips, and suggested itineraries with easy-to-read maps
Comprehensive index of artworks and museum locations around the globe
Listings of books, films and music inspired by or about each artist
Over 100 color photographs
Appeal for both the armchair traveler as well as the get-up-and-go traveler
Original cover illustrations by Tiny Inventions

Edited by Museyon Guides
978-0-9822320-5-7
Trade Paperback
$17.95
208 pages, 5 1/4 x 8
Full Color Throughout, 5 Color Maps
Carton Qty: 36
Travel
TRV009000: TRAVEL / Europe / General
ART015030: ART / European
ART015000: ART / History / General

MUSIC + TRAVEL

WORLDWIDE

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Traveling the World Through Sounds and Scenes.

Searching the globe for good music? Then listen up and look for Museyon Guides's Music + Travel. With this new guidebook, curated by experts in the industry, you will: travel to Russia and experience the country's long and inglorious outlaw culture's sounds of Chanson; head to Buenos Aires to witness the development of Cumbia, from the lavish '90s to its latest digital incarnation; go "underground" to check out Beijing's ever-evolving, highly influential Experimental music scene; and get into Berlin's private clubs that are playing the offspring of Techno. With varying cities and scenes, genres and influences, Music + Travel guides you across an insightful, international stage of sounds that helps you plan where to go and figure out what you don't want to miss.

Contributors: Mikael Awake (A Walk to Beautiful), Shamik Bag (Rolling Stone), Mel Campbell (J-Mag), Nick Frisch (The Rest is Noise.com), James Hendicott (Bling), Jessica Hundley (Dazed & Confused), Eve Hyman (Time Out Buenos Aires), Alexandra Ivanoff (Time Out Istanbul), Miles Marshall Lewis (Vibe), Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader), Siobhan O’Leary (Publishing Trends), Alina Simone (recording artist)

Features 12 musical genres & music scenes
Loaded with side-bars and useful trivia about musicians
Discography of Artists' albums
100 festival locations covering all 12 genres & more across the globe
Timeline of historical events for each of the 12 genres
Detailed maps of venue locations
Jammed packed with color photos of cities, artists, albums & venues
Great gift for the travel lover or the musically obsessed

978-0-9822320-3-3
Trade Paperback
$13.95
164 pages, 5 1/4 x 8
Full-Color Throughout
Carton Qty: 36
Travel
TRV000000: Travel/General
MUS049000: Music/Genres & Styles/General

FILM + TRAVEL

ASIA, OCEANIA, AFRICA

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Traveling the World Through Your Favorite Movies.

Drive into the parking garage at the University of Melbourne and follow in the footsteps of Mel Gibson in Mad Max. Go to the 83rd floor of the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong and see where Angelina Jolie jumped in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Whisper your deepest desires into the walls of Ta Prom Temple in Cambodia and recreate In the Mood For Love. Warm up your vocal chords at Karaoke-kan in Tokyo and pay homage to Lost in Translation. Discover which tiny Tasmanian town of 300 residents inspires Hayao Miyazaki, the anime mastermind behind Spirited Away and Kiki's Delivery Service. Find out when the scenery of Vietnam is in Cambodia and when it's in Puerto Rico and much, much more.

139 movies cited
120 color photographs of movie locations, sites and landmarks
20 countries & over 65 city listings
Original cover illustration by award-winning graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki (NY Times)
Packed with sidebars and useful trivia about each film location
Comprehensive index and credits
Great gift for travel lovers and film buffs

Contributors: Mikael Awake (IDA-winning film writer), Gemma Blackwood (PhD candidate, Univ. of Melbourne), Scarlet Cheng (Film Professor, OTIS College of Art), Lee Middleton (Fodor’s), Eija Niskanen (M.A., UCLA)

Film + Travel Series
978-0-9822320-1-9
Trade Paperback
$11.95
164 pages, 5 1/4 x 8
Full-Color Throughout
Carton Qty: 36
Travel
TRV003000: Travel/Asia/General
TRV004000: Travel/Australia & Oceania
PER004020: Performing Arts/Film & Video/Guides & Reviews
June 2009 Release

FILM + TRAVEL

EUROPE

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Traveling the World Through Your Favorite Movies.

Visit Almeria, Spain and be transported into the iconic scenes of Lawrence of Arabia. Enjoy an incredible view of Paris from Amélie's Montmartre. Mail a postcard in Procida, Italy and see the sights shot in Il Postino. Prowl through the neighborhoods of Hamburg like Dennis Hopper and feel the eerie glow that is emitted in The American Friend. Find out how the location of Atonement was found and why Iceland stood in for the sands of Iwo Jima, and much, much more.

199 movies cited
135 color photographs of movie locations, sites and landmarks
16 countries & over 75 city listings
Original cover illustrations by award-winning graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki (NY Times)
Packed with sidebars and useful trivia about each film location
Comprehensive index and credits
Great gift for travel lovers and film buffs

Contributors: Tom Beer (Newsday), Liz Brown (Book Forum), Shari Kizirian (Film Arts), Laurel Maury (NPR), Enrique Ramirez (PhD., Princeton), Julien Seveon (film critic), Hannah Tucker (Entertainment Weekly), Pelin Turgut (TIME)

Film + Travel Series
978-0-9822320-0-2
Trade Paperback
$11.95
168 pages, 5 1/4 x 8
Carton Qty: 36
Travel
TRV009000: Travel/Europe/General
PER004020: Performing Arts/Film & Video/Guides & Reviews
June 2009 Release

FILM + TRAVEL

NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA

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Traveling the World Through Your Favorite Movies.

Report a fire at the Hook & Ladder Company #8 if you want to see Ghostbusters headquarters in New York City. When in San Francisco, stop for a cup of coffee at the café where Steve McQueen's Bullit meets an informant. Bring your own box of chocolates to Chippewa Square, Savannah and reenact the iconic scenes from Forrest Gump. Visit the Marine Building in Vancouver and be transported to Clark Kent's employer, The Daily Planet, in Smallville. Find out what part of Puerto Rico posed for The Lord of the Flies, why Madonna evaded Argentina when playing Eva Peron, and much, much more.

198 movies cited
113 color photographs of movie locations, sites and landmarks
6 countries & over 36 city listings
Original cover illustration by award-winning graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki (NY Times)
Packed with sidebars and useful trivia about each film location
Comprehensive index and credits
Great gift for travel lovers and film buffs