Pictures more than thirteen hundred pictorial symbols representing nearly every facet of human experience, and arranges public symbols according to service and facility and by local and national syste
Comprehensive, nonsectarian treasury details the origins and evolution of Christmas, and significance of religious and secular practices during the Yuletide. Includes caroling, gifts, Yule logs, much
Arranged by category, these 732 American trademarks and symbols represent a variety of fields, including entertainment, education, real estate, insurance, food and beverages, retail, transportation, u
Features No. 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden," No. 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekummerniss," No. 78, "Jesu, der du meine Seele," No. 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," and 7 more. Bach-Gesellschaft edition.
Expert compilation of original sheet music features 38 popular songs from 14 operettas. Complete French texts to selections from Orphee aux enfers, La belle Helene, and other operettas, plus English t
Bach's masterpieces in the concerto form, reprinted from definitive Bach-Gesellschaft scores: No. 1 in F Major, No. 2 in F Major, No. 3 in G Major, No. 4 in G Major, No. 5 in D Major, and No. 6 in B-f
Noted magician and magic authority offers 72 tricks that work automatically through nature of card deck. No sleight of hand needed. Often spectacular. 42 illustrations.
Authentic 18th-century Chinese detective novel; Dee and associates solve three interlocked cases. Led to van Gulik’s own stories with same characters. Extensive introduction. 9 illus.
These 135 fantastic and grotesque scenes depict the passion and grandeur of Dante's masterpiece — from the depths of Hell onto the mountain of Purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of Paradise. Includes plates produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. Illustrations accompanied by appropriate lines from the Longfellow translation.
Popular account ranges from counting to mathematical logic and covers the many mathematical concepts that relate to infinity: graphic representation of functions; pairings and other combinations; pri
Noted designer and former editor of American Artist has created 30 handsome drawings of fabled creatures: mermaid, centaur, phoenix, basilisk, kraken (a huge sea monster sometimes mistaken for an isl
Learn principles of composition, classical and modern, through analysis of works from Middle Ages to present — Goya, Cézanne, Hopper, many others. Excellent discussionon theimp
Outstanding selection of 43 drawings by Swedish art firm Tre Tryckare depicts classic locomotives from 1805 to 1963, including: the English Rocket (1829) and Evening Star (1960); the American Pennsylv
World-renowned author Vladimir Nabokov presents a brilliant translation of Alice in Wonderland that skillfully handles its puns, parodies, and language. Clear, witty, and wonderfully readable, this is
A major ethnographic work by a distinguished anthropologist contains detailed information on the social structures, homes, foods, crafts, religious beliefs, and folkways of California's diverse tribes
Volume One covers harmonic vibrations, systems with one degree of freedom, vibrating systems in general, transverse vibrations of strings, longitudinal and torsional vibrations of bars, vibrations of
Classic popular account of the great chemists Trevisan, Paracelsus, Avogadro, Mendeléeff, the Curies, Thomson, Lawrence, and others, up to A-bomb research andrecent work with subatomic par
Many American plants also grew in the Mediterranean world of Biblical times. This sound and accurate reference describes trees, herbs, flowers, grains, reeds, and other plants, telling both Bible stor
Acclaimed by American Scientist as "a classic text on field theoretic methods in statistical physics," thiscomprehensive introduction to the many-body theory and its ramifications was written b
Mystery and supernatural fiction by writer many consider the greatest ghost story writer of all time. "The Room in the Dragon Volant" (the finest historical mystery of the Victorian era) and "The Evil
Color these 30 original designs to make the interlocking rings, cubes, and other shapes stand out. Some visual illusions will even seem to move back and forth.
A renowned musicologist presents 100 folksongs from across Britain, arranged for medium voice and piano. Examples of the finest English folk traditions include Henry Martin, Robin Hood and the Tanner,
Generally considered to be Mendelssohn's finest orchestral works, here in one volume are the complete Midsummer Night's Dream; "Hebrides" Overture; "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage" Overture; Symphony
Complete instructions on how to use silica gel (the best of all materials now in use for drying flowers), meal and borax, perlite aggregate, sand and borax, and glycerine and water to make permanent f
Dogpatch, Arkansas, carver gives detailed instructions and illustrations for ten delightful projects — Rufus and Sadie, Bootsie the cow, banjo player, "Ozark Trail's End," "revenooers," and more. Incl
Delight family and friends with hundreds of the best Swedish dishes prepared right in your own kitchen. From typical smorgasbord items? — pickled herring, creamed lobster, meatballs, etc. — to classic
Largest collection anywhere: 2,500 authentic illustrations of bowls, bottles and pipes, geometric and floral patterns on beadwork, pictographs, symbolic tipi decorations, masks, basket weaves, Hopi ka
A complete, inexpensive, at-home course in animal painting and anatomy, this volume combines useful information on important anatomical features with directions on how to handle subjects and express t
No calculus needed, but this is not an elementary book. Introduces vectors, algebraic notation and basic ideas, vector algebra, and scalars. Covers areas of parallelograms, triple products, moments, a
Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with
