Artists, crafters, and designers will rejoice in 100 unusual and authentic Victorian type fonts. Plain and decorative alphabets include Calliope, Buffalo Bill, Shaded Barnum, Fargo, Jackpot, and Burle
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
This classic work is filled with non-technical advice for aspiring singers from two of the greatest voices to ever take the stage: the tenor Caruso and the coloratura soprano Tetrazzini. The two Ital
Forty important garden flowers — morning-glory, tulip, peony, daffodil, zinnia, dahlia, iris, petunia, delphinium, fox-glove, snapdragon, many more. Caption for each drawing gives common and sc
269 modern paper-cuttings from Mainland China: horses, pandas, butterflies, flowers, fish, peacocks, monkeys, phoenixes, lanterns, vases, landscapes, other traditional and modern motifs — print
Stimulating playing edition has 23 favorites that continue to enjoy wide appeal: "Stars and Stripes Forever," "The Thunderer," "King Cotton," "Gladiator," "Washington Post," "Liberty Bell," "Jack Tar
302 authentic recipes offer the best in Austrian home cooking: beef broth with dumplings, potato soup, kalbsgulash, four kinds of schnitzel and more, including 171 dessert recipes.
This comprehensive textbook and reference covers all phenomena involving light in semiconductors, emphasizing modern applications in semiconductor lasers, electroluminescence, photodetectors, photoco
Authentically detailed drawings depict typical figures from revolutionary war period ? broom seller, farmer, wagoner, Indian chief, cooper, doctor, wigmaker, lady, gentleman, town watchman, and many m
In addition to the traditional escapes from the center and wanderings through the garden, 48 mazes offer experiments with "under and over" mazes, "one-way" street versions, and numbered pathways. 16 p
Forty-one drawings reproduce antique and historical airplanes from the Wright Flyer of 1903 through World War II and the dawn of the jet age: British, French, American, German, Italian, Russian, Japan
Comprehensive, elementary introduction to real and functional analysis. Self-contained, readily accessible to those with background in advanced calculus. Cover basic concepts and introductory principl
The most complete work ever prepared on the subject — based on museum collections, travel and ethnographic accounts and author’s own research. 1,112 figures.
Classic study explores the Eleusinian mysteries of ancient Greece; Asiatic cults of Cybele, the Magna Mater, and Attis; Dionysian groups; Orphics; Egyptian devotees of Isis and Osiris; Mithraism; and
This scholarly exploration of the borderlands between science and fantasy features four complete works by the redoubtable Charle Fort (1874-1932): The Book of the Damned, Lo!, Wild Talents, and New La
Two Nobel Laureates present a systematic, comprehensive account of the theory, techniques, experimental data, and interpretation involved in the study of microwave spectroscopy. Eighteen self-containe
Written by a world-famous chess teacher, this?excellent introduction to the principles of chess endings clearly explains the importance of tempo, the rule of the triangle, and?the idea of related squa
Workers in Early American crafts selected their designs for applique work, ceramics, embroidery, quilting, stenciling, and wood carving from a variety of New World sources. This CD-ROM and book set
Pigweed, dogbane, crabgrass, spiderwort, poison ivy, yellow dock — a total of 102 common weeds are presented with technical precision and humor. Each is splendidly illustrated and identified through m
Written for the amateur magician, this illustrated guide offers 50 easy, effective, and well-known tricks that are used by professionals: cards, handkerchiefs, mental magic, and more. The author inclu
This practical book has been created with artists, designers, and advertising and publicity specialists in mind. It gathers the complete fonts of 100 contemporary display alphabets which are becoming
