Superb U.S. Navy guide to every aspect of home repair and construction covers concrete and masonry work, bricklaying, framing foundations and walls, plastering, painting, woodworking, and more. Over
Expert discussions of such myths and mythological figures as the milk goddess and her pot symbol, the jewel-water and mugwort goddess, goddesses of love and food, Tlaloc and the dragon, love and mothe
Clear, step-by-step instructions for cleaning and repairing jewelry and setting stones, with complete descriptions of tools and equipment, their use and care. Also, ultrasonics, steaming, electroplat
Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including works about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell.
Invaluable reference and guide, carefully researched and charmingly written, illustrates and describes over 50 herbs and plants that were extremely useful to colonial settlers, among them: bee balm, b
Eight attractive labels, in various shapes and sizes and enhanced with lovely winged creatures, are perfect for gift packages and identifying contents of jars, canisters and other containers.
Swashbuckling novel, filled with high adventure, royal intrigue and romance, relates the escapades of D’Artagnan and his three friends — Athos, Porthos and Aramis — and their involvement in the secret
Scores of entertaining and instructive tales — delightfully illustrated — include "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," "The Crow and the Pit
Climb aboard the raft with Huck and Jim and drift away from the "sivilized" life and into a world of adventure, excitement, danger, and self-discovery. Huck's shrewd and humorous narrative is compleme
Eight charming tales full of the whimsy and wordplay of Irish folklore. Newly reset in large, easy-to-read type are: "Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary," "Conal and Donal and Taig," "The Old Hag's
Plant and animal motifs, chain patterns, geometrical and symbolic motifs, architectural forms, stylized suns and moons, rosettes and borders, calligraphic lettering and Turkish adaptations of rococo —
With over 200 detailed illustrations and descriptions, these two catalogs are essential reading and reference materials and identification guides for Stickley furniture. Among the items depicted and d
Masterful retelling of Irish and Welsh stories and tales, including Cuchulain, King Arthur, Deirdre, the Grail, and many more. First paperback edition. 58 full-page illustrations and 18 figures.
Well-known needlework authority presents patterns, diagrams, photographs, and instructions for making a handsewn doll and 11 costumes. Dresses, suit, pinafore, skirt and blouse, robe and nightgown, c
Classic exposition of modern theories of differentiation and integration and the principal problems and methods of handling integral equations and linear functionals and transformations. Topics includ
Sears, Roebuck and Company's 1910 catalog of home building materials, fixtures, and accessories — from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain bathtubs. Vintage ad copy, specifications,
Directions and diagrams for making various types of puppets, dressing and handling them, setting up a stage, and writing and producing one's own show. Includes three puppet plays.
This incisive text, directed to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, physics and engineering, deftly combines both theory and practical example to introduce and explore Fourie
Forty-five delightful images of children and animals illustrate the concepts of up and down, sweet and sour, work and play, and other opposites. In addition to offering hours of coloring fun, these co
Exhaustive, standard survey of baskets and their makers, from Alaska to South America. Describes uses — in defense and war, dress and adornment, fine art, preparing and serving food, gleaning and mill
8 dolls and 28 costumes: authentically rendered suits, busks, jerkins, capes, shifts, petticoats, corsets, linen shirts, breeches, and more—for work and travel, for leisure wear and special occasions.
Complete and comprehensive, this text for advanced undergraduates in physics and engineering features exceptional clarity and minimum of mathematic notation. The expert and up-to-date treatment covers
Clearly written treament elucidates fundamental concepts and demonstrates their plausibility and usefulness. Language is informal, examples are vivid and lively, and the perspectivie is fresh. Based
Accessible, illustrated introduction covers wave patterns and coherence, summarizes the development of lasers and the phenomenon of wave diffraction, and describes zone plates and properties of hologr
Covers encoding and binary digits, entropy, language and meaning, efficient encoding and the noisy channel, and explores ways in which information theory relates to physics, cybernetics, psychology,
1,489 decorative ornaments for artists and craftspeople: headpieces, tailpieces, dingbats, lunettes, calligraphic and heraldic devices, and more, in Renaissance, Baroque, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and m
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
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
Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of mus
In nontechnical language and with 199 photographs and drawings, the author clearly explains how a microscope works and what kind to use; preparation and examination of specimens, and much more.
Thorough coverage of evolution of cults, rites and gods; the cult of Osiris; the Book of the Dead and its rites; the sacred animals and birds; Heaven and Hell; and more.
Famous classic has introduced countless readers to symbolic logic with its thorough and precise exposition. Starts with simple symbols and conventions and concludes with the Boole-Schroeder and Russel
This excellent, semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, and more) and covera
Here are the great craftsman and biographer's full, readable discussions of architecture: orders; pavements; planning and design; modelling in wax and clay; tools and materials used in marble carving;
Introductory treatment emphasizes fundamentals, covering rudiments; arbitrary sets and their cardinal numbers; ordered sets and their ordered types; and well-ordered sets and their ordinal numbers. "
Serving as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall's forceful personality and many opinions and decisions established him as the most significant figure of the Court's early years
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative yet eminently readable text. Beginning with Socrat
Capture the magic and wonder of long, sun-filled summer days with this beautiful color-by-number coloring book. Forty-six detailed scenes of idyllic summertime settings include picnicking, boating, bi
Relax and indulge in some "Me Time" with sticker messages that encourage you to do what makes you happy. The 12 colorful stickers include supportive phrases as well as sweet illustrations of popular s
This superb collection of 25 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock and Other Observations ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Prelud
