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• An Illustrated Dictionary of Silverware
  A reference containing 2373 entries relating to British and North American silverware (embracing Canada and Mexico), decorative techniques, styles, leading designers and firms of silversmiths. The period covered runs from c.1500 to the present day (including Ireland up to 1921)....
• Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives
  The first book to document the unique art form of intricately carved, inlaid, and painted modern custom folding knives this handsome volume features the work of 31 of the finest artists in the world. Hundreds of specially commissioned photographs demonstrate the intricacy of the designs on both han...
• Are We There Yet?
  For two glorious weeks we're going to forget about work, leave all care behind, run away from the empty routine of our lives and pretend we are Thelma and Louise, minus the assault and descent into a criminal vortex, of course.'Rach and Jules, two thirty-something gals, hit the road in search of th...
• Australian Dictionary of Biography: 1940-1980 v.16
  Volume 16 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography is the last of four volumes to deal with the period 1940-1980. The subjects come from all walks of life - from premiers, generals and bishops, through artists, actors and authors, farmers, to prostitutes, thieves and murderers - providing a cross-...
• A Feather in My Wig
  With sensitivity and with humor, Barbara Van Billiard sets down the facts of her struggle and outlines the steps she took to deal with surgeries and chemotherapy. Her use of, and explanation, of various mind-body techniques, such as imagery and meditation, are a thought provoking approach that any ...
• A Matter of Life and Death
  Explains the varieties of advance health care directives (such as living wills) and medical and financial Powers of Attorney, questions to ask, and concerns to explore so your wishes are carried out for end-of-life care. Catholic Church's position included....
• An Intelligent Guide to Australian Property Development
  Do you have what it takes to be the next Frank Lowy or Donald Trump? In An Intelligent Guide to Australian Property Development, architect and successful international property developer Ron Forlee shares his many secrets to success in this high-risk, high-reward industry. With this practical 'how ...
• Australian Residential Property Development
  Australians have long had a love affair with residential property. We have one of the highest rates of homeownership in the world and investing in residential real estate is a popular route to financial security. In this fascinating, practical book, successful property developer, architect and writ...
• Affluenza
  There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to t...
• African Girl/Boy Paper Doll
  Two charming young Africans and 32 traditional tribal costumes in a carefully researched, meticulously rendered collection that includes outfits for a Swazi warrior, Zulu dancers, a Masai nomad, a Senegalese sorcerer, and others -- accompanied by splendid headdresses, masks, and other tribal artifa...
• A Dose of Dr Dog
  Doctor Dog, the Gumboyle family's favourite pet and their very own trusty physician, is having a well-deserved rest on a tropical island. Until, that is, the Gumboyles turn up and need rescuing from a variety of nasty holiday ailments! With the help of the long-lost herbal scientist Professor ...
• Advanced Level Practical Work for Physics
  The new A level specifications place extra emphasis on practical work,and in particular the skills assessed in both coursework and the externally set practical test. Advanced Level Practical Work for Physics covers each of the four main skill areas - devising and planning experimental activities de...
• Aung San Suu Kyi
  When a military junta took power in Myanmar (then called Burma) in 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi - the daughter of General Aung San, who negotiated Burma's independence from Britain in 1947 - entered Burmese politics to work for democratization. Heavily influenced by Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent prot...
• A History of Civilization
  An exploration into the seemingly contrasting, but often inter-related, themes of science, medicine, warfare and religion in history. The text looks at the spiritual ideas that have influenced cultures over the past 12,000 years from the religion of Ancient Egypt to the Mormons. Key developments in...
• A Voice of Her Own
  In 1761, a young African girl was sold to the Wheatley family in Boston. The family named her Phillis after the schooner that transported her to slavery. Kidnapped from her home in Africa, she had everything taken away from her - her family, her name, her language. But Phillis Wheatley was no ordin...
• Adobe InDesign CS2 One-on-one
  Digital publishing guru, Deke McClelland, has written over 80 books on computer design and imaging that have won numerous industry awards. An Adobe Certified Expert, Deke is a featured speaker at The InDesign Conference and a member of the PhotoshopWorld Instructor Dream Team. Deke hosts the exhaus...
• Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks
  Before they know it, users will be importing layered Photoshop files into GoLive, creating PDF files from within the GoLive environment, and using the visual layout grid and Cascading Style Sheets to turn out fluid, beautiful Web pages. Also covered are all of GoLive CS2's new features: enhanced li...
• ASP.Net Kick Start
  Visual Studio .NET is the premier development environment for creating .NET applications. The environment includes specialized tools for working with databases, XML files, and XML Web services. Building applications with Visual Studio .NET is a very different experience than building ASP.NET applic...
• Annabel Karmel's New Baby and Toddler Cookbook
  This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Annabel Karmel's New Baby and Toddler Cookbook includes the latest on nutrition with fresh recipe ideas that can be prepared quickly and easily. From first foods for babies through finger foods to meals for all the family, it includes ideas for tasty i...
• Annabel Karmel's Superfood for Babies and Children
  Every parent wants the best for their child, to give them the perfect start in life, and that includes their diet and the food they eat. Annabel Karmel understands this better than most - as a trained cook and the mother of three growing children she not only knows what kids should eat but also kno...
• A Time to Die
  In A Time to Die, journalist Robert Moore recreates this disaster minute by minute. Venturing into a covert world where the Cold War continues out of sight, Moore investigates the military and political background to the tragedy. But above all, he tells the nail-bitingly poignant human story of the...
• Australian Airborne
  This book has been written to provide a brief summary of Australian military parachuting and a general overview of the history of parachuting in Australia. The parachute qualification badges and other parachute related patches are also shown, including those worn by cadet units....
• Amer Public School Law 6e
  This market-leading text for graduate-level courses in educational law is a combined textbook/casebook that provides a comprehensive view of the law that governs the public school system of America. The case method approach allows instructors to involve discussion to discover and expose the reasoni...
• Are You the One for Me?
  Finally -- the book you've been waiting for to help you find aAnd keep the right partner and make love last. Best-selling author and renowned relationship expert Barbara De Angelis reveals everything you need to know about compatibility and shows you how to create the fulfilling relationship you de...
• Angels and Demons
  When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood pre...
• A Promise Kept
  When an enigmatic stranger promises to cure a young Englishman's recurring bouts of asthma it seems too good an opportunity to miss. At the time there was no indication that in the process he would end up being possessed by a 1500 year old Hawaiian Kahuna with a mission. A Kahuna, or priest magicia...
• Arabic-English, English-Arabic Dictionary
  Features an excellent selection of modern words and expressions, clear and comprehensive, designed to enable students to read the average Arabic newspaper or book....
• Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants
  These exotic natives of the Americas are among the most striking of drought-tolerant plants, and they make wonderful accents in the landscape, providing excellent contrasts to flowering perennial plantings. They can also be massed effectively, and many of the species are small, ideal for use in con...
• All About Apples
  This is a comprehensive, reliable and informative guide to apples old and new, their care, pest and disease control, propagation and harvesting. Topics include: grow you own organic apples more apples and less work with Allen Gilbert's new pruning system treat yourself and your friends to the true ...
• All about Louisiana Wildflowers
• All New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
  Over 400 entries of the most practical, up-to-date gardening information ever, collected from garden experts and writers nationwide!Gardens are places to renew yourself in mind and body, to reawaken to the truth and beauty of the natural world, and to feel the life force inside and around you. And ...
• Alpine Flower Finder
  This indispensible pocket guide to more than 350 alpine plants in six Rocky Mountain States offers sure-fire methods of plant identification, for beginner and expert alike....
• Alpine Plants of Europe
• Alpine Plants of North America
  This is the first comprehensive pictorial look at the American mountain flora from the southernmost Rocky Mountains to the Brooks Range of Alaska. Approximately 650 species in 54 genera are discussed, with many subspecies, varieties, and hybrids also described. Intended to be as useful for the gard...
• Amaryllis Thank You Cards
  Is there a flower more mesmerizing than the graceful and gorgeously hued amaryllis? Renowned author and photographer Starr Ockenga captures the beauty of this stunning flower in these vibrant thank-you cards. 12 cards, 1 design, with 13 envelopes, 4 x 5 1/2 inches, in clear-lidded packaging...
• Amaryllis Wire-0 Bound Journal
  Is there a flower more mesmerizing than the graceful and gorgeously hued amaryllis? Renowned author and photographer Starr Ockenga captures the beauty of this stunning flower in this vibrant journal. 160 pages (lined), 6 x 8 inches, with a wire-O binding...
• American Azaleas
  Other than a few Asiatic and one European species, North America is home to all the deciduous azaleas, members of the genus Rhododendron. There are native American azaleas suitable for a wide variety of garden environments. Gardeners interested in knowing more about these attractive, usually fragra...
• A Child Called It
  Dave Pelzer was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother, a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games - games that left one of her three sons nearly dead. She no longer considered Dave a son, but a slave no longer a boy, but an 'it'. His bed was an old army co...
• A Left-handed History of the World
  Psychology meets history in this fascinating and popular look at being left-handed and its effects on our world. By exploring the defining character traits of these and other famous lefties, we uncover what the world can learn by viewing life from another angle.Profiles of the following lefties are...
• Advocacy
  Persuasive questioning and argument in our courts and tribunals need skills in case preparation and techniques of presentation. Those skills and techniques are gained by a combination of understanding and practice. This book explains the 'what', the 'why' and the 'how' of basic skills and technique...
• Acting From the Heart: Australian Advocates for Asylum Seekers Tell Their Stories
  In recent years, thousands of Australians from all walks of life have been moved to act in support of asylum seekers and refugees and against the Australian government's immigration policy and practice. In Acting from the Heart, over 50 people who reflect the diversity of this movement describe how...
• A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance
  An inspirational collection of essays that shows how the joys and regrets of life can bring a deeper understanding of the self and that not-so-simple creature, man. A test pilot, champion surfer and world-renowned singer number among the men who have contributed their experiences to produce a colle...
• Algebra: Bk. 1
  CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. Whether you're brushing up on pre-Algebra concepts or on your way toward mastering algebraic fractions, factoring...
• Algebraic Number Theory
  From its history as an elegant but abstract area of mathematics, algebraic number theory now takes its place as a useful and accessible study with important real-world practicality. Unique among algebraic number theory texts, this important work offers a wealth of applications to cryptography, incl...
• An Introduction to Numerical Analysis
  Numerical analysis provides the theoretical foundation for the numerical algorithms we rely on to solve a multitude of computational problems in science. Based on a successful course at Oxford University, this book covers a wide range of such problems ranging from the approximation of functions and...
• Analyzing Environmental Data
  Environmental statistics is a rapidly growing field, supported by advances in digital computing power, automated data collection systems, and interactive, linkable Internet software. Concerns over public and ecological health and the continuing need to support environmental policy-making and regula...
• Applied Calculus
  APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula to meet the needs of today's students. The author team's extensive teaching experience and proven ability to write innovative and relevant problems has made this text a true bestseller. Exciting new real-...
• Applied Logistic Regression
  From the reviews of the First Edition... "An interesting, useful, and well-written book on logistic regression models . . . Hosmer and Lemeshow have used very little mathematics, have presented difficult concepts heuristically and through illustrative examples, and have included references.&...
• Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers
  With Montgomery and Runger's best selling engineering statistics text, you can learn how to apply statistics to real engineering situations. The text shows you how to use statistical methods to design and develop new products, and new manufacturing systems and processes. You'll gain a better unders...
• Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers: Student Solutions Manual
  Real Engineering Situations, Real Engineering Data With Montgomery and Runger's best-selling engineering statistics text, you can learn how to apply statistics to "real" engineering situations. The text shows you how to use statistical methods to design and develop new products, ...
• Approximate Dynamic Programming
  A complete and accessible introduction to the real-world applications of approximate dynamic programming With the growing levels of sophistication in modern-day operations, it is vital for practitioners to understand how to approach, model, and solve...
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  In the event of an adult cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care. This new and updated edition of "Advanced Cardiac Life Support" provides the theoretical background to resuscitation as well as explaining the essential resuscitation skills re...
• Aging: Fight It with the Blood Type Diet
  From the author of the 2 million-copy-selling Eat Right 4 (for) Your Type series, which has helped millions of people lose weight and stay healthy using the Blood Type Diet(r), come two new books to help fight the effects of aging and manage the symptoms of menopause. Having written books specifica...
• Another World
  Another World explores day to day life in a small Trappist monastery tucked away in the Ozark foothills. Interweaving memoir with conversations with the monks, observations of community life, and relationships with other visitors, Claassen provides a window into contemporary monastic life. Each cha...
• Alabama Wildlife: Checklist of Vertebrates and Selected Invertebrates: Aquatic Mollusks, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals v. 1
  The four volumes in this collection present current, detailed information on the known vertebrates, freshwater mussels, and snails in Alabama. Volume 1, A Checklist of Vertebrates and Selected Invertebrates: Aquatic Mollusks, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, is a field guide to all v...
• Alabama Wildlife: Conservation and Management Recommendations for Imperiled Taxa v. 4
  The four volumes in this collection present current, detailed information on the known vertebrates, freshwater mussels, and snails in Alabama. Volume 1, A Checklist of Vertebrates and Selected Invertebrates: Aquatic Mollusks, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, is a field guide to all v...
• Alabama Wildlife: Imperiled Aquatic Wildlife v. 2
  The four volumes in this collection present current, detailed information on the known vertebrates, freshwater mussels, and snails in Alabama. Volume 1, A Checklist of Vertebrates and Selected Invertebrates: Aquatic Mollusks, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, is a field guide to all v...
• Anthem for Doomed Youth
  Twelve soldier poets of the First World War Leading poet and former professor of English Literature, Jon Stallworthy tells the story of the lives and work of twelve major poets of the First World War and provides selections of their best work. The Fi...
• A Human Pattern: Selected Poems
  This clear and elegant edition is Judith Wright's own definitive selection of her poetry and contains the best verse from her forty-year career. Wright's sensual images are expressed with the strong simple language and subtle passion which has earned her an international reputation. Judith Wrigh...
• Apollos of the North
  George Buchanan had an eventful career. Tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots, and James VI, imprisoned and tortured by the Inquisition in Portugal, teacher of Montaigne in France and a leader of the Scottish Reformation, Buchanan was regarded throughout 16th century Europe as the greatest poet of his age....
• Auguries of Innocence
  Auguries of Innocence is the first book of poetry from Patti Smith in more than a decade. It marks a major accomplishment from a poet and performer who has inscribed her vision of our world in powerful anthems, ballads, and lyrics. In this intimate and searing collection of poems, Smith joins in th...
• American Theocracy
  An explosive examination of the coalition of forces that threatens the nation, from the bestselling author of "American Dynasty" In his two most recent bestselling books, "American Dynasty" and "Wealth and Democracy," Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and ...
• Anam Cara
  When Saint Patrick first came to Ireland in the 5th century A.D., he encountered the Celtic people with their flourishing spiritual tradition, already thousands of years old. Where the Christians worshiped one God, the Celts had many and in fact, found divinity all around them: in rivers and hills,...
• Akhenaten and the Religion of Light
  Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was king of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty and reigned from 1375 to 1358 BCE. Called the religious revolutionary, he is the earliest known creator of a new religion. The cult he founded broke with Egypt's traditional polytheism and focused its worship on a sing...
• Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India
• Astronomy: A Physical Perspective
  This fully revised and updated text is a comprehensive introduction to astronomical objects and phenomena. By applying some basic physical principles to a variety of situations, students will learn how to relate everyday physics to the astronomical world. Starting with the simplest objects, the tex...
• Australia from Space
  This exotic book explores the unique beauty of Australia from space, with photographs taken by astronauts aboard the space shuttle and international space station. Six-time space shuttle astronaut and payload commander of the first Hubble space telescope repair mission, Story Musgrave, selected eac...
• A Spanner in the Works
  Exploring the profound impact of science and technology on the world, this argument seeks to prove that science has repercussions on contemporary spiritual life. Max Planck, Walter Benjamin, and Albert Einstein join ancient and medieval thinkers alike to inform the thrust of his argument. A person'...
• Among the Righteous
  Was there an Arab Schindler? This is the never-before-told story of the Holocaust in the Arab lands of North Africa, and one man's quest to find the truth. Thousands of people have been honoured for saving Jews during the Holocaust, but not one single Arab. Looking for a hopeful response to the pla...
• A Corner of a Foreign Field
  A book that interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social change. C.K. Nayudu and Sachin Tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too do Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Indian careers of the English cricketers, Lord Harris and D.R. Jar...
• Acoustic Absorbers and Diffusers
  Absorbers and diffusers are two of the main design tools for altering the acoustic conditions of rooms, semi-enclosed spaces and the outdoor environment. Their correct use is important for delivering high quality acoustics. This unique and authoritative text describes how to effectively measure, mo...
• Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students
  "Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students" is the leading self contained aircraft structures course text. It covers all fundamental subjects, including elasticity, structural analysis, airworthiness and aeroelasticity. Now in its fourth edition, the author has revised and updated the ...
• Adaptive Information
  New Paradigm for considering application integration and B2B problems Heightens the importance of conveying meaning between systems Addresses movement in the EAI space toward more data handling capabilities Offers a solution for the multitude of managers disconnected with the latest technologies Le...
• Auto Legends
  In this unabridged compact edition, over sixty of the most important - and beautiful - cars ever made give a unique overview of the key moments of car design worldwide, from the 'horseless carriages' of the early twentieth century to the thoroughbred Ferrari Enzo Ferrari of 2002. Each car is introd...
• AA Road Atlas Italy
  With easy-to-use large scale mapping, travelling through Italy could not be easier with this fully updated atlas produced by De Agostini in Northern Italy. Fully updated for 2007, this atlas is presented in A4 format providing full coverage of Italy including Sicily and Sardinia. Essential informat...
• Authentic Sardinia
  This guide to Sardinia, an island surrounded by one of the most beautiful and transparent seas in the world, surveys all the possibilities for visitors, from aquatic sports along the 1,800-km coastline -- the second-longest of the Mediterranean islands -- to the best places to dine, stay, and play....
• Armed and Dangerous
  ...Within half an hour, the place was buzzing. 'The airport's been shut down.' 'Bank robbers have dumped a car.' 'They've taken hostages.' 'They're tying to get out of the country.' The gossip ranged wide and wild as rumours spread. I got a lift back to the main terminal buildings and spotted our g...
• American Farm Collectibles
  ? Features essential details beneficial for competing in tens of thousands of ongoing online auctions...
• Andrew Sibley
  Since his first solo exhibition in 1960, Andrew Sibley's work has had an impact on art in Australia. An unconventional artist, he draws on the unconscious realm for his images and then locates them in reality. Central to his philosophy of art is the belief that an artist is a shaman or magician who...
• An Essay On The Autographic Collections Of The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence And The Constitution
• Antique Trader Collectible Paperback Price Guide
  The humble paperback packs a lot into just a few pages, and that's without even getting into the storyline. Every imaginable genre and subject, from romance and science fiction to sleaze and the traditional western are among the pocket-sized reads you'll find in this price guide. The appealing inte...
• A Guide to Collecting Everyman's Library
  Every book collector has felt the frustration of ignorance. How does he know a book isn't overpriced? Is this book really a first edition? Was it issued with a dust jacket? Is it really scarce or is such a description just a sales tactic? Booksellers usually have more knowledge about their offering...
• Atrocious Books
  Detailed descriptive catalogue of the author's working library collection of cookbooks, with extensive index. Draws an oblique picture of some facets of the author's life....
• A Pound of Paper
  In the rural Australia of the fifties where John Baxter grew up, reading books was disregarded with suspicion, owning and collecting them with utter incomprehension. Despite this, by the age of eleven Baxter had 'collected' his first book - "The Poems of Rupert Brooke." He'd read the volume often, ...
• Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide
  Whether your collection features a hefty helping of grandmaas worn, but cherished cookbooks from years past, or a few recipe-rich treasures of your own, this fact and photo-filled guide will feed any cookbook fascination. This reference, written by the owners of OldCookbooks.com serves up 1,500 Ame...
• A Passion for Perfume Bottles
  This book offers collectors an astonishing array of perfume bottles and atomisers by the American companies DeVilbiss, Pyramid and Volumpte, as well as many rarities of the commercial type, particularly in the categories of Baccarat and Lalique. The collection finishes with a tour de force of Czech...
• Anchor Hocking Commemorative Bottles and Other Collectibles
  Filled with over 150 color photos, this book displays unique Anchor Hocking bottles commemorating retirements, high school graduations, historical events, centennials, plant expansions, performance awards, and conventions. Fabulous insight into the history of Anchor Hocking is provided throughout....
• A Century of Perfume
• A Manual of Mending & Repairing Antiques
  Originally published in London 1896. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text an...
• Antiques and the Stately Homes
  Twenty-five years of working in Britain's stately homes. How the author transformed both the antique fairs and stately homes industries over the period. A unique insight into the antiques trade and how the aristocracy ticks....
• American Locomotives in Historic Photographs, 1858 to 1949
  Spectacular album of 126 "builder's photographs" ("portraits," more precisely) of the locos as they came out of the factories chiefly Baldwin and Lima. These exquisitely detailed photos most from the Rogers Collection which was acquired by Hayward Cirker, publisher of Dover books were submitted to...
• Ancient Coin Collecting, v. 4, Roman Provincial Coins
  Roman provincial coins offer a fascinating blend of artistry (representing their Greek influences) and history (reflecting Roman authority) that make them irresistible to collectors. In his fourth volume devoted to the hobby of collecting ancient coins, Wayne G. Sayles profiles the coinage minted i...
• ANCIENT COIN COLLECTING
  Packed with useful collector information, "Ancient Coin Collecting V" explores the civilized world after the fall of Rome through the coins of the Romaioi, Greek citizens of the Roman East. More than 300 photos, maps, a glossary, and a detailed bibliography make this a "must have" resource for both...
• Ancient Coin Collecting: Non-classical Cultures v. 6
  Explore 1,500 years of numismatic history in this final volume of an acclaimed series. From the Land of Sheba to the Court of Ghengis Khan, the past will come to life through the coins of once-great civilizations. Richly illustrated with more than 300 photos and maps....
• Alternative Comics
  Hatfield analyses such seminal works as: Art Spiegelman's Maus Gilbert Hernadez's Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories Justin Green's Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Harvey Pekar's American Splendor, and explores how issues outside of cartooning - the market-place, production demands, and wo...
• Antique Dolls Colouring Book
  30 full-page, ready-to-color illustrations of actual 19th-century dolls in authentic period costumes, including captivating Jumeau dolls with long, curly tresses a Bru lady doll with a fashionable hat, c. 1870 a French fashion bride of the 1870s, a French walking doll, c. 1880 an engaging, wide-eye...
• American Character Dolls
  Sweet Sue, Betsy McCall, Tiny Tears, Little Ricky, Whimsies, Toni, Toodles, and Tressy, American Character's most popular dolls, are known for their high quality construction and beautiful clothing. Over 1,000 full-color photos cover the entire line of over 100 dolls produced, from composition to v...
• Art of Patti Playpal
  This book celebrates Patti Playpal and her family of dolls, popular vinyl playthings of the 1950s and 1960s. The authors, long time Patti collectors and experts, provide insights from Neil Estern, the original sculptor, share new information and present beautiful colour photos of rare dolls and out...
• A Bibliography of Guns and Shooting
  A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GUNS AND SHOOTING. BEING A LIST OF ANCIENT AND MODERN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BOOKS RELATING TO FIREARMS AND THEIR USE, AND TO THE COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON TECHNICAL BOOKS AND THE WRITERS OF THEM, FIREARMS INVENTIONS AND THE HISTORY OF ...
• Arts and Crafts Furniture
  Arts and Crafts is more than a style of architecture. It is an enduring furniture style that honors the tradition of fine craftsmanship and attention to detail. This book takes a fresh look at the history and influences that resulted in beautiful, functional pieces designed to enhance the interiors...