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Twenty-three models offer a menagerie of easy-to-fold animals. Figures range from birds to fish to mammals. Diagrams illustrate every step...

Chesterton's customary wit and engaging storytelling provide a brief but vivid profile. He focuses on the saint's life, rather than on theology,...

PrefaceVector Results in Constant Use in the Text1. Plane Curves2. Curves in Space3. SurfacesExamplesSolutions to ExamplesIndex

PrefacePart I. What Is Light? Chapter 1. Early Ideas of Light 1.1 Greek Optics 1.2 Optics in the Middle Ages 1.3 A New Beginning Chapter...

Rooted in tribal customs and cultural traditions from around the world, making string figures is an ancient pastime that continues to charm...

Transform ordinary stones into a colorful works of art. Full-color illustrations accompany step-by-step instructions for creating 30 different...

This collection of 14 original projects allows less-experienced folders with an interest in model aircraft the chance to develop their skills....

Two years before the Battle of Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer published a series of reminiscences concerning his participation...

Preface1. The Finite-komponent Method2. The Finite-składnik Method for Poisson's Equation3. Assembly and Solution for Large Systems4. Implementation...

This anthology collects sterling examples of the era's tragedies, dramas that both informed and were influenced by Shakespeare's work. Eight...

Two grandmasters offer masterly analysis of neglected area: attacking the king, defense, pawn structure, much more. Introduction by Harry...

Kant's attempt to establish the principles behind the faculty of judgment remains one of the most important works on human reason. This...

This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through...

Reference shows important parts of the human body, both in motion and in repose: hand, wrist, fingers, forearm, neck, thigh, leg, and more."Best...

Raymond Smullyan received his PhD from Princeton University and has taught at Dartmouth, Princeton, Indiana University, and New York's Lehman...

One of the greatest figures of the French classical school, Fran ois Couperin (1668-1733), called le grand, was royal organist at the court...

Now a major motion picture! Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents...

This religious classic has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Written in a candid and conversational style, the...

Wonderfully illustrated book by famed 19th-century illustrator lists over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents — tulip = fame; blue...

This landmark in the literature of black protest eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights...

An illustrated view of 2,000 years of head coverings, this engaging and literate survey features over 800 drawings depicting the headgear...

Progress and Poverty offers a fundamental inquiry into the cause of industrial depressions and the persistence of poverty and advancing...

Memorable classic invites youngsters to travel down the Yellow Brick Road with the delightful little girl from Kansas and her unusual friends....

The use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on...

An American poetry classic, in which former citizens of a mythical midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes...

1. What Is Topology?2. Topological Spaces3. Some Topological Properties4. Some Advanced Calculus5. Differentiable Manifolds6. Orientability7....

Written in 1936 and published the following year, this brilliant and profound evaluation of Stalinism from the Marxist standpoint prophesied...

This influencial classic takes a scientific approach to the study of the history of philosophy.

Classic treatise covers mathematical topics needed żeby theoretical and experimental physicists (vector analysis, calculus of variations,...

The definitive biography and critical study of the great 18th-century composer, this volume features full-chapter treatments of Rameau's...

Masterly stories include "Little Hut," "With Other Eyes," "A Voice," "Citrons from Sicily," "A Character's Tragedy," six more. Presented...

Ten classics aby masters of the macabre: Bram Stoker's "The Judge's House," "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James's "The Rose...

Forty-five scenes from the battle of Britain, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, battle of Stalingrad, Allied invasion of France, dropping...

Preface1. Feedback Control2. State-Space Representation of Dynamic Systems3. Dynamics of Linear Systems4. Frequency-Domain Analysis5. Controllability...

PrefaceTips on Drawing AnimalsMood and FeelingThe Use of LineAction AnalysisBrush TechniqueThe Horse FamilyThe Deer FamilyThe Cat FamilyCows...

A famous woodsman provides classic instructions for roughing it, camping, hiking, firemaking, cookout, shelters, and more. "Useful, specific...

Thirty action-packed illustrations include mythic and prehistoric depictions as well as realistic drawings of modern species, including...

Seventeen creepy but cuddly crochet monsters include Boo Boo the Voodoo Doll; Jack, the Headless Horseman; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; and...

Fascinating chronicle of the bands of plundering sea rovers who roamed the Caribbean and coastlines of Central America in the 17th century....

Definitive work on card technique: everything from basic manipulations to advanced flourishes; also a wide variety of tricks. 318 illustrations.

A mentor to Mozart and teacher of Beethoven, Joseph Haydn is known as the "Father of the Symphony"--and now even beginning pianists can...

Twenty-nine realistic drawings depict Titanic at dock in Southhampton, England; passengers dining and strolling on deck, the ship striking...

Introduction1 A bit of background A practical problem A basic theorem Means2 Harmonic division and Apollonian circles Harmonic conjugates...

This graphic novel aby an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany...

Two young look-alikes in 16th-century England decide to trade clothes and roles, a situation that drastically alters the lives of both....

Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Dickens unfolds his masterpiece of drama, adventure, and romance about a man falsely accused...

"Chevalley's most important contribution to mathematics is certainly his work on group theory.... Theory of Lie Groups] was the first systematic...

Tremendously detailed and thorough account of premodern weapons of war -- from the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages and the breakup of the...

"Vastly rewarding and illuminating." — American ArtistThis comprehensive history and instruction manual contains, in one volume, thirteen...

1. Introduction2. Differentiation and Integrations to Integer Order3. Fractional Derivatives and Integrals: Definitions and Equivalences4....

Preface. Conventions, NotationsPart 1. Introduction1. Idealization2. Standardization and Transfer3. Real Numbers and Numerical Functions4....

"Think with the few and speak with the many," "Friends are a second existence," and "Be able to forget" are among this volume's 300 pithy...

All 5 piano trios -- the A Minor, B Major, C Major, C Minor and E-flat Major Trios (Opp. 114, 8, 87, 101 and 40) in the definitive Breitkopf...

Introduction 1. Atoms and Molecules 2. Beyond Newton 3. The Quantum World 4. Even Newer Physics 5. Back to the Future 6. Tomorrow's Physics...

From its gripping first sentence onward, this novel exemplifies the term "Kafkaesque." Its darkly humorous narrative recounts a bank clerk's...

Introduction; ReferencesChapter I. Asymptotic Series 1.1 O-symbols 1.2 Asymptotic sequences 1.3 Asymptotic expansions 1.4 Linear operations...

Rooted in myth, occult mysteries, and belief in magic, these enchanting stories from the great Irish poet are populated żeby a lively cast...

Foreword1. Basic Graph Theory2. Colorings of Graphs3. Circuits and Cycles4. Extremal Problems5. Counting6. Labeling Graphs7. Applications...

An expert on Nietzsche presents highlights from The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and other works, and...

Beginners often find the compositions of Antonin Dvořák frustratingly difficult to play, but this introductory volume provides an accessible...

From one of the finest and most popular of British Victorian-era painters: 24 dramatic portraits of wistful, long-haired maidens, among...

Nietzsche's "grand declaration of war," Twilight of the Idols was written while the philosopher was at the peak of his powers. Blazing with...

Swirling with gargoyles, devils, dragons, griffins, and other images that haunt both dreams and nightmares, this otherworldly assortment...

A distinguished mathematician traces the history of science, illustrating philosophy's ongoing role, explaining technology's erosion of...

Written by a renowned animal illustrator, this guidebook teems with over 100 illustrations of wild and domestic breeds: horses, deer, geese,...

This exploration of how cells multiply and develop offers an accessible look at a difficult subject, with fascinating insights into aging,...

Forty-one Japanese, Scandinavian, and Sicilian tales: "The Snow-Queen," "The Cunning Shoemaker," "The Two Brothers," "The Merry Wives,"...

Perspective, the author tells us, is easy; yet surprisingly few artists are aware of the simple rules that make it so. This easy-to-follow...

PrefaceII The first chapter of the first section of this bookII "How some enter the profession through loftiness of spirit, and some, for...

Preface to the Dover EditionPrefaceGleizes and Metzinger Cubism (1912)Kandinsky Reminiscences (1913)Boccioni Technical Manifesto of Futurist...

This text considers waves the great unifying concept of physics, employing minimal mathematics to explore behavior common to earthquake...

5,500 illustrations from the 19th century include star maps, animals, plants, minerals, fossils, geological formations, human anatomy, and...

In 1326, Ibn Battuta began a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 75,000 miles later. His engrossing account of that journey provides...

The most important source of information about Plymouth, this landmark account was written aby the colony's governor. It vividly documents...

A reprint of a 1969 text, which examines comparitive religion and the notion of the devil.

Authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking...

The acknowledged masterpiece of one of Spain's most influential thinkers. Between despair and the desire for something better, Unamuno finds...

Brilliant color plates of Edmund Dulac's book illustrations date from 1908 to 1928 and include Shakespeare's The Tempest, The Arabian Nights,...

Derived from a course in fluid mechanics, this text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students employs symmetry arguments to illustrate...

Celebrate the City of Light with two dozen charming stickers. Everyone will love these colorful images depicting the Eiffel Tower, Arc De...

PART IGREAT SPEECHES OF EARLIER TIMESI. Greece and Rome PERICLES Funeral Oration SOCRATES On His Condemnation to Death ISOCRATES On the...

PrefaceGeneral References1. Classical Theory 1.1 Principle of Least Action 1.1.1 Classical Motion 1.1.2 Electromagnetic Field as an Infinite...

Internationally renowned author John Montroll has significantly increased the origami repertoire with his original designs. Best known as...

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" "Death, be not proud," "The Raven," "The Road Not Taken,"...

Despite its modern-day connotations of hedonism, "Epicureanism" has more to do with living a mindful, uncomplicated life. Epicurus -- who...

Beautifully illustrated guide by a master woodcrafter presents 12 projects, with mix-and-match suggestions for creating dozens of spoons...

One of the most universally loved and admired English novels, an effervescent tale of rural romance transformed aby Jane Austen's art into...

A modern classic about a penniless, unemployed young writer, this powerful, autobiographical novel paints an unforgettable portrait of a...

PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITIONPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITIONCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Nature of the Subject An Historical Theory Lessons and...

Finest book for beginners discusses fundamentals and offers 34 designs for panels, bookends, mirrors, and other projects.

When Giacomo Puccini saw Sarah Bernhardt in a production of La Tosca by French playwright Victorien Sardou, he knew immediately that its...

Faust was a major success upon its first fully realised performance at Milan's La integruje in 1862.

The first documented, systematic study of a truly revolutionary subject, this 1937 text remains the definitive guide to guerrilla warfare....

Diagrams, photos, and templates for 12 simple, sturdy wooden toys. Freight train, doll cradle, cargo ships, helicopter, biplane, circus...

Preface1. Why Are We Here?2. Sample Paths3. Basics4. Simulation5. Arrival-Counting Processes6. Discrete-Time Processes7. Continuous-Time...

Four career-minded dolls represent a terrific variety of professions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics....

A murderer discovers his true nature, a samurai attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic...

A milestone of political science, Rousseau's 1762 work argues that all government is fundamentally flawed and that modern society is rife...

Chapter I. Properties of the Apparatus 1. Introduction 2. Convergents 3. Infinite continued fractions 4. Continued fractions with natural...

This vintage guide to the intricacies of Victorian needlecraft features step-by-step instructions for mastering an array of techniques and...

Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, Ciliata, diatoms, calcareous sponges, Tubulariidae, Siphonophora,...

The great 19th-century philosopher refines his previously expressed ideal of the superman in one of his most important works, a fascinating...

"Nobody should be allowed to have anything to do with advertising until he has read this book seven times. It changed the course of my life."...

Profusely illustrated step-by-step guide to binding books, paperbacks, periodicals. Instructions for sewing, making endpapers, attaching...

The 18th-century theologian's most important contribution to Christian thought, this polemic contrasts the opposing Calvinist and Arminian...

Delightful stories, other material based on works of Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Ricardo Palma, other noted writers. Complete faithful...

Hundreds of plant species with specialized appendices on edible plants, herbs, plants used in decoration and graphic design. Inspirational,...

Supreme masterpiece tells the story of Raskolnikov, a student tormented żeby his own thoughts after he murders an old woman. Overwhelmed...

1. Introduction2. Energy and Energy Budgets3. Application to Plants4. Application to Animals5. Radiation Laws, Units, and Definitions6....

This unique collection of 35 original origami models, presented in order of difficulty, is the invention of bestselling origami artist John...

Delightful treasury of unusual and inventive projects includes step-by-step instructions for creating a camel, rooster, butterfly, bullfighter,...

This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have captured the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the 20th century. The mystery...

In this 1821 classic, Hegel applies his most important concept — the dialectics — to law, rights, morality, the family, economics, and the...

PREFACEFROM THE PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITIONFIRST PART ELEMENTS OF LOGIC. DEDUCTIVE METHODI. ON THE USE OF VARIABLES 1. Constants and...

Over 100 tricks that can be done with any pack of cards. This rich collection has taught thousands of magicians how to perform dozens of...

Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and...

Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns...

This volume comprises the major Upanishads, regarded as the basis of the Vedanta philosophy and the outstanding contribution of Hindu thinkers...

1. General Discussion2. Mathematical Background3. The General Linear-programming Problem4. The Simplex Computational Procedure5. The Revised...

Over 40 fun-to-colour drawings depict what to look for when buying a horse or pony, grooming techniques, basic first aid for horses and...