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Secret History of the Iraq War

by Yossef Bodansky

In the months leading up to March 2003, fresh from its swift and heady victory in Afghanistan, the Bush administration mobilized the United States armed forces to overthrow the government of Iraq. Eight months...

Shane Comes Home

by Rinker Buck

On March 21, 2003, while leading a rifle platoon into combat, Marine Lieutenant Shane Childers became the first combat fatality of the Iraq War. In this gripping, beautifully written personal history, award-winning...

Sustainability & Historic Preservation: Toward a Holistic View

by Richard Longstreth, Shary Page Berg & Rebecca Howell Crew

Sustainability and Historic Preservation: Towards a Holistic View broadens the horizons of the mushrooming drive to correlate the objectives of these two spheres. To date, discussions of the relationship between...

Have Yourself a Very Vintage Christmas: Crafts, Decorating Tips, and Recipes, 1920s-1960s

by Susan Waggoner

In her newest volume, Susan Waggoner recaptures the magic of Christmases past with the vintage crafts projects readers have been craving. Inspired by the most sought-after treasures from the 1920s through the...

Painting Portraits

by Anthony Connolly

Portrait painting is inherently difficult and requires a unique understanding of and sensitivity to the sitter. This practical book considers the historical context of portrait painting and its contemporary...

Blender Foundations: The Essential Guide to Learning Blender 2.5

by Roland Hess

Blender Foundations is the definitive resource for getting started with 3D art in Blender, one of the most popular 3D/Animation tools on the market . With the expert insight and experience of Roland Hess, noted...

The Game Audio Tutorial: A Practical Guide to Creating and Implementing Sound and Music for Interactive Games

by Richard Stevens & Dave Raybould

Design and implement video game sound from beginning to end with this hands-on course in game audio. Music and sound effects speak to players on a deep level, and this book will show you how to design and implement...

Gem Identification Made Easy, 5th Edition: A Hands-On Guide to More Confident Buying & Selling

by Antoinette, PG Matlins & Antonio C. Bonanno

Explains in non-technical terms how to identify diamonds and colored gems, and how to separate natural gems from imitations, treated stones, synthetics, and look-alikes. This book's approach is direct and practical,...

Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising, 3rd Edition: Antique, Period & Modern

by Anna M. Miller

"An indispensable reference book for any appraiser's library...should be referred to often." -Rocks & Minerals In this companion volume to Gems & Jewelry Appraising, 2nd Edition, the first comprehensive book...

Contemporary Collecting: Objects, Practices, and the Fate of Things

by Kevin M. Moist & David Banash

In Contemporary Collecting: Objects, Practices, and the Fate of Things, Kevin M. Moist and David Banash have assembled several essays that examine collecting practices on both a personal and professional level....

Save Your Stuff in the Workplace: How to Protect & Save Employee Possessions, Collectables, Memorabilia, Artwork and other Corporate Assets

by Scott M. Haskins

In 1994, in response to the Northridge Earthquake in the Los Angeles area, Scott Haskins was asked to write a pamphlet entitled "How To Respond After An Earthquake." 500,000 units were distributed to the public...

I Had a Dog and a Cat - Pictures Drawn by Josef and Karel Capek

by E. Milby Burton

Karel Capek's 'I had a Dog and Cat'. This fascinating book contains lovely illustrations from both Josef and Karel Capek. It was translated from the original by M. R.Weatherall.

The Animator's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Animation

by Francis Glebas

Enhance your animated features and shorts with this polished guide to channeling your vision and imagination from a former Disney animator and director. Learn how to become a strong visual storyteller through...

The Civil War in 50 Objects

by New-York Historical Society, Harold Holzer & Eric Foner

The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects: A fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War

From a soldier’s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown’s pike, the Emancipation...

Collecting Ladies: Ferdinand von Mueller and Women Botanical Artists

by Penny Olsen

Around 1870, Ferdinand von Mueller, the greatest Australian botanist of the nineteenth century, began to advertise in several newspapers across Australia for 'lady' plant collectors. This was at a time when...

Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France

by Christine A. Jones

French artisans began trials to reproduce fine Chinese porcelain in the 1660s. That challenge proved impossible, but inspired radical forms of experimentation. Potters invented artificial alternatives to Chinese...

Postcard Collector

by Barbara Andrews

An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards.

The Stick Soldiers

by Hugh Martin & Cornelius Eady

Iraq war veteran's Poulin Prize–winning debut poetry collection explores war, masculinity, and return to civilian life. Introduction by Cornelius Eady.

Chinese Carpets and Rugs

by Adolf Hackmack

First published in the famous rug-making city of Tientsin more than fifty years ago in a limited edition, the book has unjustly been out of print for far too long. It has been the object of eager and futile...

Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages: A Review of its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore, and Symbolism

by Stanley Charles Nott

First published in 1936 and since then a collector's item of increasing rarity, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages comprises a review of the characteristics, decorations, folklore, and symbolism of this esteemed...