Nature, recreation and sports / Antiques & collectibles

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...

Contemporary Netsuke

by Miriam Kinsey

Netsuke, the treasure first mined by Brockhaus and Weber has been ably refined and mounted by many latter-day scholar collectors and enhanced by the miracles of modern photographic reproduction, so that we now...

Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java

by Inger McCabe Elliot & Brian Brake

Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java is a sumptuous, classic book, richly illustrated with color plates of the finest antique and contemporary batik from thirty museums and private collections around the world. It includes...

The Samurai Sword: A Handbook

by John M. Yumoto

The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by generations...

India's Special Forces- History and Future of Special Forces

by P C Katoch & Saikat Datta

Employment till now of our nascent Special Forces have been analyzed including whether our Special Forces have actually been employed or used as Special Forces or primarily used in counter insurgency operations...

Shadow of the Sword: A Marine's Journey of War, Heroism, and Redemption

by Jeremiah Workman & John Bruning

Awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry under fire, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Workman is one of the Marine Corps’ best-known contemporary combat veterans. In this searing and inspiring memoir, he tells an unforgettable...

Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures

by Walt Stanchfield & Don Hahn

Walt Stanchfield (1919-2000) began work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films like Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan.

Perhaps Stanchfield's biggest legacy was the knowledge...

Fascinating Facts, Mysteries and Myths About U.S. Coins

by Robert R. VanRyzin

Who were the models for the Indian Head nickel?

Why is it called the Orphan Annie?

What is the King of American Coins?

Fascinating Facts, Myths and Mysteries about U.S. Coins is a compilation of some of the...

Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll

by Alan Scott Pate

Famed the world over for their intricate beauty, Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important role in that country's culture. This first comprehensive book on antique Japanese dolls published in English...

Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra

by Rudolf G. Smend, Brigitte Khan Majlis & Harmen C. Veldhuisen

Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs,...

History of Armour 1100-1700

by Paul F Walker

The History of Armour 1100 - 1700 offers a detailed account of how armour developed through the Medieval, Tudor, Elizabethan and Civil War eras, carefully itemizing the subtle changes over a six hundred year...