This extraordinary compendium of early-twentieth-century mechanical devices covers a seemingly in...

The Art of Animal Drawing will help artists at all levels improve their ability to draw animals b...

This practical guide to historical costume is essential for anyone planning to create accurate pe...

Clear and accurate in its guidance, Medieval Costume and How to Make It portrays the clothing of ...

The Art of Animal Drawing will help artists at all levels improve their ability to draw animals b...

1000 Mechanical Movements is of tremendous value to anyone exploring the lost technology of a cen...

For centuries the humble bamboo plant has held an esteemed place in Chinese culture, valued not o...

Of all forms of poetry and literature, haiku is likely the least amenable to chronological treatm...

For centuries the humble bamboo plant has held an esteemed place in Chinese culture, valued not o...

Of all forms of poetry and literature, haiku is likely the least amenable to chronological treatm...

The stories contained within this volume were composed centuries ago in a strange and distant pla...

Of all forms of poetry and literature, haiku is likely the least amenable to chronological treatm...

Of all forms of poetry and literature, haiku is likely the least amenable to chronological treatm...

Composed in 1962 by Swami Prabhavananda, a monk of the Ramakrishna Order, The Spiritual Heritage ...

Arranged by Perry Miller in 1956, The American Puritans is a classic collection of Puritan writin...

Sven Hedin inherited the steel sinews of his Norse ancestors. During his many years of exploratio...

Too often the study of great composers is limited to either a musical analysis of their compositi...

Too often the study of great composers is limited to either a musical analysis of their compositi...

Regarded as one of the premier virtuosos of his day, Russian pianist Josef Lhévinne was acclaimed...

Regarded as one of the premier virtuosos of his day, Russian pianist Josef Lhévinne was acclaimed...

'The masses have never thirsted after the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily...

In this brief but highly informative book, Charles Homer Haskins examines the origin of the unive...

In this brief but highly informative book, Charles Homer Haskins examines the origin of the unive...

This work is a fascinating introduction to Zen and to the self-enlightenment and inner reason tha...

This work is a fascinating introduction to Zen and to the self-enlightenment and inner reason tha...

Originating from a series of lectures given at Berkeley in 1949, The Greeks and the Irrational by...

This book is the life story of Dom Bede Griffiths, a British priest, Benedictine monk, and notabl...

First published in 1926, Death-Bed Visions: The Otherworldly Experiences of the Dying, constitute...

Dive into the macabre history of England and Old Europe in this compendium of historical punishme...

Tales and Essays from Old Japan is a spirited and engaging entry into the world of pre-industrial...

Tales and Essays from Old Japan is a spirited and engaging entry into the world of pre-industrial...

This pamphlet is one of a series made available by the U.S. War Department (now the Department of...

The companion volume to the much-beloved Your Cabin in the Woods, Conrad Meinecke's Cabin Craft a...

The companion volume to the much-beloved Your Cabin in the Woods, Conrad Meinecke's Cabin Craft a...

This pamphlet is one of a series made available by the U.S. War Department (now the Department of...

Li Po (also known as Li Bai) was an acclaimed Chinese poet and romantic figure who lived from 701...

One of the most prominent cartoonists of the early 20th century, Art Young was noted for his scat...

One of the most prominent cartoonists of the early 20th century, Art Young was noted for his scat...

Originally published in 1914, Kingship and Law in the Middle Ages by Fritz Kern is one of the mos...

'My purpose,' Mohandas K. Gandhi writes of this book, 'is to describe experiments in the science ...

First published in 1927, Primitive Man as Philosopher represents a landmark in early anthropologi...

The poems of the youthful Roman Catullus for his Lesbia (the courtesan Clodia) have forever occup...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawin...