Over 90 striking color photos display minerals of the epidote group, well known to mineral collectors for their rich colors and the many interestin...

Over 100 vivid color photographs of beautiful feldspar minerals show each species in its geological context. The feldspar minerals, as a group, mak...

Garnet, with its many color varieties, is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at many locales worldwid...

Mica is a broad term encompassing about forty minerals, ranging from the common to the rare, many at times forming excellent crystals jewelers use....

Among rock-forming minerals, the colorful tourmaline group is a favorite of both mineral collectors and gemologists. Superb examples are found at m...

Among rock-forming minerals, the vesuvianite group is best known through the many colorful crystals collected at the Jeffrey quarry, in Asbestos, C...

Among rock-forming minerals, the zeolite group is large and widespread, and is enormously important to industry. Zeolites form excellent crystals. ...

Coin Machines is a thorough look at slot machines, jukeboxes, arcade, counter and pinball games, trade stimulators, vending machines, and coin oper...

Sweet strawberries, bold florals, grandma's kitchen plaid, and state souvenir tablecloths: these are some of the images in this comprehensive refer...

Antique toys and banks continue to fascinate people worldwide. Here are cherished old toys shown, described, dated and evaluated for today's market...

Book & CD. The long-awaited final instalment of the "Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal" trilogy has arrived! Volume 1: The '70s gave us 1162 rev...

The amphibole group is extremely important, widespread, and beautiful, with a structure that can accommodate a bewildering variety of compositions ...

Revisit those family vacations of yore through these charming, colorful tablecloths and linens. These whimsical collectibles are fun "snapshots" of...

Smaller-scale replicas of dream vehicles capture the imagination and touch the child in each of us. Here are Jaguars, Bugattis, Ferraris, Jeeps, MG...

The mineral Titania is found in large, well-formed crystals at localities around the world. Over 100 color photos display three of the common titan...

A comprehensive survey of ceramic wares produced by the Trenton Potteries Company of Trenton, New Jersey, throughout its existence, from 1892 to 19...

Colleges and universities maintain endowments to directly support their activities as institutions of higher education. Endowments are typically in...

Based on available data, college tuition and fees have been rising more rapidly than household income over the past 2 decades. The divergence is pa...

A growing number of colleges and universities have entered into agreements with financial firms to provide debit and prepaid card services for stud...

College students are subject to a massive input of stresses which require successful and ever-changing coping strategies. These stresses include in...

During the past decade there has been a notable growth of interest in the enhancement of instruction in post-secondary institutions in many countri...