As a chess player, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935) belonged to the very best. In his peak years the Latvian-born maestro was ranked third in the world...

Wooden puzzles are fun to solve, but with this guide to the almost perfectly square sticks, rings, disks, and other shapes that they require, they ...

North Carolina Trivia is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characte...

Box set containing Bathroom Book of Ontario Trivia, Bathroom Book of Ontario History, and Weird Ontario Places.

Over a quarter of a century ago, the first edition of this book (published in East Germany in 1981) was a huge best seller. Yet unfortunately it wa...

When Midway Manufacturing introduced the Pac-Man™ arcade game in late 1980, there were many who doubted that a maze-based game could compete agains...

Pacific Northwest Trivia is a readable, entertaining potpourri of fascinating facts about a region of ecological diversity, captivating history, a ...

Small figures of ancient and medieval warriors clad in leather or metal armor, available at any toy or hobby store, make wonderful, challenging fig...

While it may seem easy to paint a three dimensional miniature figure, to do it properly requires a practiced hand and some artistic techniques. Bec...

The Napoleonic era has been called the age of the military tailor because of the colorful and ornate uniforms of this period. Using a clearly photo...

International Chess Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, middlegames (both positio...

A fun and easy-to-set-up game for ages 14 and up, where players answer trivia questions about art history and collect artwork along the way. Be the...

A fun and easy-to-set-up game for ages 14 and up, where players answer trivia questions about art history and collect artwork from the National Por...

Mark Dvoretsky is regarded as the leading chess coach in the world, and in this series of books he reveals the training methods that have transform...

The initial part of this book deals with combinations and tactical techniques, and suggests methods for developing a player's calculating ability. ...

This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky's course is devoted to questions of strategy, and is aimed at improving the reader's positional understanding. ...

"Compared with the other books in this series, substantially more space is given to the analysis of the opening problems that confront a player in ...

David Bronstein describes the chess personalities he has met in various countries over the past decade, and annotates 40 of his best games from thi...

The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses...

Successful endgame play is all about technique. In this third volume of the series the authors explain how to study the endgame and to analyse endg...

The second volume explains the basic principles of the opening, discusses how to build an opening repertoire and produce opening novelties, and exp...

Sheperd Paine did more than anyone to elevate modeling to the level of an art form - one that includes elements of painting, sculpting, research, a...

Spend more study time on whats really decisive in your games! The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day,...

For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. Now, for the first time, a revolu...