Making the provocative purposeful, this analysis spotlights the most exciting--or potentially embarrassing--story element: the obligatory sex scene...

Bringing to light an entertaining array of anecdotes, this collection of police stories recalls some of the strangest, funniest, and most poignant ...

Released just in time for Oscar season, 1939 commemorates the most amazing year in American movie history, a year that saw the release of some of t...

This is the first book on 3D printing exclusively for woodworking hobbyists, with practical advice on how to fabricate one’s own tools and parts fo...

Originally published by "Popular Mechanics" in 1941, this classic manual is a testament to the ingenuity and dedication of American craftsmen. The ...

How to set up table saws, manage blades, and build simple jigs.

A unique literary and artistic guidebook to one of the world's most amazing drives--California State Highway 1, a narrow strip of roadway etched be...

A bookish police detective and his roller-derby-star partner investigate a quirky mystery involving superintelligent animals, government conspiracy...

Written for a generation of young men in crisis, Be the Awesome Man preaches a return to traditional male values of discipline, honour and accompli...

California Gold Country historian George Hoeper reveals what promises to be the final piece to the 100-year-old puzzle of the infamous stagecoach r...

Even the greatest minds in medicine have been terribly, terribly wrong. The inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel prize in medicine for destroying h...

Containing over 30,000 wood names with their corresponding commercial, common, and vernacular names, this book was originally published in Germany ...

Addressing the misunderstood and misrepresented aspects of the law in today's writing, this reliable guidebook demonstrates how to use legal concep...

Master carpenter and award-winning author Spike Carlsen presents 24 easy, affordable and durable children’s furniture projects in this book. Kids w...

BUSHCRAFT WHITTLING presents an easy and fun introduction to an essential self-sufficiency skill for hunters, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts of al...

Cabinetmaking at the highest level is an art, a discipline, a philosophy-even a way of life-in addition to being a useful craft. In this book one o...

This is a exploration of little-known Western frontier gunfighters. Billy Mulligan, Sam Temple, Peter Olsen, Joe Dye, Bob McFarlane and those respo...

Historic desperadoes tell their tales of holdups, shootouts and desperate flights from the law in this chronicle illustrated with many rare photogr...

It was another time. Deadly earthquakes, steamboat explosions, floods, train wrecks, and other tragedies were a part of everyday life in nineteenth...

Chronicling the ignominious yet fascinating side of this state, this account shares tales of personal vendettas in a time when men made their own l...

A freewheeling catalog of misfits, eccentrics, creeps, criminals, and failed dreamers, this compendium profiles 45 bizarre personalities who exempl...

Introducing the victims and perpetrators responsible for California's most notorious shootouts, lynchings, and assassinations, this account shows h...

Bringing a dark and forgotten era into vivid life, this fascinating history explores a booming criminal enterprise that was spawned in California i...

Prominent California historian William B Secrest, Sr. (California Desperadoes, When the Great Spirit Died) tells the fascinating story of the most ...

Woodcarvers are always looking for new ideas, and this guide provides a wide variety of great gift ideas -- from traditional objects like walking s...

Presenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carvi...

The simple and beautiful art of woodcarving is adapted for children of all ages in this introduction to coaxing shapes and figures from solid block...

Charles Proteus Steinmetz presents the amazing life story of a forgotten genius who created the fundamental infrastructure that powers the modern w...

The dovetail joint, which woodworkers rely on for making boxes and drawers, is the hallmark of fine craftsmanship. This unique and comprehensive ha...

Using the three basic approaches to producing curved parts -- laminate bending, steam bending, and milling by machine -- this book provides step-by...

Presenting a wide scope of problems caused by B12 deficiency, this comprehensive guide provides up-to-date medical information about symptoms, test...

The Spanish missions of California have long been misrepresented as places of benign and peaceful coexistence between Franciscan friars and Califor...

Sacramento Bee journalist Sam McManis spent five years on the road trying to find the real California. He discovered that there is more than one Ca...

He came to California with the great Gold Rush, but instead of riches, Isaiah W. Lees discovered his great talent for solving crimes and catching c...

With efficiency and a touch of humour, this valuable guidebook offers information on the difficult subject of planning for one's own death or organ...

With details about grim and grisly fatalities, this history of California's arcane deaths encompasses the murders and accidents that at one time sh...

Public relations doesn’t have to be a game of high-priced consultants and expensive services and databases. If you want to get media attention, you...

Dr Ruth, a trusted name in relationship therapy, presents effective coping strategies for both the practical problems and emotional stresses of Alz...

Historical explanations of the decorative ironwork of South Carolina.

Veteran editor Don McNair lays out an easy-to-follow and systematic method for clearing up foggy writing -- writing that's full of extra, misused, ...

Marketing professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders will learn how to leverage their expert knowledge to increase sales in Essentials of Th...

Raise calmer, happier, healthier children with these fun, hands-on nature activities for parents and kids to enjoy together. Are your kids stressed...

With continual themes of perfection of technique and building to the limits of one's skill, this authoritative resource provides in-depth instructi...

From 1895 to 1937, 93 men were hanged at California's Folsom State Prison, and this book is the first to tell all of their stories, recounting long...

From Farms to Incubators takes an exciting look at how women entrepreneurs are revolutionising agriculture through high technology. Drones, artific...

Irving Stone takes us on a journey that allows us to encounter the citizenry, experience the milestones, and appraise the events that forged the na...

A collection of 140 plates for mouldings from bedsteads, cabinets, cupboards, and more.

This comprehensive history of the San Joaquin Valley begins with a study of the indigenous Native American tribes of the area and their interaction...