This new photographic study continues the series begun by Tricia Veasey with her Geese and Mallards books in 1988. The excellent color photos of th...

See how wood has shaped traditional architecture around the world from log building to frame construction. A panorama of more than 400 color images...

Wood speaks to Dick Sing. With his skill as a woodturner, and his keen understanding of both the lathe and the wood, Dick has created a number of p...

Using over 230 color photographs, an introductory text about basic wood turning techniques, and step-by-step instructions, Mike Cripps guides his r...

An interesting and detailed explanation of the complete process of woodturning from freshly cut wood. Beginning with an explanation of how to safel...

With over 500 brilliant color photographs, this book highlights the work of 100 innovative ceramic artists who still use the labor intensive, and s...

There are more complex ways to do it., with fancy controls, a hundred different burning tips. But here Dick Armstrong reminds us that the art of wo...

Popular carved wooden jewelry and novelties, from the 1920 to 1950 era, are attracting attention at antiques markets because they are delightful de...

Finally, a comprehensive guide to constructing of beautiful wood strip rowing crafts. This style of construction is renowned for producing sophisti...

Keeping people warm for four centuries, wool has been an essential commodity from colonial times to the present. Wool's colorful and surprisingly e...

Worcester, Massachusetts, a birthplace of the American Revolution, is a city of many industrial firsts, including Eli Whitney's cotton gin, Elias H...

In this imaginative typographic "dictionary," words are defined by arranging their letters to show what each word means. Generating alternatives i...

Every day in Lancaster County, thousands of Plain-sect farm families hitch up draft horses to work their fields, and carriage horses to take them f...

Over 1200 dynamic, ethnic, decorative designs, from civilizations over 3000 years, are displayed here and on CD. Architecture, sculpture, painting,...

A loving ode to a universal genre of film. An entire subculture of end-of-the-world themes was spawned from films like The Road Warrior, Escape Fro...

A loving ode to films with post-apocalyptic themes, this updated edition now features more than 1,200 movie reviews, plus more than 600 images and ...

Lampworked and millifiori paperweights have become recognized as little works of art, because their intricate designs challenge the most accomplish...

World War I was the first war in which the pictorial full color poster played a major propaganda role. The era's greatest illustrators and fine art...

Quiltmaking in the 1910s can be best described as the convergence of the quilt styles of the late nineteenth century with the new innovations of th...

The ghosts of World War II are talking. Join a study of paranormal archaeology and latent energy that features 52 wartime artifacts, such as an SS ...

Amid the turmoil of the 1960s, the 1964-65 NY World's Fair was a welcomed break that gave a glimpse into the upcoming high-tech age. It was here th...

This valuable book provides information on fossils, fossil collecting, and price ranges for most specimens illustrated. The comprehensive text begi...

More than 4,500 corkscrews spanning three centuries are organized into 59 chapters featuring over 3,000 color photos. This huge volume gives detail...

In this fully illustrated, well-documented study, a historically underappreciated, uniquely American style gets its due. This survey explores the o...