Dover Publications - Böcker

Classic guide to acquiring and maintaining political power is refreshing in its directness, yet often disturbing in its cold practicality. Starkly relevant to the political upheavals of the 20th century, this calculating prescription for power rem...

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Escape into the whimsical world of gnomes!

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Acclaimed by "Publishers Weekly" as "a classic reference, dizzying in its breadth," this volume explores the themes underlying ancient mythology, philosophy, and religion. Hundreds of entries range from esoteric elements of Isl...

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Add color to picturesque village scenes! This delightful coloring book highlights the wonders and joys of quaint village life. Overflowing with charm and idyllic imagery, 31 richly detailed illustrations feature beautiful country and seaside scene...

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Provides eighty-two authentic patterns for Guernsey and Jersey sweaters worn by the fishermen of England, Ireland, and Scotland.

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Wilde's witty and buoyant comedy of manners, filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams.

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This reimagined edition of Starmore's original Tudor Roses includes 14 patterns for sweaters and other wearables that follow the chronological order of the Tudor dynasty. A different model portrays each of the Tudor women, from Elizabeth Woodville...

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A first-century Stoic, Epictetus argued that we will always be happy if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. His "Enchiridion, "or Manual, is a distillation of his teachings and an instructional manual for a tran...

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A comics and gaming art veteran provides scores of images and step-by-step examples to illustrate how variation and experimentation lead to fresh, original designs for otherworldly beings and their environments and stories.

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Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, jellyfishes, fungi, turtles, bats, etc.

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Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. . Insightful for its apprehension of the primitive nature of crowds, Le Bon's treatise on crowd psychology was influential to Freud, Hitler, and Mussolini. The reprinting allows it...

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Charming self-portrait covers boyhood, work as a printer, political career, scientific experiments, much more.

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One of literature’s most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in ...

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The German philosopher explains his thoughts about intellectual perception and abstract representation and critically analyzes Kant's ideas and teachings. Bibliogs.

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Meditations on human existence, society, government and other topics.

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This edition of the Hungarian composer's six-volume cycle of piano studies presents volumes one and two of the series, offering first- and second-year students more than 100 pieces of study material.

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Introduces the mechanics of painting by analyzing the guiding principles and techniques.

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Scotland's Fair Isle is celebrated the world over for its distinctive, stranded-color knitting, and Alice Starmore is famous for her expertise in designing and instructing knitters in this appealing regional tradition. This volume is profusely ill...

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Perspective is easy; yet surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Now they can remedy that situation with this step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective. Using over 250 simple line d...

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A user's guide to the mind, this volume explains the techniques of autosuggestion. Its simple mental exercises can help readers acquire better health, professional and financial success, and other life-enhancing benefits.

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Revised, expanded edition of expert guide encompasses a history of Aran knitting; complete workshop in technique and design; 60 charted patterns; patterns for caps, sweaters, and shawls, including two new designs. Color photographs.

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Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation, which features multiple pieces by many of the greatest composers -- J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, and others.

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Still one of the most widely read American authors, London combined bare-fisted action with political passion to define the art of adventure fiction.With settings that range from the Yukon Territory to Australia, this collection includes the title...

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Celebrated title essay plus "History," "Friendship," "The Over-Soul," "The Poet," "Experience," and the Harvard Divinity School Address.

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This handy guide to perspective drawing provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing. Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully writt...

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An Athenian general of the fifth century B.C. chronicles the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta. Thucydides traces the conflict's roots and provides detailed, knowledgeable analyses of battles and the political atmosphere.

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Darkly fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of a supremely alienated protagonist in a world of relative values. Authoritative Constance Garnett translation.

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Major work on ethics, by one of the most influential thinkers of the last two centuries, deals with master/slave morality and modern man's current moral practices; the evolution of man's feelings of guilt and bad conscience; and how ascetic ideals...

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