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Gnome Sweet Gnome for the Holidays! Celebrate Christmas with this delightful gallery of whimsical holiday scenes just waiting for color to bring them to life! The 31 charming illustrations feature a wondrous world of adorable gnomes in a variety o...

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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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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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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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Celebrate the joys and comforts of home by adding color to everything from stunning interiors of bedroom, bath, and study to gorgeous flower-filled backyards and beautifully decorated front porches.

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Escape into the whimsical world of gnomes!

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

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These 31 charming holiday vignettes capture the magic and spirit of Christmas with detailed illustrations of carolers, wintry wreaths, festive scarves and sweaters, a classic Christmas train set, and more.

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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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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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Tells the story of Candide, a naive youth, who is conscripted, shipwrecked, robbed, and tortured by the Inquisition without losing his will to live.

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Happiness is...a cup of tea! Relax and enjoy a calming cup of tea as you color these 31 beautiful illustrations. Delightful designs feature a wonderful variety of cozy kitchen scenes, elegant garden parties, and charming lakeside picnics. The draw...

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"The Tenth Muse" sings to both sexes of desire, rapture, and sorrow. This concise collection of the ancient Greek poet's surviving works was assembled and translated by a distingished classicist.

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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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Unabridged edition, with an introduction by Enda Duffy.

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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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Posthumously published collection of the philosopher's notes on the force that drives humans toward achievement. Absorbing reflections by a great thinker on art, morality, Christianity, nihilism, and other topics.

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

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Colorists can relax and unwind with this beautiful book illustrating life on the farm. Thirty-one detailed scenes feature cows in the meadow, chickens in the hen house, fields of flowers, more.

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

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Thoroughly analyzes, explains and illustrates the criteria and techniques used by the Shakers to design, construct and finish the furniture and crafts for which they have long been admired—in authoritative text, over 250 photographs and ...

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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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Step-by-step illustrated directions for dozens of classic motifs, borders, medallions, etc.—plus ways to combine them into bonnets, purses, gowns, more. 117 illus.

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Rediscovered collection of authentic Irish crochet design from 19th-century contains 30 motifs, 12 grounds. New introductions by Mary Carolyn Waldrep. Numerous patterns. 100 photographs.

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