Dover Publications imprint: 4855 books

by Wm. A. Radford Co.
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013

Created as an aid to architects, carpenters, and builders, this Radford Architectural Company of Chicago catalog was also welcomed by future home owners. Included are such houses as the Bixby, a two-bedroom bungalow, the Coventry, a charming Dutch Colonial with three bedrooms and other accommodations, and more. 189 black-and-white illustrations.

Early Motorcycles

Construction, Operation and Repair

by Victor W. Page
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012

When this comprehensive volume of practical information was first published in the 1920s, hundreds of thousands of motorcycles were already in use. Written by a talented automotive and aviation pioneer, the profusely illustrated, easy-to-read book was one of the first exhaustive studies done on motorcycle...
by Sun Tzu
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012

Preserved in China for more than 2,000 years before it was brought to the West by the French, this compact little book is widely regarded as the oldest military treatise in the world. Rumored to have been used by Napoleon in his campaigns to conquer Europe, it today retains much of its original merit....
by Gladys Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013

For hundreds of years the fishermen of the British Isles have gone to the sea wearing Guernsey and Jersey sweaters. Among landlubbers as well, these sweaters are perennially popular, but, especially in this country, it is often hard to find practical instructions for the patterns that are traditional...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016

Derived from the Greek for "word of praise," the eulogy is a longstanding tradition of recognition and remembrance. The speeches and essays gathered in this collection offer thought-provoking commemorations of the lives and deeds of politicians, authors, poets, and other influential individuals....
by Rudolf Koch
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013

This unusual collection of primitive and medieval symbols provides one of the most fertile single sources of decorative ideas available today. It is also a graphic history of the development of written communication and offers a singular insight into the psychology of the primitive mind. The Book...
by Edward Lasker
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012

Best introduction in English to a great Japanese game. Detailed instructions provide valuable information on basic patterns, strategy, tactics, and analyzed games. Used as text by generations of Americans and Japanese as well. 72 diagrams. "...clearly written diagrammed primer..." — New Yorker.
by Herman Chernoff, Lincoln E. Moses
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012

This well-known and highly respected introduction to decision theory was developed at Stanford University. It furnishes a simple and clear-cut method of exhibiting the fundamental aspects of statistical problems. Beginners will find this treatment a motivating introduction to important mathematical...

Quantitative Zoology

Revised Edition

by George Gaylord Simpson, Anne Roe, Richard C. Lewontin
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012

This classic focuses on the gathering, handling, and interpretation of numerical data from zoological investigations. Contents include types and properties of numerical data, mensuration, frequency distributions and grouping, patterns of frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, measures...
by Brian Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012

A captured colonial leader, condemned to death by Indians, is saved by the brave and dramatic act of a lovely Indian princess. That exciting and memorable scene comes to life once more in this engrossing story of Pocahontas, the daughter of Chief Powhatan, who persuaded her father to spare the life...

The Mississippi Steamboat Era in Historic Photographs

Natchez to New Orleans, 1870–1920

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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012

Life on the Mississippi in the heyday of the steamboat lives in our imaginations through the artistry of Mark Twain, Edna Ferber, and Hollywood films, or perhaps a glimpse of a salvaged riverboat living out its last years as a theme restaurant. Surely the Mississippi steamboat era is among the most...

Whale Ships and Whaling

A Pictorial History

by George Francis Dow
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013

The mystery, excitement, and romance of whaling have fired the human imagination since ancient times. And although many books have been written about whales and whaling, few have presented as comprehensive a pictorial survey of the whale ships of all periods as the present — and now rare — volume....
by Clifford Ashley
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014

"He went whaling prepared as no man had been before him, and he went with an eager and an open mind. He describes as no other author has done the multifarious duties of the cooper, the whalecraftsman, the rigger, the subtleties of boat gear and of stowage, the homely whims and prejudices of the most...

Sociodynamics

A Systematic Approach to Mathematical Modelling in the Social Sciences

by Wolfgang Weidlich
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013

An introduction to terminology, approaches, and goals in modelling, this well-organized text deals with applications and their mathematical methods. Appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it requires a solid background in algebra and calculus. Topics include population dynamics,...
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