The Russian-born, Paris-based artist Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) is best known for his incomparably styled fashion and theater designs of the 1910s and 1920s. From 1915 to 1936 Erté was associated with Harper's Bazar, furnishing readers...

Designed expressly for the beginning German language student, here is an outstanding collection of fifty-two short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes. Each selection has been specially chosen for its power to evoke German life and...

Little builders can fill a busy work area on the inside covers with 24 reusable sticker images. Includes barricades, danger signs, figures of workers reading plans, dump trucks, cement mixers, wheelbarrows, lunch pails, boulders,...

"Keep It Quiet" von Richard Hull ist ein Kriminalroman, der sich um das Geschehen in einem exklusiven Londoner Club dreht. Die Handlung beginnt mit einem Mord, der innerhalb des Clubs geschieht, und die Mitglieder beschließen, das...

This treasury of detailed, accurately rendered illustrations (including two double-page spreads) invites coloring book enthusiasts to bring over 40 species of butterflies to life in vivid color. Here are such delicately beautiful...

"Industry and the Photographic Image: 153 Great Prints from 1850 to the Present" von F. Jack Hurley ist ein Bildband, der die Entwicklung und Darstellung der Industrie durch die Fotografie beleuchtet. Das Buch präsentiert eine sorgfältig...

Fostering an increased appreciation of the fundamental theorem of calculus, this highly readable text elucidates applications of the chain rule of differentiation, integration by parts, parametric curves, line integrals, double...

"Principles & Practice of Ornamental or Complex Turning" von John Jacob Holtzapffel ist ein klassisches Werk über die Kunst und Technik des Zier- und Komplexdrehens in der Holzverarbeitung. Das Buch bietet eine umfassende Einführung in...

"A Treatise on Probability" von John Maynard Keynes, erstmals veröffentlicht im Jahr 1921, ist ein bahnbrechendes Werk in der Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Statistik. In diesem Buch entwickelt Keynes eine philosophische und...

When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps — with the help of her inspired...

Painter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dalí (1904&;1989) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the subconscious imagery he projected...

Highly useful reference includes over 1000 clear, concise definitions of statistical terms, with explanations. Part II is outline of statistical formulas covering such topics as grouped and ungrouped data, finite populations,...