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2009 Reprint of 1946 first edition. Howe's book is intended as an inspirational source as well as a technical guide to the student who is anxious to study gunsmithing but has been led to believe it is a craft that can only be mastered by old world teaching methods. Howe's work remains a valuable teaching tool to this day. Profusely illustrated with over one hundred drawings and illustrations.

Reprint of the second edition (1935). The second and standard edition of this definitive work on the history and influence of coffee. Covers the historical, technical, scientific, commercial, social and artistic dimensions of coffee. A still unsurpassed work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated.

Reprint of the 1918 edition. Our edition reproduces the numerous illustrations, maps and charts in full size, so that all text is legible. Larkin believed that God laid it on his heart to prepare a work on Dispensational Truth (or God's Plan and Purpose in the Ages), illustrated with many maps, charts and descriptive matter. After more than three years efforts, mostly designing and drawing the charts and illustrations, the book was extremely w...

2010 Facsimile of the 1932 Edition. Goddard compiled a collection of favorite texts of the Zen Sect of Buddhism. Includes a History of Zen Buddhism, Self-Realization of Noble Wisdom, The Diamond Sutra, The Prajna Paramita Sutra, the Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. Edited and interpreted by Dwight Goddard.

2010 Reprint of original 1911 Edition. As a young man, Jiddu Krishnamurti was "discovered" by the leaders of the Theosophical Society and proclaimed the next World Leader. While under the guidance of the Theosophical Society, Krishnamurti (using the pen name of Alcyone) wrote the book "At The Feet of the Master". It is a beautiful little book that contains principals of living that can be applied by anyone.

2010 Reprint of 1960 First Edition. Murphy, author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, wrote this book to explain to readers how they could attain the source of their good and to get desired results through proper prayer. It is a manual on how to pray, how to maintain prayer as part of everyday activity, how to use prayer in case of emergency or danger, etc. According to Murphy, prayer is an ever present help in time of trouble, but you do...

2010 Reprint of 1922 Edition. Facsimile of 1922 Illustrated First Edition. Ford's autobiography takes us inside the mind of an industrial genius whose contributions to industry changed the world and whose methods would eventually be termed "Fordism". Ford is one of the major figures of the twentieth century and this is his story. He was both an original, far-reaching thinker whose vision changed the world, and an obsessive and reclusive indivi...

2010 Reprint of 1931 Edition. In this 1931 Wall Street classic Neill explains not only how to read the tape, but also how to figure out what's going on behind the numbers. Full of graphs and charts, it contains excellent sections on human nature and speculation. Though first published in 1931, this work remains a classic text in the field, and greatly influence Nicholar Darvas, a later Wall Street Guru. Neill advised that the investor not foll...

2010 Reprint of 1946 Edition. In WHEELS OF TRUTH, Joseph Murphy gives expression in a clear and lucid style to the fundamental principle of universal truth-that God is the first Cause and that to Him the conception of time and space does not apply. Furthermore, he posits that the universe is but an emanation of God and Law but the intelligent purpose at the heart of things. It is not the skill in presentation alone which makes this book an eve...

2010 Reprint of 1952 Revised and Enlarged edition. In this book Dr. Murphy analyzes the Bible's "Love Chapter", I Cor. 13, and says that if men and women were to meditate upon the inner meaning of this chapter, which is one of the greatest sections in the Bible, their lives would be transformed. He shows how the deep truths contained within this chapter can be put into practical use once the spiritual meaning is understood. He then goes on to ...

2010 Reprint of 1954 Edition. There are thinking people of all religious faiths the world over that believe in the theory of Reincarnation and Karma, as these do seem to provide an acceptable answer to many of life's mysteries, however, as readers of Joseph Murphy's book will discover, there are other perfectly plausible explanations that account for what people consider to be past-life experiences, and also explain why people are born into th...

2009 reprint of 1887 First edition.First published in 1887, the first edition of the Art of Golf is considered a rarity. According to Bernard Davis, "The Art of Golf is not a book that even when it was first written could safely have been recommended to a student but it is the most entertaining book ever written about the foibles of the human golfer." This book, with its instructional photographs, can be read today with as much enjoyment as an...

2009 reprint of the 1920 edition. This profusely illustrated early treatise on the horrors of compulsory vaccination was first published in 1920. Higgins believed it to be a legal atrocity and a gross violation of basic American rights. He sets out to detail the "many shocking facts, proofs and exhibits which I have been collecting for years, and which, as now massed in the Petition and its Illustrated Supplement, can, I think, leave no doubt ...

Annotation: 2009 reprint of 1960 edition. Hungarian by birth, Nicolas Darvas trained as an economist at the University of Budapest. Reluctant to remain in Hungary until either the Nazis or the Soviets took over, he fled at the age of 23 with a forged exit visa and fifty pounds sterling to stave off hunger in Istanbul, Turkey. During his off hours as a dancer, he read some 200 books on the market and the great speculators, spending as much as e...

2009 Reprint of 1959 edition. The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was a military conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836. War began in Texas on October 2, 1835, with the Battle of Gonzales. Early Texian successes at La Bahia and San Antonio were soon met with crushing defeat at the same locations a few months later. The ...

2009 reprint of 1963 edition. Joseph Murphy was born in 1898 in a small town in the County of Cork, Ireland. He was brought up in a strict Catholic household, as were most of his compatriots. After leaving Ireland for the United States, he eventually founded his own church in Los Angeles. At first he attracted only a small number of participants, but eventually his message of optimism won converts. He became an important proponent of the New T...

2009 reprint of 1921 First edition. John William Heisman (1869-1936) was a prominent American football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy awarded annually to the season's best college football player. He was an innovator and theoretician of the sport. He was a proponent of the legalization of the forward pass in 1906 and he originated the "hike" or "hep" shouted by the qua...

2009 reprint of 1925 edition. This is an important book of one idea, but that idea is a very important one for the social scientist. According to the author "many thought processes and thought constructs appear to be consciously false assumptions, which either contradict reality or are even contradictory in themselves, but which are intentionally thus formed in order to overcome difficulties of thought by this artificial deviation, and reach t...

2009 reprint of 1920 edition. In this book Freud presented his theory of psychoanalysis in the form of twenty-eight lectures to laymen. He sets forth the basic premises, difficulties and limitations of psychoanalysis, and describes its main methods and results. It is a basic and early statement of what Freud understood to be his major contribution to science.

2009 reprint of 1919 edition. Creative Mind and Success is one of Holmes' earlier publications, and was intended as to guide to mental wellness and success. Like Holmes' other publications, notably Science of the Mind, this book demonstrates how positive thinking can enhance life. The focus, however, is more on financial success, as opposed to later works that deal primarily with spiritual well being. He was the founder of a movement known as ...