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George Ellis was one of the premier English writers on carpentry and joinery. This, the author's last book, was originally issued in two volumes, the present edition is a reprint of the 1932 one-volume edition.The trade of wooden stairbuilding has enjoyed a rebirth during the last ten years. Unfortunately, most trade schools do not teach this complex craft, and there has been little published in the field for many years. This leaves the crafts...

In this sequel to "Mission of the Galactic Salesman, " a group of teenagers visits an ice cave in Antarctica where they meet two young, lively fellows who have just arrived from Zotola, a planet in the Orion star system. Descendants of the people of Atlantis, they have come to Antarctica to research their Atlantean heritage.

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this golden age can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as post...

On June 9, 1902, Harry Tracy shot his way out of the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, killing three guards. This violent act started a two-month, two-state manhunt unique in Northwest criminal history.Bill Gulick, dean of Northwest history writers, uses accounts of newspaper reporters who covered the chase to paint a fascinating portrait of Tracy, one of the first of a new breed of badmen who surfaced at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.

In the ongoing hilarities of Godai, a college student struggling to win over Kyoko, his beautiful apartment manager, a pesky high school student tries to "tutor" her way into the lad's heart. Meanwhile, Coach Mitaka makes his move on Kyoko, and the meddling of rumored pervert Mr. Yotsuya and the other residents of Maison Ikkoku just make matters worse.

The Magic Mirror is a study of the ten years of native Russian film production through the Revolution of 1917, based almost exclusively on Russian-language primary sources. Showing how these films portrayed and appealed to a new urban middle class, Youngblood examines the organization and evolution of the industry and looks at genres, motifs, and themes in sixty-five of the most important surviving films.

The sites of interest include St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church, the cemetery of St. Martinville, and the town statue of Evangeline.

All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes' peace from her energetic children, but chaos follows her all the way from the kitchen to the bath and back again. Full color.

The first publication in English of the great Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro's manifestos, published originally in 1925.

Ellie and her friends had been rescued. Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand, they'd arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones, and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five months later the war is not over, the nightmares continue, and there are two compelling reasons for them to return: a planned sabotage of the air base in Wirrawee and, most important, the families they left b...

In 1988 Twelvetrees Press published the first book of Matt Mahurin's haunted, singular, and puzzling images. After working for several years in digital imagery, and writing and directing a feature film, Mahurin returned to the simplicity of the camera and darkroom. The photographs reflect the mood and vision of his first monograph and include work from America, France, Nicaragua, Ireland, and Mexico.Mahurin's vision straddles two worlds -- day...

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This collection of learned essays helps to clarify the extent to which we can speak of the parting of the ways between Christianity and Judaism in the period spanned by two Jewish revolts against Rome.Twelve internationally respected scholars carefully analyze the chief Jewish and Christian documents and traditions relating to the period, drawing out their significance for the topic. The result is an integrated and comprehensive study of the d...

When first published in 1958, "The Inward Morning" was ahead of its time. Boldly original, it blended East and West, nature and culture, the personal and the universal. The critical establishment, confounded, largely ignored the work. Readers, however, embraced Bugbee's lyrical philosophy of wilderness. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s this philosophical daybook enjoyed the status of an underground classic. With this paperback reissue, "The Inwa...

We took our lead titles from the tremendously successful "Just Pets" series, abridged and condensed them to an appealing 7 5 5/8-inch format, then priced them with the impulse gift buyer in mind. In addition to our "Just Pets" Half-pints, we've added a charming tribute to hard-working western dogs, Ranch Dog, which also fits in our Half-pint displays.

We took our lead titles from the tremendously successful "Just Pets" series, abridged and condensed them to an appealing 7 5 5/8-inch format, then priced them with the impulse gift buyer in mind. In addition to our "Just Pets" Half-pints, we've added a charming tribute to hard-working western dogs, Ranch Dog, which also fits in our Half-pint displays.

In this collection of uplifting meditations, Orthodox theologian Vigen Guroian finds in gardening our most concrete connection with life and God's gracious giving. Blending the sacramental with the natural, the church cycle with the cycles of the growing season, Guroian reveals the likeness of faithful living in the acts of cultivating God's creation. Whether read for its practical insights into gardening or for its poignant reflections on the...

The book is considered the astrological upgrade for the new millennium. This work is a valuable collection of rediscovered techniques for more accurate chart interpretation and prediction.

With grim humor and humorous grimness, In Search of the Great Dead engages the great themes of poetry: death and fame.The title poem of this collection records Richard Cecil's quest for the tombs of the famous dead. At first the search leads him on a tour of famous European tombstones -- the grave of Chateaubriand in St. Malo, the shared tomb of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, Yeats's old Celtic cross in ...