PrefaceSolitairesGames for two playersA theory of gamesTournaments and rankings (solutions to exercises)Linear programming and the theory of gamesPermutation groupsFibonacci numbersA little graph...
The meditative state associated with Zen philosophy inspired the creation of these soothing patterns. More than 30 pages of repetitive images feature graceful, sinuous lines and swirling circular...
Budge gives the history of hieroglyphic writing, its evolution into hieratic and demotic scripts, and the fascinating tale of its decipherment żeby Young, Champollion, Akerblad, and others.
2012 Reprint of 1935 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. As engaging today as when it originally appeared, this book has two parts....
The entire corpus of Brahms' short piano pieces is contained in this volume, including the delightful and familiar Waltzes, the Scherzo in E-flat Minor, and many more. The music is reproduced...
Well-known scenes from Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and 15 other popular plays. Summaries, selections from the appropriate text, and captions accompany the...
Carefully designed to promote mindfulness and inner peace, 31 mesmerizing illustrations encourage expressive and experimental coloring. Abstract, organic forms swirl with tendrils, fins, pods,...
Colorists who love fantasy art and mermaids in particular will rejoice in this original collection of 31 imaginative illustrations of sea-dwellers amid crashing waves, coral reefs, and other...
"Price emerges as one of his most complex characters in this entertaining and touching biography," observed The New York Times of Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography. In this candid...
This affordable edition includes all 15 of Schubert's sonatas, reprinted from the authoritative and extremely expensive Breitkopf & Hartel edition.
This outstanding volume is a compilation of the most important chapters from two books in which master singers and teachers offer invaluable advice on topics essential to every singer -- from basic...
Extraordinarily beautiful and decorative letters of the alphabet — imaginatively ornamented with royal and saintly figures, mythical creatures, knights in battle, flora and fauna, more.
A completely new era for Superman, as he realises the world needs more super-powered beings to protect it. Can Batman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl help his quest?
This handsome reprint of a rare 1930s catalog displays the interiors and exteriors of Sears-designed homes. Illustrations of 68 houses, including measured floor plans, depict such attractive...
1. Introduction Temperature Heat and Work Reversibility Perssure-Volume Work2. The First Principle of Thermodynamics Energy Enthalpy Thermochemistry and Hess's Law Heat Capacity Kirchhoff's...
The first picaresque novel, and one of the gems of Spanish literature. A brief, simply told tale of a rogue's adventures and misadventures — full of laconic cynicism and spiced with puns and...
In this readable, well-researched history, a distinguished authority on musical instruments offers a concise survey of the evolution of trumpets, trombones, bugles, cornets, French horns, tubas,...
Nestled amid the high peaks and eternal snows of the Himalayas and other mountain ranges, Tibet is home to a centuries-old Buddhist tradition, rich in mystic rites and rituals aimed at helping...
This exciting volume features 35 neglected works from Handel's vast oeuvre, originally jotted down as improvisations. Includes 8 Great Suites, and others. New sequence.
Rembrandt is revered not only as a painter, but as a supreme master of drawing and etching as well. His work in etching spanned most of his career and embraced the wide range of subjects he pursued...
2014 Reprint of Original 1956 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Translated by Jessie Coulson. "The House of the Dead" is a...
"In studying the notebooks one feels like an eavesdropper on Dostoyevsky's artistic self-communings.... We may plainly observe Dostoyevsky's creative logic at work in selection and...