Gambling led Cardano to the study of probability, and he formulated of some of the field\'s basic ideas more than a century before the better-known correspondence of Pascal and Fermat....
Fifteenth-century document provides instructions — for the period's professional magicians and sorcerers — for evoking good and evil spirits, divining rare metals and treasures, warding off...
Winner of two School Library Journal 2018 Awards: Best Bilingual Book for Kids & Best Picture Book Reprint "In 1953, Time magazine called Antonio Frasconi America's foremost...
Scale, chord, arpeggio and cadence studies in all major and minor keys presented in a convenient two-page format. Includes an in-depth 12 page explanation that leads to complete understanding of...
Rare design portfolio aby high priest of Art Nouveau. Jewelry, wallpaper, stained glass, furniture; figure studies; plant and animal motifs, much more. All 72 stunning plates from Documents...
An ideal introduction to the educational, fun-filled hobby of stamp collecting! With pictures of more than 1,100 stamps from nearly 200 countries (and spaces for at least 2,600 more!), this...
Noted occult historian A. E. Waite created this meticulously researched survey in order to unite and interpret the scattered and often-inaccessible details of magical traditions. Part I contains...
The legendary Art Students League of New York teacher offers 100 fine drawings and in-depth instruction in this guide to drawing virtually every aspect and posture of the human hand.
Also known as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio -- "The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius" -- da Vinci's world-famous Vitruvian Man was illustrated żeby...
Part I Puzzles, Paradoxes, Infinity and other Curiosities I A Chatty Personal Introduction II Some Curious Adventures III The Strange Island of Musica IV Four Metapuzzles V Certified Knights and...
The art world's most famous smile beckons from the front cover of this handy and inexpensive pocket-sized notebook. Bring Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece wherever you roam as you jot down...
Somber tale of consuming passions and vengeance — played out amid the lonely English moors — recounts the turbulent and tempestuous love story of Cathy and Heathcliff. Poignant and compelling.
An apocryphal work from the second century B.C., this volume influenced early Christians, particularly the Gnostics, and introduced such concepts as fallen angels, resurrection, and last judgment.
Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes aby E. F....