Antiques category: 2714 books
Secrets of the Sommeliers
How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A fascinating exploration of the inside world of sommeliers, sharing their unique perspectives, extensive expertise, and best stories.
Rajat Parr’s profound knowledge of wines, deep relationships with producers, and renowned tasting abilities have made him a legend in the business. As wine...
by Don Danenberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Now MBI Publishing Company’s two top-selling boating titles—written by one of the world’s top authorities on the subject of antique wooden boat restoration—are available in one volume. In this comprehensive restoration guide for owners and enthusiasts of wooden powerboats of all makes and...
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch?
In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that...
Black Men Built the Capitol
Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The first book of its kind, with comprehensive up-to-date details
Historic sites along the Mall, such as the U.S. Capitol building, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, are explored from an entirely new perspective in this book, with never-before-told stories and statistics about the role...
Build Your Own AK
(Vol. I) Headspacing & Virgin Barrel Population
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Got an AK Parts Kit? This ebook shows you how to build it right! The AK-47 and its variants are world-renowned for being simple, rugged and nearly indestructible. But if you wanted to build your own Kalashnikov rifle there was no good single source of construction information—until now.
This...
by Hélène Balfet, Marie-France Fauvet, Susana Monzón
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 27, 2014
A partir de un conjunto de cerámicas procedentes de lugares diversos y de épocas diferentes, se establece un sistema de denominación y de descripción de aplicación general basado en el método de "degrés du fait" elaborado por A. Leroi-Gourhan. Se hace una clasificación de la nomenclatura...
by Richard Hammerfell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
“Gunsmithing for Professionals” takes the art of weapon crafting to a whole new level. Follow this incredible step-by-step guide for smoothing, timing, tuning, tampering with metal, rebarreling, adding sights, making replacement parts, and much much more. Turn your old junk pistol into an incredible...
Rejuvenated Jewels
New Designs from Vintage Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Learn where to find fabulous vintage jewelry, beads, and artifacts—and how to create stunning one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces using these amazing finds—with Rejuvenated Jewels! Rhinestone beads and clasps, mercury glass beads, oxidized metal chains, rosary beads, tiny book charms and more are retooled...
by Collected Editions
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
The Unofficial DC Comics Trade Paperback Timeline is a guide for DC Comics fans wanting to read DC's library of collected editions in order. The Timeline organizes over 800 collections in reading order, with copious notes to help explain how the books fit together. The Timeline is the perfect...
The Welding Manual
Gas, ARC, TIG, MIG, and Plasma Welding
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
The Welding Manual is the world’s most comprehensive source for coverage of the latest welding equipment and techniques for DIY enthusiasts and shop pros. This manual provides step-by-step instructions and elaborate illustrations to help guide you through the welding process
Souvenir Nation
Relics, Keepsakes, and Curios from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Buried within the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History exists an astonishing group of historical relics from the pre-Revolutionary War era to the present day, many of which have never been on display. Donated to the museum by generations of souvenir collectors,...
by Anna Selby, The Diagram Group
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, along with details of the new hallmarking system. Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you...
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
This true story of a quest to save Jewish literature is “a detective story, a profound history lesson, and a poignant evocation of a bygone world” (The Boston Globe).
In 1980 an entire body of Jewish literature—the physical remnant of Yiddish culture—was on the verge of extinction....
Scouts in Bondage
And Other Violations of Literary Propriety
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Step inside Michael Bell's antiquarian bookshop, stocked with rare and fine collectibles of infinite variety, from Book of Blank Maps, With Instructions, to Autobiography of the Best Abused Man in the World. By perusing these curious works from bygone times, inquiring readers will be rewarded with...