Vintage imprint: 5593 books

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection   “Errol Healy was going sailing to evade custody in one of the several institutions recommended for his care.” Haunted by memories of his best friend’s death and the witch, Miss Florence Ewing, Errol sets forth from Key West alone aboard the...

"Can anyone remember a public official with the courage to confess error and explain where he and his country went wrong? This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Written twenty years after the end...

Draftee Philip Dosier tells the story of his war. Straight from high school, too young to vote or buy himself a drink, he enters a world of mud and heat, blood and body counts, ambushes and firefights. “Then it began—fifties and sixties and frags and AKs and RPGs—down toward the road where the...

“Show Pekingese” is a classic guide to owning and breeding Pekingese dogs for the purpose of competing and exhibiting. It explores every aspect of the subject from history to selection, rearing, and winning. This comprehensive volume will be of considerable utility to owners and breeders alike,...

This volume contains a classic guide to rearing a retriever to be an efficient gun dog, with chapters on selection, breeding, breaking, training, and much more. Written in simple, plan language and full of handy tips, this timeless guide will be of considerable utility to modern hunters, breeders,...

This is a science fiction short story by Edward Elmer Smith ("Doc Smith") and illustrated by van Dongen. 'There has always been, and will always be, the problem of surviving the experience that any trained expert can handle ... when there hasn't been any first survivor to be an expert! When...

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with Roddy Doyle relating specifically to the novels under discussion. Roddy Doyle's themes, genre and narrative...

In Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Sebastian Faulks. This guide will deal with his themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will be accompanied with likely exam questions, and contexts and comparisons - as well...

A simultaneous Spanish-language edition, originally translated for Vintage by Nina Torres-Vidal In her new memior, the acclaimed author of When I Was Puerto Rican continues the riveting chronicle of her life. "Negi," as Santiago's family affectionately calls her, leaves rural Macun in...

This book contains a classic guide to rearing a retriever to be an efficient gun dog, with chapters on selection, breeding, breaking, training, etc. Written in simple, plan language and full of handy tips, this timeless guide will be of considerable utility to modern hunters, breeders, and owners...

This vintage book contains a complete guide to wine production, with instructions for making a variety of wines and information on different techniques, common problems, diseases and pests, and much more. This volume is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in wine making, and would make...

This book contains a classic study on the cold storage of apple cider by H.C. Gore. The experiment entailed preparing cider in a laboratory, cooling it rapidly to zero degrees celsius, storing it at the same temperature, and then observing it periodically. With detailed graphs, tables, and analyses,...

'Filled with inexpensive and relatively easy do-it-yourself design projects for the home. Step-by-step photos show you how to do everything from dipping vintage cutlery in paint and reupholstering an armchair in shoelaces to covering a wall in mirrors' - Telegraph 'True original Pascal Anson...

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on beer, being an exploration of its history and commercial value. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development of the beer industry, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents include: "Preliminary...