For all those who are interested in horology, whether as a hobby or within the trade, this user-friendly guide is invaluable as a wealth of information for the internal workings of clocks. Eric Smith provides a fully comprehensive manual to the repair of clocks, whether modern or antique. Lucid lang[...]
Nicknamed the "Godmother of Punk," Patti Smith rose to fame during the 1970s New York counterculture movement where she welcomed a new breed of rock and roll. Smith sanctioned the presence of a strong-willed woman in the mainstream rock community by breaking not only the fragile glass ceiling, but a[...]
Meet Mr. Smith is a funny, fresh, romantic conversation about the true nature of love and sex. For singles 18 to 32 who aren't squeamish about learning countercultural truth, Meet Mr. Smith offers a radical alternative to the over-romanced, casual-sex lifestyle popular in today's world. Re-awakening[...]
Boldly Go Where No Geek Has Gone Before You keep your action figures in their original packaging. Your closets are full of officially licensed Star Wars merchandise. You?re hooked on Elder Scrolls and Metal Gear, but now you?ve discovered an even bigger obsession: the new girl who just moved in dow[...]
Written by Porsche insider and Le Mans-winner Jurgen Barth with co-author Gustav Busing, "The Porsche Book: The Complete History of Types and Models", is a massive, three-volume set, and is the ultimate technical history of all Porsche cars and designs, from the most famous sports cars to the most o[...]
A blonde Latvian girl named Agnese, as young and as beautiful as a 'Shaven Venus' travels through Italy. She's accompanied on her sexy trip by cult photographer Ralf Vulis' camera, which takes photos of her in front of the landmarks of Venice and Rome. The duo bubbles and sparkles their way through [...]
Detta är historien om den skandalomsusade modellen Anna Nicole Smith och hennes liv, sett ur Eric Reddings perspektiv â fotografen som upptäckte henne och följde henne på nära håll under många år.
Vi får följa henne från snabbmatsservitris i lantliga Texas till firad Playb[...]
A bold manifesto by two business leaders, A Billion Bootstraps shows why microcredit is the world's most powerful poverty-fighting movement-and an unbeatable investment for your charitable donations. A Billion Bootstraps unearths the roots of the microcredit revolution, revealing how the pioneering [...]
Have the American people grown more politically sophisticated in the past three decades, or do they remain relatively ignorant of the political world? Did a 'great leap forward' take place during the 1960s in which our citizenry became involved and adept voters? In this important book, Eric Smith ad[...]
The relationship between human communities and the environment is extremely complex. In order to resolve the issues involved with this relationship, interdisciplinary research combining natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities is necessary. In this 2010 book, specialists summarise methods a[...]
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's legendary run on Fantastic Four lasted more than 100 issues. Now, witness the continuing adventures of the First Family told like Stan and Jack never left the book by some of comics' most talented creators in this tribute to the original Imaginauts Featuring Dr. Doom, the [...]
From the late nineteenth century until World War I, a group of Columbia University students gathered under the mentorship of the renowned historian William Archibald Dunning (1857-1922). Known as the Dunning School, these students wrote the first generation of state studies on the Reconstruction-vol[...]
Katie Ridder's extraordinary palette, her playful mix of antiques and modern pieces, and her eye for unusual decorative accents have established her as a leading figure in the world of interior design. Clients from Buenos Aires to San Francisco to Nantucket have commissioned Ridder to design their l[...]