Books published by Dover Publications Inc.

Suitable for all skill levels, these simple and delicate stitch patterns result in sophisticated styles that belie their "easy-to-knit" accessibility. Includes more advanced projects that introduce lace, cable, beading techniques.

Decorative borders and patterns characteristic of the 19th century frame these 31 clever and insightful quotes from Jane Austen novels, including "Know your own happiness" (Sense and Sensibility).

Simple, well-illustrated explanations of popular illusions by a noted magician include sleight of hand, tricks with coins and handkerchiefs, hat tricks, after-dinner tricks, stage tricks, and even shadow figures.

Full-color illustrations and step-by-step directions for 24 miniature animals, including sloth, flamingo, narwhal, llama, and more. Suitable for crafters of all ages, the projects make charming keepsakes and unique gifts.

Twelve stickers depict plump little versions of the juicy fruit, all with sweetly smiling faces. And for an extra dash of pizzazz, they''ve been dusted with a touch of glitter.

With 46 pages of fun-to-color illustrations and fact-filled captions, children ages 8 to 12 can explore atoms and molecules, why carbon is so important, how our bodies break down food, what is causing global warming, and much more.

Introduction to heat and mass transfer for advanced undergraduate and graduate engineering students, used in classrooms for over 38 years and updated regularly. Topics include conduction, convection, radiation, and phase-change. 1981 edition.

Many instruction books focus on how to duplicate a given set of designs, but this unique work shows how to create your own. The Aon method presents simple, step-by-step directions for incorporating animal forms into Celtic designs.

Full-color journal features over 100 decorative pages with prompts to help tweens and teens improve their outlook on life by thinking positively and learning the value of gratitude.

Text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students provides geometrical insights by covering angles, basic complex analysis, and interactions with plane topology while focusing on concepts of angle and winding numbers. 1979 edition.

Illustrated guide explains the nature of crystals and how they work, including their roles in meditation, as jewelry, in cultivating health and success, and many other uses.

In this essay, the philosopher presents a complex, many-faceted argument that cautions against an uncritical devotion to the study of history and excessive devotion to any country's past greatness.

Complete chronological reproduction of all the photos and other illustrations - except advertisements - that appeared in Steiglitz's landmark magazine during its 1903-17 publication. Includes an extensive historical Introduction and three Indexes.

Famed for his autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium Eater, De Quincey extended his sensational accounts of drug addiction with the brief essays of Suspiria de Profundis ("Sighs from the Depths).

Thirty-one delightful illustrations feature a spellbinding array of unique seasonal imagery. Celebrate all things Christmas, from decorated trees, ornaments, and dazzling landscapes to candy canes, angels, mistletoe, and more - all drawn in an abstract, free-flow style.

One of the first and finest studies of African American folk music, this thorough, well-researched volume offers a perceptive history and analysis of spirituals, ballads, blues, jazz, and other genres.

This 1862 essay, a meditation on the joy of walking and its necessity as a remedy for stress, has become one of the most influential works of the modern environmentalist movement.

Rather than schemes for acquiring wealth, the great showman presents 20 timeless rules for the development of character and for cultivating habits that will ensure financial security.

This 1952 volume presents many of the ideas now in the mainstream of contemporary self-help circles, among them the concept that your thoughts control your destiny. Includes another empowering title, Awakened Imagination.

Ten unique, easy-to-construct models include a Pecking Hen, a Flying Pig, an Angry Bear, a Triceratops and a Tyrannosaurus rex with moving jaws, and other playful creatures.

In 1887 the pioneering reporter faked dementia and had herself committed to an insane asylum. This account of her incarceration shocked readers and led to a nationwide reexamination of conditions and practices in asylums.

?"One of the most ingenious parallel world stories ever written." - Richard A. Lupoff. What if the South had won the Civil War? In this acclaimed alternative history, a 20th-century scholar travels back in time to reset the path and save the future.

Posthumously published collection of the philosopher's notes on the force that drives humans toward achievement. Absorbing reflections by a great thinker on art, morality, Christianity, nihilism, and other topics.

In the finale of the four-book Beastly Crimes series, Chief Badger and his fellow officers face their most bizarre case yet: someone is plucking and burning the feathers of birds in the Far Woods. A delightfully offbeat mystery for young readers!

Joe Egan is forced to flee every time a mysterious blonde woman appears. Is she real, or a figment of his troubled mind? "Fascinating." - The Guardian.