Dover Publications - Böcker

This reimagined edition of Starmore's original Tudor Roses includes 14 patterns for sweaters and other wearables that follow the chronological order of the Tudor dynasty. A different model portrays each of the Tudor women, from Elizabeth Woodville...

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A user's guide to the mind, this volume explains the techniques of autosuggestion. Its simple mental exercises can help readers acquire better health, professional and financial success, and other life-enhancing benefits.

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Celebrate the joys and comforts of home by adding color to everything from stunning interiors of bedroom, bath, and study to gorgeous flower-filled backyards and beautifully decorated front porches.

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Wilde's witty and buoyant comedy of manners, filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams.

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Multitude of strangely beautiful natural forms: Radiolaria, Foraminifera, jellyfishes, fungi, turtles, bats, etc.

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Full text of most important witchhunter's bible, used by both Catholics and Protestants.

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"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" forms the basis of this inspirational classic. First published a century ago, millions have responded to the message of positive thinking as the key to improved health, purpose, achievement, ide...

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A first-century Stoic, Epictetus argued that we will always be happy if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. His "Enchiridion, "or Manual, is a distillation of his teachings and an instructional manual for a tran...

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Acclaimed by "Publishers Weekly" as "a classic reference, dizzying in its breadth," this volume explores the themes underlying ancient mythology, philosophy, and religion. Hundreds of entries range from esoteric elements of Isl...

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Celebrated title essay plus "History," "Friendship," "The Over-Soul," "The Poet," "Experience," and the Harvard Divinity School Address.

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A landmark of 20th-century American literature: a series of over 200 compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Reprinted...

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Perspective is easy; yet surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Now they can remedy that situation with this step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective. Using over 250 simple line d...

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An Athenian general of the fifth century B.C. chronicles the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta. Thucydides traces the conflict's roots and provides detailed, knowledgeable analyses of battles and the political atmosphere.

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One of literature’s most gripping ghost stories depicts the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. Elegantly told tale of unspoken horror and psychological terror creates what few stories in ...

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Classic novel that has inspired generations of seekers. Blending Eastern mysticism and psychoanalysis, Hesse presents a strikingly original view of man and culture and the arduous process of self-discovery, reconciliation, harmony and peace.

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Kant's attempt to establish the principles comprising the faculty of judgment remains one of the most important works on human reason. This third and possibly most important of Kant's three Critiques informs the very basis of modern aesthetics, by...

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Enter the world of Scottish folklore with this unique hardcover guide. Retellings of traditional tales, full-color photographs of knitted costumes inspired by the stories, plus patterns for simpler versions of the original designs.

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Charming self-portrait covers boyhood, work as a printer, political career, scientific experiments, much more.

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Scotland's Fair Isle is celebrated the world over for its distinctive, stranded-color knitting, and Alice Starmore is famous for her expertise in designing and instructing knitters in this appealing regional tradition. This volume is profusely ill...

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Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, this 20th century edition takes the bestselling tale of mystical humans and intelligent dinosaurs to a new generation. Includes a new Foreword by Gurney as well as a special section of behind...

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Controversial 1920 publication expands Freud's theoretical approach to include the death drive. The philosopher's concept of the ongoing struggle between harmony (Eros) and destruction (Thanatos) influenced his subsequent work.

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Previous editions are cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. . Insightful for its apprehension of the primitive nature of crowds, Le Bon's treatise on crowd psychology was influential to Freud, Hitler, and Mussolini. The reprinting allows it...

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This 1748 treatise by David Hume offers an accessible account of his unprecedented and challenging notions about the limitations of the human mind. One of the most widely read works in philosophy and the best introduction to Hume's other works, it...

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Superb portraits display technical skill, intuitive eye of noted American painter.

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This edition of Shakespeare's classic play presents the 1974 text edited by G. Blakemore Evans from The Riverside Shakespeare (complete with footnotes, glosses, and textual notes) along with five critical essays - newly commissioned or revised for...

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Reflected in Eastern philosophy, art, and literature for more than two thousand years, the magisterial effects of the Tao Te Ching have shaped the thinking of some of the world's most profound philosophers. This spiritual work, one of the most inf...

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Three hundred forty-six reproductions of woodcuts, arranged chronologically, by the German artist with supplementary information on his life.

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One of Sigmund Freud's most insightful works on the topic of the subconscious, this ground-breaking volume explores the complicated interactions of three elements of the psyche: id, ego, and superego.

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