这是一本面向新农村,写给青年农民的科普读物,万年历从1900~2050年共计150年,包括公历、农历、二十四节气、生肖、干支、星期与28宿。

A catalogue, published in 1814-15, of the oldest and rarest printed books in the greatest private library in Europe.

Beginning with a discussion of materials and techniques, How to Read Islamic Carpets offers a comprehensive introduction to this captivating art form, and reveals the lasting influence of carpet-weaving traditions in lands far beyond the ...

There are many books that explore actual, physical, sacred space and pilgrimage sites. This is a different kind of book.

Each of them is described and illustrated in this book. Photographs in the original edition of Neat Pieces were black-and-white; here they are color.

A través de la relación territorio-comunidad o ciudad-nación, este texto __aborda la descripción y análisis de los ceremoniales de la comunidad muisca, cuyo mundo ritual estaba pleno de manifestaciones que se relacionaban con la ...

The perfect shipboard reference, this volume is packed with useful "hands-on" information: sailor's tools, basic knots, and useful hitches; handsewing and canvas work; dozens of other topics. Over 100 illustrations.

It is an international movement for our time and noted Craftivism expert Sayraphim Lothian has put together the first-ever tutorial book on craftivism.

A considerable portion of the book concerns the Donation of Constantine, which involves many continental writers, German, French, and Italian.

Professor Chernykh describes successive periods of metallurgical activity in different regions: the Carpatho-Balkan Metallurgical Province of the Copper Age: the Circumpontic of the Early and Middle Bronze Age: and the Eurasian, European ...

Intricate, absorbing study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and ...

This is the perfect book for anyone interested in classic Japanese motorcycles, as well as prepping a bike to build a cafe racer, street tracker, or other custom build.

Nel corso del Settecento le antichità campane si erano imposte all’attenzione internazionale anche a seguito di precise scelte della monarchia borbonica, che dichiarava gli scavi archeologici attività complementari ai successi militari ...

This leads on to the creation of new paradigms such as sustainability, which are covered in the final part of the book, Conservation ethics.

Splendid pictorial documentation, carefully researched, of royal apparel, ecclesiastical dress and vestments, academic and legal garments, and civilian dress of all classes.

From the history of the trade blanket to contemporary collectible blankets to designs of the major trade blanket manufacturers such as Pendleton Woolen Mills, Racine Woolen Mills, and Buell Manufacturing Company, Language of the Robe ...

A note from the Author : This book was written in 1992, originally it was 1,000 pages long with even more facts and details than contained in the pages herein, because of it's size the original publisher trimmed it down to the 300 or so ...

The book is both an authoritative work of reference and a visual delight, ranging from ancient Greece, where the first fired roof tiles date from as early as the third millennium BC, to twentieth-century Mexico.

A delightful look at the history of the information wheel

Brad Meltzer, New York Times-bestselling author and writer of DC’s Justice League of America raves, “I’ve waited thirty years for this magical, beautiful book.” And Chip Kidd, internationally-recognized graphic designer and author ...