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Deadfalls and Snares

Deadfalls and Snares

by A. R. Harding

Deadfalls and Snares is an illustrative book on the art of trapping animals written by Arthur Robert Harding, an American outdoors-man who is remembered for his instructional series books such as Fox Trapping, Mink Trapping, Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants, Fur Farming, Wolf and Coyote Trapping and Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins. This boo..

Autobiography of a Yogi

Autobiography of a Yogi

by Paramahansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi is written by Paramahansa Yogananda, an Indian yogi who introduced the Kriya Yoga to the western world with this book. This book contains the complete life incidents of Paramahansa Yogananda including his childhood life, finding his guru, encounters with spirituality, becoming monk, and transformation to teaching mediatio..

Beeton's Book of Needlework

Beeton's Book of Needlework

by Mrs. Beeton

Beeton's Book of Needlework is written by Isabella Mary Beeton, an English author remembered as one of the first and best cookery writers with her popular book Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. This book explores the techniques and applying them to master the art of needlework. Separate chapters explore the subtopics with illustrative e..

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

by Rowlandson

Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson is a work of captivity narratives, which reflects the captive point of view of the horrific experiences of unwarranted life in the jungles. This book narrates the incident which took place during King Philip’s war, Mary (White) Rowlandson, a colonial woman was captured after an atta..

Boat-Building and Boating

Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

Boat Building and Boating is a do it yourself kind of guide book on the art of boat building, written by Daniel Carter Beard, an American social reformer and the founder of "Boy Scouts of America". As an illustrator, he has worked in many of the Mark Twain books like Following the Equator, The American Claimant and A Connecticut Yankee in King A..

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, is the biography of the French Revolutionary Napoleon Bonaparte, written as 4 books with chronologically categorized incidents from the year 1769 to 1821. There are already many books have been published on the illustrious name, under various titles of historical memoirs, secret memoirs, and other rhapsodies which ..

Jacobean Embroidery

Jacobean Embroidery

by Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam

Jacobean Embroidery is an illustrative guide to the embroidery styles which was flourished during King James I era. It is a form of embroidery used for creating animal shapes, using wool yarn. The authors Ada Wentworth Fitzwilliam and A. F. Morris Hands has given more than 50 plates of illustrative examples to practice this art...

Amusements in Mathematics

Amusements in Mathematics

by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Amusements in Mathematics, is a book of mathematical puzzles written by Henry Ernest Dudeney, an English mathematician remembered as creator of mathematical puzzles. This book contains detailed description of various type of puzzles and how to solve them using algebra and mathematics. A huge list of puzzles such as money puzzles, age and kinship..