A murderer discovers his true nature, a samurai attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories by a noted Japanese author.
Celebrate this holiday classic with 31 beautifully detailed illustrations of Clara, the Nutcracker, the Mouse King, and other characters within intricate borders that incorporate candy canes, snowflakes, and other seasonal motifs.
Geared toward initiates, this volume's topics include an introduction to the study of the Tarot cards as well as its symbolism and applications. Preface by A. E. Waite.
Mandalas provide the background for 31 fanciful designs. Populated by dragonflies, daisies, seashells, and other motifs from nature, the patterns are artfully arranged in circular designs that incorporate leaves, vines, and trees.
Forty-five authentic illustrations of clothing from the 5th through mid-15th centuries, from the simple aprons, kirtles, and tunics of peasants to the bejeweled and fur-trimmed attire of the nobility. Introduction. Captions.
Presents Charles Darwin's treatise on evolution.
Only a basic understanding of arithmetic is needed to grasp these strategy games with two or more sets of inimical interests and a limitless array of zero-sum payoffs.
Characters from Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass populate these 88 puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. The charmingly illustrated challenges range from easy to difficult and include solutions.
A Gothic Revival with stained glass windows, a Queen Anne with turrets, and a Richardson Romanesque are among these 31 handsome, ready-to-color images, each accompanied by a fact-filled caption. Originally published as Victorian Houses.
Let your imagination take flight as you relax and color these 31 lovely designs, featuring peacocks, toucans, hummingbirds, and a tremendous variety of other birds and flowers on every glorious page.
This fifteenth-century document provides instructions – for the period's professional magicians and sorcerers – for evoking good and evil spirits, divining rare metals and treasures, warding off evil magic, healing illnesses, and more.