Hat Pins

Written by E. Eckstein
Illustrated by J. Firkins

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2006
Price: $11.95

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Classic Video Games
The Golden Age, 1971-1984
Written by Brian Eddy

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $9.95

In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life with the advent of Pong and other coin-operated games. Within just a few short years, if you had a quarter, you could go to the video arcade and play Space Invaders, Asteroids, or Pac-Man. If you were lucky enough to have... Read more >

Classic Video Games
The Golden Age 1971-1984
Written by Brian Eddy

Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95

In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life with the advent of Pong and other coin-operated games. Within just a few short years, if you had a quarter, you could go to the video arcade and play Space Invaders, Asteroids, or Pac-Man. If you were lucky enough to have... Read more >

Old Telephones

Written by Andrew Emmerson

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: November 23, 2010
Price: $11.95

From its demonstration to Queen Victoria in 1878, through the bake light models of the 1920s and '30s to the chic plastic designs of the 1970s and '80s, Andrew Emmerson traces the evolution of the humble telephone over more than an a century. Magneto, skeleton and candlestick telephones accompany the National... Read more >

Old Television

Written by Andrew Emmerson

Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95

Old television embraces more than eighty years of progress, from the crude experiments of John Logie Baird in 1925, through the pioneering 405-line days at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War, to the era when television entered most homes in the 1950s, and the growing sophistication of the 1960s... Read more >

The 1940s Home

Written by Paul Evans

Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95

The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows... Read more >

Old Cooking Utensils

Written by David Eveleigh

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: August 24, 2010
Price: $11.95

How we equip and use our kitchen has changed irrevocably over the centuries, the twentieth century has seen far-reaching technological and social changes making their mark; the kitchen fire, for many a century the focal point of the house, has given way to electricity and gas. David J. Eveleigh looks at... Read more >

Privies and Water Closets

Written by David Eveleigh

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $12.95

Although Thomas Crapper is most commonly associated with the invention of the flushing toilet, his models were in fact the result of a long line of improvements to earlier designs which date back to ancient times. This book is an ideal introduction to the history of the toilet, tracing its development... Read more >

Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges

Written by David E. Eveleigh

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1983
Price: $11.95

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Faberge's Eggs
The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire
Written by Toby Faber

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $30.00

In Stradivari’s Genius, Toby Faber charted the fascinating course of some of the world’s most prized musical instruments. Now, in this enthralling new book, he tells the story of objects that are, to many, the pinnacle of the jeweler’s art: the Fabergé imperial eggs.

The Easter presents that Russia’s last two czars... Read more >