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The Potteries
Written by David Sekers
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
The Potteries is the name given to the industrial area in the English Midlands that was home to hundreds of pottery-making companies and until recently supllied most of the country's crockery and decorative ceramics.
Although generations of collectors have studied the products of these companies, the story of the industry behind is... Read more >
Written by David Sekers
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $12.95
The Potteries is the name given to the industrial area in the English Midlands that was home to hundreds of pottery-making companies and until recently supllied most of the country's crockery and decorative ceramics.
Although generations of collectors have studied the products of these companies, the story of the industry behind is... Read more >
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British Pigs
Written by Val Porter
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
Not so long ago, there were local British pigs of every size, color and shape. Over the centuries different localities had developed their own tastes in what their pigs should look like - often colored pigs in the Midlands, black ones in the southern countries and white ones in the north... Read more >
Written by Val Porter
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
Not so long ago, there were local British pigs of every size, color and shape. Over the centuries different localities had developed their own tastes in what their pigs should look like - often colored pigs in the Midlands, black ones in the southern countries and white ones in the north... Read more >
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The famous son of a famous father, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. He helped drive the first tunnel under a navigable river, built the first all iron ship, bridged the Tamar and Avon, constructed the first railway... Read more >
Written by Richard Tames
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The famous son of a famous father, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was acknowledged in his own lifetime as the greatest engineer in an era of engineering titans. He helped drive the first tunnel under a navigable river, built the first all iron ship, bridged the Tamar and Avon, constructed the first railway... Read more >
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Lead and Leadmining
Written by Lynn Willies
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Leadmining was an important industry in Britain from the time of the Romans until the late nineteenth century - its remains are to be found scattered in and under the hills of Cornwall, Devon, the Mendips, the Pennines, the Lake District, Wales, the Isle of Man and Scotland. From the thousands... Read more >
Written by Lynn Willies
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Leadmining was an important industry in Britain from the time of the Romans until the late nineteenth century - its remains are to be found scattered in and under the hills of Cornwall, Devon, the Mendips, the Pennines, the Lake District, Wales, the Isle of Man and Scotland. From the thousands... Read more >
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Quarries and Quarrying
Written by Peter Stanier
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Whether they are still operational or long abandoned, quarries are often dismissed as eyesores. Despite this, they can be fascinating to visit, and provide an interesting link to a once powerful and necessary industry. Although the Romans worked quarries, it was not until the middle-ages that the industry became established on... Read more >
Written by Peter Stanier
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Whether they are still operational or long abandoned, quarries are often dismissed as eyesores. Despite this, they can be fascinating to visit, and provide an interesting link to a once powerful and necessary industry. Although the Romans worked quarries, it was not until the middle-ages that the industry became established on... Read more >
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The Silk Industry
Written by Sarah Bush
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Silk was first developed in ancient China as early as 2600 BC and over the centuries to follow it gradually spread first to South East Asia and then to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe along the silk route, becoming established in England in the fourteenth century. The early centers... Read more >
Written by Sarah Bush
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Silk was first developed in ancient China as early as 2600 BC and over the centuries to follow it gradually spread first to South East Asia and then to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe along the silk route, becoming established in England in the fourteenth century. The early centers... Read more >
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Our Own Devices
How Technology Remakes Humanity
Written by Edward Tenner
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $15.95
From the author of Why Things Bite Back– which introduced us to the revenge antics of technology–Our Own Devices is a wonderfully revealing look at the inventions of everyday things that protect us, position us, or enhance our performance.
In helping and hurting us, these body technologies have produced consequences that... Read more >
How Technology Remakes Humanity
Written by Edward Tenner
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $15.95
From the author of Why Things Bite Back– which introduced us to the revenge antics of technology–Our Own Devices is a wonderfully revealing look at the inventions of everyday things that protect us, position us, or enhance our performance.
In helping and hurting us, these body technologies have produced consequences that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Bricks and Brickmaking
Written by Martin Hammond
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $11.95
Bricks were introduced to Britain by the Romans and reintroduced by Flemish craftsmen in the middle ages. Until the early nineteenth century they were made in numerous small brickyards supplying local needs, but eventually increasing demand led to the invention of improved brickmaking machines and kilns. This book gives an insight... Read more >
Written by Martin Hammond
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 18, 2009
Price: $11.95
Bricks were introduced to Britain by the Romans and reintroduced by Flemish craftsmen in the middle ages. Until the early nineteenth century they were made in numerous small brickyards supplying local needs, but eventually increasing demand led to the invention of improved brickmaking machines and kilns. This book gives an insight... Read more >
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British Sheep Breeds
Written by Elizabeth Henson
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $11.95
There are over thirty million sheep in Britain belonging to more than sixty different breeds. They are almost as varied in shape, color and size as the many breeds of dog, but are far less well-known. The sheep industry in Britain is based on a stratified system which makes the best... Read more >
Written by Elizabeth Henson
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $11.95
There are over thirty million sheep in Britain belonging to more than sixty different breeds. They are almost as varied in shape, color and size as the many breeds of dog, but are far less well-known. The sheep industry in Britain is based on a stratified system which makes the best... Read more >
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The One-Straw Revolution
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
An Introduction to Natural Farming
Written by Masanobu Fukuoka
Preface by Wendell Berry
Afterword by Masanobu Fukuoka
Translated by Larry Korn
Introduction by Frances Moore Lappe
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.95
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man... Read more >
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Being Digital
Written by Nicholas Negroponte
Read by Penn Jillette
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $9.00
In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. . . . If you suffer from digital... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Negroponte
Read by Penn Jillette
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $9.00
In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax. "Succinct and readable. . . . If you suffer from digital... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Pixar Touch
Written by David A. Price
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $16.00
The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot... Read more >
Written by David A. Price
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $16.00
The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot... Read more >
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Corn Milling
Written by Martin Watts
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
Corn milling, the reduction of hard cereal grains to form a usable foodstuff, is one of the oldest and most necessary crafts. While windmills and watermills are given deserved notice, the milling process and the modern development of the industry are usually taken for granted. The history of milling is exceptional... Read more >
Written by Martin Watts
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
Corn milling, the reduction of hard cereal grains to form a usable foodstuff, is one of the oldest and most necessary crafts. While windmills and watermills are given deserved notice, the milling process and the modern development of the industry are usually taken for granted. The history of milling is exceptional... Read more >
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Nailmaking
Written by Hugh Bodey
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $11.95
Today, nails are such an ordinary and widespread object that it may come as a surprise to learn that the range of shapes and sizes available now is but a fraction of those made in the nineteenth century. This illustrated account charts the history of nailmaking, from the Romans, through the... Read more >
Written by Hugh Bodey
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $11.95
Today, nails are such an ordinary and widespread object that it may come as a surprise to learn that the range of shapes and sizes available now is but a fraction of those made in the nineteenth century. This illustrated account charts the history of nailmaking, from the Romans, through the... Read more >
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Wagons and Carts
Written by David Viner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
The slow-paced wagons and carts of yesteryear can provide clues into the way past rural communities lived and worked. The varying landscape of the British Isles created different agricultural demands, and this is reflected in the extremely localized design and craftsmanship of pastoral vehicles. This book explores the origins of wagon... Read more >
Written by David Viner
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $12.95
The slow-paced wagons and carts of yesteryear can provide clues into the way past rural communities lived and worked. The varying landscape of the British Isles created different agricultural demands, and this is reflected in the extremely localized design and craftsmanship of pastoral vehicles. This book explores the origins of wagon... Read more >
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Coachbuilding
Written by Jonathan Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $12.95
This account examines the history of coachbuilding, beginning with the coachbuilders who for generations had built horse-drawn wooden carriages, and then explaining how they turned their craft to building the bodywork of the first motorised cars. Using photographs of the different stages of coachbuilding, the author describes the materials, equipment and... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $12.95
This account examines the history of coachbuilding, beginning with the coachbuilders who for generations had built horse-drawn wooden carriages, and then explaining how they turned their craft to building the bodywork of the first motorised cars. Using photographs of the different stages of coachbuilding, the author describes the materials, equipment and... Read more >
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Rope, Twine and Net Making
Written by Anthony Sanctuary
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Since ancient times rope, twine and nets have been used for the essential elements of survival hunting, roofing and bedding yet in today¹s modern world they are often taken for granted. This book charts the history of the ancient crafts of rope, twine and net making, describing the traditional... Read more >
Written by Anthony Sanctuary
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: January 20, 2009
Price: $11.95
Since ancient times rope, twine and nets have been used for the essential elements of survival hunting, roofing and bedding yet in today¹s modern world they are often taken for granted. This book charts the history of the ancient crafts of rope, twine and net making, describing the traditional... Read more >
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Tomorrow Now
Envisioning the Next 50 Years
Written by Bruce Sterling
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.95
“Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like all of the most interesting futurists, Sterling isn’t just talking about machines... Read more >
Envisioning the Next 50 Years
Written by Bruce Sterling
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $14.95
“Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like all of the most interesting futurists, Sterling isn’t just talking about machines... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $14.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $14.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Toothpick
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
Technology and Culture
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $15.95
A celebration culture and technology, as seen through the history of the humble yet ubiquitous toothpick, from the best-selling author of The Pencil.
From ancient Rome, where emperor Nero made his entrance into a banquet hall with a silver toothpick in his mouth, to nineteenth-century Boston, where Charles Forster, the father of... Read more >
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Animal-powered Machines
Written by J.Kenneth Major
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $11.95
This is a book about a little known element in the history of motive power, the animal powered machine. Windmills and watermills survive in most parts of Britain, but animal-powered machines, whether vertical treadwheels or horizontal horse engines, are hardly known, despite the significant contribution they made to the history of... Read more >
Written by J.Kenneth Major
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $11.95
This is a book about a little known element in the history of motive power, the animal powered machine. Windmills and watermills survive in most parts of Britain, but animal-powered machines, whether vertical treadwheels or horizontal horse engines, are hardly known, despite the significant contribution they made to the history of... Read more >
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Chains and Chainmaking
Written by Charles Fogg
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $11.95
The area of England known as the Black Country has a rich heritage in the chain trade due to its plentiful resources of coal and iron. In the nineteenth century, thousands of tons of chain were hand-made here each week. This book explores the long history and gruelling methods of chain... Read more >
Written by Charles Fogg
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $11.95
The area of England known as the Black Country has a rich heritage in the chain trade due to its plentiful resources of coal and iron. In the nineteenth century, thousands of tons of chain were hand-made here each week. This book explores the long history and gruelling methods of chain... Read more >
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The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $14.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $14.00
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many helicoptrians who... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Dairying Bygones
Written by Arthur Ingram
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $11.95
Dairying probably originated in Neolithic times, and by the sixteenth century the cow had become the principal dairy animal. By the mid-eighteenth century many farmers began to specialize in the production of dairy products - milk, butter and cheese - the excess of which could be sold. Victorian farmers who could... Read more >
Written by Arthur Ingram
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $11.95
Dairying probably originated in Neolithic times, and by the sixteenth century the cow had become the principal dairy animal. By the mid-eighteenth century many farmers began to specialize in the production of dairy products - milk, butter and cheese - the excess of which could be sold. Victorian farmers who could... Read more >
