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Exercises in Knitting

Cornelia Mee

Cornelia Mee’s Exercises in Knitting is a practical handbook of needlework patterns, each introduced with a…

Conversation: What to say and how to say it

Mary Greer Conklin

Conversation : $b What to say and how to say it is a practical guide to the art of polite discourse, written…

Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games

Lady Adelaide Cadogan

Lady Cadogan’s Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience, New Revised Edition, is a practical handbook that…

The mothercraft manual

Mary L. Read

The Mothercraft Manual is a practical handbook aimed at women who intend to raise children with informed…

Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography

Albert A. Hopkins

This volume is a comprehensive reference on the mechanics of magic, stage illusion and the scientific…

Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women

Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett’s Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women is a self‑help treatise that treats the…

Pushing to the Front

Orison Swett Marden

Orison Swett Marden’s Pushing to the Front presents itself as a self‑help manual that gathers a parade of…

The Child-Voice in Singing Treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs

Francis E. Howard

The work is a practical treatise on the physiology and technique of children’s singing, written by Francis E.

Delight and power in speech: A universal dramatic reader; A New, Complete and Practical Method of Securing Delight and Efficiency in Silent and Oral Reading and Private and Public Speech; together with a large and varied collection of carefully chosen selections in prose and poetry, with chapters on "The cultivation of the memory" and "After dinner speaking."

Nattkemper, Leonard G.; James, George Wharton

Delight and Power in Speech is a practical manual that treats the art of reading aloud and public speaking as…

The boy mechanic, book 3: 800 Things for Boys to Do

The volume is a practical handbook that guides a competent young mechanic through the step‑by‑step…

Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants

Walter C. Runciman

This handbook sets out to give a clear, step‑by‑step explanation of how a gas or oil internal‑combustion…

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries

Ainsworth Rand Spofford

A Ainsworth Rand Spofford’s “A Book for All Readers” is a practical handbook that opens with a sweeping…

One Thousand Ways to Make Money

Page Fox

One Thousand Ways to Make Money is a sprawling reference work that treats commerce as a series of catalogues,…

A Treatise on Painting

da Vinci Leonardo

This work is a facsimile of the 1802 London edition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Treatise on Painting, presented…

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

The work is an official handbook produced by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, first issued in…

The Book of Sports: Containing Out-door Sports, Amusements and Recreations, Including Gymnastics, Gardening & Carpentering

William Martin

The work is a nineteenth‑century handbook that treats outdoor pastimes, amusements and even practical hobbies…

Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement

Alva Agee

This work is a practical agricultural handbook written by Alva Agee that sets out the essentials of liming…

New Vegetarian Dishes

Mrs. Bowdich

The work is a practical vegetarian cookery manual that opens with a frank appraisal of existing meat‑free…

The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri: A Persian treatise on falconry

Taymur Mirza, Prince, grandson of Fath Ali Shah, Shah of Iran

The Baz‑nama‑yi Nasiri is a Persian treatise on falconry written by Prince Taymūr Mīrzā, grandson of Fatḥ…

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the Growing of Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for Home Use

L. H. Bailey

The Elements of Drawing, in Three Letters to Beginners

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s The Elements of Drawing, in Three Letters to Beginners is a practical manual rather than a…

Style in Singing

W. E. Haslam

Style in Singing is a systematic treatise on vocal pedagogy written by W. E.

Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889

Barkham Burroughs

Barkham Burroughs’ Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, published in 1889, is a handbook…

Bird Houses Boys Can Build

Albert Frederick Siepert

Albert Frederick Siepert’s Bird Houses Boys Can Build is a practical handbook that opens with a nostalgic…