Crafts & Hobbies
How to Appreciate Music
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Gustav Kobbé
Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…
The Little Tea Book
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Arthur Gray
After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their …
The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour
Read by Sue Anderson
Sir Alfred Edward East
Sketching from Nature, Equipment, Colour, Composition, Trees, Skies, Grass, Reflections, Distance -- chapters rich with timeless oil paintin…
Herrmann's Book of Magic
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Alexander Herrmann
Black Art Fully Exposed.A complete and practical guide to drawing-room and stage magic for professionals and amateurs, including a complete …
Brewing
Read by MaryAnn
Alfred Chaston Chapman
Great as is the debt of gratitude which the brewing industry owes to the labours of scientific men, it has been more than repaid by the imme…
When Mother Lets Us Cook
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Constance Johnson
A book of simple receipts for little folk with important cooking rules in rhyme together with handy lists of the materials and utensils need…
Quilts, Their Story and How to Make Them
Read by MaryAnn
Marie D. Webster
Although the quilt is one of the most familiar and necessary articles in our households, its story is yet to be told. In spite of its unive…
Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching
Read by Clive Catterall
Henry C. Barkley
This book is often described as an instruction manual on the subject of rat-catching. It does indeed contain a good deal about rats, ferrets…
Exercises in Knitting
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Cornelia Mee
Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…
Anleitung zur Zimmer-Gärtnerei
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Max Jubisch
In seiner 1880 erschienenen Anleitung zur Zimmer-Gärtnerei gibt Max Alfred Jubisch leicht verständliche Ratschläge zur richti…
The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion
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Frederick Milnes Edge
Paul Morphy, born in New Orleans in 1837, was considered the greatest chess player of his era. He was a child prodigy who learned playing ch…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
Enquire Within Upon Everything
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Robert Kemp Philp
Enquire Within Upon Everything was a book of how to do things in domestic life It was first published in 1856 by Houlston and Sons of Patern…
Maccabe's Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions
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Frederic Maccabe
This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general introduction of ventriloquism, it explains how…
The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book
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Jane Eayre Fryer
Mary Frances is a little girl whose Aunt Maria intends to teach her to knit and crochet, but she's very strict and demanding. It's a good th…
The Story of a Loaf of Bread
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Thomas Barlow Wood
According to the author in the preface, he has "ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, mil…
Blottentots and How to Make Them
Read by Ruth Golding
John Prosper Carmel
This is very short, but it is a book with lots of pictures, and it will be even better if you can look at the pictures in the book at http:/…
The Theory and Practice of Brewing
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Michael Combrune
This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…
Games for Hallow-e'en
Read by Nan Dodge
Mary E. Blain
This charming book starts with a brief history of Hallowe'en. There are sample invitations for a Halloween (or Hallowe'en) party, decoration…
Der Korbmacher
Read by Dirk Weber
Carl Schmied
Der Korbmacher oder vollständige Anleitung alle Korbgattungen, sowohl grobe als feine, zu machen und die letzteren durch allerlei Verzi…