Books from Chartwell Books
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Gemstones: A Complete Color Reference for Precious and Semiprecious Stones of the World
By Karen Hurrell, Mary L. JohnsonSpinel's name is derived from the Italian word spinella (“little thorn”), from the Latin word for “thorn” (spina), which alludes to the fact that its characteristic octahedral crystals have pointed ends. Properties and characteristics: ...
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An Astounding Atlas of Altered States: The Real Stories of States That Never Came to Be
By Michael TrinkleinThe history of proposed states which were never granted statehood.
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Native Land Native People: From the Edward S. Curtis Collection
By Wayne YoungbloodThis book starts with the story of the chance meeting on Mount Rainer that led to Curtis' involvement on the Harriman Alaskan expedition, and ultimately, to the North American Indian.
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Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans
By Don GulbrandsenThe book includes many regions, tribes and ages of people, and in some ways even some of the more negative aspects of his photographs are invaluable because they informed much of the mainstream American (worldwide, really) mythology that ...
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Wonder Woman: The War Years 1941-1945
By Roy Thomas, William Moulton Marston, Gardner Francis Fox"Presenting over 20 classic full length Wonder Woman tales from the DC Comics vault"--Cover.
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Timechart of Military History
By David G. ChandlerAnd the capital , Rome , is no longer a strategic base for such operations 295-298 Crisis - Narses of Persia at war ; Achillus in Egypt ; Julianus and 306-323 / 4 Wars of the Tetrarchs 312 Constantine takes Italy from Maxentius 312 ...
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The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
By H. P. LovecraftWritten between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes.
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Edward S. Curtis Portraits: The Many Faces of the Native American
By Wayne YoungbloodPhotographer Edward S. Curtis was a prolific photographer and recorder of Native American culture. This is a collection of his most moving, cultural portraits.
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Edward S. Curtis: the Collection: Early Photographs of the First Americans
By Wayne Youngblood, Don GulbrandsenEdward S. Curtis: the Collection: Early Photographs of the First Americans
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Wolves: Spirit of the Wild
By Todd K. Fuller... 36-37: © Ronan Donovan/National Geographic Image Collection; 44 right-45: © Ian Mcallister/National Geographic Image Collection; 48-49: ©Barrett Hedges/National Geographic Image Collection Magazines / Getty Images Plus; ...
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The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
By Jane AustenComplete and unabridged this elegantly designed, hardcover edition is slip cased and features a ribbon marker and period styling as well as an introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on Austen's life and works.
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Audrey Hepburn: In Words and Pictures
By Michael HeatleyHulton Archive/Getty Images; Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Hulton Archive/Getty Images roBin And MAriAn (1976) Bloodline (1979) Director: Terence Young Released: RIGHT: Audrey's passport shows both Ferrer and Dotti surnames.
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Electric Guitars: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
By Dave Hunter, Teja Gerken, Mikael JassonS IL V E R T O N E It's likely that more American musicians began their interest in guitar-playing on a Silvertone – as sold by Chicago's Sears, Roebuck & Co – than on any other beginner guitar. Supplanting the Supertone brand when ...
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The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
By Emily DickinsonThis enthralling collection contains more than 400 poems that were published between 1886 (the year of Emily Dickinson's death) and 1900 which express her concepts of life and death, of love and nature.
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Emily Dickinson: Poems
By Emily DickinsonThis collection of some of her finest works illustrates not only Dickinson's talent as a writer but her profound love of language, nature, and life.
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Irish Folk and Fairy Tales
By W. B. YeatsStories and poems about fairies, ghosts, witches, giants, the devil and more.
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Marilyn: In Words and Pictures
By Richard Evans, Richard Havers... to be made in a Hollywood studio was The Squaw Man in 1914, which was directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel. ... Harry and Jack Cohn, along with Joe Brandt, founded Columbia in 1919 as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales.
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Secrets of Ayurveda
By Karen Sullivan, Gopi Warrior, Dr. Harish VermaThe Holistic Secrets series provides comprehensive explanations of the fundamental principles behind techniques and methods.
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The Colored Pencil Artist's Handbook: An Essential Reference for Drawing and Sketching with Colored Pencils
By Jane StrotherSketches with a step-by-step demonstration by professional artists using colored pencils.
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Maximum Security
By Karen FarringtonThis book tells the stories of the world's harshest prisons, and the people on either side of the locked door.