Product Description: Marie-Madeleine was a German Jew, lesbian poet and novelist whose eroticism and love for morphine was revealed in many of her shocking, sensational, and bestselling books of the early twentieth century. Born Gertrud Günther, and starting at age 15 she wrote over 46 books until 1932 when Nazis condemned her work as degenerate...read more

Presents an overview of physics and chemistry, and looks at their relationship to each other in nature and technology including forces, motion, energy, and fluids.

Product Description: Here is a beautifully produced and illustrated reference volume that shows and explains everything from dinosaur bones to mineral formations, including precious and semiprecious stones. Amateur geologists and other nature lovers can use this book as a field guide...read more

A guide to biology and the various life forms covers such topics as DNA, natural selection, and genetic classification.

An introduction to physical geography covers information on the origins of the Earth, rocks and minerals, planetary activity, weather, the oceans, inland waters, landscape formation, and maps.

Instructs the reader on the techniques of pottery-making, such as how to center or wedge the clay to create bowls, vases, plates, and goblets

Product Description: "You know, in the old days, folks was pretty good at yarnin'. That was before they got the notion that their entertainment had to be packaged for 'em slick and easy. Nowadays, people don't seem to tell tales like they uster, nor pick and sing so much neither, and that ain't right...read more