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This cheerful book illustrates and catalogs the diverse variety of whistles from the past century. They range from a simple wooden penny whistle to novelties with built-in compasses, 15-jewel watches, and mink fur decoration. Discussions include when and how they were made and instructions for taking care of them.

Four carving projects, the rainbow trout, the bluegill sunfish, the black crappie, and the channel catfish, illustrated with beautiful patterns and drawings, and black-and-white photographs showing the carving techniques in the step-by-step fashion that is so helpful to wood carvers. For the all-important painting steps, color graphics are used with photographs to give the readers an accurate view.

Electrical lighting fixtures from the 1920s through 1940s reflect the popular taste for Art Deco styling in public, commercial, and home interiors. Beautiful color photography of lights with glass shades fill this stunning book, including radio and accent lamps, boudoir lamps, wall sconces, ceiling fixtures, bridge lamps, torchieres, and smoking stands. The book is a constant reference for architects, designers, lighting collectors, dealers, and theater historians.

Over 430 color photographs and descriptions of the pocket-sized G.I. Joes*t, movie and TV characters, fantasy figures, He-Man*t, the Thunder Cats*t, super heroes, Transformers*t, and wrestling figures abound here. Price listings are provided for every figure shown and produced within particular product lines.

Here for the first time from the German viewpoint and with a great deal of hitherto unpublished material is the complete story of one of the most bitterly fought, exciting campaigns in modern warfare. Foxes of the Desert is the definitive work on the Afrika Korps and the other German forces who served in the Western Desert and Tunisia during World War II. Dominating the story are the personality and the brilliant strategy and tactics of the wily, fast-thinking and hard-hitting "Desert Fox," Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In fascinating detail the author tells the full story of the great German master of desert armored warfare and his men and the other German forces in North Africa, during their many months of bitterly contested fighting against the pick of Britain's forces under such commanders as Wavell, Auchinleck, and finally Montgomery, and the Americans under Eisenhower. Here are the famous siege of Tobruk; Rommel's celebrated surprise push in the early spring of 1941 when the Afrika Korps captured Mersa el Brega and Agedabia and rolled on far eastward into Bardia and Sollum; the battle of Halfaya ("Hellfire") Pass; the great tank battle on the Gazala front; the Germans' capture of Tobruk, with 33,000 prisoners and vast booty; the fateful battles of Alam Halfa and El Alamein; and the bloody campaign in Tunisia. Interwoven are fascinating accounts of the work of the German Secret Service; of the British Long Range Desert Group, and of its German counterpart, the Brandenburg Group. Numerous other commando operations and exciting exploits of espionage and sabotage are described in detail for the first time. As a result of personal interviews with over a thousand combatants, tireless reading, and painstaking research, Paul Carell has skillfully blended a mass of new and exciting information into a dramatic and completely authentic narrative. As a story of strategy and battle, Foxes of the Desert is both exhaustive and engrossing, and, as authorative history, it cannot be overlooked by anyone wishing a full understanding of World War II. This edition contains a new preface by Paul Carell who is also the author of Invasion! They're Coming!, Scorched Earth, Hitler Moves East, Stalingrad: The Defeat of the German 6th Army, and Operation Barbarossa in Photographs.

One of the true land-marks of flight, this book covers its limited yet devastating use during WWII.

Brimming over with over 150 full-page, luscious photographs of superb jewelry, this is a treasure chest of bakelite, celluliod and lucite. Several of today's leading bakelite collectors lent their finest pieces of this book. Layered, carved molded, translucent, painted and imbedded jewelry styles are displayed in profusion. The captions include the values guide. From common to exceedingly rare, this book presents excitement and the best plastic jewelry to be found.

The premier reference for twentieth century designs in copper jewelry, this beautiful book has been praised by collectors, appraisers, and art dealers alike. Over 300 color photos show hundreds of examples of the jewelry. Original art work, advertising, identifying marks and anecdotes round out this exhaustive study.

Using drawings and step-by-step color photographs and captions, the process of building a model boat is easily understood and followed. The materials needed can be bought at hobby shops, lumber yards, and hardware stores. The tools are basic. Even the novice model builder can complete a fine model, a simple, yet elegant skiff, incorporating many of the original construction techniques.

This book offers numerous photographs and detailed text concerning one of the more unique German vehicles to be developed.

This late WWII aircraft was the fastest piston engine fighter of the war.

Covering the entire artistic career of Ron and Ester Shultz, modern artists who rework vintage Bakelite into startlingly beautiful contemporary Bakelite jewelry, this full color book shows hundreds of pieces, including many rare earlier pieces, along with notes on the Shultz's techniques and designs, and pricing on almost every piece. This colorful, happy book will show you why Shultz Bakelite jewelry will definitely be the Bakelite collectible of the future.

Segmented wood turning is an intriguing new art form. The basic vase project illustrated and described can be completed in a weekend and requires no special turning equipment or tools, just an easily constructed jig. Includes information on wood selection and preparation, jigs, glue, turning tools, finishes, and advanced techniques for making vases, boxes, and sculptural pieces.