Product List
GET /services/catalog/products?format=api&page=77186
{ "links": { "first": "https://redshelf.com/services/catalog/products?format=api&page=1", "last": "https://redshelf.com/services/catalog/products?format=api&page=78397", "next": "https://redshelf.com/services/catalog/products?format=api&page=77187", "prev": "https://redshelf.com/services/catalog/products?format=api&page=77185" }, "data": [ { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112642", "attributes": { "name": "A Short History of the Civil War", "subtitle": "Ordeal by Fire", "description": "Novelist, historian, and critic Bernard De Voto calls this book the \"best one-volume history of the Civil War I've ever read.\" David Madden, Director of the United States Civil War Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, considers it \"the most powerful of all short histories of the Civil War published since the Depression.\" These and many other authorities have been won over by the author's profound grasp of the great conflict, and also by his conceptual power, narrative drive, and muscular prose.Now Civil War buffs and general readers alike can enjoy the noted historian's audacious, staccato-like style as he brings the events, figures, and campaigns of the War Between the States vividly to life. Beginning in Washington, D.C., on the day of Lincoln's inauguration, the narrative moves swiftly on to the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Wilderness, and, ultimately, to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.Avoiding footnotes and other academic trappings, the author describes in absorbing, highly readable detail the drama of military campaigns and battlefield strategies, studding his narrative with fascinating anecdotes and asides on Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Sherman, Jackson, and other leaders. Enhanced with 50 maps of battle sites, this fascinating popular history will thrill any Civil War buff and will also appeal to a wide audience of general readers.", "author": "Fletcher Pratt", "slug": "a-short-history-of-the-civil-war-112642-9780486320045-fletcher-pratt", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320045.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112642", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112642/a-short-history-of-the-civil-war-112642-9780486320045-fletcher-pratt", "bisac_codes": [ "HIS036050" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486297026", "EISBN13": "9780486320045", "EISBN10": "0486320049" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026192024" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112641", "attributes": { "name": "The Leschetizky Method", "subtitle": "A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing", "description": "Born in Poland in 1830, Theodor Leschetizky was a pianist, teacher, and composer. Although he toured widely as both a player and conductor, and composed two operas and a number of piano pieces, it was as a teacher that he achieved his greatest renown. A pupil himself of the great Carl Czerny, Leschetizky went on to instruct an entire generation of world-class pianists, including Paderewski, Schnabel, Moiseiwitsch, Brailowsky, and many others.In this legendary, hard-to-find book, his pupil and assistant Malwine Bree recorded the principles and techniques of the \"Leschetizky Method\" of piano instruction. Approved by Leschetizky himself, the clear, easy-to-follow text, profusely illustrated with music examples and photographs of hand positions (Leschetizky's own hands), covers every aspect of piano technique: finger exercises, scales, octaves, chords, arpeggios, the glissando, embellishments, dynamics, the pedal, and many other topics. Also included here is a fascinating article, \"Practical Hints on Piano Study\" by Ignace J. Paderewski, along with other articles on hand and finger exercises, other piano methods, and more. Any student and teacher of piano will want to have this classic instruction manual, difficult to locate in the past, but now available in this attractive, inexpensive edition.", "author": "Malwine Brée", "slug": "the-leschetizky-method-112641-9780486320038-malwine-bree", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320038.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112641", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112641/the-leschetizky-method-112641-9780486320038-malwine-bree", "bisac_codes": [ "MUS040000", "MUS023030" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486295961", "EISBN13": "9780486320038", "EISBN10": "0486320030" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026188603" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112640", "attributes": { "name": "Great Pianists on Piano Playing", "subtitle": "Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers", "description": "Learning from a virtuoso is something that any piano student would love to do. But while master classes are rare, this remarkable book allows us to share the thoughts, musical insights, and experience of the world's greatest pianists.In 28 separate interviews, these legendary artists talk about piano technique, musical development, what is required to achieve virtuoso piano artistry, and many other topics related to keyboard performance. Included are Busoni's \"Important Details in Piano Study,\" Rachmaninoff's \"Essentials of Artistic Playing,\" Paderewski's \"Breadth in Musical Art,\" Grainger's \"Modernism in Pianoforte Study,\" as well as fascinating perceptions and commentary from Bachaus, Carreno, Gabrilowitsch, Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Scharwenka, and other masters.Containing a wealth of information and practical advice, including biographical sketches of each musician, Great Pianists on Piano Playing is a one-of-a-kind collection that piano students, teachers, and any music lover will treasure.", "author": "James Francis Cooke", "slug": "great-pianists-on-piano-playing-112640-9780486320205-james-francis-cooke", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320205.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112640", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112640/great-pianists-on-piano-playing-112640-9780486320205-james-francis-cooke", "bisac_codes": [ "MUS020000", "MUS023030" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486408453", "EISBN13": "9780486320205", "EISBN10": "0486320200" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026198821" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112639", "attributes": { "name": "American Negro Songs", "subtitle": "230 Folk Songs and Spirituals, Religious and Secular", "description": "From joyous gospel to deeply felt blues, this wonderful collection contains vintage songs sung and played through the years by black Americans at work, in church, and for pure entertainment. Included are spirituals, blues, work songs, and a variety of social and dance songs.This important volume was originally compiled in 1940 by Dr. John W. Work, the noted musicologist affiliated with Fisk University and the celebrated Fisk Jubilee Singers. In it, he discusses the origins and history of black American folk music, the influence of slavery and African cultures, and the lyric significance of such much-loved songs as \"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,\" Steal Away to Jesus,\" \"Lord, I Want to Be a Christian,\" and \"John Henry.\" These informative notes lead up to the heart of the book: the complete words and music for 230 religious and secular songs, including \"Study War No More,\" \"Keep Me from Sinking Down,\" \"You May Bury Me in the East,\" \"Rock of Ages,\" \"Go Tell It on the Mountain,\" and many others.This is an indispensable treasury of music for singers, musicians and all readers seeking a comprehensive sourcebook of black American folk music. It will be equally welcomed at parties, family get-togethers, sing-alongs, church events, and other gatherings where people want to play and sing these classic folk songs that are an integral part of American musical history.", "author": "John W. Work", "slug": "american-negro-songs-112639-9780486320144-john-w-work", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320144.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112639", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112639/american-negro-songs-112639-9780486320144-john-w-work", "bisac_codes": [ "MUS020000", "SOC001000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486402710", "EISBN13": "9780486320144", "EISBN10": "0486320146" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026194148" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112638", "attributes": { "name": "Spanish Tile Designs in Full Color", "subtitle": "", "description": "For centuries, Spain has produced some of the world's most exquisitely beautiful ceramic tiles. Their often spectacular decorative richness has enhanced such settings as the Alhambra in Granada and the Great Mosque in Cordoba, but even on a more homely level, tiles have long been a staple of Spanish design and decor. Tiles are ubiquitous in all sorts of buildings, large and small, public and private, architect-designed or strictly vernacular.In this volume, the author has brought together nearly a hundred classic Spanish tile designs from the turn of the twentieth century. Predominantly blue, green, red, and brown with white backgrounds, the tiles incorporate stylized flowers, leaves, and other plant forms, abstract and geometric figures, stars, and suns.", "author": "Carol Belanger Grafton", "slug": "spanish-tile-designs-in-full-color-112638-9780486320304", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320304.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112638", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112638/spanish-tile-designs-in-full-color-112638-9780486320304", "bisac_codes": [ "HIS045000", "DES003000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486417998", "EISBN13": "9780486320304", "EISBN10": "0486320308" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026198368" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112637", "attributes": { "name": "The King of Ireland's Son", "subtitle": "", "description": "Compiled by noted Irish author Padraic Colum, this treasury of time-honored tales from the fairy-haunted folklore of the Emerald Isle includes these favorite stories: \"Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter,\" \"When the King of the Cats Came to King Connal's Dominion,\" \"The Sword of Light and the Unique Tale,\" \"The Town of the Red Castle,\" \"The King of the Land of Mist,\" \"The House of Crom Duv,\" and \"The Spae-Woman.\"Brimming with sly humor, whimsy and imagination, these delightful tales offer hours of enjoyable reading. Nine full-page illustrations and numerous other decorations by Willy Pogany further enhance the text with a mood of timeless enchantment.", "author": "Padraic Colum", "slug": "the-king-of-irelands-son-112637-9780486320090-padraic-colum", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320090.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112637", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112637/the-king-of-irelands-son-112637-9780486320090-padraic-colum", "bisac_codes": [ "SOC011000", "HIS018000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486297224", "EISBN13": "9780486320090", "EISBN10": "048632009X" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026203241" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112636", "attributes": { "name": "Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers", "subtitle": "Definitions, Theorems, and Formulas for Reference and Review", "description": "Anyone whose work involves mathematics and its methodology especially engineers and scientists will appreciate this authoritative handbook, which provides convenient access to information from every area of mathematics. A reliable source of helpful definitions, theorems, and formulas, it features an easy-to-follow format outlining mathematical methods for speedy, accurate solutions to the most demanding problems.Among the topics covered are Fourier transforms, z transforms, linear and nonlinear programming, calculus of variations, random-process theory, special functions, combinatorial analysis, numerical methods, game theory, and much more. By concisely tabulating related formulas and omitting proofs, the authors have packed a remarkably large amount of material into a single, handy volume. Appropriate introductions, notes, and cross-references appear throughout the text, showing the interrelations of various topics and their significance to science and engineering.Illustrated throughout with numerous figures and tables, this volume represents a valuable resource for both students and professionals.", "author": "Granino A. Korn, Theresa M. Korn", "slug": "mathematical-handbook-for-scientists-and-engineers-112636-9780486320236-granino-a-korn-theresa-m-korn", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320236.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112636", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112636/mathematical-handbook-for-scientists-and-engineers-112636-9780486320236-granino-a-korn-theresa-m-korn", "bisac_codes": [ "TEC009020" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486411477", "EISBN13": "9780486320236", "EISBN10": "0486320235" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026198612" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112635", "attributes": { "name": "A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names", "subtitle": "Their Meanings and Origins", "description": "Literally hundreds of thousand of plants have been given botanical names. Of this huge number very few have English names, and these have become established more by use than by anything else. Thus, there has long been a need for a comprehensive guide to plant nomenclature and the standard classification system in the plant world. This is that book. Here is the first compact dictionary that combines definitions of botanical names in general usage, with information on their derivation and guides to pronunciation. For the vast number of horticulturalists, gardeners, and plant lovers interested in the origin and derivation of plant names, this book will be an invaluable reference. Generic and specific names are listed in alphabetical order, and for each name the author, a noted botanical expert, identifies the root words in Greek and Latin, gives the accepted definition derived from them, and indicates the preferred English pronunciation. In numerous instances he offers interesting historical information or anecdotes about plants and their introduction to gardens. An especially useful feature of this work is a monumental index, which provides a cross-reference from some 1,800 common plant names to corresponding botanical ones. For the specialist, the thoroughness and authoritativeness of this book make it an indispensable resource. The layperson will appreciate its convenience, usefulness, and reliability in identifying and classifying plants, as well as its abundance of interesting facts and lore all leavened with touches of humor.", "author": "A. W. Smith", "slug": "a-gardeners-handbook-of-plant-names-112635-9780486320052-a-w-smith", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320052.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112635", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112635/a-gardeners-handbook-of-plant-names-112635-9780486320052-a-w-smith", "bisac_codes": [ "NAT026000", "REF008000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486297156", "EISBN13": "9780486320052", "EISBN10": "0486320057" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026196005" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112634", "attributes": { "name": "Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons", "subtitle": "", "description": "Over 400 illustrations in this superb pictorial archive trace the evolution of clothing styles, armor, and weapons during the medieval period in Central Europe. Unsurpassed in its comprehensiveness and variety, the volume draws upon a wealth of authentic primary sources, including written accounts, contemporary paintings and sculpture, and the remains of textiles and other relics.A profusion of apparel and weaponry are depicted, ranging from the simple tunics and robes of peasants, blacksmiths, gardeners, shoemakers, fishermen, and other common laborers to the fur-lined cloaks and brocaded garments of the aristocracy. Tools and utensils used by peasants as well as the battle equipment and armor of warriors are also pictured and described, with special emphasis on how these weapons were handled, carried, and used in combat.Accompanied by a scrupulously researched and well-documented text, these royalty-free illustrations not only offer general readers an intriguing and authentic insight into a past age but also provide artists, historians, students of weaponry, and theater and film professionals with a highly accurate source of reference material.", "author": "Eduard Wagner, Zoroslava Drobná, Jan Durdík", "slug": "medieval-costume-armour-and-weapons-112634-9780486320250-eduard-wagner-zoroslava-drobna-jan-durdik", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320250.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112634", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112634/medieval-costume-armour-and-weapons-112634-9780486320250-eduard-wagner-zoroslava-drobna-jan-durdik", "bisac_codes": [ "DES002000", "ANT047000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486412405", "EISBN13": "9780486320250", "EISBN10": "0486320251" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026195288" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112633", "attributes": { "name": "Wilbur and Orville", "subtitle": "A Biography of the Wright Brothers", "description": "In the waning days of the 19th century and on the eve of a new technological era, French, English, and American inventors (as well as a host of charlatans, stuntmen, and profiteers) were racing to be the first to achieve powered, heavier-than-air flight. At the center of this activity were two little-known bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio Wilbur and Orville Wright.This highly regarded volume, considered by many to be the definitive study of the Wrights, tells the full story of the brothers' lives and works: from their early childhood and initial fascination with flight, through the years of experimentation with gliders on the sand dunes of Indiana, to the exhilarating days on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they perfected the design for the initial flyer, culminating in the historic first flight in December, 1903, at Kitty Hawk. The book also relates in detail the bitter patent fight and exhausting legal battles that followed as well as Wilbur's untimely death and Orville's later years.Author Fred Howard, an expert on early aviation technology and member of the team that edited a multi-volume edition of the Wright brothers' papers for the Library of Congress, is uniquely qualified to tell this story. He not only provides a remarkable account of the brothers' enormous achievements, but has also captured the spirit of an extraordinary era, paying tribute to the contributions of such legendary aviation pioneers as Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Glenn Curtiss, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Louis Bleriot, and many others.Unparalleled in its scope and colorful depiction of the Wright brothers and their times, this authoritative and thoroughly entertaining work will thrill and delight aviation buffs, students of American history, and anyone fascinated by the early days of flight.", "author": "Fred Howard", "slug": "wilbur-and-orville-112633-9780486320151-fred-howard", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320151.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112633", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112633/wilbur-and-orville-112633-9780486320151-fred-howard", "bisac_codes": [ "BIO015000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486402970", "EISBN13": "9780486320151", "EISBN10": "0486320154" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026188979" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112632", "attributes": { "name": "Easy Tatting", "subtitle": "", "description": "This clearly written, lavishly illustrated guide to the age-old art of lace-making allows even novices to fill a treasure chest with lovely tatted designs.Veteran tatting instructor Rozella Linden has included clear, step-by-step instructions that will help you create simple rings and picots for such projects as earrings, a small sunflower, and an ice crystal as well as chains for flower pins, a small rosette, a lacy square, and a snowflake ornament among other designs. Advanced tatters will find directions for completing elegant projects that include a tatted necklace (which can also be used as edging), an oval doily, a fancy snowflake, and a delicate table mat.Over 65 drawings and photos enhance this collection of easy-to-do but very attractive patterns that will not only inspire and delight anyone interested in this intriguingly beautiful craft but also enable even beginning tatters to create treasured possessions of exquisite handmade lace. ", "author": "Rozella Florence Linden", "slug": "easy-tatting-112632-9780486320106-rozella-florence-linden", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320106.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112632", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112632/easy-tatting-112632-9780486320106-rozella-florence-linden", "bisac_codes": [ "CRA022000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486299860", "EISBN13": "9780486320106", "EISBN10": "0486320103" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026198493" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112631", "attributes": { "name": "Mathematics and the Imagination", "subtitle": "", "description": "You dont have to love math to enjoy a hand of cards, a night at the casino, or a puzzle. But your pleasure and prowess at games, gambling, and other numerically related pursuits can be heightened with this entertaining volume, in which the authors offer a fascinating view of some of the lesser-known and more imaginative aspects of mathematics.A brief and breezy explanation of the new language of mathematics precedes a smorgasbord of such thought-provoking subjects as the googolplex (the largest definite number anyone has yet bothered to conceive of); assorted geometries plane and fancy; famous puzzles that made mathematical history; and tantalizing paradoxes. Gamblers receive fair warning on the laws of chance; a look at rubber-sheet geometry twists circles into loops without sacrificing certain important properties; and an exploration of the mathematics of change and growth shows how calculus, among its other uses, helps trace the path of falling bombs.Written with wit and clarity for the intelligent reader who has taken high school and perhaps college math, this volume deftly progresses from simple arithmetic to calculus and non-Euclidean geometry. It lives up to its title in every way [and] might well have been merely terrifying, whereas it proves to be both charming and exciting.\" Saturday Review of Literature.", "author": "Edward Kasner, James Newman", "slug": "mathematics-and-the-imagination-112631-9780486320274-edward-kasner-james-newman", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320274.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112631", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112631/mathematics-and-the-imagination-112631-9780486320274-edward-kasner-james-newman", "bisac_codes": [ "MAT025000", "MAT018000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486417035", "EISBN13": "9780486320274", "EISBN10": "0486320278" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026196816" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112630", "attributes": { "name": "Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 2", "subtitle": "", "description": "Perhaps best known as the intrepid adventurer who located the missing explorer David Livingstone in equatorial Africa in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) played a major role in assembling the fragmented discoveries and uncertain geographical knowledge of central Africa into a coherent picture. He was the first European to explore the Congo River; assisted at the founding of the Congo Free State, and helped pave the way for the opening up of modern Africa.In this classic account of one of his most important expeditions, the venerable Victorian recounts the incredibly difficult and perilous journey during which he explored the great lakes of Central Africa, confirming their size and position, searched for the sources of the Nile, and traced the unknown Congo River from the depths of the continent to the sea. Accompanied by three Englishmen and a crew of Africans, Stanley left Zanzibar in 1874. He traveled to Lake Victoria, which he circumnavigated in his boat, the Lady Alice. Almost immediately, illness, malnutrition and conflicts with native tribes began to decimate his followers. Nevertheless, the explorer pushed on, also circumnavigating Lake Tanganyika, which he determined to be unconnected with the Nile system. Finally in 1876, Stanley was ready to undertake \"the grandest task of all\" exploring the Livingstone (Congo) River. He sailed down the vast waterway to the lake he called Stanley Pool, then on to a series of 32 cataracts he named Livingstone Falls. Unable to go further by boat, Stanley continued overland, reaching the Atlantic Ocean on August 12, 1877. Mishaps, hostile tribes, and disease had killed his three white companions and half the Africans, but Stanley had attained his objective.His tremendous perseverance (his persistence led his men to nickname him Bula Matari \"the rock breaker\") was complemented by Stanley's abilities as a keen observer and accomplished prose stylist. These talents are fully evident in this exciting narrative. It offers not only the action and adventure of a life-and-death struggle to survive in the African wilderness, but detailed descriptions of native peoples, customs, and culture; the flora and fauna of central Africa; and a wealth of geographical, ecological, and other information. Supplemented with 149 black-and-white illustrations and a foldout map, this monumental narrative will be welcomed by anyone interested in the European exploration of central Africa during the nineteenth century, the exploits of one of the great explorers of all time, and a breathtaking story of human endurance and achievement in the face of immense odds.", "author": "Henry M. Stanley", "slug": "through-the-dark-continent-vol-2-112630-9780486319353-henry-m-stanley", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486319353.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112630", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112630/through-the-dark-continent-vol-2-112630-9780486319353-henry-m-stanley", "bisac_codes": [ "TRV001000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486256689", "EISBN13": "9780486319353", "EISBN10": "0486319350" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026201716" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112629", "attributes": { "name": "Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques", "subtitle": "", "description": "At the turn of the century, ladies of privilege could easily afford their own dressmakers, and even middle-class housewives occasionally employed competent seamstresses. But many women did their own sewing, often relying on Dressmaking, Up to Date, a how-to book published by the Butterick Publishing Company. First published in 1905 and widely considered the first modern American sewing book, this extremely rare volume is published here complete and unabridged. This Butterick manual provides clear and concise instructions for altering patterns, hand-sewing stitches, and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding and evening gowns, coats, jackets, maternity wear, undergarments, bathrobes, children's clothing, and many other articles of apparel. Today's costume historians and sewing enthusiasts will find fascinating instruction in such long-lost arts as boning a bodice perfectly, creating skirt sweepers and bust enhancers, concealing hooks and eyes, and other vintage dressmaking techniques. An indispensable archive of information on late-Victorian and turn-of-the-century clothing, this volume will be of immense interest to anyone fascinated by the fashion and costume of the period. It will also be of value to needleworkers wanting to create accurate reproductions of Victorian-era costume, or to anyone interested in applying time-honored sewing techniques to a modern wardrobe. ", "author": "Kristina Harris", "slug": "authentic-victorian-dressmaking-techniques-112629-9780486320175", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320175.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112629", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112629/authentic-victorian-dressmaking-techniques-112629-9780486320175", "bisac_codes": [ "ANT047000", "CRA035000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486404851", "EISBN13": "9780486320175", "EISBN10": "0486320170" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026189008" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112628", "attributes": { "name": "Dynamic Light Scattering", "subtitle": "With Applications to Chemistry, Biology, and Physics", "description": "Lasers play an increasingly important role in a variety of detection techniques, making inelastic light scattering a tool of growing value in the investigation of dynamic and structural problems in chemistry, biology, and physics. Until the initial publication of this work, however, no monograph treated the principles behind current developments in the field.This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the principles underlying laser light scattering, focusing on the time dependence of fluctuations in fluid systems; it also serves as an introduction to the theory of time correlation functions, with chapters on projection operator techniques in statistical mechanics. The first half comprises most of the material necessary for an elementary understanding of the applications to the study of macromolecules, or comparable sized particles in fluids, and to the motility of microorganisms. The study of collective (or many particle) effects constitutes the second half, including more sophisticated treatments of macromolecules in solution and most of the applications of light scattering to the study of fluids containing small molecules.With its wide-ranging discussions of the many applications of light scattering, this text will be of interest to research chemists, physicists, biologists, medical and fluid mechanics researchers, engineers, and graduate students in these areas.", "author": "Bruce J. Berne, Robert Pecora", "slug": "dynamic-light-scattering-112628-9780486320243-bruce-j-berne-robert-pecora", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320243.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112628", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112628/dynamic-light-scattering-112628-9780486320243-bruce-j-berne-robert-pecora", "bisac_codes": [ "SCI055000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486411552", "EISBN13": "9780486320243", "EISBN10": "0486320243" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026198856" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112627", "attributes": { "name": "Life in a Bucket of Soil", "subtitle": "", "description": "The soil in forests, meadows, and fields even in vacant city lots or your own backyard swarms with countless tiny creatures, most of which are born, struggle for life, and die just beneath the earths surface. In fact, you can find a bountiful sampling of these underground inhabitants simply by filling a bucket with soil. The small animals youre likely to find are vividly described in this fascinating, easy-to-read book, specially designed to acquaint you with a vast, living world beneath your feet.Youll learn about tunnel-building earthworms; threadlike, wriggly roundworms; snails and slugs (the slime gliders); armored scavengers such as wood lice and centipedes; flying tanks, more commonly known as beetles; lurking hunters such as spiders; the busy underground colonies of ants; and numerous other inhabitants of the soil. Youll find out how these diminutive animals live, breed, and interact; learn about their methods of locomotion, feeding, and defense; and even discover how they affect the soil in which they live. The authors also provide helpful suggestions for collecting specimens and explain how they can be preserved and studied.Illustrated with more than 70 detailed black-and-white drawings, this fact-filled book will introduce you to an amazing subterranean world most people never even think about. It is sure to appeal to young naturalists, junior biologist, insect lovers, and anyone curious about the natural world.", "author": "Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein", "slug": "life-in-a-bucket-of-soil-112627-9780486320229-alvin-silverstein-virginia-silverstein", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320229.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112627", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112627/life-in-a-bucket-of-soil-112627-9780486320229-alvin-silverstein-virginia-silverstein", "bisac_codes": [ "JNF051110" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486410579", "EISBN13": "9780486320229", "EISBN10": "0486320227" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026202580" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112626", "attributes": { "name": "Combinatorial Optimization", "subtitle": "Algorithms and Complexity", "description": "This clearly written, mathematically rigorous text includes a novel algorithmic exposition of the simplex method and also discusses the Soviet ellipsoid algorithm for linear programming; efficient algorithms for network flow, matching, spanning trees, and matroids; the theory of NP-complete problems; approximation algorithms, local search heuristics for NP-complete problems, more. All chapters are supplemented by thought-provoking problems. A useful work for graduate-level students with backgrounds in computer science, operations research, and electrical engineering. \"Mathematicians wishing a self-contained introduction need look no further.\" American Mathematical Monthly.", "author": "Christos H. Papadimitriou, Kenneth Steiglitz", "slug": "combinatorial-optimization-112626-9780486320137-christos-h-papadimitriou-kenneth-steiglitz", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320137.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112626", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112626/combinatorial-optimization-112626-9780486320137-christos-h-papadimitriou-kenneth-steiglitz", "bisac_codes": [ "MAT036000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486402581", "EISBN13": "9780486320137", "EISBN10": "0486320138" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026192296" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112625", "attributes": { "name": "A World in a Drop of Water", "subtitle": "Exploring with a Microscope", "description": "Within every drop of pond water lurks an invisible world, alive with an amazing variety of microscopic animals. And with the help of this book and a microscope, you can bring these tiny creatures into focus and discover the ways in which they live.You'll trace the path of a blob-like amoeba as it stretches out its pseudopods to hunt and gobble up its prey, and you'll see the life-or-death water ballet of a slipper-shaped paramecium as it swims away from its mortal enemy, the pincushion-shaped suctorian. You'll also meet the euglena, classified as both plant and animal; the rotifer, a creature with two wheels of whirling hairlike projections that help it move by squeezing in and out like an accordion; and the incredible hydra, a fearsome bully that constantly threatens other small animals with its crown of grasping tentacles.With this book, your key to the world of single-celled organisms, you'll learn fascinating lessons about how these strange animals eat, reproduce, and defend themselves. Enter their microscopic domain and see for yourself!", "author": "Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein", "slug": "a-world-in-a-drop-of-water-112625-9780486320168-alvin-silverstein-virginia-silverstein", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320168.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112625", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112625/a-world-in-a-drop-of-water-112625-9780486320168-alvin-silverstein-virginia-silverstein", "bisac_codes": [ "JNF051110" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486403816", "EISBN13": "9780486320168", "EISBN10": "0486320162" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026195487" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112624", "attributes": { "name": "Clouds in a Glass of Beer", "subtitle": "Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics", "description": "Ever wonder why steam rises from a bowl of hot soup or why a greenhouse retains heat? And have you ever puzzled over the real meaning of \"once in a blue moon\" or why sand is darker when it's wet than when it's dry? And just why, exactly, do bubbles appear in a glass of beer when you add salt to it?These and many other baffling questions are answered in this engaging book by a physics professor at Pennsylvania State University. Ranging from playful to serious, Professor Bohren's lively and entertaining discussions employ a liberal mixture of humor and anecdote to debunk a host of scientific myths and render science lessons thoroughly understandable. Chapters include \"On a Clear Day You Can't See Forever,\" \"A Murder in Ceylon.\" \"The Green Flash,\" \"Physics on a Manure Heap,\" \" Indoor Rainbows,\" and \"Multiple Scattering at the Breakfast Table.\"\"The book rings with a unifying tone: the science of the everyday physical world is fun. And so is the book,\" writes Jearl Walker, a member of the Physics Department at Cleveland State University. Beginning physics and general readers will be fascinated by the scientific knowledge gained from this work; and science teachers will find it a treasure trove of ideas for simple, vivid classroom demonstrations.", "author": "Craig F. Bohren", "slug": "clouds-in-a-glass-of-beer-112624-9780486320298-craig-f-bohren", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320298.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112624", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112624/clouds-in-a-glass-of-beer-112624-9780486320298-craig-f-bohren", "bisac_codes": [ "SCI055000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486417387", "EISBN13": "9780486320298", "EISBN10": "0486320294" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026191574" } } } }, { "type": "Product", "id": "00010000112623", "attributes": { "name": "Fractals Everywhere", "subtitle": "New Edition", "description": "\"Difficult concepts are introduced in a clear fashion with excellent diagrams and graphs.\" Alan E. Wessel, Santa Clara University\"The style of writing is technically excellent, informative, and entertaining.\" Robert McCartyThis new edition of a highly successful text constitutes one of the most influential books on fractal geometry. An exploration of the tools, methods, and theory of deterministic geometry, the treatment focuses on how fractal geometry can be used to model real objects in the physical world. Two sixteen-page full-color inserts contain fractal images, and a bonus CD of an IFS Generator provides an excellent software tool for designing iterated function systems codes and fractal images. Suitable for undergraduates and graduate students of many backgrounds, the treatment starts with an introduction to basic topological ideas. Subsequent chapters examine transformations on metric spaces, dynamics on fractals, fractal dimension and interpolation, Julia sets, and parameter spaces. A final chapter introduces measures on fractals and measures in general. Problems and tools emphasize fractal applications, and an answers section contains solutions and hints.", "author": "Michael F. Barnsley", "slug": "fractals-everywhere-112623-9780486320342-michael-f-barnsley", "thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/9780486320342.jpg", "default_thumbnail_image": "//redshelf-images.s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/thumbnail/default_book_thumbnail.jpg", "product_type": "book", "product_id": "112623", "product_url": "/app/ecom/book/112623/fractals-everywhere-112623-9780486320342-michael-f-barnsley", "bisac_codes": [ "MAT012000" ], "items_count": null, "identifiers": { "ISBN13": "9780486488707", "ISBN10": "0486320340", "EISBN13": "9780486320342" }, "drm": null, "cover_image": null, "default_cover_image": null, "book_type": null }, "relationships": { "lowest_offering": { "data": { "type": "offerings", "id": "00010026201537" } } } } ], "meta": { "pagination": { "page": 77186, "pages": 78397, "count": 1567925 } } }
Response Info
Default: None