Schiffer publishing aug 2010 (23 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In Minnesota eye witnesses claim to have seen Bigfoot in Two Harbors, Wendigos in Roseau, lake monsters in Lake Pepin, Mothman near Rochester, trolls in Cannon Falls, and a musically inclined purple dwarf, formally known as Prince, in Minneapolis. Search for them, and find shadow creatures lurking in homes in Richfield. Read about prowling panthers along the Minnesota River, near Bloomington, and learn about giants tromping around Bemidji. These are some of the frightening creatures that grace the state of Minnesota. Look closely for them (if you dare), but be ready to run.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book offers experience to actual ghost investigations through old colonial homes and notoriously famous haunted locations in historic New England. Step into a private home where the owner hears the voice of an unseen child cry out for 'Mommy.' Prepare to be frightened as you read about the janitor at the Wilton Theater who sees an apparition of a man in a tall hat walking the aisle. Hear the talkative ghosts at the Hills Cemetery. Read the tale of a violent double murder at the Lizzie Borden House. New England is sure to be rated as one of the spookiest and creepiest places on earth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Boston after dark is the town that scared and repulsed even Edgar Allan Poe, inspired H.P. Lovecraft, and brought the hunting of witches and murder of hapless innocents to American shores. Come to the Boston Common and walk over a thousand bodies of the long-dead. Take in some theater and be sure to excuse yourself when passing by the seat that only seems empty. Head out to the swampy suburbs, dance with the Will o' the Wisps and hike along the lost paths of Dogtown, where witches once extracted tolls on passersby. Welcome to Boston's eerie environs, and watch out for stranglers.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tour the 'Show-me State' to lonely cemeteries, abandoned buildings, and into Bigfoot-infested woods. Tales of the supernatural include a UFO crash and government cover-up, encounters with a mid-Missouri dogman, Bigfoot encounters in Southern Missouri, and the spirits that haunt an abandoned nursing home in Walt Disney's boyhood home. Did Mark Twain dictate a novel through a Ouija board Does a secret UFO base exist in Jefferson City Was a Missouri student accosted by black-eyed Kids Did a Marceline man sleep with an extraterrestrial Find out in Paranormal Missouri.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do you know what an 'urban legend' is They are those stories that make the rounds at high school hangouts and college dorms, camping trips and late night sleepovers, offices and water coolers as frightening tales too good to be true, and too scary to be fiction. These stories include the short and shivery legend, 'The Vanishing Hitchhiker;' the macabre comedy, 'The Hook;' and the scream-till-you-drop terror tale, 'Bloody Mary.' Experience the horror of lurking killers, lonely ghosts, and attacks from insects that seem to come from the pit of some forgotten nightmare. And who knows It all might be true. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Alameda, Oakland, and Berkeley, California (across the bay from San Francisco), don't have much in common at first glance--until after dark. Visit with none-too-friendly ghosts of the Pardee Home Museum who, even now, still talk to visitors. Learn about the poltergeist in a medical office that levitates ashtrays and throws typewriters. Read about a threatening, smoky wraith that glides across the gym at the Alameda High School. Explore Mound Street, former Native American burial grounds, and the cemetery ghosts of Mills College. A psychic shares her impression of an Alameda restaurant. Find out how a dead neighbor communicated through a computer screen. Public buildings and private homes, and even a student co-op are not immune from spirits haunting Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland. To those of us who believe, ghosts are everywhere; these cities are no exception.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do witches hold a form of understanding about great cosmic mysteries Do they possess powers to heal and see our futures Travel through a history of witchcraft and meet mothers and fathers of the Craft who fought for their civil rights and recognition for Pagan religions. Learn about Pagans, Wiccans, and witches. Glimpse the lives of famous witches: Gerald Gardner, Sybil Leek, Laurie Cabot, and others who laid the groundwork for respect that witches have today. Learn spells and crafts from Elders and modern-day witches; see rare interviews and newspaper clippings. Read the injustices that happen today and how you can make a difference for witches, Pagans, and Wiccans today. Don't talk about religious freedom, understand it.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tour Indiana University's spooky Bloomington campus and Southern Indiana's haunted houses and creepy corners. Be introduced to timeless campus ghosts such as the Girl in Yellow of Read Hall who stumbles about looking for her sliced-away face, the shadow dog that growls and patrols the Indiana Memorial Union, and the Lady in Black who has drifted along sidewalks of East Third Street since 1911. The mysterious Buskirk-Showers Mansion is where one might be locked in the restroom or find wine glasses smashed. The Story Inn is where the blue lady might stare back at you from a mirror. Meet the paranormal teams who have investigated notorious haunted locations, such as the Crump Theater where phantom music and fragrances are often experienced and Stepp Cemetery with its many legends and scares. Join the haunts at Hoosier Halls.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The natural edge bowl is an example of how man and nature can work together to create beauty. With this book of 214 color photos and concise text, readers can learn to create a variety of natural edge bowls. Beginning with a discussion of wood grain orientation on the lathe and preparing the wood blank, the text explores rough turning, shaping, balance, coring, and final turning. Also learn decoration beyond turning, and surface treatments such as burning, carving, piercing, and finishing. Also explored are various materials for the turner's use, including domestic and imported burls and where to obtain them. Finally, an impressive gallery is included to fire the imagination for future projects. Novices will find exciting challenges and seasoned turners will enjoy the details.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The kitchen does not have to be a stressful place where you slave over meal preparation. Turn it into a fun, interactive venue using this cookbook designed for multiple cooks in the kitchen. Each of the 30+ recipes feature two sets of instructions: for each cook or each team of cooks. Complete a meal for two with two. Put your kids or your dinner guests to work by assigning them each to a cooking team. Along with detailed ingredients and instructions, each recipe features its own puzzle, riddle, or game (check the back of the book for the answers). Keep your kitchen active while preparing everything from fried salmon with spicy apples to chicken wings with French fries.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Travel to ancient cemeteries of the U.S. and France to meet night spirits. Captured digitally at sundown, sun up, and by the light of the full moon, their beauty and eeriness is astounding. Shown are full vaporous apparitions with ghost stories connected with each of the featured cemeteries helping to explain who the ghosts are and why they appear hundreds of years after they were buried. You will be drawn into each photograph as though you were standing there - seeing what the photographer saw and was feeling when the photograph was taken. Thousands of ghost hunters go out looking for ghosts. Now see them through photographs and discover the secrets they hold.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1861, Charleston, South Carolina, was the focal point of war between the United and Confederate States; to Southerners, Charleston was a symbol of freedom; to Northerners, it represented rebellion. Revisit one of our nation's greatest conflicts through this tour guide. Explore the cemeteries and gaze at the homes of blockade runners and Confederate soldiers. Visit the site where the Hunley passed before sinking the Housatonic. Walk the battlefield of James Island, tour Civil War era plantations, and climb the walls of the harbor's fortifications.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Enjoy an enormous collection of bouquets for brides and their maids, along with boutonnière designs for the gentlemen, and something for every other special member of the wedding party. There are corsages, hairpieces, baskets, ring pillows, and pomanders for the big day. This is a wonderful guide to the latest styles in floral adornment, organized by color, favorite flowers, and themes to help you find your style amidst a virtual rainbow of ideas. A look to fit every unique event can be found in this luscious collection of imagery. For the over-achieving bride or empowered mother who wants to make their own floral adornments, professional florist Bill Murphy offers tutorials on techniques for creating bouquets, boutonnières, corsages, a tussie-mussie, and a floral sphere for the flower girl. Whether you're making your own, or consulting with a professional, this book is a wonderful guide to finding your look.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Over 230 beautiful color photos and 98 architectural sketches reveal innovative designs that architects are creating for stairways in the home, by turning them into integral parts of a striking and visually exciting interior design. Going beyond engineering and design, it provides the spatial quality and diversity of a staircase today. The design spectrum ranges from minimalist concrete steps to sophisticated combinations made of wood, steel, stone or glass. One thing these steps have in common is that they reflect the very latest architectural trends. This book raises your awareness of stairs in interior design and opens your eyes to many new possibilities. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the first book to cover U.S. portable flamethrowers in detail, and explores the development of each model, the prototypes, failures and standardized models with the history of use in combat from our first failed attempts in World War I, through World War II, Korea and Vietnam, until all flamethrowers were removed from the U.S. arsenal in 1985. The book is well illustrated with historical and current photos. When photos were not available for certain models, flamethrowers were restored, fired and photographed. Details on how flamethrowers work are also covered, both in the main book text and in the wartime manuals reproduced in full on a Mac and PC compatible CD. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Over 400 eye-popping photos provide a decade-long tour of graffiti in New York City. Walls, trucks, and subway cars are featured with graffiti by the crews X-Men, KD, TNB, 156, RIS, AOK, TC-5, FAME CITY, COD, XTC, TFP, MCI, IF, DYM, 718, TD4, SMART, TATS CRU, FLY-ID, GFR, AKB, and many more. Because New York City has made a concerted effort to remove graffiti from the city, the images captured here will never be seen again. Walls were repainted and some buildings were demolished, keeping graffiti crews working fast to keep ahead of the trend. The author worked even faster to capture their ephemeral efforts. If you have a fascination with urban life and colorful expression, this book is definitely for you. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Master furniture craftsman Craig Vandall Stevens takes you from novice to advanced woodworker with this illustrated guide to marquetry, a technique where different colors of wood veneers are carefully cut to fit precisely together, forming a single sheet of veneer. Explore your creative potential and learn the essential elements of marquetry: using a fret saw, sawing your own veneers from solid wood planks, the tools and materials required for marquetry, choosing wood, design, shading with hot sand, and applying a shellac finish. Finally, follow Stevens as he demonstrates making a beautiful, simple box with a marquetry top. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Entering battle by parachute was the 'easy part'. Packed with information for U.S. Airborne enthusiasts of all kinds, this volume provides a critical context for both the collector of U.S. Airborne memorabilia, and a methodology for living historians to research and translate the real-life story of the legendary U.S. Parachute Infantrymen to the hobby environment. Over 100 full-color images including battle recreation photographs, charts, tactical maps, order of battle graphics, authentic tables of organization and equipment, and numerous special features.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Enjoy Martha's Vineyard as you have never seen it before in these stunning photos. Magnificent 120-degree panoramas capture the white sandy beaches, historic cottages, secluded bays, light houses, and national parks of this island destination. The unique character of Martha's Vineyard is captured in scenes of classic points of interest. Includes Vineyard Haven, West Chop and Edgartown Lighthouses, Chappaquiddick Island, Cape Poge, and Oak Bluffs. Use these vibrant photographs as your guide to the islands. Your next visit will be enhanced and you will want to reminisce on vacations past.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Follow the saga of this remarkable fiber from seed to woven fabric. Learn about flax cultivation, processing and spinning, natural and synthetic dyeing, and weaving and finishing linen cloth. 233 color photos and 156 black and white photos and drawings reveal the characteristics of linen and emphasize its practical use. An inspirational chapter includes 15 articles by Canadian and American weavers and photographs of the artists' works. Throughout you'll enjoy folklore and historical information, including the use of linen by the ancient Egyptians, a history of Irish linen, and linen's status in today's world of fiber and fashion. The story of linen is timeless and fascinating.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Over 60 contemporary, international glass artists who transform molten glass into works of art. Learn about their blown, cast, kiln-formed, lampwork, cold work, fusing, laminating, carving, sand blasting, acid etching, and cutting techniques, shared in their own words. See installation pieces, tableware, vases, bottles and stoppers, bowls, sculptures, furniture (including countertops and basins), paperweights, beads, and diptychs. All who enjoy and work in glass will find this an invaluable reference and inspiration to future creativity. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The men of the 449th Fighter Squadron called themselves the 'forgotten squadron.' Despite serving to great effect as the only P-38 fighter squadron with the Flying Tigers in China, the 449th received little press or praise during or after the war. Ironically, the unit participated in the 14th Air Force's greatest missions, including the daring Thanksgiving Day raid on Taiwan, 'accidentally' shooting down one of the top-ranking Japanese generals in China, and even supporting Ho Chi Minh against the Japanese in Indochina. Having spread its wings from Taiwan to the Salween Front, the 449th is the perfect case study to investigate Major General Claire Lee Chennault's air war over China in World War II.…