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30 reviews
Morris Tenenbaum, Harry Pollard

Dover Publications, 1985

If only I had this book twenty years ago ...
I feel compelled to write a review even though many others have already written in praise of this book. The ultimate accolade: If only I had this book when I was an undergrad taking differential equations, man I would have been the star student! In a misguided quest for "purity", I chose the math department's ODE course, and at the risk of offending mathematicians (for whom I have the utmost ...

Origami Insects

22 reviews
Robert J. Lang

Dover Publications, 1995

Know When To Fold Them
Long live Robert Lang! I attended Lang's origami demontration at Mingei International Museum in Escondido, CA just over a year ago when the museum had its origami exhibition: Lang was folding his famous KNL dragon using a square paper 9X9 feet. The finished dragon was 5 feet long! Lang's Origami Insects is an almost masterpiece because it has so many detailed oriented models; I said almost ...

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet (Dover Books on Dance)

23 reviews
Gail Grant

Dover Publications, 1982

Excellent resource for a more experienced ballet dancer or ballet teacher
This book best serves those who have had enough experience with ballet to be able to understand the terms within the definitions themselves. Almost all ballet terms in this book contain other ballet terms within the definitions, and pictures are minimal (positions of the feet/arms, body in space, head, stage terms). If the dancer is not familiar enough with ballet terms, technique, and form, then ...

German: How to Speak and Write It (Beginners' Guides)

22 reviews
Joseph Rosenberg

Dover Publications, 1967

An Excellent Book!!
The Dover books are some of the best to use when learning a new language. I bought the French version of this book a few years ago when brushing up on my high school French. So when the time came that I had finally decided to start learning the German language, this was the first book that I bought. I like the fact that this book is good for both beginners and intermediate learners. The book is a ...

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and ...

22 reviews
Margaret Grieve

Dover Publications, 1971

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H)
Although I preferred the older verison this is great for the beginner and advnce alike.

The Night Before Christmas

47 reviews
Anna Pomaska, Clement Clarke Moore

Dover Publications, 2000

Jan Brett Night Before Christmas
I LOVE Jan Brett's books! I buy them anytime I see them whether on sale, old ones on Amazon as remainders, or new.. They make great gifts. I have a backup of many to give to children, particularly my granddaughters. The illustrations in this one are so beautiful it is really a keepsake to save as well as enjoy. Give it as a gift and you will make some child very happy and a parent happy,too.

Origami Sea Life

23 reviews

Dover Pubns, 1991

Great Book
This is one of my favorite Origami books ever. If you are thinking about getting it you should. This book will appeal to any body, from beginner to advanced. I love the models in this book. It contains various models of many genera and cover many of the marine phylums such as variety of gastropods, cephalodops, crustaceans, and many fish from Angler Fish to sharks to Sun fish.

One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science

28 reviews
George Gamow

Dover Publications, 1988

Blast From the Past
Although this was first published in 1947 - over 60 years ago!!! - it is as fresh as if it had been written today. Sure, we know much more about the quantum world, the composition of the atom and the universe itself but Gamow successfully accomplishes the subtitle of the book: Facts and speculation of Science. The clarity of language, mathematics, formulae and examples make this a delight to ...

The Art of Checkmate

26 reviews
Georges Renaud, Victor Kahn

Dover Publications, 1962

This is a classic book.
i own this book for 15 years now and it is as good as new, very good binding and paper quality. it was my firts book on chess and i think it was good choice . Its an excellence choice for beginners who whant to improve pattern recognition and mate understanting . The book was first puplished in 1953 its a classic .it really doesnt matter that its half a century old dont ...

Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition

20 reviews
Michael Stean

Dover Publications, 2003

Excellent, but there are some typos...
I agree with all the positive observations made by the other reviewers, but would like to extend the list of typos started by Dr. Salawu. Here are the errors I've found, with page numbers as they appear in the 2002 Dover algebraic edition: p.15, variation following move 22: "(23...Kb3" should be "(23...Kc6" p.33, 6th para: "conceding the d4 square" should be "conceding the d5 square" p.47, ...

The Art of Animal Drawing: Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (Dover Books on Art Instruction, Anatomy)

16 reviews
Ken Hultgren

Dover Publications, 1993

Awesome for Serious Artists
This book is somewhere right between a "How to Draw Animals" book and a detailed anatomy book. It gives you the basics of the muscles for each animal in beautiful, dynamic sketches that take you from drawing static (but proportional) animals to leaping, rolling, fighting animals. If you're really serious, you'll still need a more detailed anatomy book, but for movement (especially of horses and ...

General Chemistry

15 reviews
Linus Pauling

Dover Publications, 1988

Best introductory chemistry book out there.
This is by far the best introductory book I have seen so far. It is very concise and thorough. There are no flashy pictures or cool sidenotes with the practical applications of the concepts. But the basic concepts are very well explained with lots of helpful diagrams. Also, the price of the book is very good. Hooray for Dover Publications for publishing this masterpiece as such reasonable price!

Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, Vol. 1

18 reviews
Robert Burnham Jr.

Dover Publications, 1978

A rare book to be cherished.
Robert Burnham, Jr., spent twenty years at Lowell Observatory participating in a proper motion survey. During his tenure, he wrote this mammoth 3-volume work covering nearly every object visible in 2- to 12-inch telescopes. Each chapter, covering one constellation (both northern and southern hemispheres), begins with a detailed list of all stellar objects (double stars, variable stars, and deep ...

A General History of the Pyrates

18 reviews
Daniel Defoe

Dover Publications, 1999

More illustrative of Defoe's life than Piracy
The dearth of primary sources have encouraged "scholars" to grasp onto the Furbanks / Owens short de-atrribution, which is basically an ad hominem attack against the preeminent 20th century Defoe scholar Moore. The tales in this book are wild and outlandish, much like Defoe's life. Full of get-rich quick schemes, bankruptcy, and being pilloried, he did not lack for his own source material. So ...

Odd John and Sirius

16 reviews
William Olaf Stapledon, Olaf Stapledon

Dover Publications, 1972

STEPPENDOG
Until 2002 Sirius was the only thing by Stapledon I had read. Now with Last and First Men, Star Maker, Nebula Maker and Odd John, plus a good few more years, behind me, it means a lot more to me. Like his author, the dog with an equal-to-human brain is one of a kind, but the main theme is Stapledon's familiar tragic theme of the futile destruction of what intellect, mind and spirit can achieve. ...

Animals: 1,419 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, Insects, etc. (Dover Pictorial Archives)

15 reviews

Dover Publications, 1979

Very Nice
This is just packed full of brilliant illustrations of birds frogs fish girafee spiders butterflies you name it , throughly recommended for any one who loves botanical illustrations or engravings , really good source material for artists or designers.very nice book but rember it is a paper back not that that matters to me.

Henry IV, Part I (Dover Thrift Editions)

17 reviews
William Shakespeare

Dover Publications, 1997

The two sides of Hal
Henry IV remains one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, even though the tragedies and comedies get far more attention and seeming appreciation than do the histories. As an English major, I examined Henry's (Hal's) character, and I focused on his development from a somewhat foolhardy young man into a self-assured, even manipulative prince. It is hard to say which of these Hal truly is, or if he is ...

The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America

17 reviews
Lauri Lebo

New Press, 2008

Journalists' Dilemma - How to Give Balanced Coverage To Unbalanced Views
The lead attorney and the lead defendant appeared disinterested during the infamous Dover trial. Attorney Thompson didn't brighten up until his daily exit from the courtroom, when he became alive - playing to the press about how successful that day was. Defendant Bonsell just smirked most of the time - a higher power had already told him he was right. Thompson was willing to accept this ...

Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works by John Singer Sargent (Dover Art Library)

16 reviews
John Singer Sargent

Dover Publications, 1983

A remarkable bargain!
A remarkable bargain and a must for anyone interested in John Singer Sargent or his work. An 8 by 11 inch, less than 50 page paperback. Published by Dover. B&W reproductions of 42 portrait sketches by Sargent. Mostly done in charcoal. Two long pages of lucid and informed, really excellent text by Trevor Fairbrother, author of books devoted to Sargent and several articles as well. The ...

The Crowd

17 reviews
Gustave Le Bon

Dover Publications, 2002

The Irrationality of Crowds.
_The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind_ is an English translation of the classic work on crowd psychology of French theorist and social scientist Gustave le Bon first published in 1895. Gustave le Bon (1841 - 1931) was a French social theorist whose works played a prominent part in the understanding of nationality, racialism, herd behavior, and crowd psychology. Le Bon writes from the ...

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