books by B. T. Batsford Ltd.     books:       1920's (Fashions of a Decade)5 reviews Jacqueline Herald B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1991 Good for adults too! I thought this book was well written, even if it is supposedly for kids. It was full of information, pictures, and interesting trivia. As a free-lance writer and researcher of the Twenties, it's a good book to have in one's personal library!             Superheroes (Cultural Studies)2 reviews Richard Reynolds B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1992 Great. This book forever changed the way that I read superhero comics. Reynolds discusses the factors that are present in virtually every superhero comic since Superman was created. Some are apparent (devotion to justice, secret identitities), and some are subtle (lost parents, accountability only to one's own conscience). Virtually all factors are recapitulations of the developmental struggles ...             Paris France,4 reviews Gertrude Stein B.T. Batsford, ltd, 1940 The City turned outward to the greatest city in the world instead of inward to her own rhythms, this is Stein's best book.             Techniques in Machine Knitting (New Needlecraft Paperback)4 reviews Kathleen Kinder B T Batsford Ltd, 1990 Best "How To" book on most knitting machines. Have read this book, borrowed from our library. The whole book is very useful, with detailed instructions for every type of knitting machine. The techniques are easy to understand and very helpful. Other books are either translations from another language and do not make sense, or are so complicated that the instructions are not feasible. This book makes knitting machine techniques simple to ...             The Complete Guide to Sharpening34 reviews Leonard Lee B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1995 This is THE Book about sharpening! What should I say? No need anymore to write other books on sharpening. It is well written and very informative on every detail. If you would like to know everything about sharpening, buy this book and you're done.             The English Reformation3 reviews A.G. Dickens B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1989 Wonerful Book-must read A.G. Dickens book, the English Reformation, is one of the most influential books on the Reformation ever written, and this fact makes an evaluation very difficult. For Dickens, the Reformation had much less to do with the divorce of Henry VIII than with the corruption and decay of the Catholic Church and the rising expectations of a literate, educated laity. When Protestantism emerged, according ...             Glazes from Natural Sources: A Working Handbook for Potters4 reviews Brian Sutherland B T Batsford Ltd, 1988 Classic handbook for craft potters First of all, I'd better point out that I am one of the author's sons. But as such, I know that this book was never written as a big commercial venture but as an attempt to record the wealth of information that my father had accrued through years of practical work in the studio. When Glazes From Natural Sources was first published in 1987, it was rightly considered a classic textbook by leading ...             Metal Thread Embroidery: Tools, Materials and Techniques (A Batsford Embroidery Paperback)2 reviews Jane Lemon B T Batsford Ltd, 1990 Metal Thread Embroidery : Tools, Materials and Techniques (A This book is very good for the beginner or experienced embroider. I found it enjoyable not only to look at, read but very imformative on the style of stitch and how to perform that stitch. A must for any serious embroider's library.             A Handbook of Ornament6 reviews Franz Sales Meyer B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1934 Indispensable Ornamental Design Resource Not only does this book contain a huge assortment of extremely clean and scannable examples of ornamental designs from different periods and cultures, but also provides diagrams and information you can use to create your own original designs in a given style. This may be the last book I buy (except newer copies of THIS book!) on ornamental design.             Caligula: The Corruption of Power (Imperial Biographies)20 reviews Anthony A. Barrett B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1990 Caligula's Iconography and Coinage I found that this book most suprisingly has one of the most detailed and exhaustive bibliographies on obscure and hard to find references for Julio Claudian numismatists and iconographers. You don't need college to have a greater understanding of princeps Gaius Caligula. Worth the price of the book. Joe Geranio             The Best in Lingerie Design Joy McKenzie B T Batsford Ltd, 1997 A showcase of outstanding lingerie design, including styles from Gossard, Gottex, La Perla, Playtex, Janet Reger and Rigby & Peller.             Positional Chess Handbook6 reviews Israel Gelfer B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1991 The Best Value For A Positional Chess Book! This is an excellent book on chess. The diagrams are clear and can easily be followed through and the previous reviewer who commented that they were too small, was on my part greatly exaggerated and didn't do any justice. Buy one copy for yourself and decide. This book gave me countless hours of enjoyment and I am sure it will do the same for you.              search for books batsford, biographies, caligula, complete, corruption, cultural, decade, embroidery, english, fashions, france, handbook, imperial, knitting, lingerie, machine, materials, natural, needlecraft, ornament, paperback, positional, potters, reformation, sharpening, sources, studies, superheroes, techniques, working books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen software: Pocket Context Pro, French - German, Pocket PC(ARM), Pocket PC 2002/2003 we recommend leave a comment home  impressum - about us