Non-fiction Books

Forgers and Forgeries

W. G. Constable

The usual idea of a forgery is of something deliberately fabricated to appear to be what it is not; something conceived in sin, and carrying the taint of illegitimacy throughout its existence. With ot..

Secrets of Making Frozen Desserts at Home

Anonymous

To make Sandwiches: Cut cake into slices, cut slices of ice cream and put between slices of cake. Decorate with powdered macaroons.Scoop out the pulp of well-flavored cantaloupes and half fill tall le..

The Kashf al-mahjúb - The oldest Persian treatise on Súfiism

Hujviri

The Kashf al-Maḥjúb, which belongs to the later years of the author’s life, and, partly at any rate, to the period of his residence in Lahore, was written in reply to certain questions addressed to hi..

H. G. Hawker, airman - his life and work

Muriel Hawker

Hawker, thirty years ago, was an impossibility, but when he died he was the idealised sportsman of the youth of the country, and it was rightly so. Modest in triumph, hard-working, a tremendous “stick..

Spanish Painting

Aureliano de Beruete y Moret

Spain is familiarly spoken of as a country of distinctive character, and is so not only because of its geographical situation, which has kept it somewhat apart from frequented routes, but because it a..

The Alhambra

Albert Frederick Calvert

The Alhambra may be likened to an exquisite opera which can only be appreciated to the full when one is under the spell of its magic influence. But as the witchery of an inspired score can be recalled..

Deeds Barn and the Self Starter

Anonymous

Deeds was absorbed in many responsibilities at the NCR and could not devote the necessary time to the perfection of the motor. He wanted a bright young electrical engineer to whom the electrification ..

The Mesa Verde Story

Anonymous

The corn and squash were raised in small mesa-top fields and the people also hunted game animals and gathered wild plant foods. Corn was the most important food. It could be stored for the winter and ..