Schiffer Books Collections | Schiffer Publishing

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An illustrated travelogue tracing the fascinating history of the entire Delaware River, covering over 400 years and over 300 miles, and featuring 140 original drawings and paintings. Filled with 140 finely-crafted original drawings and paintings, this book is designed to guide...

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Become acquainted with 16 of the world’s most talented and highly influential female tattoo artists through interviews and more than 600 photographs of their best work. Discover insights into their inspiration, artistic motifs, tattooing methods, and opinions on the state...

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With more than 60 delicious recipes, this book celebrates sharing good food with family and friends, inspired by the sweetness of living by the beach. Accompanied by food photography and beautiful Cape Cod landscapes, chapters focus on baked goods such...

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Walking down the street in the heart of New York City is an experience that can't be duplicated anywhere else in the country, perhaps even the world. One merges into the impromptu flow and is carried along by the ongoing...

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Detailed single-handed sword fighting and buckler-wielding instruction based on Medieval combat manuals, with step-by-step guide to multiple fighting stances and methods. In this sequel to the first volume, which introduced the long sword, Herbert Schmidt explains single-handed sword fighting techniques...

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For the first time in book form, tattoo artist Spider Webb shares one of his crowning artistic achievements, presenting 100 examples of patriotic American eagle tattoo flash in a dizzying variety of arrangements, with striking elements from both classic and...

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Dozens of beautiful photos, both vintage and contemporary, draw us into the fascinating world of Shaker communities’ accomplishments, their progressive views, and their still-resonating impact on American life. This book focuses specifically on two Shaker villages, Hancock and Mount Lebanon,...

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Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days, as well as the history of the circus and sideshow. Take a look behind the scenes at the banner artists, gaff artists, photographers, and showmen who...

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Marvelously illustrated with more than 200 rare images from the silent era through the 1970s, this joyous treasure trove features film and television’s most famous actors and actresses celebrating the holidays, big and small, in lavishly produced photographs. Join the...

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In this ode to Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Valley, vibrant photos and moving poetry relate the region’s legendary industrial history and ponder its legacy. The story begins in 1802, when two metalworking families joined forces to manufacture brass. Business soared during...

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Recipes inspired by the Middle Ages, updated for contemporary cooking This cookbook contains 78 recipes for delicious drinks, hearty breads, soups and hors d’oeuvres, robust entrées, and rich desserts that originate from the folkloric foundations of individual cultures throughout Europe...

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For a small group of intrepid adventurers, summer means living in a minimalist shack on the dunes at the tip of Cape Cod. For years these diminutive abodes have attracted artists, writers, and naturalists longing to escape the hectic hubbub...

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A colorful look at 3.5 billion years of stromatolites, peculiar structures produced by primitive life forms that lived over vast spans of geologic time. At once diverse, attractive, and sometimes puzzling, fossilized stromatolites are found worldwide in sedimentary rocks—often presenting...

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85 color photos show Pittsburgh's historic sites, modern downtown, industrial roots, and cultural renaissance, in a convenient keepsake sized package.  Discover Pittsburgh’s historic sites, modern downtown, famous rivers, recreation, and arts. Witness the city’s progression from an outpost and battleground...

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Extraordinary cigarette lighters can be found in the strangest of places--in a garage sale, at a swap meet, perhaps even in your own basement. This convenient, revised and updated handheld guide introduces a history of lighters through a comprehensive, alphabetical...

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From the modern, flat-roofed concrete home to an energy-independent cob-walled house in the countryside, this guide shows seventy single-family homes that showcase the best of contemporary design. Each home is identified in terms of eight design considerations, including challenging lots,...

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A photo-rich visual tour of the lighthouses and lightships of Massachusetts, with interesting history facts included. Here is an indispensable addition to any lighthouse enthusiast’s library, required reading for those interested in New England maritime history, and a delight for...

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Nearly 400 photographs beautifully illustrate the wonders of the 6 counties that make up the Poconos Covering parts of six Pennsylvania counties—Monroe, Pike, southern Wayne and Lackawanna, northeastern Carbon, and eastern Luzerne —this book celebrates the Pocono Mountains region: its...