"A Writer's Year" is a datebook/planner designed especially for writers. It offers a daily schedule where you can track tasks in quarter-hour increments (including on weekends!), plus... More > places to record your daily achievements, your weekly to-do list, upcoming deadlines and assignments, and your writing goals. Get inspired with weekly quotes from famous writers, and track your submissions in the submission tracker at the end of the book. Never ask again, "Where did my time go?" Now you'll know -- and by tracking your time and projects, you'll be able to manage your writing career more effectively!< Less
A glorious collection of floral decorations from Victorian magazines, including endpieces, spot illustrations, corners and frames. Perfect for adorning your scrapbook project, greeting cards, books... More > and special messages. Over 225 Victorian floral images, from single blossoms to gorgeous bouquets. All copyright-free for unrestricted use.< Less
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sent Sherlock Holmes to his alleged death at Reichenbach Falls, it was to replace him in the pages of The Strand with Brigadier Gerard, a Hussar in the French Army during... More > the wars of Napoleon. Dashing and vain, Gerard is a classic comic foil through which Doyle gives us a delightful look at both French and English foibles. Includes the complete series of stories that ran from 1894-1895 and 1900-1903.< Less
Ranulf de Glanville prepared and codified one of the earliest treatises on English law and custom, in the days of King Henry II. This treatise (translated in 1812 by John Beames) covers such topics... More > as inheritance, women's dowers and marriage, land ownership, rights and responsibilities of tenants and vassals, criminal law and much more. It's an ideal resource for anyone interested in the founding principles of Anglo-Norman law.< Less
A history of the arms, armor, military campaigns, seige equipment and more of the 14th century, reprinted from The Gentleman's Magazine of 1858 and 1859.
In the 1930's, California artist Victor Anderson set out to design a book on historic costume. That book was never finished, and for decades Victor's exquisite sketches sat in a box in the back of a... More > closet. Now, more than 70 years later, Victor's granddaughter has assembled these sketches into an "artist's sketchbook" of historic costume -- a fascinating glimpse of costumes from historic paintings and from costume books of the 1920's. The book focuses primarily on British costume but also touches on several periods of European costume. Ideal for recreationists, SCA members, and writers researching historic costume details.< Less
A compendium of Victorian needle arts and crafts -- embroidery, crochet, knitting, lace, and more -- from "The Girl's Own Annual" (1880-1890). Beautiful illustrations and complete... More > instructions to recreate these lovely projects today.< Less
A humorous and nostalgic memoir of a childhood spent at Vinegar Hill, a Mendocino ridge so remote that you had to drive about a mile past the back of beyond to get there...
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