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The surprising origins and politics of the popular board game Monopoly. While the invention is claimed by Charles Darrow, who…
sold it to Parker Brothers in 1935, the game can be traced to a progressive feminist named Lizzie Magie who created her version thirty years earlier. 2015By Edward Castronova. 2014
Media and cognitive science professor discusses the concept of virtual money. Explains the history of private currencies--such as S&H Green…
Stamps--the legality of them, and the impact they may have on our economy. Poses questions for legislators to consider regarding economic policy in the twenty-first century. 2014By Amanda Petrusich. 2014
Music critic examines the world of collectors of 78 rpm records--made from fragile shellac. Describes the personalities involved, the coded…
language used among collectors, the economy developed around the practice, and the historical import of the rare recordings. 2014By Stephen H. Grant, Stephen H Grant. 2014
Historian documents the development of the phenomenal collection of works by and about William Shakespeare under the auspices of Henry…
(1857-1930) and Emily (1858-1936) Folger. Details their childhoods, their courtship, Henry's career at Standard Oil, and the methods they used to anonymously acquire original Shakespeare folios and build the Folger Shakespeare Library. 2014By Sharon Lovejoy. 1999
Guide for parents and children provides twelve ideas for theme gardens, including a pizza patch; tips for growing plants in…
containers, such as carrots in old boots; and home remedies, such as peppermint tea for tummy aches. Lists additional resources. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999By Nicholas A. Basbanes. 2013
Author of A Gentle Madness (DB 42231) chronicles the history and uses of paper. Examines its development in China in…
105 A.D., contribution to other technology booms, impact on currency systems, and future in the face of the digital age. ALA Notable Book. 2013By Ann Hood. 2013
Twenty-seven essays on the craft of knitting by authors including Elizabeth Berg, Andre Dubus III, Sue Grafton, Barbara Kingsolver, Elinor…
Lipman, Joyce Maynard, Ann Patchett, and Anita Shreve. Berg discusses the pleasures of visiting yarn stores when one is not a knitter. Includes six knitting patterns by Helen Bingham. 2014By Raymond E. Feist, Stephen Abrams. 2013
In a series of journal entries, Pug of Crydee reflects on his life as a magician in the land of…
Midkemia. Notes from his son Magnus supplement Pug's descriptions of the adventures he had during the Chaoswar Saga. 2013By Paul Clark Newell, Bill Dedman. 2013
Newell and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dedman detail the life of Newell's cousin, socialite Huguette Clark (1906-2011), the eccentric daughter of…
a Gilded Age copper tycoon and politician. They chronicle Clark's latter years--when she lived in a hospital room while her mansions sat empty--and battles over her estate. Bestseller. 2013By Anna Badkhen. 2013
Journalist documents a year in the life of a carpet weaver and her family in Oqa, a remote Afghanistan village…
that may be a safe haven for the Taliban. Traces the path that carpets made in the region take to high-end stores, often in the United States. 2013In this companion to The Handmade Marketplace (DB 71524), the author offers advice on selecting the right creative field, making…
the best use of business models, creating business, marketing, and production plans, budgeting and borrowing wisely, and using professional support. Includes tips and anecdotes from successful entrepreneurs. 2012By Stacy Perman. 2013
Journalist explores the rivalry between financier Henry Graves Jr. and automobile magnate James Ward Packard to build and own the…
most remarkable watch in history. Graves and Packard spurred Swiss watchmaker Patek Phillipe to manufacture the Graves Supercomplication--the most complex mechanical watch ever created. Details early-twentieth-century watchmaking techniques. 2013By Inc. Foxfire Fund, Inc. Foxfire Fund. 2011
Compilation of folklore, oral histories, and songs of Appalachian mountain culture from northeastern Georgia, published to mark the forty-fifth anniversary…
of the Foxfire magazine project. Includes tales of ghosts, crime, and murders as well as bluegrass music and arts and crafts instruction. 2011By Edmund De Waal, Edmund De Waal. 2011
British ceramic artist relates tracing his family's history through the ownership of a collection of netsuke, ornamental Japanese carvings, which…
he inherited in 1994. Describes the wealthy Ephrussi clan's lives in Vienna and Paris and their origins as Jewish merchants from Odessa, Russia. 2010By Craig Childs. 2010
Relic hunter and naturalist exposes the dark side of archaeology. Discusses the reasons people loot, citing cases of antiquities traffickers,…
immoral museum curators, and wealthy collectors. Argues that taking artifacts separates them from their history. Explains his own low-impact method of exploration. 2010By Nicholas Fox Weber. 2009
Traces the lives of six prominent figures in the German Bauhaus group, which flourished between 1919 and 1933: architects Walter…
Gropius and Mies van der Rohe; painters Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers; and textile designer Anni Albers. Discusses their artistic ideals and their tumultuous, intersecting private lives. 2009Piano lover recounts her purchase of an 1807 Broadmoor square piano with an intact serial number and her interest in…
its provenance. Depicts the lives of London piano-maker John Broadmoor and the original buyer, John Langshaw, and discusses piano manufacturing and distribution in nineteenth-century society. 2008By Allison Hoover Bartlett. 2009
Journalist investigates famed rare-book thief John Gilkey to uncover his motivation for stealing exquisite literature. Retraces the cat-and-mouse game Gilkey…
played with Ken Sanders, security chair of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 2009By Spike Carlsen. 2008
The author, a carpenter, celebrates the importance of wood as the basic building block of daily life. Collects facts and…
anecdotes on varieties of wood and fine woodworkers, including blind craftsmen. Describes using wood for musical instruments, sports, shelter, furniture, weapons, transportation, and occasional oddities--like an amphibious wooden Ferrari. 2008By Vicki Cobb. 2010
Explores motion, energy, and matter and the ways these three things make life possible. Discusses early scientists Copernicus, Galileo, Newton,…
and Hooke and the basic principles they discovered to explain everyday events. Includes experiments and a glossary of scientific terms. For grades 4-7. 2010