This essential reference brings together all the best card games, including canasta, bridge, rummy, blackjack, cribbage, whist, solitaire and poker. Everything from fun and simple games for beginners and family players, to professional tips and expert gui
An illustrated guide to more than 100 of the best-loved card games, explaining how to play and win, and including the history, rules and strategies of each game.
Here is an exciting new series focused on today's most popular healing approaches and spiritual insights. Presented in a clear, concise format, the Secrets of Series demystifies popular alternative approaches and teaches proper application, providing a perfect balance of theory and practice. Learn how to balance negative emotions with Bach Flower Remedies or study the use of pressure points in Reflexology. Perfect for new or casual readers, these handbooks are simple to follow yet thorough and authoritative. Covering a wide range of topics, they appeal to readers from every background.
The invention of photography in the first half of the 19th century gave people a completely different way of recording what was happening around them and soon professional and amateur photographers were turning their lenses onto every subject imaginable - monarchs and politicians, soldiers at war, industry and transport, farming and rural life, national celebrations, ordinary people at home and at work, entertainers and actors, fashion, sport, school and much else. Their work has given us a unique view of our nation's heritage. This volume looks at the major events, people and stories of the 1870s through photographs that reveal the essence of those times. As the decade began, Britain was enjoying an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. The gap between rich and poor was still vast, but conditions for workers were improving and the Bank Holiday Act pioneered paid holidays. Government swung between two giants of Victorian politics: Gladstone and Disraeli. Gladstone attempted to solve the problems of Ireland, but his efforts pleased no-one. Disraeli's coup was to purchase for Britain almost half the shares in the Suez Canal, securing the way to India. But this did not stop the country heading into recession, allowing Gladstone to storm back to power. Relive these times in the dramatic and moving pictures presented in this book.
The history and legends of the Freemasons, rom links with the Knights Templar, alchemy and the hermetic tradition, to the present day are explored.
A compendium of challenging card games from around the world, with professional tips and expert guidance.
2500 Jahre Siege und NiederlagenVon der Schlacht bei Marathon (490 v. Chr.) bis zur Einnahme von Bagdad im Jahr 2003 ergründet dieser Band 50 brisante militärische Siege: warum und wie die Schlachten ausgetragen wurden und warum sie den Lauf der Geschichte veränderten. Genaue Karten und Schlachtendiagramme zeigen das Vorrücken der gegnerischen Armeen, kompakte Hintergrundinformationen erklären den Verlauf der Kämpfe und ein Fakten-Check gibt einen schnellen Überblick über die wichtigsten Daten.
