handbooks, manuals, etc

A guide for artists in landscape sketching, including choosing and using materials, techniques, subjects, and more.

Presents a guide to acrylic painting, including choosing and using materials, techniques, subjects, and more.

Sketches with a step-by-step demonstration by professional artists using colored pencils.

A guide to baby-sitting that explains everything a baby-sitter needs to know about caring for a child, with pages for parents to fill in with emergency numbers and necessary information, fun activity suggestions, and tips for handling a variety of problems and situations.

Provides information for writers about various details of everyday life, government, war, the economy, and the society of nineteenth-century England.

Describes biological hazards for general readers, covering human pathogens in water, food, and air; crop and livestock pathogens; venoms and toxins; and predators; and provides statistics, primary sources, and a bibliography.

Uses detailed analysis, factual contextual information, and historical documents to study the literature of World War II.

Offers advice on obtaining a sports scholarship, discussing common myths, benefits of athletic scholarships, the demands of college sports, academic planning and eligibility requirements, the process, identifying the best college, building a sports resume, recruiting, other financial aid, female athletes, and other related topics.