Hobbies: Crafts, Games, Sports, and Gardening

The "Hobbies: Crafts, Sports, Fishing, Gardening, Bird Watching, and Games" CD with 65 books, includes such diverse activities as needlework, fencing, lawn tennis, skiing, wild flowers, and chess.

Intended for use with PCs (Windows or Linux) and recent Macs (OS X), our books are in plain-text format, not audio or video. You read them on your computer screen.

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Table of Contents

Crafts

• Beeton's Book of Needlework, 1870
• A Course in Wood Turning by Archie Milton and Otto Wohlers, 1919
• The Ladies' Work-Book
• Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 [knitting etc.]

Sports and Physical Fitness

• The Art of Fencing by Monsieur L'Abbat, 1734
• Influence Morale des Sports Athletiques by Le P. Didon (in French)
• In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda by Theo. Stephenson Browne, 1890
• Keeping Fit All the Way by Walter Camp, 1919
• Lawn Tennis for Ladies by Mrs. Lambert Chambers, 1910
• Old English Sports by P.H. Ditchfield
• Outdoor Sports and Games by Claude Miller, 1911
• Ski-Running by Katharine Furse, 1924
• Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier by Maori, 1878

Fishing

• The Complete Angler by Isaak Walton, from the first edition of 1653
• Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine by Walter Rich
• Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry, 1916 (short)

Gardening and Wild Flowers

• A Book of Fruits and Flowers, 1653
• The Botanist's Companion, volume 2 by William Salisbury
• Cactus Culture for Amateurs by W. Watson
• Commerical Products of the Vegetable Kingdom by P.L. Simmons, 1854
• The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and Roots by Sutton and Sons, 1921
• The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin
• The Dollar Hen by Milo Hastings
• Dry Farming by John Widstoe
• Every Step in Canning: the Cold-Pack Method by Grace Viall Gray, 1920
• The Fern-Lover's Companion by George
• The First Book of Farming by Charles Goodrich
• Flowers of the Farm by Arthur Cooke
• Flowers and Flower Gardens by David Lester Richardson
• The Folk-Lore of Plants by T.F. Thiselton-Dyer, 1889
• Food and Health [Pinkham's Little Books]
• Food Guide for War Service at Home, 1918
• Foods that Will Win the War and How to Cook Them by C. Houston Goudiss, 1918
• Gardening for the Million by Alfred Pink
• Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by A.D. Webster, 1897
• The London and Country Brewer
• Manual of Gardening by L.H. Bailey, 1910
• Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part 1, 1888 by Jane Newell
• Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care fo Livestock and Poultry
• Proserpina, studies of wayside flowers, volume 2, 1888 by John Ruskin
• The School Book of Forestry by Charles Pack
• A Short History of English Agriculture by W.H.R. Curtler
• Success with Small Fruits by E.P. Roe
• Wild Flowers by Neltje Blanchan
• Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan

Bird Watching

• Bird Neighbors by Neltje Blanchan
• Birds of Town and Village by W.D. Hudson
• Birds of Guernsey and the Neighboring Islands by Cecil Smith
• Catalogue of British Birds by Francis Kermode
• Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliot Corres
• The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, volume 1, 1899 by Allan Hume

Games

• Chess
• The Blue Book of Chess
• Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474
• Chess History by Henry Edward Bird
• Chess and Checkers: the Way to Mastership by Edward Lasker
• Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker
• Chess Games of Bob Seltzer (five times US national champion for his age group)
• tournament record for games 1-760
• games 1-60
• games 61-120
• games 121-180
• games 181-240
• games 241-300
• games 301-360
• games 361-420
• games 421-480
• games 481-520
• games 521-580
• games 581-640
• games 641-700
• games 701-760
• games 761-780
• games 781-800
• games 801-820
• games 821-840
• games 841-860
• games 861-880
• games 881-900
• games 901-922
• games 923-951
• against John Curdo
• Indian/Native American Games
• Indian Games, an historical research by Andrew Davis
• Indian Games and Dances by Alice Fletcer, 1915
• Other Games
• The Art of Iugling or Legerdemain by Samuel Kid, 1612
• The Game of Logic by Lewis Carroll
• Games for Everybody by May Hoffman
• Games for Halloween by Mary Bain
• Hi-Q (or Peg Solitaire) -- A solution to the game by Richard Seltzer
• My Book of Indoor Games by Clarence Squareman, 1916
• The Royal Game of Ombre [card game]

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