Best Lifestyle Books | Schiffer Publishing

$39.99

This book can be used as an accompanying text for the collegiate marching band techniques course and to help build a successful marching band program at a high school. Topics include everything from developing a program handbook to student leadership...

$24.99

California's picturesque shores have always been a magnet for outcasts and criminals. Read about 64 of the most horrifying crimes ever committed in The Golden State, from  the early 1950s into the 1980s. These accounts tell of man’s inhumanity toward...

$34.99

The United Kingdom has been entertaining the public with its amazing selection of parks and roller coasters since the late 19th century. This book features in-depth profiles of 80 roller coasters, from the 7,442-foot Ultimate in Lightwater Valley to Thorpe...

$34.99

Garden and insect biodiversity is elegantly illustrated in vivid mandala patterns, celebrating their symmetrical glory. From buckeye butterflies to ladybugs, milkweed, and dandelions, Tim Phelps's mandalas cast an artistic eye on the real and imagined micro-architecture of plants and insects. Vibrant...

$49.99

Clear, concise instructions on how to design and build a natural swimming pool. For anyone interested in creating natural swimming pools, this book covers all stages, from understanding the system, management, excavation, lining, walling, plumbing, electrical, planting, structures, and last...

$34.99

From common toads and turtles to sea horses, cephalopods, and triggerfish, Tim Phelps's mandalas cast an artistic eye on the real and imagined micro-architecture of animals. Vibrant illustrations and an engaging narrative invite the reader to wonder at nature's seemingly...

$24.99

Buckwheat, cornmeal, and rosehip flour are some of the many alternatives to wheat, rye, and barley, our traditional grains. These ingredients open the way to endless possibilities both for the gluten-intolerant who are tired of sorry and crumbly commercial breads...

$9.99

More than 50 recipes celebrate the versatility of the french fry. Why tear open bags and slide tasteless frozen potato sticks into the oven? Much more appetizing are home-cut Belgian hand-made french fry soufflés, extravagant tornados, or delicate spaghetti nests....

$60.00

Recognized by the New York Times as one of the Best Photography Books. Immerse yourself in the visual stream created over the first 50 years by Kamoinge, a pioneering photographic collective founded in 1963 in New York City, at the...

$34.99

Architect to some of the nation’s wealthiest achievers in the first half of the twentieth century, Lilian Rice was given an unprecedented opportunity in 1923 to oversee the design of Rancho Santa Fe, a master-planned community catering to the rich...

$24.99

The biography of Philadelphia Quaker Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), called the Audubon of Botany.  Known as the "Audubon of Botany," Philadelphia Quaker Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (1860–1940) was a gifted artist whose stunning watercolors comprise a catalog of North American...

$34.99

Athletes from Red Bull sports collaborate with a master chef to prepare and share their favorite dishes.Superstar athletes from the world of Red Bull sports team up with a master chef to prepare their favorite dishes. Discover the flavors that...

$24.99

With more than 60 delicious recipes, this book celebrates sharing good food with family and friends, inspired by the sweetness of living by the beach. Accompanied by food photography and beautiful Cape Cod landscapes, chapters focus on baked goods such...

$34.99

Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone days, as well as the history of the circus and sideshow. Take a look behind the scenes at the banner artists, gaff artists, photographers, and showmen who...

$34.99

A detailed overview of the inter-relationship between heirloom seeds and heritage gardens, richly illustrated with over 650 images, many of rare, historical importance. Heritage, or traditional, gardens and heirloom seeds are joined at the hip, but previous books have separated...

$24.99

Recipes inspired by the Middle Ages, updated for contemporary cooking This cookbook contains 78 recipes for delicious drinks, hearty breads, soups and hors d’oeuvres, robust entrées, and rich desserts that originate from the folkloric foundations of individual cultures throughout Europe...

$24.99

John Unkart has been relied upon for years to keep readers informed about cutting-edge tips and tactics to help fishermen catch more fish. Here is a collection of true-life fishing adventures from shallow bay to deep blue water. These fascinating...

$12.99

Discover, through informative text and 120 vivid images, the interrelationships between commercial fishing, expanding gray seal populations, and great white sharks along the beaches of Cape Cod and the northeast coast. This “Gray Curtain” has come about as a result...