Business and Economics Books

The Crown of Wild Olive

John Ruskin

John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varie..

The Law of Hotel Life

Robert Vashon Rogers

The author knows as well as did old Burton that "books are so plentiful that they serve to put under pies, to lap spice in, and keep roast meat from burning," yet he ventures to offer another volume t..

Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of Rubber

T. O'Conor Sloane

The articles produced are of more than ordinary utility. These two facts give value to the art and furnish a raison d’être for this book. If its instructions do not prove practical it will have missed..

Hints on the History and Management of the Honey Bee

Edward Bevan

The quantity which they collect in this way is often surprising, considering how small a portion is imported on each excursion. I have just stated that, with the exception of those seasons when honey-..

Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter

W. F. White

There are a variety of purposes to which ornamental glass gilding may be applied besides sign work, shop fronts or glass doors. It is now much used for show cases, window tablets, druggists’ bottles, ..

The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management

Edward Bevan

Although the great addition which has of late been made to our knowledge of the honey-bee, may seem to render a reference to ancient writers comparatively unimportant; yet a few prefatory observations..

The Bee Keeper's Guide

J. H. Payne

Since the first appearance of this little Treatise I am most happy in being able to state that Apiarian Science has in this neighbourhood and in the adjoining Counties, made very considerable advances..

Bee-keeping for the Many

J. H. Payne

Is of very stout glass, with an opening at the top of about 2 inches diameter, over which a small glass may be placed when necessary. The large, or stock hive, stands on a mahogany floor-board, with a..