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  • Toys of the 50s 60s and 70s

    by Kate Roberts, Adam Scher ...
    Toys from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s capture the joy of play and the pure fun of being a kid. But beneath those iconic names are rich veins of nostalgia, memory, and history. These toys—and the stories of the kids, parents, child-rearing experts, inventors, manufacturers, and advertisers they affected—reflect the dynamism of American life.Senior exhibit developer and best-selling author Kate ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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    by Trevor Pask ...
    Series Book 598 - Shire Library
    With the aid of stringy glue and scalpel-sliced fingers, young and old have turned display cabinets and bedrooms into mini-museums, or tiny battlefields.This book looks at the fascinating tale of this British company, a pioneer in the world of modelling, as well as its products, its changing fortunes over the years, and its links with popular culture.Using colour images, Trevor Pask explores this ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • Meccano

    by Roger Marriott ...
    Series Book 653 - Shire Library
    It has now been over a century since Frank Hornby invented a toy to amuse his sons and called it Meccano, coining a word which is now known all over the world.Hornby's vision of an educational toy became the basis of perhaps the most successful British toy business of the twentieth century. Meccano has amused generations of children, encouraging many to become successful engineers.Roger Marriott ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Classic Video Games

    The Golden Age 1971–1984

    by Brian R. Eddy ...
    Series Book 639 - Shire Library USA
    In the early 1970s, video arcade games sprung to life in the form of Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man, and if you were lucky enough to have an Atari system you could play Frogger or Galaga at home. By the 1980s, arcade and video games were entrenched as a pop culture phenomenon and were ubiquitous. But as quickly as the form took flight it began to change with the advent of hand-held ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Kids Book of Questions: How Do Things Fly?

    Trivia for Kids of All Ages - Things That Go

    by Speedy Publishing LLC ...
    Series Book 4 - Kids Book of Questions
    The concept of flight is briefly but adequately discussed in this book of pictures. The presentation of information is direct-to-the-point; thereby leading to an understanding of the concept by even the youngest readers. Kids will also learn to correctly identify different species of birds based on the pictures included in the book. Be sure to grab a copy today. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • How He-Man Mastered the Universe

    Toy to Television to the Big Screen

    by Brian C. Baer ...
    Elaborate cinematic universes and sophisticated marketing tie-ins are commonplace in entertainment today. It's easy to forget that the transmedia trend began in 1982 with a barbarian action figure. He-Man and the other characters in Mattel's popular Masters of the Universe toy line quickly found their way into comic books, video games, multiple television series and a Hollywood film. The original ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Toy Time!

    From Hula Hoops to He-Man to Hungry Hungry Hippos: A Look Back at the Most- Beloved Toys of Decades Past

    by Christopher Byrne ...
    What was your favorite childhood toy?Do you have fond memories of fighting unseen enemies with your G.I. Joe action figures, demolishing fleets of vehicles with your Tonka Toy Trucks, or Karate-chopping imaginary street thugs with your Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?What about carefree summer afternoons counting ticks on your Skip-It, scooting around the neighborhood on your Big Wheel</strong... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Picker's Pocket Guide - Star Wars Toys

    How to Pick Antiques Like A Pro

    by Mark Bellomo ...
    Use The Force!Released in 1977, the movie Star Wars: A New Hope changed pop culture forever. The accompanying toys became a global phenomenon and are now the most hotly pursued toys in the galaxy. How hot? A Boba Fett action figure or Cloud City Playset in mint condition can be worth thousands of dollars to collectors. Learn the secrets of the universe with this hands-on, how-to guide to picking ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dinky Toys

    by David Busfield ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    Dinky Toys are a part of many people’s childhood. They were one of the many famous brands produced as part of the Meccano empire set up by Frank Hornby at his Binns Road factory in Liverpool. Although they began before the Second World War, it was the post-war ranges produced by Dinky that really caught the public’s imagination and helped to make the period into the company’s golden years. This ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Building a Miniature Navy Board Model

    by Philip Reed ...
    The expert model maker takes readers through every stage of building a miniature navy board model in this fully illustrated step-by-step guide.In this clear and detailed volume, Phil Reed tackles the ultimate expression of the ship model maker's art: The Navy Board model. These early eighteenth-century works of art are well represented in major maritime museums and private collections. Here, Reed ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sherman Tanks of the British Army and Royal Marines

    Normandy Campaign 1944

    by Dennis Oliver ...
    Series series TankCraft
    "One neat book full of markings for British Shermans. It will greatly appeal to both modelers and AFV enthusiasts and historians."—AMPS IndianapolisWith production in excess of 55,000, the Sherman tank was eventually in service with most Allied armies of the Second World War and by the time of the Normandy landings was the mainstay of Britain's armored battalions. In his second book in the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Matchbox Toys

    by Mr Nick Jones ...
    Series Book 826 - Shire Library
    Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world.Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller and cheaper than most of its competitors' toys, Matchbox models were also far more accurately modelled, but the company has nevertheless seen its own ... Read more

    $9.89 USD