Library of Sports & Games

He that loves reading has everything within his reach. He has but to desire, and he may possess himself of every species of wisdom to judge and power to perform.
— William Godwin, philosopher and writer

The use of chess, especially in inner city education and for children in adverse circumstances has led to a wide variety of programs. A good example is found at https://www.chesstrain.org/ where ingenious ways of using chess in the curriculum are outlined. Westphalia Press is glad to cooperate by providing if asked  complimentary titles as prizes in school competitions.

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国际象棋的使用(特别是在市中心贫民区教育中以及弱势环境下的儿童教育)导致了各种各样的课程。https://www.chesstrain.org/ 提供了一个良好实例,其中概述了在课程中使用国际象棋的巧妙方法。如有需求,威斯特伐利亚出版社(Westphalia Press)很高兴提供合作——为学校比赛提供免费书籍作为奖品。

Trout-Fishing for the Beginner

by Richard Clapham Purchase As Richard Clapham introduced his work on trout fishing, “Although anglers are well supplied with books pertaining to their favourite sport, the majority of such volumes appeals more to the practised fisherman than the novice. Many a beginner, however, is dependent on books for information regarding…

The Handbook of Conundrums

by Edith B. Ordway Purchase through Amazon Edith Bertha Ordway had a witty way with words. In this work, The Handbook of Conundrums, she offers hundreds of perplexing problems, puns, jokes and head-scratchers. Fans of bad jokes and surprising twists will enjoy this work. Ordway composed The Etiquette of Today…

Chess Endings From Modern Master-Play

by Jacques Mieses Purchase through Amazon  Jakob Mieses was born in 1865 in Leipzig, Germany. He enjoyed a long lasting professional chess career of 64 years. Mieses played in numerous tournaments throughout his life, and was known and studied as having a very aggressive, and at the same time, rather…

Miscellaneous Conjuring Tricks, From ‘Modern Magic’

by Professor Hoffman Purchase through Amazon  Magic is, by nature, a rather secretive field. One of the first people to write in detail about various tricks, methods and devices used to perform magic was Professor Hoffmann. His articles were considered pioneering in the field, particularly among English speakers. He became…

Practical Falconry: To Which is Added, How I Became a Falconer

by Gage Earle Freeman Purchase through Amazon  Gage Earle Freeman (1820-1903) wrote a number of articles on falconry. He was introduced to the sport in England and retained a life-long interest in it, often working with kestrel-hawks, peregrine falcons, and sparrow hawks. He was also an esteemed poet, winning four…

Salt Water Game Fishing

by Charles Frederick Holder Purchase through Amazon The ocean holds an untold amount of creatures; the depths are so great that all is not known about the ocean. Salt-water fishing offers participants an interesting challenge. Some participate for sport, in a quest to find unique specimens. Others are looking for…

Chess Masterpieces: A Collection of Selected Games by World’s Masters

by W. H. Watts Purchase through Amazon  Chess is seemingly a universal game, played by people around the world, but is believed to have originated in India sometime during the 600s, then appearing in its more known incantation with the differently powered pieces over 800 years later in Spain. It wasn’t…

Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

by William Andrew Chatto Purchase through Amazon  |  Purchase through CreateSpace William Andrew Chatto (1799-1864) initially was employed in the wholesale tea business. However, his real passion was antiquarian scholarship, so in 1834, he gave up the family firm and devoted himself to writing full-time. His first work was entitled, Recollections of…

Gilded Play: Mary J. Jacques’s Pranks and Pastimes

Purchase through Amazon  |  Purchase on CreateSpace Edited and Introduced by Devin Proctor During America’s late nineteenth-century, parlor games were a dominant leisure activity of the upper classes. The ‘Gilded Age,’ as Mark Twain termed it, was characterized by the separation between leisurely wealth and the harsh existence of the…