(Paperback)

This beautiful book explains the basics of composition and using your camera, but quickly moves on to show you how to try many different flower photography techniques, both indoors and out.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Discover how the simplest of running stitches forms a myriad of patterns. Build your shibori skills with the introduction of more complex techniques. Blend stitches and combine techniques to create ambitious and inspiring compositions

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This new, fully updated edition is the essential detective in your pocket - something to reach for when your writing needs that short, sharp shock of modern-day investigating. Written with answers to these questions in mind, this is the essential guide to police procedures and practice written specifically for writers.

(Hardback)

Suitable for those who are contemplating buying a custom rifle, or if you already own one and wish to make further modifications, this book takes you on the journey of choosing, building, owning and shooting a custom rifle. It covers the three major types of custom rifle: the factory custom; the semi-custom; and the full-blown custom.

(Hardback)

Providing clear and practical advice, this book introduces the reader to the techniques and processes needed to customize any motorcycle.

(Paperback)

Suitable for those entering into cycle road racing, and those improving their performance, this title covers the advanced developments in racing and cycle technology, and guides the readers through all stages of racing, from setting up the bike correctly to race day itself.

(Paperback)

The 137-mile Coast to Coast Route (C2C) was the first national cycle route in Britain and has grown to become the most popular long-distance cycle ride in the country. This book includes route maps and elevation charts indicating the ascent and descent; full-colour and archive photographs of all the sights along the way; and more.

(Paperback)

The Trans Pennine Trail is one of the finest long-distance cycle rides in England. This book includes detailed route maps to help you keep on track and full-colour and archive photographs of all the sights along the way. It also offers listings of accommodation, places to eat and drink and local bike shops.

(Paperback)

Cyclosportives, or sportives as they are usually known, are the cycling equivalent of marathons. If they are to complete successfully, serious sportive riders require a high level of physical fitness, mental strength and focus, good bike-handling skills and the ability to commit themselves to a stringent programme of training and preparation.

(Paperback)

Written in layman's terms, DCC for Railway Modellers gives an in-depth overview of Digital Command and Control, covering topics such as: - The history of DCC - Components of DCC - Decoders - DCC, Sound and Function - Fitting decoders - Layout design considerations - Layout wiring - Troubleshooting

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

DEVELOP new woodturning skills FOLLOW step-by-step guides to the decorative processes, from initial preparation to the best finish to use MASTER carving, colouring, inserts and inlays, pyrography and scorching, gilding and finishing LEARN how to avoid, and recover from, common pitfalls ENJOY unleashing your creativity and taking your woodturning to the next level

(Hardback)

Encapsulates the solitary experiences of the deer stalker who has only the wildlife for company and considers a world that many people do not know about, do not understand and which many find alien.

(Hardback)

; Advice on generating ideas and expressing them visually; A cultural and historical background to surface pattern design; Pattern structures and other design components; Tips on assessing a potential market; Experimental ways of working from paper onto fabric; Practical information on fabrics, recipes, equipment and techniques.

(Hardback)

Designing and building a miniature aero-engine is an exciting and rewarding task. Whether a professional engineer or an amateur looking to build an engine to fly your model aeroplane, this book helps you guide through all the stages of designing and constructing an aero-engine in your workshop at home.

(Paperback, UK ed.)

Describes how to build several different types of baseboards from the simple box frame, through the monocoque flat board, the drop board and insulation board, to multi-level boards and the helix.

(Paperback)

Glass can add an unusual and ethereal quality to a piece of jewellery.

(Hardback)

Offers an instructional guide to the art of millinery. This book explains how to go about designing a hat, what equipment and materials you will need, and the techniques required to get started.

(Hardback)

Rings and bangles are timeless jewellery pieces; from simple elegance to bold creations, they make stunning statements.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Foreword by Roy Lancaster

(Paperback)

Design is at the essence of storytelling, but how does a production find its style and identity This book explains how to approach design, whether for film, television, video promo or commercial making, and introduces the techniques needed to make ideas happen. It shows how the simplest decisions can become powerful ideas on screen.