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By: Adam Sloman

ISBN: 9781847978677
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Presents a definitive guide to the Peugeot 205, the unassuming car that saved Peugeot in the 1980s and went on to become a rally-winning legend. This book is suitable for enthusiasts of the car.


(Paperback)

By: Mark Sisson

ISBN: 9781847977137
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Bird photography is one of the most challenging genres of photography, and can test even modern high-specification cameras to their limits. This practical book guides you through both how to understand your camera and how to develop your own style and approach. It also emphasizes the importance of fieldcraft and understanding your subject.


(Paperback)

By: Bella West

ISBN: 9781847977113
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Shows you how to make the most of natural light when photographing children on location or at home and to take beautiful pictures to cherish. Focusing on the fundamentals of traditional portraiture, this book emphasizes the importance of understanding the qualities of natural light at certain times of the day and in different seasons.


(Paperback)

By: Arnold Wilson

ISBN: 9781847975539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Explains how to take shots of animals moving in water, land and air, as well as perhaps less obvious plant movement. This title covers main topics such as the functions of your camera, and the fundamentals of good photography; setting up and taking photos in the field, as well as using a flight tunnel, and aquariam and microscope.


(Paperback)

By: Adrian Davies

ISBN: 9781785007033
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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For the first time of its invention, photography has been used to visualize events that are either too fast or too slow for the eye to perceive, or subjects that are outside the spectral range of the human eye. This book shows how you can photograph a range of subjects and see the world as never before.


(Paperback)

By: John Gravett

ISBN: 9781785001185
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Explains the process of landscape photography, leading you easily through the stages of editing an image to lift your photographs and bring out the image you captured at the taking stage. This book covers topics such as: screen grabs; black and white landscapes; combining photos into realistic high-dynamic-range images; and Photoshop shortcuts.


(Hardback)

By: Mark White

ISBN: 9781861267870
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2005
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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This clearly written, non-technical book is useful reading for all those who own, or care for pigs. It covers all the principal diseases and abnormalities that occur in pigs.


(Hardback)

By: Jon Hutcheon

ISBN: 9781847971234
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Suitable for all those interested in pigeon shooting, whether for pest control or for sport, this book examines the use of decoy pigeons, the control of feral pigeons, shooting around buildings where birds are roosting and the use of shotguns. It also covers pigeon shooting with air rifles and live fire rifles.


(Hardback)

By: Linda McDonald-Brown

ISBN: 9781847971623
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2010
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Small-scale pig keeping is expanding, not only in the countryside but also in urban areas. However, at the outset the prospect of owning pigs can be frightening for the uninitiated. This title guides the reader through the day-to-day routine of looking after pigs and provides essential information.


(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

By: Neville Beynon

ISBN: 9781847977526
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2014
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination.


(Paperback)

By: Jane Paris

ISBN: 9781785008368
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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A practical guide to exercises designed specifically for dance students and professionals.


(Hardback)

By: Emma Wells

ISBN: 9780719817076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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This book leads the modern traveller along some of the key medieval walking routes of Britain, taking in world-famous sites such as Canterbury and Lindisfarne in addition to out-of-the-way places along paths not so widely travelled. Each walking route has easy-to-follow directions that guide walkers step by step on a journey of discovery.


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By: Jill Anderson

ISBN: 9781847972705
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Plants are a major part of most gardens and fulfil many roles within them, providing colour, shade, scent, form, texture and more. Choosing the right plants can be a challenge. This book provides a step-by-step guide for successful long-term planting, using design techniques and good horticultural practice.


(Hardback)

By: Bob Watson

ISBN: 9781847970282
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Filled with biological information about plants as well as practical and instructional advice about how to grow and nurture them, this work covers soft plants, shrubs and woody climbers and discusses a range of both British native and exotic plants found elsewhere throughout the world. It also gives an introduction to the diversity of plants.


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By: William Ralston

ISBN: 9780719813306
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Drawing upon his experience on the tennis circuit, William Ralston analyses the key stages on the journey to becoming a more successful tennis player, and includes advice from some of the sport's leading players, coaches and experts. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the techniques, equipment, strategy and tactics used in the modern game.


(Paperback)

By: Christopher William Hill

ISBN: 9780709090991
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2012
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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By: Polly Coles

ISBN: 9780719808784
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2013
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but when Polly Coles and her family left England for Venice, they discovered a city caught between modern and ancient life. The Politics of Washing is a fascinating window into the strange and unique place Venetians call home.


(Paperback)

By: Thady Barrett

ISBN: 9781785001857
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Packed with useful information, this work covers all aspects of protected horticulture. It discusses the appropriate siting for a greenhouse enterprise, and covers greenhouse design principles and commercial glasshouses. It also considers cladding materials, the development of polythene-clad tunnel structures, and greenhouse energy sources.


(Hardback)

By: Glen Smale

ISBN: 9781785000393
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Featuring interviews with several of Porsche's key engineers, designers and modellers who worked on the car in period, this book outlines the design processes and development work, detailing each model, and contains sections on the motor sport achievements of each model, as well as owners' views of their cars.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9781785002113
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Follows the design and development of the Porsche Boxster and Cayman sports car and coupe family, from their origins in the company's concerted racing activities in the 1950s and 1960s, to the drawing board, launch and systematic evolution through successive model ranges from 1996 to 2016.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9781847976994
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Follows the development and design of the Carrrera car dynasty, from the origins of the Carrera line in the 550 and 356 models through the highly tuned race cars of the 1960s to the largely hand-crafted, air-cooled cars of the 1970s and the 1980s.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9781785006937
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Johnny Tipler tells the story of the Porscshe water-cooled Turbos, covering advances in technology, changing design specifications, and success in motorsport, as well as the key personalities behind the cars.


(Paperback)

By: John T Freeman

ISBN: 9781861268549
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Intended for those interested in drawing the human face, this work introduces a traditional method of teaching that uses a structured and natural process of continuous revision based on the principle of working from the general towards the particular. This enables the student to understand not only how to do it, but more importantly why.


(Paperback)

By: Saraya Cortaville

ISBN: 9781847975119
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2013
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Explains the basic rules of portraiture, as well as covering more complex ideas of image making. Set out in chronological order as a photographer would approach a shoot, this title explains each step of the process, including post-production and printing.

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