20 Hobbies 70153 FALL OF THE WEST: The Death of the


Roman Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy


For 500 years, the empire of Rome extended over most of the known world. Its strength and success were unparalleled. It was a time of remarkable personalities and revolutionary ideas, and its influence upon the modern world remains profound. So what caused this superpower to crumble? Here is the gripping story of the long, slow and violent death of a state that rotted from within, the victim of the selfish ambition and the totally personal agendas of its rulers, palace coups, corrupt emperors and scheming courtiers. 531 paperback pages with maps, charts, colour and b/w plates. £9.99 NOW £4


69195 CHINA: World’s Oldest Living


Civilisation Revealed by Dr. John Makeham


China boasts a recorded history that dates back more than 3,500 years. This wonderful tome examines the turbulent history, including the inventiveness of Chinese Bronze Age society, the ‘Barbarian’ invasions, the conquest by Genghis Khan, the rise and eventual fall of the dynasties and the Opium Wars. It also looks at Chinese culture and social history including the rise of Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism and the Cult of Ancestor Worship. An international team of historians, archaeologists and Sinologists chronicle the full sweep from the earliest proto-human and human remains up to the fall of the last emperor. The six parts are Origins, The Three Dynasties, Unification and Expansion, Partition and Conflict, Great Changes and Late Imperial China. More than 500 superb colour photos of artefacts, artworks right up to contemporary opera in Peking, Ming ceramics, statues and paintings and poems, all beautifully produced in colour on very glossy paper. Apologies if there is some damage to the carry handle mailing box. 368pp. 9" x 12" with bonus CD-Rom. ONLY £21


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Never play cards with a man named Doc. - Nelson Algren


70818 ORIENTAL MIND GAMES PACK by Tim Dedopulos


Xiangqui and Chaturanga can both make claims to be the original version of chess and are hundreds of years old. The traditional Japanese variant of chess, Shogi, is definitely a later game. Chinese chess is a faster version of the modern chess game and Chaturanga is based on the divisions of the ancient Indian army. Shogi is otherwise known as the General’s game. Hanafuda are playing cards with a generic name for a range of Japanese card games. These include Koi-Koi (Japanese rummy), Hana-Awasa (matching flowers), Hacihaci (Japanese poker), Kabu (Japanese baccarat) and Kingo (Japanese Blackjack). Beautifully illustrated 128 page large softback book, press-out cards which can be stored in the folder, a board, and another coloured fold out board. Large box with velcro fastener. £14.99 NOW £6


70842 MAKING MONEY FROM PHOTOGRAPHY: In


Every Conceivable Way by Steve Bavister


Everybody is feeling the pinch these days, so what could be better than making money by doing something you enjoy, and would be doing anyway? You do not need to be a world-class photographer to make


money from your pictures - you just need to know what sells, who to sell it to, and when. Bavister outlines the essential equipment and materials and then explains the main markets - publishing, picture libraries, social, commercial/industrial and the specialist markets, such as glamour, natural history, automotive, underwater, theatre and sports. Here are the tried and tested strategies for each market, inspirational work and advice from successful commercial photographers and those essential but oft-overlooked tips for running your own photography business. With the author’s immense experience and knowledge, together with his witty, conversational style, this is like a chat with an extremely well-versed friend and highly an enjoyable one at that. With superb examples, 160pp softback, colour. £14.99 NOW £5


70839 CRAFTER’S DESIGN


LIBRARY: Fairies by Sharon Bennett


350 charming fairy motifs which can be transferred onto needlepoint canvas with a cross stitch fabric, any other fabrics, glass and acetate, transferred onto curved items like bowls, mugs and plates, onto paper, card, wood or fine fabric, mirror,


ceramic or foil. Here are supernatural figures from stories like The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother. There is even a section on Fairy Land with potential dwellings, fairy transport, eating, washing, dancing and dating. Also useful borders, banners and alphabets, scrolls and frames and more. Trolls and ogres, sprites and elves, manga fairies, garden fairies to bedtime and floral fairies. 120 page very large softback from D&C.


£12.99 NOW £5 70577 PAINTING BOATS


AND HARBORS by Harry Ballinger


Harbour scenes are fascinating to paint and make the finest kind of pictures if they are done well. Most of this book deals with fishing boats, draggers, lobster boats and the more colourful types of sailing and cargo carrying vessels with a slightly beaten-up appearance. There is


also information on art materials and equipment, composition and painting techniques to make this a most comprehensive book on maritime painting. Artists who love the sea and dream of capturing its beauty will treasure this illustrated guide to painting boats, skies, clouds, waves, skylines and picturesque harbours. Step-


by-step guidance through composition and painting techniques is presented in clear non-technical language as he discusses the structure of boats and how to avoid the pitfalls like when boats have a habit of setting sail! 85 b/ w illustrations and nine in colour in 8 x 10½” large softback. 96pp. £11.99 NOW £4


70582 THE


METALWORKER’S ART: A Pictorial Celebration by The Boston Architectural Club


Hand-wrought iron is capable of a naive charm which will probably always appeal over the impersonality of bronze to the romantic designer. A wealth of


beautiful precedent in this field have come down to us through the patient processes of the medieval smithy and from the Renaissance craftsmen of Spain, Italy and England. William Morris, Burne-Jones and the Arts and Crafts movement fought valiantly for the tradition which is showcased in these pages contrasting the gates of the Palais de Justice with those of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges like Trinity and St John’s. Examples include a flag socket from Sienna dated 1508, grills over doors in Lucca, a baker’s sign of a wheat sheaf from Paris, many Parisian cabaret signs and a beautiful wine dealer’s sign, balconies, coins, bronze doors from cathedrals, the arc of the Temple Emmanuel New York City and heavy bronze entrance doors to banks in Chicago, Houston and New York, our favourite of which is the Chase National Bank, New York on page 96. Plus lamps, a gateway to a Scottish castle, door knockers, stair railings and more. 115 illustrations of ornamental designs in b/w. 112 outsize pages in softback. £14.99 NOW £5


70791 COMPLETE BOOK OF


INTELLIGENCE TESTS edited by Bremner, Carter, Russell, Fulton


Produced by the high-achieving society Mensa, this selection of tests not only assesses intelligence but helps to develop it. Around 60% of an individual’s IQ potential is inherited, the rest depends on social and environmental factors, and ideally, in the world of work


psychometric tests would be supplemented by aptitude and personality tests. A taxi-driver is an example of a person who needs a high level of learned intelligence. The tests in this book are visual-cognitive, numerical, logical and verbal-linguistic and each individual will be stronger in some sections than others. The introduction outlines basic principles of critical and organised thinking, with basic precepts such as “Don’t say yes when you mean no” and more controversially, “Cancel most meetings”. Are you up to the challenge? 400pp, paperback.


£7.99 NOW £3


32528 NATURE COLOURING BOOKS SET 2 These four colouring books feature rather excellent charcoal and crayon originals in colour on the left hand side of each double page spread, and on the right, an outline only copy of the same artwork. In fact, the originals are in many cases good enough to detach and frame. The four titles are: Birds, Countryside, Animals and Flowers and there are in all 24 originals and outlines to colour, including a striking owl by moonlight, a tranquil castle on a loch, busy field mice on ears of corn and a loveable labrador puppy sitting amongst scarlet poppies. Each picture is 11½”× 9". ONLY £2.25


69951 IQ BOOSTERS: More Than 300 Mind-Blowing Puzzles


by Steve Ryan


This chunky softback contains 300 mental workouts that range from head-scratching challenges to full-on hair-pulling bafflers, all designed to test your powers of logic, reasoning, ingenuity and wordplay. Test your


powers of concentration to the limit and solve the Perfect Pyramid, or get a friend to join you in the strategic game of Tic Tac Topology. Geometracts, a visually vexing exercise, might send you cross-eyed if you stare too long, and the range of lost, hidden and missing number conundrums will satisfy the most demanding of numerical puzzle-lovers. Solutions at the end, 384pp. £8.99 NOW £2.75


69936 BOY MAGICIAN


by Popular Mechanics Card levitation, the dancing handkerchief, the floating hat, the magic knot, the spinning egg, making ‘spirits’ play a violin, cutting a thread inside a glass bottle, making an electric illusion box, perfect party tricks like the paper bridge across tumblers and the empty glass lift, easy match tricks,


a home made magic lantern - now conjurors of all ages can discover these crowd pleasers. 156 amazing tricks and sleights of hand in facsimile reprint from the original early 1900s. Line art, woodcuts. 192pp in paperback. £7.99 NOW £2.50


69937 BOY SCIENTIST


by Popular Mechanics Make a small electrical motor, construct a two-cylinder model steam engine, create a cloud chamber, build a barometer, measure the height of a tree from the ground with a simple yardstick, learn battery basics, lamp illuminations, about radio, vacuum power, the properties of H2O, and the amazing audio world, radiation,


magnetic ideas and science in motion such as why gravity batteries fail to work. 160 extraordinary experiments and adventures and devices making science fun are beautifully reproduced in facsimile from the early 1900s original Popular Mechanics publication complete with dozens of line drawings, diagrams, photos and woodcuts. 240pp in softback in the same series as The Boy Magician code 69936. £7.99 NOW £3


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69237 TAKE BETTER PHOTOS WITH YOUR PHONE


by Peter de Ruiter Here a renowned travel


photographer provides readers with information on how to use the camera to its full potential. Spontaneous photos of unexpected moments taken with a camera phone can be instantly modified,


sent, e-mailed and printed to provide tangible, long lasting memories. Start by taking the best photos possible. He also looks at accessories, software and applications like the telephoto lens and tripods. 120pp softback, colour photos. £4.99 NOW £1.50


69278 MOST ENORMOUS PARTY GAMES BOOK EVER!


Over 500 Party and Drinking Games edited by Kerrin Edwards


Here are Party Games in categories that range from Breaking The Ice to Not In Front Of The Vicar, Drinking Games such as classics Fuzzy Duck and Drink Don’t Think, tricks that anyone can perform and Practical Jokes that will leave both friends and enemies with egg on their faces - literally - or talking to post boxes for hours. With more than 500 themed games to entertain 3 to 30 people plus over 250 tricks and practical jokes. 704 paperback pages, illus. £9.99 NOW £2


69799 101 THINGS YOU WISH YOU’D INVENTED... AND SOME YOU WISH NO ONE HAD


by Richard Horne and Tracey Turner


Keep track of the inventions you have explored by filling in the easy- to-follow forms in this crazy and immensely fun book. However did we end up with Morse code, x-rays, language decoders, passports, the


refrigerator, microscopes and telescopes, spectacles, cutlery, the submarine, fizzy drinks, a time machine, money or mobile phones? Coloured stick-on stars. 114pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £2.50


69424 WORLD’S 200 HARDEST BRAIN TEASERS


by Gary Gruber


Which English word contains all the vowels in alphabetical order? What is the three digit number that can be made from the numbers 2,3,5 and 7 where no two numbers in the three digit number are alike, and where the three digit number is a multiple of each of the numbers chosen? Help yourself to these logic puzzles, riddles, maddening maths problems, mental games and mindbenders, puzzles and curious questions to sharpen your brain. 188pp in softback, illus. £6.99 NOW £2


69730 LIVING LIKE INDIANS: 1,001 Projects, Games, Activities and Crafts by Allan MacFarlan


The ultimate book of the wild outdoors, with activities galore to satisfy the most intrepid adventurer. Based on MacFarlan’s personal experience among the Indian chiefs, medicine men and shamans of North America, it encourages children and adults alike to get in touch with nature and, above all, to have fun. In no time at all, you will be constructing your own tepee, fletching arrows, building fireplaces, tracking and stalking, cooking and navigating. 305 pages illus in colour, with Activity Finder.


£10.99 NOW £4.50


70333 BUILD YOUR OWN PAPER AIR FORCE: Book and


CD by Trevor Bounford 35 amazing colour models to print out, fold and fly each from a single sheet of paper, either folded or cut out. They include the Missile, the Spear, the Sly, the Dart, the Dragon, the Swan, the Eagle and the Falcon, the Hexagon, the Scales, the Archer, the Red Fox, the


Triangle and the Phoenix - all with Latin equivalent names like corvus, Cygnus, vulpes and libra. On the enclosed CD, there are coloured versions of the templates to show where colour can be added. As the planes are folded, some parts are not visible and therefore do not need colouring. Use a basic PC paint package such as Adobe PhotoShop Element. All the templates are scalable so any size from tiny fliers to giant bombers can be created. Once printed, follow the step-by step instructions to cut out and build the model plane. 96 large colour pages. $18.95 NOW £6


69850 ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE by David Gentles


Subtitled Questions, Facts, Curiosities and Games of a Quizzical Nature, you can navigate your way through a world of curiosity and trivia by playing the games as suggested or creating new ones of your own. What does the Mona Lisa have in her left hand? List the six murder weapons in Cluedo. From American presidents to Welsh surnames, poker hands to the Von Trapp children, from London Underground stations to the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, test yourself, your friends or host pub quizzes or have reading group fun. Hours of fun in 362 page paperback. £7.99 NOW £4


69166 ULTIMATE BOOK OF DRAWING: Essential Skills, Techniques and Inspiration for Artists


by Barrington Barber


Barrington Barber looks at the four key areas - still life, figures, landscape and portraits - and demonstrates the specific set of skills and techniques needed for each area and for the sub-genres within it. Beginning each from first principles, in figure drawing, for example, we start with body proportions, the skeleton, musculature and other aspects of anatomy. Also looks at more complex issues such as symbolism in portraits and still lifes, imaginary landscapes, figures in action and much more. Drawings on every page, 352pp, 8¼”×11¾” in softback. £14.99 NOW £6


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Prestel’s Erotic Sketchbook series captures the sensual pleasure of each artist’s intimate and often controversial studies and paintings. Each is beautifully bound and tied with a red ribbon for your privacy.


70541 SALVADOR DALI:


Erotic Sketches by Norbert Wolf Shocking moments full of sexuality, cannibalism and a sensuality of eating fill the work of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) explicitly or surrealistically coded. Female attraction for him was reduced mainly to breasts and


bottoms as in the graphic study with the word Culo emblazoned on the lower spine. In an interview in 1979 in Playboy, Dalí said, ‘To be honest, I get no pleasure from vaginas.’ Indeed, some of these highly graphic and erotic drawings show anal sex, huge penises, serpents whereas others are very tasteful and well executed pencil sketches, preparatory drawings; and others spell words like Gala and Paul with very erotic, sadomasochistic acts in the fine line drawings. The Kiss has a sensuality of its own and is reproduced again on the back cover of this collection of 35 artworks. For adults only. 64pp with red satin ribbon tie.


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70540 OSKAR KOKOSCHKA: Erotic Sketches by Norbert Wolf


Austrian born Oskar Kokoschka was a subtle draughtsman who had demonstrated in his 1906-07 drawings of children from a family of circus performers an emaciated almost androgynous group of anatomically stunted figures. With the occasional hint of colour for shadowing his laconically modelled later figures, the hand of the artist created poses that betrayed his interest in the complex portrayal of movement. The subsequent new studies of young girls, clearly based on Gustav Klimt’s drawings, were exhibited as a ‘Cabinet of Horrors’. Klimt alone recognised in him ‘the greatest talent of a young generation’. These lithographs, whenever they address nudity, show the immature, fragile bodies of adolescent girls and boys on the brink of leaving their paradise of innocence to enter the unknown territory of erotic desire. Coloured pencil sketches, one per page, and other charcoal drawings are reproduced on thick quality paper. 34 illus, red ribbon tie for privacy. $25 NOW £8.50


70538 REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON VAN RIJN:


Erotic Sketches by Norbert Wolf Rembrandt ran a large and efficient workshop in Amsterdam and was surrounded by many pupils who emulated his style. One follower wrote in 1633 that ‘everything had to be fashioned


by his brush if it was to please the public’. It was common practice at the time to have nude models in the studio. Court records document them as prostitutes or women of ‘loose morals’ yet many respectable wives chose to pose naked or semi-naked for paintings often under the guise of some mythological or historical masquerade. Rembrandt’s drawings are rarely signed for the most part because they were not intended for the art market. Nude at a Stove, 1660-62 bears astonishing affinities with the ordinary life that Edgar Degas was to create in the 19th century. In a chilly studio, it was an act of kindness to let the naked model pose by the stove! His male nudes are not heroic figures, but gawky youngsters such as the 1646 etching of a seated male nude recalling the physical ordinariness of the gods. Andries Pels wrote, ‘He was more likely to choose a washerwoman than a Greek Venus as his model…with sagging breasts, rough hands, and even the imprint of the garter on her leg; he had to do this to make it as natural as possible.’ The stigmata of life itself is imprinted in these studies. 31 drawings, black chalk, grey wash, pen and ink etchings. With red ribbon tie.


$25 NOW £8.50 70539 EDGAR DEGAS:


Erotic Sketches by Norbert Wolf


56 works are illustrated such as Girl Putting on her Stocking, The Morning Bath, Life Study of a Standing Nude, Siesta in the Salon, Morning Frolic, the Toilet, Woman in a Tub and Nude Woman Doing her Hair among


them. Immature female ballet dancers are seen in an unsteady, flickering light. Direct sexual acts feature in only two of the monotypes. Degas increasing focused on the subject of women bathing and drying themselves and resting after the provision of sexual services have been concluded. He is interested in capturing the physical presence of the woman and bringing out her animal sexuality. Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso esteemed the pictures Degas created of women more than anything. This is a superb collection, with many reproduced in colour, one per page, some with blank pages opposite so that the eye is drawn into the image. 64pp with red ribbon tie for privacy.


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70912 EROTIC SKETCHES: Set of Four


Buy all four hard- backs and make further savings. $100 NOW £30.50


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