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69628 LONDON, PORTRAIT OF A CITY by Reuel Golden
London’s remarkable history, architecture, landmarks, streets, style, cool, swagger and stalwart residents are pictured in hundreds of compelling photographs sourced from a wide array of archives around the world. London’s history is told through hundreds of quotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records. From Victorian London to the Swinging 60s, from the Battle of Britain to Punk, from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics, from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium, from rough pubs to private drinking clubs, from Royal Weddings to raves, from the charm of the East End to the wonders of the Westminster, from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters, from the power to glory - in page after page of stunning
photographs,
reproduced big and bold like the city itself, London at last gets the
photographic tribute it deserves. New from Taschen. Text in English, French and German. 9.8" x 13.4", 552 pages.
ONLY £40
69612 SOUTH DOWNS WAY by Martin King
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The 100 mile long bridleway and footpath between Eastbourne and Winchester was opened in 1972. This historic route runs through some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside and is popular with families seeking a day out and serious walkers alike. But what made a self-confessed couch potato cabbie from London decide not only to cycle the Way with his three mates, but to walk it alone as well? Full of hilarious anecdotes, the book will have you in stitches. Paperback. Colour photos, 206 pages. Warning - some very fruity language is used.
£7.99 NOW £3 70029 FRONTIER COUNTRY: A Mid-Summer
Walk Around the Borders of Essex by Brian Mooney and Jon Harris Far removed from the jokes and clichés surrounding it, Essex brims with wonderful surprises. The two intrepid travellers set out to celebrate the people, the history, the architecture and geography of the county by walking every inch of its boundaries. Here they go, starting in Waltham Abbey, along the Thames to the marshes, rivers and creeks of the eastern seaboard, and up the Suffolk borders to the edges of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. 190 eventful paperback pages with exquisite drawings and maps. £8.99 NOW £3.50
70097 QUEEN ELIZABETH’S BOOK OF
OXFORD: Ms Bodley 13a, A Facsimile by Louise Durning, Sarah Knight and Helen Spurling
Available for the first time to the general public, this absorbing volume was originally made in 1566 as a gift for Queen Elizabeth I on the occasion of her first royal visit to Oxford. Though she obviously received many gifts, the manuscript history of the University, illustrated with exceptionally fine drawings, must have been among the most remarkable. Its importance as a literary and artistic experiment is enormous. The exquisitely detailed illustrations by John Bereblock are the first systematic record of the architecture of the University of Oxford and complement Thomas Neale’s inventive text, constructed as an imaginary dialogue between Elizabeth and her favourite, the Earl of Leicester. In his role as Chancellor of the University, he acts as the Queen’s guide on a ‘virtual progress’ around the buildings, explaining the history of their foundation and recalling the fame of their founders. This volume also includes two fascinating translations, the first from the Latin and the second from the Hebrew. 128 pages, notes on the manuscript and drawings.
£20 NOW £11
70642 THE ENGLISH VILLAGE: History and Traditions
by Martin Wainwright Few things are more quintessentially representative of the heart of England than the English village. Our book tells the story of the village from its origins in Saxon times and in doing so explores all the time- honoured landmarks - the green, the ‘big house’, the shop, the village or
church hall, even the war memorial and the pond, plus anecdotes, village sports and fairs. It shows how the lives of villagers have changed over many hundreds of years for the countryside is littered with the remains of deserted or abandoned villages that once failed to adapt or which suffered some disaster. A compendium of interesting or arcane details and statistics plus history, customs and lore. Useful index and lovely woodcut illus. 192pp.
£9.99 NOW £5
70651 MOST AMAZING PLACES TO WALK IN BRITAIN edited by Jo Bourne
These 200 walks have been selected for their spectacular or beautiful scenery, and each one offers the walker a superb experience of Britain’s unrivalled landscape together with the pleasures and benefits of a healthy trek or scramble. Most are circular and each one comes with full instructions, map, distance, description of terrain, estimate of length and guide to amenities. Several offer alternative routes which allow the walker to adapt according to ability and inclination. Walking in Scotland gets progressively wilder the farther north you go, and some of the most exhilarating routes can be found in the Highlands and Islands. Britain’s unrivalled coastline offers a number of breezy walks, including Worth Matravers in Dorset with its steep stepped gorge and the ancient St Aldhelm’s chapel, or the long beaches and smugglers’ creeks of the Pembrokeshire Coastal path. Firle Beacon, Hambleton, Knole, Selborne, Avebury and Stourhead are among the beautiful rural walks of the lush south. 320pp, softback, colour photography. £14.99 NOW £6
HANDICRAFTS
71081 COMPLETE UPHOLSTERER by Carole Thomerson Most of us have an old chair in the attic which seems too good to throw away, and with this book in hand you can stop wondering how much a man with a van would charge to take it to the junk shop. The book illustrates the styles of different periods with reproductions of old
masters, from the chairs used by 17th century politicians engaged in negotiating a peace treaty to the chintzy upholstery in Mary Cassatt’s beautiful Victorian study “Girl in a Blue Armchair”, or Wyndham Lewis’s uncompromising portrait of Virginia Woolf sitting in an angular modernist chair. Practical projects for upholstering traditional furniture start with a simple drop- in seat, but the author’s thorough approach means that webbing and wadding have to be in place before the top cover can be tacked on to create an authentic period look. The next project is a balloon-backed drawing room chair, requiring special care with the curved line of the edge stitching. A pair of hide-covered carvers are fixed with closely positioned brass nails, while a Victorian easy chair provides a project using the technique of deep buttoning. All the specialist techniques are fully covered in an extensive introduction. More complex projects include a wing chair, a chaise longue and a Chesterfield sofa. Loose covers are also featured. 192pp, softback, colour photos, numerous diagrams with every project, glossary, suppliers. £18.99 NOW £6
70989 MINIATURE TEDDY
BEAR COLLECTION by Julie Owen
Featuring eight original bear patterns with many outfits and accessories, here are eight adorable and easy-to- make miniature teddy bears, each one an original. There is a gorgeous little black Scotty dog at just one
inch tall, the same height as Tiny Ted on page 90; a series of bears who love active sports like skiing and dancing, William the academic and Russell and Rosie with their animal slippers for a humorous touch. The teddy has been called the world’s most popular soft toy and in Britain 63 out of every 100 homes has one. With seam setting advice including a nursery of Bedtime Bear and her 1/12 scale soft toy collection, with suppliers and contacts and how to create your Certificate of Birth for your new teddy. Create an heirloom today. 96 page large softback with colour photos and diagrams. £12.99 NOW £5
69956 PAPER GALAXY: Out-of-This-World
Projects to Cut, Fold and Paste by M.D. Prins Welcome to the paper galaxy! Using only paper, pencil, card, scissors and glue - and the instructions, ideas and inspiration contained in this book - you will soon be making superb three-dimensional stars, planets, black holes, spacecraft, comets, meteorites and even a grinning green Martian. What really grabbed our attention is how, from a basic starting block such as a tetrahedron or cube, the author builds up the modeller’s confidence to create spectacular solids like the icosidodecahedron or the 4-5-6-7 solid, with its 32 sides, 90 edges and 60 vertices. From here you can add on further smaller solids to amazing effect, as we create models of actual stars, planets and galaxies, such as Andromeda, Beta Orionis, Sirius, Pegasi b, Pollux, Omega Centauri and many more, based on actual observations. You can trace the patterns from the book onto your chosen paper, but even better you can photocopy or scan them using a normal home scanner and colour paper, an approach which should give perfect results. Each of the 50 projects is fully illustrated step-by- step in colour, and we also learn about our subject too, with fascinating background information that will thrill young astrologists. 128pp softback, 8½” × 11". £7.99 NOW £4
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Unsung Britain by Tom Chesshyre Tom Chesshyre has visited over 80 countries, but despite this still had a nagging feeling that he was missing something at home. How much did he really know about what was on his own doorstep? So, in a series of unlikely adventures that took him from Hull to Hell (in reality, a very pleasant spot in the Scillies) he visited the secret spots of Unsung Britain. In between he enjoyed the delights of, among others, Slough, Salford, Blade Runner Port Talbot, Norwich (footy with Delia Smith), Milton Keynes, Coventry, Croydon, South Shields and Derry and discovered that however unfashionable these places may be, there is always plenty to write home about. Unexpected gems. 319pp paperback.
£8.99 NOW £4
70440 1001 DAYS OUT: Your Comprehensive Guide to the
Best Attractions in the UK by Julian Flanders
Exactly as it says on the cover, here are 1001 (count them!) attractions of every hue in England, Scotland and Wales, divided by region and county for easy reference. The range of attractions Britain has to offer has
never been better, and the book really has something for everyone - activity centres, art galleries, beaches, boat trips, castles, country parks, gardens, heritage centres, historic buildings and monuments, museums, theme parks, tours, trains, walks, waterparks, zoos and much more besides. For each entry we are given an overview of its main features and history, location, time required for a visit and price guide. Naturally here are the world famous sites like the Tower of London, Stonehenge, Alton Towers and Buckingham Palace, but it was the amazing wealth of less celebrated places which impressed us, like the Scarborough Pleasure Steamers, Dinosaur Adventure at Lenwade, Norfolk, Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, the Anderton Boat Lift at Northwich in Cheshire, not forgetting the Royal Yacht Britannia, now resting at Leith Docks in Edinburgh. Colour photos. 376pp heavyweight softback. £14.99 NOW £6
66561 FANTASY ARTIST’S POCKET REFERENCE:
Incredible Characters by Finlay Cowan
A guide to 100 classic “prototypes”. Divided into four main sections - Heroes and Heroines, Villains, Folk Standards and Character Parts - for each character we learn its derivation and from where the myths come. Then the media and execution section explains how to draw, paint
and create the character, including software and resources where appropriate, and the development section provides ideas and hints on how to personalise your creation, together with cross references to other characters in the book and well-known popular images. Out-of-this-world colour. 218pp, pocket-sized. £12.99 NOW £3.50
69981 FAIRY ART by David Adams Paint magical fairies and their mystical worlds full of lush vegetation, rainbows, rocks, waterfalls, butterflies, trees and wild flowers. Our fairy friends are inquisitive folk. Their curiosity about their natural environment enhances their magical qualities. Rendering your fairy’s proportions accurately can be challenging and of course the musculature of men is much more pronounced than that of the female figure. Dramatic lighting, distance, adding a layer of paint or glazing, mixing colours, facial features, delicate wings, poses, flowing hair, clothing and more are achieved following this 23 step-by-step painting demonstrations plus secrets to achieving otherworldly lighting effects such as magical sparkles, moody fogs and luminous glows. 128 huge pages, colour. £16.99 NOW £6
68240 ODD BALL KNITTING: Creative Ideas for Leftover
Yarn by Barbara Albright Want to solve the conundrum of what to do with your yarn left- overs? Here are more than 30 beautiful projects from stylish accessories to decorations for your home. Patterns are organised within chapters by the amount and type of
yarn required to complete each project, so knitters with lots of extra yarn will rejoice in the Funky Poncho or the Felted Patchwork Rug, while those with a more modest collection can stitch Curlilocks Finger Puppets, Mini Christmas Stockings and other quick projects. 128 large paperback pages with close-up colour photos, drawings. £13 NOW £6
68256 TOYS TO KNIT: Dozens of Patterns for
Heirloom Dolls by Tracy Chapman There are over 25 patterns for making a collection of soft, cuddly dolls, teddy bears, elephants, fish, kangaroos, soft blocks and other knit toys for toddlers as well as older children. There is also a whole host of patterns for dolls’ clothes, such as sweet little tutus, skirts, trousers, coats, sweaters, tiny hats and shoes, scarves, purses, wands and other precious must-have accessories that belong in every doll’s wardrobe. 96 large paperback pages with close-up photos. $19.95 NOW £6
68884 QUILTER’S DIRECTORY OF
EMBELLISHMENTS by Sally Holman From tassels to trims here are over 30 step-by-step decorative techniques for appliqué and embroidery. Discover creative new ways to use everyday treasures and trinkets such as charms, beads and shells, produce stunning surface effects with couching, weaving and raised appliqué and also experiment with paint, foil and even computer imaging. Step-by-step colour photos and an introductory section provide information on choosing fabrics, piecing and quilting. 128pp in large softback with colour illus. £12.99 NOW £4
68909 FRENCH DECORATIVE DESIGNS by P. Planat
A striking collection of 171 Gallic glories - florals, borders, panels, pilasters, cornices and other architectural and ornamental flourishes. This resource book for all handicrafters offers a remarkable variety of styles - Byzantine, Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and more. Designers and graphic artists will find this very modestly priced volume a reliable source of elegant and unusual decorative elements. 64pp, 8½” x 11", softback. Colour. £16.99 NOW £3.50
69197 DONNA KOOLER’S 555 CROSS-STITCH
SAMPLER MOTIFS by Donna Kooler A timeless craft dating back to the 15th century, cross- stitch remains a simple but rewarding form of creative expression today. Here are nine charming samplers to embroider on even-weave fabric. There are more than 555 individual motifs in all. There are themes paying tribute to peace, homage to animals, the splendour of flowers in full bloom and many more. The motifs can also be used on varied projects of your own design such as borders on guest towels or decorations on apron pockets. With the basics clearly explained at the beginning, you will soon be adorning your home and personal possessions. 127 large pages in lovely colour, with Anchor and metric conversion charts. £14.99 NOW £4.50
69343 HOME SWEET HOME: 60 Simply Divine
Projects by Jane Cumberbatch Starting with Sew-Easy Essentials and My Ten Favourite Fabrics the author soon has the aspiring goddess creating cushions, chair covers, curtains, table linens and accessories including an adaptable elasticated A-line skirt which will look stunning when made in a striking good-quality fabric. Another brilliantly simple idea is a pull-on chair cover in plain calico, jazzed up with red buttons. Plus instructions on how to remove ballpoint stains, chewing gum, chocolate and other threatening substances. 160pp, softback, colour photos and templates. £12.99 NOW £3
70009 SINGER: Sewing for Children Full of time-saving tips and versatile techniques, here are collars with piping or lace edging, in-seam pockets, gathers and ruffles for dresses, how to sew a kangaroo pocket or apply elastic to a back waistband in the trousers and skirts section. We start with the basics, like baby bibs, which are quick and easy to make along with jumpers and a reversible waist coat with bow tie for weddings and special occasions for a little boy. 128 large pages in softback in new revised edition. Colour photos. £8.99 NOW £2.50
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69892 JAPANESE INK PAINTING HANDBOOK by Susan Frame
Sumi-e is a painting technique, a feeling and a philosophy. ‘The brush dances and the ink sings.’ You will see how the brush was held to make each stroke, the direction and speed of the stroke,
how much water and ink were on the brush and the hesitancy or strength of the stroke. If you plan to paint a rose, begin by imagining it, the shape of the petals, the overall shape of the flower and formation of the leaves. Japanese ink painting is a beautiful and rewarding hobby and our handbook will work you through a number of step-by-step projects allowing you to practice difference methods as well as providing a stunning gallery of artists work in full colour to inspire you. 240pp in softback. £12.99 NOW £6
69980 FACE PARTS by Simon Jennings A fabulous sourcebook offering a wealth of tips and techniques on drawing and painting the human face. Making marks and lines and applying areas of tonal washes, initially demand a great deal of attention from an artist. We look closely into the eyes, ears, noses, mouths and hair, self portraits by famous and not-so- famous artists, enjoy a library of expressions full of images including a variety of heads, facial features and characteristics, and look at how many artists and cultures have depicted the human face in the history of art. Packed with visual inspiration and techniques on proportion and basic anatomy. Softback, 192 square pages, colour and diagrams. $24.99 NOW £5
69995 LINEN CRAFTS: 40 Projects for Home
and Body by Florence Le Maux Linen possesses all the qualities of true elegance. In these do-it-yourself projects, this versatile material is used in clothing, accessories, objects for the house, table and garden, 40 original handsewn projects like lamp shades, pillows and a macrame bracelet, with this book you can easily create a refined world, thanks to its many handy hints. Elegant feminine ideas from a wrap top, brooch, curtains to napkin rings and wedding invitations. 160 large paperback pages in delicate colour with patterns, diagrams and motifs. Photos. £12.95 NOW £3
69996 MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME: Florals and Nature by Stirling Publishing
Here are hundreds of copyright-free images for Mac and PC computers and artwork for scrapbooks and fabric- transfer crafts. This wealth of decorative art can be downloaded onto your computer from the CD, photocopied or use the perforated pages as is. Images like little girls in smocks picking lupins, beautiful roses, cherubs and garlands, Mackintosh-style Art Deco floral borders and beautiful sunflowers designed for rubber stamping on letters, clipped out to stick into your journal. Use the quotes to handwrite into your scrapbook, and a gallery of ideas for decorating boxes, journals, making tags for gifts, découpage or collage projects, fabric arts, wood transfers and more. 8½” x 11" in softback, 57pp, colour.
£11.99 NOW £3.75
70494 MEND IT! 400 Easy Repairs for Everyday Items from Kitchenware and Jewellery to Furniture and
Textiles by Siân Berry In this timely new book, the author sets out to prove that mending is empowering. With a bit of common sense and know-how, your much-
loved table with the wonky leg, broken earring or dodgy door handle can be given a new lease of life. Helped by chapters covering furniture, kitchenware, electricals, electronics, textiles, jewellery and more - all of them simplified by step-by-step colour illustrations and easy-to- follow instructions - you are guided through 400 achievable repairs. 256 softback pages, list of websites. £16.99 NOW £6
70008 SIMPLY SILK by Mary Jo Himey A chunky softback with a full sized pattern inserted in the back cover. Learn the basic techniques of sewing and quilting with silk including brocade, chiffon, crepe de chine, dupioni, habutai, jacquard, organza and shantung. The author uncovers the mystery of silk and demonstrates techniques for bringing out its cooperative nature. She guides us on how to use fabric transfer, machine-stitched wording, rubber stamps and other techniques to create 15 projects including slippers, chair covers, picture frames, quilting art, clothing, journaling, an entire 1920s ladies outfit, assembling Art-Deco blocks, accessories, embellishing techniques and much more. 128pp in 8½” x 11" softback. £16.99 NOW £5
70013 SOFT FURNISHINGS FOR LIVING ROOMS by Miriam Coe
With the guiding hand of an ex-tutor of the renowned Liberty Sewing School you should feel confident enough to make any soft furnishing project for your home or for a gift. The book is a carefully structured course beginning with the simplest door curtain, throw-over swag and basic cushion, leading on to more advanced projects such as a Roman blind, foot stools and bolster and box cushions. Add a touch of luxury with stick brocades and damasks, textured sofa covers,putting zips in cushions, round table cloths and more in the 25 projects selected to provide a mix of traditional and contemporary techniques and ideas. With 90 big colour photos and step-by-step diagrams. 112pp in large format. £17.99 NOW £4
70475 HOW TO MAKE AND DECORATE 30
FABULOUS PICTURE FRAMES by Simona Hill How to make and decorate picture frames in this fun and practical guide illustrated with 340 inspirational photos and step-by-step illustrations. Ribbons are a quick method of adding instant style to a plain picture frame and are just woven together at the corners and stapled in place. Sequins and beads give nostalgic character which would suit a special family photograph. Dried poppy seed heads, twigs and a little paint are all that are needed to decorate a simple wooden frame and stunning results can be achieved with pressed flowers, embroidery, metal foil, wire and papier-mâché. 96 pages in very large colourful softback. £4.99 NOW £3
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