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72936 MOST AMAZING PLACES ON BRITAIN’S
COAST by Reader’s Digest Severn Beach is our unexpected starting point for this sprint round Britain’s coastline, taking in over 1000 beautiful, historic or just plain quirky landmarks. We visit elegant Clevedon with its Georgian terraces, then head south-west to Cornwall via dizzying Porlock Hill
and the wilderness of Braunton Burrows. We forge ahead along the south coast with detours to the Isle of Wight and Channel Islands. The Humber Bridge and Spurn Head signal the north, with Dracula’s Whitby and John of Gaunt’s Dunstanburgh Castle looming ahead and Cuthbert’s Holy Island as the gateway into Scotland. Skirting the Lakes, treacherous Morecambe Bay and nearby Heysham with its Viking graves and nuclear power station. Here are the Severn bridges to get us back to our starting point. 100 gorgeous colour photos, over 40 maps. 320 pages. £19.99 NOW £7
72729 MOST AMAZING PLACES OF FOLKLORE AND
LEGEND IN BRITAIN: Where to Discover Our Living Heritage and Tradi- tions published by Reader’s Digest
Here you will find more than 500 places of ancient legend and modern fable, hundreds of spectacular seasonal celebrations
and annual events, in-depth features exploring uniquely British traditions and easy-to-use maps and directions to every destination. There is a list of useful websites and a calendar of the folklore year. From the mighty Shetland fire festival of Up Helly Aa to the mermaid of Zennor’s tale of love and loss, why not let the amazing folklore and legends of Britain add a new dimension to your journeys around our own country. Each chapter begins with a regional map divided by county or, in the case of Wales and Scotland, by area. Numbers on the map show the geographical location of each entry. Directions lead you by road or landmark to each destination. Well, what are you waiting for? 224 pages 26cm by 18cm, colour illus. £19.99 NOW £6.50
72731 MOST AMAZING PLACES TO WALK
IN BRITAIN edited by Jo Bourne These 200 walks have been selected for their spectacular or beautiful scenery. Most are circular and each one comes with full instructions, map, distance, description of terrain, estimate of length and guide to amenities. One of the great challenges for Yorkshire hill-walkers is Ingleborough, the second ascent of the Pennine Three Peaks. The route described here takes the walker up past Gaping Ghyll pothole to Little Ingleborough, with the option of going on to the summit and enjoying views of Morecambe Bay on a good day. Some of the most exhilarating routes can be found in the Scottish 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. 320pp, softback, colour photography.
£14.99 NOW £6.50 71281 TRANSPORT AND INDUSTRIAL
HERITAGE: Cornwall by John Vaughan Mining, quarries, explosives, textile mills, windmills, water-mills, brickworks, china clay, agriculture, flowers, lime kilns, brewing, fishing, canals, shipping and shipwrecks, lighthouses and roads, railways and bridges, viaducts and aircrafts are all covered in this rather special book. The County of Cornwall is riddled with industrial and transport architecture from a bygone age, not least the terraces of granite dwellings like those at Carharrack. It is an ancient land with Celtic origins as seen at St. Winnow’s churchyard on the banks of the River Fowey with its beautiful Celtic headstones in a row. Photos. Map references. 192pp in softback. £14.99 NOW £5
71802 LOST LONDON
by Richard Guard London has been inhabited for 2,000 years. Here are buried rivers, demolished landmarks, long- shut tube stations, overgrown cemeteries, underground Roman streets, abandoned bunkers and tunnels, demolished churches and long-defunct pleasures - places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Discover masquerades at Ranelagh
Gardens, Chelsea, decapitated heads displayed on London Bridge, the illicit Horn Fair at Charlton, marriages at Fleet, Chippendale’s workshop at Covent Garden, the Chelsea Bun House, Bartholomew Fair and the first art book shop on the Strand, Ackerman’s which was the first to be lit by gas. Lovely woodcuts, 192pp. £9.99 NOW £5
71890 WORLD OF FLORA THOMPSON
REVISITED by Christine Bloxham Flora Thompson, author of Lark Rise to Candleford, grew up in the tiny Oxfordshire village of Juniper Hill, but unlike the other village girls who went into service she got a job in the Post Office and eventually became a writer. Juniper Hill is Lark Rise, with its residents disguised under pseudonyms, and Christine Bloxham has done thorough and meticulous research in census and parish records to track down the real-life originals. Sarah and Richard Moss, “Sally and Dick”, were made a lot older, and the bee-keeping peacemaker Eliza Massey became “Queenie Macey” in Lark Rise. Candleford is a composite of several nearby towns such as Banbury and Brackley. 223pp, softback, photos. £14.99 NOW £6
71847 BILSTON, BRADLEY AND LADYMOOR:
A Seventh Selection by Ron Davies These Black Country townships with their rich industrial heritage, strong sense of community, characters and local celebrities have a long and illustrious history. From churches and chapels, schools and sports teams, businesses and workshops, old shops, chapels, canals, pubs, vanished industrial enterprises, factories and byways, here are 200 archive photos. Village lads, swans on the duck pond, canal locks, early electric light at the butcher’s shop 1931, family photos and more packed in 128 page large softback. £12.99 NOW £3
71412 BLIGHTY: The Quest for Britishness,
Britain, Britons, Britishness and the British by Sean Lowe and Alan McArthur What exactly is the island in the Atlantic that some people call Britain? And, come to that, how do you define Britishness? Watch Dorset Morris men dancing on a chalk giant’s 30-foot-long erection, endure the Last Night of the Proms, and search for a couple of inebriated dragons under a hill in Wales. There are also lists of Britain’s top enemies, favourite animals, most dissolute monarchs, silliest titles, top sauces, imperialist nutters, mythical creatures, sports to revive and top ten racists. Warning! ‘Strong language’. 296 pages, colour plates. £12.99 NOW £3
71584 WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF BRITAIN: A Guide to All of Britain’s
World-Class Places of Interest by Roly Smith The official list of World Heritage Sites is prepared by UNESCO, of which we can be proud that there are over 25 in Great Britain. They cover an amazing range of different terrains from Bath to the rugged and bracing island of St Kilda, and from Stonehenge to the Tower of London. Here are the great buttresses of Welsh castles and the grandeur of Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat, here the fading, lichen-covered houses of Cornish tin mining, and here the unpronounceable Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. In the Midlands we stand in awe before that reminder of Great Britain’s contribution to the Industrial Revolution, the Ironbridge Gorge and, stretching along Dorset and East Devon, the Jurassic Coast. 224 pages 24cm x 29cm, colour plates, list of useful addresses and map. £25 NOW £6.50
72131 A POET’S GUIDE TO BRITAIN: How the Landscape
Inspired Our Greatest Poems by Owen Sheers
Based upon the eponymous BBC4 TV series the book is divided into sections: London and Cities, Villages and Towns, Mountains and Moorland, Islands, Woods and Forests, and Coast and Sea. With some 150 works, here are voices from the Middles Ages to the present day, from Wordsworth’s
“Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”, celebrating the beauty of a London dawn, to Sylvia Plath’s visceral evocation of the Yorkshire Moors in “Wuthering Heights”. From George Mackay Brown’s moving “Hamnavoe”, an elegy for his father, a postman on Orkney to Anne Ridler’s “Zennor”, set on the Cornish cliffs, we travel across all Scotland, Wales, England and their islands. Includes lesser-known poets. 344pp. £20 NOW £7
71848 BLOXWICH: Britain In Old Photographs by David Vodden
Many people will never have heard of Bloxwich, a small village near Stafford and Walsall, but it has a very long history. In 1086, it was mentioned in the Domesday Book, although at the time it comprised little more than a 30-acre wood. Dairy, cereal and flax farming thrived. From the late 17th century, Bloxwich changed its character radically. It became famous for awl blade making, coal, iron and limestone mining and brick making, and produced locks and hinges, shoe tacks, saddlers’ and mattress needles, tubing, tableware and pewter work. Over 200 previously unpublished photos proudly present the activities and achievements of the people here. 128 paperback pages, archive photos, map. £12.99 NOW £4
71855 FLINTSHIRE PUBS AND BREWERIES by David Rowe
The largest Flintshire villages are Mold, Buckley, Flint and Holywell. These communities were once home to numerous alehouses, coaching inns, taverns and independent breweries, many of which disappeared with the closure of traditional local industries. Illustrated with over 120 old photographs, postcards and other memorabilia, the book highlights some of the changes that have taken place during the last century and gives glimpses of the area’s working and social life plus types of bottles, inn signs, steam wagons, Masonic Lodges, buildings and architecture and the families who ran them. In A-Z order, 160pp in large paperback. £14.99 NOW £4.50
71892 WALSALL REMEMBERED by Jack Haddock and Ruth Vyse
Through 80 archive pictures aspects of everyday life are recalled from housing estates in the 1930s to cycle rides to Lichfield, charabanc outings and local characters. The photos show steam trains at a busy Walsall station, trams on the Bridge and an aeroplane in the Arboretum. See the densely-packed housing around St. Matthews’s Church, the High Street and Digbeth which have not yet succumbed to 1960s redevelopment and when Walsall still had cinemas in the town centre. Corporation transport, a ghost train, public houses, small factories and shops, here are the people of my old town of Walsall at work, war and play. 128pp in softback. £12.99 NOW £3.50
72381 COLLINS BRITAIN ROAD MAP: 2012 Britain by Collins
Nice traditional fold out map with the counties in colour, 16 town and city centre plans and coverage all the way up to Thurso in the North. Ideal for route planning and including mileage chart. Main maps are at 8.7 miles to one inch and lovely clear colour. Softback. £4.99 NOW £1.25
HANDICRAFTS
Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn’t hurt the untroubled spirit, either.
- Elizabeth Zimmerman
73189 MODERN KNITS VINTAGE STYLE: Classic Designs from the Golden Age
of Knitting by Kari Cornell If you are interested in retro clothes, this is the book for you. Here is a timeless collection of 25 new but retro-inspired patterns by 19 of the most experienced and admired designers of knitwear,
including: Lily Chin, Teva Durham, Michele Rose Orne, Annie Modesitt, Kristin Spurkland and Melissa Wehrle. The late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s were an era known as the Golden Age of Knitting, and here it is making a come-back. You will love the cardigans, pencil skirts and close-fitting short-sleeved pullovers, to mention but a few. Each garment has full, easy-to-follow instructions, for different sizes, and details of materials, gauges of needles, stitch keys and ways of finishing. What with all these Scandinavian crime thrillers on TV, the Nordic pullover looks amazingly modern, and the Jacqueline Bouvier Stole could easily pass for today’s pashmina. 144 pages 26cm x 22cm in with glorious modern colour and vintage b/w photos, plus abbreviations, yarn sources, standard yarn weight system and section about the designers. £16.99 NOW £6
73252 ANATOMY AND FIGURE DRAWING ARTIST’S HANDBOOK
edited by Viv Foster
Illustrated throughout with beautiful drawings that will inspire readers to take up their pencils, this comprehensive guide instructs would-be artists in a very wide range of techniques and materials. There is an extensive section on
drawing materials and equipment, including charcoal, pastels and chalk, and hand- or machine-made and speciality papers. In the chapter on anatomy, readers will find detailed diagrams of skeletons, the muscular system and male and female figures in different poses, with special tips on drawing both the nude and the clothed figure. When students are ready to progress to producing portraits, they are guided into working with a combination of finely focused observation and a logical and technical approach, including the method of ‘gridding’. 224 tough, ring-bound pages in colour and b/ w with glossary, 20 x 16cm. $18.99 NOW £7
73603 MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME: Borders and
Frames by Paige Hill This series provides paper and fabric crafters with a wealth of copyright- free decorative art that you can download from the enclosed CD, photocopy, or just use the perforated pages as they are. The authors have scoured flea markets, vintage design books and other
sources for old-fashioned, hard-to-find images, that can be used in a variety of projects. Create your own treasured keepsakes from scrapbook pages and cards to quilts and wall hangings from these pretty floral garlands, hearts, scrollwork and other sophisticated, inspiring designs. A sweet baby page, a memories notebook, a memory box, a flower thank-you card or a decorative handkerchief for a gift. 57 pages 28cm x 21.5cm in dazzling colour, with beautiful full-colour images reproduced on perforated, easy-to-remove pages ready to use, an eight-page illustrated gallery of great project ideas, and FREE CD containing hundreds of high- quality images and detailed borders for PC and Macintosh computers. £11.99 NOW £6
72568 DRAWING BOATS AND SHIPS
by Yngve Edward Soderberg Any artist who loves the beauty of nature or is drawn by the majesty of the sea will want to try sketching boats and nautical scenes. Featured
are yachts, square-rigged ships and fishing boats sketched in places ranging from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to the West Indies and they represent a span of 38 years of drawing boats and ships. The American painter-author makes it look easy with step-by-step instructions perfect for novices and anyone wanting to brush up on their drawing skills. From sail boats and dinghies to cruisers and whale ships, over 100 illustrations include gulls, buoys, lighthouses, water surfaces, skies, clouds and more. Plus valuable tips on perspectives. 11" x 8" 48 page landscape softback. £6.99 NOW £3
72845 ORIGAMI: A Step-By- Step Introduction
to the Art of Paper Folding by Lisa Miles, Belinda Webster and Michael Wiles Have you always wanted to emulate the Japanese masters and create beautiful craft works out of paper? Did you believe that you
would never master the secrets of this beautiful paper sculpture? Now you can think again, and discover how to turn just a square of paper into something amazing. All you need to master the models is a pair of hands and this brilliant book. With easy photographic steps and
clearly written instructions, the basic folds are simple to achieve. Set your fingers flying as you create a playful puppy, a terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex or a graceful swan. There are sea creatures, farm animals, wild animals, pets, birds, butterflies and dinosaurs for you to practise. In no time at all, you will be an expert in the ancient art of origami. 96 paperback pages 28cm x 21.5cm illustrated in gorgeous colour including rainbow origami paper.
£7.99 NOW £4.50 73254 CLASSIC QUILTS:
Contemporary Style by Reiko Washizawa In a breathtakingly lovely book, an expert quilter shows you how to create beautiful quilts with traditional star-based blocks. You will find all the instructions to create each one exactly, or - if you prefer - to try a unique twist on the
traditional patterns. Make a block and combine it into a larger quilt. Learn how to piece 14 traditional star patterns and how to create more than 45 different quilt projects. Whether you hand-piece and hand-quilt, like the author, or use your machine, the projects are broken down into detailed visual instructions. Would you like to create a larger quilt? Or maybe share the piecing experience with fellow quilters in a round robin? Maybe you would prefer to create a mini-quilt, or even a tote bag from your quilted creations. Whichever project you choose, you will definitely create a contemporary classic. 191 pages 25cm x 21cm with stunning colour photos, patchwork quilting terms, and pattern inserts. $27.99 NOW £7.50
73525 FIGURES IN
WATERCOLOUR by Carole Massey It is true that drawings and paintings of people can be complicated by the desire to represent character, movement and expression. The book tackles specific areas of figure work in turn, introducing the basics of anatomy and proportion, focussing for
example on colour mixing for flesh tones, studying heads and hands, providing helpful hints on tackling movement, demystifying the process with clear, step- by-step demonstrations progressing from initial sketches to a final painting. Keep a sketchbook with you at all times and make lots of sketches, develop your skills using photographs and even photocopies. A Search Press very large softback guide, 48pp. £6.99 NOW £3.25
72629 QUICK COLOURFUL QUILTS FOR
BEAUTIFUL BEDS by Rosemary Wilkinson
Brighten up your bed with one of 14 stunning, warm and wonderful quilts for double, queen and kingsize beds. There are traditional designs with modern fabrics, each with four alternative colour schemes, quick and easy techniques, methods explained and helpful diagrams with full instructions for beginners. With notes on cutting, stitching, adding borders and assembling the blocks throughout. Favourites include Irish Romance and Prairie Plaid, Tangerine Sunburst and City Slicker, a big bold design in beautiful warm colours which would look stunning even in a modern apartment. Colour photos, 112pp, large softback. $24.95 NOW £5.50
72717 HOMEMADE: Learn to Make Your Own
Everyday Items published by Reader’s Digest Why make things yourself when you can simply pop into a shop and buy them ready-made? The first reason is that you will know for sure that they contain no questionable artificial ingredients. In this big, value-for- money book, there are recipes to help you to make your own pantry staples, pickled, preserved and frozen foods, biscuits, bread and pies, snacks, nibbles and drinks, ready meals, desserts, beauty products, home remedies, pet care products, cleaning products and many useful house and garden essentials. You could soon be healthier, more beautiful and richer, with a house and garden and pets that are a credit to your creativity. 400 paperback pages 20cm by 25cm, colour photos. £14.99 NOW £5.50
72724 LOCKING LOOPS: Unique Locker
Hooking Handcrafts to Give and Wear by Theresa Pulido
If you have been looking for new ways to use up fabric, yarn and ribbon, then look no further. Why not get hooked on colour, texture and design? Whether you are already a fan of locker hooking or new to it, you are sure to find inspiration in these pages. This book features new techniques, super projects and exciting new materials. There are 30 projects including rugs, pillows, tableware, baskets, bags, belts, brooches, bracelets and many more. Colour stitching charts and step-by-step instructions make each task a breeze and there is an in- depth technique section with ruched frames which display fabric beautifully. 128 paperback pages 27.5cm x 21cm illustrated in glowing colour with metric conversion chart and list of resources. £16.99 NOW £6
72458 KNIT SOCKS! by Betsy Lee McCarthy A big sturdy hardback in the shape of a sock, the colourful pages have clear instructions, big colour photos and coloured diagrams to show each stitch in this start-to-finish approach to sock knitting. Here are 15 cool patterns for toasty feet in a special import. Rock ‘n’ ribbed, fireside stripes, lace socks, low-roll sporty, a soft luxurious Shadow Box
sock, a sock with words knitted in, chequered textures and classic, cuffed anklets with contrasting trim and toes plus suggestions for designing your own stylish socks and how to avoid making a ladder. 144pp. £10.99 NOW £4
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