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19 unique projects, from quilts and tablecloths to place mats and pillows, with 33 reusable templates. See the lovely Wine in the Pines multi-coloured tablecloth, tasteful shopping tote bags and more. From block construction to borders and from tools and patterns to quilt assembly, here is all the advice you need to transform your home into a bright and comfortable sanctuary. 126 paperback pages, 21cm x 27.5cm, 200 step-by-step attractive photos in colour, diagrams, reusable templates and list of resources. £15.99 NOW £5.50


72445 COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO CREATIVE PAINTING


by Paul Guhin and Geri Greenman Are you an aspiring artist, a student, a craft enthusiast or have you just always longed to enjoy painting as a hobby? You could start with soft pastel, or oil pastel, and progress to opaque water mediums such as tempera and gouache, or plunge straight in with oils, acrylic paint or transparent watercolour. Whatever you decide, the authors will provide guides to brushes, tools and other materials, the techniques you will have to master and the special effects that you will be able to achieve with that particular medium. There are even suggested budget boosters so that your work need not be hampered by lack of funds. With projects to attempt in each style, and finished results almost gorgeous enough to eat, we are very tempted to start straight away! 224 pages 21cm x 27.5cm with more than 700 large colour photos, glossary, list of resources and details of contributing artists. £16.99 NOW £5.50


72461 PAINTING YOUR GARDEN by Lesley Hollands


The ever-changing light in your garden during each day and on through the seasons of the year give endless subjects for paintings. John Singer Sargent, Bonnard, Monet, Helen Allingham, Adrian Berg, Patrick Heron, Ivon Hitchens and Matisse are just a few of the painters whose work is worth exploring in this context. It is not only flowers and foliage that make good subject matter but also vegetables, fruits, sheds, tools and even seed packets. This beautiful book uses a step-by-step approach dealing with more intimate aspects of a garden and covers a range of approaches to painting in oils and watercolour. Looks at developing a looser approach adding figures, birds and animals. 160pp in huge softback, wonderful colour photos and examples. £16.99 NOW £5.50


72476 SILK FLOWERS FOR EVERY SEASON by Diane D. Flowers


With a few stems of tulips, hydrangeas and gerbera daisies and botanicals such as apples, lemons, squash and holly berries, you will be making beautiful arrangements in no time. There is no need for expensive vases or special tools to make these 34 creative projects and designs. Diane shows you how to turn foam and paper into unique containers using floral adhesive and hot glue, and how to use flea-market finds like tea cups, wicker baskets, troughs and jugs to create small arrangements you can group or scatter throughout a room. We love the frosted Christmas carnations, the dark purples and reds of orange and purple passion and a beautiful wreath and garland of autumn leaves, summertime bright colours mixing tulips with azaleas and roses. Step-by-step colour photos. Softback of 128pp. $19.99 NOW £4.50


72486 VINTAGE BABY KNITS: More than 40 Heirloom Patterns from the 1920s to the 1950s by Kristen Rengren


For years, the author has collected vintage pattern booklets and has now updated them for modern knitters and their babies. We are sure that knitters will revel in these delightful projects, from Rupert the Lion, Elmer the Elephant and Horace the Horse to the striped socks, the nursing shawl and the attractive christening gown. 160 pages, 25cm x 22cm, colour photos, diagrams, lists of resources, tools, abbreviations and special techniques. £14.99 NOW £6


72489 WEEKEND DECORATING PROJECTS by Gina Moore and Amy Dawson Here are simple and very effective individual designs to make and fit your own shower curtains, mosaic splash back, frosted glass panel and bathroom organiser in the bathroom section, a simple quilt, headboard cover, stippled walls, appliqué bed linen, director’s chair, stencilled floor rug, a bench cushion, dragged cabinet doors for the kitchen, tie-on seat cushion, reversible table cloth, napkins and placemats, pleated curtains and Roman shades to a simple throw and a stunning cube footstool among the living room ideas. Beginning with stained floorboards, a gilded umbrella stand and stone blocks on the walls to add a dramatic effect in the hallway, there are 50 easy step-by-step projects involving sewing, stencilling to painting. Templates. 190 huge pages, colour photos. ONLY £4


72620 MADE AT HOME: A Guide to Simple Sewing by Lisa Stickley


With thorough instruction, templates and fabulous designs, the 30 original projects designed by Lisa Stickley include aprons, a shoe bag, laundry bag, bed spread, suit carrier, appliqué pillow, hot water bottle cover, indoor and outdoor cushions, winter curtains, ottoman cover, Roman shade, seat cushion, shopping bag, egg cozy, table runner, napkins and more. With detailed instructions and big drawings on quilting, button holes, applying a zip, seams and much more. 144pp in huge softback. $22.99 NOW £4


72623 ONE BALL KNITS: Accessories by


Fatema, Khadija and Hajera Habibur-Rahman For those who want to knit up something quickly, experiment with a variety of yarns, or use up their stash of ‘odd’ balls, here are 20 stylish and easy designs made with a single ball, skein, hank or spool. Ideal for weekend projects or last minute gifts, the gorgeous designs include a felted brooch, lace shawl, kimono shrug, vintage capelet, mini messenger bag, lace socks, a red hot handbag, cabled leg warmers with arm warmer variation, felted cloche hat, fingerless gloves and more. With pattern notes, full instructions, stitch charts and colour photos. Large softback. $18.95 NOW £4


HEALTH


Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.


- Victor Hugo


73284 HYPOCHONDRIAC’S HANDBOOK: For Treatment of Syndromes, Diseases, and Ailments that Probably Should


Have Killed You By Now by Ian Landau


A hypochondriac’s heaven of a book! If you wake up covered in little red bumps, do not panic. It is probably Mud Wrestler’s Rash. Has


your blood disappeared and are you convinced you are dead? It may be Cotard’s Syndrome. Does everybody in your office feel sick? This is a classic case of Mass Psychogenic Illness. Do not worry if you have Carrot Addiction, it is quite common. At least you do not have to panic about getting enough vitamins. What a reassuring book to have at your fingertips. 198 indispensable paperback pages with coloured cartoons. £12.95 NOW £4


73521 CLEAN UP YOUR DIET: Change the Way You


Eat by Max Tomlinson If you want to revitalize your health, supercharge your energy, combat common ailments and lose weight, then this is the very book for you. In it the UK’s leading naturopath reveals how you can harness the power of food to generate outstanding health. Select


a detox, digestion or energy-boosting programme that suits your lifestyle and follow the easy menu plans to create simple, delicious dishes. Then add optimum exercise, stretching, breathing, meditation and massage routines. This, the author assures us, will revolutionize your diet and your health. You will then be protecting yourself against low energy, burn-out, stress and disease. You will be in a condition to combat common conditions such as IBS, eczema, headaches, insomnia, PMS, hay fever, acne and asthma, because - in effect - you will have moved away from processed, chemically laden food and have capitalized on the inherent healing power of pure nourishment. 256 pages with list of useful addresses and websites. £7.99 NOW £4


73200 ILLUSTRATED SURGERY GUIDE: 20 Common Operations Explained Step-by-


Step by Dr Sarah Brewer Having an operation is daunting and this groundbreaking book explains 20 of the most common procedures, giving an explanation of the condition and symptoms that make surgery necessary and outlining in diagrammatic form the procedure


that will be performed on the operating table. Photos of real-life operations illustrate what actually happens when the patient is under anaesthetic. Medical equipment, alternatives to surgery, types of anaesthetic and the convalescent process are all fully covered. Possible complications of both surgery and anaesthesia are described, with ways of minimising their effects. The first operation is cataract surgery. Cataracts are associated with a lifetime’s accumulation of free radical damage, oxidising proteins in the eye to produce cloudiness. The operation can be done on an outpatient basis and with a local anaesthetic, taking 20-30 minutes during which the lens is removed and artificial lenses implanted. Another common operation is hip replacement to repair joints worn down by osteoarthritis. In this case admission to hospital and general anaesthetic are essential, with overweight a key factor in developing the condition. Other operations covered include Caesarean Section, Hysterectomy, Breast Lumpectomy/Mastectomy, Colorectal Resection and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. 176pp, glossary, fully illustrated with colour photography. £15 NOW £6.50


73405 WHAT’S REALLY IN YOUR BASKET? by Bill Statham


Subtitled ‘An Easy to Use Guide to Food Additives and Cosmetic Ingredients’, we have all heard scare stories about personal care products like shampoo and toothpaste being associated with skin irritation, breathing difficulties, nausea, increased risk of cancer and


even blindness. So how can you avoid putting harmful additives and chemicals into and onto your body? Our guide tells you at-a-glance which additives are hazardous, which are best avoided and which are safe, making it easier to shop for yourself and your family. Ingredients are listed both alphabetically by chemical and numerically by E number in colour coded red, amber and green tables for easy reference. What is shocking is that a significant number of chemicals added to food and cosmetics cause asthma, dermatitis, hives, migraines, hay fever, gastric upset, behavioural problems, learning difficulties and more. Information on over 300 food additives and 500 most common ingredients from the 10,000 substances manufacturers can choose from which more than 1,000 are known to have harmful effects. 335pp in paperback. £5.99 NOW £3


73532 SECRETS OF STAYING YOUNG: How to


Feel 30 Years Younger by Rosemary Conley The author is the UK’s most successful diet and fitness expert. Her book is all about ‘embracing our advancing


years and maximising our opportunities to present ourselves as the attractive and confident women we are’. Rosemary’s body, she says, feels 35, although she will shortly be 65, and she claims that there is nothing she used to do 30 years ago that she does not do now. She totally loves life and wants to live to be 100. In this optimistic book, she has given a great deal of very practical and useful advice on how to lose weight, and suggests easy-to-do exercise regimes that will keep you in great shape, no matter what your age. As an incentive, there are many photos of her mother-in-law Jeanne, who is 89 years old and who blithely illustrates some of the exercises. As a bonus, Rosemary provides tips on dressing to flatter your shape, facial exercises to counter the effects of ageing, advice on hair, make-up and how to take care of your skin. Good luck with becoming a new woman! 220 paperback pages 23cm x 19cm with colour photos, list of useful web addresses, personal calorie allowances and BMR charts. £12.99 NOW £5


73242 TEMPORARY


TATTOOS FOR GIRLS by Anita Rattigan and Betsy Badwater


Now this could be great fun to spook your friends or grandchildren! The final pages of the book are tear-out sheets of temporary tattoo transfers and more than 100 designs to choose from. They include an eagle, panther, mermaid, unicorn, a pair of doves, dragons, Celtic symbols, flowers and fairies, stars, the sun, scorpions to tribal designs. Place the tattoo face down on your clean dry skin, wet completely with a damp cloth or sponge, press down quite hard for a few seconds and peel the corner off gently. It can last several days and can be removed with baby oil or alcohol and will fade over the course of a week. The book is actually designed for those considering getting a permanent tattoo or just wondering what it might look like but don’t know where to start. Knowing what you want your tattoo to look like and symbolise is the first step. The next is playing with different designs and placements on your body with your temporary tattoos until you are ready (if ever) for the real thing. Henna art, painted tattoos, airbrushed tattoos, ball point pen ink and other temporary tattoos like the ones in this book are also excellent try-before-you-buy options. Here is every style from elaborate traditional Chinese back pieces of tigers and dragons to modern biomech art that fuses images of the natural world with weird mechanical imagery. 96 very large pages, colour photos of tattooed young ladies, spiral bound with 100 high quality long lasting needle-free body art transfers. ONLY £6


73243 TEMPORARY TATTOOS FOR GUYS by Russ Thorne and Andrew Trull Here is another chance to see hundreds of images of modern day body art modelled by young men with real tattoos depicting the following categories: tribal, lettering, skulls, wild cats, old school (mermaids and armed forces style), dragons, crosses, eternity and infinity, insects and mythical creatures including gargoyles and the grotesque. Best of all, you can shock your friends, children or grandchildren by using some of the 100 temporary tattoos in the five pages at the back of the book. These transfers include the grim reaper, a black panther, semi-naked women, Chinese dragons, spiders, Celtic symbols, Buddha, Christ, the Welsh dragon and some gorgeous Haida eagle and whale designs. Polynesian tribes, Maori warriors and kings of England have worn tattoos and they are more popular than ever today with movie stars, musicians and sports men and women. The designs were created by a professional tattoo artist so they represent the latest styles that people are wearing today and they don’t hurt! Large spiral bound hardback, 96pp plus five pages of 100 high quality long lasting transfers. ONLY £6


72829 EXERCISE BALL BIBLE: Over 200 Exercises by Lucy Knight


To Help You Lose Weight and Improve Your Fitness, Strength, Flexibility and Posture, here is the most up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive guide to maximising the use of this popular equipment. These balls are fun, cheap, versatile, accessible and very easy to deflate and store at home. The easily learned exercises are designed to show you how this aid to health and fitness can easily be incorporated into your daily life. The aim is to tone up, strengthen core muscles, increase flexibility, get fit over-all or correct your posture and to de-stress. 288 softback pages 25.5cm x 22.5cm, colour photos. £18.99 NOW £5


72834 PILATES FOR WEIGHT LOSS by Lynne Robinson


Where Pilates excels is in its ability to build lean muscle tissue, enabling your body to be more efficient at burning calories. Health benefits include improved posture, circulation, less pain in joints and muscles, joint mobility and healing, bone density, stress relief, a better immune system, an enhanced sex life, improved balance and coordination and anti ageing benefits. Attack those love handles and define your waist and follow the 15 or 30 minute workouts all with clear step-by-step colour photos following every single exercise described in great detail. With directions and photos. 160pp in large softback. £12.99 NOW £4


72835 SWIM FOR LIFE: Optimise Technique,


Fitness, Enjoyment by Greg Whyte A leading physiologist breaks down the four major strokes into step-by-step instructions and pictures, enabling you to perfect your style and increase your speed. He also suggests that, if you mix and match


your strokes, you can increase your fitness and your enjoyment. Here are specific core-stability, strength, and flexibility exercises that will boost your performance. You will also discover how goal-setting, and designing a swimming programme can keep you motivated, and there is even advice on expanding your swimming horizons to include open water. 144 softback pages 23.5cm x 19cm illustrated by colour photos. £12.99 NOW £3.50


71567 LOSE WEIGHT NOW THE EASY WAY: With CD by Allen Carr


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Allen Carr’s Easyway method allows you to eat as much of your favourite foods as you want, whenever you want, as often as you want, and be the exact weight you wanted to be, without dieting, special exercise, using willpower or feeling deprived. But how? If it is difficult to believe, read this book and the accompanying free hypnotherapy CD to discover how simple the answer to weight control can be. Hugely successful, it is an easy, painless and permanent way to remove the psychological dependence. 191pp in paperback.


£9.99 NOW £5 71570 STOP SMOKING NOW WITHOUT


GAINING WEIGHT: With CD by Allen Carr Allen Carr’s Easyway is the most successful stop- smoking method of all time which has helped millions of smokers quit instantly, easily, painlessly and permanently. Our book is the new cutting-edge presentation of the method, updated and set out in an easy-to-read format with the extra benefit of a free hypnotherapy CD. It works for both heavy and casual smokers regardless of how long you have been smoking and there are no scare tactics and you can even smoke while you read! 254 page softback of this bestseller. £9.99 NOW £2.25


71713 CUT YOUR STRESS by Dr Sarah Brewer


From distress to de-stress in just 12 weeks, here is a weekly stress symptoms score chart to fill in, a quitting smoking chart, weekly alcohol and caffeine chart and a reward chart for each day, goal, week by week as you set your own lifestyle tips, monitor your blood pressure, meditate regularly, negotiate longer deadlines, judge and accept yourself more kindly. Cartoons, 64pp. £4.99 NOW £1.75


72154 AESTHETIC SURGERY edited by Angelika Taschen


No longer the preserve of rich celebrities, cosmetic surgery has seen a huge development in the 21st century as procedures become more sophisticated. In the 1920s, Garbo got her teeth fixed, Dietrich had a nose job and even Monroe had some flaws corrected. For this comprehensive book, 40 cosmetic surgeons were interviewed and photographed at work. The first section of the book is a gallery of artworks, the history of aesthetic surgery, techniques of different operations and the work of major practitioners. The book is fully illustrated with colour photos, but be warned: not only are there many fascinating “before” and “after” studies, there are also quite a few dramamtic colour pictures taken “during”, and this includes all body parts, including a sex change. 460pp, surgeons’ details and addresses. Taschen publication now out of print, last remaining copies. ONLY £15


72367 THE MIDWIFE’S HERE! by Linda Fairley


When 20 year old Linda had her first taste of midwifery at St Mary’s Maternity Hospital, Manchester, it was a place from a bygone era. Nurses in full skirts and starched caps hurried around steaming laundries and milk kitchens, Matron’s commands booming after them. Outside the hospital wards, Manchester was in full 1960s swing, the Moon landing dominating the headlines and the Beatles blasting from every radio. 40 years and over 2000 babies later, here is the true story of Britain’s longest-serving midwife. Colour and b/w photos, 308pp in paperback. £6.99 NOW £3


72770 HOSPITAL BABYLON


by Imogen Edwards-Jones and Anonymous Subtitled ‘True Confessions from the Front Line of Accident and Emergency’, welcome to Hospital Babylon where patients get lost, the healthy get sick and spare kidneys get flown in from the Indian subcontinent. Meet the doctors who sleep with nurses, nurses who sleep with patients and patients who spit, scream, vomit and fight. There are doctors who pump up breasts, lips and steal Class A drugs from patients in cardiac arrest. Packed with revealing anecdotes and shocking anonymous confessions from some of the world’s most eminent professionals. 318pp in large paperback. £12.99 NOW £4


72771 IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome


Answers at Your Fingertips by Dr Udi Shmueli IBS is a very common and distressing condition, affecting around 20% of us at any one time, and the symptoms, typically bloating, wind, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and constipation. Advice given includes comprehensive answers to causes, symptoms and treatment, proven self-help techniques, guidance on other illnesses and disorders which have similar symptoms and their diagnosis, the latest research on food allergy/intolerance, complementary therapies including herbalism, acupuncture and hypnotherapy. 354pp, diagrams and cartoons. ONLY £5


72828 DANCE TO THE MUSICALS: The Fun


Way to Fitness by Arlene Phillips Dancing is not only wonderful for fitness and toning, because the combination of cardiovascular exercise and music also triggers the release of endorphins which makes you feel great at the same time. As adults, we have lost that ability and Arlene Phillips - of Strictly Come Dancing fame - wants to help us to find it again. To do so, she has set ten dance routines to some of the best, toe-tapping show-tune hits ever, including: The Time Of My Life, We Will Rock You, Mamma Mia and Night Fever. All the routines are illustrated with clear, easy-to-follow instructions, and come with step-by-step photographY. 224 pages 26cm by 21.5cm, colour illus, PLUS FREE DVD with four routines to Hairspray, Grease, Fame, and Joseph. £18.99 NOW £5


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