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Shelf Life: A Journey Through the Past, Present & Future of
Embark on a captivating journey through the ages with Shelf Life, a meticulously crafted exploration of bookselling and publishing spanning two millennia. This engaging narrative, designed for book lovers of...
Odyssey Moscow: One American's Journey from Russia Optimist to
Michael Calvey's story starts with a dawn raid on his Moscow apartment by armed FSB agents, following accusations of embezzlement relating to a commercial deal turned sour. In truth, no...
The Story of the Big Four Railway Companies
Looking back at the impact of Britain's Big Four railway companies, 100 years later. GWR, LMS, LNER and SR: these initials arouse memories of the Cornish Riviera Express, the streamlined...
The Polish Mafia: Guns, Drugs and Murder in the Wild, Wild East
When communism fell in Poland, the mafia stepped in to fill the power vacuum: welcome to a world of Adidas, Kalashnikovs, and organised crime. Welcome to a world of Adidas,...
Whitney Straight: Racing Driver, War Hero, Industrialist - The
The full story of one of the twentieth century's greatest mavericks. Whitney Straight made his own way in life. Born in New York with a silver spoon in his mouth,...
The Road
Part guidebook, part travelogue but definitely all adventure, join author Richard Williams and photographer Manish Maharja as they cross the Nepalese Himalayas on a mountain bike. Originally from the UK,...
Space: Posters & Paintings: Art About NASA
The countdown has started! In 2025 and 2026, NASA will launch two missions to the moon and beyond. Not only will they go further into space than ever before, but...
Sneakers: The Classics
Sneakers: The Classics is a beautifully illustrated anthology of the must-have sneaker models. In these pages, fashion, sport, culture, and history are finely stitched together. Every entry features gorgeous photographic...
Welcome to Big Biba: Inside the Most Beautiful Store in the World
Big Biba was the final flowering of the near-mythical Biba retail brand. A shop like no other, all seven storeys stocked own-brand products packaged in the distinctive Biba style. Customers...
Rock: 101 Iconic Rock, Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Albums
A chronological review of the most essential and heaviest metal and hard rock albums, illustrated throughout, demonstrating the global popularity of the genre and just how much it has grown....
The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders
When Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of...
Creative Drawing Techniques: from first mark to full expression
Drawing is at the heart of all art and this inspiring book gives new ideas and techniques to help artists, whatever their ability, realise their visions. Based on years of...
BMW E30: The Complete Story
The E30 3 Series was the car that defined BMW more than any other during the 1980s, and it has gone on to become a much-loved modern classic. This book...
Building Drainage: An Integrated Design Guide
Good drainage contributes to the delivery of sustainable, innovative and resilient buildings, and is essential for our health and wellbeing. However, designers and architects can often leave drainage to be...
Thread Painting and Silk Shading Embroidery: Techniques and projects
Thread painting embroidery is one of the most beautiful embroidery techniques. Often mistaken for painted art, it shows off the true skill of an embroiderer. This book demystifies the technique...
The Palaeoartist's Handbook: Recreating prehistoric animals in art
Extinct worlds live again in palaeoart: artworks of fossil animals, plants and environments carefully reconstructed from palaeontological and geological data. Such artworks are widespread in popular culture, appearing in documentaries,...
Making Working Women's Costume: Patterns for clothes from the mid-15th
Making Working Women's Costume gives a unique account of the clothes of ordinary women from the mid-fifteenth century to the early twentieth century. As well as introducing the historical periods,...
Turning Green Wood
Turning Green Wood is the latest edition of this best-selling title. In this inspiring and thought-provoking guide, Michael O' Donnell, one of the foremost exponents of the technique, explains how...
Eastern Front Sniper: The Life of Matth us Hetzenauer
Eastern Front Sniper is a long overdue and comprehensive biography of one of World War II's most accomplished snipers. Mathaus Hetzenauer, the son of a Tyrolean peasant family, was born...
From Dawn to Dusk: Mastering the Light in Landscape Photography
From Dawn to Dusk is a practical, hands-on guide to mastering the techniques required to take better, more creative, landscape photographs. This updated edition of From Dawn to Dusk features...
Vogue Knitting: the Learn-To-Knit Book: The Ultimate Guide for
From the world's most-recognized knitting magazine, and a leader in the industry, comes the ultimate guide to learning how to knit for absolute beginners. Anyone can learn to knit-and who...
Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book, The: A Visual Guide to Form, Function, and
This fun mix of colouring book and instructional guide demystifies anatomy for the yoga enthusiast and teacher Yoga instructor, licensed massage therapist, and anatomy teacher Kelly Solloway provides an entertaining...
Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military
Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy explores ancient thought as if it were sophisticated personal equipment, uniquely fitted for those who navigate the world's most dangerous physical and moral terrain. Thoroughly...
Masters of Mayhem: Lawrence of Arabia and the British Military Mission
Silver Medal winner in Military History Matters 'Book of the Year' Award "Written with great accuracy, detail, enthusiasm, and insight " Military History Matters judges' comment Striking where the enemy...
A War of Their Own: FULRO: The Other National Liberation Front,
The untold story of a mysterious Montagnard ethnonationalist movement that might have changed the course of the Vietnam War In Vietnam, in 1967, William Chickering commanded a Mike Force battalion...
The Gulf Theater, 1813-15
While most of the fighting of the War of 1812 raged along the Canadian border, the Gulf of Mexico eventually emerged as a critical battleground. The struggle for control of...
Fortress Britain 1940: Britain's Unsung and Secret Defences on Land,
A new examination on the military fortitude of Britain in the early years of World War II. Alone, unprepared and weak. These are generally the words used to describe Britain's...
White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan
After decades of poising on the brink, United States and China finally go to war when China invades the island of Taiwan, battling for global supremacy in all domains -...
Unconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War
His friends called him "Sam." His wife called him "Ulyss." His initials suggested a name evocative of one of his most important battlefield successes: "'Unconditional Surrender' Grant." Ulysses S. Grant...
Japanese Furniture Projects in Solid Wood: Five Projects for the Home
Learn to Build Furniture the Japanese Way Japanese Furniture Projects in Solid Wood teaches the reader five solid-wood projects for the home, developed and first published in Japan. Translated from...
The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps,
Develop mature compost right in your garden. Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin explain their six-way compost gardening system in this informative guide that will have you rethinking how you create...
Napoleon's Heavy Cavalry: Uniforms and Equipment of the Cuirassiers
Created during the Peace of Amiens, the nineteen regiments of cuirassiers that existed during the course of the 1e Empire were, after the Imperial Guard, perhaps the most famous and...
At the Heart of the Reich: The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant
Vivid, personal and fascinating.' - Simon Sebag Montefiore Gerhard Engel was Hitler's Army Adjutant from March 1938 to March 1943. During this time he kept a diary, and after the...
Belisarius: The Last Roman General
A military history of the campaigns of Belisarius, the greatest general of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian. He twice defeated the Persians and reconquered North Africa from the Vandals...
Peter Rabbit (TM) Baby Knits: 20 Knitting Patterns for Clothes and
Knit Peter Rabbit Baby Clothes for an Adorable Adventure! The adventures of Peter Rabbit and his friends have been delighting generations of children around the world for over 120 years....
Creative Calm: Drawing, Painting and Gentle Crafts for Mindfulness and
Creative Calm is a book for those seeking soul enrichment and a more calming gentle life through a creative practice. Written and illustrated by qualified art therapist Sandy Cousens, this...
Patty Lyons' Knitting Bag of Tricks: the Official Workbook: Hands-On
Join knitting expert Patty Lyons on a journey to become a better knitter with her latest workbook, designed as the perfect companion to her bestselling book Patty Lyons' Knitting Bag...
Journal with Thread: A Practical Guide to Sewing Seasonal Stories in
Discover the art of slow stitch fabric journaling with this practical guide to creating a fabric journal from textile artist, Jessie Chorley. Learn how to stitch your own stories in...
Draw Comic Book Action: Techniques for Creating Dynamic Superhero
What does every aspiring comic artist REALLY want to draw? Action, of course! Learn how to render all aspects of adrenalin-filled movement, from jaw-dropping superhero antics to kick-ass fistfights. The...
Stitch 50 PokeMon: Easy Sewing Patterns for Adorable PokeMon Felties
Share your love of Pokemon with these easy sewing patterns for adorable felties, all made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and cutest Pokemon - including Pikachu, Eevee,...
The Tarot Spreads Year: An Inspiration Deck for Getting to Know
The Tarot Spreads Year Card Deck features 52 spreads that allow beginners to get to know their decks and cards, build confidence, and find the reading methods that are most...
More Crochet Iconic Women: Amigurumi Patterns for 15 Incredible Women
The second collection of crochet patterns for iconic women from amigurumi expert and author Carla Mitrani. Choose your favourite icon from this collection of 15 new patterns for inspirational women...
Crochet Hacking: Repair and Refashion Clothes with Crochet
The only book that explores the subject of refashioning clothes with crochet, tapping into key trends of upcycling, refashioning, repairing, visible mending and sustainability in fashion. Get new life from...
Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in London: Photographed in Historic Camden Lock
For the 27th book in his highly successful patchwork and quilt series, Kaffe Fassett has chosen London's bustling, colourful, and funky Camden Lock as the inspiration for his new collection...
Air Battle for Arnhem
Over sixty years ago a battle took place that, if it had succeeded, could have shortened the Second World war by six months. The operation to take the bridges at...
Taylor Swift for Adults: Taking Swift Seriously
Taylor Swift for Adults is a tantalising opening salvo in Swiftology - the study of the work of Taylor Swift. While Swift's private life has been covered to death, her...
The Artist Explorers: Painting The New World
It was in large part the lure of riches, such as spices and gold, and the promise of fertile land which tempted the British and other Europeans to venture out...
The 50 Greatest Shipwrecks
When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones...