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Coming Soon Cookery
Specification 197mm x 137mm 56 pages, cut into three
full colour throughout concealed wirobind 69 pictures
ISBN: 978-1-907332-85-2 ÂŁ9.99
10,000 Cupcakes September 2011
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While cupcake chefs seek new inspiration, and the appetite for cupcake books and gifts continues, the challenge is on to find anything that is original. 10,000 Cupcakes meets that challenge with bells on. Its pages are split into three sections; flip through the bottom section to choose your cupcake recipe, turn the middle to select your icing, and complete your creation by turning to a top menu of artistic decorations.
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Susanna Tee is the author of many cookery books covering a wide range of cuisines. While studying Home Economics in England she was awarded the NestlĂŠ Travel Scholarship to Switzerland, which gave her the opportunity to study food and cookery in continental Europe.
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Three-part pages can be flipped to create more than * 10,000 different combinations of picture and recipe Inspirational ideas for combining cakes, toppings * and decorations Irresistible gift format to appeal to the huge cupcake * readership
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 270mm x 195mm 144 pages
full colour throughout hardback padded cover 300 pictures
Emma Forbes invites you to share in the secrets of creating stylish parties on any budget. A wealth of mix-and-match ideas are threaded together with visual themes for bespoke invitations, decorations, recipes and gift bags. Celebrations include a relaxed beach picnic, a vintage cocktail party and a children’s fiesta.
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Life & Soul October 2011
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Life & Soul also contains two mini recipe books packed with all the party food you need to keep your guests happy. Emma Forbes is a well-loved broadcaster and lifestyle guru whose forbestyle.com website presents lifestyle, interiors and food reviews to a devoted following.
* A mix-and-match collection of themes and motifs Shows how to create bespoke invitations, irresistible * bites and beverages and unique gift bags Champagne to shoestring panels help to tailor parties * for every budget
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 204mm x 204mm 64 pages
full colour throughout paperback 70 pictures
back cover contains gatefold background ISBN: 978-1-907332-79-1 £9.99
Knit Your Own Royal Wedding March 2011
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A must-have for every keen crafter, this knitted celebration recreates a splendid royal line-up – in wool. From the bride’s broad smile and sparkling engagement ring to the groom’s dashing uniform, it’s a piece of yarn pageantry that is funny, charming and easy enough for even a novice to tackle. Go on, get out your needles and help your favourite royals tie the knit.
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Fiona Goble has published three books on making soft toys and has a forthcoming book on contemporary embroidery. Her first book for Ivy was Knitivity (2010).
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An unforgettable souvenir for a great piece of royal * pageantry Complete with a full range of family and guests * (there’s even a corgi!)
* Simple enough for even novice knitters
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 204mm x 204mm 80 pages
full colour throughout paperback 95 pictures
Noah’s Knits features a beautifully illustrated story of Noah and his Ark. Interspersed with the story are knitting patterns for Noah and his wife, plus fifteen pairs of animals, from cute little mice to tigers and giraffes. The book is suitable for people with all levels of knitting ability, with instructions for basic techniques, so that all family members can feel encouraged to contribute. The knits have modern, stylish designs, and there is also a fold-out paper template for an Ark for the animals.
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Noah’s Knits September 2011
back cover contains gatefold background ISBN: 978-1-907332-87-6 £9.99
Fiona Goble has contributed to a number of craft magazines and also teaches sewing.
* Full instructions for hand-knitting your own Bible story * Includes a fold-out background of the Ark Something for all the family, from beginners to * experienced knitters
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 280mm x 210mm 160 pages
full colour throughout paperback 200 pictures
ISBN: 978-1-907332-88-3 £19.99
The Sweat Shop Book October 2011
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The Sweat Shop Book, the first sewing café in Paris, was designed to inspire community and creativity. Here, its spirit and style are celebrated through an eclectic mix of sewing, knitting and crocheted projects; recipes; shopping tips; and flamboyant ‘masterclass’ features that bring the Paris couturiers into your home.
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Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis opened Sweat Shop in March 2010. Carving a niche in Paris society, they have featured in Vogue, Elle and the New York Times.
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An inspiring visit to the creative community of the first * sewing café in Paris Practical projects from sewing to knitting to revamping * and restyling, to provide all the skills you need With ‘master classes’ to reveal the secrets of the most * innovative designers in Paris
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 220mm x 170mm 128 pages, 175 pictures
two colour throughout concealed wirobind with 3m elastic
French Skipping offers a selection of jumping games and routines, including all the games you remember plus some new versions from around the globe. Suitable for one, two or more ‘jumpers’, some are straightforward, others are for skipping experts only. All the moves are illustrated, and all the rhymes and verses are included. Work your way through them, or dip into the book to find old favourites.
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French Skipping October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907332-89-0 £9.99
Claire Ridley is a writer with an encyclopaedic knowledge of traditional games. Her previous titles include Arts of the Playground, a collection of modern children’s games. All the skipping games you remember, including those * played with elastics and jumping with a skipping-rope
* Illustrations of all the moves, for one or more players Includes a collection of the rhymes and chants that * accompany skipping games all over the world
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 275mm x 215mm 64 pages
full colour throughout hardback 75 pictures
ISBN: 978-1-907332-90-6 £9.99
The Twelve Knits of Christmas October 2011
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‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ is one of the most popular festive songs. Now as well as singing the song, you can knit the characters. The Twelve Knits of Christmas brings together the charming knitting patterns from a partridge to 12 drummers. The projects can double up as Christmas decorations, centring on the colourful and easy-to-assemble cardboard pear tree tucked into the back of the book.
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* 12 patterns – one for each character from the song A great book for beginners – basic knitting stitches * techniques comprehensively explained All the verses accompanied by appealing double-page * illustrations
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Coming Soon Crafts & Activities
Specification 275mm x 215mm 64 pages
full colour throughout hardback 75 pictures
“...Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Clement Clarke Moore’s evocative 1822 poem ‘’Twas the Night Before Christmas’ helped to define the story of Santa Claus and has itself become part of the Christmas tradition in many houses. ’Twas the Knits Before Christmas celebrates Moore’s poem by presenting it alongside 10 knitting patterns for the characters and props from the story.
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’Twas the Knits Before Christmas July 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907332-91-3 £9.99
Fiona Goble has published three books on making soft toys and has a forthcoming book on contemporary embroidery.
Instructions for knitting all of the characters in the * poem, plus a full-size Christmas wreath and a stocking Perfect for knitters of all standards, with figures * ranging from the moon to the reindeer
* The poem is accompanied by beautiful illustrations
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Coming Soon Mind, Body & Spirit
Specification 200mm x 130mm 144 pages
one colour throughout flexibound
ISBN: 978-1-907332-92-0 £7.99
Mindfulness & Walking with the Black Dog September 2011
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Mindfulness & Walking with the Black Dog is an enlightening insight into depression – an experience which will affect one in five of us at some point in our lives. An expert author shares his on-going journey with his ‘black dog’ – shedding light on an often misunderstood and taboo subject: how to recognise its baying characteristics, and train and mind that faithful companion!
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Rory Singer is a psychotherapist, teacher and ex-Buddhist monk. He is the founder of the Centre for Mindfulness-Based Education (CMBE) based in Brighton, UK.
* Expert author presents the ‘black dog’ as a friendly ally Reflects the increasing international awareness of * mindfulness as a therapeutic tool Promotes a proven long-term natural health alternative * to conventional treatment for depression and stress
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Coming Soon Mind, Body & Spirit
Specification 200mm x 130mm 144 pages
one colour throughout flexibound
Happiness and How it Happens reveals how happiness is a state of being we all want and can have, because happiness is our true nature! Suryacitta, aka The Happy Buddha, explores what happiness actually is and how we all can achieve it through the transformational practice of mindfulness meditation.
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Happiness and How it Happens September 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907332-93-7 ÂŁ7.99
Suryacitta, aka The Happy Buddha, is a member of the Western Buddhist Order, and has led retreats in Europe on the art of happiness for over eight years.
Presents happiness as an achievable state of being * that anyone can enjoy Reflects increasing media interest in Positive * Psychology and Happiness
* Expert author shares insights into our true nature
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Coming Soon Stationery
Specification 305mm x 305mm month to view
full colour throughout punched hole FSC accredited paper
£9.99 (exc. VAT £8.32)
Beautiful Calendars 2012 July 2011 This series of calendars showcases animals as you have never seen them before – polished, preened and styled to perfection. The elegance and quirkiness of these adorable champion breeds are brilliantly captured. Beautifully photographed and complete with a history of each breed, these calendars are a delight, and an essential for any kitchen or living-room wall.
12 unique studio portraits of the finest * breeds from around the world Share your home with a different duck, * rabbit, sheep or pig every single month Irresistible talking points to hang on * your wall
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Chickens ISBN: 978-1-907332-83-8 Cows ISBN: 978-1-907332-80-7 Ducks ISBN: 978-1-907332-74-6
Pigeons ISBN: 978-1-907332-84-5 Pigs ISBN: 978-1-907332-82-1 Rabbits ISBN: 978-1-907332-75-3
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Sheep ISBN: 978-1-907332-81-4
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Portraits of the most handsome champion breeds
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Coming Soon Stationery
Specification 137mm x 197mm 160 pages
full colour throughout flexibound, 95 pictures £7.99 (exc. VAT £6.66)
Chickens ISBN: 978-1-907332-22-7 Ducks ISBN: 978-1-907332-76-0 Pigeons ISBN: 978-1-907332-94-4 Rabbits ISBN: 978-1-907332-77-7
Beautiful Journals July 2011 If you’re tired of blank journals with pretty covers, and seeking something more original in which to record your innermost thoughts, then look no further. Blending plenty of writing space with beautiful studio portraits of your chosen animal, breed information, and reportage photography, they’ll elevate your journal to a work of art. Just select from chickens, ducks, pigeons or rabbits, and be prepared to be charmed, amused and inspired.
Plenty of journal space alongside the most fantastic * beastly portraits Record your own personal encounters with chickens, * ducks, pigeons and rabbits
* The most unique journals in the farmyard
BEAUTIFUL RABBITS JOURNAL
A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits. Dame Edith Sitwell
BEAUTIFUL DUCKS JOURNAL
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan’s egg.
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Coming Soon Stationery
Specification 120mm x 175mm 60 pages
full colour postcards with two colour backs perforated
Contains 30 different postcards featuring the finest fancy pigeon champion breeds, all perforated for easy removal. They are perfect quirky cards for sending to friends of family, or you may fall in love with them and just keep them for yourself.
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Beautiful Pigeons Postcard Book July 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907332-95-1 ÂŁ5.99 (exc. VAT ÂŁ4.99)
* 30 pull-out perforated postcards to keep or to send * Beautiful studio portraits of fancy pigeon breeds Each postcard comes with breed information and * historical facts * The perfect gift for any animal fancier
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Coming Soon Stationery
Specification Cards: 150mm x 106mm 20 cards and envelopes
4 designs, full colour £8.99 (exc. VAT £7.49) Pack: 124 x 177 x 31mm
Chickens ISBN: 978-1-907332-96-8 Cows ISBN: 978-1-907332-97-5 Ducks ISBN: 978-1-907332-98-2
Pigeons ISBN: 978-1-907332-99-9 Pigs ISBN: 978-1-908005-00-7 Rabbits ISBN: 978-1-908005-01-4 Sheep ISBN: 978-1-908005-02-1
Beautiful Notecard Sets August 2011 Who’s your favourite farmyard inhabitant? The Beautiful Notecard sets give you the pick of gorgeously photographed sheep, ducks, cows, pigs, pigeons, chickens or rabbits. Presented in smart boxes, each set offers 20 cards (5 cards each of 4 great pictures), so you can save a few to prop on your desk and still have plenty left to send to family and friends. Preened for the showground (or bench), every single animal and bird in these glorious shots is looking his or her absolute best.
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Coming Soon Reference
Specification 236mm x 156mm 192 pages
two colour throughout hardback 360 pictures
The sinking of the RMS Titanic was a tragedy for all the 1,517 people who died – but the stories of 13 brides and grooms who joined the ship to celebrate their honeymoons are notably poignant. Titanic Love Stories narrates the amazing stories of these couples. Their actions are courageous, surprising and always memorable.
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Titanic Love Stories October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-907332-78-4 £14.99
Gill Paul is the author of over 30 books. Bruce Beveridge is author of several books about the Titanic, including his recent two-part opus, Titanic: The Ship Magnificent. Commemorates the centenary of the tragic sinking of * the RMS Titanic The first book ever published that is devoted entirely * to love stories on the Titanic Covers 13 honeymoon couples before, during and, for * the survivors, after the Titanic’s sinking
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Specification 220mm x 170mm 128 pages 250 pictures two colour throughout
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s cradle games are found everywhere, from Australia to Alaska. There must be something universally joyful about knotting string into a loop and arranging it around your fingers in beautiful patterns. All the figures are shown in easy-to-follow illustrated steps. There are games for all ages, and there’s even a ready-made string loop to get you started.
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Crobots Crobots contains 20 original designs, each with his or her own character: from Babybot, just growing into his silver suit; to Geisha, with her downcast gaze and blushing demeanour; and Dogbot, the crobots’ best friend. These little dolls are only 8–10cm high, all finished with a host of details, from switches and dials to improbably long eyelashes.
Specification 210mm x 185mm 96 pages 130 pictures full colour throughout
paperback ISBN: 978-1-907332-01-2 £7.99 Crafts & Activities
Balloon Engineer Balloon Engineer provides step-by-step instructions for building ten extraordinary balloon models of the world’s most magnificent sites, and you will also find a pump and balloons. Puff up with pride as you erect the White House, the Rialto Bridge and the Niagara Falls. Pack contains: balloons, an air pump and an illustrated book.
Specification Book: 210mm x 185mm 80 pages 140 pictures full colour throughout
paperback Pack: 214mm x 188mm x 41mm ISBN: 978-1-905695-83-6 £9.99 inc VAT Crafts & Activities
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the biggest book of paper planes ever made, the greatest origami air show on earth, the supersized collection of models from Vulcans to Stealth bombers. The Biggest Ever Book of Paper Planes is the jumbo of the paper plane world; with giant templates designed to supersize your passion, it contains everything you need. To enormity, and beyond!
Specification 420mm x 300mm 48 pages inclusive of 12 perforated templates 100 pictures
full colour throughout paperback ISBN: 978-1-905695-84-3 £14.99 Crafts & Activities
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Of course origami is popular. It’s irresistible, it’s ingenious, it’s… so infuriatingly tricky and so damn small! The Biggest Ever Book of Origami changes all that: 12 pull-out templates with intricate designs for instant, enormous models. It contains everything you need to create the mammoths and monsters of the origami world. If you think the book is impressive, wait until you see the models!
Specification 290mm x 300mm 48 pages inclusive of 24 perforated pages 100 pictures
full colour throughout paperback ISBN: 978-1-905695-85-0 £14.99 Crafts & Activities
Felties Hot on the heels of the little crochet creatures that are amigurumi come ‘felties’. Just as adorable, and probably even easier to make, they are crafted from felt rather than yarn. Felties offers you inspirational pictures and clear step-by-step instructions for creating 18 exquisite characters, including Polaroo the polar bear, Babushka the Russian doll, and the stylish Samurai cat.
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Nelly Pailloux
Specification 210mm x 185mm 80 pages 140 pictures full colour throughout
How to Make 18 Cute and Fuzzy Friends
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Gourmet Crochet A yummy yarn cookbook
A smorgasbord of delicious crochet options, from sushi to dim sum and crudités to sandwiches
Offbeat and charming, Gourmet Crochet is an offshoot from the amigurumi craze: 20 bite-sized treats that only appear deliciously edible. None of them takes more than an hour or two to make, and each is clearly explained with easy-to-follow instructions for creating. If you have a bit of a sweet tooth, there’s a chapter of treats to enjoy, from the cutest cupcakes to a whole gateau.
Cute, quirky and uncannily realistic, these little pieces are fun to create – and make great gifts, too
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Packed with time-friendly projects – whether you want a quick snack or a full meal, you can make the right pick to fit the time available
Specification 210mm x 185mm 80 pages 120 pictures full colour throughout
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Knitivity Knitivity heralds a fresh slant on the traditional nativity scene. Designed for people with all levels of knitting skill, it encourages all family members to contribute. Patterns are supplied for Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the Three Wise Men, Shepherds, Ass, Ox, Sheep, Angel and Star. The Christmas narrative winds its way through the book alongside beautiful artwork and photography.
Specification 204mm x 204mm 80 pages 80 pictures full colour throughout
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paperback with flaps ISBN: 978-1-907332-02-9 £7.99 Crafts & Activities
paperback with back flap containing gatefold background ISBN: 978-1-907332-45-6 £9.99 Crafts & Activities
PaPeR cHeSS Create your own chess set with a detachable board and 2 full sets of punch-out pieces
Paper Chess celebrates the game of chess, while adding a brilliant move of its own. As well as all the rules and strategies, it contains everything you need to construct a set of elegant chess pieces. Paper Chess is the perfect introduction for players of all levels to the fascinating worlds of chess and piece paper folding. is designed to be weighted by a coin, and the back Each It has everything that you need to play the game, including an instruction book, a detachable board and sturdy punch-out cover ofof pieces. the book converts into a chess board. It is the perfect way paper templates for constructing a complete set A guide to chess offers a clear and concise explanation of the basic rules, covering the relative strengths, weaknesses to introduce the next generation to this timeless game. and special moves of every piece, so that you can start
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using them to great effect in your games. Clear instructions and step-by-step diagrams explain how to fold your own beautiful paper chess set from the templates provided. With all the materials you need to get started, this is the complete masterclass in paper folding and playing chess.
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Specification 280mm x 280mm Kell Black is Professor of Art at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee. A veteran paper engineer, he haspages work featured inclusive of 80 in the permanent collections of the Tennessee State Museum. 64Chesspages perforated templates John Saunders is the editor of British Magazine, the world’s oldest chess periodical (founded in 1881). He has represented Wales in international tournaments. 500 pictures
full colour throughout paperback with chessboard flap ISBN: 978-1-905695-82-9 £14.99 Crafts & Activities
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The tetrahedral kite is a versatile flying structure that lends itself to kit form as it is made up of small ‘cells’ that are joined in a modular fashion to any size you want. Paper Kites contains everything you need for building a four-cell version, and details of how to expand it. Pack contains: 64-page book, CD-Rom with 101 kite-sail designs, 24 paper spars, 2 sheets of tissue paper, string and a handle. Specification Book: 150mm x 150mm 64 pages 70 pictures full colour throughout
paperback Pack: 220mm x 198mm x 43mm ISBN: 978-1-907332-72-2 £9.99 inc VAT Crafts & Activities
Paper Yachts
PAPER YACHTS STREAmlinEd dESignS And wATER-RESiSTAnT TEmPlATESTo mAkE And SAil
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Loaded with gorgeous photos and a nautical introduction to four of the world’s most famous ocean races, Paper Yachts is more than origami. The 16 water-resistant templates in stunning livery enable the reader to create and sail miniature paper imitations of the most competitive racing yachts on the planet. Fold them, sail them, race them.
Specification 220mm x 220mm 80 pages inclusive of 40 pages of templates 100 pictures
full colour throughout hardback ISBN: 978-1-905695-86-7 £14.99 Crafts & Activities
Shadow Art Using only your hands and a torch, the game of casting shadow animals has an enduring charm. So, if modern party games seem soulless, bring out Shadow Art. Just an hour’s practice will have you demonstrating the roar of a lion and the snap of a crocodile; soon you’ll be putting on an entire show. Friends will become competitive and children will queue to learn how to create their favourites.
Specification 165mm x 137mm 288 pages 200 pictures two colour throughout
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Wacky Baby Knits has 20 fabulous designs to outfit any baby fashionista. Try the Elvis Hat with the Tiny Biker Jacket or the Ballet Top with Tulle Tutu. Monster Boots and Mitts are perfect for days when your little one seems more mischievous than angelic. With step-by-step instructions, these colourful projects will ensure your baby is the hippest, most wittily dressed child around!
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Specification 204mm x 204mm 112 pages 50 pictures full colour throughout
paperback ISBN: 978-1-907332-03-6 £9.99 Crafts & Activities
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Wacky Doggy Knits shows you how to create ten outfits to indulge your dog’s every mood. The patterns are easy to follow, so even if you’ve never picked up a pair of needles before, you’re sure to get a neat result. Clear, flexible sizing within each pattern means that whether your best friend is a tiny terrier or a Great Dane, the outfit will be perfect.
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10 ORIGINAL PATTERNS FOR YOUR STYLE-CONSCIOUS DOG
Specification 210mm x 185mm 80 pages 180 pictures full colour throughout
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Who can resist the tantalising aroma and wonderful taste of a home-baked cake? The
appeal to children and adults alike. They are simply delicious alongside a cup of freshly brewed tea or coffee, or why not serve some home-made cookies as a grand finale to
a sumptuously rich cake as a grand finale to a dinner party.
a dinner party? They are just as ideal popped into a lunchbox or picnic, and also make excellent gifts for loved ones and friends.
Cakes is lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-colour photography, and offers:
Cookies is lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-colour photography, and offers:
• A tempting array of enticing recipes, from sticky gingerbread and a gorgeously rich
• A tempting array of enticing recipes, from Italian biscotti to the ever-popular children’s
chocolate fudge cake, to banana teabread and a delicious lemon drizzle cake.
favourite, peanut butter cookies.
• Clear, easy-to-follow steps.
• Clear, easy-to-follow steps.
• Practical tips on preparation, baking and decoration.
and cookery in Europe. This set her on the road to travelling and, after graduating, she continued to travel widely in the search for innovative recipes.
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Susanna Tee is the author of many cookery books covering a wide range of cuisines. While studying Home Economics in England she was awarded The Nestlé Travel Scholarship in Switzerland, which gave her the opportunity to study food and cookery in Europe. This set her on the road to travelling and, after graduating, she continued to travel widely in the search for innovative recipes.
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are looking for the ideal breakfast muffin to provide a satisfying start to the day, a nutritious muffin to pop into a lunchbox, or a tempting treat to serve to friends, you are bound to find
they are extremely simple to make.
the perfect recipe in this book.
Cupcakes is lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-colour photography, and offers:
Muffins is lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-colour photography, and offers:
• A tempting array of enticing recipes, from the popular toffee fudge cupcakes and
• A tempting array of enticing recipes, from those all-time classics blueberry muffins,
banoffee cupcakes, to children’s favourites such as little princess cupcakes.
• Practical tips on preparation, baking and decoration.
are geared for all levels of experience.
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of food and passionate belief that anyone who can read can cook, she has developed easy step-by-step recipes that
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• Clear, easy-to-follow steps.
• Practical tips on preparation, baking and decoration.
Gina Steer is a successful cookery writer with over 20 international titles to her name. She has also written for a number of
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to popular treats for children such as sticky toffee muffins.
• Clear, easy-to-follow steps.
consumer magazines and is currently the Cookery Editor of the UK’s largest women’s weekly magazine. Through her love
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Muffins are incredibly easy to make and a delicious food for any occasion. Whether you
mouthwatering flavour of a home-baked cake, but in miniature. Their small size makes them the ideal portable treat and they are wonderfully versatile. The best news of all is
Cakes ISBN: 978-1-905695-71-3 Cookies ISBN: 978-1-905695-74-4 Cupcakes ISBN: 978-1-905695-72-0 Muffins ISBN: 978-1-905695-73-7 £6.99, Cookery
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Susanna Tee is the author of many cookery books covering a wide range of cuisines. While studying Home Economics
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depth of flavour and melt-in-the-mouth texture is enough to tease the most disciplined
members of your household. Try serving a slice of home-made cake to your visitors, or bake
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Home baking is on the rise, part of a nostalgia for days past, and a desire to cook with healthy ingredients. Today’s home baker seeks reliable recipes with beautiful photography and infallible instructions. This series showcases 25 delicious recipes in the most popular baking categories: cakes, cookies, cupcakes and muffins. Each title has advice on equipment, ingredients and decorating.
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Stephanie Evans has managed to combine work with pleasure by editing and writing books and articles on food and wine for two decades. She has lived and worked in Paris, Normandy and Burgundy in France, and in London and Sussex in the UK where she currently resides. She has also worked as a chef’s assistant and private caterer.
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The Cupcake Book Cupcakes are an indulgent treat for a family occasion, or perfect with a cup of tea or coffee. The Cupcake Book has 25 exquisite recipes: classic – gingerbread and carrot cake; luscious – strawberry and lemon; and decadent – gooey brownies, chocolate cherry and white chocolate chip. Includes advice on equipment and decorating ideas plus stencil templates for a truly stylish finish.
Specification 220mm x 220mm 64 pages 80 pictures full colour throughout
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The Cupcake Book and Baking Kit Best Seller
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Cupcakes are the little darlings of the cake world. Tempting and delicious, they are presented here in a stylish giftpack. So why fritter your cash on an expensive cupcake bar when you can create your own unique and indulgent little mouthfuls using this kit? Pack contains: icing kit, 12 icing templates and 24 baking cases.
Specification Book: 115mm x 115mm 64 pages 80 pictures full colour throughout
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Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes Raw chocolate is the new Green & Blacks, a delicious superfood with proven health benefits and a fast-growing following of devotees. Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes is an informative and inspirational cookbook that explains and outlines this exciting phenomenon. Recipes and nutrition tips will empower readers to create healthy, raw chocolate inventions in the comfort of their own kitchen. Specification 220mm x 220mm 96 pages 65 pictures full colour throughout
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Love Bakery
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There is something about the Love Bakery that entices you inside. It’s the anticipation of fun to be had. From the sparkles on the cupcakes to the jars of Love Hearts on the dresser, from the postcards on the mirror to the pink Roberts radio, it just makes you smile.
Specification 228mm x 228mm 144 pages 150 pictures full colour throughout
hardback ISBN: 978-1-907332-47-0 £16.99 Cookery
Scoop Ice cream is one of the simplest treats you can make, and an expensive ice-cream maker is not required. With the right recipes, a huge range of frozen delights is within your reach, using just a bowl, a whisk, a handful of ingredients, and the freezer compartment of your refrigerator. Whether your taste is for a creamy vanilla or a lemon meringue ice cream, Scoop shows you how to make it.
Specification 180mm x 130mm 128 pages 75 pictures two colour throughout
hardback ISBN: 978-1-905695-64-5 £9.99 Cookery
Zombie Cupcakes Cooked up in the darkest of graveyards, Zombie Cupcakes presents a ghoulish army of delicious creations that appear anything but sugar-coated. Recipes range from Zombie Flesh to Zombie Brain, from Gravestones to Night of the Living Cupcake. Each recipe features step-by-step instructions for the baking and icing, alongside devilish illustrations and photography.
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trees hold a special place in our hearts, as symbols of nature’s strength and longevity. this symbolism lends the act of planting a tree a particular significance as the transformation from seed to sapling to fully grown tree draws parallels with our own lives.this beautifully illustrated book celebrates the simple act of planting a tree. it not only explains how to plant and care for a tree, but also explores the symbolism of trees alongside a miscellany of facts about the world’s favorite species. By examining global traditions and ancient rituals, it shows how a variety of suitable species can be used for commemorative tree-planting celebrations.
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Trees hold a special place in our hearts, as symbols of nature’s strength and longevity. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the simple act of planting a tree. It not only explains how to plant and care for a tree, but also explores the symbolism of trees alongside a miscellany of facts about the world’s favourite species.
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Seedbombs
Seedbombs are a vital part of the phenomenon of guerrilla gardening, encouraging people to learn about plants through making and throwing them – a dynamic way of dispersing seeds. SeedBombs presents ten recipes, some designed to attract wildlife, others to create colour and scent. The book explores what seedbombs are, their origins, the benefits to nature and the environment. Specification 209mm x 156mm 128 pages 125 pictures full colour throughout
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SeedBombs for Bees SeedBombs for Butterflies These beautifully presented kits each contain all that you need to make six medium-sized seedbombs, with recipes designed specifically to attract either bees or butterflies. Pack contains: 3g flower seeds, 60g compost, 75g clay, water sprinkler, 8 lollipop sticks, 8 seed envelopes, and a pencil. Specification Book: 162mm x 121mm 32 pages, 30 pictures full colour throughout paperback
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Darkside Zodiac Before you buy, look at the title on the cover. What does it say? Darkside. There are no jolly Brightside platitudes, because there is enough of that kind of thing in the world and every silver lining must have its cloud. Turn to the Darkside Zodiac any time you’re feeling dark or when your partner, friends, co-workers, kids, boss or anyone else disturbs your personal planet.
Specification 190mm x 150mm 400 pages 350 pictures full colour throughout
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The Devil’s Diaries These recently discovered journals contain Satan’s random musings on key events from the Fall to the Apocalypse. The Devil’s Diaries reveals Satan’s part in human history. The Dark One shows his disquiet at the way some of his finest ideas have been hijacked and his frustration that much of his best work goes unappreciated.
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Projects include minibar mixology, soap scrimshaw, toilet tennis, and towel origami
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Everything you need to know to keep yourself amused without running up an embarrassingly expensive cable bill or getting arrested can be found in this book. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide you through an array of arts and crafts, rituals and recipes, games and pastimes. All you need are the items found in your hotel room, some creative thinking, and plenty of time to kill.
Hotel Hobbies
You are in a hotel on your own. So, how do you pass the time? Hotel Hobbies mines the experience of conference connoisseurs and hotel veterans to create 50 blameless ways to occupy you, using only the items found in any hotel room. From the art of towel Don’t enDure anotHer boring Hotel stay again! origami to the adrenalin whoosh of ensuite free-running. Buy it for the international executive in your life – even if that person is you.
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Office Pastimes Most of us have to provide our own entertainment in the office, snatching fun from fun-free zones. Let Office Pastimes inspire you with its selection of 50 ingenious ideas for career-boosting crafts, off(ice) Broadway musicals and watercooler sports. Make your downtime your uptime, and never use the word ‘boredom’ in the office again.
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How to Win Fiends and Influence People
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Nicholas D. Satan was just another angel until he quit the firm – the firm Ament, that is – and got down to running a business. This book is a take-no-prisoners management and manipulation manual for the home and the office. Satan offers practical advice based on the Seven Deadly Sins, to acquiring the diabolic habits required for dominance in life and in the workplace.
Specification 165mm x 115mm 160 pages 85 pictures full colour throughout
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Santa’s Diaries Being Santa is a 24/7, 365-day-a-year job. It has its downsides: I eat too many sugary snacks; it’s difficult to track down all the presents that children want, and the sleigh is always in the maintenance unit. So, why do I do what I do? Because I love the challenge, and nothing makes me more jolly than knowing that the world’s children will wake up on Christmas Day to a little bit of magic.
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A Year of Mayhem, Merriment, and Miracles at the North Pole Nicholas F. Christmas delivered by
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The Slightly Dangerous Book for Wimps
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Now that health and safety regulators have begun to address our every concern, risk-taking and walking on the wild side are history. The Slightly Dangerous Book for Wimps is divided into sections, graded according to danger. Refuge pages are provided, as well as suggestions for creating a wimp kit, and a final self-assessment section enables you to ascertain just how far you have come.
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The Sherlock Holmes School of Defence When Sherlock Holmes wrestled Professor Moriarty on the Reichenbach Falls, he was employing a system of self-defence that was popular in Victorian Britain. Learn how to defend yourself against an attacker with an overcoat, cane or umbrella, using these historic documents and illustrated instructions.
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The Original Vampire Diaries
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Judy Hall
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Crystal ProsPerity
Discover how to bring prosperity and abundance into your life
Today, everyone worries about money and it’s hard to know how to attract more money into our lives. Crystal Prosperity shows how to attract abundance of all kinds into one’s life and includes visualisations, affirmations, rituals and layouts. It profiles the major and minor crystals, all selected to help you to make, and enhance, your fortune.
hardback ISBN: 978-1-907332-37-1 £9.99 Mind, Body & Spirit
Create abundance in all areas of your life
Judy Hall Self-help
The Joy of Mindful Sex The
The Joy of Mindful Sex is a journey into deeper intimacy and greater spirituality in our sexual life. Based on the simple wisdom of mindfulness practices, the book shows how a joyful and attentive participation in the present moment can help us attain a more vibrant and delightful relationship with our sexuality, our partner and ourselves, for a truly satisfying experience.
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Why Does My Cat / Dog Do That? Why Does My Cat Do That?
CATHERINE DAVIDSON
Why is your dog always more interested in the wrong end of a new canine acquaintance? And why is your cat eating the houseplants? Find the answers to the questions most frequently asked in these handy books. Not only is your pet’s behaviour placed in context, but so is yours, allowing you to broaden your understanding and learn to see things from your pet’s point of view.
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Why Does My Cat Why Does My Dog Do That? Do That?
Comprehensive answers to the 50+ questions that every cat owner asks CATHERINE DAVIDSON
Why Does My Dog Do That?
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The Art of Mindful Walking
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The Mindfulness Budget The Mindfulness Budget
Perfect for the current economic climate, this book will help readers use mindfulness techniques to improve their financial and emotional balance sheet. The reader will learn the basics of mindfulness and explore common beliefs about money. It includes guidelines for using mindful awareness to set healthy financial priorities and to avoid compulsive spending and excessive personal debt.
The Mindfulness Budget Using Mindful Techniques to Improve Your Financial Health
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The Mindfulness Diet The Mindfulness Diet
The Mindfulness Diet is a practical guide to using mindfulness to bring awareness and healing to one’s relationship with food. The reader will learn the basics of mindfulness, explore common beliefs about food, and set up and follow a ‘mindfulness diet’. The book Mindfulness is a technique of focused awareness that its roots in Buddhism. It makes the present moment encourages a gradual shift towards natural, locally grown hasvividly and tangible, heightens the senses and increases our ability to think clearly and make positive life choices. The Mindfulness Diet is a practical guide to using organic foods, and is perfectly in line with today’s values. mindfulness techniques with the goal of bringing
Using Mindful Techniques to Heal Your Relationship with Food
awareness and healing to your relationship with food.
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Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping
As bee populations around the world decline, beekeeping is gaining in popularity, even in urban areas. Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping explores the remarkable roles bees play in keeping wildlife thriving and cultivated crops blooming, and offers practical Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping explores the remarkable role bees play in keeping wildlife thriving and information on beekeeping, while harvesting the environmental crops blooming. It combines practical beekeeping information with the environmental and spiritual lessons we can learn from the bees. Meditations based on Buddhist practice help and spiritual lessons we can learn from the bees. you to experience the simple pleasure of the natural world.
Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping The Way to Bee
Mark Magill
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Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens
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Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens explores the entertaining, rewarding and – yes – enlightening art of raising chickens in an urban backyard. It examines why keeping chickens has become so popular, as it addresses environmental issues, the locavore movement and a shift in the way we want to live.
Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens The Way of Hen
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Clea Danaan
Clea Danaan
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The Art of Mindful Gardening The Art of Mindful Gardening explores how mindfulness can bring a new dimension to gardening. Ark Redwood guides you through the changing seasons, expanding your knowledge of how to be conscious of the present and providing expert insights on meditating into your natural environment.
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Spott’s Canine Miscellany The perfect gift for dog lovers, Spott’s Canine Miscellany is a ‘pawrody’ of the initial bestselling Schott’s Original Miscellany, revealing how it might have appeared had its creator been canineobsessive. It parodies the randomness of entry and stylish design of the original, but is created entirely for dogs and their doting admirers. The result is an outpouring of canine facts and trivia.
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Socks’ Feline Miscellany is an irresistible outpouring of feline facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing and the extraordinary, created entirely for cats and their owners. Named in tribute to the Clintons’ White House moggy (and every other cat that inherited the presidential moniker), this is the perfect laptop or coffee-table book to give as a gift for cat lovers.
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Trott’s Porcine Miscellany There is something compulsive about pigs: they occupy our dinner plate, our farmyard, our imagination and our literature. Trott’s Porcine Miscellany is a celebration of the pervasive pig, created entirely for pigs, pig lovers and the pig-headed. The result is an irresistible outpouring of porcine facts, embracing the essential, the trivial, the intriguing and the extraordinary.
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If we were to tell you that a blue whale weighs 170 tonnes, you would know that it’s a lot bigger than your average fish. But does the number really convey its size? If, instead, we were to say that the whale’s tongue weighs the same as an African elephant, you might grasp its magnitude. Discover a world of visual equivalents – so that size, speed and mass make instant sense.
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Soda-Pop Rockets contains 20 easy-to-launch rockets to makeRockets from plastic bottles, old inner tubes, clothes hangers and a few plumbing fixtures from a DIY store. Step-by-step instructions, full-colour illustrations and templates accompany each project, beginning with how to construct a reusable launch pad. Paul Jarvis is a full-time engineer and a trained pyrotechnician. Making soda-pop rockets allows him to combine both of these disciplines, with appealingly explosive results. With this book he hopes to show that the art of bottle rocketry needn’t be rocket science.
Move over diet coke and Mentos, the soda-pop bottle has gone ballistic! the rockets in this unique guide will fly up to 90 feet into the sky, propelled by water pressurized with a bicycle pump. after learning how to construct the basic model, you’ll discover new ways to modify and improve the designs with built-on fins, nose cones, cluster bases, and more. Designs include:
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Things That Go Boom The amazing machines in this book cover a range of skill levels. From a balloon-powered boat to a light-following robot, there are simple projects to make with children, complex ones to make on your own, and others that call for group effort. Step-by-step instructions ensure that whether you’re sawing wood or making a circuit board, every project goes off with a bang.
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How to Clean Absolutely Everything
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How to Clean Absolutely Everything reveals the secrets to keeping your home immaculate. Packed with advice on how to clean kitchen appliances, windows, carpets, clothes, bedding and furniture, it also has hints on how to win the hygiene war in specific situations: with small children, for instance, or a partner who is confused by the vacuum cleaner.
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A Potted History of Fruit Did you know that the pineapple was ‘discovered’ by Christopher Columbus? And that apples were thrown as wedding proposals in ancient Greece? Or that by volume the ‘flesh’ of a banana is 75 per cent water? Discover the origins and properties of over 100 fruits and marvel at the finest botanical paintings ever produced in this irresistible dip-in miscellany.
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A Potted History of Vegetables The nostalgia of growing vegetables is unquestionably in vogue. A Potted History of Vegetables embraces this idea by reacquainting the reader with the origins, nature and peculiarities of the world’s produce. Combines reproductions of the finest 19th-century botanical illustrations, instructions for growing heirloom vegetables, and a miscellany of fascinating facts and extraordinary histories.
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supply of the strengths it takes to overcome life’s daily challenges, and this handy pocket guide is your direct link to those who can help you out. Best of all, there’s a web link to a free website from which you can download icons of your favourite saints to your mobile phone or computer.
A sAint for All reAsons
How often do you need help that is beyond the call of
How often do you need help that is beyond best mortal friends?friends? if you’re like most of us, the answer is “Very often.” Practical and easy to use, A Saint for All Reasons offers you can call upon to help you out in just Saints have patience that is inexhaustible, and here are 100 to help100 saints thatabout every situation, such as: with almost any crisis. Browse through the seven life areas or go to The big game is on TVClareandofyouAssisican’t find the remote: Your love life has gone dead: the emergency section, where saints are indexed by name and Augustine Your car breaks down more often than you brush your teeth: occasion. Best of all, there is a weblink to a free microsite from where Christopher these inspirational figures possess a nearly inexhaustible you can download icons for your mobile phone or computer.
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A Saint for All Reasons
for All reAsons A pocket bible of 100 saints for every situation
tim muldoon
makers of beautiful books
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Beautiful Journals
If you’re tired of blank journals with pretty covers, and seeking something more original in which to record your innermost thoughts, then look no further. Blending plenty of writing space with beautiful studio portraits of your chosen animal, breed information, and reportage photography, they’ll elevate your journal to a work of art. Just select from chickens, ducks, or rabbits, and be prepared to be charmed, amused and inspired.
Specification 137mm x 197mm 160 pages, 95 pictures full colour throughout flexibound
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Cows ISBN: 978-1-907332-13-5 Pigs ISBN: 978-1-907332-15-9 Sheep ISBN: 978-1-907332-14-2 £7.99 (exc. VAT £6.66) Stationery
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Beautiful Postcard Books
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The books in this series contain thirty different postcards featuring the finest champion breeds. Each postcard presents a unique photographic portrait, ranging from the majestic to the adorable to the hilarious, and also includes a brief, informative history of the breed. A perfect gift for friends and family, the postcards are perforated for easy removal – though you’d be forgiven for wanting to hold on to them all.
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Specification 120mm x 175mm 30 perforated postcards full colour postcards two colour backs £5.99 (exc. VAT £4.99) Stationery
Chickens ISBN: 978-1-907332-23-4 Cows ISBN: 978-1-907332-10-4 Ducks ISBN: 978-1-907332-54-8 Pigs ISBN: 978-1-907332-12-8 Rabbits ISBN: 978-1-907332-53-1 Sheep ISBN: 978-1-907332-11-1
A Fitness Journal for Gentlemen
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This handsome journal showcases exercises that are ideally suited to the modern gent who may have neither the time nor the inclination to disrobe when he takes his exercise. It also includes inspirational quotes from some of the leading thinkers of the past and from Alfred Olsen, MD, and Ellsworth Olsen, MD, the fathers of fitness for gentlemen.
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Specification 197mm x 137mm 192 pages 145 pictures one colour throughout
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hardback with ribbon marker ISBN: 978-1-907332-16-6 £7.99 Stationery
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The Culture Vulture’s Record Book Culture vultures everywhere will find this journal incredibly handy to carry around. It features timelines plotting the history of art, theatre, literature, film and music from ancient times to the modern day, and information boxes full of interesting facts and details about famous names and works from the past.
Specification 197mm x 137mm 192 pages 205 pictures full colour throughout
hardback with back cover pocket and ribbon marker ISBN: 978-1-907332-18-0 £7.99 Stationery
A Gentleman’s Puzzler Companion It is all too easy for an active, healthy young man to let his mind wander into impure ways of thinking, especially after vigorous exercise. This puzzle book contains over 100 puzzles guaranteed to occupy all possible space in the young male cerebellum. The answers are at the back but we would suggest that none of our respected readers ever stoop so low as to look at them.
Specification 152mm x 101mm 128 pages 300 pictures two colour throughout
hardback with bellyband and elasticated bookmark ISBN: 978-1-907332-34-0 £6.99 Stationery
Fiendish Word Puzzles Other puzzle books may claim to be fiendish, but this set of verbal challenges is the real McCoy; a seriously demoniacal product, personally tested by Nicholas D. Satan. Over 100 puzzles include crosswords, anagrams, soundalikes, wordchains and other diabolical enigmas. The answers are at the back, because we don’t really want you to spend your days in eternal torment. Not just yet.
Specification 152mm x 101mm 128 pages 300 pictures two colour throughout
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hardback with bellyband and elasticated bookmark ISBN: 978-1-907332-33-3 £6.99 Stationery
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My Manga Journal
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This colourful journal makes the perfect gift for manga lovers. Packed with illustrations of all sorts of people and creatures, it also features line artwork that the journal keeper can colour in. It has a plastic cover to help to protect it for years to come and a pocket for keeping sketches, cuttings and other scraps for future inspiration.
Specification 197mm x 137mm 192 pages, 100 pictures full colour throughout semi-concealed wirobound
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clear plastic cover with back cover pocket and elastic fastener ISBN: 978-1-907332-17-3 £7.99 Stationery
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The Pregnancy Puzzle Book
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This is the first puzzle book designed to accompany you from conception to delivery, taking into account the inevitable lapses in attention that are the result of Mother Nature. The Pregnancy Puzzle Book has been graded and themed to suit every stage of pregnancy; all the puzzles are helpfully slanted towards the childbearing theme and accompanied by top pregnancy tips.
puzzle book Graded gamestoto Graded games get the getyou you through through the whole months wholenine nine months
Specification 152mm x 101mm 128 pages 300 pictures two colour throughout
hardback with bellyband and elasticated bookmark ISBN: 978-1-907332-32-6 £6.99 Stationery
Spot the Dog Spot the Dog brings style and wit, in this case canine, to a classic genre. There are 101 visual puzzles (a potent number on planet dog) of various levels of difficulty so that all the family (including the dog) can play. The answers are at the back; we trust you are well-trained enough not to go sniffing them out, but do reward yourself with a biscuit for every one you get right.
Specification 203mm x 127mm 128 pages 875 pictures full colour throughout
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paperback ISBN: 978-1-907332-35-7 £6.99 Stationery
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