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ART & DESIGN Chronology of Fashion, The 6 Chronology of Pattern, The 7 How to Build a Cathedral 8 How to Read Bridges 9 How to Read New York 10 How to Read… series 11 GENERAL REFERENCE Geometry of Pattern, The 12 Atlas of Energy, The 13 Atlas of Languages, The 14 Atlas of Money, The 15 30-Second Anatomy 16 30-Second Math 17 30-Second Mythology 18 30-Second… series 19 3-Minute Einstein 20 3-Minute Hawking 21 Bread: A Life 22 Coffee: A Life 23 Castles 24 Sea Monsters 25 Golf Science 26 Cycling Science 27 How Much Pi in a Pizza? 28

NATURAL HISTORY Field Notes on Fungi 29 Book of Eggs, The 30 Book of… series, The 31 MINDFULNESS & LIFESTYLE Mindfulness & the Art of Managing Anger 32 Happiness and How it Happens 33 Heart of Mindful Relationships, The 34 Seeking Silence in a Noisy World 35 Mindfulness for Black Dogs & Blue Days 36 Mindfulness series 37 Art of Urban Living, The 38 Small World, Big Ideas 39 FOOD & DRINK Life & Soul 40 10,000 Cupcakes 41 Home Candy Store 42 Whoopie Book & Baking Kit, The 43 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Fiona Goble’s Farmyard 44 Fiona Goble’s Fairy Tales 45 `Twas the Knits Before Christmas 46 Twelve Knits of Christmas, The 47 Noah’s Knits 48 Pompom Pals 49 Steampunk Accessories 50 Sweat Shop – The Book 51

Just Published Beaded Bugs 52 Paper London 53 Whittling 54 Zodiac Felties 55

ART & DESIGN

CRAFTS & HOBBIES

Buildings Without Architects 74

Cat’s Cradle 76

PETS Play With Your Dog 56

Potted History of Fruit, A 74

Knitivity 76

Potted History of Vegetables, A 74

Knit Your Own Royal Wedding 76

POPULAR CULTURE Titanic Love Stories 57 pride@prejudice.com 58 What Would Jane Do? 59 10,000 Zombies 60 Filming the Undead 61 Moriarty Papers, The 62 Sex, Sex, Sex 63

NATURAL HISTORY Avian Architecture 74

GENERAL REFERENCE Bulletproof Feathers 74 How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale? 74 Saint for All Reasons, A 74 Tweetonomics 74 MINDFULNESS & LIFESTYLE

Gourmet Crochet 76 King Size Towel Origami 76

Paper Kites 77 Paper New York 77 Steampunk Softies 77 Wacky Baby Knits 77 Zombie Felties 77 POPULAR CULTURE

Crystal Prosperity 75

50 Tricks to Teach Your Dog 77

GIFT Nautical Knot Pack, The 64 Beautiful Ducks 65 Beautiful Rabbits 66 Beautiful Pigeons 67 Beautiful Tractors 68 Beautiful series 69

Dreams & Nightmares 75

Cannabis Trips 77

Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes 75

Sherlock Holmes School of Self-

HOME & GARDEN

STATIONERY Beautiful Journals 70 Beautiful Farmyard 70 Beautiful Wall Calendars 2012 71 Beautiful Notecard Sets 72 Beautiful Postcard Books 73

Gentleman’s Puzzler Companion, A 78

How to Plant a Tree 75

Pregnancy Puzzle Book, The 78

FOOD & DRINK

Spot the Dog 78

Love Bakery 76

Culture Vulture’s Record Book, The 78

Whoopies! 76

Fitness Journal for Gentlemen, A 78

Zombie Cupcakes 76

My Manga Journal 78

Joy of Mindful Sex, The 75 SeedBombs 75 SeedBombs for Bees/Butterflies 75 Sleep Manual 75

Defence, The 77 Original Vampire Diaries, The 78 STATIONERY Fiendish Word Puzzles 78

6 Art & Design

Spring 2011

The Chronology of Fashion From empire dress to ethical design

Nails defining fashion moments from the Georgians to date

The Chronology of Fashion focuses on those points when a style of suit or dress, hat or handbag, cut of hair or cloth—or indeed entire look—came to pinpoint its moment in time or radiate out to express its entire era. Proceeding with strict chronology, each spread takes a distinct fashion item, be it a high heel or a low skirt, and displays it in contemporary images.

N. J. Stevenson is an alumna of the London College of Fashion. She specialized in vintage, before gaining an M.A. in fashion curation.

Pulls the look together with design sketches, swatches, illustration and photography

A catwalk chronology of iconic creations and creators

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Fall 2011

The Chronology of Pattern Pattern in art, from lotus flower to flower power The Chronology of Pattern is a vivid history of patterns of a variety of forms, from the ancient Egyptian lotus flower through to flower power of the Sixties. Architectural, painted, and engraved patterns are presented alongside more typical textile examples.

Diana Newall completed her doctoral studies at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She co-authored the undergraduate primer Art History: The Basics.

Christina Unwin graduated in archaeology at University College London and has worked at the Museum of London.

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Patterns sourced from all media, including textiles, ceramics, fine art, and architecture

Motifs extracted and magnified for easy reading

Compares and contrasts patterns from different eras, places, and cultures

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Fall 2012

How to Build a Cathedral Constructing the story of a medieval masterpiece

HOW TO BUILD A

Denis McNamara

Takes you from cathedral ground plan to spire

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Medieval construction techniques clearly illustrated and explained

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CATHEDRAL Constructing the story of a medieval masterpiece Malcom Hislop

How to Build a Cathedral is an illuminating portrait of the medieval architect. Illustrated throughout with engravings, it looks at each element of the structure, explaining the construction and methods used. Gatefold pages offer a detailed snapshot of the evolution of the building and a 16-page color section allows the appreciation of stained glass and decorative elements.

Malcolm Hislop is a research fellow in Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.

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Spring 2012

How to Read Bridges A crash course spanning the centuries How to Read Bridges is a world tour of the greatest bridge engineering, offering an illuminating overview of man-made structures that affords a better appreciation of their variety and ingenuity.

Each bridge features a dramatic photograph alongside detailed annotated illustrations, so the reader can identify themes and features.

Edward Denison is a heritage consultant and writer specializing in architectural and urban history.

Every kind of bridge from arched to truss, and brick to stone

Mark Whitby is a tutor at the Cambridge University School of Architecture.

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Spans bridges ancient and modern, from all over the world

Detailed cross sections explaining key engineering techniques

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Spring 2012

How to Read New York A crash course in Big Apple architecture

Keynote Big Apple building styles identified

How to Read New York looks at the main architectural styles that have contributed to one of the most famous cityscapes in the world. For each building, architectural summaries are followed by “I-Spy” guides to help you find and identify the most intriguing details. Travelers and citizens alike will discover the tools to appreciate the architectural themes and motifs of a unique city.

Will Jones is an architectural writer and former construction professional whose books include Architects’ Sketchbooks (Thames & Hudson).

Detailed focus on each iconic edifice

Engaging interactive “I-Spy” style guides

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A crash course in understanding styles

A crash course in Christian architecture

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ow to Read Churches is a pocket primer for decoding the structure Fiona Ffoulkes has worked in fashion and costume and purpose of ecclesiastical buildings. It traces the development of design for the past 30 years, including 15 years as a church architecture from the simple stone halls of the Anglo-Saxon period stylist for BBC and ITV. She has lectured in textiles and via the ornate passion of medieval gothic cathedrals to the eclectic range fashion at St Martins College of Art & Design and at of the 19th century. Adopting a strictly visual approach, this accessible the American University in Paris. Fiona is continuing guide uses exquisite engravings and authoritative text to: research into the history of the French luxury clothing industry and has contributed to several publications, ■ cover all types of Western Christian ecclesiastical building—churches, including Consumers and Luxury: Consumer Culture in cathedrals, chapels, abbeys, and monasteries.

Europe 1650–1850 (1999).

■ provide the context for building styles, materials, and motifs and to identify the separate architectural elements, interior organization, and ornament of some of the most exalted buildings in the Western world.

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show the reader how to search for the visual clues that tell the story of ecclesiastical buildings: the messages they convey and their spiritual connection between heaven and earth.

ow to Read Fashion is a practical introduction to looking at the key fashion trends of the past 200 years and how they relate to contemporary styles. Small enough to carry in your pocket and serious enough to provide real answers, this comprehensive guide:

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explores the major fashion trends thematically, including accessories, hair styles and make-up. decodes references to past fashions and identifies recurring styles, materials and techniques. examines the enduring appeal of such significant designers and brands as Rose Bertin, Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.

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his handy volume is a guide to appreciating Western Christian ecclesiastical buildings. Almost all architectural features can be understood in relation to how a church stands up and what its builders wanted it to say. The logic of structure is taken to extremes by church architects, sending stone skyward as a lacy steeple or curved dome. Since churches have a spiritual message to convey, they are often adorned with non-structural elements and exquisitely decorated. This expertly written guide enables anyone who loves visiting churches to understand and marvel at some of the greatest expressions of human achievement in the land.

How to Read Churches begins with an overview of building types, styles, and materials. Succeeding chapters look at individual architectural elements and consider their variety through the ages and in different locations.

The final sections are devoted to glass, ornament, and symbols. Addressing a wealth of ecclesiastical and architectural fact and detail, this richly informative volume reveals the elevated, glorified condition of creation that church builders intended.

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Both dip-in reference and stylish resource, How to Read Fashion will equip you with the visual vocabulary to understand, investigate and interpret styles.

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A crash course in interpreting the great outdoors

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his informative and handy volume provides a concise, accessible guide to the wonderful variety of landscapes to be found all around us. Every landform contains clues that give fascinating insights into how and why a particular area developed over the ages into the landscape we see today.

Beginning with an expert introduction to geological timescale, plate tectonics and landforms, each chapter then presents a series of classic landforms and features, from uplands, lowlands and coasts, to glaciated landscapes and deserts, and uses beautiful full-colour progressive illustrations to demonstrate their origin and development.

Accompanying photographs show some of the finest examples of each landform from around the world.

Authoritative but accessible, this handbook will engage anyone who has ever been inspired by the landscape and wondered about its origin and history. In short, it will change the way you look at the world.

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ow to Read the Landscape is a practical introduction to looking at and appreciating different landforms around us. It is an invaluable guide to reading and interpreting the clues embedded in the landscapes we see. Small enough to carry in your pocket and serious enough to provide real answers, this comprehensive guide:

How to Read Fashion identifies the main fashion trends of the past 200 years and shows how they relate to contemporary styles. From Neo-Classical to Gothic, Empire to Punk, Military, and Designer Branding, the defining characteristics of each ‘look’ are explained.

Chapters on techniques and materials give additional technical grounding. The book then shows how all of these are applied in the world of men’s and women’s fashions, including formal, casual and leisure wear, as well as accessories, jewellery, hair styles and make-up.

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ashion is all around us, and few of us are unaffected by it. Yet how many people know the origins of the little black dress, or the bowler hat, or the ladies trouser suit? How many people can pin down the famous brand of leather jacket Marlon Brando wore in The Wild One, or why the Chanel bag is known as the 2:55 bag?

Handy pocketsized guides packed with all you need to know

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SYMBOLS

A crash course in the meaning of symbols in art

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SYMBOLS The How to Read... series provides a set of practical, travel-sized T primers that take a strictly visual approach to art and architecture.

A crash course in the meaning of symbols in art

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Authoritative but accessible, this handbook will appeal to anyone who has ever been intrigued by the meaning and style of an Egyptian ankh, an exquisite Hindu mandala or a magical pentagram.

Clare Gibson

A wealth of subjects covered so far... with more to follow

his information-packed volume provides an accessible guide to the archetypal symbols used in the art and design of different cultures. By taking a regional approach, it not only explores the origins and meaning of each symbol, but also invites the reader to appreciate the artistic style of symbols within cultures and to cross-reference them to the style of similar motifs elsewhere in the world.

Beginning with an introduction to symbolism and its use in art, the book then explores the depiction of symbols continent by continent. Each chapter shares the same thematic approach, enabling the reader to compare regional approaches to representing sacred figures, identity, symbolic systems and allegory.

Beautiful colour photographs set the symbols in context, and illustrations enable the reader to visualise everything from Egyptian hieroglyphs to Western heraldry.

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Fall 2012

The Geometry of Pattern The math + method of constructing pattern

The math and method behind pattern revealed

Pattern and symmetry are key to the creation of truly effective designs. Creating unique and compelling patterns requires a simple understanding of the symmetries at the heart of such designs. The Geometry of Pattern breaks down pattern into different categories and enumerates the possibilities in each based on the mathematical symmetries involved.

Robert W. Fathauer holds a doctorate in Engineering from Cornell University and is a researcher at NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena.

Two-color scheme clarifies underlying organization

Indispensable addition to any artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toolkit

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Fall 2012

The Atlas of Energy Mapping the world’s energy resources The ATlAs of eNeRGY

The Atlas of Energy maps out the energy sources of the planet. It explores the energy-rich regions of the world and shows why they aren’t the wealthiest; addresses the geopolitics of energy; and maps the places with most potential for alternative energy. Includes an animated weblink.

Consultant Editors: Stephen J Stretton,Stephen Pilditch & Ben Kenney

Stephen J. Stretton is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, working on climate, energy, and fiscal policy.

The ATlAs of eNeRGY Mapping the world’s energy resources Consultant Editors: Stephen J Stretton, Stephen Pilditch & Ben Kenney

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Past, present, and future energy mapped and explained

Special focus on climate change and energy solutions

Maps places with most potential for alternative energy

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Spring 2013

The Atlas of Languages Mapping language around the globe

Consultant Editor: Peter K Austin

Links language with social and political development around the world

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Maps diversity and evolution of the world’s languages

The Atlas of Languages shows the flux and flow of languages, from the inexorable spread of Spanish and English to the discreet growth of minority languages like Afrikaans and Hebrew.

There are specialized orthographical maps, and the status of extinct and endangered languages is illustrated, as is the growth of sign languages.

An accompanying weblink has audio samples of endangered and extinct tongues.

With interactive CD-Rom

Christopher Moseley is a Teaching Fellow in Latvian who has edited works for UNESCO and Routledge.

The ATlAs of lAnguAges Mapping language around the globe Consultant Editor: Christopher Moseley

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The Basque language is currently spoken by about 1 million people (about one-third of the Basque population) as a first or second language.

Due to the mountainous nature of the region there are a number of dialects, not all of which are mutually intelligible. There is a standard form of the language (Euskara batua) that is taught in school and promoted by the Basque regional government.

Main migrations are The map shows how the two word-forms for “tea” were dispersed along three distinct trade routes. The origins of language, and the cultural relation to trade, are beautifully clear in this example. The word for tea is pronounced differently in each of China’s main teaexporting centers, making it possible to trace the progress of word-forms around the world from three sources.

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The Basque country has been continuously occupied since paleolithic times. Genetically, Basques are quite different from their Iberian and French neighbors. Speakers of Basque used to be located over a much larger region in northern Spain, but the area where the language is spoken has been shrinking over the past 2,000 years under pressure first from Latin, and later from French and Spanish.

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The English word “tea” has diffused into the languages of Britain’s former colonies, such as Hausa in Nigeria (“tii”) or Warlpiri in central Australia (“tii”). Notice too that colloquial British English has “char” (as in a “cuppa char”), showing evidence of both versions.

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There are two common words for tea that occur in the world’s languages: a form like English “tea” and a form like Russian “chai.” Both come from China, but they originate in different parts of the country where different types of Chinese are spoken. Minnan Chinese, spoken in Fujian province and Taiwan, has “te”, while others such as Cantonese and Mandarin have “cha.” Dutch traders, who were the original European tea merchants, had their main contacts with the city of Amoy (now Xiamen) in Fujian province and so borrowed “thee” as their word for tea. It was this word that then spread to most European languages, including English, French, and German. The tea trade in Europe was controlled by the Portuguese in the 16th century. Their trade was based in southern China where Cantonese is spoken, and so the Portuguese term is “cha.” Tea was also exported from China via an overland route into central Asia and eastern Euope so languages in this region have a word like “chai”, as in Russian and Turkish.

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Across the world, languages have borrowed words from one another, especially where communities of speakers have been in contact for trade and other forms of exchange. Often a borrowed word will be passed from one language to another, with or without a change in form or meaning, and so it is possible for us to map the movement and historical spread of words across the world.

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The Atlas of Money Mapping the evolution of economics The ATlAs of Money

For millennia, people used objects as a means of payment: from amber to beads, salt to feathers.

Once coinage was introduced by the Ancient Greeks, it spread within a few hundred years to most parts of the world.The Atlas of Money charts both the history and the politics of money, exploring the chronological progress with maps depicting the spreading influence of currencies such as the pound, the dollar, and the yuan.

Consultant Editor: Dr Jane Pollard

Maps today’s most hotly debated subject

Gordon L. Clark and Dariusz Wójcik are fellows in the School of Geography at St. Peter’s College, Oxford.

The ATlAs of Money Mapping the evolution of economics Consultant Editors: Gordon L.Clark and Dariusz Wójcik

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The history and future of money and its flow around the globe

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Charts the impact of economics on the real world

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30-Second Anatomy The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body, each explained in half a minute

30 - SECOND ANATOMY

The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body each explained in half a minute

The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body each explained in half a minute

Instant guide to the body’s structures and systems

30- SECOND ANATOMY

30-Second Anatomy offers you an instant diagnosis of how your body works. Whether you’re a medical or biology student, an artist, a body worker, or simply want to know what your doctor is talking about when he mentions your humerus, this is the quickest way to get beneath your own skin.

Dissecting the workings of everything from your heart to your brain into 30-second summaries, this is the most fun way to understand the basic mechanics and systems that are you.

Editor Brendan Joseph

Brendan Joseph is a Professor of human anatomy and author of several popular books on anatomy.

The quickest way to get under your own skin

Author Brendan Joseph

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A must-have for medical students and artists

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The large deltoid muscle is considered to have part of its body in the anterior compartment. This muscle is the main abductor muscle of the upper limb and extends over the shoulder.

The brachioradialis muscle originates in the arm but inserts into the forearm. This muscle is responsible for rotating the hand so its palm faces forward (supination).

THE ARM the 30-second anatomy In anatomical usage the term 3-SECOND THRASH

In human anatomy, the arm is the part of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow joints. In other animals, the term arm can also be used for analogous structures.

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The humerus is the bone of the arm. It joins with the scapula above in the shoulder at the glenohumeral joint and with the ulna and radius below at the elbow. The elbow joint is the hinge joint between the distal end of the humerus and the proximal ends of the radius and ulna. The humerus cannot be broken easily. Its strength allows it to handle loading up to 300 pounds (140 kg).

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arm refers specifically to the segment between the shoulder and the elbow, while the segment between the elbow and wrist is the forearm.

However, in common, literary, and historical usage, arm refers to the entire upper limb from shoulder to wrist. This article uses the former definition; see upper limb for the wider definition.

In primates the arm is adapted for precise positioning of the hand and thus assist in the hand’s manipulative tasks. The ball and socket shoulder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the structure of the two forearm bones which can rotate around each other allows for additional range of motion at that level.

The main artery in the arm is the brachial artery.

This artery is a continuation of the axillary artery. The point at which the axillary becomes the brachial is distal to the lower border of teres major. The brachial artery gives off an important branch, the profunda brachii (deep artery of the arm). This branching occurs just below the lower border of teres major.

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THE HUMAN BRAIN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

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Cognitive The humanpsychology brain is thetreats center

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The human brain is the hardware and the mind is software a vast thethe software ofof a vast biological computer.

Everything we do is information processing.

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The arm is divided by a fascial layer separating the muscles into two osteofascial compartments: the anterior and the posterior compartments of the arm.

Superior, Middle, Inferior frontal gyrus: in reference to the frontal lobe Precentral and Postcentral sulcus: in reference to the central sulcus Trans-occipital sulcus: in reference to the occipital .

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The brain is very soft, Cognitive psychology having consistency was so asuccessful that, similar to soft gelatin at the end of the 20th or soft tofu. century, mostDespite research being referredcalled to as “grey psychologists matter,” the“cognitive live cortex is themselves pinkish-beige in However, color and psychologists.” slightly off-white in thethat it depends on the idea interior. the age of 20, the brainAt works by building acomplex man hasrepresentations around 176,000 km andworld. a woman of the Thisabout 149,000 myelinated emphasiskm onof the brain has axons in their now begun to brains. give way to “enactive” theories that take much more account of the rest of our bodies and of our dynamic interactions with the world around us.

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human of the human beings nervous as information-processing system. Enclosed in the cranium, systems, and the studies human howbrain we think, has the perceive, same learn, and general structure remember. as that Theofword other cognitive mammals, comes fromisthe but overLatin three word times meaning larger than “to think”; the brain andofthe aterm typical “cognitive mammal psychology” with an equivalent was coined body bysize.

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The cerebral hemispheres form the largest part of the human brain and are situated above most other brain structures.

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30-Second Math The 50 most mind-expanding theories in mathematics, each explained in half a minute Most of us would confess to having a touch of dyscalculia (an inability to get to grips with numbers). So, how best to get our figures in trim?

30-Second Math is here to bring you up to speed.

It strips down the 50 most engaging math theories to a mere 200 words and one picture, ranging through the history of numbers from Pythagoras to Game Theory and beyond.

Complicated theorems, conjectures, hypotheses and concepts simply explained

Richard Brown is Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

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30-Second Mythology The 50 most important classical myths, monsters, heroes and gods, each explained in half a minute

A handy rough guide to Olympus and Parnassus

A working knowledge of classical mythology offers instant kudos. Odyssey through these fifty 30-second legends to discover what Hercules did to deserve his 12 labors, why Odysseus took ten years to travel 500 miles, and how Narcissus found the love of his life. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s before we get on to the gods.

Robert A. Segal is Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is a leading authority on approaches to myth and is the author of Myth: A Very Short Introduction and Theorizing About Myth.

Covers gods, myths, and mortals

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The 50 most important theories or concepts of anything, explained without the jargon

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3-Minute Einstein Digesting his life, theories, and influence in 3-minute morsels

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3-Minute Hawking Digesting his life, theories, and influence in 3-minute morsels Celebrating his 70th birthday in January 2012, Professor Hawking is one of the great geniuses of our time, but how much do we really know about him and his work? His intellect and enthusiasm is undimmed by motor neurone disease, his work on gravitational singularities (black holes), the nature of time, and the attempt to reconcile quantum mechanics with Einstein’s general relativity is genuinely brain-bending. We are proud that we have condensed it into 3 minute chunks.

Paul Parsons is a science writer who has long been fascinated by the theories and ideas of quantum physics.

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Bread: A Life Six thousand years in the making

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Rosa Peake lectures in food history and has contributed to bread websites and blogs.

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Complements the rise of artisanal baking and real bread

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Chews over the cultural significance of bread in human history

Bread was the staple of the ancient world. Bread brought down the empires of Rome and Napoleon.

Bread was the key to the Northâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory in the U.S. Civil War. Presented in thematic chapters, with historical recipes, Bread: A Life is a social history with bread as the central character.

Six thousand years in the making ROSA PEAKE

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Coffee: A Life The cup that kick-started the modern world Balzac famously drank sixty cups a day, bringing him thrillingly near to a lethal dose, and sales are worth some US $55 billion annually.

But for all its celebrated pleasures, coffee’s life story involves greed, corruption, and exploitation.

Coffee: A Life is presented in thematic chapters, and interspersed with historical recipes. It demonstrates the influence of the cup that kickstarted so many aspects of the modern world.

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Robert Biderman is founder of one of the very first websites devoted to the culture, history, and connoisseurship of coffee.

The cup that kick-started the modern world RO B E RT B I D E R M A N

Coffee: A Life

The OTTOMANS Coffee and coffeehouses were well established in the Levant before coming to Istanbul. Spreading north from Egypt up through Syria, by the mid-sixteenth century coffeehouses had become the most important institutions of social intercourse. Unlike the degenerate pits described by some writers, the coffeehouses in cosmopolitan centers of the Levant, like Damascus, were luxurious—consciously modeled on the Arabic vision of Paradise. Many of them were situated by parks and rivers and had a relaxing, garden-like atmosphere. Inside, there were plants and sometimes even ornate fountains. Customers would sit on benches and divans that lined the walls. Outside, there were seats for those who wanted to drink in the cool of the breeze and, like habitués of the modern metropolitan café, watch the passers-by.

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By the seventeenth century the consumption of coffee in Turkey had become an economic force to be reckoned with. It was soon so prevalent a drink that the Grand Viziers used part of their fortunes to build ornate coffeehouses, rented them out, and watched their earnings soar. Women used the withholding of coffee by their husbands as a legal excuse to sue for divorce. And wealthy agas, when they were feeling especially benevolent, would order that a pot of coffee be brewed to fill up the begging bowls held in the trembling hands of the caffeine-starved Coffee: A Life dervishes who waited, restlessly, outside their houses.

In 1638 a comprehensive survey of Istanbul was begun in order to try and disentangle the complex infrastructure that had become an organizational nightmare for the new sultan, Murad IV. The result gives a fascinating insight into the melange of competitive forces that radiated from the administrative center of the Ottoman world. What stands out, strikingly, is its enormous diversity: the cultural, ethnic, and religious make-up of Istanbul in the seventeenth century shows it to be one of the most cosmopolitan cities on earth. Though the ultimate authority was A thousand years ago in the highlands of Abyssinia—the country we firmly in Muslim hands, the population itself was a heady mix of almost now call Ethiopia—a young goatherd was looking after his flock. It was everything the contemporary world had to offer. According to the survey, a warm summer’s eve and the goatherd, whose name was Kaldi, lay on the city was divided into more than 2000 separate quarters which the soft grass looking up at the sky, staring out into the endless blue. included Jews, Greeks, Armenians, and Franks (a collective term used And he dreamed a dream, a fantastic dream, that he, a simple goatherd back then for Europeans). from a place so far away from anywhere that few had ever heard of it, would live forever in fable and in song.

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Explores the social history and significance of one of the world’s most valuable commodities

Blissful Beginnings

brane—before finally you reach the bean itself, the endosperm. And how do you decide which part to use? If you choose the nut, what then? Do you eat it raw? Do you boil it, bake it, or fry it in a pan?

For many hundreds of years the answer seemed to be to grind the whole thing up, mix it with oil or grease, and spread it on something, as one would do with butter. Except this was butter with a kick. It was, historians of commodities believe, used by nomadic tribes to help them go that extra mile when things were especially difficult—giving them a little boost when they were running on empty. But there is also evidence of something more sinister.

Stories emerged of a trail of tears lined with coffee trees leading through Kenya along the route where the slavers took their human cargo. The berries may have been used, some think, to keep those half-starved captives conscious enough to complete their hellish journey.

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t was at that very moment that a strange vision appeared to him: a goat that had been nibbling at the ripe, red berries from one of those mysterious Antoine Galland, a professor of Arabic in Paris and one of the early writers trees that had grown on the hilltop since time began (or, at least, as far back on the subject of coffee, talked about witnessing an amazing procession of as memory allowed) suddenly stood on its hind legs and started to dance. the Istanbul coffee guilds late in the seventeenth century. Of the cavegis— Then another did the same; then another and another, until the entire herd the coffee porters—he wrote: “these were all strong and robust men, each was dancing. And they danced and danced till the arrival of dusk; and still carrying a large and heavy iron pestle on his shoulder, a cart pulled behind they danced as the summer’s light faded to a sepia moon… them carried two or three men who were cooking coffee and others who Beginnings, of course, are always shrouded in mystery. Whether the coffee were grinding coffee in marble mortars […] it was the most beautiful berry was first observed to have been eaten by a goat or—more likely—a monkey is impossible to guess. As far as natural science can determine, Coffea arabica, the original coffee plant, is native to the Ethiopian highlands and 23 grew wild there for a very long time before it was actually put to use. But what was that use? The coffee tree (botanists claim it’s actually a bush) doesn’t have a sign on it saying “drink me,” with instructions on how to do it. In fact, the fruit of the coffee tree, the berry, wherein the bean (or seed) resides, is a triumph of vegetal complexity. To get to the beans—there are normally two inside each cherry—you need to go through five layers: first the outer skin, then a layer of mucilaginous pulp, then a layer of pectin, then the parchment hull, then what’s called the “silver skin”—a very tough protective mem12

above A young woman conducts the traditional coffee ceremony in Lalibela, Wollo, Ethiopia. The climate in the highlands produces the ideal warmth and moisture for the flourishing of the coffee plant.

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Castles A global history of fortified structures

New architectural approach to an ever-popular subject

Castles takes a unique approach to deconstructing all forms of fortification, showing how the architect, stonemason, and engineer evolved to repel the destructive power of artillery. Using engravings, punctuated by “anatomies” and featuring crossreference panels, this book provides both a fascinating narrative and an essential visual reference for the general and military historian.

Charles Stephenson is a published military historian, whose books include Germany’s Asia-Pacific Empire: Colonialism & Naval Policy 1885–1914 (2009).

Everything from Jericho to 19th-century military installations

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Sea Monsters The lore and legacy of Olaus Magnus’s marine map Olaus Magnus’s 1539 Carta Marina can be considered the major source of Renaissance sea monster iconography. Sea Monsters introduces readers to Magnus’s fantastic sea beasts. Each creature is introduced by its historical narrative, bursting forth in full-bleed art before its meaning and influence are discussed.

Expert guide to Magnus’s Magnum Opus

Joseph Nigg is a leading expert on fantastical animals, and his books have garnered multiple awards.

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Golf Science The math and science of 18 black holes

Explains the math behind the ball, the club, the course, and the player

Golf is perhaps the most complicated simple game ever invented; each shot involves elements of biomechanics, aerodynamics, ballistics, materials science, probability, even meteorology. In Golf Science each chapter investigates a different area of physics and is organized around a series of questions. Each question is investigated using explanatory diagrams, illustrations, and graphs.

Rory McDowell lectures in sports science, specializing in using scientific theory to achieve maximum effect.

Shows how to analyze and improve technique and performance

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Cycling Science The math and science of cogs, wheels, and chain reactions cycling science

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Cycling can represent sporting drama, environmental awareness, practical mobility, an escape to nature, and a fitness aid. Cycling Science investigates the scientific wonders that keep the cyclist in the saddle. Each chapter investigates a different area of physics or technology. This is the ultimate accessory for any cyclist wishing to understand their craft.

Explains the science behind the cycle, the cyclist, his kit, and the course

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How Much Pi in a Pizza?

Simple mathematics to save your life

Simple solutions to everyday math challenges

Are two 8-inch pizzas better value than one 12-inch pizza? And how much paint do you need to cover your living room wall? How Much Pi in a Pizza? presents easy-to-understand solutions to all these problems and many more. Designed for anyone with a morbid fear of math, it uses engaging graphics to walk through simple methods for solving problems you might encounter in everyday life.

Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick Mathematics Institute.

Shows you how practical math can make your life easier

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Field Notes on Fungi The art & science of classifying, collecting, & cultivating Field notes on Fungi

Field Notes on Fungi blends the most beautiful and informative nineteenth-century artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studies of selected fungi with a modern, notebook text. The result is a delightful introduction to every family of fungi and a practical guide to cultivating and cooking the edible varieties. It introduces 30 of the most important fungi, including those best-suited to growing and eating, before discovering a dozen cultivation techniques and ways to cook them.

Lorraine Harrison

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Lorraine Harrison is a successful gardener and gardening writer. Her previous titles are How to Read Gardens and The Shaker Book of the Garden.

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The Book of Eggs A lifesize guide to six hundred of the world’s bird’s eggs

Mark E. Hauber is associate professor at the department of psychology, Hunter College, New York.

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Mindfulness & the Art of Managing Anger Meditations on clearing the red mist

How to tame your anger and use its energy positively

Mindfulness & the Art of Managing Anger Meditations on Clearing the Red Mist

An expert author with personal experience of the red mist

Mike Fisher Timely exploration of an issue on the rise in an ever more stressful world

Mindfulness & the Art of Managing Anger explores the powerful emotion of toxic angerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what it is, why we experience it, and how we can learn to control its destructive power through the very nature of mindfulness. Fusing Western and Buddhist thought, frank personal anecdotes reveal how we can all clear the red mist for peaceful wellbeing.

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Happiness and How it Happens Finding contentment through mindfulness 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.

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.

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The Heart of Mindful Relationships Meditations on togetherness

How to reach true intimacy and togetherness in your relationship

The Heart of Mindful Relationships Meditations on Togetherness

Practical exercises to enhance compassionate communication

Maria Arpa Techniques to get you through the bad times and make the good times better

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Seeking Silence in a Noisy World The art of mindful solitude

Seeking Silence in a Noisy World

Seeking Silence in a Noisy World explores our existential search for mindful solitude. It examines the creative power of silence as a source of inner strength and self-knowledge and shows us how we can all find moments of soothing peace to nourish our spirits in an increasingly chaotic world.

Seeking Silence in a Noisy World

Adam Ford was formerly Priest-in-Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen at the Chapel Royal, and is also author of The Art of Mindful Walking.

Celebrates the power of silence to heal the spirit

The Art of Mindful Solitude

Contemplation exercises to help you reach thoughtful solitude

Adam Ford

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Mindfulness for Black Dogs & Blue Days Finding a path through depression

How to acknowledge, train, and control your black dog

Sensitive yet practical approach to an experience shared by one in five of us

Offer a natural healing alternative to conventional treatments

Mindfulness for Black Dogs & Blue Days 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 —and how the art and practice of mindfulness can help to train and mind that faithful companion.

Richard Gilpin is a counselor, cognitive behavioral psychotherapist, and mindfulness instructor. He has an MA in Buddhist Studies and is co-founder of the Bodhi Garden in Brighton, England.

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Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping

The Art of Mindful Gardening

The Art of Mindful Gardening

Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping explores the remarkable role bees play in keeping wildlife thriving and 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 you to experience the simple pleasure of the natural world.

Sowing the Seeds of Meditation

Meditation and the Art of Beekeeping The Way to Bee

Mark Magill

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Ark Redwood

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The Mindfulness Diet

Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens explores the rewarding, entertaining and enlightening art of keeping chickens in an urban or suburban garden. Chickens slow us down and ground us.This book demonstrates how raising chickens can be fitted into a busy lifestyle, and why doing so Usingjoys Mindful helps keep us sane and focused on the simpler of life. Techniques to Heal

Your Relationship with Food

Madonna Gauding

Madonna Gauding

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Expert authors with personal experience to share

Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens

The Mindfulness Diet

The Mindfulness Budget

The Mindfulness Budget

Mindfulness is a technique of focused awareness that has its roots in Buddhism. It makes the present moment vividly 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 mindfulness techniques with the goal of bringing Using Mindful Techniques to Improve awareness and healing to your relationshipYour with food.

Financial Health

Combines meditative insights with practical teachings and focused exercises

Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens The Way of Hen

Helps find peaceful and productive wellbeing in an increasingly chaotic world

Clea Danaan

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Mindfulness... series In these beautifully presented volumes, expert authors explore this increasingly popular approach for peaceful wellbeing, showing readers how they too can nourish their spirit, find self-knowledge and bring mindfulness into their lives.

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The Art of Urban Living Mindfulness in the city

The Art of

Focuses on the positives of city living

Shows you how to clear a personal space in the urban jungle

Urban Living Mindfulness in the City

Adam Ford

Over half of the world already live in cities, and by 2050, this will have risen to three-quarters of the global population. The Art of Urban Living takes the reader on a mindful journey through the city, taking in the historical, cultural, and philosophical realities of universal city life. Exploring hidden highlights from community projects to urban wildlife, this book shows how the workings of the city machine form a rich and vibrant backdrop to the towndweller’s individual adventure.

Adam Ford is an ordained Anglican priest, now retired.

He has an MA in Indian religions, and regularly lectures on Buddhism, Hinduism, and astronomy.

Specification 209mm x 156mm, 176pp, 2x2, hb, est. 45,000 words Practical tips on how to live the urban version of “the good life”

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Spring 2013

Small World, Big Ideas Activists for change

BIG [ ] IDEAS SMALL WORLD

AC T I V I S T S FOR CHANGE

SATISH KUMAR

ANIMAL CONSERVATION SOLVING DEFORESTATION CREATING GREEN CITIES CLEANING THE OCEANS FIGHTING INEQUALITY SUPPLYING GREEN WATER

There’s an activist in all of us, and you don’t have to shout about it to be heard. To prove it, Satish Kumar has invited a dozen of those activists he most admires, in areas ranging from environmental change to human rights, to share their own inspiring stories, revealing who or what made them want to change the world—and what kind of world they want to help create.

Satish Kumar is a peace and environmental activist and the longstanding editor of Resurgence magazine.

Internationally respected, he speaks all over the world on environmental issues, and was the founder of the Schumacher College, which offers a wide range of courses on environmental and social sustainability.

Specification 209mm x 156mm, 144pp, 2x2, hb, est. 35,000 words

Succinct essays from some of the great environmental activists

Combines personal stories with inspirational life goals

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A powerful argument that individuals really can make a difference

40 Food & Drink

Fall 2011

Life & Soul Celebrate in style

Much-loved celebrity Emma Forbes shows you how to party in style

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 range from a relaxed beach picnic, to a vintage cocktail party, to a childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiesta.

Emma Forbes is a much-loved broadcaster and lifestyle guru whose forbestyle.com website presents lifestyle, interiors, and food reviews to a devoted following.

Crammed with ideas for invitations, decoration, food and drink, and goody bags

Specification 270mm x 195mm, 192pp, 4x4, hb, est. 26,000 words, 150 pics Includes 50 of Emmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delicious recipes

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Fall 2011

10,000 Cupcakes An infinite store of cupcake combinations 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.

Its pages are split into three sections: flip through the bottom section to choose your recipe, turn the middle to select your frosting, and complete your creation by turning to a menu of decorations.

Flippable three-part pages generate more than 10,000 cupcake combos

Susanna Tee has authored over 20 cookery books. She has a particular expertise in cupcakes!

Mixes and matches cake, topping, and decoration

Specification 197mm x 137mm, 56pp (48pp cut into 3 parts), 4x4, concealed wirobound, 9,000 words, 69 pics

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Fun gift for cupcake fans who think they have everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they do now!

42 Food & Drink

Spring 2012

Home Candy Store Make your own hard candy, fudge, toffee & chocolate

80 plus recipes for your own candies, chocolate, toffee, and fudge

Includes homemade versions of vintage candy classics

Tips on creating your own branding and packaging, to make giftwrapping special

Home Candy Store is all about the joy of making something for yourself, your friends and family.

Besides recipes for candies, chocolates, fudges, and toffee, there are tips on getting sugar and chocolate to behave, and ideas for recreating home versions of store-bought confectionery. And when you have made your candies, the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chock full of branding and packaging tips.

Elizabeth LaBau is a pastry chef and confectioner, who is the respected specialist candy expert and recipe writer for About.com. She attended the Epicurean School of Culinary Arts in West Hollywood, California.

Specification 220mm x 170mm, 176pp, 4x4, concealed wirobound, est. 35,000 words, 120 pics, sheet of label stickers

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Fall 2011

The Whoopie Book & Baking Kit 52 tasty whoopie recipes Specification 210mm x 210mm, 96pp, 4x4, pb with flaps, 16,000 words, 52 pics CONTENTS pastry bag, nozzle, and box templates Rights sold french, dutch

52 seriously indulgent whoopie pie recipes in one neat kit

Pastry bag and nozzle for easy filling

Cute decoration templates to customize your whoopies

Just when you thought the cupcake would never have any serious competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;welcome the whoopie pie! Two delicious discs of crumbly cake around a sweet creamy filling, the classic whoopie is easy to make and even easier to eat.

This kit offers you enough recipes to try something different every week of the year.

Susanna Tee is a popular cookery author who has covered many cuisines, and has developed a keen baking reputation in recent years.

44 Crafts & Hobbies

Autumn 2012

Fiona Goble’s Farmyard Knits A farmer’s work is never done...

Knit your way through the farmer’s day from cockcrow to sunset

In this touching and amusing book you can teach a child about a day in the farming life and knit all the characters of the farmyard, plus a squidgy tractor and a cute playmat. And to finish things off, a pocket at the back of the book contains a sturdy card barn and a white picket fence, so that when the game’s over, your knits can be safely corralled until next time.

Fiona Goble is a popular knitting author, and is known for the charm of her quirky characters.

Patterns include cute cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, and even a cuddly tractor

Specification 275mm x 215mm, 64pp, 4x4, hb / pb, est. 20,000 words, 75 pics Rights sold uk, us

Plus a fold-up cardboard barn to keep the animals safe at night

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Spring 2012

Fiona Gobleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fairy Tales 10 enchanting stories to knit Fairy tales revive some of the most evocative memories of childhood. Celebrated knitting author Fiona Goble has brought the complete cast of characters from six well-loved, international classics to life. From the sly yet foolish wolf of Red Riding Hood to the naive piglets of The Three Little Pigs, the contents make it a guaranteed hit with children and parents alike. All the patterns are straightforward, so that novices as well as experienced knitters can join in the fun.

Fiona Goble reimagines some of the classic fairy stories in this typically imaginative knitted line-up.

Specification 275mm x 215mm, 80pp, 4x4, hb / pb, est. 20,000 words, 120 pics

20 fabulous knitted characters from the world â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite fairy tales

Doubles as a story book and a knitting guide

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Easy enough for a novice knitter, but varied enough for a virtuoso

46 Crafts & Hobbies

Fall 2011

‘Twas the Knits Before Christmas Knitting the story of Santa Claus

Patterns for all the characters, plus a full-size wreath and stocking to knit

Includes the text of the original poem, with spirited illustrations

“... 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 has 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.

Fiona Goble is the author of Knit Your Own Royal Wedding, which, in spring 2011, hit the top of the bestseller charts in both the craft and general book categories.

Specification 275mm x 215mm, 64pp, 4x4, hb, est. 20,000 words, 75 pics

The perfect classic to fill your home with the spirit— and the knits—of Christmas

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Fall 2011

The Twelve Knits of Christmas Knitting one partridge to 12 drummers in a pear tree “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is one of the most popular festive songs. Now, in addition to singing the song, you can knit the characters. The Twelve Knits of Christmas brings together the knitting patterns from one partridge to 12 drummers. The projects can double up as Christmas decorations around your home, centering on the colorful and easy-to-assemble cardboard pear tree in the back of the book.

Fiona Goble is a popular sewing and knitting author with a well-earned reputation for her charming yarn characters.The Twelve Knits of Christmas is her third Christmas knitting title.

Specification 275mm x 215mm, 64pp, 4x4, hb, est. 20,000 words, 75 pics

Patterns for all the characters, from partridge to drummer

Includes a card pear tree in which to show off your finished creations

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An excellent beginner’s book—basic stitches and techniques are explained as you work

48 Crafts & Hobbies

Fall 2011

Noah’s Knits The story of Noah’s Ark with 16 knitted projects

Instructions for Mr and Mrs Noah and 14 pairs of animals

Includes a retelling of the story and fold-out background of the Ark

Ideal family project for beginners and experienced knitters working together

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 fourteen pairs of animals. Suitable for all levels of knitting ability, the figures have an offbeat and touching appeal. Plus there’s even a fold-out cardboard Ark to set the scene.

Fiona Goble presents a playful and unique take on one of the best-loved Bible tales in this, her fifth knitting title.

Specification 204mm x 204mm, 80pp, 4x4, pb with back flap containing gatefold background, est. 26,000 words, 95 pics Rights sold uk, us, canadian, german

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Fall 2011

Pompom Pals Easy instructions for creating 14 fuzzy friends If you ever made a pompom at infant school, you’ll be familiar with this strangely addictive procedure.

Simply wind yarn around two circles of card, tie the resulting bundle around the center, cut it and fluff it—and you’ve made a pompom! Pompom Pals takes this venerable art into a whole new world.

Michelle Tilly is a designer and illustrator who studied at the University of Brighton. Pompom Pals is her first published book.

Specification 210mm x 185mm, 80pp, 4x4, pb with flaps, est. 8,000 words, 150 pics

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Instructions for making 14 intriguing fuzzy pets

Uses a simple playground craft to create characterful little works of art

Inspiring ideas to customize your own unique pet personalities

50 Crafts & Hobbies

Spring 2012

Steampunk Accesssories 20 projects to help you nail the style

20 splendid projects from simple jewelry to full-on steampunk gauntlets and goggles

Steampunk enthusiasts love accessories, and none better than those they can craft and style themselves. The 20 projects included here are readily customized with personal keepsakesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they range from the everyday and accessible to the slightly more elaborate for the committed â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;punker.

Nicola Tedman trained in theater design and has worked as a freelance prop and costume maker for the last 15 years for productions as varied as In the Night Garden and Hellboy 2.

Sarah Skeate is a designer and illustrator.

Stylish and exotic results emerge from everyday materials

Suitable for the novice crafter with attitude

Specification 235mm x 210mm, 128pp, 4x4, pb, est. 40,000 words, 300 pics

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Fall 2011

Sweat Shop – The Book Crafts & cakes from the Paris sewing café Sweat Shop, 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 “master class” features that bring the Paris couturiers into your home.

An inspiring visit to Paris’s first sewing café

Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis opened Sweat Shop in March 2010. Carving a unique and characterful niche in Paris society, they have featured in Vogue, Elle, and The New York Times.

Chic, stylish yet practical projects to knit, sew, revamp, and restyle—plus recipes!

Specification 280mm x 210mm, 160pp, 4x4, pb, 26,000 words, 200 pics

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Master classes from the most innovative designers in Paris

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Spring 2012

Beaded Bugs 50 cute critters to make B Be r

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50 straightforward and rewarding bug-based projects

Simple techniques to create anything from a tiny beetle to a flamboyant butterfly

Uses inexpensive materials easily found in craft stores or online

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Nicola Tedman

The popularity of beading is at an all-time high, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great choice for any beginner. Beaded Bugs provides 50 design options, based on six straightforward prototypes. Graded projects take you from your first simple butterfly to more complex bees and bugs. The projects are based on species from around the world, and include a few facts on each bug, with an easy-to-follow pattern.

Nicola Tedman trained in theater design and has worked for over 15 years as a prop and costume maker.

Specification 210mm x 185mm, 80pp, 4x4, pb with flaps, est. 18,000 words, 250 pics

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Spring 2012

Paper London Including 20 do-it-yourself die-cut projects Spruced up and ready for the 2012 Olympics, London is enjoying its moment at the top of the cities-to-visit league.

Paper London offers 20 iconic paper pieces that capture the essence of one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great capitals. From Big Ben to a traditional phone box... Get folding!

Take a tour of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic sights, then build your own model metropolis

Kell Black is Professor of Art at Austin Peay University in Tennessee. A veteran paper engineer, his previous books include Paper Chess (2009).

Detailed push-out paper templates for 20 iconic London structures

Kell Black

Specification 202mm x 252mm, 48pp (16pp, 4x4 / 32pp, 2x2) inclusive of 32pp perforated templates, pb with flaps, est. 8,000 words, 50 pics Rights sold uk

Includes a city plan with architectural highlights

All you need is fingers and glue to make your own Olympic capital

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Fall 2012

Whittling Over 20 tiny wooden projects to make

Cute and doable projects to make in just an hour or two

Step-by-step tutorials from a master in the craft

A great and speedy way to start working in wood

Whittling is the cheapest and easiest hobby you can imagine: with just a sharp knife, a little practice, and the tiniest block of wood, you can make a characterful carving in less than an hour.

Whittling is a modern guide to this very ancient craft. Work through photographic steps to simple techniques, practising each with specific projects, and enjoying the increasingly polished results.

Steve Tomashek works as an artist and photographer in St Paul, Minnesota, where he also indulges his passion for carving in miniatureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;highlighted on his popular site, ministeve.com.

Specification 230mm x 190mm, 112pp, 4x4, pb with jacket, est. 30,000 words, 350 pics

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Spring 2012

Zodiac Felties 16 compelling astrological characters to craft Whether you’re a luxury-loving Leo, a rugged Sagittarian, or a cool Aquarian, you’ll find the essence of your astrological self in these little felties—neat, cute, and easy to sew, each one is packed with personality. And once you’ve stitched your own sign, a zodiac feltie is the perfect gift to celebrate family and friends’ birthdays.

Zodiac

Felties 16 compelling astrological characters to craft

All twelve zodiac signs plus four key planets to craft

Nicola Tedman trained in theater design and has worked on productions as varied as In the Night Garden and Hellboy 2.

Sarah Skeate is an illustrator and designer.

Nicola Tedman & Sarah Skeate

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To make

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Sagittarius

Cut out all the felt pieces as marked, either photocopying or scanning the templates, or using tracing paper to make templates as described on page 4. Thread an embroidery needle with one strand of yellow floss and stitch the ribbon across the face with a line of running stitch at each edge. Trim the ends of the ribbon near to sides of the face.

2

Use latex glue to stick on the eye patches.

Thread an embroidery needle with two strands of white floss and sew the white pupils with small areas of satin stitch. Rethread the needle with two strands of bronze floss and stitch two angled stitches with two more facing them to make the nostrils.

3

Thread an embroidery needle with one strand of lilac floss and stitch the hair piece onto the face with a small overstitch, overlapping the left eye as shown. Thread a beading needle with one strand of lilac floss and stitch on the seed beads in a wavy line. Check their position in the photograph of the finished Archer—they are more widely spaced at the far end of the hair.

4

Thread an embroidery needle with one strand of lilac floss and stitch the front and the back head pieces together with a small overstitch, starting from the point indicated by the arrow in the illustration. Leave the right side of the hair open and stuff the whole gray hair area, from the side to the floating end, with small wisps of toy

stuffing and a matchstick or tweezers to help you.

Stitch the rest of the hair shut, leaving the green face piece open.

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Trim two points from the star sequin to make arrowheads. Lay them convex-side down, dot superglue onto the heads of the two embroidery needles, and stick on the arrowheads. Leave to dry.

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Sew the head back to the body back with a single strand of gray floss and a small overstitch. Turn the feltie right way up and push wisps of stuffing into the face to pad it evenly.

Thread an embroidery needle with one strand of light green floss and stitch the face to the body front with a small overstitch, covering the loose end of the white floss collar. Carefully push the arrows into the body at the right shoulder. Secure at the body edge with a tiny dot of superglue.

Perfect little birthday gifts or anytime good-luck offerings

6

Stick the tail on the wrong side of the body, then spread the wrong sides of both body pieces with a thin layer of latex glue, leave for a moment, and align and press together.

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Cut a 3¼-inch (8-cm) length of white floss (use all six strands) and sew it around the neck of one body piece using an embroidery needle threaded with one strand of white floss and working small stitches across it at even intervals.

Take the lower end around the body back and stitch in place (leave the upper end loose, as it will be covered when the face is stitched to the body).

Includes a neat zodiacal profile for each glittery little creature

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November 23 to December 21 • Ruled by: Jupiter • Element: Fire • Color: Purple • Gemstone: Turquoise

Sagittarius the Archer

D I F F I C U LT Y R AT I N G

The archer is a rough, outdoors kind of feltie, never happier than when he’s firing arrows out in the wide-open spaces. Stitch for yourself—he won’t be impressed with exquisitely tiny threadwork when he could be free, finished, and out galloping across the night sky…

YOU WILL NEED • 4-in. (10-cm) square of gray felt Back of head: cut 1 in gray felt

Body: cut 2 in brown felt

• 3-in. (7.5-cm) square of brown felt • 1 in. x 2 in. (2.5 cm x 5 cm) piece of light green felt • Small scrap of black felt • Embroidery floss in yellow, white, bronze, lilac, gray, and light green • 3-in. (7.5-cm) length of yellow ribbon, ¾ in. (8 mm) wide • 18 lilac seed beads

Hair: cut 1 in gray felt

• 1 embossed 5-pointed silver star sequin Face: cut 1 in light green felt

Tail: cut 1 in gray felt

• 2 embroidery needles (for arrow shafts) • Tiny quantity of toy stuffing • Pencil and tracing paper • Trick marker • Scissors • Embroidery needle (to sew with) • Beading needle • Latex glue

Eye patches: cut 2 in black felt

• Superglue • Matchstick or tweezers

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Autumn 2012

Play with Your Dog 50 5-minute ways to build your bond

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Play with Your Dog

Sophie Collins

Uses play as a fun chance to work with your dog

50 5-Minute Ways to Build Your Bond

Tailored to strengthen your bond with your pet

Includes some great insights into how dogs really think

Studying how the canine mind works is big news—and there’s a myriad of new discoveries about how dogs learn through play. Here’s a book that spells out the practical benefits of playing with your dog and offers a whole range of suggestions for 5-minute play that will help to establish you as pack leader—as well as being plenty of fun for the pair of you.

Sophie Collins is a writer and editor who has written four bestselling titles on dogs, including 50 Games To Play with Your Dog and Why Does My Dog Do That?

Specification 220mm x 180mm, 128pp, 4x4, hb, est. 25,000 words, 150 pics

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Fall 2011

Titanic Love Stories The true stories of 13 honeymoon couples who sailed on the Titanic The sinking of the Titanic was a tragedy for all the 1,517 people who died, but the accounts of 13 brides and grooms who joined the ship to celebrate their honeymoons are notably moving. Carefully researched, Titanic Love Stories uncovers all the poignant detail behind the contemporary headlines.

Gill Paul is an experienced writer and researcher who has authored over 30 books.

Compelling stories told with letters, photographs, and ephemera

Bruce Beveridge is author of several books about the Titanic, including his recent Titanic: The Ship Magnificent.

Specification 236mm x 156mm, 192pp, 2x2, plc / jacket, 47,000 words, 360 pics

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Commemorates the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912

The first ever book devoted to real-life love stories on the Titanic

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Autumn 2012

pride@predjudice.com A work in three volumes, being the adventures of five Hertfordshire sisters described and explained through the media of digital social network

pride@prejudice.com A work in three volumes, being the adventures of five Hertfordshire sisters described and explained through the media of digital social network

A digital-age re-imagining of one of the world’s universally acknowledged romances

A Lady prefers, like Austen herself, to maintain her anonymity. She is a successful ghost writer.

Read your favorite character’s emails, tweets, msns, blogs and Facebook postings

by the author of sense@sensibility.com

Discover the plot twists and backstory that Jane could not find the space to mention

Who doesn’t love Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice?

It was first published in 1813, and has been constantly in print, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. Now, imagine how the adventures would play out if only they had had access to social networking. Austen herself, would surely have grasped the networking opportunities offered—by email, twitter, facebook and texting. Time and technology were not on her side— but in pride@prejudice.com, we imagine how it might have worked if only she’d had the chance...

Specification 236mm x 156mm, 192pp, 2x2, plc / jacket, 40,000 words, 50 pics

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Spring 2012

What Would Jane Do? Jane Austen’s guide to life’s dilemmas REBECCA SMITH

what would jane do?

Jane Austen’s Guide to Life’s Dilemmas

Jane Austen is more of a celebrity and media queen now than she was in her lifetime. If Austen was with us today, she would have had her own column in an upmarket glossy—a smart-cookie agony aunt. What Would Jane Do? is a look at work, domestic, and romantic dilemmas, answered not by Jane Austen herself, but using her cleareyed, witty, unsentimental view of life, love, and money. Treat it like a new best friend, to turn to whenever you are confronting life’s dilemmas.

Rebecca Smith is a successful novelist, the first official Writer in Residence at Jane Austen’s House Museum— and Jane Austen’s great-great-great-great-great niece.

Specification 208mm x 146mm, 224pp, 2x2, hb, 50,000 words, 50 pics

Authentic Austenian advice for over 70 modern dilemmas

Compiled by a descendent of Jane from Austen’s books, letters, and life

Rights sold uk, us, canadian Covers vexing challenges in love, family, work, leisure, fashion, and manners

60 Popular Culture

Fall 2011

10,000 Zombies Create more than 10,000 zombies and 10,000 stories Flip the top of the page, and you’ve got a oneeyed ghoul. Flip the middle, and it becomes an axe-wielding maniac. Flip the bottom, and the legs turn into putrefied stumps. On the opposite page, a series of short stories, each with a beginning, middle and end add up to over 10,000 zombie stories. Be very afraid.

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Flippable three-part pages to create 10,000 grisly pic and story combos

Create more than 10,000 Zombies and 10,000 Stories

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David Hartman has animated films for Disney, Warner, and Sony. Alexander Cox develops scripts for companies including Pathé and Universal.

✁ A hideous celebration of the unstoppable march of the zombies

Stories by Steve Niles illustrations by David Hartman Stitched together by top Zombie hombres Hartman and Cox

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Specification 197mm x 137mm, 56pp (48pp cut into 3 parts), 4x4, concelaled wirobound, 9,000 words, 69 pics

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Spring 2011

Filming the Undead How to make your own zombie movie With the advent of cheaper and better digital video cameras, the world of movie-making is suddenly within everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grasp. Filming the Undead offers a complete guide to making your own cult classic, from gloriously gory make-up and graveyard lighting through blood-spattered special effects.

Comprehensive instructions presented with great visuals ensure that beginners will soon be on set.

A comprehensive guide to making your own differently alive masterpiece

Rod Durick is a producer and special effects artist based in Buffalo, New York.

Specification 235mm x 210mm, 160pp, 4x4, pb, 58,000 words, 225 pics

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The whole works, from storyboarding through marketing â&#x20AC;&#x201D;viral, of course

How to zombify your cast (and get fake blood off a ceiling)

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Fall 2011

The Moriarty Papers The adventures of Sherlock Holmes’s great nemesis

Inside the devious mind of Sherlock’s Napoleon of Crime

The infamous Professor James Moriarty is a brooding presence in seven of Conan Doyle’s adventures of Sherlock Holmes. So who was Moriarty? These unique documents confirm Moriarty as the supervillain that Holmes took him for. Discover the secrets at the heart of the Sherlock Holmes’s stories. Read on. The game’s afoot.

Colonel Sebastian Moran was in charge of security for the Moriarty Empire, and personal bodyguard to the infamous Professor.

Shows just how Moriarty masterminded most of Holmes’s adventures

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Sex, Sex, Sex How to be a beast in bed Sex, Sex, Sex is Satan’s personal guide to successful seduction, possession, and delicious deviancy. It’s guaranteed to turn you into a hellishly hot lover. Share exclusive hints from the Devil’s very own Little Black Book, cook up surefire aphrodisiac recipes from his private collection, and pick up a few truly diabolical tricks and treats.

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Nicholas D. Satan is the CEO of Satancorp® and author of The Devil’s Diaries and How to Win Fiends and Influence People.

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All the Devil’s surefire seduction techniques in one hot volume

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Guaranteed to work—or your soul back

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The Nautical Knot Pack Ropework expertise to weather all occasions Specification 166mm x 137mm, 96pp, 4x4, PACK 188mm x 172mm x 42mm, pb, est. 13,000 words, 100 pics CONTENTS practice cords and cards Rights sold us

All you need to master 50 nautical knots in one pack

Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions from an experienced salty sea dog

Includes sturdy cord for practice and crib cards of the Top Ten seagoing knots

The Nautical Knot Pack provides you with everything you need to discover, learn, and master the 50 most important examples of nautical knots.

A complete vocabulary of knots equips you with the ropework expertise for anchoring, mooring,

berthing, and securing. The pack contains two pieces of sturdy and colorful line, alongside an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide.

Nic Compton is a keen sailor. His first book for Ivy was Paper Yachts (2009).

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Beautiful Ducks Portraits of champion breeds

BEAUTIFUL DUCKS

Plucked from the pond, lustrous plumage gleaming, 40 of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most distinctive duck breeds waddle their way into the spotlight in this new addition to the bestselling Beautiful series. Each appealing portrait is matched by full breed details and history.

40 gorgeous ducks parading catwalk style

Liz Wright edits Smallholder magazine and is the author of several books on small farming.

P o r t r a i t s o f c h a m p i o n b re e d s b y L I Z W R I G H T, p h o t o g r a p h e d b y A N D R E W P E R R I S

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Includes description and breed data for each featured duck

Wide range that goes beyond the standard beautiful mallard

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Beautiful Rabbits Portraits of champion breeds

BEAUTIFUL RABBITS

Geoff Russell is a leading breeder and exhibitor of English Lops. He is best known throughout the Fancy world for his numerous magazine articles on rabbit-related topics and the four rabbit books he has published.

40 champion rabbits in all shapes, sizes, and ear configurations

Includes description and breed data for each featured bunny

Selected for you by well-known breeder and exhibitor

Each and every one of these 40 rabbit champions has earned its moment of fame, captured here in a set of memorable portraits.

Portraits of champion breeds by GEOFF RUSSELL, photographed by JEREMY HOPLEY

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Beautiful Pigeons Portraits of champion breeds

BEAUTIFUL PIGEONS

Pigeons arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t usually thought of as photographic stars, but this line-up of gorgeous models will surprise or convert you, depending on whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a confirmed fan or coming fresh to the field.

Frank Povah is the editor of the NPA (USA) Quarterly Review and an Australian Geographic columnist. He grew up in Western Australia and began keeping pigeons in his early teens.

Portraits of champion breeds by FRANK POVAH, photographed by ANDREW PERRIS

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40 proud and pulchritudinous pigeons in pouting poses

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Specially chosen by a lifelong pigeon-fancier

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Beautiful Tractors Portraits of 40 majestic models

BEAUTIFUL TRACTORS A robust rural catwalk of 40 agricultural lovelies

Rick Mannen is a contributor to antique tractor magazines in the USA, and the UK.

Portraits of majestic models by RICK MANNEN, photographed by CLIVE STREETER

Full technical specs and history of each machine

Enjoy the unexpectedly agreeable juxtaposition of drapes and diesel

Beautiful Tractors presents a variety of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most magnificent agricultural machines. Stylishly lit, these superb photographs of vintage and modern masterpieces make for an impressive line-up of engineering prowess.

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Hopley is one of Britain’s bestfestyle, still life, food, interiors, l photographers. Jeremy’s work ared in books published by Ivy adline, Jacqui Small, Kyle Cathie, Publishing, Ryland Peters & d Transworld as well as a range ines. His list of corporate clients Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Nestlé or & Gamble.

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b e aut i f u l c o w s COWS are like tropical fish: you can gaze at them for hours and they always have a CalMING effect. Beautiful Cows makes the most of this inbuilt magic: between these covers a whole herd of stars-in-the-making is waiting to still your nerves and stir your aeSTHeTIC sense with their noble bearing and their uniquely bovine GlaMOUR .

• delightful colour portraits of fine breeds from around the world • graphic charts containing all the essential breed information • reportage photography of behind-the-scenes preparation at the major agricultural shows • plus a succinct history of cows

If you’re new to the showstopping beauty of pedigree cows, this gift book is certain to convert you. If you’re already a fan, it’s bound to feature permanently on your coffee table.

b e auti f u l c o w s by Val PORTeR

er has written several books on livestock worldwide, including de to Cattle, British Cattle, Cattle: ok to the Breeds of the World, Caring Keeping a Cow, as well as books on pigs, goats and sheep. She has ember of the Rare Breeds Survival many years and was co-author of s’s history, Saving the Breeds. She illand, West Sussex in the UK.

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beautiful cows

beautiful cows Fine features? Check. Huge eyes?

Check. Well-proportioned and elegant lines? Yes, those too. But these supermodels – though fully deserving of the term – aren’t human: they’re cows. Washed, brushed, combed and polished, they’ve travelled from all over the world to grace these pages, and each has won its place with plenty of fine qualities above and beyond pure physical beauty. every portrait is backed up by a full description of its subject breed’s history, key features, origins and distribution, but it will be the models themselves who hold your attention – from the sleek little black Dexter to the subtly-hued Jersey and the noble Brahman, every member of this exclusive club has intrinsic star quality.

Portraits of champion breeds by Val PORTeR, photographed by JeReMY HOPleY & aNDReW PeRRIS £12.99

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Stunning studio photography displays the beauty and diversity of the subjects

Beautiful... series Enduring bestsellers, books in the Beautiful series have seen a plethora of farmyard thoroughbreds line up to have their looks preserved for posterity. Gorgeous photography captures the character of each breed and is matched with text by experts in each field.

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Breed or model information and informal, informative behind the scenes reportage shots

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Beautiful Journals Substantial notebooks featuring champion breeds Fabulous front covers featuring all your favorite breeds complement insides that offer plenty of space for your own writing alongside more photos of the most unusual and spectacular pedigree cows, sheep, and pigs.

Gorgeous beasts to inspire you, plenty of journal space for your inspiration

Ideal for recording epic meetings with your own favorite animals

Specification 137mm x 197mm, 160pp, 4x4, flexibound with cloth quarter binding

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Beautiful Farmyard 100 handsome cards of champion breeds and vintage tractors Your own farmyard in a handy box

Send to friends or frame to make a home gallery

A complete farmyard in a sturdy cardboard box: 100 postcards, each with a different luscious image, from pigs, chickens, cows, sheep, and ducks to gorgeous gleaming tractors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough to make Old MacDonald green with envy.

Specification CARDS 154mm x 198mm BOX 115mm x 170mm x 64mm, 100 postcards, full-color postcards with two-color backs

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Beautiful Wall Calendars 2012 Portraits of champion breeds to spend the year with This series of calendars showcases chickens, cows, ducks, pigs, sheep, and rabbits as you have never seen them before. The elegance and quirkiness of these champion breeds are brilliantly capturedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a treat for anyone.

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BEAUTIFUL DUCKS 2012

Portraits of the most handsome champion breeds

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12 unique fashion shots of the finest breeds from around the world

Spend a year with your animals, a different one each month

Ideal gift, but would you want to give it away?

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Beautiful Notecard Sets 20 notecards to thrill a friend Specification CARDS 150mm x 106mm BOX 124mm x 177mm x 31mm 20 cards and envelopes, 4 designs, full color

20 cards, four different farmyard images, all gorgeous

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Ideal gift for “slow movement” fans who like to send thank you notes rather than txtspk

A little bit of rural glamor for citybound farm wannabees

Who’s your favorite farmyard inhabitant? These Beautiful Notecard Sets give you the pick of gorgeously photographed sheep, ducks, cows, pigs, pigeons, chickens, rabbits, or even tractors.

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.

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Beautiful Postcard Books 30 postcards of champion breeds to keep or to send Each book contains 30 different detachable postcards featuring the very finest championship breeds. Spread the pleasure and send them out to friends and familyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or prop a few on your desk to enjoy yourself.

Specification 120mm x 175mm, 60pp, full-color postcards with two-color backs, perforated postcards Rights sold CHICKENS uk, dutch COWS uk, dutch DUCKS uk PIGEONS uk PIGS uk, dutch RABBITS uk SHEEP uk, dutch TRACTORS uk

30 pull-out postcards to keep or send

Also works as a compact browsable book

Collect them all for a complete home farmyard

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BUILDINGS WITHOUT ARCHITECTS A GLOBAL GUIDE TO EVERYDAY ARCHITECTURE

John May Anthony Reid, Consultant Editor Buildings Without Architects is a wonderfully informative reference on vernacular styles, from adobe pueblos and Pennsylvania barns to Mongolian gers and European wooden churches. This small but comprehensive book documents the rich cultural past of vernacular building styles. It offers inspiration for home woodworking enthusiasts as well as architects, conservationists, and anyone interested in energyefficient building and sustainability.

John May

BUILDINGS WITHOUT ARCHITECTS A GLOBAL GUIDE TO EVERYDAY ARCHITECTURE

The variety and ingenuity of the world’s vernacular building traditions are richly illustrated, and the materials and techniques are explored. With examples from every continent, the book documents the diverse methods people have used to create shelter from locally available natural materials, and shows the impressively handmade finished products through diagrams, cross-sections, and photographs.

Unlike modern buildings that rely on industrially produced materials and specialized tools and techniques, the everyday architecture featured here represents a rapidly disappearing genre of handcrafted and beautifully composed structures that are irretrievably “of their place.” These structures are the work of unsung and often anonymous builders that combine artistic beauty, practical form, and necessity.

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NATURAL HISTORY

NATURAL HISTORY

NATURAL HISTORY

Buildings Without Architects

Avian Architecture

A Potted History of Fruit

A Potted History of Vegetables

Examines the architecture of cultures.

These vernacular buildings are built from whatever material is to hand, solving the challenges of climate or terrain.

Deconstructs every type of nest by annotating the construction and engineering techniques. The combination of illustrations and photography reveals the science and significance of the humble nest.

Discover the origins and properties of fruit. Did you know that the pineapple was “discovered” by Christopher Columbus?

Reacquaints the reader with the origins, and peculiarities of the world’s produce.

Combines illustrations and a miscellany of facts and histories.

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would be as tall as the tower. And it would take 28 Eiffel Towers

A supertanker can contain 200 Olympic swimming pools.

And 76 trombones make the same noise as one thunderclap!

Taller, bigger, faster, and more fantastic, How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale? visually dazzles with wit and knowledge about height, weight, speed, and much more. Measurements have never been so much fun!

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Nic Compton has been a journalist for 16 years, contributing to a variety of publications. He completed an MA in Global Political Economy at Sussex University, U.K., 2009 and is the author or co-author of nine books, including 30-Second Economics.

Adam Fishwick is currently a D.Phil researcher at the University of Sussex, U.K., studying Latin American political economy. He works for the Centre for Global Political Economy and has a Masters degree in Global Political Economy.

tweetonomics Ever wondered what futures and derivatives are, or the difference between fiscal policies and monetary policies? What is the balance of trade, and what are ‘sticky prices’? This entertaining, handy little guide reveals all, in refreshingly simple bite-size tweets.

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Presents 140 money-spinning terms

Katie Hudson has an MA in global A political p o economy c k e and t abBAiinbjournalism. l e o f 1 0 0 s a i n t s and intriguing ideas in accessible, informative tweets, each of 140 characters or less.

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Profiles the most important economists of the past 150 years and the thinking behind the economic strategies of political parties and governments.

Includes an informative glossary of essential economic terms in an innovative format that is easy to read and assimilate.

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A volcano can unleash the energy of 100 hydrogen bombs.

How often do you need help that is beyond the call of friends? if you’re like most of us, the answer is “Very often.”

Practical and easy to use, A Saint for All Reasons offers 100 saints that you can call upon to help you out in just about every situation, such as:

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HOW MANY ELEPHANTS IN A BLUE WHALE?

to reach the summit at Everest!

HOW MANY ELEPHANTS IN A BLUE WHALE?

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science inspired by nature

if 177 Monsieur Eiffels stood on each other’s shoulders, they

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B U L L E T P RO O F F E AT H E R S

HOW BIG IS BIG?

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Everest is 8,848 metres tall. Gustave Eiffel measured B U L L E T P R Mount Ometres.

O F Fof hisEtowerAisT H ETherefore, RS 1.83 The height 324 metres.

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We hear a lot about economics in the news these days, but how much do we really understand? All too often experts assume their audience knows as much about the subject as they do.

For instance, what is a balance of trade deficit? Why does the amount of cash in circulation affect interest rates?

Who sets interest rates?

tweetonomics Everything you need to know about economics

Tweetonomics pecks a hole in the jargon and explains the 140 most important economic terms and concepts in digestible ‘tweets’. The book is divided into nine chapters covering such issues as globalization, boom and bust, ‘green’ economics and the everyday workings of national economies. It also gives an overview of the past 150 years and the people who shaped them.

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Offers a beginner’s guide to the theories, history, and discoveries of biomimetics, the science that studies design solutions in nature and applies them to engineering.

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A Saint for All Reasons

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Reveals the world through visual equivalents, so that size, speed, and mass make immediate sense. Combines instant graphics with irresistible knowledge.

How often do you need help that is beyond mortal friends? Over 100 saints to help with all situations, and a free microsite provides icons to download, so that help is always at hand.

Explains the 140 most important economic terms and concepts in 20 “tweets” or less.

By limiting the explanations in each “tweet” to 140 characters, there’s no chance of them getting unnecessarily complicated.

Specification 195mm x 145mm, 128pp, 4x4, hb, 28,000 words, 250 pics

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Judy Hall

A guide to interpreting and understanding

Create abundance in all areas of your life

what your mind is trying to tell you while your body sleeps Dr Jennifer Parker

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Crystal Prosperity

Dreams & Nightmares

The Joy of Mindful Sex

Looks at how to attract abundance into one’s life. It includes visualizations, affirmations, and rituals using crystals to help you make, and enhance, your own fortune.

Explores what they are, why we have them, and how to deal with them.

Treated as two sides; each half of the book mirrors the other.

Jessica’s Raw Chocolate Recipes

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Based on the simple wisdom of mindfulness practices, this book can help you attain a more vibrant and delightful relationship with your sexuality, your partner, and yourself.

Raw chocolate is the new Green & Blacks, a delicious superfood with proven health benefits. This informative and inspirational cookbook explains this exciting phenomenon.

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latest research and incorporating advice from leading experts, it helps you pinpoint the causes of your sleep problems and offers practical, commonsense solutions to encourage relaxing and restorative sleep every night.

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Interactive exercises, sleep logs, and checklists combine to create a self-contained sleep workshop.

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and currently director of four Sleep Disorder Centers affiliated with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. As a professor of psychiatry he specializes in sleep disorders, parasomnia, and insomnia.

EDITOR MICHAEL J. SATEIA M.D.

Medical Center, where he is Director of the Sleep & Neurophysiology Research Laboratory. He has received research awards from the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

WILFRED R. PIGEON Ph.D.

and problem-solving tips.

Wilfred R. Pigeon Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester

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Step-by-step advice on creating a personalized sleep program

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the perfect night’s sleep

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 Includes fully grown tree draws parallels with our audio with illustrated book celebrates own lives. thisCD beautifully soothing the simple of planting a tree. it not only explains andact effective how to plant and care for a tree, but also explores relaxation exercises 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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Foreword by Simon Toomer, Director of The National Arboretum at Westonbirt

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HOME & GARDEN

SeedBombs

SeedBombs for Bees SeedBombs for Butterflies

Sleep Manual

How to Plant a Tree

Explains common sleeping disorders and suggests ways in which insomnia can be tackled through exercises on an incorporated CD-ROM.

Trees hold a special place in our hearts, as symbols of nature’s strength and longevity.

This book explains how to plant and care for a tree, the symbolism of trees, and their traditional uses.

Seedbombs are a vital part of the phenomenon of guerrilla gardening, encouraging people to learn about plants through making and throwing them. The book explores what seedbombs are, their origins, and their benefits to nature, and the environment.

Contain all you need to make six Seedbombs.

Recipes designed to attract bees or butterflies.

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Specification 162mm x 121mm, 32pp, 4x4, pb, 8,000 words, 30 pics PACK 174mm x 212mm x 52mm CONTENTS 3g flower seeds, 60g compost, 75g clay, water sprinkler, 8 lollipop sticks, 8 seed envelopes, and a pencil

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A complete collection of cat’s cradles to learn and play, working up from easy to tricky Beautifully illustrated step-by-step instructions make it simple to learn every figure

A length of string threaded into the book means that cat’s cradles are always at your fingertips

Sophie Collins

Classic and contemporary cradles, from Apache Tent and Coral Reef to Jacob’s Ladder and Witch’s Broom

Cat’ s Cradle Sophie Collins

Cat’s Cradle

Cat’s cradle is one of those crazes that catches hold of every generation. Just loop the string around your fingers, and twist it into a whole host of amazing patterns. This wonderfully compulsive game is played all over the world, from the playgrounds of Europe and North America to Alaska where the Inuit traditionally play the game using loops of sealskin. Now you can thread together all the cat’s cradle games you will ever need. Each figure is shown in easy-to-follow illustrated steps, and includes the fascinating story of its origins. Intriguing, engaging and addictive, this is the modern guide to the traditional game.

Games you can play with string

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CRAFTS & HOBBIES

Love Bakery

Whoopies!

Zombie Cupcakes

Cat’s Cradle

There is something about Love Bakery that entices you inside. It’s the anticipation of fun to be had. From the sparkles on the cupcakes through the jars of Love Hearts on the dresser, it just makes you smile.

Reveals the secrets of whoopie pies.

They are made from two delicious disks of baked dough that are a hybrid of cupcake and cookie, sandwiched together with a sweet, creamy filling.

Cooked up in the darkest of graveyards, Zombie Cupcakes presents a ghoulish army of delicious creations that appear anything but sugar-coated.

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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KING SIZE Gourmet Crochet C H RISTE N H A D E N & MA RIA ROS A S A L A

KING SIZE TOWEL ORIGAMI

ALISON JENKINS trained in fashion

rochet

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design before turning to a successful career

origami boom. Her previous towel-folding

cookbook

titles include Lost Art of Towel Origami and

the Towel Origami Pack.

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TOWEL ORIGAMI

A yummy yarn cookbook

It’s time to wake up to the creative possibilities of towels!

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

how to make 50 extraordinary creations, with an idea to inspire or amuse every type of overnight guest.

C H RISTE N H AD E N & MARIA ROS A S A L A

Wildlife enthusiast? Try a bear or leopard. Movie lover?

Build both King Kong and the Empire State Building.

Elvis fan? Even the king of rock n roll is featured.

So, stop washing, start folding, and put the fun back into bathtime.

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This bumper collection of 50 projects

Cute, quirky and uncannily realistic, these little pieces are fun to create – and make great gifts, too

This king-size collection of towel-folding projects shows you

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shows you how to fold your towels into

A smorgasbord of delicious crochet options, from sushi to dim sum and crudités to sandwiches

in styling. She has many craft books to her

name, and was at the forefront of the towel

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everything from vampires and zombies, to buildings, foods, and wild animals.

KING SIZE

The book includes a complete guide to basic folds, shapes, sizes, and materials, so that even beginners can quickly master the mysterious art of towel origami.

Alison Jenkins 50 FANTASTIC FOLDING PROJECTS FOR YOUR BATH TOWELS, BATHROBES, AND BEACH TOWELS

TOWEL ORIGAMI

Each project includes a difficulty rating, step-by-step instructions, top tips, and a photograph of the finished piece, to guarantee success every time.

ALISON JENKINS

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Knitivity

Knit Your Own Royal Wedding

An offshoot from the amigurumi craze: bite-sized treats that only look edible.

From the cutest cupcakes through a whole gateau, or even try the steak sandwich.

Contains 50 witty projects for folding everything from your bathrobe through your beach towel.

This supersized collection has step-by-step illustrated instructions and lavish photographs.

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Heralds a fresh slant on the traditional nativity scene. All the figures are child-safe, and have modern, stylish designs, and there are paper templates for a charming stable and manger background.

A must-have for every keen crafter, this knitted celebration recreates a splendid royal line-up— in wool. It’s a piece of yarn pageantry that is funny, charming, and easy enough for even a novice to tackle.

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Specification 204mm x 204mm, 80pp, 4x4, pb with back flap, contains gatefold background, 22,000 words, 80 pics

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This dynamic gift book showcases New York’s architectural landmarks with 20 exquisite paper models ready for you to press out and build. Take a tour of the city’s iconic images and create a three-dimensional miniature metropolis that celebrates the talent and imagination of the architects and engineers of the world’s most famous skyline. From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Empire State Building, from a hotdog cart to a subway car, Paper New York places the Big Apple at your fingertips.

Paper New York

Paper New York

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DO-IT-YOURSELF DIE-CUT PROJECTS

■ 20 die-cut paper models ready to press out and build KELL BLACK

■ Simple, step-by-step instructions for each model ■ A map, guide and fact sheet for all the original landmarks ■ From the Guggenheim Museum to the Statue of Liberty ■ A gift for architectural enthusiasts and a lasting city souvenir

Paper New York Build Your Own Big Apple KELL BLACK £10.99

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Paper Kites

Paper New York

Steampunk Softies

Wacky Baby Knits

All you need to build a four-cell kite, and details of how to expand it, using the same materials.

Presents 20 exquisite templates for creating New York’s architectural giants. Press-out, fold, display, and gaze in wonder at a sky-scraping mini metropolis.

Offers a charming cast of characters for you to make. Despite their meticulous detailing, all the Softies are simple enough for even a sewing novice to make, with clear step-by-step instructions.

Offers 20 unique designs for the funkiest of babies, including an Elvis “wig,” monster booties and mittens, and a cow suit with matching horn hat.

Specification 150mm x 150mm, 64pp, 4x4, pb, 10,000 words, 70 pics PACK 214mm x 188mm x 41mm CONTENTS CD-Rom with 101 kite-sail designs, 24 paper spars, 2 sheets of tissue paper, string and handle

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ways in all corners of the globe, and weeding out the most stoned joints on the planet can provide a unique travel experience. This book journeys to 25 key festivals and destinations around the globe, from Amsterdam’s Cannabis Cup to the beaches of Mexico, and advises on the local highlights and legal niceties.

Cannabis Trips is your travel companion to the highest places on the planet.

Bill Weinberg

No matter what the age or size of your dog, these games are sure to delight your best friend.

Cannabis culture expresses itself in different

trips

Inside, you’ll find wonderful ideas for engaging your dog in safe, healthy play, including: • how to make your own doggy fitness equipment • creative ways to use store-bought toys • new ideas for fetch and scent games • positive, step-by-step training instructions

A Rolling Stoned Guide to Travel

Bill Weinberg was News Editor at High Times magazine in the 1990s. He currently produces the websites World War 4 Report (WW4Report.com) and Global Ganja Report (GlobalGanjaReport.com), daily monitoring the global wars on terrorism and drugs. He has written or contributed to several books, including Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico. He also hosts the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade on New York’s WBAI-FM, an anarchist-oriented talk show featuring the best in world music. He lives in New York City.

Cannabis

ogs love to play, and keeping your pup stimulated mentally and physically is necessary to his well-being. Put the joy back into your playtime with this compendium of canine fun that is sure to tempt even the mellowest pup.

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Crombie Jardine Version

50 TRICKS TO TEACH YOUR DOG

Zombie Felties

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Cannabis tri ps

Cannabis tr ip s

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Sophie Collins Amaze your friends! Impress your family!

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by Bill Weinberg Cannabis Trips is the alternative travel guide to some of the highest places on the planet. You will take trips to 25 destinations, including festivals and cities that have a particular appeal to a cannabis culture connoisseur. This book smokes a blunt in Barcelona, shares a chillum in Varanasi and rolls a joint on the beaches of Koh Tao. Expect to find palm trees, jaw-dropping mountain scenery, exceptional club life and vibrant café cultures.

The final chapter covers five of the most fascinating, but dangerous, regions on the planet where you’ll find cannabis and a whole lot more.

Full of local information, history and culture, this book offers you the trips of a lifetime.

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Zombie Felties

50 Tricks to Teach Your Dog

Cannabis Trips

Did you think all felties were lovable? Zombie felties aren’t cute at all. Here are 16 projects for creating undead characters from a gyrating Zombie Thrilla (in tribute to the late King of Pop), through a Zombie Bunny and even a Zombie Bride.

Looks at a whole range of possibilities to teach your pet, and takes his or her size, character, and enthusiasms into account.

Step-by-step photographs and helpful text explains how to build your pet’s trust in you.

The first travel book to leave no turn unstoned, Cannabis Trips covers the key points of cannabis culture, from Amsterdam coffee shops through the MardiGrass festival of Nimbin in Australia.

The Sherlock Holmes School of Self-Defence

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When Sherlock Holmes wrestled Prof. Moriarty, he was employing a system of self-defense that was popular in Victorian Britain. Defend yourself against an attacker using an overcoat, cane, or umbrella, with illustrated instructions.

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STATIONERY

STATIONERY

STATIONERY

The Original Vampire Diaries

Fiendish Word Puzzles

A Gentleman’s Puzzler Companion

The Pregnancy Puzzle Book

Velcome to my diary. I know that you vill be seduced vhen you read about my thrilling unlife, my exquisite vives, and my extensive blood cellar.

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Other puzzle books may claim to be fiendish.

Well, they don’t know the meaning of the word. A seriously demoniacal product from Satancorp, personally tested by N. D. Satan.

Specification 152mm x 101mm, 128pp, 2x2, hb with bellyband, elasticated bookmark, 16,000 words, 300 pics Rights sold uk

Contains over 100 puzzles, word games, and conundrums for the man of discernment.

Specification 152mm x 101mm, 128pp, 2x2, hb with bellyband, elasticated bookmark, 17,000 words, 300 pics Rights sold uk

Accompanies you from conception to delivery, including top pregnancy tips. The answers are at the back, although we realize that you may not really care by the time you get to week 40.

Specification 152mm x 101mm, 128pp, 2x2, hb with bellyband, elasticated bookmark, 15,000 words, 300 pics Rights sold uk

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The Culture Vulture’s Record Book

A Fitness Journal for Gentlemen

My Manga Journal

A handy journal full of interesting facts and details about famous names and works from cultures past.

Ideally suited to the modern gent, with inspirational quotes from some of the leading fitness thinkers of the past.

Specification 203mm x 127mm, 128pp, 4x4, pb, 4,000 words, 875 pics

Specification 197mm x 137mm, 192pp, 4x4, arlin, ribbon marker, pocket inside back cover, 23,000 words, 205 pics

Specification 197mm x 137mm, 192pp, 1x1, hb arlin, embossing, ribbon marker, 2,000 words, 145 pics

Specification 197mm x 137mm, 192pp, 4x4, semi-concealed wirobound, clear plastic cover, elastic fastener, plastic pocket inside back cover, 1,000 words

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Spot the Dog Contains 101 puzzles (a potent number on planet dog) of various levels of difficulty so that all the family (including the dog) can play. Reward yourself with a biscuit for every one you get right.

Features line artwork for the journal keeper to color in, and contains a pocket for storing sketches and cuttings.

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30 -SECOND ANATOMY

30-SECOND ANATOMY

The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body each explained in half a minute

The 50 most important structures and systems in the human body each explained in half a minute

Editor Brendan Joseph

Author Brendan Joseph

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