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(H/B) RESILIENT STITCH
Following on from her textile hit Slow Stitch, author Claire Wellesley-Smith considers the importance of connection and ideas around wellbeing when using textiles for individuals and communities, including practical ideas around 'thinking-through-making', using 'resonant' materials and extending the life of pieces using traditional and non-traditional methods. Contemporary textile artists using these themes in their work feature alongside personal work from Claire and examples from community-based textile projects. The book features some o...
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(H/B) TEXTILES TRANSFORMED
A guide to transforming found and cherished textiles.Textile artist Mandy Pattullo shows how to source, refashion and repurpose vintage textiles to create beautiful collages and other unique textile objects. There are ideas for embellishment, stitch and appliqu? as well as tips for transforming material into impressive quilts, bags, books, tablecloths, tapestry panels and wall hangings and much more.Following the make-do-and-mend and folk art traditions of previous generations, Mandy provides simple instructions for working with a variety ...
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(H/B) MID-CENTURY WOODWORKING PATTERN BOOK
Make your own beautiful mid-century wooden objects for the home. With over 80 projects, from the simple to the advanced, this is the perfect book to progress your woodworking skills and create something beautiful for your home. These sought-after classic designs from the 1950s and 60s include a range of items for home and garden, simple display shelves, bookends and a tray to a chest of drawers and a desk. Every project includes a clear pattern and diagrams, detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations of the finished pieces. The ...
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(H/B) BEDSIDE COMPANION FOR FOOD LOVERS
A delicious literary anthology all about food. With extracts from over 200 authors, it embraces fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even a smattering of recipes, with one piquant extract for every night of the year. This absorbing book is a literary feast for every food lover. Within these pages, you'll discover a wealth of foodie extracts from around the world and throughout the centuries, from Christmas feasts in Tudor times to Nigella Lawson on how much cheese to buy for a dinner party. In addition to renowned food writers such as Elizabe...
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(H/B) SLOW STITCH
The pleasures to be had from slowing down can be many, with connections to sustainability, simplicity, reflection, and tuning into traditional and other multicultural textile traditions. Slow Stitch is a much-needed guide to adopting a less-is-more approach, valuing quality over quantity, and bringing a meaningful and thoughtful approach to textile practice. Claire Wellesley-Smith introduces a range of ways in which you can slow your textile work down, including:Using simple techniques inspired by traditional practice (including hand-stitc...
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(H/B) INTERPRETING THEMES IN TEXTILE ART
An inspirational and practical book on how to interpret and collaborate on different themes in textile art. With foreword by Marie-Therese Wisniowski, who runs Art Quill Studio.This stunning collection showcases the work produced by renowned textile artists Els van Baarle and Cherilyn Martin, and explores how - even when working from the same starting point - textile art can produce a myriad interpretations of shape, form, colour and technique. Els and Cherilyn have chosen six themes for their own starting point, each full of inspiration a...
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(H/B) UNBUILT
Unbuilt tells the stories of the plans, drawings and proposals that emerged during the 20th century in an unparalleled era of optimism in architecture. Many of these grand projects stayed on the drawing board, some were flights of fancy that couldn't be built, and in other cases test structures or parts of buildings did emerge in the real world. The book features the work of Buckminster Fuller, Geoffrey Bawa, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Archigram, as well as contemporary architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Will Alsop and...
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(H/B) LEARN WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES QUICKLY
A guide to landscape painting for complete beginners with simple exercises. Hazel Soan is a hugely successful painter and an outstanding teacher and author of art books, which have introduced the wonders of art to a generation of amateur artists. In this book she teaches you how to get to grips with watercolour landscapes in the space of an afternoon. The book explores the basics of watercolour landscapes with lots of simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations that are perfect for beginners. That life-long ambition of painting somew...
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(Η/Β) MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES
An inspiring guide to creating successful landscapes and seascapes in mixed media, including watercolour, pastels, wax crayons, ink and acrylics. Mixed media is ever growing in popularity. In this useful and insightful book, artist and teacher Chris Forsey shows how to use this technique to create stunning landscapes and seascapes. The book concentrates on combining water-based media - watercolour, pastels, wax crayons, ink and acrylics - to create an exciting and often unpredictable way to paint. It allows the artist to create textures an...
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(P/B) 52 GREAT POKER TIPS
A leading poker guru gives you the essential tips to win at Texas Hold 'Em poker at any time, whether at home, at a tournament or playing online. Lou Krieger, author of the bestselling "Poker Player's Bible", covers the basics, such as tips on when to fold, when to call, and when to raise, but also gives you insider tips to help you raise your game. The advice varies depending on whether you are playing in a tournament, in a fixed-limit game (as is common in the USA) or in a pot - or no-limit game (the kind commonly found in the UK and muc...
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(P/B) AN ARCHITECT'S DOT-TO-DOT
Connect the dots... and see 45 iconic buildings from around the world! From Frank Lloyd Wright s Fallingwater to Jorn Utzon s Sydney Opera House, these dot-to-dots present the world s most stunning architectural marvels. Each drawing has over 300 dots, and you can color in the completed picture. The images include: the Guggenheim Museum, Battersea Power Station, Habitat 67, and the Chrysler Building as well as works by Mies van der Rohe, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Alvar Aalto, Zaha Hadid, and Le Corbusier. Solving these puzzles is the per...
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(P/B) MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES
One of the most important chess books ever written, reissued in celebration of a chess genius, Bobby Fischer. The American takes the reader through 60 of his games, describing his thoughts, the intricacies behind his and his opponent's strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological battle in each one. You'll find beautifully simple positional play next to out-of-this-world combinations that are just breathtaking, for example The Game of the Century, played by a 15-year-old Fischer against Byrne. Fischer played nearly...
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(P/B) 4000 FLOWER AND PLANT MOTIFS

(H/B) MONTY PYTHON ENCYCLOPEDIA

HISTORY OF 20TH CENTURY FASHION (P/B)
(. . .) This fully revised and updated guide brings the story up to the end of the century, bringing fashion history vividly to life with new text, illustrations and stunning photography. (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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(P/B) CHESS WIZARDRY

(H/B) ATLAS OF IMAGINED PLACES