100 scenic drives in Engl&, Scotland & Wales Easy-to-follow regional maps guide you through Britain’s most beautiful regions Entries include places to visit, parking & drive length to help you plan your trip Evocative photographs give a taste of the journey ...

A festive snapshot of a family home preparing for the most special day of the year. The stockings are hung up ready, the turkey is done & there's a familiar visitor on the roof. Looks like all this family's Christmas wishes are about to come true.
Size: 68 x 49cm, 1000 pieces
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The Oil Paint Colour Wheel Book" will help anyone who want to paint in oils & produce quality art in days. It begins with a look at the equipment you'll need to get started & then describes the basic principles of colour mixing & applying colour. The book presents a series of eight step-by-step projects designed to teach you the most rewarding oil painting techniques, such as colour blending, lifting out, working dark to light, glazing, & painting with a palette knife, all applied to subjects from still lifes to landscapes, & from buildings to woodlands. By working through the projects, you'll increase your knowledge & confidence & will be able to produce satisfying oil paintings. Each project also introduces & illustrates the most important technique for the project & gives at-a-glance advice on colour mixing. The colour wheel on the jacket allows mixes to be immediately visible, for successful paintings every time." ...

Knit your medal winning team with this quirky & unique knitting book that combines a momentous event with traditional knitting. This title presents 10 brilliant patterns for knitting your very own team of championship athletes going for gold. Olympknits is a quirky take on the event we'll all be talking about next summer. It

Includes:: full instructions for how to knit together with hilarious photos of the finished athletes in action & how to customise them for your own team. Don't forget to visit our special Olympknits website for bonus projects, competitions & all the latest woolly sport news from retired knitted athlete Mr. Phil Sportsman. And now you can check out our hilarious Olympknits video...

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The call of the wild! Come face to face with wildlifes finest predators in pack formation with this Janlynn kit. One can almost hear their haunting wails piercing the chilly night air! Kit contains 14-count white 100% Cotton Aida fabric, 6-strand pre-sorted carded 100% cotton thread, needle, chart & instructions in English, French, Spanish & German. Finished

Size: 7 x 22 (18 x 56cm) Designed by Roger. W. Reinardy

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This is a fascinating & poignant collection of photographs & first-hand accounts documenting everyday life on Britain's home front during WWII. Collected here are the stories of the men, women & children left at home who dug for victory, knitted for victory, waved goodbye to loved ones, accommodated strangers, went out to work & who provided invaluable support to the troops on the frontline. Accounts of mass evacuations during the 'phoney war', blackouts & camaradarie in the shelters sit alongside heart-warming tales of personal victories, tragic stories of loss & confusion & detailed accounts of the destruction of major cities, towns & villages. Diary extracts, archive documents, letters, propaganda & personal memories are vividly brought to life with revealing & often breathtaking images, exposing the extraordinary lives of these ordinary citizens during the people's war. ...

Ever got your apertures & your aliasing all muddled up? Ever had a meltdown reading a camera manual? Or searched that very same manual for simple explanations of technical terms, & been left in the dark? Worried about making the switch from a simple p ...

Even standard digital SLR cameras have manuals running to hundreds of pages; usually, they concentrate on the technical features of the camera, but neglect the crucial fact that great photographers do not just simply know how to navigate menus: they understand how the operation of their camera will help them to take better pictures. The Photographers DSLR Pocketbook, small enough to be taken on the most arduous shoot, gives the reader the benefit of Michael Freeman's decades of professional photography & years of experience with digital technology. Opening with the anatomy of a digital SLR, the book then covers settings, exposure, capture & image workflow, clarifying the operations of your camera & allowing you to operate it with speed, confidence & accuracy. Michaels own photography & diagrams illuminate his points perfectly, making this an attractive & informative read. ...

More & more people are travelling with their cameras in the hope of taking striking photos that capture the essence of their time away
- & an ever increasing number of talented amateurs are uploading their images to picture agencies & earning extra income from selling rights. Shooting on the road, though, does present a myriad of challenges
- from erratic power supplies, to difficult customs posts, so its important to be well-prepared & ready for anything. The Photographers Field Guide will help you decide what to pack, & what difficulties to plan for; invaluable advice, hard-earned by Michael Freeman during his long career in photography in the field. Once youre on location, the book will enable you to quickly evaluate your surroundings, decide what opportunities exist
- & make the most of them with that definitive shot. Stunningly illustrated throughout, this is an essential book for the travelling photographer.


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Light is the lifeblood of photography. The Photographer's Guide to Light explores the correlation between light & shade to give the reader an insight into how stunning images can be achieved, even when the light is low. In this inspiring practical guide, John Freeman examines all aspects of light, including daylight, flash, tungsten, HMI, using available light & night photography. With informative, jargon-free language he explains the colour balance of films & how different light affects them, & also looks at the latest digital techniques. Each subject is illustrated with a wide range of John Freeman's original images & helpful diagrams. Subjects include taking portraits in available light, fill-in flashes, interiors with mixed lighting conditions, when to take the optimum night-time shots
- all achievable by photographers using even the most modest of equipment.
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