In this directory, Nicki Trench presents 201 knitting blocks, featuring traditional patterns, original motifs, the alphabet & numbers & new twists on classic stitches. This comprehensive resource starts with a chapter featuring 28 basic stitches, including garter & stocking stitch. This is followed by chapters on embroidery, textured motifs, stripes & colour, Fair Isle, ripples, beading, cable & ribbing, as well as a chapter showing the beautifully intricate Intarsia stitches. Sections on letters & numerals are invaluable for personalizing your knitting. The project section contains 51 delightful patterns, including blankets & throws, scarves & shawls, bags, hats & gloves, & the cutest knitted toys. If you need to refresh your knitting skills, the basic techniques chapter will show you how to cast on & off, how to achieve the correct tension & gauge, how to hold your needles & which yarn to choose. Whether you are a novice knitter or come to this book with many years of experience, you are sure to find blocks & patterns to inspire you. ...

No other reference exists which embodies the detail & comprehensive coverage of The Standard Catalog of World Coins. This is an indispensable volume for the beneficiary of a collection, someone just getting started in collecting or the experienced enthusiast who wants to keep up-to-date records. Any collector or investor in coins of gold, silver, platinum or palladium will be amazed by the increased value of their holdings. This book has 2303 pages & is 27.5cm x 21cm x 6.4cm ...

The ultimate 3.2 miles to 1 inch scale large format road atlas for the year 2012, featuring Collins popular & well established road mapping; designed for exceptional clarity & ease of use.

Includes:: a wide range of urban area maps at even larger scale plus 56 detailed town centre street plans. Now shows speed limits at speed camera locations.

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Full colour map of Scotland at 9 miles to 1 inch (1:550, 000 approx.) with clear, detailed road network & administrative areas shown in colour. MAIN FEATURES This popular map has clear political colouring with administrative areas shown in colour. In addition to this it has 7 city/town centre street plans.

Includes:: / Mileage chart. / Key in English, French & German. AREA OF COVERAGE Covers the whole of Scotland & part of Northern England on a one-sided map. WHO THE PRODUCT IS OF INTEREST TO This is a general purpose map & is of interest to both business users & for those touring the country. It has a particular emphasis on political features & can be used as a reference map & a route planning map.

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In tracing the meaning of the prophetic Mayan 'end date' of 2012 to our society, Daniel Pinchbeck draws together alien abductions, psychedelic visions, the current ecological crisis & other peculiar aspects of 21st century life into a new vision for our time: 2012 heralds the end of one way of existence & he return of another. There are many hints, both in quantum theory & elsewhere, that humanity is precariously balanced between greater self-potential & environmental disaster. Taking us from the endangered rainforests of the Amazon, to Stonehenge in England & secret ceremonies in jungle enclaves, Pinchbeck's journey tells the story of a man in whose trials we recognise our own hopes & anxieties about modern life, & also provides us with the opportunity to think differently about a new culture for the plant. ...

Young nubile women & flowing lines characterize this gorgeous Art Nouveau calendar. If you love the look & yearn for a time when life seemed so much simpler, you'll enjoy this collection of images for 2012. Perhaps there is a room full of graceful curves that you know this piece would nicely complete? Art lovers will appreciate this calendar all twelve months of the year. ...

This Carry On calendar celebrates this classic series of British films through various film posters & stills from such greats as Carry On Camping, Carry On Doctor & Carry On Up the Kyhber, displaying our favourite Carry On actors in saucy, compromising & hilarious situations. ...

An Imperial War Museum calendar to accompany the exhibition Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War. It features the striking & unusual photographs of Cecil Beaton (1904-80), whose work as official war photographer during the Second World War captured the tenacity of those in the war effort. ...

The ultimate 3.2 miles to 1 inch scale large format paperback road atlas for 2013, featuring Collins' popular & well-established road mapping. Designed for exceptional clarity & ease of use.

Includes:: a wide range of urban area maps at even larger scal

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The ultimate 3.2 miles to 1 inch scale large format spiral bound road atlas for 2013, featuring Collins' popular & well-established road mapping. Designed for exceptional clarity & ease of use.

Includes:: a wide range of urban area maps at even larger scale, plus 64 detailed town centre street plans. Shows speed limits at speed camera locations. This fully updated spiral bound road atlas covers the whole of Britain with each scale of mapping colour-coded for ease of use. The smallest scale maps are great for long distance route planning & the street plans help you locate your final destination. The atlas
Includes:: * Fully updated fixed speed camera sites with average speed camera locations clearly highlighted. All speed cameras show the speed limit. * Route planning section including maps at a scale of 16 miles to 1 inch (1:1, 000, 000) for long distance route planning, motorway services information & a handy distance calculator. * Easy to use, clear road maps at a scale of 3.2 miles to 1 inch (1:200, 000) of Engl&, Wales & Southern Scotl&. Northern Scotland is shown at 5 miles to 1 inch (1:316, 800). * 22 urban area approach maps at 1 mile to 1 inch which clearly show the best routes through & into the busiest built-up areas. * 64 street maps focused on town centres, showing places of interest, car park locations & one-way streets. * M25 orbital map. * Information about restricted motorway junctions. * National rail map for planning your complete journey. * Over 30 categories of places of interest including castles, theme parks, sports venues, universities, mountain bike trails & surfing beaches. * Park & Ride locations shown, ideal when visiting towns & cities. * Full postcodes for the top 1000 places of interest
- ideal to be used alongside satnav systems. Also available in paperback format (ISBN 978-0-00-746859-1).



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