Boatbuilding is a practical handbook & boatshop assistant designed & written to meet the needs of the builder covering the complete process of wooden boat construction. The text covers all types of craft from flat-bottom rowboats to ocean cruisers & commercial vessels & aids the builder in overcoming difficulties & discouraging delays resulting from the lack of easily available information on the practical side of boatbuilding. Boatbuilding gives detailed instructions with many illustrations on all phases of boatbuilding written out of actual boatbuilding practice & aids the builder in planning each job in its proper sequence in relation to those that follow. After a chapter discussing the choice of plans suitable for amateur work there are chapters on lofting the backbone & setting up flat-bottom hull construction V-bottom hull construction round-bottom hull construction deck framing & building special construction (plywood strip planking lap-strake diagonal ribband carvel canvas) heavy construction joiner-work iron-work & spar making. Each chapter is organized for easy & quick reference & the book is completely indexed. An added feature is the inclusion of building plans for nineteen boats designed for this book & suitable for amateur building. ...

A manual on DIY interior boat-building designed for boat-owners who are not completely happy with the layout of their production boat or who want to fit out a new or renovated hull. Every detail of each project is explained & illustrated with step-by-step colour photographs & the techniques & procedures shown are applicable to every type & size of boat. ...

This manual takes both novice & experienced boatowner through minor to major repairs of electrical systems engines electronics steering systems generators pumps cookers spars & rigging. When it was first published in 1990 the Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual broke new ground. It was hailed as the first truly DIY manual for boatowners & has sold in its thousands ever since. There have been significant changes in boat systems since then particularly electrical systems & this third edition has been fully updated to reflect these developments & expand its predecessor's worldwide popularity. ' Probably the best technical reference & troubleshooting book in the world' Yachting Monthly ' It deserves to come standard with every boat' Yachting World ...

In the grand scheme of things 200 years is a relatively short period of time. But yet within this timeframe an amazing form of transport was developed grew to a prosperous zenith went into decline virtually disappeared & is now being resurrected. Exploring the canals of the Midlands this book with maps & detailed walks will encourage the reader to move from his armchair & into this living piece of history. It also answers some of the many questions asked today about our canal network &

Includes:: interviews & memories of those who worked on the canals.

...

A special edition for children age 11 & above featuring 8 pages of photographs. ' We are all given second chances every day of our lives but we don't usually take them. Then I met Bob.' James Bowen was a homeless musician busking on the streets of London to survive. But the moment he met an injured stray cat with ginger fur & big green eyes his life began to change. Together James & Bob the cat faced the world
- & won. A purrfectly true 'tail' of love & friendship to make you smile! Please note contains some drug references.
...

When Bob the Man on the Moon spots a strange seed bouncing along the surface of the Moon little does he know that it will grow overnight into the first ever Moontree! Earth tourists (especially the lumberjacks) come to try to get a piece of Moontree but Bob keeps them at bay (oblivious to the alien assistance hes getting). Only when things start to get really shocking (or should we say shaking?) do we discover the secret of the Moontree
- its seeds are actually eggs each one containing a baby alien!
...

Bob's Organic Gardening Bible is a comprehensive & invaluable guide to gardening in a more natural sustainable & pleasurable way. Bob has been gardening organically for over 30 years
- he knows all there is to know
- & he packs this book with advice top tips the best varieties of flowers fruits & vegetables & more in a typically no-nonsense practical & anecdotal way. He explains how to get rid of pests & diseases but encourage beneficial wildlife how to manage weeds how to grow for flavour & quality using the easiest means & how to plan your garden so that it looks beautiful & runs efficiently throughout the year. Bob's enthusiasm filters through every page making organic gardening the only practical & effective way to garden. This book is a must for organic gardening novices & experts alike.

...

What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rocknroll? How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever but has also become a shining beacon of radicalism & peace to generation after generation of fans across the globe? On May 11 1981 a little after 11.30 in the morning Bob Marley died. The man who introduced reggae to a worldwide audience in his own lifetime he had already become a hero figure in the classic mythological sense. From immensely humble beginnings & with talent & religious belief his only weapons the Jamaican recording artist applied himself with unstinting perseverance to spreading his prophetic musical message. & he had achieved it: only a year earlier Bob Marley & The Wailers tour of Europe had seen them perform to the largest audiences a musical act had up to that point experienced. Record sales of Marleys albums before his death were spectacular; in the years since his death they have become phenomenal as each new generation discovers afresh the remarkable power of his music. Chris Salewicz who had a sequence of adventures with Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1979 offers us a comprehensive & detailed account of Bob Marleys life & the world in which he grew up & came to dominate. Never-before-heard interviews with dozens of people who knew Marley are woven through a narrative that brings to life not only the Rastafari religion & the musical scene in Jamaica but also the spirit of the man himself. ...

On assignment in Jamaica for Time" magazine in 1976 David Burnett photographed Bob Marley at his Tuff Gong home in Kingston Jamaica & then on the start of the seminal " Exodus" tour. Capturing the legend at an exceptional moment in time Burnetts work intersects with both the zenith of Marleys career & the traumatic upheaval of his flight from Jamaica after an attempt on his life. For any reggae lover or music history buff " Bob Marley" offers a matchless glimpse into the legends life at home." ...

Capturing Marleys life in a collection of photographs many taken during his electric stage shows others while at leisure on the football field or strumming on his intricately carved Ovation this is an intimate record of Bobs short but intense life. ...