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Build Your Own Wood
Fired Oven
£10.56
Alan Watt has been a ceramic artist for 45 years & was for 20 years head of the Ceramics Department of the National Institute of Arts at the Australian National University. Since retiring he has over the past six years conducted numerous weekend workshops on how to build your own wood fired oven. This convinced him that there is a broad & growing interest in learning how to make & use a pizza or wood fired oven. So he has written this book to show how its done & illustrated it with many excellent colour photographs & line drawings. His book explains the historical development of ovens & the physics & basic principles of oven design. There are sections on oven bases & different types of ovens ranging from low tech to high tech & the traditional brick dome oven. Then follow sections on chimneys & dampers casting a chimney & doors & doorways. There are appendixes on casting an arch Forming a brick arch without traditional formwork & casting a chimney base. Finally theres a section of recipes with photographs of dishes which display the diversity of wood fired ovens. ...
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Build Your Vocabulary
3
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Build Your Vocabulary 3" is part of a series of four graded books designed to increase students vocabulary from elementary to upper intermediate level. Over 1 000 words & phrases are taught to make vocabulary learning more systematic & fun." ...
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Building A Character
£8.81
In his most famous book An Actor Prepares Stanislavski dealt with the imaginative processes. In the second book Building a Character he deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage expressions movement & speech etc. It is a book in which every theory is inextricably bound up with practice
- a perfect handbook to the physical art of acting. The work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors & trainers. This edition now reprinted with a new cover at a more accessible price has stood the test of time for actors all over the world & was the original English language translation. A classic text for every actors library. An Actor must work all his life cultivate his mind train his talents systematically develop his character; he may never despair & never relinquish this main pupose
- to love his art with all his strength & love it unselfishly." (Constantin Stanislavski)"

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Building A Deck
£10.87
This book in the Build Like a Pro series takes a practical approach for the homeowner. It takes the reader through the entire process of building a deck
- from the planning stages through construction step-by-step to the custom details that make a deck more functional & attractive. Professional-level information is carefully explained & presented so that the serious DIYer can tackle building a deck with complete confidence. What sets this book apart is the depth & breadth of information on deck design & construction methods: Producing plans; Design considerations; Estimating size & cost; Building basics; Framing
- ledgers posts & beams; Joists; Decking; Railings; Stairs & Ramps; Lighting; Building a roof deck

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Building A Garage
£12.91
Building a Garage" is a practical step-by-step guide which covers all aspects of building a garage from the planning & design stage through to construction & completion. Whether you would like to build a garage yourself or employ a builder whether you want to construct a double or a single garage whether you wish to build with bricks or wood & whether you require a garage just to house your car or also to provide storage & workshop facilities this is the book for you." ...
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Building A Shed
£10.87
This book shows how to build five complete sheds but its real value to the would-be shed builder is the detailed coverage of ...
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Building a Values-Driven Organization
Building A
Values-Driven Organization
£25.51
Richard Barrett author of the best-selling book Liberating the Corporate Soul" presents his new thinking. Based on his experience working with over 1 000 organizations in 32 countries on cultural transformation for the values-driven organization. He presents a whole system approach to cultural transformation showing organizations how they can change their culture to become values-driven organizations that support their employees their customers their partners their leaders & ultimately drive effectiveness & profit. It presents a new thinking from best-selling author on the value-driven organization. It integrates cutting-edge technologies available to companies on the web. It integrates many methodologies into a whole system approach to cultural transformation." ...
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Building And Detailing
Scale Commercial
Aircraft
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Commercial aviation has seen less support from model manufacturers than military aircraft but this is starting to change. The myriad of liveries & colour schemes of commercial aircraft is extremely varied & attractive & the range of such aircraft available in kit form now allows a complete history of commercial aviation to be produced. ...
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Building And Flying
Radio Controlled Model
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£10.84
Over the past decade the developments in the technology of radio control equipment & model aircraft have been tremendous. Because of these advances there is now an even greater need for the enthusiast to be guided through the essential stages of selecting models & state-of-the-art equipment plus construction of & flying the aircraft. With this completely updated edition of his bestselling book David Boddington encourages & instructs both the novice & the experienced aeromodeller. He puts all his immense experience
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Includes:: creating & flying scale models for numerous television series & film projects
- at the disposal of all radio control aircraft enthusiasts. The beginner to this hobby will benefit from the information contained in these well-illustrated pages but the more advanced modeller will also gain from the contents because there is a wealth of authors practical experience & those of fellow modellers within the book. In logical sequence it deals with the types of model & radio control systems available the materials & tools required for building constructional techniques engines & electric motors & the basics of learning to fly the model aircraft.



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Building Bridges
£6.89
How much do you know about North Korea? Depending on whom you ask the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is an international laughing-stock a terrifying nuclear-powered war machine or a humanitarian crisis of nightmarish proportion. For David Alton the DPRK is Asia's tragic & prodigal son long overdue 'coming in from the cold' & returning to the embrace of the international community. The obstacles are gigantic & the record of human suffering is almost beyond description yet there is still hope for a better future
- if only the political & military powers have the courage to seize it. In this book David Alton & Rob Chidley paint a practical & compassionate picture of North Korea from the earliest history to the tragic division & right up to the present day. In doing so they present a North Korea that we can understand approach & reach out to with a glimmer of hope.
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Building A History: The Lego Group

Toy of the Year; Toy of the Century; Greatest Toy of All Time...there arent many titles that havent been bestowed on LEGO toys and its not hard to see why. From its inception in the early 1930s right up until today the LEGO Groups history is as colourful as the toys it makes. Few other playthings share the LEGO brands creative spirit educative benefits resilience quality and universal appeal.The LEGO name is now synonymous with play time but it wasnt always so. This history charts the birth of the LEGO Group from the workshop of a Danish carpenter and its steady growth as a small family-run toy manufacturer to its current position as a market-leading award-winning brand. The companys growing catalogue of products including the earliest wooden toys plasticbricks play themes and other
building systems such as DUPLO Technic and MINDSTORMS are chronicled in detail alongside the manufacturing process LEGOLAND parks licensed toys and computer games.Learn all about how LEGO pulled itself out of an economic crisis and embraced technology to make building blocks relevant to 21st-Century children and discover the vibrant fan community of kids and adults whose conventions websites and artwork keep the LEGO spirit alive. As nostalgic as it is contemporary Building a History will have you reminiscing about old Classic Space sets rummaging through the attic for forgotten minifigure friends and playing with whatever LEGO bricks you can get your hands on (even if it means sharing with your kids).
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Toy of the Year; Toy of the Century; Greatest Toy of All Time...there arent many titles that havent been bestowed on LEGO toys & its not hard to see why. From its inception in the early 1930s right up until today the LEGO Groups history is as colourful as the toys it makes. Few other playthings share the LEGO brands creative spirit educative benefits resilience quality & universal appeal. The LEGO name is now synonymous with play time but it wasnt always so. This history charts the birth of the LEGO Group from the workshop of a Danish carpenter & its steady growth as a small family-run toy manufacturer to its current position as a market-leading award-winning br&. The companys growing catalogue of products including the earliest wooden toys plasticbricks play themes & other building systems such as DUPLO Technic & MINDSTORMS are chronicled in detail alongside the manufacturing process LEGOLAND parks licensed toys & computer games. Learn all about how LEGO pulled itself out of an economic crisis & embraced technology to make building blocks relevant to 21st-Century children & discover the vibrant fan community of kids & adults whose conventions websites & artwork keep the LEGO spirit alive. As nostalgic as it is contemporary Building a History will have you reminiscing about old Classic Space sets rummaging through the attic for forgotten minifigure friends & playing with whatever LEGO bricks you can get your hands on (even if it means sharing with your kids).

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Contemporary - Modern era design
Contemporary - A design reference to indicate post war modern design
Computer - A programmable electronic machine which stores and manipulates data.
Wooden - Something that is made from wood, from trees
Toy - A generic term for something that can be played with for enjoyment
Friends - A close associate or a popular US based sitcom about a group of friends
History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.
Quality - An object that has quality is superior in function and finish than a less quality object.
Small - something that takes up less space than normal.
Danish - a language, often spoken in the Scandinavian countries, primarily Denmark
Contemporary - An object that is living in the same time.
Synonymous - A word that has a similar meaning to another.
LEGO - A brand childrens plastic bricks which interlink to make models
Nostalgic - A memory for familiar things and wanting to get it back.
Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
Classic - Something that is still like it was originally a high quality standard.
Children - A young life form within the early stages of physical development,
Fan - A piece of equipment that has blades that rotate to cool the air, can be installed within other equipment,
Kids - A young child.
Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.

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