Shoot the Baby offers practical tips & simple tricks for taking great baby photos. More humorous than technical the advice works with any camera
- disposable digital mobile phone or Box Brownie! Shoot the Baby is perfect for parents keen to capture those precious early moments yet too busy to study photography at night school. Doting grandparents godparents uncles & aunts may also be tempted to Shoot the Baby from time to time. Written for parents not professionals the guide is refreshingly easy to read & quite possibly the first photography book not to mention focal length. The book is split into three key sections; Top tips composition ideas & spot the difference. Appealing images of babies are used throughout the book to illustrate different points. With over 700 000 babies born in the UK each year & millions of baby photos taken each year the market opportunity is huge. The UK baby market is worth over GBP630m & spending on non-necessity items is high. Shoot the Baby addresses a gap in the market
- the other books in the sector are aimed more at the professional photographer than the new mum. The book will be supported by the website www.shootthebaby.co. uk Photos of your baby are the most precious thing & this beautiful book is full of useful tips & creative ideas to make sure your pictures not only look professional but also really capture the gorgeousness of your baby" Editor Mother & Baby Magazine."

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Shoot the Damn Dog" blasts the stigma of depression as a character flaw & confronts the illness Winston Churchill called the black dog a condition that humiliates punishes & isolates its sufferers. It is a personal account of a journey through (and out of) severe depression as well as being a practical book offering ideas about what might help. With its raw understated eloquence it will speak volumes to anyone whose life has been haunted by depression as well as offering help & understanding to those whose loved ones suffer from this terrifying condition." ...

Jamie Johnson cant believe his luck. Hes playing for Kingfield School in the Cup Semi-Final & scouts from his favourite club Hawkstone United are coming to watch. But Jamies hopes of a professional career still have a long way to go... ...

The Goal Kings are going through a bad patch: their league form is dipping their star striker can't control his temper in front of the referee & some of the parents are calling for the coach to be replaced. Then the Kings' most important match of the season ends in a penalty shoot-out. ...

The new Shooters Bible Guide to Knives" sets the standard for comprehensive publications by carrying on the Shooters Bible tradition of bringing together more products & information that any other source. With photographs & descriptions of more than 400 knives the reader is treated to product highlights from major manufacturers & custom knife makers. The knife is an ancient tool but today traditional designs stand side by side with space-age materials & construction. This book brings you from the blacksmith shop to the high tech world of todays most influential designers with insights into blade steel locking mechanisms & handle materials. This consumer resource is a celebration of a vital product that flourishes as an object of art a tool & for many the sole option for personal defense. A review of carry options & deployment is capped with " Is it legal?" featuring reports on the knife law crusaders who have come to the fore much like protectors of the Second Amendment. When it comes to knives this book is the source for the products & the passion." ...

Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing & painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as " My Country Right or Left" " How the Poor Die" & " Such Such were the Joys" his memoir of the horrors of public school as well as discussions of Shakespeare sleeping rough boys' weeklies & a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated uncompromising provocative & hugely entertaining all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject." ...

The Shooting Game Book" is a beautifully produced journal for all game species illustrated throughout with specially-commissioned watercolours by Rodger Mc Phail. Rodger is widely regarded as the foremost wildlife & sporting artist in the UK today & his works are amongst the most sought-after by collectors worldwide. " The Shooting Game Book" will be published with green buckram cloth & leather quarter binding with ribbon marker gold blocked on the front & spine & enclosed in its own slipcase. The binding will include spaced inserts to allow the inclusion of game cards & photographs without compromising the depth of the book. Altogether this is the ideal gift or personal acquisition for every game shooting enthusiast." ...

The compelling autobiography of one of the great & most committed newsmen of our time: full frank & occasionally very funny Jon Snow's memoirs are as revealing about the great & the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs. Jon Snow is perhaps the most highly regarded newsman of our time; his qualities as a journalist & as a human being
- his passion warmth intelligence frankness & humour
- are widely recognised & evident for all to see most nights on Channel 4 News & now in the pages of his first book. His vivid personal chronicle is filled with anecdotes & pithy observations & delightfully records his life & times since becoming a journalist in the early 1970s. He reported widely on Cold War conflicts in Iran Iraq Afghanistan Eritrea Ethiopia Angola & Central America before becoming a resident correspondent in Washington D.C. in the 1980s & he has met & interviewed most of the world's leaders. Drawing lessons from these experiences he has pertinent things to say about how the increasing world disorder came about following the fall of the Berlin Wall; how the West's constant search for an enemy has helped unhinge the world; & how & why the media have in general been less than helpful in drawing attention to key political & global developments.

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When maverick movie star Sean OToole is forced to leave the glamour of Hollywood to make a film about an Irish gangster hes not best pleased
- & even less so when he finds out hell be joined by hapless local journalist Dan Starkey who is writing his biography. Its a job that plunges Dan into the murky underbelly of the movie business & from the backstreets of Belfast to the fleshpots of Amsterdam & the glitz of the Cannes Film Festival. Along the way a smouldering romance threatens the frequently rocky balance of his marriage to Patricia while he battles his way through kidnap extortion & murder & all of it liberally sprinkled with Hollywood gold dust.
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Things are hotting up for Tintin as a huge fireball comes hurtling towards earth! Soon he is setting sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean but a valuable metal is contained in the meteorite & Tintin's attempts to reach it are met with relentless sabotage! ...