A guide to restoration techniques for antique furniture. It provides instructions for everyday restoration techniques, including fixing loose joints, repairing broken chair legs and reviving surfaces. It offers information on specialist skills, such as turning, upholstery, gilding, marquetry and parquetry.

Contains over 115 recipes for spicy and aromatic Indian dishes, including meat, poultry, fish and vegetarian curries, and rices, breads, pickles and chutneys. This book shows you how to make curry, how to use key ingredients, such as herbs, spices and aromatics, and how to make curry powders and pastes.

Soups are the ultimate in comfort food. With step-by-step instructions illustrated by more than 440 colour photographs and nutritional information for each dish, this is the cookbook, kitchen reference and a collection of soup recipes.

It's Poppy's first day at fairy school and she can't wait to learn how to do magic like the other fairies. But every time she waves her wand, everything seems to come out all wrong! Will she ever be able to learn from the kind Fairy Godmother and be like the other fairies in the school?

Lets readers follow Archie and Rose as they hunt through their big toy box, the old cupboard in the attic, the shed outside and even the costume shop before they find the perfect outfit to win the prize for the best costume at the party.

A guide to choosing, making and cooking your own pasta, with over 350 step-by-step recipes and over 1500 photographs. It offers step-by-step instructions that guide you through the secrets of cooking and serving pasta, and include techniques for easy home-made pasta, from cutting shapes and noodles to making flavoured and coloured variations.

Offers practical advice on planning, planting and maintaining rock and water gardens including more than 300 photographs. This title provides you what you need to know to design, plan and plant a unique rock and water garden. It also includes a section on rock and water design that contains plans showing different garden ideas.

An account of the painter Claude Monet, one of the key founders of the Impressionist movement and arguably the most influential painter of modern times. It tells the story of his life, the historical context of society at the time, and his relationships with Renoir, Sisley and Manet.

Presents instructions for making hundreds of cocktails and drinks, including all-time favourites such as the Dry Martini and Grasshopper, and more unusual drinks such as the Blue Hawaiian and Passion Punch. This title offers information about the types of drinks and mixers available, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

The secrets of successful sauce-making are revealed in this handy book. Contains 100 easy-to-prepare recipes, whether your choice is for rich and robust, refreshing or tangy sauces to complement meat and poultry, fish, pasta, vegetarian dishes or even desserts. There are plenty of traditional favourites as well as more innovative ideas. Whatever your choice, 'Cook's Book of Sauces' is both a firm

A comprehensive guide to the art of preserving - from jam- and jelly- making to preserving with salt, sugar, vinegar and alcohol

An illustrated encyclopedia of the Islamic faith, its history, philosophy and religious practice. It offers an insightful overview of Islamic beliefs, teachings, texts and traditions, and an exploration of the Qur'an as the revealed word of God and as a sacred text.

The first half of this fascinating new book contains a detailed exploration of Van Gogh's life, including his background, early career, influences and relationships. Beginning with his birth in 1853, it details his childhood, family life, education and work-life before he began painting in 1880. The second half of the book comprises an illustrated and comprehensive gallery, presenting over 280 ..

Offers easy to make and quick to bake, 80 delicious tried-and-tested muffin recipes. This title includes ideas for breakfast muffins, fruity treats, substantial vegetable muffins, indulgent sweet cakes, as well as a chapter on savoury muffins.

Country cooking is about returning to a more natural rhythm, where recipes follow the natural progression of the seasons and where traditional dishes are passed down to the delight of each new generation. This title shows heart-warming dishes step by step for the modern kitchen, in 700 evocative photographs.

A collection of over 70 delicious fish and shellfish recipes that can each be prepared and cooked in about 20 minutes, or much less. It includes step-by-step photographs that illustrate the easy-to-follow instructions for each recipe as well as useful information, hints and tips on types of fish, buying, storing, and quick-cooking techniques.

Includes recipes for traditional fish, meat and poultry dishes cooked the balti way as well as ideas and flavour combinations for an authentic taste of India. This title features accompaniments, such as delicious Indian breads, rice and side dishes. It provides information on cooking methods, equipment and ingredients.

Split into two parts, the book first traces the origin of the artistic achievements of Greece, describing the rise of Greek architecture through the Doric, Ionian and Corinthian styles. It also discusses and beautifully illustrates the sculptures, vase paintings and mosaics that adorned Greek buildings. The second section looks at how the ancient Greek belief system and philosophy underpinned ...

Aqualight water training is a sequence-based programme. Each sequence is self contained and offers parents scope for further practice. This title offers an introduction to the Aqualight approach to water training - a unique series of exercises to encourage co-ordination, strength and confidence.