A comprehensive guide to plumbing for DIY homeowners and home improvers. It explains various aspects of domestic plumbing installation, fittings and equipment.

Having an allotment, or at least growing some of your own fruit and vegetables, is very popular. This book features the non-growing side of allotment gardening; the practical and functional elements of a typical plot. It features various projects that range from very basic and intermediate to more complex tasks, such as building a shed.

A collection of fun and fabulous coffee cozies. It includes 30 projects that cover various knitting techniques, including intarsia and 3D embellishments, and also present a number of crochet techniques and a delightful felted cozy.

Suitable for those interested in photography and established photographers who need to refocus their photographic motivation, this book outlines field techniques for choosing the correct exposure, discusses depth of field, hyper-focal focusing, exposure bracketing and the use of appropriate filters.

Offers guidance for sewing emergencies, teaching those who never learned how to thread a needle, sew on a button, darn a hole and more. This book helps you learn the real basics of hand and machine sewing, with photographs and instructions. It covers a range of different fastenings, instant fixes for emergencies, zips and closures, and seams.

Explains how to design, plan and plant up your garden by the sea, making the most of the coastal microclimate. This practical book helps you learn how to design and choose the right plants that thrive, whether it is for a windswept, sheltered, container, productive or tropical or exotic-looking garden.

Takes you through the whole process of finding, processing, seasoning and drying your own timber. This book covers: anatomical structures of wood; identifying timber; sourcing timber; seasoning timber and drying timber. It is suitable for independent woodworkers across a range of disciplines.

A collection of vintage projects that enable readers to accessorise with eye-catching and individual style. It takes inspiration from the fashions of the 1920s through to the 1960s.

Shows how numerous shades can be achieved and stunning paintings created using just three paint colours - alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue and yellow ochre - plus white. This title takes the reader through 20 demonstration paintings and explains how to paint and the thought process involved in doing so.

Presents knitting patterns for 15 wild animals. This book lets you choose 15 wild creatures, each with a distinct personality, including: Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion, Giant Panda, Monkey, Koala, Penguin and many more.

Featuring full colour photographs, this book displays the sheer beauty of the sky. It covers different aspects from diverse cloud formations, the golden colours of dawn and dusk, spectacular storms and unique weather, and a wide range of meteorological phenomena.

Contains step-by-step instructions for sewing four party dresses. This title shows how to construct a body block and fit personal patterns to suit different body shapes.

An essential accessory for your favourite teapot and the ultimate in homely comfort... every dedicated tea-lover should have a tea cozy - or few to choose from. This title in the Cozy... series shows off a range of quirky cozies to knit and crochet. The projects are accompanied with patterns and instructions for how to create your cozies.

Felting is a rewarding craft that takes knitting a step further. This book shows you how to knit 30 very different bags and felt them to create designs that are sturdy and practical yet eye-catching and stylish. It includes photography of the bags, close-up details and images that show the inspiration behind each of the designs.

Includes 20 projects that are suitable for various levels and four matching purse designs that can be adapted to any bag. This book includes patterns for various bags and all have seam allowances added already.

Features a selection of landscapes from all over the world and other personal favourites from the author's career, accompanied by his expert advice on the creative manipulation of monochrome images, printing and film processing.

Explains how to use digital capture to take wildlife images - images that reflect the photographer's experiences without the need for post-capture enhancement. This book focuses on the in-camera, in-the-field techniques that helps you to get the most from your digital camera. It combines diagrams and a range of digital wildlife images.

Follow the simple instructions in this book and turn ribbon, chenille, beads, feathers, glitter, shells, pressed flowers, and paper into stylish cards to capture any mood. Learn how to turn your hobby into a business, how to stay creative and where to find sources of inspiration.

This comprehensive field guide to exposure gives loads of easy to follow examples and great advice on wide range of topics; theory of exposure, what equipment to use, film and digital cameras, understanding light, low light and night time photography, silhouettes and exposure in the digital darkroom.

A practical book on the technique of timber-frame construction for carpenters, builders and aspiring self-builders. Full-colour photographs show projects by the author and others. Structural details are explained both in photographs and in three-dimensional drawings.