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Adorable Animal Families to Crochet (Dover Crafts: Crochet)

Marie Clesse - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback

Animal lovers will delight in crocheting these adorable animal family pairings. Full-color photos and step-by-step instructions show how easy it is to create 16 cute projects featuring eight endearing family couplings of adult and baby animals. Create a menagerie of charming creatures,...

The Art of Checkmate: new translation with algebraic chess notation

Georges Renaud - Batsford
Format: Paperback

The Art of Checkmate, first published in Monaco in 1947, has remained one of the most popular and enduring chess books of all time, loved by chess players and regularly appearing in top ten lists of their favourites.Remarkably, despite its widespread popularity, the first English edition,...

Complete Starter Guide to Woodturning on the Lathe: Everything You Need to Know Plus 8 Projects to Get You Started (Fox Chapel Publishing) How to Turn for Beginner to Intermediate Woodworkers

Luke Voytas - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

The ultimate beginner-friendly woodturning guide!User-friendly workshop guide for beginners to quickly grasp how to use a lathe and start turning attractive and practical projects to use or giftComplete overviews on the anatomy of a lathe, how to use one safely, turning tools, sharpening...

My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White: A Turn-key Package for Ambitious Beginners

Vincent Moret - New In Chess,Csi
Format: Paperback

Every chess player needs to decide which openings he is going to play. But where do you start? The risk of drowning in the turbulent sea of opening theory is only too real for beginning amateurs.Often your goals and ambitions will be misguided. Trying to win in 20 moves, copying what's...

Essential Human Anatomy for Artists: A Complete Visual Guide to Drawing the Structures of the Living Form (For Artists, 9)

Ken Goldman - Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback

Study human anatomy to translate nature into drawings that are both anatomically accurate and artistically beautiful.. Essential Human Anatomy for Artists is an anatomy course in a book that's designed to offer you new tools to help you understand the connections between exterior forms...

Expressive Printmaking: A Creative Guide

Mary Dalton - Crowood Press
Format: Paperback

Expressive Printmaking goes back to first principles to rediscover the full potential of printmaking. Through introducing a tantalizing array of techniques, it shows the artist how to communicate stories and emotions through dynamic prints that sing off the page. It covers printing by hand...

A Knitters Guide to Gloves

Anghadrad Thomas - The Crowood Press
Format: Paperback

A Knitter's Guide to Gloves introduces several construction techniques, alongside the possible materials and tools that are suitable for knitting the gloves you want. A chapter on design guides you through adapting and customising your glove knitting before outlining how to go about...

Vultures: Nature's Cleanup Crew (Animal Scavengers in Action)

Sandra Markle - Lerner Publications ™
Format: August 1

Using teamwork and keen eyesight, vultures soar thousands of feet above the ground in search of carrion to eat. Learn about the habits and life cycle of this iconic avian scavenger.

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