Hobbies and Pastimes from chess to cheesemaking, magic tricks to card games.
Neither talent without instruction,
nor instruction without talent can
produce the perfect craftsman.
- Vitruvius
DAN GOOKIN Book Number: 82167 |
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The world of computer technology moves at breakneck speed and this vintage 2007 issue in the invaluable "Dummies" series stops with Vista, which is no longer supported by Microsoft. But the book ne...
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SCOTT PURDY Book Number: 87014 |
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The Bone Collector, Morbus Marrowmuncher, a mutant warrior, treasure hunter Nisky 'Bones' Finchleskip and the very rotund belly dancer Grundl Bumperdunce are among the orcs, mutant warriors, tramps...
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Unknown Book Number: 24415 |
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A unique concept. Four large softback books, each containing eight hand-coloured drawings of wildlife scenes. Whales, lions, a crocodile; the squirrel and the fox; rabbit, kittens and hamster; and ...
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PATHFINDERS DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Book Number: 84584 |
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Based on his drawing from the Codex Atlanticus, Da Vinci's Trebuchet was probably made for the Duke of Milan in about 1482 to impress his skills as a military engineer. Now you can bring to life t...
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IGLOO BOOKS Book Number: 88671 |
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Transform your cakes into delicious works of art and be inspired with the ideas in the 64 page recipe book of pastel pink, blue, yellow and purple pages, all illustrated and easy to follow. The gi...
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SCOTT CUPIT Book Number: 88735 |
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Strictly Come Dancing may be back on our TV screens, but one thing they have missed is the fashion, music, culture and key moves of Swing Dance, the wonderful Lindy Hop we all love to watch. Truly...
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PHILIP PATENALL Book Number: 88772 |
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From this excellent Learn to Draw Collins series all the basics are covered to provide a sound foundation in drawing techniques. Numerous illustrations and step-by-step drawings, each book include...
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KIT WOOLSEY & PATTI BEADLES Book Number: 88891 |
Published price: £9.99
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Written by the well-known backgammon expert, theorist and winner of countless tournaments plus an online specialist in their trademark authoritative and friendly style, here is a book about backgam...
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NPW Book Number: 84872 |
Published price: £9.83
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Beautifully presented in a small wooden box measuring 3½" x 4½" with a sliding lid are a set of ten heavyweight jacks in gold and silver and two sturdy red bouncing balls to enjoy this traditional ...
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TIM DEDOPULOS Book Number: 89073 |
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Using the Rubik's cube design as a basis for logic and spatial awareness challenges, this addictive puzzle book will have you coming back for more and more. No need to have ever picked up a Rubik'...
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JOSY BLOGGS Book Number: 89398 |
Published price: £12.99
Bibliophile price: £3.50
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Checkmate! This intelligent and interactive board book is the best introduction to the greatest strategy game of all time, chess. A pop out chessboard and full set of pieces is included in this bri...
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REBEKKA GUOLEIFSDOTTIR Book Number: 89631 |
Published price: £19.99
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With a surname like that, we should guess that Rebekka comes from Iceland, but what we won't have guessed is that she was named the Web's Top Photographer by the Wall Street Journal. Landscape pho...
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IGLOO BOOKS Book Number: 89641 |
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There are various strategies that can be used when solving sudoku. One of the simplest is to look at the possible candidates for a given square in the puzzle, and where there is only one candidate...
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GRAHAM JONES Book Number: 89663 |
Published price: £9.99
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Area Mazes are the new puzzle craze created by the world-renowned Japanese puzzle expert Naoki Inaba. The easy-seeming questions require you to traverse a series of rectangles to find the missing ...
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MATTHEW DONEGAN Book Number: 89670 |
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Charge up your cognitive power with the challenging conundrums crammed into this selection of over 200 illustrated, full colour puzzles. There is a plethora of problems including Sudoku, logic seq...
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TIM DEDOPULOS Book Number: 89675 |
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A compendium of premier puzzles pulled from the most intelligent civilisations throughout history, the heads of the finest Greek philosophers, the sage minds of the ancient Japanese, alongside the ...
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HANNAH WALDRON & I. STARZINSKY Book Number: 89679 |
Published price: £9.95
Bibliophile price: £6.00
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Inside a glow-in-the-dark box are nine illustrated nice-sized wooden dice picturing bats, a bed, a black cat, a broken down car, a book of spells, a bonfire, a candle, Frankenstein's Monster, a ful...
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RICHARD WOLFRIK GALLAND Book Number: 89685 |
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Taking inspiration from hundreds of paintings, sketches, diagrams and writings from the great Renaissance genius himself Leonardo da Vinci to provide more than 150 puzzles and enigmas. Spot-the-di...
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RICHARD WOLFRIK GALLAND Book Number: 89686 |
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Leonardo da Vinci was a man who lived ahead of his time. From beautiful frescos, sculptures and artworks, he also invented flying machines, diving bells, and even renaissance versions of tanks and...
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DR GARETH MOORE Book Number: 89692 |
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Specially designed to stretch your mind and keep your IQ sharp, train your brain with these 200 puzzles - ten tests of 20 demanding puzzles, each becoming progressively harder. It focusses mainly ...
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RUBIKS Book Number: 89698 |
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Beautifully designed and colourful large softback which takes the iconography and core intellectual values of the classic 1980s Rubik Cube. It places them in a colourful, challenging set of 101 mi...
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PATRICIA MOFFETT Book Number: 89898 |
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From Arachne to Amarok, Baku to Basilisk and Griffin to Gogmagog, more than 90 fantastic creatures are ready to bring to life. Find balance through the mindful application of pen, pencil, crayon o...
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MARCO MAGGI & F. NEPITELLO Book Number: 89859 |
Published price: £39.99
Bibliophile price: £17.50
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Based on the award-winning novel is this creative role-playing board game for 2-4 players ages 14 to adult. Centuries have passed since the golden age of practical magic and now at last it has ret...
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HOWARD PILTZ Book Number: 89991 |
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The author's two passions, for narrow-gauge railways and stamp-collecting, makes this book a revelation and a delight to read. Both hobbies lead him all over the world as he chases stamps ranging ...
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THE GIFTED STATIONERY COMPANY Book Number: 89557 |
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With long blonde curly hair, an angelic face and playing a violin type instrument at hip level, clothed in golden bronze draped costume, with beaded halo and gossamer wings, the Angel depicted in d...
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THE GIFTED STATIONERY COMPANY Book Number: 89561 |
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Dolphin, giraffe and horse and friends help the magical Unicorn celebrate his birthday in a modern colourful 100 piece children's jigsaw with an assembled measurement 490 x 360mm. Packaged in a 2-p...
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THE GIFTED STATIONERY COMPANY Book Number: 89562 |
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£12.00
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(Bah!) Humbugs and rows of jars of old-fashioned sweeties decorate the olde shoppe colourful design of this 1000 piece jigsaw, completed measurements 680 x 490mm. Comes packaged in a box size of 35...
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THE GIFTED STATIONERY COMPANY Book Number: 89563 |
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£14.00
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13 figures in a classic painting of summer fun, ladies and gents relaxing in boater hats in a party scene under a striped yellow awning. Full colour 1000 piece jigsaw, completed measurements 680 x ...
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RICHARD WOLFRIK GALLAND Book Number: 89667 |
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Sun Tzu's insights are the inspiration behind this book of mental conundrums which will take us through centuries of warfare and across continents and battlefields to test your powers of strategy, ...
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HELENE SUACEDO Book Number: 89716 |
Published price: £25
Bibliophile price: £8.50
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We have never before come across a hand-printing kit and everything you need to know about the exquisite map that is your hand. The box set includes a keepsake black and purple sturdy box with sil...
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