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Hobbies
Hobbies
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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| ILLUS. BY AMANDA ENRIGHT Book Number: 86106 |
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Based on the original story by Jane Austen and retold by Sarah Powell, the enchanting illustrations are full of characters and objects to search for, find and follow. Discover the Bennet family at...
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| RUNNING PRESS Book Number: 86316 |
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Spike, bump and dig - from your desk! With little suction pads, a fold out sandy beach playing court measuring 12" x 19", a 3½" inflatable beach ball in red, turquoise, yellow and white, a beach v...
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| JOHN CAMP Book Number: 86544 |
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Calling all campanologists is the late John Camp, who first became interested in bell ringing in 1950s. His book is not a technical treatise on the art of ringing or bell sounding, but more a hist...
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| OFFSHOOT Book Number: 86739 |
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Match the quotes with their modern translation, Sudoku, how will Iago find Desdemona's handkerchief in the maze? Which ones die a tragic death? Answer: Romeo, Macbeth, Brutus, Othello, Hamlet, An...
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| OFFSHOOT Book Number: 86745 |
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Benjamin Button was the man who grew young and you too can turn back the clock by surfing through these nature-themed pages. Using the old grey matter is a potent antidote to aging, here you can t...
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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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| PAUL GRIFFITHS & M. ROBINSON Book Number: 87105 |
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A special book about life's puzzling spiritual questions - who am I? If there is a God, what is he or she like? What happens after I die? How can I be happy? Why is there suffering in the world?...
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| TIM DEDOPULOS Book Number: 87337 |
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Inspired by the astounding escapologist, here is a collection of mystifying puzzles as you try to escape from illusions and traps. Houdini escaped brutally heavy locks and chains while underwater,...
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| ILLUS. BY CHRISTINE BERRIE Book Number: 87362 |
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50 colour stickers including the chaffinch, owl, eagle, woodpecker, starling, parrot and cockatiel, the red-whiskered bulbul, the laughing kookaburra, the great spotted woodpecker to the housemarti...
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| DAVID BIRD Book Number: 87889 |
Published price: £20
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The rules of the game, skills and tactics, here is a complete guide to bridge, its history, playing on the computer, how to bid, car play and defence and all with 100 spectacular colour illustratio...
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| DAVID PARLETT Book Number: 87606 |
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Best known for his ground-breaking 'Oxford History of Card Games' and for inventing many card games himself, we are in the hands of an expert in this wonderful new collection. In a big red spiral ...
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| CLAIRE CATER Book Number: 87853 |
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Grown ups can creatively colour in Bullet Man Battles the Fiendish Fiddler, Jungle Comic, The Flame, Thunder King of the Congo, Exotic Romances, and the heart rending story of a girl hopelessly in ...
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| BURTON SILVER & H. BUSCH Book Number: 87854 |
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We learn that all around the world today people are rediscovering the ancient practice of cat dancing, tapping into this remarkable method of channelling feline energy. There is currently an adver...
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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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| TRISTAN DONOVAN Book Number: 88214 |
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Draughts in a Victorian-era archway in Hackney is London's first board-game café. Today the retro feeling of playing Twister, Monopoly, Mouse Trap, Backgammon, or Operation is hugely popular. Her...
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| MARTIN WALLACE Book Number: 87925 |
Published price: £24.95
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A lovely big family box set Osprey Game containing 101 City cards, 20 oversized Borough cards, 32 wooden tokens, 60 cardboard tokens and a Development board. In 1666 the Great Fire had devastated ...
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| PATHFINDERS DESIGN & TECH. Book Number: 81727 |
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The Aerial Screw is one of Leonardo da Vinci's most iconic drawings and it defines an artist and inventor well ahead of his time. With all pieces pre-cut and ready to go, this working model uses a...
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| PATHFINDERS DESIGN & TECH. Book Number: 81733 |
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Budding engineers of all ages (eight to adult) will love this three-dimensional model kit to build a working hydraulic arm - fluid power! It actually pincers and grabs objects and swivels to 90 de...
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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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| PATHFINDERS DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Book Number: 84587 |
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Rotate, lift, lift again, spin and fire! Complete with hydraulic syringe, just add water and about an hour or two of your time to this DIY kit to make a hydraulic catapault with some cool gear lin...
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| AMBERLEY ARCHIVE Book Number: 88399 |
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Helmets and eagles, swords and feathers, lions and fish, here are all manner of arms and rebus, panaches or plumes of feathers set upright and borne as a crest, the shield of King Edward III from A...
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| CAREY HALL & BECKY HOLTZMAN Book Number: 88401 |
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A World War One aerial site, Spring in the Trenches by Paul Nash, on the departure platform Victoria Station, aeroplanes attacking Turkish boats, a regimental band 1918, erecting a camouflage tree ...
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| FRANCINE RAYMOND Book Number: 88269 |
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Bursting with ingenious ideas and savvy solutions, you can transform your backyard, rooftop, balcony or back garden into a super small holding. Be inspired by the harvest at an organic vineyard in...
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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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| SIAN TUCKER Book Number: 88686 |
Published price: £20
Bibliophile price: £8.50
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Day dreaming, watching thunder and lightning, stargazing and seeing a shooting star, feeding and admiring the beauty of birds, your home can be full of nature if you bring home daisies, leaves, sto...
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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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| MATT THROWER Book Number: 88736 |
Published price: £22.99
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One of the big pictorial Haynes manuals, this glossy production is for all our Dungeons and Dragons loving friends and fantasy modellers. Tabletop gaming is enjoying a huge renaissance and sales o...
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| FOREWORD ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG Book Number: 88766 |
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Put your musical and puzzle knowledge to the test with Classic FM's book of 100 classical conundrums - tricky trivia, complex wordplay, visual teasers and more. The sections are named 'Adagio', 'Ac...
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| ALEX HUGHS Book Number: 88767 |
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The Italian word caricare means to exaggerate or load, and caricature can be seen as the art of capturing the essence of somebody's personality through an exaggerated likeness. It may stretch some...
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