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Textiles and Fashion - From Fabric Construction to Surface Treatments by Jenny Udale
Category: Fashion | Series: Basics Fashion Design Ser.
Textiles and Fashion explores the integration of textile design with fashion, showing the many ways designers use fibre, fabric construction and surface treatments within a garment and on the body. It begins with a brief history of textiles in fashion, showing the links with technical innovation and soc ...Show more
Thai Boxing by Martin Folan
Category: Sports and Hobbies | Series: Martial Arts Basics
A series of illustrated paperbacks that is designed to provide clear advice for enthusiasts of the martial arts.
The Basic Basics Baking Handbook by Marguerite Patten, OBE
Category: Cook Books | Series: Basic Basics S.
The essential handy guide to successful baking from Britain's most distinguished and best-loved cookery writer. Marguerite Patten is Britain's top selling cookery writer with sales totalling over 17 million copies. She is the pioneer of easy-to-follow-recipes. This book contains all you need to know t ...Show more
The Basic Basics Combination and Microwave Handbook by Carol Bowen
Category: Cook Books | Series: Basic Basics Ser.
The original edition of this best-selling handbook was published in 1988 and has never been out of print. It has now been entirely revised and updated for today's new higher-powered machines. This is THE essential guide and handy reference book for microwaves, combination microwaves and convection micro ...Show more
The Basic Basics Diabetes Handbook by Jane Frank
Category: Cook Books | Series: Basic Basics S.
Diabetes is now unfortunately a common health problem. About 1.50 million people in the UK alone have been diagnosed as sufferers - that's about 3 in every 100 people. It is believed this figure may double in six years. There are estimates that as many as a further 1 million may have diabetes but have n ...Show more
The Basic Basics Jams, Preserves and Chutneys by Marguerite Patten, OBE
Category: Cook Books | Series: Basic Basics S.
Marguerite Patten, doyenne of British cookery, shares her wealth of knowledge and her tried and tested recipes for jams, marmalades, jellies, curds, pickles, relishes, chutneys and ketchups. Home preserving is Marguerite's most natural culinary territory and she starts by explaining the equipment and th ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Preserving Meat, Fish, and Game - Step-By-Step Instructions to Freezing, Canning, Curing, and Smoking by Ken Oster
Category: Food & Wine | Series: Back to Basics Ser.
For more than 8,000 years humans have been preserving meat and fish through canning, curing, smoking, and freezing, use techniques that remove the moisture and make it possible to keep meat for much longer than its natural shelf life. However, improper preservation of meat leads to more than 40% of all ...Show more
The Holocaust - The Basics by Paul R. Bartrop
Category: History | Series: The\Basics Ser.
The Holocaust: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of this seismic event in mid twentieth-century human history. The book takes an original approach as both a narrative and thematic introduction to the topict, and provides a core foundation for readers embarking upon their own study. The ...Show more
The Homesteading Handbook: A Back to Basics Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More by Abigail R Gehring
Category: Gardening | Series: Back to Basics Guides
With the rapid depletion of our planet s natural resources, we would all like to live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. But in the midst of an economic crisis, it s just as important to save money as it is to go green. As Gehring shows in this thorough but concise guide, being kind to Mother Earth can a ...Show more
The Olympics: The Basics by Andy Miah
Category: Culture | Series: The Basics
The Olympics: The Basics is an accessible, contemporary introduction to the Olympic movement and Games. Chapters explain how the Olympics transcend sports, engaging us with a range of contemporary philosophical, social, cultural and political matters, including: peace development and diplomacy manageme ...Show more
The Qur'an : The Basics by Oliver (TRN) Massimo; Leaman Campanini
Category: Religion | Series: The Basics
Theatre Studies: The Basics by Robert Leach
Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays | Series: The Basics
Now in a second edition, Theatre Studies: The Basics is a fully updated guide to the wonderful world of theatre. The practical and theoretical dimensions of theatre - from acting to audience - are woven together throughout to provide an integrated introduction to the study of drama, theatre and performa ...Show more