Tom Cunliffe is one of the world`s greatest champions of traditional sailing boats, & is considered the guru of gaff rig sailors. Having worked these beautiful boats all his life, his knowledge is second to none. In H&, Reef & Steer
- winner of the Best Book of the Sea Award
- Tom explains the different sailing characteristics of classic craft & shares his knowledge of the special skills required to handle them. He describes how to manage heavy loads using tackles rather than winches & reveals the mysteries of making the boat work for you rather than fighting with her gear. He shares step by step advice on setting up the rig; sail handling skills (hoisting, setting & reefing) heavy & light air sailing; manouevring a long-keel boat; losing way, scandalizing & steering with sails, topsails, watersails, single-luff spinnakers & fisherman staysails; & much, much more. & for this new edition Tom had added new material on modern gaffers, replicas & a whole new section on sailing aspirational large gaffers. H&, Reef & Steer, with its wonderful watercolour drawings & atmospheric photos, will delight all who love the unique character & grace of classic craft.` Superb` Cruising `A delightful book` Wooden Boat

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Hand Drawn Maps is a fun `how to` book about hand drawn cartography. It is introduced by a brief history of maps & map making, followed by five sections covering everything you need to know to make your own maps. Section 1 covers the practicalities, so by the end of it you are equipped to create your own map using compasses, neatlines, cartouche, handlettering, & your own symbols. Section 2 looks at different types of map, from picture & word maps to architectural blueprints & video game maps. Section 3 uses a wide range of examples to show the reader how to create maps of places, from early strip maps used to describe the journeys taken by 18th-century stagecoaches to dungeon & treasure maps. Section 4 covers maps of ideas. There are exercises throughout to enable the reader to build on the knowledge they have just gained. The book is completed by six st&-alone projects. ...

A lined journal, in an ingeniously printed faux leather cover which captures the flavour of finely wrought Renaissance-style leather bindings. It is intricately embellished with one of three designs to reproduce the delicate gold tooling which was brought to Europe via the flourishing trade routes with the east. Closes with a fold-over cover flap. Smythe sewn with 144 pages, plus memento pouch & ribbon page marker. 18x 23cm ...

A slim format lined journal, with one of three printed cover designs, inspired by the beauty & feel of 15th century Italian-bound books which were often made from goatskin leather, embellished with gold foil. These books have a subtly weighted magnetic strap for secure closing, ribbon page markers & a memento pouch. Smythe sewn with 176 pages, 9x 18cm ...

This authoritative guide enables accurate identification of the common components of the inshore benthic invertebrates of the British Isles & adjacent European coasts, as well as a substantial proportion of fish species. This new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier work & is thoroughly revised throughout to incorporate advances in both the taxonomy & ecology of the organisms concerned. ...

` How refreshing, to read a book about music written for a music lover & not a musicologist. In clear, lucid, entertaining prose, Jane Glover makes those of us who lack musical literacy better understand & appreciate Handel`s divinity.`
- Donna Leon, author of Handel`s Bestiary & the Inspector Brunetti mysteries Handel in London tells the story of a young German composer who in 1712, followed his princely master to London & would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II & the composer was George Frideric Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven & largely self-taught, would be at the heart of musical activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo & Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel`s work in opera houses & concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music & musicians to tell Handel`s story. It is a story of music-making & musicianship, of practices & practicalities, but also of courts & cabals, of theatrical rivalries & of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course, the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played & sung, & loved, in this country
- & throughout the world
- for three hundred years.


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This is a practical guide to handling class 1A & 1AS ships in ice conditions in the Baltic & St Lawrence seaways. With global warming opening up ice-bound areas for longer periods, there is a growing demand for ice-class ships & Masters, officers & pilots to navigate them. This is a text on extreme seamanship, demonstrating the difficulties of navigating in ice & the precautions needed for safe passage. Chapters include voyage preparation, in ice at sea & navigating in fairways. ...

Vernacular architecture, by its very nature, is built from local materials that are readily to hand & is thus defined by the geology & ecology of the region & by local climatic conditions. Constructed by the community using traditional tools, these structures are highly practical, energy-efficient, & blend with the landscape. They carry many of the attributes that we are now seeking in green architecture as we struggle to adapt our built environment to the demands & concerns of the climate-change era. ” Handmade Houses & Other Buildings” looks at everyday structures all over the world, from whatever wood, grass, earth or stone that was to h&, in ways that offered practical solutions to the challenges of climate or terrain. Based on immemorial principles, but highly relevant to our newly found environmental concerns, these buildings show the simple & satisfying ways in which humans have worked out how to live & live well, in harmony with their surroundings. ...

This eloquent & revealing book celebrates a vital & often ignored area of communication
- hands. The renowned photographer Basil
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The Hands Stand loves books just as much as you do. Its gentle, spring-loaded mitts will hold on tightly, freeing up your own hands for all kinds of other useful things. Read, watch, relax & interact by tablet safe in the knowledge that your precious device is in very good (and very soft) hands. The Hands Stand is designed for books & tablets. Its gentle, spring-loaded mitts will hold on tightly, freeing up hands for all kinds of other useful things. ...