<p><div>Compared with camera phones, modern DSLRs can seem terribly over-complicated to the novice photographer. The truth is, they have to be over-complicated to satisfy the needs of a diverse range of users, despite the fact that most photographers will only use a small percentage of the features. What the beginner photographer really needs, then, is a no-nonsense guide to the most important features on DSLRs written by experts that reveals in plain English what they need to know and nothing more. This book explains all the photography concepts beginners need, such as how to balance exposures, how to get sharp shots, and how to maximize image quality. Once you've mastered these basics, you can then move on to our more advanced skills section at the end of the book featuring practical how-to guides for shooting a range of core subjects.</div></p>

The Complete Beginners Guide to Photography: Everything You Need to Know to Take Great Photographs

Reference

Sona Books

<p>Crochet as a hobby has boomed in recent years, with the art being passed down to younger generations. Fashionable and thrifty, making your own garments, gifts, and decorations has become a really popular pastime. <i>The Complete Beginners Guide To Crochet</i> will show you all the essential stitches and techniques you’ll need to get started, from your very first foundation chain to adding embellishments like fringe and edging. Once you’ve mastered those techniques, it’s time to put them into practice! Turn to the starter projects section for easy-to-follow patterns from experienced crocheters. Start with the rose corsage and basic bunting, then progress onto more advanced projects like the amigurumi baby sloth. Follow our simple steps and you’ll soon be creating beautiful items worthy of the high street. Happy crocheting!</p>

The Complete Beginners Guide to Crochet: Everything You Need to Know to Start to Crochet

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Brown, Sian

Crafts & Hobbies

<p><div>In recent years we have seen a popularity boom surrounding all kinds of crafts. Once the reserve of older generations, hand-knitting skills have taken on a new life as a modern art form and relaxing pastime. So, from lavish fashion trends to homemade gifts, add a hand-crafted touch to your garments, gifts, and decorations with the help of The Complete Beginners Guide To Knitting. Start by choosing your yarn and needles before getting to grips with casting on, knitting, purling, ribbing, and casting off again. Once you've mastered the essentials, find out how to finish projects with finesse. Next you'll put your newfound skills into practice with a range of creative project patterns that are perfect for newbie knitters. So pick up your needles today, and you'll be an expert in no time at all!</div></p>

The Complete Beginners Guide to Knitting: Everything You Need to Know to Start to Knit

Greig, Rebecca

The Complete Beginners Guide to Guitar: Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing the Guitar

Arts & Photography

Music

<p>At first glance, dinosaurs seem like the product of a wild imagination—how could such weird and wonderful creatures ever have existed on our Earth? Before the extinction event that changed their world forever, dinosaurs and their reptilian relatives of the sea and sky ruled the prehistoric world. From Allosaurus to Zuniceratops, travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs with The Worlds Most Amazing Dinosaurs and discover these "terrible lizards" for yourself. We’ve gathered together some of the most amazing creatures and got right under their skin so we can demonstrate to you how they worked. Did Velociraptors hunt in packs? Why did herbivores grow so massive? Find out how the dinosaurs survived and thrived, about the mass extinction event that ended it all, and what these ancient creatures left behind for us to find.</p>

The World's Most Amazing Dinosaurs: The Biggest, Fiercest and the Weirdest

Science & Math

Peel, Dan

Biological Sciences

<p>Even in this digital age, we haven’t moved so far from our past that there’s no room for the traditional musical format that is vinyl. In <i>The Greatest 100 Albums To Own On Vinyl</i>, we collate the greatest albums to have ever been pressed and then sold on vinyl since the ’50s. From the bands and solo artists that made the music possible, to the sleeve art and limited edition extras of the record itself, we will take you on the ultimate journey of musical discovery, from <i>Pet Sounds</i> to <i>Purple Rain</i>, <i>Blue </i>to <i>The Blueprint, At Folsom Prison </i>to<i> OK Computer. </i></p>

The Greatest 100 Albums to Own on Vinyl: The Must Have Records for Your Collection

<p><div>In the 17th and 18th centuries, sailing from Europe or Africa to the Americas, or trading from India to Central America, was a risky undertaking. Ferocious storms and barely-understood diseases weren't the only threats; ruthless pirates lurked on the horizon, craving wealth and reputation. This book covers everything you want to know about the legendary Golden Age of Piracy. Uncover the true stories of the bloodthirsty buccaneers who made their fortune plundering the high seas, from Captain Kidd and Edward "Blackbeard" Teach to female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Find out what life was really like aboard a pirate ship, from the roles of the crew to divvying out the spoils. Investigate the founding and exploits of the notorious Flying Gang, a band of fierce pirate captains, and the piratical haven they founded on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas. Packed with incredible illustrations and insights into the period, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to learn about this famed Golden Age of history.</div></p>

Pirates, Buccaneers, the Republic & the Caribbean: Legends and Treasures of the Golden Age of Piracy

History

Westlake, Hannah

Americas

<p><div>Science, engineering, activism, poetry, politics and physics. Women of all ages, and from all over the world, have excelled in these fields, and so many more, despite the barriers they've had to overcome. This book is a celebration of just some of the inspirational women who put their mark on the world we live in, and reveals the stories, accomplishments and adventures of many brilliant women from throughout history. Get to know the political trailblazers who achieved greatness through underground resistance or sheer determination. Understand the amount of talent and hard work it takes to excel in mathematics and the sciences. Meet the women who exploded into the world of art and redefined it, and discover the stories of the queens who defied expectations and ushered in golden ages. From Cleopatra, Mary Wollstonecraft and Florence Nightingale to Harriet Tubman, Frida Kahlo and Malala Yousafzai, learn of their achievements, backgrounds, characters and the little-known details that make them even more remarkable.</div></p>

The Greatest Women in History: The Remarkable Women Who Changed Our World

Biographies & Memoirs

Curran, Catherine

Community & Culture

<p><div>In July of 1969, the human race's fascination with the Earth's moon went into overdrive when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins landed on the surface. To celebrate this significant anniversary, we take an in-depth look at the Apollo program and how it landed man on the Moon as well as all the fascinating facts about the celestial body itself. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the Moon. How it was formed? What's on the far side? Who owns it? Those wanting to get up close and personal can use our handy tour of its craters and seas before learning how to take your own photographs and analemmas. Put together by a team of experts in each specific field this book really is everything you need to know about the moon.</div></p>

Journey to the Moon: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Moon and that Extraordinary Moon Landing

Parker, Dr. David

Astronomy & Space Science

<p><div>First established in medieval times. quilting and patchwork have both grown in popularity from their re-emergence in the 1960s into a positive boom with today's crafters. This book, utilising Future Publishings extraordinary content, will show you everything required to start completing your own patchwork projects, from the basic tools you will need through all the best techniques and block patterns so you can create your very own quilt. Includes Step by Step Tutorials and Great starter projects, including: Ice-Cream Quilt for the beach, and Tote Bag - Ideal for Shopping. Contributors include Amy Best, Natalie Bullock, Jo Cole, Stacey Francis, Philippa Grafton, Callie Green, Rebecca Greig, Kristy Lea, Gill Neal, Poppy-Jay Palmer, Neo Phoenix, Sylvia Schaefer, Rachel Terizan, and Perry Wardell-Wicks.</div></p>

The Complete Beginner's Guide to Quilting & Patchwork: Everything You Need to Start Creating Today

Best, Amy

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