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This book brings together ten stories about fearsome dragons (and their bloody endings), some discussion about their possible origins and ten walk routes associated with them. The walks are very suitable for adventuresome and questioning children but you don't have to have children to enjoy the walks - simply be a child at heart.

There are country rambles through the marshes of Great Expectations and explorations of childhood haunts in Rochester and Chatham, plus strolls around the favourite holiday towns of Broadstairs, Folkestone and Dover.

Taking quiet country lanes and footpaths across hedge-lined fields, discover pretty villages and small towns- all with stories to tell. So come with the author on these 25 gentle walks, allowing time to linger and learnalong the journey, to see the beauty of the world about you and to hear snippets of local history.

This comprehensively revised and updated book is devoted to overall chair-making strategy and design. Through seven elegant chair projects, Jeff Miller explores and demystifies the art of making chairs.

Detailed instructions to make boxes using a variety of decoration techniques. Includes 3 simple boxes for beginners and a gallery of designs from well-known makers.

Be a Slow-a-holic in Flintshire and... sleep in a libraryclimb on a castlebathe in healing watersmake a pilgrimagebegin an epic coastal walkscamper on an iron age fortressvisit an officially SLOW town.

Walks in the Footsteps of Rosamunde Pilcher features eighteen walks each associated either with a places special toher or a location from her books and films.

Today the Anglo-Scottish Border is a tranquil and beautiful place. But it hasn't always been this way, between the 11th and 16th centuries it was a lawless frontline between two rival and insecure kingdoms. This book looks into the struggles and rivalries of the reivers and the men sent to control them, theWardens.

Every known cave is described in detail, with precise location data, information on the history of the cave, the local area and suggestions for other activities nearby. Most of the caves in this guide can be explored without specialist equipment, so there is something here for everyone.

This publication is a survey of European hand tools, from various woodworking and other trades, dating from the 16th century to the 19th century. The tools that are illustrated and analysed were either made decoratively or received surface decoration, often incorporating ancient symbols, dates and owners initials. Although all the tools featured were made to be primarily functional, the focus of the book is on the aesthetic qualities that tran...

This is a book primarily about woodturning. It takes the reader, step by step, through a number of projects varying in difficulty from a simple apple to rather more difficult bowls, hollow forms and boxes, culminating in quite complex sculptural pieces. Whatever the reader's level of expertise, there is something here for everyone. One of the aims of the book is to bring some awareness of the tree back into the woodturning consciousness and ea...

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This authoritative and hugely popular reference book contains almost 300 colour illustrations showing the natural grain and colour of wood, along with data that includes distribution, properties and uses of more than 300 timbers from world-wide sources.

Presents twenty one different clocks, falling into three catagories: table clocks, wall mounted clocks and floor standing clocks. This title includes plans, photographs of embellishments and a parts list which accompany an order of assembly, and gives alternative dimensions to fit available movements.

Presenting an account of the history of the wooden bowl, this book details evidence of the turners craft dating back 4000 years, and also looks at the development of lathe technology, as well as the tools and timbers used. It also features photographs that show priceless, gold-adorned vessels buried with Saxon Kings.

A study of woodcarving from the earliest times to the Georgian period, with an emphasis on the role of carvers and their work for the Crown. The central figure is Grinling Gibbons, who is exemplified by his work at St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Petworth House and Hampton Court Palace.

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High quality purpose-made joinery skills employs many traditional craft principles and skills and this title aims to reflect this in its coverage of modern materials and techniques. It details windows, doors, frames, wall panelling, counters, fitments, seating and stairs.

Presents complete measured drawings and detailed plans for 20 clocks for the craftsman to make and features designs ranging from period bracket clocks to more contemporary styles. Instructions and plans are scaled both in metric and imperial units.

This study of carving the human figure in wood concentrates on the anatomical structure of the body and details specific areas of common difficulty to woodcarvers such as eyes, ears, hands, feet and hair. The book includes step-by-step sequences outlining the techniques involved.