Batsford imprint: 183 books
Contemporary Appliqué
Cutting edge design and techniques in textile art
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Appliqué is a classic embroidery technique that has recently been experiencing a revival. Appearing in the most cutting-edge contemporary textile work, it can be interpreted in many different ways - layering, patching, applying, overlaying - and offers endless creative possibilities. Each technical...
by Paata Gaprindashvili
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
This exciting and unique book deals with an aspect of chess that is hard to pin down: those monumental moments in a game when the tide turns and the course of the game is altered.
Calculate Like a Grandmaster
Learn from the World-Class Attacking Players
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Join an expert chess player at the table to analyze crucial decisions from major tournaments. Develop a better understanding of the game through a series of themed chapters, each of which examines a particular technique and unravels the thought processes of expert players.
Gardening Under Plastic
How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Plastic materials have transformed gardening. Plastic gnomes, plastic hose, plastic cans, plastic tubs, plastic pots and now plastic protection in the form of low cost cloches, frames, mulches, fleece, Nets, windbreaks and polytunnels. The quality of plastic sheeting available for polytunnels can...
50 Architects 50 Buildings
The buildings that inspire architects
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
The most inspirational buildings in the world, as chosen by well-known contemporary architects. In this book, published in conjunction with the Twentieth Century Society, 50 contemporary architects choose the buildings from around the world that have inspired them and made an impact on their own work....
Londonopolis
A Curious and Quirky History of London
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
This curious history of London whisks you down the rabbit hole and into the warren of backstreets, landmarks, cemeteries, palaces, markets, museums and secret gardens of the great metropolis. Meet the cockneys, politicians, fairies, philosophers, gangsters and royalty that populate the city, their...
Michael Caine
You're a Big Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
He defined an era and still helps define a nation, Michael Caine is a cult figure, an icon and a cinematic heavyweight, who has given some of the greatest big-screen performances on either side of the Atlantic. This book is a celebration, documentation, and fascinating insight into the performances...
by Ingrid Pitt
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Blends actual places, events, and characters with cinematic portrayals of fictional and factual monsters.
by Gary Lane
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
This title, suitable for both novices and children, allows readers to find the right way to deliver a checkmate in one, two or more moves from hundreds of positions provided by the author. By tackling these puzzles, they can begin to think like chessplayers and visualize, calculate and advance.
Practical Chess Endings
with modern chess notation
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
An essential practical book, for all chess players, from one of the world's greatest grandmasters. Rather than attempting to cover every theoretical possible endgame position, Paul Keres deals with the basic types of position into which all other endgames will eventually be resolved. He examines these...
by Gary Lane
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Find the Winning Move contains hundreds of chess positions in which the reader must find the right way to deliver a winner in one, two or more moves. International Master Gary Lane uses his teaching skill and experience to present a fun but educational puzzle book that helps players develop recognition...
The Pacific War
The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
There has never been a war like the one in the Pacific between the American Allies and the Empire of Japan. Unrivalled in its scope, it was a clash of cultures that turned tropical islands into killing grounds and laid waste cities with weapons of mass destruction. It turned World War II into a global...
Winning the Won Game
Lessons from the Albert Brilliancy Prizes
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory.
by Els van Baarle, Cherilyn Martin
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
An inspirational and practical book on how to interpret and collaborate on different themes in textile art. With foreword by Marie-Therese Wisniowski, who runs Art Quill Studio.
This stunning collection showcases the work produced by renowned textile artists Els van Baarle and Cherilyn Martin,...