Harry Potter: Crochet Wizardry: The official Harry Potter crochet pattern book
Immerse yourself in the Wizarding World with Harry Potter: Crochet Wizardry, the ultimate guide to all things crochet from the world of Potter.
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Harry Potter: Knitting Magic: The official Harry Potter knitting pattern book
Craft your own wizarding world with the first official Harry Potter knitting book – a deluxe guide to creating magical knits based on the iconic franchise.
The Story of Film
An updated edition – with completely new chapters – of the most accessible and compelling history of the cinema yet published, and complements Mark Cousins’ fascinating 15-hour film documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
Dad Dancing
It’s official: dads were put onto this planet to embarrass the rest of their families. This hilarious book is a spotter’s guide to the innumerable ways Dad can achieve this, whether it’s via ridiculous dancing, experimental facial hair, cringeworthy sportswear or putting his foot in it at funerals.
Nudinits: Bare-bottomed fun from the village of Woolly Bush
Welcome to the cosy village of Woolly Bush, set deep in the heart of the English countryside. It has all the standard features of a typical village – the cake shop, the war memorial, the vegetable show, the vicar – apart from two big differences: it’s all made of wool, and none of the characters have clothes on!
Vintage Hollywood Knits
The chic knitwear worn by a galaxy of Hollywood stars on the silver screen can now be recreated in your own home.
The Life of Python: Third edition
Monty Python rides again. Those malicious rumours that they were washed up, pooped out, time expired (usually started by them) simply aren’t true.
Cinema's Strangest Moments
How did Leonardo DiCaprio become a hero on The Beach?
Why would the Droids lode control in Star Wars?
What persuaded Mad Max to become Hamlet?
Who made Long John Silver’s parrot dread Treasure Island?
When was there a curse on The Exorcist?
Television's Strangest Moments
Ever since John Logie Baird first publicly demonstrated this now all-pervasive
medium in his small Soho laboratory, the history of television has been littered
with remarkable but true tales of the unexpected.
Ranging from bizarre stories of actors’ shenanigans to strange but true
The Hobbit Companion
Exploring the brilliant web of verbal hocus-pocus that J.R.R. Tolkien delightedly spun in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, master hobbit investigator David Day reveals the myriad crafty puns and riddles, hidden meanings, and mythical associations beneath the saga’s thrilling surface.
Crap Lyrics
Even the greatest songwriters (and Spandau Ballet) have had the odd bad day at the office. Or more likely, a bad few minutes in the studio toilets scribbling the first words they can think of on the back of their tranquiliser prescription shortly before the vocal has to be recorded.
Can't Be Arsed
Books, television shows and websites are forever ordering us around – 100 things to do before you’re 30; 50 albums you must own; this year’s must-have handbag; change your life in two weeks.
The Four Dreams of Miss X
Contrary to popular belief, wooden shipbuilding did not remain static during its last two centuries, but developed in many quite fundamental respects. For the modelmaker and technical historian who have long sought the precise details of these changes, this book will answer most, if not all, of their questions.