Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

Stamencraft

Atlas Handicrafts

Instruction booklet explaining how to create floral ornaments for home decoration and personal wear

Table Saw Basics

0-8069-7216-5

Roger W. Cliffe

Black and white photos

Advice on preparing the saw for use, plus essential safety rules, maintenance techniques and practical projects.

Terence Conran's Garden DIY

1-85029-286-8

John McGowan and Roger Dubern

Finished projects

DIY projects to make seats, tables, garden houses, patios, paths, ponds, supports and dividers, and containers

The Bargello Embroidery Book

J & P Coats Limited

28 of 28 Bargello patterns

There are 28 designs to be worked on single thread canvas with detailed construction details.

The Digital Photography Handbook

1-903301-17-3

Simon Joinson

Equipment guide, techniques and creative computer projects provide a creative guide to the fun of the filmless camera

The Feng Shui Workbook A room-by-room guide to effective Feng shui in your home and workplace

0-7499-1831-4

Wu Xing

Diagrams

This visual, step-by-step guide offers traditional Chinese advice to help you live in harmony with chi, the life-giving energy in and around us all in your home and workplace

The Garden Gate

1-85145-780-1

Rosemary Verey

Iron and Wood Garden Gates

Pictures of different garden gates

The Garden Handyman

0-7481-0005-9

Gill Edden

Diagrams

Shows in diagram form how to build walls, fences etc. Good book on wall building

The Garden Path

1-85145-790-9

Patrick Taylor

Grass, Stone, Wood and Brick Paths

Pictures of different Paths

The Home Handyman

Adrien and Peter Oldale

300 pictures and illustrations

Basic work of do-it-yourself home improvements by newcomers on floors, walls, ceilings, woodworking, fitted furniture and electricity using step-by-step pictures. Published 1976.

The Housebuilder's Bible

0-9524852-3-0

Mark Brindley

40 tables and diagrams

It crosses the divide between price guides and handbooks. Written by a self-builder. Information from planning to finishing. More useful than Home Builder.

The Porphyry Manual

Paolo Tomio, Fiorino Filippi

Porphyry is extrusive ignimbrite stone from Italy whose structure has fine grained or glassy groundmass with large single crystals scattered in it. It is mined and cut into wall and paving sections. Examples of designs created are given

The Practical Woodworker Carpentry and Home Maintenance

0-7481-0240-X

Black Cat

Published 1989. Chapters on wood, hand tools, power tools, equipment, woodworking techniques, applying techniques, finishing and maintenance for carpentry. Chapters on roofs, gutters and downpipes, external walls, windows, joinery, internal walls, interior surface, ceilings, floors, plumbing and the electrical system for home maintenance.

The Reader's Digest Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual

Reader's Digest Association

500

Describes techniques for using hand tools, decorating, power tools, fixing and fastening, brickwork, home electrics and plumbing. Describes with illustrations 250 home improvement projects.

The Royal Horticultural Society Outdoor Living

0-7513-1296-7

Steven Bradley

How to plan and create the garden as an outdoor room, with projects for outdoor living, and getting down to basics

The St Michael Photography Course

0-600-35838-0

David Kilpatrick

Good and bad photographs

Course to teach what equipment, what to put in the picture, and how to photograph people and the outdoors

The Which? Book of Plumbing and Central Heating

0-85202-764-8

David Holloway

Line drawing illustrations

A guide to the tools, materials and techniques needed for home plumbing, including the installation of central heating.

The Which? Book of Wiring and Lighting

Mike Lawrence

This introduces the tools and equipment needed for electrical work and teaches all the techniques step-by-step. There are 36 wiring projects and guidelines for planning a complete rewire.

The Wildlife Garden Month-by-Month

0-7153-0033-4

Jackie Bennett

12 practical projects - 1 a month - to encourage more wildlife. Good description lists of plants. Checklists for each month. Useful book

The Workbench Book

1-56158-270-0

Scott Landis

275 photos of workbenches

A craftsman's guide to workbenches for every type of woodworking in a work shop

The Workshop Book

0-942391-37-3

Scott Landis

300 photos of workshops and 20 detailed floor plans

A craftsman's guide to making the most of any work space in designing a work shop