Books published by David & Charles

The autobiography of Ted Macauley - a fascinating glimpse into the glamorous world of an award-winning sports journalist and columnist, detailing his exciting lifestyle, and featuring personal insights into the sporting heroes and celebrities who became his closest friends.

Learn how to paint a perfect portrait in watercolors - with 15 step-by-step tutorials and templates for iconic faces. Michelle Obama, James Dean, Leonardo DiCaprio, Albert Einstein, Audrey Hepburn and many more can be put on paper in a loose and playful style with this book.

A collection of patterns and charts for 100 crochet motifs inspired by decorative ceramic tiles. Crochet techniques including mosaic crochet, overlay crochet, intarsia crochet and tapestry crochet are used to create the motifs. Also includes instructions for projects made using the motifs such as blankets, cushion covers, table mats and more.

Learn to weave your own stories and make personalised woven wall art with this guide to tapestry weaving. A collection of wonderful woven hangings for you to build your tapestry weaving skills. Learn all the techniques you'll need to create your own woven tapestries with a unique, personalised element.

A practical handbook for a more sustainable life. Whether you have a large country garden or a small city backyard, this essential guide includes expert advice on growing a wide range of your own fruit and vegetables, as well as harvesting, storing and preserving your produce, keeping livestock and using alternative energy.

Focusing on car racing and karting, the book is your thorough one-stop guide for new racing drivers, from how to gain a race licence to finding the right championship, car and equipment, to learning how to utilise track time, professional race simulators and instruction, and joining the grid for your first race.

The Norwegian fabric designer brings her Tilda brand and her talents to soft toys, gifts, and home accessories for children in this must-have collection. Tilda's new book will show you how to make a wide range of beautiful soft toys and gifts for kids, plus amazing accessories for their bedrooms. Discover simple sewing patterns for adorably plump dolls with a range of outfits and accessories, cute jungle creatures like monkeys, and sea-themed creationspirates, whales and fishall reproduced at full-size to trace from the page. Exquisitely presented in her trademark style, this book will delight Tilda fans everywhere with its achievable patterns and charming styled photography.Contents:Me and My Doll Dolls Clothing & Accessories * Doll's Doll * Handbag House * Patchwork Quilt * Heart Cushions * Sewing Kit HouseLife on the Ocean Waves Sweet Whales * Sardines * Pirate Doll * Sail and FlagsJungle Adventure Monkeys * Parrots * Patchwork Snake * Fruit Purses * Striped Quilt * Monkey PillowThe pattern downloads issue flagged in reviews has been resolved. For customers who continue to have issues. please visit the publishers website to access the patterns:www.davidandcharles.com.

Alice has found her place with the other dinosaurs at school. She can use her clever brain to help her classmates learn! And when new dinosaur Caitlin joins her class, Alice must overcome her fear of talking to unfamiliar dinosaurs, and help her classmates learn that not everyone likes to be teased.

This bedside book gives kids and young teens a space to monitor their moods every day in a fun and rewarding way. Each night, they colour in the day's illustration and see it build over the month to create a record of their emotional state, allowing comparisons day by day, month by month, year by year for a five-year period.

A record of Fiat's achievements from the early days of motor racing to the present day, including land speed record attempts, the development of `Balilla' based sports cars, Fiat based specials and the superb 8V coupe of 1952. Abarth's role in achieving three World Rally Championships is also detailed.

Learn how to applique the Sew Quirky way for fun, sewn projects. This collection of 12 designs for bright and bold machine applique patterns can be used to create bags, pillows, quilts as well as embellish clothes. Author, Mandy Murray, explains the fusible applique techniques to recreate her quirky designs. .

Crumb quilting is the way to zero waste patchwork. Learn how to use your tiniest scraps to create beautiful quilts and quilted projects and bust your stash!This is a collection of 15 projects made using the teeniest, tiniest leftover pieces of fabric from your latest quilting or sewing project.

Covering Chevrolet's specialized sport coupe, during the classic 1967-81 era. Relive those outlandish hi po Camaros, from legendary speed shops Baldwin-Motion, Dana, Nickey and Yenko. Fuel crisis, insurance and the EPA? Don't worry, the Bowtie boys had your back in the showroom, and on the track.

Knit yourself stunning Latvian accessories including gloves, scarves and shawls with this collection of colourwork knitting patterns from the author of Knit Like a Latvian: Mittens and Socks.

From the author of the bestselling The Bag Making Bible comes an outstanding collection of 12 inspiring bags for you to make at home.

Create unique i-cord words and shapes with this modern guide to French knitting with a mechanical knitting mill. This fun book gives you 40 fabulous i-cord projects - from gifts to clothing, accessories to home decor and more. No knitting mill? No problem! All the projects can be knitted in the traditional method too.

A comprehensive trouble-shooter that no TR2 or TR3 owner should be without. This handy book describes all the main components of these cars and details what can go wrong with each of them, how to fix common problems and even a number of improvements that can be made to the car.

Easy sewing patterns for cute cat designs, made using simple hand-sewing techniques. Featuring the most popular and distinctive breeds, each pattern comes with step-by-step instructions and full-size templates. The finished little kitties would make cute brooches, bag charms and home accessories that will make your cat-loving friends have kittens!

Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from decorations to gift bags. Craft your own sustainable Christmas: create plastic-free crackers for the table, no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste wrapping and present solutions for your family and friends.

Make Christmas a watercolor wonderland with this creative guide. Learn the basics of watercolor then enjoy 12 projects with step-by-step tutorials. Paint your own Christmas cards, gift tags, boxes, seasonal table settings, Christmas crackers, garlands, baubles and more baubles, with Ingrid Sanchez's beautiful artwork and expert guidance.

Learn how to knit more sustainably with this practical guide from knitting blogger and environmentalist, Epipa. This collection of 20 projects shows you how you can make your knitting more environmentally friendly by choosing the most eco friendly yarns as well as tips on how to reduce your yarn footprint.