Books published by The Crowood Press Ltd

Offers a collection of 125 activities, practices and games that is designed to improve coaching sessions at all levels of the game. In this title, the drills are organised into chapters according to a particular skill or phase of the game; from the warm up to handling, contact, lineout, scrum, kicking and defence.

Good lighting is fundamental to creating great images. This book provides a roadmap for producing creative images with a flashgun. It introduces lighting principles and then advises on more complex lighting sets and situations.

Good lighting is essential to a building. An effective design is not just about introducing light into a space, but rather an appreciation of how the space will be used. This book introduces the tools of the lighting designer and explains how to produce a lighting design for a home.

Suitable for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques, this title covers a brief history of rowing; choosing and setting up equipment; safety and risk assessment; capsize drill, steering and coxing; and skill development and techniques.

In this book, author Patrick Dale provides an alternative no-frills approach to health and exercise that requires little or no equipment and is guaranteed to be just as effective as far more complicated exercise routines. Written from experience, the book contains field-tested information that is surprisingly simple but nonetheless effective.

Oils give a rich, majestic quality to a painting but may often be deemed too tricky or ambitious to try. This practical book puts the joy of painting with oils within reach of all who want to develop their skills. Written by a professional painter, it encourages artists of all levels to experiment with the medium and to develop their art.

Bird photography is one of the most challenging genres of photography, and can test even modern high-specification cameras to their limits. This practical book guides you through both how to understand your camera and how to develop your own style and approach. It also emphasizes the importance of fieldcraft and understanding your subject.

A detailed guide to installing high performance felt and torch on roofs, for both DIY enthusiasts and professional roofers. From safety precautions, to the tips and tricks to keep a flat roof water-tight for many years, it teaches the novice how to successfully complete their first felt roof to a high standard.

A guide to engineering materials used in the workshop, for processes such as milling, welding, and lathe and bench-work. Designed for the general enthusiast or amateur engineer, it provides in-depth information on the functions and limitations of commonly used metals, and advice on material selection.

Provides an overview of how nutrition can be used to maximize human performance. This book shows how nutrition can be used to: reduce the risk of injury and illness for athletes; maximize strength gains in the gym; adapt effectively to endurance training; minimise the negative effects of concurrent training; and improve competition performance.

A collection of essays that first appeared in the Regency World magazine. It celebrates the quirkiest corners and cleverest contrivances of Jane Austen's art. It features twenty-one topics ranging from coiffure to crime, from gossip to grandmothers.

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steering systems. This book explains how a wide variety of metal alloys may best be selected, formed and manufactured to give optimum performance in the typical conditions of a sailing or powered vessel.

This book underlines throughout, the importance of maintaining a bond of leadership, respect and friendship with our horse and within the pages are important tools for achieving these goals. Wherever within your level of training, this book will help to enhance and enrich your relationship with your horse so that art may be formed through love.

Suitable for all those railway modellers who wish to build a bridge or a viaduct for their layout, this book contains descriptions and photographs of real-life bridges located around Britain (and one in New Zealand), ranging from the small to the monumental, from which the modeller can gain ideas and draw inspiration.

Locomotive kit building remains the best route to achieving a varied range of motive power in most scales but it also retains a mystique, being associated with expert modellers and expensive tools. This title demonstrates how anyone can successfully assemble working kits with only a modicum of inexpensive equipment and experience.

Suitable for all athletes at the beginning or development stages of their sprint careers who are committed to running faster, this book covers various sprint events from 60metres to 400 metres, as well as the hurdles and relay; principles of biomechanics, limiting factors and potential areas of capability; and training and planning.

Identifies the major detail differences and livery variations that have appeared on all British Rail, ex-British Rail and privatized railway diesel and electric main line classes from 14 to 92. This book provides a record of the main specifications of each class of locomotive, and details of variations.

Both a survey and a celebration of contemporary approaches to sculptures that are formed from more than one material, this book profiles the discipline in all its expanded forms and recognizes sculpture in the twenty-first century not as something solid and static, but rather as a fluid interface in material, time and space.

Explains what is meant by macro photography and how to get even closer to your subject: not just a close-up of a butterfly, but details of the eye and wing scales. This book includes techniques suited to any budget look at ways to photograph virtually any creature, whether terrestrial, marine or from freshwater.

Takes a look at how to accurately portray the riches of the botanical world. This book tackles and explains many of the difficulties that artists encounter so they can extend and expand their choice of subject matter. It offers new insights and a fresh approach to the wonders of botanical illustration.

Tells the history of the Rudge-Whitworth cycle and motorcycle company, from the late 1800s to the 1940s, including full production histories of the motorcycle models. This title covers topics such as: origins of Rudge-Whitworth, from Daniel Rudge's early bicycles, to the Pugh family merger; and the invention of the Rudge Multi gear engine in 1912.

Drawing upon his experience on the tennis circuit, William Ralston analyses the key stages on the journey to becoming a more successful tennis player, and includes advice from some of the sport's leading players, coaches and experts. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the techniques, equipment, strategy and tactics used in the modern game.

This comprehensive and authoritative study Ivory provides a global history of the material's uses, origins and controversies - from the myths and beliefs held by prehistoric man, through its utilitarian uses in the Arctic and the beautiful carvings in medieval Europe, to its links with war, the slave trade, and religion.