Books published by The Crowood Press Ltd

Presents a commemorative history of fifty years of the iconic Ford Transit van, from the launch of the first-generation Transit in 1965, right up to the present day. This book includes production and development of all eight generations and variants of Transits. It also features specification guides, awards, and sales figures.

From the initial plans and planning applications, through to finding contractors and buying materials, managing the different stages, completing the work and tying up any loose ends, this book provides invaluable guidance and helps the reader to avoid the many pitfalls that await the unprepared and unsuspecting.

This book explores the development of British webbing equipment starting with the 1958-pattern equipment right up to modern-day modular concepts. Contents include:

The term camouflage only came into widespread use during the First World War, and the specialist camouflage units developed by the combatants at the time put the bulk of their efforts into the concealment of artillery, vehicles, observation posts and bunkers.

Shows how to paint abstracts and explains how to approach and understand abstract art. This title moves the teaching of art from a doing level of painting a certain subject in a particular medium to a thinking level. It develops the thinking and doing processes together and leads the reader to an understanding of this genre.

Whether your interest is in developing an understanding of top-class, championship-level tactics, in improving your play at handicap level, or even in just playing at home and wanting to get a better understanding of the game, Complete Croquet will prove to be invaluable.

Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sitesComprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft typesList of HQ units based at the airfieldDetails of memorialsMaps and plans of almost every airfieldLocation detailsSelection of period photographs

Family history research has come a long way as the internet makes information easily accessible to all. However, the documents and records are still the same whether viewed electronically, on microfilm or fiche, or in their original form. This practical book focuses on these essential documents in England and Wales.

Without doubt, in the British Isles, reservoirs provide the best, and the most accessible and affordable opportunity for catching rainbow and brown trout with an artificial fly. In whatever part of the country you reside, there will probably be at least one day-ticket reservoir close to your home that is stocked with trout.

Provides practical advice that helps you become a better sportsperson, whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport.

Pastels are an extremely versatile and immediate medium. These characteristics can lead to bold, exciting and impromptu paintings. However, their responsive, flexible nature can also be used to create subtle, gentle colour with little or no texture. This practical book guides you through the full scope of painting in pastels.

More than fifteen thousand rose species and cultivars are grown worldwide. This title presents the history behind rose names. It reveals how people, communities and cultures across the globe and throughout the ages have identified the living things that matter to them most.

Eskrima, which is also known as Arnis [De Mano] or Kali, is the indigenous martial art of the Philippine Islands. Dynamic and flexible, with a wide range of training methods it can be practised by students of all ages and levels of fitness.

Foreword by Professor Tariq Muneer

A textbook prepared for college students on equine degree courses. Dealing with the business management side of working in the horse industry, it contains advice on subjects such as marketing and market research, preparing a business plan, raising finance, meeting investors, taxation and insurance, employing staff, and finance management.

Have you got what it takes to make a successful career from teaching riding? Ross Algar offers first-hand advice on how to establish yourself in this field of work and then how to move up the ranks. With essential advice for practically every teaching situation, this is an equine career training book like no other.

Presents a guide to points, signals and level crossings and provides all the information that railway modellers need in order to get the trains on their layouts moving effectively.

Offers an exciting approach to drawing the human body. Divided into three parts, on structure, anatomy and observation, it introduces a set of principles and develops a treasury of ideas for the artist to follow.

Explaining the basics of the Hand Knitting techniques, this title explores knitting as a means of creating a textile rather than simply making a flat pattern, and encourages experimentation with unusual materials, as well as the more conventional knitting yarn.

Written by a specialist, it will ensure that every gardener enjoys their tomatoes to the full.

Guides readers through the 'how to' of sports coaching, covers the essential elements of coaching and demonstrates how effective coaching practice can be developed.

Coaching makes a key contribution to sport, helps to promote social inclusion and participation, and assists athletes in achieving performance targets. This title presents an analysis of performance and good coaching practice and performance, and provides an overview of the coaching process from a scientific and pedagogical perspective.