Gliding With Radio Control by Martin Simons

$30.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

A simple and easiliy understood guide to radio control glider flying, this book will help the complete beginner avoid frustrating erros. No prior knowledge of flying, modelling or radio control is required.

Makers by Bob Parks

$59.95 NZD

Category: Hobbies

'Make' magazine, launched in February 2005 as the first magazine devoted to Tech DIY projects, hardware hacks and DIY inspiration, has been hailed as "a how-to guide for the opposable thumb set" and "Popular Mechanics for the modern age." Itching to build a cockroach-controlled robot, a portable satelli te radio or your very own backyard monorail? Hankering to hack a game boy or your circadian rhythms? Rather read about people who fashion laptop bags from recycled wetsuits and build shopping cart go-karts? 'Make' is required reading.Now, following on the heels of 'Make's wildly popular inaugural issues, O'Reilly offers Makers, a beautiful hardbound book celebrating creativity, resourcefulness and the DIY spirit. Author Bob Parks profiles 100 people and their homebrew projects - people who make ingenious things in their backyards, basements and garages with a lot of imagination and a little applied skill. Makers features technologies old and new used in service of the serious and the amusing, the practical and the outrageous. The makers profiled are driven by a combination of curiosity and passion to create the unique and astonishing. ...Show more

Pocket Posh Sudoku: 100 Pocket Puzzles by Puzzle Society

$15.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

A decidedly divine, sophisticated treatment jazzes up the cover of this Sudoku puzzle book - making it completely irresistible to female puzzlers. The Puzzle Society introduces this Sudoku book featuring mind-boggling puzzles and elegant cover treatment with foil, and tactile design. The 4 x 6 trim size has rounded corners and an elastic band closure - enabling it to be conveniently tucked inside a purse or tote. ...Show more

Tredoku: Easy-medium. Book 1 by Mindome

$16.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

While keeping the rules of Sudoku, Tredoku redefines the logic game playing experience by bringing architecture, graphic design and art together into one fun creation. The puzzle comes in infinite forms, due to the extra dimensions giving you a unique playing experience. Tredoku incorporates creative th inking. It is a visual challenge that makes playing the game much more fun. Tredoku is a game for everyone! ...Show more

Pocket Posh Sudoku 6: 100 Puzzles by Puzzle Society

$15.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

As convenient as they are stylish and as enjoyable as it is fashionable, the Pocket Posh Sudoku 6 features a cover with a contemporary tactile design and comes in a handy size, making it a smart, sophisticated accessory that goes with anything. It also fits nicely into a purse or pocket. The Pocket Posh Sudoku 6 puzzle book is great way to exercise your mind--and look great while doing it! ...Show more

"Daily Telegraph" Cryptic Crosswords 64

$22.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

This is a bumper selection of more than 200 of the most stimulating and entertaining recent cryptic challenges from the pages of "The Daily Telegraph", which has been running these puzzles for over eighty years. They continue to baffle, infuriate and delight readers on a daily basis and are available he re for those who need more than their daily fix. ...Show more

Calligraphy by Margaret Morgan

$24.95 NZD

Category: Hobbies

This book is for anyone who is interested in calligraphy and contains inspiration and practical advice on creating a number of stylish and highly individual pieces. Beginning with a brief history of the art, Calligraphy examines the letterforms that we are familiar with today while a series of alphabets describes the characteristics of various styles. A section on materials, tools and techniques provides all the information needed to work on the projects that follow. These include letterheads, greetings cards and invitations, as well as decorative pieces using gilding techniques - perfect as keepsakes or gifts. Offering guidance and inspiration to beginners and experienced calligraphers alike, this beautifully designed and illustrated book provides practical advice as well as a fresh and exciting approach to this traditional art. ...Show more

"Daily Telegraph" Cryptic Crosswords 65

$19.99 NZD

Category: Hobbies

Large Posh Kriss Kross 1 by Bounty

$17.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

Model Marine Steam by Stan Bray

$69.99 NZD

Category: Hobbies

This book provides all the information any ship modeller interested in powering a model boat using live steam will need. It offers both the basic theory covering the steam power plant and fully detailed drawings for the construction of simple and advanced steam engines, boilers and ancillary equipment. There has been a huge growth in interest in live steam-powered model boats in recent years, but modellers have endured a dearth of practical construction drawings for suitable steam plants. Here, the author covers many types of engine from simple oscillating cylinder types to piston and poppet valve engines and the application of radio control to the management of the boiler and engine. It covers a formerly neglected area of model marine publishing and is packed with full-size drawings and detailed information. ...Show more

Building and Flying Radio Controlled Model Aircraft by David Boddington

$39.99 NZD

Category: Hobbies

The "Daily Telegraph" Cryptic Crossword Book : No. 53 by Daily Telegraph (eds.)

$16.00 NZD

Category: Hobbies

This book contains a selection of 80 of the most stimulating and entertaining recent cryptic challenges from the pages of the "Daily Telegraph", which has been running these puzzles for as many years. Still they baffle, infuriate and delight readers on a daily basis, and this is their first appearance i n book form. As usual, the solutions to all the puzzles are included in the back of the book. ...Show more