Transport Tuesday - 100 Years of Motorcycles

RRP: $29.99, Paperback, 300 pages
ISBN: 9781906672539, Published by Ammonite Press

100 Years 

of Motorcycles

Twentieth Century in Pictures

The story of the motorcycle started when it was little more than a bicycle frame with an engine strapped on, soon becoming a purpose designed vehicle for cheap every-day transport, navigating congested urban traffic, for long distance travel, cruising and holidays. Some machines became test-beds for mechanical refinement and thrilled spectators at race circuits and off road tracks throughout the world. 

From the temperamental vintage machines of the early 1900s, to the motorcycling subcultures of the 1940s Hells Angels, the 1950s Cafe Racers, and the Mods and Rockers of the 1960s, all aspects of the motorcycle are celebrated.

Containing over 300 photographs from PA Photo's archives, this is a stunning visual history of the motorcycle, and also a great example of photography from the 20th century.

Other titles available in the 100 Years series - 

100 Years of Aviation - RRP: $29.99 - ISBN: 9781906672546

100 Years of Boxing - RRP: $29.99 - ISBN: 9781906672553

100 Years of Cricket - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672003

100 Years of Crime - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672294

100 Years of Fashion - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672263

100 Years of Football - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672010

100 Years of Golf - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672041

100 Years of Horse Racing - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672324

100 Years of London - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672256

100 Years of Motorsport - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672034

100 Years of Motoring - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672331

100 Years of Railways - RRP: $29.99 - ISBN: 9781906672522

100 Years of Rugby - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672027

100 Years of the Seaside - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9781906672232

100 Years of Weather - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN:9781906672249

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Military Monday - Brotherhood of the Skies

RRP: $44.99, Hardback, 224 pages
ISBN: 9781906502645, Published by Grub St.

Brotherhood of the Skies
by David Ince DFC

Brotherhood of the Skies is an engaging study of leadership in action. The author is frank and outspoken about the courage, fear, team spirit and motivation that he and his comrades shared throughout the war. 

Laden with fresh information and perspectives, he explores elements of airpower that have been ignored in the past, pulling no punches in his analysis of army cooperation, fighter ground attack and reconnaissance and the problems and achievements of operational training - against a wide background of personal experience and hard lessons learned. 

David Ince's remarkable life in flight is atmospherically told and skillfully conveys the urgency and mood of the times, the fascinating people he encountered and the obstacles he met along the way.

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Thursday's Top Titles - Digital Photography Madness!

Capricorn Link has one of the biggest ranges of specialist non-fiction titles. One of our biggest ranges is our photography section, filled with beautiful books from some of the world's best photographers.

Lark Books has a huge range of digital photography books and guides and they are written by photographers who are experts in their field. Along with the best-selling Magic Lantern guides, Lark Books has a photography book to suit you, no matter what your level of skill or experience may be.

Here's just a taste of some of the new photography titles released in August 2010.

Digital Photo Madness: 
50 Weird & Wacky Things to do with Your Digital Camera
by Thom Gaines
RRP: $14.99, Paperback, 128 pages

ISBN: 9781600596339, Published by Lark Books

Aimed at children 10 and up, this book features the latest equipment and software and explains everything, from using the camera to coordinating it with the computer, printer and scanner, to manipulating the images. Kids can then dive right in to 50 cool, inventive activities and turn their friends into aliens, make a Warhol-esque pop art masterpiece and create a "trapped-in-the-computer" screensaver.

Experimental Digital Photography

by Rick Doble

RRP: $34.99, Paperback, 192 pages

ISBN: 9781600595172, Published by Lark Books

A Unique guide to help photographers go beyond the snapshot and push the boundaries of their art.It presents a wealth of imaginative concepts, from creating ambience through a mix of flash and available lighting to panning the camera and zooming the lens during exposure. You'll also see how to manipulate time and motion in an image, use inventive white balance methods and 'paint' with light in time exposures.

Focus on 

Digital Landscape Photography

by George Schaub

RRP: $24.99, Paperback, 144 pages

ISBN: 9781600595967, Published by Lark Books

This is a superb introduction to scenic photography from acclaimed photographer and teacher George Schaub. Photographers who want to improve their picture taking need a book that cuts right to the chase - one that provides the information instantly, without forcing them to wade through loads of extraneous detail. That's just what acclaimed photographer and teacher George Schaub does in this superb introduction to scenic photography: he outlines only the crucial concepts and principles - from spot metering and fill flash to backlighting and sharpening - and applies them to real-world shooting scenarios out in the field.

Focus On

Digital Photography Basics

by Jeff Wignall

RRP: $24.99, Paperback, 144 pages

ISBN: 9781600596391, Published by Lark Books

This conveniently sized take-along guide is geared expressly to the novice digital photographer. It covers the important basics any beginner needs to know, from equipment (like D-SLRs, lenses and flash) to technique (white balance, the effects of aperture settings and shutter speed). Best of all, because it’s organized by topic into bite-size chunks of information, this highly illustrated manual—complete with graphs, tips, and trouble shooting charts guarantees photographers quick and easy access to exactly the information they want, when they want it.

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Wednesday's Wonderful Book of the Week

RRP: $49.99, Hardback, 128 pages

ISBN: 9781906388102, Published by Batsford

Connecting Art to Stitch
by Sandra Meech

This best-selling title from world-renowned designer and artist Sandra Meech, is a must-have for anyone with an interest in textile art.

In Connecting Art to Stitch, fine-art skills and materials are explored through a structured series of short exercises that are specially designed to increase confidence and unlock creativity. The connection is then made with fabrics, and stitched textile disciplines.


Fifteen Art Classes feature simple sketching, working with acrylics to mixed media approaches, that include collage, painting on fabric, working with disperse transfer dyes, photography and image transfer, and will re-enforce how art and design translates into stitched textiles. 


Different subjects are suggested throughout, so exercises can be repeated again and again, as a personal theme is developed. Sewing techniques and stitch applications are reviewed and illustrated with stunning examples by the author and other leading textile artists. 


You can read more about Sandra and see some of the amazing work she has created by heading to her website, www.sandrameech.com.


Other titles available from Batsford and Sandra Meech - 
Contemporary Quilts: Design, Surface and Stitch - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9780713489873
Creative Quilts: Inspiration, Texture and Stitch - RRP: $39.99 - ISBN: 9780713490060

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Transport Tuesday - One Percenter

One Percenter: The Legend of

The Outlaw Biker

by Dave Nichols

RRP: $24.99, Paperback, 288 pages

ISBN: 9780760338292

Published by Motorbooks

There comes a time in every man’s life when he has to decide whether to conform or break out. Ninety-nine percent of us choose to accept the constraints imposed by society. The rest become outlaws. 

For this one percent—those who set their own standards, follow their own values, pursue their own esthetic—the outlaw motorcyclist community offers sanctuary.

Motorcyclists have always been outlaws, just by choosing such a dangerous and flamboyant sport. But the one percenters live the outlaw life 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker tells the story of this rebellion without a cause—other than freedom and living to the extreme. From the earliest days of the subculture—when World War II veterans began forming early motorcycle clubs—to modern times, this is the real-life account of the wild ones, who one by one made their own world.

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Military Monday - Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare

Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare

Edited by Daniel Marston and Carter Malkasian

RRP: $19.99, Paperback, 224 pages

ISBN: 9781849081641

Published by Osprey Publishing

In Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, 14 contributors examine developments in counterinsurgency from the early 20th century to the present. Each author, an expert in his field, discusses in depth the conduct and outcomes of operations across the globe, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan and Iraq and draws out the lessons to be learned from them.

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Transport Tuesday - The London Underground

The London Underground
by Andrew Emmerson


RRP: $14.99, Paperback, 56 pages
ISBN: 9780747807902
Published by Shire Publications

The London Underground is the heart of London life, used by millions of commuters and shoppers every year, its tentacles extending into the suburbs it has helped to create. Its turbulent life has been determined by the trials and tribulations endured by the people it carries: it provided a network of life-saving shelter in the Blitz, but has also been the scene of numerous tragedies. 

The London Underground will transport you vividly back to the past: well over half the illustrations are in colour, and most of the photographs have not seen the light of day since they were taken.

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Whipup Newsletter - Good Reads Edition

Whipup.net

If you're a bit of craft fiend then you would have the discovered the fantastic-ness that is Whipup.

Whipup is one of the best places on the web to find information and resources for all of your crafty pursuits, from knitting & crochet, sewing to beading, they have it all!

Capricorn Link are very proud to have not one, not two, but six of our books featured in the latest Good Reads edition of their newsletter! How good is that!

If you haven't already, you should definitely pop on over and check out the website and sign up for the newsletter. If you click here you'll go straight to the Good Reads newsletter.

Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration by Jo Packham & Jenny Doh

RRP: $34.99, ISBN: 9781600595646, Hardback, Published by Lark Books

A Very Modest Cottage by Tereasa Surratt

RRP: $34.99, ISBN: 9781588167972, Hardback, Published by Hearst Books

Shed Nation by Dan Eckstein

RRP: $29.99, ISBN: 9781588167125, Paperback, Published by Hearst Books

How to Grow A School Garden by Arden Bucklin-Sporer & Rachel Kathleen Pringle

RRP: $34.99, ISBN: 9781604690002, Paperback, Published by Timber Press

Restore. Recycle. Repurpose by Randy Florke and Country Living

RRP: $34.99, ISBN: 9781588167699, Hardback, Published by Hearst Books

Cooking From the Garden by Ruth Lively

RRP: $39.99, ISBN: 9781600852473, Hardback, Published Taunton Press

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New Title from Australian Designer In Stock NOW!

In Stock Now -
It's Quilting Cats & Dogs by Lynette Anderson, Published by David & Charles

RRP: $29.99, Paperback, ISBN: 9780715337578

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James May's Toy Stories is Here!

Anyone that hasn't been living under a rock for the last few years will know of Top Gear and one of it's presenters James May. 

What you may not know is that James hosted his own series for the BBC, Toy Stories. In Toy Stories James goes on a mission to celebrate Britain's toys, and to celebrate them in a big way! 

From building plasticine gardens to Lego Houses and large-scale Airfix models, James takes us on a journey into the world of toys in a bid to get kids out of the bedroom and off the playstation. He encourages parents and children to play together and to do this  he takes some of Britain's traditional toys and puts generations of families at the heart of some ludicrously ambitious adventures and challenges. 

Now Capricorn Link have the companion books to this series and they are sure to please small and big kids alike!

With Father's Day coming up these books make great gifts at only $19.99.

Titles Available Now - 

The Airfix Handbook - RRP: $19.99 - ISBN: 9781844861163

Lego House - RRP: $19.99 - ISBN: 9781844861187

The Scalextric Handbook - RRP: $19.99 - ISBN: 9781844861170 

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Transport Tuesday - 'Mr Big Healey' John Chatham

John Chatham - 
The Official Biography of
'Mr Big Healey'
by Norman Burr


RRP: $49.99, Hardback, 160 pages
ISBN: 9781845842574
Published by Veloce Publishing

John Chatham, driver, racer, reparier, rebuilder, tuner, trader and lover of Austin-Healeys, was uncontrollable in his youth, and has only mildly mellowed with age. This title presents a personal account, full of motoring and sporting anecdotes, and the story of John's family, his work, his business, his three wives and his lovers.

What they're saying about the biography of John Chatham - 

"For those who love British sports cars, especially Austin-Healey's and the limited production MGC series, this book provides some very interesting historical insight...filled with Chatham's wild ride through life" - Classic MG Magazine

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Ultimate Horse Barns - New to Paperback

Ultimate 

Horse Barns 

by Randy Leffingwell


RRP: $34.99, Paperback, 192 pages
ISBN: 9780760337868
Published by Voyageur Press

Randy Leffingwell's best-selling Ultimate Horse Barns is back in a new paperback edition that simply is a must-have for any horse enthusiast.

Showcasing 18 masterpiece horse barns, this beautifully presented volume filled with sumptuous photos will have you drooling with envy! It also pays close attention to the stunning architectural features of these amazing barns.

The purposes of the barns range from havens for private owners to successful breeding and training facilities right through to historical landmarks. 

Ultimate Horse Barns captures the architectural beauty of these stunning structures, as well as the love and passion the owners have for their horses.

P.S Don't forget to check out our full catalogue of equestrian titles here.

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Father's Day Alert - Race Tech's Motorcycle Suspension Bible

Race Tech's Motorcycle Suspension Bible
by Paul Thede


RRP: $49.99, Paperback, 256 pages
ISBN: 9780760331408
Published by Motorbooks

Suspension is probably the most misunderstood aspect of motorcycle performance. This book, by America’s premier suspension specialist, makes the art and science of suspension tuning accessible to professional and backyard motorcycle mechanics alike. Based on Paul Thede’s wildly popular Race Tech Suspension Seminars, this step-by-step guide shows anyone how to make their bike, or their kid’s, handle like a pro’s.

Thede gives a clear account of the three forces of suspension that you must understand to make accurate assessments of your suspension’s condition. He outlines testing procedures that will help you gauge how well you’re improving your suspension, along with your riding. And, if you’re inclined to perfect your bike’s handling, he even explains the black art of chassis geometry. Finally, step-by-step photos of suspension disassembly and assembly help you rebuild your forks and shocks for optimum performance.

The book even provides detailed troubleshooting guides for dirt, street, and supermoto--promising a solution to virtually any handling problem.

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Father's Day Alert - Weekend Projects for Your Mustang

Weekend Projects for Your Mustang 2005-Today
by Dan Sanchez


RRP: $39.99, Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN: 9780760336854
Published by Motorbooks

Ford's Mustang is the most popular American performance car of all time, and it;s supported by a huge aftermarket devoted to increasing its performance and improving its looks. Yet with all the parts available to the enthusiast, many owners are unsure how to go about modifying their car. That's where Weekend Projects for Your Mustang comes in. It breaks 52 performance projects into doable chunks that the average enthusiast  can manage in a single weekend. Projects include installing a supercharger, upgrading shocks, carbon fiber kits and more.

Each project is illustrated with clear step-by-step photographs to help the reader understand each step and captions that provide time-saving tips. 

Make your Mustang faster and better looking beginning this weekend! This is the perfect Father's Day gift for any Mustang enthusiast and at only $39.99 you'll have some money left to invest in a few parts!

What they've been saying about Weekend Projects for Your Mustang - 

"Dan Sanchez and Drew Phillips do an outstanding job of laying out the top 52 most undertaken Mustang alternations by the average `do-it-yourselfer'. Each project is described in detail with an abundance of color photos and step-by-step instructions. All this detail along with time estimates, cost estimates, experience and tools required make this book an outstanding addition for anyone who likes to turn wrenches on the weekend" - Ryan M. Wagner, Mustang Club of Maryland

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