Books published by publisher IMM Lifestyle Books

The Dive Atlas of the World offers an inspirational tour of top dive sites around the world, based on first-hand experience, and photographed by experts.300 page fully updated global guide to the world's top dive sitesWritten by experienced dive authors, based on their first-hand experienceInspirational reference for divers who wish to personally or vicariously experience the best diving the planet has to offerHelps you select and locate the type of diving experience you are looking forSuperb quality underwater photography shows famous wrecks, a wide range of marine habitats, and a huge diversity of speciesAppendix with lists of travel and dive information, climate, best time to go, contacts, dive operators, and emergency facilitiesFrom the Blue Hole at Lawson Reef and the wreck of the Umbria in the Red Sea, to Michaelmas on the Great Barrier Reef, the Dive Atlas of the World offers a global tour of top dive sites, described and photographed by experts.From well-known classics to sites that have only recently been discovered, this global selection offers the discerning diver a feast of locations to choose from, including an expanded selection of Caribbean dive sites.Whether you favor muck diving and macro photography, wrecks, walls, reefs, caves, blue holes or the adrenaline rush of high-speed drift dive in a strong current (or all of these), you will find well-written, clearly mapped accounts of the top places where you can enjoy these dives.This book features contributions from local experts, leading writers and award-winning photographers such as Jack Jackson and Lawson Wood.

A complete stained glass course in one book!31 step-by-step projects for copper foiled and leaded window panels, candle holders, mirror and picture frames, light catchers, and moreBeginner-friendly essentials including techniques for cutting, polishing, tracing, copper foiling, leading, and solderingProjects for every level of ability, including easy starter pieces like simple light catchers, and ranging up to amazing flat-panel creations for doors and windowsLearn how to combine traditional techniques with modern materials and methodsInspirational photo galleries showcase dozens of designs from today's most talented stained glass artistsStunning to look at and exciting to make, stained glass work is perennially popular. Discover the rich and versatile craft of stained glass with this complete beginner's guide!Author and professional stained glass artist Lynette Wrigley shows you everything you need to know to make beautiful decorative pieces for the home. Thirty-one step-by-step projects range from copper foiled and leaded window panels to candle holders, mirror and picture frames, lightcatchers, and more. Expert methods for cutting and polishing, tracing patterns, and soldering are explained with the novice in mind.Even if you've never cut a piece of glass before, Stained Glass Projects for Beginners will inspire you with the fascinating potential of stained glass.For those eager to try their hand at a decorative glass project, Stained Glass Projects for Beginners is the ideal starting place!

This book offers a fun and lighthearted guide to growing your own salads, herbs, vegetables, and fruit, armed with little more than a trowel and some seedlings!Lighthearted, fun approach to low maintenance gardening for first-timersDe-mystifies gardening for complete beginners, making it easy to get startedGrow the most popular herbs, veggies, and fruit while maintaining an attractive outdoor space to have fun inGrow your own herbs for making fashionable herb-infused cocktailsSound practical and seasonal advice with lots of hints and tips for successful growingMore than 200 color photos, plus tasty recipes for the produce you'll growEasy weekend projects to help make the most of a small outdoor area, for urban and suburban gardeners who are short on spaceAimed at complete beginners, Beginner's Garden de-mystifies the gardening process with sound practical and seasonal advice, lots of hints and tips for successful growing, delicious recipes, and fun weekend projects to help you make the most of your outdoor area, however small.This completely new kind of gardening book is ideal for first-timers who have busy working lives but still want to grow their own produce—without spending all weekend digging!

London and tea go together like jam and scones, and this lovely book takes a stylish look at the afternoon tea scene!60 exquisite places to take tea in and around LondonHip, up-to-date, stylish guide to the London tea sceneFeatures famous recipes from the venues and lavish color photographyCompletely updated new edition, expanded to almost double sizeThe perfect gift for that Anglophile friend, in this handsome new hardcover versionLondon's Afternoon Teas is the hippest and most up-to-date source of information for both London residents and tourists alike.Featuring 60 of the best places to take tea in London, including classics such as Claridges and the Wolseley as well as completely unexpected venues, there's a tea here to suit all tastes and budgets.The text includes the history of the venues, their most popular recipes, interesting facts, and types of teas available, along with details of nearby attractions to help you make a day of it.Now in hardcover, this revised second edition has been greatly expanded with additional tea venues, more pages, and new lavish photography.

Welcome a new baby into the world with lovingly knitted garments!22 adorable projects for baby clothing and accessoriesStep-by-step instructions and photos for blankets, hats, bibs, booties, mittens, burp cloths, and moreTechniques and methods such as casting on, binding off, and creating slip knotsExpert tips for choosing yarn, working with different types of needles, and avoiding problemsSkill-level ratings, materials, gauges, and measurements for each projectEasy-to-understand charts for conversions and abbreviationsCreate handmade cuddle-worthy knits!This book is filled with easy-to-knit projects you'll want to make for the baby in your life. Top knitwear designer and author Val Pierce presents 22 simple patterns for practical but adorable baby knits, from booties to hats to blankets. Whether it's a kimono-style jacket that you don't have to pull over a newborn's head, or drawstring mittens that keep your little one from pulling them off, One-Stitch Baby Knits is full of thoughtful details that parents will love.Made from the heart, One-Stitch Baby Knits is the perfect project book for any knitter on any level. Each and every one of these irresistible garments is made entirely with the garter stitch—the easiest stitch in knitting—making them both accessible to beginners and quick and simple for more experienced knitters. Every project also features a skill level rating of beginner, intermediate, or experienced, so you know where to start based on your current knitting skills.Designed with small babies in mind, Val's patterns can be readily customized to get exactly what you want in a garment that's cheaper and sturdier than anything you'll find in stores. Nothing is more special than a hand-knit garment, especially when it's for a rosy-cheeked baby!With the step-by-step instructions and photography inside One-Stitch Baby Knits, you'll complete the cutest ever pieces, including blankies, diaper covers, cardigans, scarves, shoes, rompers, clothes, and accessory sets.Whether you gift your hand-knitted garments or keep them for your own little one, these designs are sure to make you say "Aww," all while you become a skilled knitter along the way!"With everything from booties to blankets, One-Stitch Baby Knits is bursting with adorable projects that anyone can knit. Val Pierce has produced an incredible variety of styles using simple garter stitch, adding flourish with cute colorwork and shaping."—Sarah Neal, Editor, Let's Knit Magazine

Your comprehensive guide to the flags of the world!Over 220 flags of countries, territories, states, and moreOver 600 illustrations and photographs in full colorLarge-scale locator maps, clearly detailed for easy referenceUp-to-date data and statistics for each country and locationHistory and symbolism information for each flagDe facto and emerging states are covered in a special dedicated sectionThis comprehensive guide to the flags of the world, now available in a completely updated edition, provides concise, accurate coverage of every country in the world, giving the history, meaning, and symbolism of national flags, together with large-scale and smaller locator maps.The Complete Guide to Flags of the World includes the history of flags, color flags of over 220 countries and territories, flags of international organizations, large-scale and detailed locator maps for easy reference, up-to-date data and statistics for all countries, information about the history and symbolism of each flag, a section on de facto and emerging states, and a full index.Packed with history, symbolism, and full color illustrations of flags from Andorra to Zimbabwe, The Complete Guide to Flags of the World is the perfect gift for any flag collector, historical writer, or history buff!

This step-by-step manga art course for beginners makes it simple to learn the creative techniques behind the most popular Japanese comic style! Easy, progressive art course shows beginners how to draw innovative manga 13 tutorials cover all the essential topics such as eyes, hair, clothing, accessories, lighting and color 10 step-by-step projects teach you how to create characters of all ages—children, teenagers, and adults Learn the basic drawing skills you need to create the distinctive features of manga characters Written and illustrated by a collaborative group of manga artists Inside Draw Manga, 140 color illustrations and easy-to-follow directions are divided into three sections: basic tutorials; how to turn raw ideas into finished comics; and projects from the masters, with exhaustive detail on producing professional-grade artwork. Draw Manga covers not only traditional media such as colored markers, pencils, and watercolors, but also computer-generated manga. And there's advice on special techniques for drawing the distinctive eyes and hairstyles that are the genre's hallmark, as well as on character creation, developing a first sketch, using color and motion, sequencing, pacing, and more. In Draw Manga, professional manga artists reveal their secrets for drawing individual character elements and creating an effective manga character!

From the Blue Hole at Lawson Reef and the wreck of the Umbria in the Red Sea, to Michaelmas on the Great Barrier Reef, the Dive Atlas of the World offers a global tour of top dive sites, described and photographed by experts. From well-known classics to sites that have only recently been discovered, this global selection offers the discerning diver a feast of locations to choose from, including an expanded selection of Caribbean dive sites. Whether you favor muck diving and macro photography, wrecks, walls, reefs, caves, blue holes or the adrenaline rush of high-speed drift dive in a strong current (or all of these), you will find well-written, clearly mapped accounts of the top places where you can enjoy these dives. This book features contributions from local experts, leading writers and award-winning photographers such as Jack Jackson and Lawson Wood.

A comprehensive beginner's book, this introduction to raising chickens covers the key aspects of keeping your own hens and benefiting from the produce! Over 50 breeds of hen are featured, including heavy, light, and bantam breeds Beginner-friendly guide to getting started includes choosing your birds and getting set up for the first time Expert advice on housing, food and water, daily care, disease prevention, encouraging egg production, breeding, and more Useful tips for winterizing, going on vacation, and exhibiting your birds, plus a FAQ section, resources, and glossary This authoritative book provides an introduction to the key aspects of acquiring a self-sufficient lifestyle by keeping your own chickens. Self-sufficiency and organic living have never been more prominent, and hen keeping is becoming an increasingly popular way to ensure you have fresh produce at your fingertips! You don't need a large garden to keep poultry. An average family only needs a couple of hens in order to keep well-stocked in fresh eggs all year round. The set-up costs are minimal and you don't need a whole host of expensive gadgets or equipment to care for your chickens. Self-Sufficiency: Hen Keeping is packed with information on housing, food and water, daily care, disease prevention and cure, encouraging egg production and breeding, and more. There is also comprehensive information on available breeds and a list of useful resources. If you're concerned about living a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle, this handbook is meant to help—offering advice on what to do, how to do it better, and how to save money by raising your own chickens!

Self-sufficiency and organic living have never been more prominent and hen keeping is becoming increasingly popular. This authoritative book provides an introduction to the key aspects of acquiring a self-sufficient lifestyle by keeping your own chickens and benefiting from the produce. You don't need a large garden to keep poultry and an average family only needs a couple of hens to keep them well stocked in fresh eggs all year round. The set-up costs are minimal and you don't need a whole host of expensive gadgets or equipment to care for your chickens. Packed with information on poultry keeping (housing, food and water, daily care, disease prevention and cure, encouraging egg production and breeding), there is also comprehensive information on available breeds and a list of useful resources.

This remarkable collection of personal fishing tales from around the world is the perfect gift for any angler whose aspirations take him or her beyond the riverbank!Remarkable memoir of personal fishing tales from around the world10 entertaining, illustrated fishing stories that reflect a lifetime's passion for fishingAuthor John Bailey is one of Britain's best-known anglers and television fishing personalitiesA pioneering tour leader of fishing trips throughout the world, John Bailey has led anglers to some of the most remote corners of the globeIn ten hugely entertaining and well-illustrated fishing tales, internationally renowned author, photographer, and angler John Bailey recounts some of the best and worst aspects of his worldwide pursuit of fish.Bailey shares his horrifying brushes with espionage and death in the world's most remote and inhospitable places, and introduces readers along the way to a motley array of characters, as well as an immense variety of fish!Written with great energy, enthusiasm, and respect for the wild, True Tales from an Expert Fisherman is a singular record of one man's lifelong passion for fishing.(True Tales from an Expert Fisherman is a revised and improved version of Trout at Ten Thousand Feet with a new preface, new final chapter, and new photos from the author.)

Jewish London is the only travel guidebook that focuses on the sights, heritage and culture of London's historic and present Jewish community. Packed with fascinating and practical information, it features everything for the visitor to London, from walking tours of historic areas such as the old Jewish East End to listings of kosher restaurants and shops, and information on important Jewish Londoners and where they lived, complete with plenty of specially commissioned maps. It is also an extremely useful compendium of information for the Jewish resident in London, listing Jewish cultural and heritage organisations, synagogues, ritual baths and other important Jewish centres, and a calendar of Jewish festivals and events in London. The extremely knowledgeable authors are Jewish historians and tour guides, and their lively, interesting text is illustrated with brand-new full-color photography of the most important Jewish sights.