Matthew Dennison Books

With its combination of sophisticated, high-tech features and extremely reasonable pricing, the Nikon F80/N80 has become a proven winner and one of the most popular cameras on the market. This generously illustrated handbook helps users stretch the camera to its limits, by explaining every aspect of the model’s layout and operation. Find out everything about the basic functions, including focusing and exposure, as well as how to use it out in the field. Take an in-depth look at flash fundamentals, the close-up system, useful lenses, and handy accessories.

Exploring the multifaceted life of Vita Sackville-West, this biography delves into her roles as an aristocrat, literary figure, and complex individual. Known for her passionate relationship with Virginia Woolf, Sackville-West also navigated the challenges of reclusiveness and societal expectations. The narrative highlights her defiance of conventional labels, showcasing her as an enduring iconoclast whose legacy continues to resonate in literary and social spheres.

"Monarchy in Britain is a mindset - sociological and emotional - seldom scrutinised save by diehard supporters or detractors. Matthew Dennison's new biography of Elizabeth II offers to evaluate a magisterial reign now spanning seven decades and the Queen's record as practitioner of monarchy. The person of the monarch is the closest an ethnically and culturally diverse society comes to a visible representative of past, present and future, although population changes since 1945 have made it impossible for Elizabeth II convincingly to embody the wide-ranging outlooks and aspirations of a muddled demographic. Instead she is understood as the champion of a handful of 'British' values endorsed - if no longer practised - by the bulk of the nation: service, duty, steadfastness, charity, stoicism: a visible definition of an aspect of 'Britishness'."--Provided by publisher.

A fresh, witty, accessible life of Queen Victoria. Not since Lytton Strachey has the irony, contradictions and influence of this Queen been treated with such flourish or biographical insight.

A brand-new biography of one of the most extraordinary figures of Antiquity.

An evocative telling of the life of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's last- born child, and of a sometimes fraught royal mother-daughter relationship.

You Can Teach Yourself Piano is a revolutionary concept in piano instruction. No other piano method comes close to matching this book's scope in teaching not only basic music reading skills, but also the essential technique and theory for playing in all con- temporary keyboard styles. Central to the philosophy of the You Can Teach Yourself series, this beginner's book is written to give the serious adult student a solid foundation while studying on their own without the advantage of having a private teacher; it will show you all you need to know to get an authoritative start on the instrument, presenting technical and theoretical concepts as needed while offering carefully graded, challenging material to hold your interest. In addition to the incalculable assets of ear training and development of taste in modern harmony, upon completion of this method the student will be fully prepared to handle the demands of modern piano music.

A beautifully written and produced celebration of the life of Beatrix Potter, one of the nation's best-loved authors.

The story of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral that inspired it.

A concise life of Roald Dahl - much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters.