Lifestyle

2013 sees the 100^th edition of the Tour, an event that is now followed across the entire world and provides spectators with many marvellous moments – and sometimes tragic ones as well. These memories have been brought together in this MagBook, which features some great anecdotes and beautiful images and allows the reader to revisit each edition of the Tour, a mythical event that has become the world’s greatest race.

Improve Your Golf is for any new, returning or experienced golfer who wants to go back to grass roots on their swing, choosing the right clubs and understanding the basic rules of golf. Providing instruction advice in an uncomplicated way, this comprehensive MagBook will enhance the basic and advanced skills of any golfer’s game. Choosing the right clubs can be bewildering. We will give you an honest insight of what is available in 2013 to best suit your budget including apparel to look out for. We will also review the best pay and play courses across the UK. This grass roots MagBook is the only golf guide you will want to refer to time and time again.

With a wide array of E-readers available, setting up as a digital publisher has never been easier, giving you complete control over your book and how it’s marketed and sold. This guide will walk you through the process of choosing the best format for your book and putting it together using a host of common tools, from Word to InDesign. We’ll advise you on choosing a price, show you how to upload your work to leading stores and, finally, how to track your sales. If you can write, you can publish…here’s how.

The Kindle goes from strength. With every new release, Amazon proves once again why its digital ebook device is the most talked about reader of all and there’s never been a better time to buy one. There are the traditional e-ink based readers but they’re not your only choice. There is also the other half of the Kindle line; the Kindle Fire HD. In this guide, we’ll help you identify the Kindle that best suits your needs and set it up once you get it home. We’ll show you how to get online, download books and other content, and start enjoying the exciting world of reading without paper.

This past year, we’ve been on a selfless, daring journey. We’ve gone toe-to-toe, shield-to-shield and cape-to-cape with some of cinema’s greatest saviours. Batman, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Wolverine – you name them; we’ve torn them to pieces over the next 100 pages. We’ve donned our spandex and eyeballed every superhero movie that really mattered to bring you the finest guide to movie superheroes this side of Krypton, Be careful in there…

It’s hard to imagine a genre of photography that is simultaneously harder, more exhausting, more frustrating and more fulfilling than Wildlife photography. There are highs and lows when trying to capture unique, imaginative shots of regularly shy, often uncooperative and sometimes endangered species in varying climates. 
 
Wildlife is about preparation and improvisation in equal measure. You need to know what you’re doing so that when a once-in-a-lifetime frame presents itself, you’ve got the know-how and experience to do it justice – deep in the Rwandan jungle with a gorilla staring at you isn’t the place to be perusing your camera’s manual. At the same time, a good grasp of the rules reveals how flexible you can be in your photography, and how much you can bend and break the rules in order to take the shot that no-one else has considered.

This MagBook is designed to make you a better wildlife photographer and by the time you finish reading, you should have a working knowledge of your camera’s more advanced functions, as well as an idea of the kit you might need for your next trip.

Even though the worst of the credit crunch is meant to be long gone, never has the need to earn a few extra pounds been more pressing. That’s where eBay comes in, with over £1,000 per second changing hands on eBay across the world, it’s become a favoured shopping destination of many. For buyer’s, it’s a chance to snap up some great deals, and save valuable pounds on items against the high-street price and a treasure trove of items you simply wouldn’t be able to get anywhere else. 

For sellers, there is no other place that can offer you wares to over 230 million people through one website and many have gone on to base successful businesses around the eBay service. Saying this, it’s not as simple as it seems. Knowing if that bargain is as good as it looks, trying to figure out if you’re being scammed and knowing how to make your products more appealing are just some of the considerations we need to make.  This guide is jam-packed with secrets of successful buying and selling, cons as well as pros, meaning you might just be able to do your bank balance the world of good!

Scary goalkeepers, magical midfielders and sublime strikers: the ever-changing cast of the Champions League never fails to entertain. The Champions League is the most important club competition in the world.  This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the best football competition on the planet and will certainly whet your appetite for 2012. We pay homage to 20 Champions League Legends from Ronaldo to Zidane – and compile various top 10s from Memorable Moments to Follicular Fails.

We rank the tournament’s 50 most successful clubs – those who’ve reached the quarterfinal stage and above from Barcelona to Club Brugge via Monaco and Galatasaray. We also take a look at every season: the stories, the scandals and the sensations. There’s an A-Z covering everything from Roman Abramovich to Zadok the Priest, the top 10 worst haircuts and even a where are they now feature and a rundown of our favourite finalists.

Want to be the next superstar DJ? Just want to know how to mix MP3s cheaply and for fun? If so, this is the MagBook for you. If you’ve never considered DJing before we’ll show you how to get started in minutes using cheap or free software and your existing music files. Tear the roof off clubs or just impress your friends with our clear and informative guides and master classes on how to mix, scratch and perform live remixes like a pro DJ.

Top DJs tell how they got started, and give advice on techniques and getting paid DJ work. Our buyer’s guides and reviews help you get the software and hardware that’s right for you. Everybody wants to be a DJ, but learning the skills, getting the gigs and getting paid is now easier than ever before. We’ll guide you through the options, help you to get up and running in no time and help you avoid costly, time-consuming mistakes. If you’re already a DJ, we tell you how to take your skills to the next level. This MagBook gives readers everything they need. Find out more; www.thedjguide.co.uk

The climax to the Premier League’s 20^th season was the most nail-biting, the most dramatic and the most downright exciting since it began in 1992. When Sergio Aguero scored the winner for Man City in the dying seconds at the Etihad Stadium, he sealed the first ever Premier League title to be decided on goal difference. This staggering denouement makes a fitting introduction to this celebratory tome.

We’ve looked at the Premier League lives of all the 45 clubs that have played in the top flight since 1992/93, from Man Utd down to Swindon Town via Portsmouth and Oldham Athletic. We’ve looked at every season: the stories, the scandals, the stars and the sensations – and printed the all-time Premier League table in full.

We’ve compiled top tens on everything from Magic men to Memorable Moments. We’ve put together an A to Z covering everything from Roman Abramovich to Gianfranco Zola via Jean-Marc Bosman and the Prawn-Sandwich Brigade. Oh, and round the back we’ve listed all the most diverting facts and stats. If you want to know anything about the last 20 years of the Greatest League in the World, this is not a bad place to start.

July 27 2012 signals the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, with 216 countries across 300 events competing for the ultimate sporting prize: Gold. Celebrating the Games in all its glory, this MagBook covers all 39 disciplines, highlights the athletes to watch out for, contains interviews with bona fide Olympic legends and in every aspect highlights why the Olympics is the world's greatest sporting event. Facts, figures and fun: it's the Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Sporting Event.

Hit the road this summer with the Ultimate Guide To Cycling Training, aimed at anyone looking to increase their cycling skills and fitness. Included is information on each of the disciplines, from track to mountain bike downhill, details on skill development, getting started in racing, developing your training regime and keeping healthy. A must have for any cyclist, whether beginner or expert.

This updated version is written by cycling expert Guy Andrews, this MagBook is the authoritative guide to maintaining, repairing and upgrading your bike, whatever your budget. Recommended by the Guardian Newspaper Bike Blog London Cyclist and the British Cycling Organisation, divided into 10 clear sections on maintaining road and mountain bikes, and covering maintenance essentials such as drivetrain, gears, tyres, brakes and suspension, this guide has it all!

Moreover through featuring clear, step-by-step photographs demonstrating the maintenance techniques, the guides advice is accessible whatever your technical ability. Being fully indexed, locating the advice and tips you need is quick and simple - meaning you can spend more time on the road and less time in the garage.

Written by Chris Kissack in association with http://thewinedoctor.com  This MagBook offers an ideal introduction to the wonderful world of Bordeaux wines for beginners, and acts as a fantastic source of the latest information for more discerning drinkers. It covers Bordeaux’s illustrious history, includes a comprehensive guide to the best of recent vintages as well as biographies of the region’s finest chateaux. You’ll also find helpful, simply presented guides to drinking Bordeaux, as well as current investment advice for all budgets – covering both the major chateaux and some hidden gems. Crucially, the guide also contains a review of the 2011 vintage, and news from the region...making it as up to date as possible.

This is the complete guide for anyone considering writing an eBook, whether for the Amazon Kindle or the Apple iPad - and how to make money from the end result. We start with how to structure your book. Whether it's fiction or fact, there are obvious ways to succeed and equally obvious ways to put off readers. Many authors don't take full advantage of the devices they're writing on, so we explain how to use the right software and create an eBook your readers will navigate through easily.

There are practical guides to all the main authoring tools, including Apple’s all-new iBooks Author, the acclaimed Scrivener and a free alternative called Sigil. The final section deals with how to sell your book. The key is to maximise your sales through simple but much-ignored techniques, and choose the right place to sell. We reveal all.