Whether you are about to go out in a sculling boat for the first time simply enjoy recreational sculling or have aspirations to be a member of the national team this book contains information that will help you to improve your performance & maximize your potential. Sculling considers the principles that underlie training technique & the correct adjustment of the boats rigging & gearing. It offers practical advice on how those principles can be applied. Topics covered:
- Technique & training
- Confidence building & mental skills
- Racing strategies
- Physiological requirements
- Healthy sculling nutrition & injury prevention
- Effective learning & coaching
- Safety
- Types & designs of sculling boats blades & equipment







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This is the third book in the new Basics of Sculpture series & is in the same clear & informative step-by-step layout. Very much aimed at beginners there are six projects of increasing difficulty aiming to teach people how to sculpt in wire from the most basic starting point up through to soldering. The projects start off by learning about wire & using simply pliers & then how to incorporate other materials such as tin feathers & wool. Finally the last project

Includes:: the use of some simple silver soldering. Clear step-by-step images show the processes involved in every project. Images of fantastic sculptures in wire by contemporary artists are scattered throughout showing everything from life-size figures to sheep elephants & even hats.

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One of the first books in our new Basics of Sculpture series. This aims to give the beginner a broad basic knowledge of how to sculpt in wood. Step-by-step photos illustrate how to go about it & machinery is kept to a minimum so that the beginner can make several pieces on a slim budget with just a few tools. The book is filled with projects of increasing difficulty so that the reader can progress in his or her skill level. The projects gradually become more difficult & in the final project power tools are introduced. This project is also laid out as a hand tools project so the reader can see the differences & choose which way to do it. The book also covers the basics needed for getting started: sourcing materials choosing a suitable wood for the project & planning the project. Possible treatments for finishing off the piece at the end are also recommended such as using abrasives repairing blemishes & colouring staining or decorating the surface. Essentially a complete guide on sculpting in wood for the beginner upwards. ...

It was a slaughterhouse the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed... Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her. The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing & dismembering her sister & mother earning herself the chilling nickname The Sculptress. This much journalist Rosalind Leigh knew before her first meeting with Olive currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life -- for ever? This is one of my books of the year Sunday Times A devastating effective novel Observer Awesomely accomplished.. . The plot twists & grips like an octopus Daily Telegraph ...

This new book in the World of Art" series surveys the dynamic developments in sculptural practice worldwide since the mid-1990s outlining major trends & identifying important & vibrant artists who are forging new paths & setting the contemporary agenda. It explores such key topics as the use of the body in sculpture the appropriation of everyday ephemera the use of light & sound as technological elements nature & ecology as dominant & pressing issues the inter-relationship of sculpture with design & other evolving fields of contemporary art & the huge impact of installation. Established artists such as Damien Hirst Jeff Koons Mariko Mori Ai Weiwei & Rachel Whiteread are featured alongside an international cross-section of promising new talent including Polly Morgan Patricia Piccinini Sopheap Pich & Anselm Reyle. With over 200 photographs displaying a huge range of sculptural works both in the gallery & on-site " Sculpture Now" offers an authoritative & highly readable look at one of the most exciting arenas of contemporary artistic practice." ...

Though the Scythian period in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign people their heartland & the territories which they dominated far beyond it continued to be known as greater Scythia. From the very beginnings of their emergence on the world scene the Scythians took part in the greatest campaigns of their times defeating such mighty contemporaries as Assyria Urartu Babylonia Media & Persia. This highly illustrated book details their costume weapons & the way they waged war. ...

'A masterly study of grief memory & love recollected'
- Professor John Sutherland Chair of Judges Man Booker Prize 2005. When art
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN BURNSIDE. When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart & sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come & keep him company & Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions. ...

First published in 2005 The Sea was critically acclaimed as an extraordinary achievement. It went on to win that years Man Booker Prize one of the most hotly contested in the history of the award. When Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday he is both escaping from a recent loss & confronting a distant trauma. Mr & Mrs Grace & their twin children Myles & Chloe appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. He grew to know them intricately even intimately & what ensued would haunt him for the rest of his years & shape everything that was to follow. In 2012 Picador celebrated its 40th anniversary. During that time we have published many prize-winning & bestselling authors including Bret Easton Ellis & Cormac Mc Carthy Alice Sebold & Helen Fielding Graham Swift & Alan Hollinghurst. Years later Picador continue to bring readers the very best contemporary fiction non-fiction & poetry from across the globe. Discover more at picador.com/40 ...

Written by experts accurately illustrated & easy to use Spotters Guides are essential companions for everyone who enjoys nature. Detailed descriptions & beautiful illustrations show more than 100 fishes. Further inspiration can be found with links to fascinating nature websites. ...