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. ...

Roy Lang shows you how to capture the power majesty & atmosphere of the sea. You can learn how the sea & sky interact in nature & how to portray their many moods in oils. Detailed sections on light & atmosphere provide ideal starting points for the beginner while many hints & tips are provided throughout for any level of artist. The book also contains two step-by-step demonstrations that explain in simple terms how to paint the sea & sky in oils. ...

When a womans partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it first appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a difficult & emotionally charged investigation. Florence Horvath was an attractive recently divorced heiress from Florida who had a penchant for steamy sex & was an enthusiastic participant in a video depicting the latter. Somehow a combination of past & present got her killed
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Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all it's a happy name & there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams on Everdene beach. Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. As a policeman it is a restful change from his daily life & he's surfing mad. One weekend he's down there on his own when he notices a girl on the beach. He's young free & single & she catches his eye. But on this particular summer weekend both Jenna & Craig's lives are about to change.. . ...

The Sea Change by Joanna Rossiter is a haunting & moving novel about a mother & a daughter caught between a tsunami & a war. Yesterday was Alice's wedding day. She is thousands of miles away from the home she is so desperate to leave on the southernmost tip of India when she wakes in the morning to see a wave on the horizon taller than the height of her guest house on Kanyakumari beach. Her husband is nowhere to be seen. On the other side of the world unhappily estranged from her daughter is Alice's mother violet. Forced to leave the idyllic Wiltshire village Imber in which she grew up after it was requisitioned by the army during the Second World War violet is haunted by the shadow of the man she loved & the wilderness of a home that lies in ruins. As Alice searches for her husband in the debris of the wave she is forced to face up to some truths about herself she has been hiding from. Meanwhile violet is compelled to return to Imber to discover just why she abandoned her great love...A great theme: impermanence & the sweeping away of everything we believed was certain. Joanna Rossiter really shines with lovely fluid restrained writing. This is such a moving story". (Helen Dunmore). Joanna Rossiter grew up in Dorset & studied English at Cambridge University before working as a researcher in the House of Commons & as a copy writer. In 2011 she completed an MA in Writing at Warwick University. The Sea Change is her first novel. She lives & writes in London.

The Sea Change is part of the Richard & Judy Summer 2013 Book Club. Find out how you can get involved with Britain's biggest & best book club. Visit the brand new Book Club website Â- whsmith.co.uk/richardandjudy
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This is the remarkable story of one of the Second World War's most unusual animal heroes
- a 14-stone St Bernard dog who became
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From renowned fishing expert Nick Fisher comes this concise & beautifully illustrated guide to fishing along British coastline. All that's needed is a beach pier harbour estuary or boat. Nick covers all the basics such as when & where to go fishing & then profiles the sea fish that you are likely to catch (each one clearly photographed) covering their conservation status season habitat & method of catching. Next he gets down to the nitty gritty with a guide to tackles rods reeds rigs knots & bait & step-by-step advice on all the sea fishing techniques. & for once you've made your catch there are 30 delicious recipes from River Cottage. ...

Sea fishing requires a high degree of knowledge & skill & this book ensures that you can turn occasional luck into consistent success. This book will allow you to: understand tides; know which natural foods different fish prefer; identify the types of seabed & coastal areas that shoals frequent; & learn to use the correct tackle bait & techniques. This book will fully equip the reader with the ability to make expert catches from beach rock outcrop estuary pier harbour wall or boat. ...

Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess' own family fell apart several years ago so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness
- & her close unit of extended family & friends who embrace Jess just as warmly. As this group begins reminiscing on their pasts & sharing their stories with Jess it becomes apparent that her family history may be linked with theirs. Long-buried secrets from past generations begin to be uncovered
- but at what cost have they been kept hidden?

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Student glass magician Opal Cowan's newfound ability to steal a magician's powers makes her too powerful. Ordered to house arrest by the Council Opal dares defy them traveling to the Moon Clan's lands in search of Ulrick the man she thinks she loves. Thinks" because she is sure another man--now her prisoner--has switched souls with Ulrick. In hostile territory without proof or allies Opal isn't sure whom to trust. She can't forget Kade the handsome Stormdancer who doesn't want to let her get close. & now everyone is after Opal's special powers for their own deadly gain...." ...