Shirley Trevena is a well-known & successful watercolourist with a huge international fan base. Throughout her career she has pushed the boundaries of watercolour & is regarded as one of Britains most innovative artists in that medium. Shirleys watercolours are visually inspiring vibrant in colour & strong in composition This her third book shows how she achieves her stunning results by pushing the medium to its limits. Shirley takes the reader through 10 paintings in great detail & shares all her professional tips & painting secrets. In addition each painting has large close-up details so the reader can really see all the brushstrokes. Shirley breaks the conventional rules of watercolour in many different ways: through her compositions strange perspectives fascinating textures & above all the strength & vibrancy of her colour combinations. In Breaking the Rules of Watercolour Shirley explains all her painting decisions & demonstrates her techniques at every stage. In this way she encourages all watercolourists whatever their level to experiment with the medium & produce exciting & challenging work of their own. ...

This title is from the number 1 bestselling author of The Lost Daughter". Laura Brandons promise to her dying father was simple: to visit an elderly woman shed never heard him speak of before. A woman who remembers nothing
- except the distant past. Visiting Sarah Tolley seemed a small enough sacrifice to make. But Lauras promise results in another death
- her husbands. & after their five-year-old daughter Emma witnesses her fathers suicide Emma refuses to talk about it...or to talk at all. Frantic & guilt-ridden Laura contacts the only person who may be able to help a man shes met only once before
- a man who doesnt know hes Emmas real father. Guided only by a childs silence & an old womans fading memories the two unravel a tale of love & despair bravery & unspeakable evil. This is a tale that links them all. It is a tale shrouded in silence..."


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From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a true story of two deeply troubled boys both in need of a loving home. This is the sixth title in the series. The Watsons are astonished when they answer their front door to find their case worker with a small boy on the doorstep. Jenson is just nine years old. He was removed from his home thirty minutes earlier when it was discovered his mother had left him at home while she went on holiday with her boyfriend. A couple of weeks later Casey is in for a second shock when she is asked to take a second nine-year-old boy Georgie. Georgie is autistic & has been in a children's home since he was a toddler. The home is closing & social services need somewhere temporary for him to stay. With her own grown up son Kieron having Asperger's (a mild form of autism) Casey knows this is one child she cannot say no to. The relationship between Jenson & Georgie is difficult from the outset. Jenson is rebellious & full of attitude & he kicks off at anything constantly winding Georgie up. Georgie doesn't cope well with change & is soon in a permanent state of stress. Despite Casey's best efforts her innate love for the children is being tested & she begins to question if she can handle Jenson's cruelty. But overtime it becomes clear that the boys have formed an unlikely bond. Could this be the solution to all of their troubles? ...

In Breaking the Spell" Daniel C. Dennett explores how the great ideas of religion have enthralled us for thousands of years
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In a hulking drab warehouse in a hulking drab city in the center of an empty state Parker is caught moving pharmaceuticals into a waiting truck. Led into a joint called Stoneveldt
- from which no one has ever escaped
- Parker has to find a way out before his whole violent past catches up with him. & getting out of Stoneveldt means taking on the only partners he can find including one who is already planning his next job. For Parker & his fellow jail breakers freedom is just another word for committing their next felony. They pull off the perfect jailbreak & then start the perfect heist. But things go south in a hurry
- leaving three men dead & Parker & his fellow escape artists scratching clawing & running for their lives. Suddenly the big drab city in the big empty Midwestern state has become a prison. A cast of cops busybodies snitches & weak links have turned into jailers. & for Parker the ultimate jailbreak is about to begin.


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Breakthrough" courses are aimed at adult education classes & also at the self-study learner. Each course offers authentic ...

Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes & also at the self study learner. Each course offers authentic lively ...

Breakthrough Reading helps all students understand how to improve their Reading skills. * Targets two levels of progress using annotated sample answers at different levels to show students how to improve. * Supports delivery of APP by grouping skills by Assessment Focus & providing bespoke APP level descriptors for each skill. * Comprehensive coverage of Key Stage 3 reading skills from Levels 3-6 as well as practice activities based on all relevant text types so you can use throughout Key Stage 3. ...

Breakthrough" courses are aimed at adult education classes & also at the self-study learner. Each course offers authentic ...

Breakthrough courses are aimed at Adult Education classes & also at the self study learner. Each course offers authentic lively ...