Colours of Nature is the perfect companion for anyone who is puzzled by the seemingly unpredictable behaviour of the paints on their palette as well as those who would like their watercolour paintings to look fresher & livelier. The author has tested more than 150 artists watercolour paints from six manufacturers & the results of this exhaustive testing are not only included here but also analysed with the best colours recommended in a palette section. Throughout this beautifully illustrated book Sandrine Maugy guides the reader through a world of colours & exquisite flowers & fruit explaining simple concepts & more advanced colour-mixing theory while exploring the serendipity & beauty of wet-in-wet watercolour painting. Her Harmonic Shadows theory creates a link between tone & colour making both work in harmony for better form & purer colours. ...

The next book in our acclaimed Colours series covers the Merseyside region with chapters on Liverpool Birkenhead Wallasey St Helens Southport Chester Warrington Widnes Crosville & Ribble. Its exclusively colour content spans the period from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. ...

When the authors started assembling suitable illustrations for this new publication they knew a great deal about many existing images but both were absolutely delighted when offers of new material came in from various sources. Virtually all the systems which survived after 1945
- & even some pre-war ones
- are seen in colour. The systems are featured in order of closure & every effort has been made to include previously unpublished images. The work of the major early colour photographers is also recognised. Wherever possible the authors have selected images depicting the fascinating range of car types in each fleet. They also set out to show trams in a rich variety of settings including bustling city centres suburban streets windy hillsides leafy suburbs industrial neighbourhoods rural backwaters steep gradients & cross-country reserved tracks.

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Snap is every child's much-loved first card game & these large colourful & high quality cards will delight very young children. Match as many colours & shapes as you can to win the game. The cards are durable & robust to survive repeated use. Snap is an easy & fun game which is a great way for young children to develop important sorting matching & reading skills. ...

I will bring those girls home. A series of kidnappings of Amish teenage girls hits too close to home for FBI agent Emma Colton. Dark violence has touched the simple Amish community neighbouring her home town
- & shes determined to stop it. But she has a strong yet forbidden attraction to Paradise Ridges most eligible widower carpenter Caleb Troyer. He doesnt expect to love again but protecting Emma is second nature as she fights to restore the peace in his home
- & in his heart. But the closer she comes to finding his sister the closer danger comes to finding them...

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You know nothing about the real me. Ex-soldier Gunnar Coltons only focus is shaking off the horrors of war in his remote cabin
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An all-new cast of characters in a standalone thriller from the New York Times bestselling writer. Tom Sagan is staring down the barrel of a gun
- literally. He has lost everything he ever loved: his job his wife his daughter his reputation. And
- what hurts most
- he knows the story which ruined his career as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was a set-up a trap. But he can never prove it. They
- whoever they are
- have beaten him. And then his daughter calls him. But Alle doesn't want to forgive him. She wants information. Her postgraduate research into Christopher Columbus has put Alle in touch with Zachariah Simon a supremely wealthy man with a powerful interest in both Columbus & Tom Sagan. What is the connection between the Sagan family & the man who ushered in a new age when he sailed for the Americas in 1492? To find out Tom must embark on his own journey of discovery & enter a world of danger & betrayal of history & deadly conspiracy. What he finds could change the world forever.




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Complete history of the 23rd Panzer Division including hundreds of photos & maps The 23rd Panzer Division gained a reputation as a reliable unit in some of the toughest battles of World War II from 1942 to the end of the war including Kharkov Rostov Dnepropetrovsk the Dnepr Bend Romania Poland Hungary & Lake Balaton. The day-by-day coverage of the division's combat actions & the hundreds of photos & maps make this an essential resource for anyone interested in the military history of World War II. It is a fascinating book that covers not only the fearsome tanks used by the division but also the men who fought in the battles. ...

The story of the First World War is almost always told through the eyes of men in the trenches. But there was another war just as cruel
- the war at sea. & among the men who fought it few were more heroic than the officers & crews of the navys secret fleet of Mystery Ships. A Combat of Devils is a gripping tale of reckless courage based on the real-life exploits of seamen who fought back against the marauding U-boats. Early summer 1915. Britains sea routes are a killing zone for the Kaisers submarines. The Royal Navys Special Service deploys a new weapon; cargo vessels carrying hidden guns crewed by volunteers who offer themselves as bait to lure the enemy into a trap. After an heroic action Julian La Salle is given command of Freya a trading schooner converted to a Mystery Ship & sent to hunt down a submarine prowling the sea lanes off Ushant. With him is a young American Merrick Granger a survivor from the Lusitania who volunteers for the war to escape a painful past. La Salle & Granger become particular friends bonding closer after their ship is torpedoed off the French coast & they with two other survivors take refuge at the home of di Fario a boatyard owner & veteran of the Franco-Prussian war. Di Fario lives with his daughter Laurentine to whom Granger & La Salle
- in different ways
- are attracted. When the wreck of Freya is found on a reef La Salle hits on an audacious idea to strike at the U-boat. It is a desperate & possibly suicidal plan but di Fario haunted by a tragic secret is determined to be part of it & so too is his daughter. Driven by love Laurentine is plunged into the horror of war in a way none of them could have foreseen.


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This fully revised & updated edition of The Combination Microwave Cook" has over 100 recipes ranging from simple snacks vegetable vegetarian meat fish & poultry dishes to sweet & savoury bakes & pastries all developed to make full use of these ultra modern appliances. Combine the well-known advantages of microwaves with the traditional crisp golden finish which makes dishes so appetising. Imagine crisp flaky pastry golden-brown gratin & baked pasta dishes main dishes cakes & desserts all cooked (and browned) in a fraction of the conventional cooking time." ...