The new What to Paint series is perfect for readers who already have some painting skills & experience but are looking for inspiring painting subjects. Each book has 24 beautiful full-page size paintings a colour palette for each one & informative captions pulling out details tips & techniques used in various parts of the painting. At the back of the book there is a free outline for each painting for readers to transfer or scan on to watercolour paper. There are also instructions on transferring the images & on selecting parts of the outlines to create new compositions. There is information on transferring the images mixing colours painting backgrounds & creating new compositions by using only part of an outline. Paintings include tulips daffodils & anemones snake's head fritillary a posy of spring flowers fuchsias cherry blossom in a jar oriental poppies & many roses for which the author makes no apology because she loves them. ...

Flowers pop up everywhere in Renaissance art. Why are there pinks in a pot above a Crivelli Madonna roses scattered across Botticellis Primavera & columbines in the borders of many a fifteenth-century manuscript? This is the first book to explore how & why flowers feature so extensively in the extraordinary art of the Renaissance. Choosing twenty favourite plants the author introduces each & then describes & illustrates a number of wonderful examples. The new naturalism in Renaissance art makes every one clearly identifiable but there is also still a reason & meaning behind each chosen flower. Even their names can be loaded with meaning & the attributes of these flowers were well known to their original audience. Today we need to have these things explained
- whether the flower is in a Tudor portrait a tapestry a Leonardo a piece of jewellery or even on a plate or spoon. These flowers were valued by everyone from emperors to needlewomen: this delightful & revelatory book seeks out these hidden treasures & provides an unrivalled exploration of their beauty & their significance.
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When her last two plays are dismal failures & her relationship with her temperamental mentor falls apart writer Bree O' Brien abandons Chicago & the regional theater where she hoped to make a name for herself to return home. Opening Flowers on Main promises to bring her a new challenge & a new kind of fulfillment. But not all is peaceful & serene in Chesapeake Shores with her estranged mother on the scene & her ex-lover on the warpath. Jake Collins has plenty of reasons to want Bree out of his life but none of those are a match for the one reason he wants her to stay: he's still in love with her. Jake might be able to get past that old hurt if he knew Bree was home to stay but is she? The only way to know for sure is to take a dangerous leap of faith. ...

When Adam Rhoades tires of the political climate in Ireland & decides to leave for America his daughter Rebekahs future happiness is threatened. For Rebekah against her fathers wishes has fallen in love with handsome young Republican Daniel ONeill. Then Daniel too is forced to flee from his homeland & joins Rebekah on an ocean liner headed for New York. In the enclosed shipboard society their love is impossible to hide. But a cruel twist of fate leaves Rebekah orphaned & living in Liverpool without the man she loves. Isolated & vulnerable she reluctantly marries her new guardian Joshua Green. It is a decision Rebekah will bitterly regret
- until the day she rediscovers the happiness she thought had been lost to her forever.
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In 1956 at age 21 Floyd Patterson became the youngest boxer to win the title of world heavyweight champion & then later the first ever to lose & regain it. Here acclaimed author W.K. Stratton chronicles the life of The Gentle Gladiator
- an athlete overshadowed by Alis theatrics & Listons fearsome reputation & a civil-rights activist overlooked in the whos who of race politics. From the Gramercy Gym & wild-card manager Cus DAmato to a final rematch against Ali in 1972 Pattersons career spanned boxings Golden Age & included an Olympic gold medal. This powerful tribute to an invisible champion who fought his way to the top of a knockdown world carrying many of the hopes & fears of the battle for civil rights draws upon interviews with the fighters family friends & boxing contemporaries to provide the definitive account of his remarkable life & career.
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From the double Man Booker prize-winning author of ' Wolf Hall' this is a dark fable of lost faith & awakening love amidst the moors. Fetherhoughton is a drab dreary town somewhere in a magical half-real 1950s north England a preserve of ignorance & superstition protected against the advance of reason by its impenetrable moor-fogs. Father Angwin the town's cynical priest has lost his faith & wants nothing more than to be left alone. Sister Philomena strains against the monotony of convent life & the pettiness of her fellow nuns. The rest of the town goes about their lives in a haze a never-ending procession of grim grey days stretching ahead of them. Yet all of that is about to change. A strange visitor appears one stormy night bringing with him the hint the taste of something entirely new something unknown. But who is Fludd? An angel come to shake the Fetherhoughtonians from their stupor to reawaken Father Angwin's faith to show Philomena the nature of love? Or is he the devil himself a shadowy wanderer of the darkest places in the human heart? Full of dry wit compassionate characterisations & cutting insight Fludd is a brilliant gem of a book & one of Hilary Mantel's most original works. ...

Originally published by the author in four volumes Fluffy" is described by Simone Lia as a story of unanswerable questions love despair adventure & happiness. Fluffy is a baby rabbit who is being looked after by an anxious single man called Michael Pulcino. Michael tries to make it clear to Fluffy that he is not his daddy but Fluffy appears to be in denial. Michael is being pursued by Fluffys nursery school teacher & partly to escape her he & Fluffy set off to visit his family in Sicily. Will Michael escape her? Will Fluffy come to terms with the reality that he is not a human being? All is at least partly resolved in Simone Lias utterly irresistible graphic novel." ...

The sixth edition of this established popular textbook provides an excellent & comprehensive treatment of fluid mechanics that is concisely written & supported by numerous worked examples. This revision of a classic text presents relevant material for mechanical & civil engineers as well as energy & environmental services engineers. It recognises the evolution of the subject & provides thorough coverage of both established theory & emerging topics. Fluid Mechanicsis ideal to be used throughout a first degree course in all engineering disciplines where a good understanding of the subject is required. New sections on rotodynamic machine interaction contaminant concentration prediction & water reuse responses to the drought consequences of climate change. Extended website

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The seventh edition of Whites Fluid Mechanics offers students a clear & comprehensive presentation of the material that demonstrates the progression from physical concepts to engineering applications & helps students quickly see the practical importance of fluid mechanics fundamentals. The wide variety of topics gives instructors many options for their course & is a useful resource to students long after graduation. The books unique problem-solving approach is presented at the start of the book & carefully integrated in all examples. Students can progress from general ones to those involving design multiple steps & computer usage. ...

He was a stringy mongrel wandering the streets of the city driven by a ravenous hunger & hunting a quarry he could not define. But he was something more. Somewhere in the depths of his consciousness was a memory clawing its way to the surface tormenting him refusing to let him rest. The memory of what he had once been. A man...' The author has an undeniable knack for thrilling as few other writers have.. .he sure can tell a devil of a story'
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