Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals especially high profile groups such as birds & mammals. This authoritative yet accessible account details the current state of the wildlife in Britain & Ireland & offers an insight into the outlook for the future. Written by a team of the countrys leading experts it appraises the changes that have occurred in a wide range of wildlife species & their habitats & outlines urgent priorities for conservation. It

Includes:: chapters on each of the vertebrate & major invertebrate groups with the insects covered in particular depth. Also considered are the factors that drive environmental change & the contribution at local & government level to national & international wildlife conservation. Essential reading for anyone who is interested in & concerned about UK wildlife.

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Silent Theatre: The Art of Edward Hopper is a celebration & exploration of the work of Edward Hopper. This beautifully produced monograph is a thorough introduction to Hoppers work as well as a detailed exploration of many of the themes of Hoppers paintings including longing time desire change & sanctuary. Accompanying the reproductions of Hoppers oils watercolours & etchings is Walter Wells informative & engaging writing which charts Hoppers artistic & literary influences. Wells also delves into the artists psychological & emotional states & suggests how these have affected Hoppers output. As well as containing reproductions of Hoppers most famous works Summertime New York Movie Morning Sun Night Hawks & Hotel Room this book contains photographs of Hopper himself as well as large scale reproductions of Hoppers sketch books & comparative art by Van Gogh Ed Ruscha Walter Sickert & Toulouse-Lautrec. The author & editors of Silent Theatre were the winners of the prestigious Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in the Arts & Humanities. ...

When Emily Gordon editor at a London publishing house commissions an account of great English novelist Hugh Morton she finds herself steering a tricky path between Morton's formidable widow Jacqueline who's determined to protect his secrets & the biographer charming & ambitious Joel Richards. But someone is sending Emily mysterious missives about Hugh Morton's past & she discovers a buried story that simply has to be told… One winter's day in 1948 nineteen year old Isabel Barber arrives at her Aunt Penelope's house in Earl's Court having run away from home to follow her star. A chance meeting with an East European refugee poet leads to a job with his publisher Mc Kinnon & Holt & a fascinating career beckons. But when she develops a close editorial relationship with charismatic young debut novelist Hugh Morton & the professional becomes passionately personal not only are all her plans put to flight but she finds herself in a struggle for her very survival. Rachel Hore's intriguing & suspenseful new novel magnificently evokes the milieux of London publishing past & present & connects the very different worlds of two young women Emily & Isabel who through their individual quests for truth love & happiness become inextricably linked. ...

What will it take to put the past to rest? Professional genealogist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives life-like dreams & visions haunt her. The spiritual connection to a medieval young woman & her forbidden lover have her questioning her sanity but Melissa is determined to solve the mystery. Jake Precy owner of a nearby cottage has disturbing dreams too but it's not until he meets Melissa that they begin to make sense. He hires her to research his family's history unaware their lives are already entwined. Is the mutual attraction real or the result of ghostly interference? A haunting love story set partly in the present & partly in fifteenth century Kent. Christina Courtenay won the 2012 Best Historical Romantic novel of the year award (Ro NA) for her novel Highland Storms. ...

When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep minutes after Beth's husband political high-flier Colin Ashby has been arrested for murder neither can even begin to guess the shocking repercussions that have just been triggered in both their lives. Beth attempts to escape from her shattered life by throwing herself into the kind of reckless high-living that seems destined for disaster while Laurie finds herself being threatened terrorised & even taken prisoner for what she knows. As the dangerous truth draws closer Laurie realises that if she is to save Beth from those already preparing to destroy her she must put her trust in hated rival journalist Elliot Russell & face up to a ghost from the past. ...

Silent Voices is the fourth book in Ann Cleeves' Vera Stanhope series -- which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn VERA. When DI Vera Stanhope finds the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym she wonders briefly if for once in her life she's uncovered a simple death from natural causes. Then Vera spots ligature marks around the victim's throat -- death is never that simple.. . Vera revels being back in charge of an investigation again working with Sergeant Joe Ashworth to find a motive. While Joe struggles to reconcile his home life with the demands of the case death has never made Vera feel so alive. The duo investigates the victim's past & discovers a shocking case involving a young child. Probing the secretive community they try to stop a killer in the present who can't seem to let go of the past.. . Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are The Crow Trap Telling Tales Hidden Depths & The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves' Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles of which Dead Water is the most recent. ...

Suez Egypt. Its 1953 & the Canal Zone a strip of land vital to Britains access to transport fuel & trade is being put under pressure by local military forces. Hundreds of thousands of British troops are sent to defend our interests in Egypt & their casualty levels suppressed. Reluctant ex-RAF radio operator Charlie Bassett finds his services are required for Queen & country again. Before he knows it hes been drafted -- & hes not quite certain for what. Sent for weapons training & practice parachute jumps the only thing that keeps him going are the bevy of beautiful women he encounters along the way.. . After a hair raising journey via Malta & Cyprus -- neither welcoming an extra British serviceman
- Egypt initially seems far from being the land of pleasure & excitement that hed hoped for. Then a face from the past comes back into his life -- bringing nothing but trouble with her. Under fire from both friend & foe Charlies sense of adventure is awakened once more as he discovers that Egypt is a land of opportunity for the enterprising mind -- & Charlie is nothing if not enterprising.. .
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A chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense. Todd Gilbert & Jodi Brett are in a bad place in their relationship. Theyve been together for twenty-eight years & with no children to worry about there has been little to disrupt their affluent Chicago lifestyle. But there has also been little to hold it together & beneath the surface lie ever-widening cracks. HE is a committed cheater. SHE lives & breathes denial. HE exists in dual worlds. SHE likes to settle scores. HE decides to play for keeps. SHE has nothing left to lose. When it becomes clear that their precarious world could disintegrate at any moment Jodi knows she stands to lose everything. Its only now she will discover just how much shes truly capable of... ...

Discover the modern versatility of the classic silhouette. The bold lines & strong contrasts of the silhouette are no longer limited to flat two-color portraits to be hung on the family room wall. In Silhouette Style silhouette designs take on color dimension & the 21st Century. Nanetta Bananto teaches you to bring papercuts to life in more than 40 projects incorporating her beautiful original designs. Create tea-light lanterns gift boxes cards paper dolls & fashion accessories using papercut designs in themes such as sea life animals flowers & fashion. The book
Includes:: Step-by-step instructions for 21 stylish projects & more than 20 variations easily created using the same techniques & designs Tips & techniques on how to cut designs either by hand or using an electronic die-cutting machine A CD-ROM containing all of the cutting design files needed to create the projects plus bonus designs to expand your creative possibilities Pull out your scissors or electronic cutter & develop a passion for silhouettes as you create art gifts home decor & more! To read the pdf files on the CD-ROM included in this book you will need Adobe Acrobat. To read. eps files you will need a software program such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel DRAW. You may need to convert. eps files to the correct format for your cutting machine according to the machine manufacturers instructions.
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Olly Moss has quickly become according to Slashfilm one of the most in demand & influential pop culture artists today". For his simple but brilliant first book Olly has put his own twist on the Victorian art of silhouette portraits. While this gorgeous gift volume might look as if its from the 1890s its pages contain todays favourite cult characters from movies TV comics & videogames." ...