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Watercolour offers great potential for expression. Its fluidity, full colour range, generous spread and variety of marks can portray a likeness, a response, a feeling - even the notions of time and speed. This book features a practical guide to watercolour painting and more.

From the beginning of the twentieth century, United States military individual load-carrying equipments were fabricated mainly of cotton duck and cotton webbing. Throughout the First and Second World Wars, as well as the Korean War, cotton-based load-carrying equipments served the infantryman with little change in their design and construction.

Over the centuries, landscape painting has attracted countless artists. Its diversity, enhanced by the weather, special lighting conditions and seasonal change, offers the painter an infinite variety of subject matter. Oils are an extremely versatile and immediate medium, enabling artists to express themselves in a variety of creative ways.

Reducing energy consumption and costs is an issue of ever-increasing importance and European and national legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions is tightening up minimum energy standards for new buildings and those being extended or renovated. This book deals with energy-saving measures in the home.

Plants are a major part of most gardens and fulfil many roles within them, providing colour, shade, scent, form, texture and more. Choosing the right plants can be a challenge. This book provides a step-by-step guide for successful long-term planting, using design techniques and good horticultural practice.

Holistic health is about considering your dog in relation to his home, his diet and his routine healthcare. Whether you have used complementary treatments for your dog before or are just looking for a more natural way to care for him, this title presents the range of effective alternative therapies available.

The airbrush is an essential tool for modellers striving for professional-looking results. It can greatly enhance the quality of your modelling output, whether applying a full livery scheme or simply blending in areas of new paintwork. A good airbrush may offer unparalleled levels of finish and consistency.

A problem-solving book for riders and owners, by a well-respected expert in this field. Problems addresses include rearing, bucking, napping, shying, head-shaking, kicking, biting, and refusing to lead, load or be caught.

Milling is the process of cutting away material - usually, but not exclusively, metal - by feeding a piece of work pas a rotating multiple-tooth cutter. The cutting action of the teeth of the milling cutter provides a fast method of machining, and the machines surface may be flat, angular, or curved.

Canaries have been domesticated since the fifteenth century, when the Spanish first imported them from their Canary Isles home, attracted by their melodic song. Since then their popularity as a caged bird has spread throughout the world. This book introduces several of the different types of canary that are popular.

Continual improvement of technique is a crucial part of a kickboxing fighter's success. Good technique can turn a run-of-the-mill kick or punch into an effective attack against an opponent. This guide helps instructors and coaches hone a fighter's technical training to enable the student to perform to the best of their ability.

Contents include: Cap badges. Airborne awards. Soviet Guards badges. Clasps. Military proficiency.

Provides a detailed review of the entire range of purpose-built Public Service Vehicle (PSV) bus and coach chassis that carried the Bedford name from 1931 until production ceased in 1986. Illustrated thoughout, this book includes detailed descriptions of the Bedford petrol and diesel engines as well as other manufacturers engines that were used.

An anthology of stories and descriptive articles about tramcar, a vehicle that was once queen of the road. It covers many aspects of the tramcar, in the days of horse, steam, cable and electric power. It presents a comprehensive and multi-faceted view of the tramways.

Provides a history of the development of wet fly fishing, particularly the Scottish and North Country schools and their leading protagonists.

The most practical and informative reference book for the jewellery trade, the updated Retail Jeweller's Guide provides comprehensive information on necessary areas of product knowledge required by the professional jeweller, including the latest jewellery valuation courses and the e-retail marketplace.

When your dog's behaviour becomes problematic no matter how understanding and patient you may be it can leave you feeling distressed, unhappy and unsure of what to do. Your dog's behaviour can have significant implications for everybody concerned, both in and out of the home.

Traces the development of individual ballistic protection from the multi-layer silk garments and metal plates used during World War One and through to the Korean War and Vietnam, to the advanced armour used in Iraq and Afghanistan. This work illustrates the primary armour patterns in use with the world's major nations from 1914 to the present day.

Suitable for long-distance runners (5,000 metres to the Marathon) and their coaches. This title is practically based on sound principles, which have been tried and tested repeatedly.

This is the first volume in a series of course books for career students and exam candidates preparing for the Stage 1 exam of the British Horse Society.

The Lotus Elan was Lotus' definitive roadster. It replaced the elegant but expensive Lotus Elite and was the first car to employ the innovative Lotus steel backbone chassis. The original Elan was produced as a two-seat, open-top sportscar and hardtop coupe from 1962 - 1973. This title deals with this topic.

Most modellers, regardless of what scale they work in, rely heavily on the humble plastic or metal kit. This book intends to help both novice and more experienced modellers to achieve the very best results. It is a foundation course in constructing rolling stock from kits.

A reference work for all game cooks. It includes recipes both for the woodpigeon and the domesticated pigeon. Revealing the ideas of some of this country's top chefs, it includes vital accompaniments such as trimmings and sauces. It also includes the wines and aperitifs that are particularly appropriate as accompaniments to pigeon.

Birds are much admired, revered and envied. They do though pose a challenge to paint and are not always the most cooperative of models. By understanding their anatomy and recognising their type, the artist can learn a shorthand way to capture movement and attitude.

Since the year 2000 women's soccer has become more popular throughout the world and in the UK. It is now the most important participation sport for women and girls, with a national network of leagues and clubs that cater for players of all levels and experience.

Over the years there has been a noticeable increase in interest, not only in the use of rifles, but also in the technical aspects of what makes an accurate rifle. This book deals instead with all types of rifle from flintlock muzzleloaders to synthetic-stocked rifles.

There are many factors in day-to-day living that might cause your horse stress, many of which could be eliminated with just a little attention to detail. Conditions and diseases related to stress are discussed, along with stress-busting treatments and techniques.

'Problem' behaviour is usually more of a problem for the handler than the horse, which is likely to have established patterns of behaviour as a way of helping himself feel safe in situations he finds mentally and/or physically stressful. This book provides insights as to why a horse may develop unwanted behaviours.

The BAC TSR2 is a controversial aircraft. Built to a demanding RAF requirement, the BAC TSR2 was a revolutionary low-level strike aircraft able to deliver a tactical nuclear weapon at supersonic speed and low altitude to evade enemy radar. This book describes the aircraft, its history and the events of its cancellation.

The term Brutalism is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945 - 1975. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since, aroused extremes of emotion and debate.