Rob Wareing has built a formidable international reputation as a portrait artist. This is his first book, and here he draws on over 40 years' experience to provide a complete guide to painting portraits in oils.In Rob's view, the most effective way to capture character is by working from life rather than photographs, and to follow the alla prima method to create a painting in one sitting.Starting with a fascinating overview of the subject, Rob then guides the reader through...

This comprehensive book by renowned scholars Paul Nation and Rob Waring accessibly covers all aspects of extensive reading in second and foreign language contexts. The book serves as a major update to the field on the topic, with current research findings on extensive reading as they relate to motivation, reading fluency, and vocabulary learning, among other topics.Clear and straightforward, it includes case studies, strategies, and methods for implementing and assessing effective ...

Modern theologians are focused on the doctrine of divine impassibility, exploring the significance of God's emotional experience and most especially the question of divine suffering. Professor Rob Lister speaks into the issue, outlining the history of the doctrine in the views of influential figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther, while carefully examining modernity's growing rejection of impassibility and the subsequent evangelical response. With an eye toward holistic synthesis, ...

A Warhammer 40,000 Short Story CollectionIn this anthology, you'll find 31 stories from the grim darkness of the far future. First published in Inferno!, there are fresh yarns from your favourite authors, plus debut stories from up-and-coming Black Library luminaries.READ IT BECAUSEInferno! has long been a home for sensational Warhammer short fiction, and has acted as proving ground for many up-and-coming Warhammer writers, many of ...

C.R. Ware’s Steampunk Adventure, told through the letters of Sigfried Rium as he fights in the three-year war for Anshald’s Independence.The Laemion Ancestry has begun their invasion of Anshald. As the call to arms goes out and young men and women from across the nation begin to answer the call, three people enlist in the small mining town of Stonlinge.Among them is Sigfried Rium, who is quickly recruited to be a live fire airship saboteur as a par...

In the bleak 41st Millennium, the planet Armageddon is on the cusp of annihilation. The strategically vital hive world has captured the attention of infamous ork warlord Ghazghkull Thraka, and when the Astra Militarum and whole Titan Legions prove unable to halt the invasion, it is feared that both the planet and the wider sector will be lost to the greenskins. But the Imperium refuses to succumb and unleashes the Space Marines - genetically engineered warriors who thirst for naught but bl...

Book 2 in the Solomon Akurra seriesThe Harrowmaster of the Alpha Legion has united his disparate troops. His attempt to create something new and terrible has not gone unnoticed, pitting him against the hated Imperium of Mankind, even while he deals with infighting from the warriors under his command.READ IT BECAUSESolomon Akurra returns. First seen in Harrowmaster, he now controls the Alpha Legion and seeks to do something more with...

A Warhammer 40,000 OmnibusAn exiled lord of the necrons fights to reclaim his birthright in a pair of novels, while a novella and a trio of short stories recount other tales of these deathless machines.READ IT BECAUSENate Crowley has mastered the unusual perspective of this mysterious xenos race, offering insight into their strange culture and brutal methods of warfare.THE STORYIn The Twice-Dead ...

A Blood Angels OmnibusDiscover the secrets of the Black Rage in this definitive collection of Blood Angels stories by lauded Black Library author Guy Haley.READ IT BECAUSEThe Blood Angels are noble warrior heroes who descend into battle on wings of flame. They have loyally served the God-Emperor for 10,000 years, and have carved out a legacy of victories that stretches across the galaxy.THE STORYBaal...

An Ultramarines omnibusExiled from their Chapter and cast adrift in the galaxy, Ultramarines Uriel Ventris and Pasanius must return to Macragge to regain their honour and their place in the Chapter in this collection of novels by Graham McNeill.READ IT BECAUSEIf the first Uriel Ventris omnibus showed an atypical Ultramarine rebelling against the dictates of his Chapter, this one shows a thoroughly chastened captain learning just how ...

A Death Korps NovelVraks is an armoury world that is vital to the struggling Imperium and its efforts to resist the wider threats to humanity. The planet is a key link in the long supply chain that keeps the beleaguered Imperial regiments stationed around the Eye of Terror and ready for war.The stoic Death Korps of Krieg have been assigned to this desperate world's defence. The grim soldiers of this regiment are born to serve the Emperor, as below Krieg’s i...

An Astra Militarum NovelCadia. This proud world stood defiant for centuries a bulwark against the forces of Chaos residing in the Eye of Terror. All of this would change when it was targeted for destruction by Abaddon the Despoiler as part of his Thirteenth Black Crusade.READ IT BECAUSEThe Fall of Cadia is a touchstone moment of the Warhammer 40,000 timeline. This incredible battle led to the opening of the Great Rift and ushered in...