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 ...

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 ...

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...

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, ...

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...

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 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 Warhammer 40,000 OmnibusInquisitor Ravenor and his followers investigate a daemonic conspiracy that stretches across space and time. This is a war that is fought in the shadows, where there will be no respite, and no quarter asked for or given.READ IT BECAUSEAs a counterpart to the Eisenhorn series, Ravenor explores new territory both literally and figuratively. This omnibus brings together three novels and three short stories to ...

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...

A Dark Angel OmnibusThe Dark Angels have been involved with many of the most notable campaigns in the history of the Imperium. They also fight a secret war that’s been raging for ten thousand years.READ IT BECAUSEThe Dark Angels are at once proud and utterly insular. This book gives you insight into their motivations, as well as a fair few of their secrets.THE STORYAncient are the stories of the Dark A...

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...

An Exorcists NovelThe Exorcists are a Space Marine Chapter unlike any other. To combat the forces of Chaos, they willingly accept daemonic possession, knowing that once it is purged their shattered souls will no longer be susceptible to corruption. Those who fail the banishment trials become Broken Ones living prisons for the terrors expelled from their brethren. Should such desperate measures become known to the wider Imperium, the Chapter would stand accused of t...