JULIAN SEAMAN

Badminton Horse Trials is the world famous annual sporting event that tests the skills of the ultimate horse and rider. It consists of Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. With a crowd of up to 150,000 over the long weekend of competition, the Event, started in 1949, has produced stars such as Lucinda Prior-Palmer, Mark Todd, Mary King and Pippa Funnell. Princess Anne, Mark Phillips and their daughter Zara have also all competed at Badminton

The Grand National is the most famous horse race in the world. Officially first run in 1839, it is now watched in 140 countries on television with viewing figures of more than 500 million. Run in early April at Aintree, Liverpool, this spectacular steeplechase over 30 fearsome fences and four and a half miles has had a history filled with drama. In the first running a Captain Becher fell into the ditch which now bears his name. In 1956 the Queen Mothes Devon Loch looked set to win, ridden by future thriller writer Dick Francis in the saddle, only to belly flop, legs akimbo, yards from the line. In 1967 there was a pile- up at the fence before the Canal Turn allowing 100/1 outsider Foinavon to come through to win. In the 1970s, when the future of the race looked seriously in doubt, the three amazing wins by Red Rum re-engaged the public, and who can forget the emotional victory of cancer survivor Bob Champion and Aldaniti in 1981? The National has thrown up some great characters such as the Spanish nobleman the Duke of Albuquerque and English racing journalist Lord Oaksey. In the history of the race, the largest number of runners was an enormous field of 66 and the fewest to finish was just two. In 1993 a starting fiasco resulted in the race being declared null and void and, only four years later, it was postponed by a bomb scare and was run on the following Monday. Little Book of the Grand National tells all these tales, illustrated with great contemporary pictures and photographs.

With guidance and tips on modern tackle, fly lines and flies, and many delightful photographs, Little Book of Fly Fishing for Salmon will help you to improve your tactics, techniques, and your catche

Organized into units that reflect required courses at leading design colleges, it contains 20 step-by-step exercises aiming to assist in finding inspiration, developing techniques of observation, and creating finished fashion drawings both in colour and in black and white. Separate sections are devoted to getting started and understanding figure proportions, planning and designing garments, and creating and assessing flat specification drawings. The book also features cross-references and a glossary of designer''s terms.

Los principios, las prácticas y las técnicas hacen de este libro una guía fundamental para el aspirante a diseñador de moda. Introduce al lector en los aspectos fundamentales de creación de la marca, composicion, forma y espacio. Explica como transmitir de manera instantanea las formas clave y los tonos generales de un determinado tema. Las 24 unidades que componen el libro examinan paso a paso el arte de la ilustracion de moda, con ejemplos de los mejores diseñadores y de estudiantes sobresalientes.