Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result a uniquely personal view of an island race & a people with a deep affinity for water. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers & streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools & spas, from fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries, even canals, Deakin gains a fascinating perspective on modern Britain. Detained by water bailiffs in Winchester, intercepted in the Fowey estuary by coastguards, mistaken for a suicude on Camber sands, confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides, he discovers just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked, fully-dressed fellow citizens. Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing & natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, & an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. ...

Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result is a uniquely personal view of an island race & a people with a deep affinity for water. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers & streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos, swimming pools & spas, from fens, dykes, moats, aqueducts, waterfalls, flooded quarries, even canals, Deakin gains a fascinating perspective on modern Britain. Detained by water bailiffs in Winchester, intercepted in the Fowey estuary by coastguards, mistaken for a suicide on Camber sands, confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides, he discovers just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked, fully-dressed fellow citizens. Encompassing cultural history, autobiography, travel writing & natural history, Waterlog is a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam, & an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water. ...

At twenty-nine, fun-loving, good-natured Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James visits her in the recovery room to inform her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, & a body that she can hardly bear to look at in the mirror. So, in the absence of any better offers, Claire decides to go home to her family in Dublin. To her gorgeous man-eating sister Helen, her soap-watching mother, her bewildered father. & there, sheltered by the love of an (albeit quirky) family, she gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise. ...

It's night & the dark is filled with strange sounds as Shane makes his way home. On a fence he finds a stray cat that at first growls & spits at him. But Shane talks & strokes the kitten to calmness, & decides to take the ' Spitfire, Kitten Number One, ' home with him. No gang of boys, or avenue of dense traffic, or fierce dog can stop Shane carrying his new found friend to the place he calls home. Greg Rogers' sensitive use of charcoal & pastel create Shane & his cat in splendid city-at-night time scenes. ...

WE ARE THE ONLY HUMANS LEFT...

In the furthest, coldest, darkest reaches of our solar system, Paul Munro is on a mission

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WE ARE THE ONLY HUMANS LEFT...

In the furthest, coldest, darkest reaches of our solar system, Paul Munro is on a mission

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