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” Water has always had the magical power to cure...” writes Roger Deakin in his bestseller Waterlog. This reasoning served as the inspiration for Minihane to take his new obsession with wild swimming to greater heights, with the goal of swimming in every river, lake, lido & bay which Deakin visited on his own trip in the mid-1990s. But beyond his plans to use the journey as a means to see & experience the UK`s most scenic locations, it was also a way of soothing his troubled mind & finding a path back to happiness after finally admitting he had a problem with anxiety. Floating is the story of Joe Minihane`s attempt to retrace the greatest swimming exploration of our time while facing up to his struggles with anxiety by diving right in. A very different book from Deakin`s Waterlog, this is a journey of overcoming emotional & psychological problems with swimming as the medium for recovery. But when Minihane`s endeavour is brought to an unexpected halt & he is unable to escape his anxieties in the water, he must discover the means to face them head-on. Turning to professional help & relying on the support of a growing band of swimming fanatics, he learns why his persistent worrying has developed into crippling anxiety & develops the tools to overcome it. While Floating may bring readers back years later to Deakin`s spectacular swimming spots, Minihane`s wonderful book is about more: coming to the understanding that in life, as in swimming, we sometimes need to let the current lead us & learn how to float in choppy waters. ...

Flodden Field & North Cheviots in 1901 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. This title, originally called by the Ordnance Survey ` Ford`, covers a rural area of northern Northumberl&, from Cornhill eastward to Ford, & southward to Kirknewton & Earle. Alan Godfrey Editions have re-named it after the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513, the site of which is near the centre of the map. Scotland is left blank except for Coldstream. Coverage also

Includes:: Akeld, Branxton, Carham, Coldsmouth Hill, Coupl&, Crookhouse, Duddo, Etal, Ewart, Felkington, Heathpool, Howtel, Humbleton, Kilham, Lanton, Milfield, Nesbit, Paston, Westnewton, & Yeavering. A detailed map of Cornhill including Coldstream station is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Flood is a devastating & compulsive thriller that reads like fact. The country has suffered floods on an unprecedented scale in recent years, but have we seen the worst, an inundation that threatens millions of lives? Doyle`s vision is incontestable, backed up by over twenty-five years of research. Flood is the disaster novel of today. A storm rages over the north of Britain, a troop carrier founders in the Irish Sea, flood indicators go off the scale, the seas are mountainous & a spring tide is about to strike the East Coast. Air sea rescue & military personnel struggle to save lives all down the coast. The worse is yet to come. When the storm reaches the south the two forces of wind & tide will combine & send a huge one-in-a-thousand tidal surge up the Thames. But surely London is safe: the Thames Barrier will save the capital from disaster as it was intended to do? The river is a titanic presence by now, higher than anyone has known it, & the surge thunders towards the Barrier. Scientists begin to talk of the possibility of overtopping. Can fifty feet high gates be overwhelmed by a wave? Then there is an explosion the size of a small Hiroshima: a supertanker is ablaze in the estuary & most of the Essex petrochemical works are going up with it. The Thames catches fire & the wall of fire & water thunders towards Britain`s capital. This is the story of what happens next, & the desperate attempts to save the capital from destruction. ...

`26.6.2008. 9.00 hours. Cloud level has risen sufficiently to see the heights of the island of Hoy. The margin of existence that I had noticed in North Ronaldsay, with its apparent make do approach to the problem of sea encroachment, is displayed along much of the island`s coastline. As I walk along the shores of the Hoy sound I come to a patchwork of sandbags that have been placed within the fragmenting sandstone of the upper shore. Close by these sea defences an old stone wall encloses a cemetery. Many of the headstones are inscribed with readings of latitude & longitude, indicating that the buried were probably mariners. High & dry upon the shores of the sound, the seamen rest: the sea had taken them & in the fullness of time it will claim them back.` As climate change & the prospect of relentlessly rising sea levels threaten communities around the world, artist & writer John Kelly records this process in words & images. From the high altiplano of Bolivia, through Newfoundl&, the Arctic regions of Alaska & Svalbard, to the Baltic & Orkney, he evokes the dramatic natural transformations affecting our planet & their impact on people & landscapes. ...

It is 1839 & tension has been rapidly mounting between China & British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, & Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband`s wealth & reputation. Flood of Fire follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of the First Opium War & China`s devastating defeat, to Britain`s seizure of Hong Kong. Flood of Fire is a thrillingly realised & richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place & plotted with verve. It is a beautiful novel in its own right, & a compelling conclusion to an epic & sweeping story
- it is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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The thrilling climax to the Ibis trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies. It is 1839 & tension has been rapidly mounting between China & British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, & Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband`s wealth & reputation. Flood of Fire follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of the First Opium War & China`s devastating defeat, to Britain`s seizure of Hong Kong. Flood of Fire is a thrillingly realised & richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place & plotted with verve. It is a beautiful novel in its own right, & a compelling conclusion to an epic & sweeping story
- it is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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