An interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess`s palace in Morocco. A fabled cook who flavours his food with precious stones. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit. The stories in Swimmer Among the Stars reveal an extraordinary young storyteller in Kanishk Tharoor, whose tales emerge from a tradition that

Includes:: the creators of the Arabian Nights, Italo Calvino, Jorge Luis Borges, Angela Carter & other ancient & modern masters of the fable.

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In April 2007, after 66 days, Matthew Mohlke became the first person to swim the Amazon, 3, 272 miles from the Peruvian Andes to the Atlantic shores of Brazil. On this extraordinary journey he dodged piranhas, sharks & river pirates, met indigenous tribes who either revered him as a god or chased him with machetes, & swam from dawn to dusk for 60 miles every single day. Like pioneers before him who first climbed Everest or explored the poles, Martin shifted the limits of human capability. His story
- of endurance, of determination, of dehydration & exhaustion, of illness & blood pressure that reached heart-attack levels
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Deborah Levy`s suspense-laden Man Booker-shortlisted novel explores the devastating effect that depression can have on apparently normal, stable people. Set over a single week, the plot follows a group of tourists on holiday in the French Riviera. Everything seems rosy enough on the surface, but all is not what it seems
- & the trouble seems to be stemming from Kitty French, a beautiful-yet-deranged botanist & aspiring poet. Swimming Home may be short, but it`s already been described as an epic thanks to its deep psychology, sharp wit & adept tackling of issues often shied-away from. Buy your copy today!
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Selected for the 2012 Man Booker Prize shortlist. As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked out of the water & into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? & why does Joe`s enigmatic wife allow her to remain? Profound & thrilling, Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves. ...

The second novel from the author of Our Endless Numbered Days, which won the 2015 Desmond Elliott Prize & was a 2016 Richard & Judy Book Club Pick. ` Thrilling, transporting, delicately realised & held together by a sophisticated sense of suspense...more than matches the power of Fuller`s debut... Powerful, pleasing & pleasurable.` Sunday Times ` Gil Coleman looked down from the window & saw his dead wife standing on the pavement below.` Gil`s wife, Ingrid has been missing, presumed drowned, for twelve years. A possible sighting brings their children, Nan & Flora, home. Together they begin to confront the mystery of their mother. Is Ingrid dead? Or did she leave? & do the letters hidden within Gil`s books hold the answer to the truth behind his marriage, a truth hidden from everyone including his own children? ...

` Having been banned from pools all over London for health & safety reasons, I can only gaze longingly at the sumptuous array of London pools. London swimmers rejoice!`
- Jo Brand London is a city built on water, & ideal for swimmers. Whether you are looking for an early morning dip on Hampstead Heath, want to join the Christmas Day Club at Hyde Park`s Serpentine or are searching for a Lido in Tooting, wherever you are in the Capital, you are rarely more than a paddle away from somewhere to swim. Swimming London is a guide, celebration & history of the 50 best swimming spots in London. From the regal baths at the RAC club to the super-chic rooftop pools at the Berkeley Hotel & Shoreditch House; from the open-water havens at Ham Lake & even the River Thames, to the grand old lidos at London Fields & Parliament Hill there is something for the casual swimmer, the long-distance athlete & the family day out. Drawing on a lifetime of swimming in the Capital & filled with tips & stories from its watery history, Swimming London provides a unique perspective on the city. So whether you`re in search of swim off the Tottenham Court Road, or looking for somewhere to stretch your limbs on a summer`s afternoon, this is the ultimate swimmer`s companion.
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Reproduction from Soho Publishing old swimming poster, size 30 x 40cm (12 x 16 approx.) Please note: Soho prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

` Pure genius, gliding lyricism.. . It is, simply, a delight` Independent on Sunday` Vivid with chlorine-bleached swimsuits, & post-match sorrow` Caitlin Moran, Observer, Books of the Year As a teenager, Leanne Shapton trained for the Olympic swimming trials; now an artist, she is still drawn inexorably to swimming, in pools & the sea. What do you do with an all-absorbing activity once it is past its relevance, & yet you can`t quite give it up? Swimming Studies is a lyrical, playful work that explores what it is like to move from a world of competition to one of recreation & introspection, giving a sideways glimpse into memory, adolescence, swimming, drawing, obsession & solitude.` Exquisite.. . brilliant, eccentric & moving
- an immersion in life.. . this enigmatic book is written out of what cannot be fathomed` Observer`A rich account.. . told with the originality & playfulness of an artist.. . Shapton shares Dave Eggers` talent for taking the mundane & making it viscerally new` The Times ` Captures a bittersweet part of the writer`s past as completely as a scent trapped in a bottle` John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead` If there is a more beautifully observed examination of the weightlessness, silence, rigour & delight of what it means to swim, I`ve never read it` David Rakoff, author of Half Empty
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Swimming with Dolphins, Tracking Gorillas -How to have the world`s best wildlife encounters by Ian Wood is an inspiring how-to guide to the best & most ethical experience with wildlife. The guide offers advice on when & where to go to encounter a variety of animals, how to plan your journey & additional activities & things to see & do in the chosen area. From gorillas tracking, climbing & trekking in search of condors, kayaking with alligators to swimming with dolphins & diving with manta rays & sharks this guide will lead you into a range of habitats. Track, spot & watch animals in their natural environment, explore forests & savannas, marine & Polar Regions around the globe. With over 200 amazing colour photographs, this book beautifully illustrates the wildlife around the world & weather you leave your armchair or not will guide you to a journey of a lifetime. ...

An inspiring book about intense physical & personal experience. Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a means of temporary escape from a failing marriage, a stifling religious environment & a series of health problems. Over four years, her encounters with the sea & all its weathers, the friendships she made, the wild creatures she encountered, combined to transform her life. This book is a love letter, to the beach where she swims regularly & its microcosmic world, to the ever-changing cold waters where the North Sea & the Atlantic Ocean meet, & to the seals, her constant companions. ...