` 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. ...

Joris Luyendijk, an investigative journalist, knew as much about banking as the average person: almost nothing. Bankers, he thought, were ruthless, competitive, bonus-obsessed sharks, irrelevant to his life. & then he was assigned to investigate the financial sector. Joris immersed himself in the City for a few years, speaking to over 200 people
- from the competitive investment bankers & elite hedge-fund managers to downtrodden back-office staff, reviled HR managers & those made redundant in the regular `culls`. Breaking the strictly imposed code of secrecy & silence, these insiders talked to Joris about what they actually do all day, how they see themselves & what makes them tick. They opened up about the toxic hiring & firing culture. They confessed to being overwhelmed by technological & mathematical opacity. They admitted that when Lehman Brothers went down in 2008 they hoarded food, put their money in gold & prepared to evacuate their children to the countryside. They agreed that nothing has changed since the crash. Joris had a chilling realisation. What if the bankers themselves aren`t the real enemy? What if the truth about global finance is more sinister than that?
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Is there anything quite so exhilarating as swimming in wild water? This is a joyful swimming tour of Britain, a frog`s-eye view of the country`s best bathing holes
- the rivers, rock pools, lakes, ponds, lochs & sea that define a watery isl&. Charming, funny, inspiring, an assertion of the native swimmer`s right to roam, a celebration of the magic of water
- this book will indeed make you want to strip off & leap in. Selected from the book Waterlog by Roger Deakin.

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Deep in the sea there lives a school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, & the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding...until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends that, with ingenuity & team work, they can beat any bully. ...

A detail street plan of Swindon with an index. The map indicates one way streets, selected car parks, over 2, 700 streets, hospitals, industrial estates, places of interest, public buildings, selected flats & walkways, shopping centres & sports facilities. The street plan also

Includes:: a large scale map of the town centre.

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Street by Street Swindon Midi has been fully updated with a stylish new cover design, in a handy glovebox size. Quick to navigate & easy-to-use, the maps clearly show AA recommended restaurants, pubs, hotels, one-way streets & car parks. Featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting, & National Grid referencing, the Street by Street Swindon Midi map is all you need to keep you on the move. ...