Sail with the experts! The Sailing Bible is the complete, user-friendly, hands-on manual packed with detailed step-by-step diagrams, lively action photos, & helpful advice on getting the most out of your sailing at whatever level. Whether you are a dinghy or yacht sailor just learning the basics or wanting tips on sailing with the best, this is the book that will give you all the answers you are looking for. It`s all in here! Dinghies & yachts Cruising & racing Launching, helming, trapezing, & capsizing Racing techniques & tactics Buoyage, tides, charts & navigation Anchoring & marina berthing Knots, ropes & flags Boat etiquette & seamanship Rules of the road, safety & emergencies Boat maintenance & repair & much more... The Sailing Bible is an ideal companion to enjoyable sailing whether in a dinghy or a yacht. ...

The Sailing Handbook is the ideal guide for anyone who wants to get the most out of sailing. Brightly presented, clear & accessible, it is designed to teach the basics of sailing, increase your enjoyment of the sport, improve your technique, & ultimately, enable you to take part in professional competitions. Designed for easy reference, with over 500 colour photographs & explanatory illustrations, it presents clear & comprehensive guidance on the different parts of a boat * choosing a boat for pleasure & performance * how a boat sails * its fittings & equipment * how to anchor & pick up a mooring * handling ropes * navigating * understanding tides & buoyage * using radar * reading the weather * safety at sea * care & repair of the boat * buying, selling, chartering & insuring. The Sailing Handbook is ideal for novices of all ages. ...

Following on from the success of ` The Speckled People`, Hugo Hamilton`s new memoir recounts the summer he spent working at a local harbour in Irel&, at a time of tremendous fear & mistrust. Young Hugo longs to be released from the confused identity he has inherited from his German mother & Irish father, but the backdrop of his mother`s shame at the hands of Allied soldiers in the aftermath of the Second World War, along with his German cousin`s mysterious disappearance somewhere on the Irish West Coast & the spiralling troubles in the north, seems determined to trap him in history. In an attempt to break free of his past, Hugo rebels against his father`s strict & crusading regime & turns to the exciting new world of rock & roll, still a taboo subject in the family home. His job at the local harbour, rather than offering a welcome respite from his speckled world, entangles him in a bitter feud between two fishermen
- one Catholic, one Protestant. Hugo listens to the missing persons bulletins going out on the radio for his German cousin, & watches the unfolding harbour duel end in drowning before he can finally escape the ropes of history.
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A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, & sentimental, & train themselves in a brutal callousness they call `objectivity`. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship`s officer, he & his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft & romantic. They regard this disallusionment as an act of betrayal on his part
- & the retribution is deliberate & horrifying.
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First published in 1867, the Sailor's Word-Book is an incomparable alphabetical digest of nautical terms
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Maigret`s past comes to life in this vivid new translation of this evocative novel, set in the Inspector`s home town. Book thirteen in the new Penguin Maigret series. Maigret savoured the sensations of his youth again: the cold, stinging eyes, frozen fingertips, an aftertaste of coffee. Then, stepping inside the church, a blast of heat, soft light; the smell of candles & incense. The last time Maigret went home to the village of his birth was for his father`s funeral. Now an anonymous note predicting a crime during All Souls` Day mass draws him back there, where troubling memories resurface & hidden vices are revealed. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels. ” Compelling, remorseless, brilliant”. (John Gray). ” One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century... Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories”. (Guardian). ”A supreme writer.. .unforgettable vividness”. (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels & short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerl&, where he had lived for the latter part of his life. ...

Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, & regicide, & moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris & the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton's colourful & critically acclaimed book explores the formation & dispersal of King Charles I's art collection. Following a remarkable & unprecedented Parliamentary Act for ' The sale of the late king's goods', Cromwell's republican regime sold off nearly 2, 000 paintings, tapestries, statues & drawings in an attempt to settle the dead king's enormous debts & raise money for the Commonwealth's military forces. Brotton recreates the extraordinary circumstances of this sale, in which for the first time ordinary working people were able to handle & own works by the great masters. He also examines the abiding relationship between art & power, revealing how the current Royal Collection emerged from this turbulent period, & paints its own vivid & dramatic picture of one of the greatest lost collections in English history. A rip-roaring slice of seventeenth-century England.. . Readable history at its best
- Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth.
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The Salmon People is a masterful history of Canada`s west coast. From the first people`s tales of salmon to BC`s first cannery, to overfishing & the environmental concerns that still exist today, this comprehensive early history is a must-read for anyone interested in how BC`s fishing industry reached where it is today. Told from the strong & witty voice of Hugh Wilford Mc Kervill, who once fished alongside the First Nations peoples of Bella Bella, The Salmon People is both an historically accurate account of the fishing industry & a salty buoyant memoir. In the author`s own words, ”so long as there fish surging from the sea there will be salmon people willing to brave the torments of nature to catch them, & the salmon will probably come forever.. .if man does not destroy them.” The Salmon People provides a colourful overview of the salmon fishing industry, especially the unique stories of some of the people involved, often found nowhere else. It also

Includes:: a passionate argument against fish farming & an examination of how we have seriously endangered the Pacific salmon.

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The Salmon Run Cycle Route: Dundee to Pitlochry via Perth along the River Tay at 1:100, 000 in a series of cycling maps from Sustrans, the charity behind developing UK’s National Cycle Network. The whole route No. 77 is presented on one panel with five suggestions for day rides. Each title in the Sustrans series of cycling maps covers either a single route, presented in sections on separate strip maps, or a wider area with the main cycling route (s) prominently highlighted but other recommendations for cyclists also marked. The area covered each map is shown on our website on its individual “coverage” image. The route has markers indicating steep gradients, controlled access, distances & possible danger points. Route profiles indicate riding surface & the density of traffic (main road, minor road & traffic-free) &, where appropriate, street plans show the course of the route across towns & cities. On maps covering a wider area around the main National Cycle Route suggestions of possible day ride excursions are also marked. A range of symbols highlight various facilities & places of interest, including tourist information centres, youth hostels, cafes & pubs, grocery shops, cycle shops & hire, historical & natural sites, etc. For access by rail, the rail network is shown with stations &, where appropriate, metro stations are also marked. Topography is shows by altitude colouring. Unless specifically indicated in the individual description, the maps do not show British National Grid lines for GPS. Each title also contains contact addresses for various useful organizations, etc. Many titles are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. ...

The life of the salmon is a predictable one: swimming upstream to the place of its birth to spawn, & then to die. This is the story of a salmon whose silver scales mark him out as different
- who dares to leap beyond his fate. It`s a story about growing up, & about aching & ardent love. For swimming upstream means pursuing something the salmon cannot see: a dream. Translated for the first time into English, The Salmon Who Dared To Leap Higher is a wise, tender & inspiring modern fable about finding freedom & a harmony with nature we have either forgotten or lost in the binding realities of life.
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