Four disk set covering season one of the popular American sitcom about a college football coach who breathes sport & his feisty girlfriend who hates it. Coach Hayden Fox Craig T. Nelson) runs the football program at Minnesota State University along with ...

Coal has transformed societies, shaped the fate of nations, launched empires, & triggered wars. It fuelled the Industrial Revolution in Britain, propelling the rise of a small rural kingdom into the greatest commercial empire in the world. This book explores the profound role coal has played in human history & continues to play in the world. ...

A diary of 12-year-old Gwen Cartwright, whose family left behind various modern-day luxuries, swapping their high-tech lifestyle for a basic miner's cottage. It records what it is like to live as a child in a 1920s working family
- the hardships that they faced & the surprising simple pleasures that are overlooked in our modern-day lives.
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* A highly visual handbook with clear step-by-step photography of all the angling techniques *

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Provides a glimpse of some of Britain's finest coastline, from the granite columns of the Giant's Causeway on the Northern Irish coast & the rocky cliffs of Wales & South West England to the great open horizons of the East Anglian shore. This book investigates the preservation & maintenance of the UK's coastline. ...

Coast & Beyond is a beautifully illustrated, in-depth companion to BBC TWOs BAFTA-winning series Coast. It tells the fascinating stories of our own magnificent coastline &, for the first time, goes further afield to explore those of our neighbours, too. Steve Evanson, the producer of the television series, is our guide to great coastal landmarks, such as Blackpools Tower & Illuminations, St Michaels Mount in Cornwall & the enormous Great Laxey Water Wheel on the Isle of Man. He also investigates local stories & events, including Brightons little-known silent-movie industry, the mysterious collapse of the Tay Bridge in 1879 & Spike Island
- the Irish Alcatraz. Whats more, this book looks beyond the shores of the British Isles towards the coastlines of northwest Europe & northern France, which are inextricably tied to our own through trade, war, culture & geology. How can the crumbling white cliffs of Normandy help us to understand the erosion of our own chalk walls? What do Norwegian fiords & Scottish lochs have in common? & what impact did the Vikings have on the British coast? Coast & Beyond provides a wealth of information about the landscape, history & geography of our coastal regions, as well as maps & practical information for visitors, so that you, too, can discover the secrets of our coast... & beyond. Show More Show Less
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Provides mapped cycle routes on traffic-free paths, quiet lanes & traffic-calmed roads. This work covers the 172 mile (277km) National Cycle Network route between Edinburgh & Aberdeen, & other routes in Fife, Dundee, Angus, Aberdeenshire & Aberdeen. ...

This is a new edition of the classic photographic book containing the walk A. Wainwright devised in 1973, covering rights of way & areas of open access between the Irish sea & the North Sea. The route starts at St Bees Head & finishes at Robin Hood Bay, passing through three National Parks: the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales & the North York Moors, all areas of outstanding beauty. Providing a wide & varied range of scenery with changing landscapes over a distance of 190 miles, it is one of the most challenging of long-distance walks. ...

This book is the practical walking guide that helps you make the most of the coast. In this new travel edition, there are over 50 tried-tested walks inspired by the BAFTA award-winning BBC television series. The sturdy ringbinder is perfect fro travelling & storing in a car while the handy plastic wallet protects the pages you need on your chosen route. ...

Nick Crane brings his geographer's eye & love of the British landscape to take us on an enthralling journey along our coastline. Both a celebration of & reference guide to the coast, Nick draws on all the elements that have made the TV series such a success, from local history to national defence, forts & ports, fishermen & artists, sacred buildings & detailed cartography, as well as taking in iconic landmarks, seaside holidays &, of course, wildlife. ...