A trawlermans life was hard often up against bad weather rough seas & black frosts although on calm days it was a pleasure to be at sea. In this eventful memoir deep-sea trawlerman James Greene relates his life at sea from his childhood when his father would take him out in some of the worst gales & hurricanes imaginable (and he loved every minute of it!) to his early career as a deckhand learner obtaining his skippers ticket & the many experiences
- both disastrous & otherwise
- to occur throughout his time at sea. During his career he was involved in ship collisions & fires arrested for poaching fired upon by Icelandic gunboats in countless storms & even swept overboard in icy conditions off the Russian coast. The British trawling industry is now a by-gone age & people are beginning to forget the adventures & hardships that characterised this profession. This book seeks to keep the memories of a once great industry alive.

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A kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold Roy's shabby mansion. But nor was Harold's frustrated wife expecting to fall in love with one of the intruders. Now she's going to make a deal with him
- for both her husband & the drugs. But the precious powder belongs to someone else. & he wants it back. So if he feels he's been double-crossed there's no telling what might happen. Detective Inspector Resnick has a hunch that there's more to this story than meets the eye. & as his investigations lead him down the mean streets of the TV industry & an inner city drugs ring it's obvious that more than one person is dancing on thin ice.
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Rough Water Handling" by Doug Cooper is a practical guide that will help you to master the skills needed to manoeuvre a sea kayak efficiently in rough water & advanced conditions. For intermediate & advanced paddlers Doug draws on his personal & coaching experience to help the reader master sea kayak handling skills & techniques. Accurate sequential photos & simple concise language make the descriptions easy to follow & underst&. The technical tactical physiological & psychological aspects of these skills are covered in the areas of: high wind paddling moving water surf rock hopping tide races open crossings & rolling. " Rough Water Handling" is recommended as support material for the British Canoe Union 4 & 5 Star (Sea) awards. (The 1 star is a novice encouragement award the 2 star covers basic generic kayak skills the 3 star basic/intermediate sea specific skills & experience & the 4 star covers intermediate sea specific skills & leadership in moderate conditions). Doug has spent a lifetime playing & working in the outdoors! He is at his happiest when exploring new parts of the world or challenging himself & others to improve their skills; this he has been doing for over twenty years. With a constant lust for adventure Doug has sea kayaked all over the world including Greenland Iceland Norways Lofoten Islands Canada Ireland Scotland Wales Corsica Sardinia & Croatia. His whitewater kayaking & mountaineering has also taken him on adventures around the globe. At present Doug works as Head of Paddlesport at Glenmore Lodge Scotlands National Outdoor Centre. Here his love of helping others learn & improve is put to good use every day when he works as a BCU Level 5 Sea & Whitewater Coach Level 4 Surf Coach & a Mountain & Ski Instructor. Doug is the author of " Sea Kayak Handling" & co-authored " Scottish Sea Kayaking" (Pesda Press) a selective guide to sea kayaking in Scotl&." ...

Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy beautiful & well connected. Shes also a notorious gold digger only recently separated from her latest husband
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In 2012 Bradley Wiggins made history by becoming the first Briton ever to win the Tour de France. His compatirot Chris Froome came second while fellow Brits the 'fastest man on earth' Mark Cavendish & reformed doper David Millar made sure that between them Britain accounted for 7 of a possible 21 stage wins. Great Britain had conquered the Tour de France. In Roule Britannia" number one bestselling author William Fotheringham charts British cycling's rise to the top. From the early days of Brian Robinson to Bradley Wiggins' dominant ride via Tom Simpson Robert Millar Chris Boardman & many others " Roule Britannia" celebrates a nation's love affair with the greatest race of all." ...

Patrick Leigh Fermor's Mani compellingly revealed a hidden world of Southern Greece & its past. Its northern counterpart takes the reader among Sarakatsan shepherds the monasteries of Meteora & the villages of Krakora among itinerant pedlars & beggars & even tracks down at Missolonghi a pair of Byron's slippers. Roumeli is not on modern maps: it is the ancient name for the lands from the Bosphorus to the Adriatic & from Macedonia to the Gulf of Corinth. But it is the perfect evocative name for the Greece that Fermor captures in writing that carries throughout his trademark vividness of description. But what is more the pictures of people traditions & landscapes that he creates on the page are imbued with an intimate understanding of Greece & its history. ...

We are delighted to be reissuing this lovely book with new cover artwork from Ian Beck. It's a collection to relish of over thirty traditional play rhymes including such favourites as ' Incy Wincy Spider' ' This Little Pig' & ' Row Row Row Your Boat' all imaginatively illustrated by Ian Beck. Each rhyme also has clear step-by-step line drawings to follow for the actions. The rhymes have been set to music on the accompanying CD neatly packaged within the back cover flap. The musical arrangements are either based on traditional melodies or have been specially composed. This is the perfect package to introduce young children to the sheer enjoyment of joining in with action rhymes
- great for playtime & bedtime.
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One Sunday in 1988 thirteen-year-old Joe Coutts learns that his mother has been the victim of a brutal attack by a man on their North Dakota reservation. Joe's mother is traumatized & afraid. She takes to her bed & refuses to talk to anyone
- including the police; meanwhile his father a tribal judge endeavours to wrest justice from a situation that defies his keenest efforts; & young Joe's moral & emotional landscape shifts on its child's axis. Frustrated confused & nursing a complicated fury Joe sets out with his best friends Cappy Zack & Angus in search of answers that might put his mother's attacker behind bars
- & set his family's world straight again. Or so he hopes. The Round House is a powerful & deeply humane story of a young boy pitched prematurely into an unjust adult world. It confirms Louise Erdrich as one of America's most distinctive contemporary novelists.

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' You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life Newby but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain snow & gales that knocked from her bike. Twice. To avoid other tourists Eric Newby had decided that the depths of winter would be the very best time to explore Ireland by mountain bike. More astonishing still he managed to persuade Wanda his long-suffering wife & life-long co-traveller to accompany him
- mainly she admitted to 'keep him out of trouble'. Lashed by winter storms fuelled by Guinness & warmed by thermal underwear their panniers laden with antique books on Ireland the elderly adventurers cycle the highways & byways encountering hospitable locals swaying saints & ferocious dogs. From the shores of Donegal to the holy mountains Newby guides the reader on a tale of mishap & magic all in his own peculiar style of humour & charm relishing his never-ending curiosity of the world & his insatiable quest for adventure.
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I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland with a fridge within one calendar month'. A foolhardy attempt to win a drunken bet led to Tony Hawks having one of the most unforgettable experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty travelling-companion-cum-domestic-appliance he found himself in the midst of a remarkable inspirational & at times downright silly adventure. In their month of madness Tony & his fridge surfed together; entered a batchelor festival; & one of them had sex without the other knowing. The fridge got christened & they even met the poorest king on Earth. An absurd story of an extraordinary adventure Round Ireland with a Fridge follows the fearless pair as they battle towards Dublin & a breathtaking finale that is moving uplifting & a fitting conclusion to the whole ridiculous affair. ...