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The Narrowboat Summer

Author : Anne Youngson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250764602
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Narrowboat Summer written by Anne Youngson and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lovely...Another heartening story about the possibility of striking out in a new direction at any age. It is also a soothing read, especially welcome in these anxious times.” —Christian Science Monitor From the author of Meet Me at the Museum, a charming novel of second chances, about three women, one dog, and the narrowboat that brings them together Eve expected Sally to come festooned with suitcases and overnight bags packed with everything she owned, but she was wrong. She arrived on foot, with a rucksack and a carrier bag. “I just walked away,” she said, climbing on to the boat. Eve knew what she meant. Meet Eve, who has left her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia, a defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, who is suddenly landlocked and vulnerable. Before they quite know what they’ve done, Sally and Eve agree to drive Anastasia’s narrowboat on a journey through the canals of England, as she awaits a life-saving operation. As they glide gently – and not so gently – through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of narrowboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. At summer’s end, all three women must decide whether to return to the lives they left behind, or forge a new path forward. Candid, hilarious, and uplifting, Anne Youngson's The Narrowboat Summer is a celebration of the power of friendship and new experiences to change one’s life, at any age.

Three Women and a Boat

Author : Anne Youngson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1784165336
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Three Women and a Boat written by Anne Youngson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BBC RADIO TWO BOOK CLUB PICK A hugely charming, uplifting story that shows it's never too late for new adventures - for fans of HAROLD FRY, DEAR MRS BIRD and THE LIBRARIAN. 'Full of grace and humanity' SUNDAY TIMES 'Life-affirming and funny' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Meet Eve, who has departed from her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia: defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation. Inexperienced and ill-equipped, Sally and Eve embark upon a journey through the canals of England, guided by the remote and unsympathetic Anastasia. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of canalboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. Disarmingly truthful and narrated with a rare, surprising wit, THREE WOMEN AND A BOAT is a journey over the glorious waterways of England and into the unfathomable depths of the human heart. ---------------------------- What customers are saying: 'Moving, tender and just a balm for the soul' ***** 'Perfect for those in need of an uplifting read' **** 'A warm and enjoyable read' *****

Meet Me at the Museum

Author : Anne Youngson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1250295165
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Meet Me at the Museum written by Anne Youngson and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.

Narrow Boat

Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750960618
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Narrow Boat written by L. T. C. Rolt and published by History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip down the waterways of England during their hey-day

Snowy

Author : Berlie Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957301399
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Snowy written by Berlie Doherty and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel loves living on a narrowboat. There are so many things she loves about it but most of all Rachel loves Snowy, the big and beautiful boat horse. When her teacher asks the class to bring in their pets, what can Rachel do?

Narrow Dog to Carcassonne

Author : Terry Darlington
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0440337569
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Narrow Dog to Carcassonne written by Terry Darlington and published by Delta. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious and true story of two senior-citizens and their whippet dog who hatch, plan and carry out a “lunatic scheme” to sail from Stone in Staffordshire to Carcassonne in the South of France.

The Liveaboard Guide

Author : Tony Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472963695
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Liveaboard Guide written by Tony Jones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle. Tony Jones is one of those people. He has lived aboard his 50ft narrowboat for over 14 years and in this very practical book he documents what the liveaboard lifestyle is really like, focusing on the practical issues of day to day living for those who want to know what living on a boat actually entails, to see how to manage it for themselves. Topics covered include: · the pros, cons and costs of a residential mooring · power usage and energy consumption (and how it differs from a house) · how to stay warm - the choice of coal, electric, gas or wood heating · boat loos - the pros and cons, and troubleshooting typical problems · entertainment - TV, radio, internet, DVDs · logistical problems - no postal address, GP access, vehicle access or use This second edition has been comprehensively revised to include updated or new information on costs (moorings, license, insurances etc), license fees for different types of craft, composting toilets and ecological living in general, living aboard in London and other cities (suddenly very popular), postal services, boat stretching, butty boats, and so on, as well as more anecdotes and profile stories about liveaboard life. The aim of this book is to feed people's dreams by showing that every possible problem that could arise when living on a boat has a tried and tested solution. The dream is perfectly possible, and this book is the complete practical guide to achieving it.

The Canal Boat Café Christmas

Author : Cressida McLaughlin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008444323
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Canal Boat Café Christmas written by Cressida McLaughlin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A lovely, warm gem of a series that stays with you...I loved it’ Alex Brown A Christmas special continuing the charming and heart-warming story of The Canal Boat Café.

Union Clues

Author : Felicity Radcliffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Union Clues written by Felicity Radcliffe and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A peaceful narrowboat holiday. What could possibly go wrong? Stella doesn't want to hire a narrowboat. She'd much rather be in The Maldives, but her husband Alex has other ideas. Nancy escapes onto the canals when her brilliant music career implodes. She's going back to her roots, but things have changed - maybe too much. Dawn is investigating the most unusual crime in her policing career - committed on the Grand Union Canal under the English summer sun. Trouble, is the victim denies it was even a crime. Join Stella, Nancy and Dawn on their epic journeys into the heart of England's canal network. In this tale of deceit, revenge, self-discovery and boating mishaps, they find friends in the most unlikely places and discover that the canals are not always as tranquil as they appear...

The Last Summer of the Water Strider

Author : Tim Lott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1849835845
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Last Summer of the Water Strider written by Tim Lott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating 1970s-set novel that is both a coming-of-age and an End-of-an-Age story: about love, the lure of idealism, innocence and decadence. Adam is seventeen, the only son of straitlaced, cautious Ray and Evie.Life is slow, unbearably routine, in their low-rise council block in the London suburbs, until tragedy strikes, leaving Adam unhinged with grief. Rejecting any consolation at home, Adam is sent to spend the long hot 1970s summer with Ray's unlikely brother, the enigmatic Dr Henry Templeton - guru and spiritual teacher. With few possessions and even fewer ambitions for his future, Adam arrives at his uncle's houseboat in the West Country. Henry is charismatic, unfamiliar, full of eccentric ideas and projects. As the summer unspools, Adam meets first Strawberry, an ethereal American girl living in a shack in the woods; and then Ashley, whose father, the local vicar, is locked in conflict with Henry and his circle's 'alternative' way of life. While Adam falls under the spell of pretty, knowing Ashley, Henry, set on pursuing his personal vision unbendingly, seals the shocking fate of Strawberry, Adam and ultimately himself. 'I was very moved by The Last Summer of the Water Strider, which is both exquisitely specific to time and place and universal in its examination of humanity, grief and the bizarre prisons that people build for themselves - and one another. Funny, fascinating, mysterious and provocative' Sadie Jones, author of The Outcast 'Great storytelling and superb characterisation. Very few writers can evoke quintessential Englishness in its myriad forms like Tim Lott. I loved it' Irvine Welsh

The Story of Our Canals

Author : Carolyn Hutchings
Publisher : Ladybird
ISBN 13 : 9780721404073
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Our Canals written by Carolyn Hutchings and published by Ladybird. This book was released on 1975 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Voyage of the Sparrowhawk

Author : Natasha Farrant
Publisher : WW Norton
ISBN 13 : 1324019735
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Voyage of the Sparrowhawk written by Natasha Farrant and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Costa Children's Book Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year In the aftermath of World War One, everyone in the small town of Barton is rebuilding their lives. Ben needs to find his brother, Sam—who was wounded in action and is now missing—if he wants to avoid being sent to the orphanage. Lotti’s horrible aunt and uncle want to send her away from her beloved home to boarding school, just when she has successfully managed to get expelled from her last one. When a chance encounter brings the two children together, each recognizes the other as a kindred spirit. But just as they’ve found their feet, disaster strikes, and Ben and Lotti must run away. They hatch a plan to cross the English Channel on Ben’s narrowboat, the Sparrowhawk, and track down Sam in France. But there’s something in France that Lotti is looking for, too. . . . Funny, heartwarming, and wise, Voyage of the Sparrowhawk is full of high stakes, twists and connections, and—most of all—adventure.

Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books

Author : Sally Bayley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008226873
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Girl With Dove: A Life Built By Books written by Sally Bayley and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The word “mesmerising” is frequently applied to memoirs, but seldom as deservedly as in the case of Girl With Dove’ Financial Times ‘Reading is a form of escape and an avid reader is an escape artist...’ Brilliantly original, funny and clever Honor Clark, Spectator, Book of the Year

Water Gypsies

Author : Annie Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781510030442
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Water Gypsies written by Annie Murray and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1942, and after a tough childhood in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a happy life with her husband and children working the canals on a narrowboat. But hard work and constant child bearing take their toll, and the death of a friend and another pregnancy lead her to a desperate and near-fatal act. When Joel suffers an accident, Maryann has to keep the boats working, and is forced to allow Sylvia and Dot, two wartime volunteers, into the privacy of their life. When she discovers that someone keeps calling for her at Birmingham's Tyseley Wharf, dark memories begin to overwhelm her. For that someone is becoming more dangerous than even she could imagine ...

Kings of the Yukon

Author : Adam Weymouth
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141983790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Yukon written by Adam Weymouth and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Yukon River is 2,000 miles long and the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes from Canada's Yukon Territory, through Alaska, to the Bering Sea. The result is a book that shows how even the most remote wilderness is affected by the same forces reshaping the rest of the planet. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of king salmon migrate the distance of the Yukon to their spawning grounds, where they breed and die, in what is the longest salmon run in the world. For the people who live along the river, salmon were once the lifeblood of commerce and local culture. But climate change and globalized economy have fundamentally altered the balance between people and nature; the health and numbers of king salmon are in question, as is the fate of the communities that depend on them. Traveling down the Yukon as the salmon migrate, a four-month journey through untrammeled landscape, Weymouth traces the fundamental interconnectedness of people and fish through searing and unforgettable portraits of the individuals he encounters. He offers a powerful, nuanced glimpse into indigenous cultures, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Weaving in the rich history of salmon across time as well as the science behind their mysterious life cycle, 'Kings of the Yukon' is extraordinary adventure and nature writing at its most urgent and poetic"--Dust jacket.

Duke's Cut

Author : Cyril J. Wood
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752451114
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Duke's Cut written by Cyril J. Wood and published by History Press. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bridgewater Canal is distinguished as England's first canal and its development marked the beginning of a transport revolution that provided a crucial foundation for industrial and commercial development in England. Since its completion in 1765, the canal has been regularly used by commercial and passenger traffic; it was one if the major routes of the North West that helped Manchester to develop as a centre of trade and industry in the 19th century. In The Duke's Cut: The Bridgewater Canal, Cyril J. Wood recounts the fascinating history of the Bridgewater canal from its conception and construction to its subsequent successes including its use as a leisure waterway today. His detailed commentary is complemented by his descriptive guide to cruising the canal and valuable navigational information. Illustrated with more than 150 images, this comprehensive history and guide will appeal to local historians and canal enthusiasts alike.

A Barge at Large

Author : Jo May
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781503313286
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book A Barge at Large written by Jo May and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Barge at Large is a light-hearted, humorous account of what happened when Jo and Jan May took time out to live on a boat. Although based around the waterways of Europe there's plenty here for non-boaters as they travel from the north of Holland to Burgundy in France. Their small barge was built in Groningen, Holland over 100 years ago and was in a sorry state when they bought her. In the early days there were times when they wondered what they'd done - the engine barely ran, the heating system didn't work and the rusty patches were growing like fungus on an old loaf. Professional help was generally unaffordable so they learned to do things themselves. Over time they gradually improved things to the point where they could at least have lunch without an alarm going off. Living on a barge is a life of compromise, less space yet more freedom, less cash but richer. There's no keeping up with the Jones' - if anyone starts being pompous they untie the ropes and go somewhere else. Travelling on rivers, lakes and canals can be exciting or frightening and the reader is offered a unique perspective on an alternative way of life. The book relates the pleasures and quirks of new countries and the joy of meeting a wacky assortment of people. What's clear is that there's not really a typical boater, they are all different, having drifted into this watery existence from any number of directions. There are common problems such as misbehaving lavatories and dribbly windows but also shared delights such as the wildlife, windmills and wine.