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Designed for those with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - experienced boaters and those planning their first boat trip, walkers, cyclists and visitors, this book contains colour maps showing locks, towpaths and boating facilities as well...

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Designed for those with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - experienced boaters and those planning their first boat trip, walkers, cyclists and visitors, this book contains colour maps showing locks, towpaths and boating facilities as well...

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Designed for those with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - experienced boaters and those planning their first boat trip, walkers, cyclists and visitors, this book contains colour maps clearly showing locks, towpaths and boating facilities...

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Designed for those with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - experienced boaters and those planning their first boat trip, walkers, cyclists and visitors, this book contains colour maps clearly showing locks, towpaths and boating facilities...

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Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, ?Titanic Lives? is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history.The RMS Titanic was built as one of the world''s largest and most ...

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The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure...

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From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea.A fine wreck has always represent...

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Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.'Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote Rob...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest -Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'Upon finding a map in his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to the Caribbean to fi...

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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels l...

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The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty - the most famous sea story of all time.More than two centuries have passed since Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lt. Bligh on a ...

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Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people's hearts as unpaid volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse conditions to rescue others from the sea.The stories that go with lifeboats and their crews are those of courage, ...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.'A timeless and celebrated children's classic, Grahame's The Wind ...

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First published in 1898, and now a major TV series, Moonfleet is a riveting adventure story full of drama, mystery, revenge, pursuit, smuggling, pirates, and romance, sharing its literary canon with Treasure Island and Kidnapped.The tiny village o...

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An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby.In 1939, a young Eric Newby - later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent - set sail aboard Moshulu, t...

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When he?s not negotiating his way around a sand bar, there?s nothing a sailor likes more than propping up the bar ? and telling tall tales and saucy jokes.The World?s Best Sailing Jokes is the ultimate collection of nautical naughtiness, quayside ...

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COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam NicolsonOver the course...

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THE HEART-STOPPING MEMOIR, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY AND SAM CLAFLIN, AND DIRECTED BY BALTASAR KORMAKUR (EVEREST)A compelling, at times devastating, ultimately inspiring account of how much can go wrong on the ocean and ...

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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globali...

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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade?s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globali...

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'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.'This changed everything...Surviving the Storms brings together incredible first-hand accounts of rescues carried out by the remarkable RNLI lifesavers.In this collection of heart-wre...

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Theres water in the engine, he said. The engine has stopped. This changed everything Surviving the Storms brings together incredible first-hand accounts of rescues carried out by the remarkable RNLI lifesavers. In this collection of heart-wrenchin...

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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world's most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stor...

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She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be.'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending a lifeboat out.' 'The RNLI?' I said, surprised. 'They do that?' Saved from the Waves is a heart-warming collection of first-hand accounts fro...

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The bestselling guides to Britains canals and rivers for more than 50 years. For all users of Britains inland waterways. This established, popular and practical guide covers the canals and waterways between London and Birmingham. Waterways covered...

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The best-selling guides to Britains canals and rivers for more than 50 years. The map companion to the Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides, covering the entire network of canal and river navigations in England, Scotland and Wales, including newly r...

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September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres.Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a commander in the French Navy, directed underwater research of part of ...

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September 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres. Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a commander in the French Navy, directed underwater research of part of...

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