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      • Travel & Transport

        A Brief History of Transport (Series)

        Trains

        by David West and Oliver West

        Have you ever wondered about the Golden Age of aviation? Or how we built railroads across continents? Have you wondered how we moved from steam trains to high-speed electric trains? Or how feats in engineering allowed us to create a supersonic plane that travelled faster than the speed of sound?   If so, allow your readers to delve into our brilliant 4-title series - Cars, Planes, Trains and Ships - to learn about the dynamic history of how technology and innovation have changed the way that we travel.

      • Narrowboats & canals

        From Sea to Sea

        A History of the Scottish Lowland and Highland Canals

        by L. J. Paterson

      • Art treatments & subjects
        March 2012

        The Maritime Paintings of Simon Fisher

        by Simon Fisher

        Coffee table book featuring the ship paintings of Simon Fisher. Contains a short biography and sections dealing with many of the famous Ocean Liners and Warships painted by the artist. Full-page illustrations throughout in full colour and many black-and-white sketches in accompaniment. A large section on Titanic begins the book  There is a guide at the end of the book showing how the paintings are created. Each description of the ships depicted is made more interesting by many stories and anecdotes from people associated withthem.

      • Ships & shipping: general interest

        TITANIC - LITTLE BOOK OF

        by Sue Todd

      • Autobiography: general

        Narrow Minds

        by Marie Browne

        In her debut memoir Narrow Margins Marie Browne saved her family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband three children and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in search of a less stressful, alternative way of life. Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back into normality, they’re pretty much back where they started, horrible house, no boat and the kids are beginning to threaten mutiny. Facing perky postmen, ice skating cows, psychotic villagers and outraged rodents, they’re running out of time, their financial situation is getting desperate and there’s every chance life has conspired against them to make sure they never get back afloat. Until they find the answer to their dreams lies with Minerva, a narrow boat even more run-down than the first. This hilarious follow-up shows the lengths to which a desperate woman will go just to restore her preferred lifestyle.

      • Biography: general

        Narrow Margins

        by Marie Browne

        Narrow Margins – a laugh-out-loud book which proves that lean times can sometimes be a very positive thing. Faced with the loss of everything following the collapse of the Rover Group, Marie Browne moved her long-suffering husband Geoff, chaotic children and smelly, narcoleptic dog on to a houseboat in search of a less stressful, healthier, alternative way of life. Strapped for cash, the family buy a decrepit 70ft barge called Happy Go lucky which had been run as a floating hotel. Outdated and in need of a complete refurbishment, Happy becomes their floating home. First they need to learn the ropes and many pitfalls beset their adventures. As they come to terms with living on a narrow boat, readers gain a fascinating insight into life in the slow lane. About the author: Marie Browne is a gently harrassed mother of three who, for the past fifteen years, has been desperately trying to escape the Customer Service Industry. Apart from her husband and kids, the best things in her life are real ale; barbecues; ugly mad dogs that nobody else wants and cream-covered designer coffees. She also has an obsession with shoes but her husband is threatening to get her help for that.

      • Memoirs

        Narrow Minds

        by Marie Browne

        In her debut memoir Narrow Margins Marie Browne saved her family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband three children and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in search of a less stressful, alternative way of life. Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back into normality, they’re pretty much back where they started, horrible house, no boat and the kids are beginning to threaten mutiny. Facing perky postmen, ice skating cows, psychotic villagers and outraged rodents, they’re running out of time, their financial situation is getting desperate and there’s every chance life has conspired against them to make sure they never get back afloat. Until they find the answer to their dreams lies with Minerva, a narrow boat even more run-down than the first. This hilarious follow-up shows the lengths to which a desperate woman will go just to restore her preferred lifestyle.

      • Narrowboats & canals

        Little Book of Canal Boats

        by Steve Lanham

        You will be reminded of the life cycle of the salmon and when and how best to fish for them, and you will be encouraged to rethink what it is to be a salmon fisher in these more enlightened times, when stocks are less plentiful and good codes of practice are essential to ensure the long-term future of this fascinating fish.

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