Aimed at the sail training sector, this practical handbook explains how the introduction of new materials has influenced design & operation. Advice is given on voyage planning, operations & safety. The different training & equipment needs for vessels with modern technology, rather than those constructed to traditional design, is covered. It is aimed at those who serve, or wish to serve, as Master, mate or boatswain on a square rigger or large fore-andaft schooner. ...

” Wise old man, won`t you help me, please? My house is a squash & squeeze.” A little old lady lives all by herself but she`s not happy
- her house is just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she`ll be amazed at how big her house feels! The brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze was the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover & beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson & Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format & with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo`s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail & the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle & Charlie Cook`s Favourite Book.
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` Wise old man, won`t you help me, please? My house is a squash & squeeze.`A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she`s not happy
- it`s just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she`ll be amazed at how big her house feels! The brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze was the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. A Squash & a Squeeze 25th Anniversary edition features the classic story with a stunning foil cover & extra content.
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Join the little old lady & her animal friends in this must-have sticker book based on the bestselling picture book A Squash & a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler. Packed with games, activities & over four hundred stickers, A Squash & a Squeeze Sticker Book is perfect for journeys, rainy days & school holidays
- a great gift for any child.
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”A thrilling account”. (The Times). ” As heroic as Digby himself, Moshenska has defied the tyranny of genre & made his own absorbing account”. (Observer). ”A master storyteller. Full of exquisite details, but with the grandest themes...this is a gripping adventure story”. (Zia Haider Rahman). ”A brilliant account of one of the seventeenth century`s most dashing lives` Ruth Scurr ` Gripping & extraordinary”. (Ann Wroe). On the 16th of August 1628, five battle-scarred English ships sailed into the harbour of the Greek island of Milos. Dropping anchor, the 25-year-old captain banqueted with the local lord before sitting down to write an account of his journey
- an account that would transform him entirely. Sir Kenelm Digby was one of the most remarkable Englishmen who ever lived: a trusted advisor to the King, but the sworn enemy of the all-powerful Duke of Buckingham; a pioneering philosopher & scientist, but committed to the occult arts of alchemy & astrology; a friend not only of Ben Jonson, Thomas Hobbes & van Dyck, but even Oliver Cromwell. He was also widely known as the `son of a traytor & husband of a whore`: a man who witnessed his father`s gruesome execution for high treason as a Gunpowder Plotter, & the lover of the most celebrated beauty of the age, Venetia Stanley. In an attempt to clear his name, & on a quest for personal glory, Digby assembled a fleet & set sail for the Mediterranean: a world of pirate cities & ancient ruins where people, ideas & exotic goods moved freely between languages & nations. His journey
- encompassing fevers, mutiny, piracy, daring rescues & heroic sea battles
- is a great & terribly overlooked adventure, & a prism through which to view Engl&, & all of Europe, during one of the most pivotal periods in its history. A Stain in the Blood is the story of an extraordinary life, & of a journey that helped to shape a nation. It is a revelatory first work of non-fiction by one of the brightest young writers & thinkers of today.


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` Dr Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.` Ruth Weiss, an academic, is beautiful, intelligent & lonely. Studying the heroines of Balzac in order to discover where her own childhood & adult life has gone awry, she seeks not salvation but enlightenment. Yet in revisiting her London upbringing, her friendships & doomed Parisian love affairs, she wonders if perhaps there might not be a chance for a new start in life.. . ...

What happens when we attempt to exchange the life we are given for something better? Five people, in very different circumstances, from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant & his dancing bear, & a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city, find out the meanings of dislocation, & the desire for more. Set in contemporary India & moving between the reality of this world & the shadow of another, this novel delivers a devastating & haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life. ...

What happens when we attempt to exchange the life we are given for something better? Can we transform the possibilities we are born into? A State of Freedom prises open the central, defining events of our century
- displacement & migration
- but not as you imagine them. Five characters, in very different circumstances, from a domestic cook in Mumbai, to a vagrant & his dancing bear, & a girl who escapes terror in her home village for a new life in the city, find out the meanings of dislocation, & the desire for more. Set in contemporary India & moving between the reality of this world & the shadow of another, this novel of multiple narratives
- formally daring, fierce but full of pity
- delivers a devastating & haunting exploration of the unquenchable human urge to strive for a different life.



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` Wood takes the passing, shabby details of mundane landscapes & makes them jitter & throb with yearning & menace. A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better is his best work yet
- a novel written from the gut, & with a correspondingly visceral power. A superbly unsettling account of trauma & cautious recovery` SARAH WATERSThe acclaimed author of The Ecliptic, Benjamin Wood writes a novel of exceptional force & beauty about the bond between fathers & sons, about the invention & reconciliation of self
- weaving a haunting story of violence & love. For twenty years, Daniel Hardesty has borne the emotional scars of a childhood trauma which he is powerless to undo, which leaves him no peace. One August morning in 1995, the young Daniel & his estranged father Francis
- a character of `two weathers`, of irresistible charm & roiling self-pity
- set out on a road trip to the North that seems to represent a chance to salvage their relationship. But with every passing mile, the layers of Fran`s mendacity & desperation are exposed, pushing him to acts of violence that will define the rest of his son`s life. ` Tenderly dissecting the limits of love between parent & child while wriggling with a rich, thrilling tension, this palpably atmospheric story found its way beneath my skin & now lives there. Tell anyone who`ll listen, Benjamin Wood is one of the best novelists in Britain` DAVID WHITEHOUSE `A shocking account of extreme violence & its complicated after-effects. It is a vivid & unsettling novel filled with surprises & insights` IAN Mc GUIRE `A heart-breaking & heart-stopping new novel; a dark Northern noir that moves at breakneck speed but never fails to be tender & vulnerable as well as visceral & terrifying` ANDREW Mc MILLAN `A novelist to watch` The Times Praise for The Ecliptic, shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award: `A resounding achievement... Rich, beautiful & written by an author of great depth & resource` Edward Docx, Guardian ` Full of suspense & beautifully written, superbly imagined & constructed... A terrifically gripping & playful book` Sunday Times ` Exhilarating, earthy, cerebral, frank & unflinching... A masterfully paced & suspenseful read` Independent `A rich, intricate & layered work` Observer ` Haunts the imagination long after the final page` Independent on Sunday `A gorgeous & harrowing work` Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven



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Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotl&, to the south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge railways in Wales & enjoyed the splendour of main line journeys behind some of the grandest locomotives ever built. He has shovelled coal into the boiler of an old Clyde Puffer, while steaming down Scotland`s west coast, & luxuriated in the elegance of a Windermere steam launch. He has marvelled at the magnificence of the great Victorian pumping engines & their elaborately decorated engine houses
- & spends time every year helping to oil & polish an old mill engine to get it ready to receive visitors. He has revelled in the fun of the steam fair & shared a ride in a replica of Richard Trevithick`s extraordinary steam carriage with a direct descendant of the great engineer. All these experiences & more are brought together in this lively narrative, in which the author shares his own sense of excitement & places each visit within its historical context. Above all, this book is a tribute to all those anonymous volunteers whose hard work & dedication have kept this great tradition alive.
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