Brigid Keenan was never destined to lead a normal life. From her early beginnings
- a colourful childhood in India brought to an
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Praise for the man & book from Leo Houlding...” Johnny Dawes is the enigmatic front man of an eclectic band of British climbers who in the mid 1980`s redefined the standards of difficulty & danger in traditional climbing. Introducing the world to the impossible grades of E8 & E9, & laying the foundations of the modern scene, Johnny`s unique style & character have become legend. This long awaited book gives his take on a highly influential period of climbing history & a look inside the mind of a tormented genius. Written with devoted passion & brutal honesty, ” Full of Myself” lays bare Johnny`s bipolar mix of privilege & pain, wizardry & dysfunction. Master of friction & maestro of momentum on rock & road, orchestrator of contemporary climbing techniques such as the dead-point & dyno, the living embodiment of poetry in motion turns his hand to the pen with great effect.” Ed Douglas adds...” Johnny Dawes is a legend in British climbing. In 1986, he was responsible for the most inspired new route in a generation, when he climbed Indian Face on Clogwyn d`ur Arddu in Snowdonia. Difficult & tenuous, a fall from its hardest move would most likely be fatal. But Dawes is much more than a risk-taker. His rich imagination has left a legacy of outstanding new routes all over the country, not least on the gritstone edges of Derbyshire where his bold & fluid style reached its fullest expression. He`s an artist really, a choreographer with a warrior spirit.” & from Simon Beaufoy (Academy Award winning screenwriter of ” The Full Monty” & ” Slumdog Millionaire”)...” Each generation produces a handful of visionaries, people who can see beyond the possible. Whether he likes it or not, Johnny is climbing`s visionary. There are accounts of terrifying first-ascents on crumbling sea cliffs & even more terrifying accounts of van-driving around Wales. At the heart of the book is a man traversing on crystals towards some kind of understanding of who he is, a man less earth-bound than us climbing mortals, but who cannot, quite, fly. Much like his climbing, his imagination leaps
- this is a beautiful book about an extraordinary person. William Blake with sticky boots.”
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This complete set of signal flags is sewn on a dress line to allow the set to be run from stem-head to masthead to taffrail. The flags come in the following order: E-Q-3-G-8-Z-4-W-6-P-1-I-ANSWER-T-Y-B-X-1st SUB-H-3rd SUB-D-F-2nd SUB-U-A-O-M-R-2-J-0-N-9-K-7-V-5-L-C-S. A storage bag is provided. Flags are manufactured from MOD standard woven & knitted polyester & are either sewn or dye printed depending on the complexity of the design. Every flag is hemmed on all sides & provided roped & toggled with a strong polyester heading tape. This set is made to order. Please contact us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk for urgent orders or"es for different sizes. ...

This complete set of signal flags is sewn on a dress line to allow the set to be run from stem-head to masthead to taffrail. The flags come in the following order: E-Q-3-G-8-Z-4-W-6-P-1-I-ANSWER-T-Y-B-X-1st SUB-H-3rd SUB-D-F-2nd SUB-U-A-O-M-R-2-J-0-N-9-K-7-V-5-L-C-S. A storage bag is provided. Flags are manufactured from MOD standard woven & knitted polyester & are either sewn or dye printed depending on the complexity of the design. Every flag is hemmed on all sides & provided roped & toggled with a strong polyester heading tape. This set is made to order. Please contact us at maritime@stanfords.co.uk for urgent orders or"es for different sizes. ...

This complete set of signal flags contains the following: A-Z, 0-9, Answer Pennant & Sub Pennants 1
- 3. A code wallet is provided.
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Did you know a tornado travels faster than a racecar? Full Speed Ahead! directly compares the speeds of animals, modes of transport & forces of nature in a clear & visually-striking album format. Objects are grouped from slowest to fastest, with objects of the same speed on the same spread, creating fascinating ”match” races. The bright, vintage-style illustrations by French design firm Cruschiform have strong crossover & museum appeal. A glossary in the back matter gives additional information on each object. ...

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life
- from trade & transportation
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As if being a ten year-old girl in 1940s Lismore, County Waterford with dreams of cycling to India wasn’t bold enough, actually executing the trip 21 years later as a lone woman on her bicycle in 1963 was beyond bold. This book gives a great insight into the political state of affairs in the 1960s & shows what an adventurous life can result from giving a ten-year-old child a bicycle & an atlas. ...

” Sit back, relax & enjoy the flight”, pilots intone but the reality of commercial air travel
- a business obsessed with efficiency
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The Fullerton is a superb 30cm (12) blue ocean politically mapped illuminated globe, mounted in a gold painted metal meridian ...