Following his book about football in the north-east, ” The Far Corner”, Harry Pearson vowed that his next project would not involve hanging around outdoors on days so cold that itinerant dogs had to be detached from lamp-posts by firemen. It would be about the summer: specifically, about a summer of shows & fairs in the north of Engl&. Encompassing such diverse talents as fell-running, tupperware-boxing & rabbit fancying (literally), & containing many more jokes about goats than is legal in the Isle of Man, ” Racing Pigs & Giant Marrows” must be the only book in existence to explain the design faults of earwigs & expose English farmers` fondness for transvestism. ...

An invaluable on-the-water reference to the essentials of the latest racing rules Its splash-proof is tough enough to withstand a cockpit soaking & its spiral binding means it will stay open on a selected page on a chart table. A colour coded index means that you can instantly find what you are looking for. Clear illustrations ease understanding of the new rules that apply from 2013. Every aspect of the race is covered, from starts to sailing the course, propulsion, room at marks, three boat situations, penalty turns, signals, protests & appeals. A proper understanding of the racing rules is crucial to success on the water & there is no better pocket guide to the latest rules. Bryan Willis has been chairman of the jury & chief umpire for some of the most prestigious sailing events in the world, including the America's Cup & Olympics. He has served on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. ...

An invaluable on-the-water reference to the essentials of the latest racing rules Its splash-proof is tough enough to withstand a cockpit soaking & its spiral binding means it will stay open on a selected page on a chart table. A colour coded index means that you can instantly find what you are looking for. Clear illustrations ease understanding of the new rules that apply from 2013. Every aspect of the race is covered, from starts to sailing the course, propulsion, room at marks, three boat situations, penalty turns, signals, protests & appeals. A proper understanding of the racing rules is crucial to success on the water & there is no better pocket guide to the latest rules. Bryan Willis has been chairman of the jury & chief umpire for some of the most prestigious sailing events in the world, including the America`s Cup & Olympics. He has served on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. ...

By his eighteenth birthday David Millar was living & racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour winner. A year later he`d realised the dream & signed a professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically
- he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after too much drink, & before long the pressure to succeed had tipped over into doping. Here, in a full & frank autobiography, David Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because `cycling`s drug culture was like white noise`, & because of peer pressure. `I doped for money & glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.` Five years on from his arrest, Millar is clean & reflective, & holds nothing back in this account of his dark years.
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Racing with Death
- Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer is Beau Riffenburgh’s biography of the little known Australian polar explorer
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The discovery of a dead body shatters the tranquillity of a Cotswold village in Ann Granger`s second Campbell & Carter mystery. When old Monty Bickerstaffe finds a dead body in his drawing room it comes as a nasty surprise
- the first of many. Monty lives alone in a crumbling Cotswold manor house & the last thing he wants is the police sniffing around his property. Not that he has anything to hide... The identity of the corpse & how & why it was left in Monty`s home remain a mystery. The locals swear they`ve seen nothing unusual & Monty`s relatives claim they`ve never set eyes on the stiff before. But Inspector Jess Campbell is convinced that someone`s lying &, with the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she must dig deep into Monty`s family history to reveal the shocking truth...
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THIS IS A NEW, UNPUBLISHED, ARTHUR RANSOME STORY. It describes a sailing cruise in Latvia with his new wife Evgenia (formerly Trotsky's secretary) up the Aa River, from Riga to Mitau & back. A classic Ransome story, it is illustrated with his own photos. Swallows & Amazons is responsible for more people taking up sailing that any other book. Arthur Ransome's style is unique & appeals to children & adults alike. The book was collated by Brian Hammett from Ransomea s (often h&--written) manuscript, & a foreword puts the book in perspective. ...

Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic children`s sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, & many other books in the same series. But besides his exciting tales of children on the water there is much more to the man. Before he wrote Swallows & Amazons, Ransome was a journalist for the Daily News, based in Russia. He is reputed to have played chess against Lenin & he married Trotsky`s secretary. He cruised extensively in the Baltic in the 1920s on board his beloved Racundra. His account of his first cruise on that boat was his first commercially successful book, Racundra`s First Cruise (also available from Fernhurst Books). The second cruise was spoilt by bad weather, but the third cruise was different
- it was his honeymoon having married Evgenia Shelepina. Ransome clearly intended to publish the account of this cruise, but never finished it. Ransome enthusiast, Brian Hammett, got hold of the unpublished manuscript & found Ransome`s h&-written notes, diaries, logbooks & photographs in the Ransome archive at Leeds University. Brian compiled this book, adding his own notes from his cruises in the same area. The result is a glorious volume which has delighted Ransome enthusiasts, sailors & landlubbers equally. This new paperback edition & e Book will be published on 8th May
- the very day that Ransome & Shelepina got married in 1924 before their honeymoon cruise which is recounted in this book.

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Radan & Sokolovica Mountains at 1:50, 000 on a detailed contoured map from the Belgrade based Geokarta showing waymarked hiking trails, hotels & mountain huts, places of interest, etc. Plus extensive notes in English. The map indicates boundaries of local hunting grounds of Sokolovica, Kocanica & Šumata as well as the protected nature areas. Contours are at 20m intervals with colouring for forests. An overprint highlights hiking trails around Prolom Banja. Symbols indicate locations of hotels, mountain huts, restaurants, various places of interest, etc. All place names are in the Latin alphabet only. The map has no geographical coordinates. On the reverse is extensive text about the region, its fauna & flora, monuments, etc. Map legend & all the text include English. ...

These splashproof cards take the mystery out of using radar on a small boat for navigation & collision avoidance.

A radar screen

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