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1) Sea fever: the true adventures that inspired our greatest maritime authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway

Author

Jefferson, Sam

Publisher

Adlard Coles Nautical

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

Description

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This volume explores the dangerous, exciting, and often eccentric escapades of literature's sailing stars, and how these true stories inspired and informed their best-loved works. We find out how: a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspired one of the key scenes in Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'; Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the South Seas in his schooner Casco encountered areas where cannibalism was still rife, and...

2) Poems that make grown women cry

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Description

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The editors of this book asked 100 remarkable women to choose poems that have moved them to tears. The poems range from Shakespeare to Sylvia Plath, W.H. Aude to Carol Ann Duffy, from love and loss, through mortality and mystery, war and peace, to the beauty and variety of nature. From Yoko Ono to Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave to Michelle Williams, Carol Ann Duffy to Joyce Carol Oates, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Chelsea Manning, this collection delivers...

3) Latest readings

Author

James, Clive

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

2015

Language

English

Description

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In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that 'if you don't know the exact moment when the lights will go out, you might as well read until they do,' James moved his library to his house in Cambridge, where he would 'live, read, and perhaps even write.' James is the award-winning author of dozens of works of literary criticism, poetry, and history, and this volume contains his reflections on what may well be his last reading...

4) Antlers of water: writing on the nature and environment of Scotland

Publisher

Canongate

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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A collection of contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, 'Antlers of Water' showcases the diversity and radicalism of new Scottish nature writing. Edited, curated, and introduced by the award-winning Kathleen Jamie, and featuring prose, poetry, and photography, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens.

5) A wilder vein

Publisher

Two Ravens Press

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Description

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An anthology of new literary non-fiction that focuses on the relationship between people and the wild places of the British Isles - writing which animates a connection between humanity and the natural world where it is not obviously dominated by the human presence.

6) Collected poems

Author

Morgan, Edwin

Publisher

Carcanet

Pub. Date

1996

Language

English

Description

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This volume includes 'Poems of Thirty Years' (1982) and 'Themes on a Variation' (1988), together with some fifty uncollected poems from 1939 to 1982.

7) Library cat: the observations of a thinking cat

Author

Howard, Alex

Publisher

Black & White Publishing

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Description

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'Library Cat' is a funny, witty and irreverent look at the world, seen through the unusually observant eyes of Edinburgh University Library's resident cat.

8) House of snow: an anthology of the greatest writing about Nepal

Publisher

Head of Zeus

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

9) National Geographic History

Series

National Geographic History

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Edition

May/June 2025

Language

English

Description

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See how National Geographic History magazine inflames and quenches the curiosity of history buffs and informs and entertains anyone who appreciates that the truth indeed is stranger than fiction with a digital subscription today. And that history is not just about our forebears. It’s about us. It’s about you.

10) The New York Review of Books

Series

The New York Review of Books

Publisher

NYREV, Inc

Edition

May 29 2025

Language

English

Description

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For over 50 years, The New York Review of Books has been the place where the world's leading authors, scientists, educators, artists, and political leaders turn when they wish to engage in a spirited debate on literature, politics, art, and ideas with a small but influential audience that welcomes the challenge. Each issue addresses some of the most passionate political and cultural controversies of the day, and reviews the most engrossing

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11) BBC History Magazine

Series

BBC History Magazine

Publisher

Immediate Media Company London Limited

Edition

May 01 2025

Language

English

Description

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BBC History Magazine aims to shed new light on the past to help you make more sense of the world today. Fascinating stories from contributors are the leading experts in their fields, so whether they're exploring Ancient Egypt, Tudor England or the Second World War, you'll be reading the latest, most thought-provoking historical research. BBC History Magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written

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12) The changing face of Kenya

Author

Bowden, Rob

Publisher

Wayland

Pub. Date

2007

Edition

[New] ed.

Language

English

Description

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'The Changing Face Of' series offers a first-hand insight into how countries are changing to meet the challenge of the 21st century. Each book is filled with information and statistics about key geographical themes.