Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot

Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Firefly Press
ISBN: 1910080292
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137

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Aubrey is a rumbunctious boy who tries to run before he can walk and has crashed two cars before he's old enough to drive one. But when Aubrey's father, Jim, falls under an horrendous spell, Aubrey is determined to break it. Everyone says his task is impossible but with the help of the animals of Rushing Wood and a touch of magic, Aubrey will never give up and never surrender - even if he must fight the unkillable spirit of despair itself - the Terrible Yoot!

Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot

Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Firefly Press
ISBN: 1910080292
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137

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Book Description
Aubrey is a rumbunctious boy who tries to run before he can walk and has crashed two cars before he's old enough to drive one. But when Aubrey's father, Jim, falls under an horrendous spell, Aubrey is determined to break it. Everyone says his task is impossible but with the help of the animals of Rushing Wood and a touch of magic, Aubrey will never give up and never surrender - even if he must fight the unkillable spirit of despair itself - the Terrible Yoot!

Running for the Hills

Running for the Hills PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743274288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293

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Book Description
Part memoir, part adventure story, and part study of the natural world, this is an evocative and vividly written memoir of a childhood on a remote sheep farm in Wales.

Heavy Light

Heavy Light PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9781529112641
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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'Deeply moving, darkly funny and hugely powerful' Robert Macfarlane 'A brave, lit-up account of going mad and getting better' Jeanette Winterson After a lifetime of ups and downs, Horatio Clare was committed to hospital under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act. From hypomania in the Alps, to a complete breakdown and a locked ward in Wakefield, this is a gripping account of how the mind loses touch with reality, how we fall apart and how we may heal. 'One of the most brilliant travel writers of our day takes us now to that most challenging country, severe mental illness; and does so with such wit, warmth and humanity' Reverend Richard Coles

The Paratrooper's Princess

The Paratrooper's Princess PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Accent Press
ISBN: 1783757426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Unsentimental love story told from a man’s point of view Jase is a soldier who falls for a girl at a gig in Newport. When he finds out that Charlotte is a writer from London this brave man is terrified. She loves words. Jase has spent his life hiding the fact that he cannot read. Desperate to see more of her, Jase signs up for a writing course she is teaching in Wales. Can Jase possibly keep his secret there? Lust becomes love despite their differences. But Jase is called away by the Army, back to the Middle East, and now Charlotte has a secret, too...

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0701183101
Category : Container ships
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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"For millennia, the seaways have carried our goods, cultures and ideas, the terrors of war and the bounties of peace and they have never been busier than they are today. But though our normality depends on shipping, it is a world which passes largely unconsidered, unseen and unrecorded. Out of sight, in every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ships which keep landed life afloat. These ordinary men (and they are mostly men) live extraordinary lives, subject to pressures we know families, relationships, dreams and fears and to dangers and difficulties we can only imagine, from hurricanes and pirates to years of confinement in hazardous, if not hellish, environments. Horatio Clare joins two container ships, travelling in the company of their crews and captains. Together they experience unforgettable journeys: the first, from East to West (Felixstowe to Los Angeles, via Suez) is rich with Mediterranean history, torn with typhoon nights and gilded with an unearthly Pacific peace; the second northerly passage, from Antwerp to Montreal, reeks of diesel, wuthers with gales and goes to froz

A Single Swallow

A Single Swallow PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409076245
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares, across two continents and fourteen countries - this epic journey is nothing to swallows, they do it twice a year. But for Horatio Clare, writer and birdwatcher, it is the expedition of a lifetime. Along the way he discovers old empires and modern tribes, a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow, explains how to travel without money or a passport, and describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers and a tiny orange dog. By trains, motorbikes, canoes, one camel and three ships, Clare follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa, where millions roost in February, to a barn in Wales, where a pair nest in May.

Something of His Art

Something of His Art PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Little Toller Books
ISBN: 9781908213648
Category : Germany, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
This is an imaginative evocation by Horatio Clare of the walk Bach made 300 years earlier in Northern Germany.

Orison for a Curlew

Orison for a Curlew PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908213334
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The captivating story of the search through Europe for the Slender-billed curlew which stands on the brink of extinction.

The Light in the Dark

The Light in the Dark PDF Author: Horatio Clare
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
ISBN: 9781783964628
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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As November stubs out the glow of autumn and the days tighten into shorter hours, winter's occupation begins. Preparing for winter has its own rhythms, as old as our exchanges with the land. Of all the seasons, it draws us together. But winter can be tough. It is a time of introspection, of looking inwards. Seasonal sadness; winter blues; depression--such feelings are widespread in the darker months. But by looking outwards, by being in and observing nature, we can appreciate its rhythms. We can learn to see and celebrate winter in all its shadows and lights. In this moving and lyrical evocation of a British winter and the feelings it inspires, Horatio Clare raises a torch against the darkness, illuminating the blackest corners of the season, and delving into memory and myth to explore the powerful hold that winter has on us. By learning to see, we can find the magic, the light that burns bright at the heart of winter: spring will come again.

Little Horror

Little Horror PDF Author: Daniel Peak
Publisher: Firefly Press
ISBN: 1913102521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Rita may be a baby, but she has the mind (and attitude) of a teenager. She knows she is not a normal toddler but when her parents disappear and a sinister clown and an ice-cream van seem to be hunting her down, even a soft-play centre might not be safe...