Author: Nick Ardley
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624206
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A compilation of tales of the Thames Estuary.
The Jottings of a Thames Estuary Ditch-Crawler
Author: Nick Ardley
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624206
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A compilation of tales of the Thames Estuary.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624206
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A compilation of tales of the Thames Estuary.
The Jottings of a Thames Estuary Ditch-Crawler
Author: Nick Ardley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445601007
Category : Thames River Estuary (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A compilation of tales of the Thames Estuary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781445601007
Category : Thames River Estuary (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A compilation of tales of the Thames Estuary.
Sailing Through Life...
Author: Nick Ardley
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398481351
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When Nick Ardley asked for a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, the aftershocks of a prostate cancer diagnosis were momentous. Frightened, he said he was too young to die. Petrified, he understandably broke down. But all was not lost: his family and the boat shared with his wife were soon at work repairing his life. A life-long sailor, the salt marsh fringed waters of the greater Thames estuary had always enthralled, and it was to them he went for healing. It’s a place where in the free flow of a saline breeze his mind cleared, and he began treating it all as just another little illness. Like a cold, he said, knowing full well it wasn’t! Sailing up the River Thames, he announced to his wife his choice of the medical directions offered. Later, after mooring off Gravesend, both cried together. Ardley’s treatment overlapped the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the serious stuff was done and dusted. The pandemic brought new trials. The couple were frighteningly threatened by a fellow yachtsman who disliked an Ardley web blog ... the horror of that summer has remained fresh. Throughout the telling of Ardley’s tales, his story, sailing with family and friends, country walking and living life, he has maintained a normality. Perhaps a familiar story, but it comes with a warning: Men, get yourselves tested before it’s too late! So, onwards he goes, sailing through life...
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398481351
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When Nick Ardley asked for a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, the aftershocks of a prostate cancer diagnosis were momentous. Frightened, he said he was too young to die. Petrified, he understandably broke down. But all was not lost: his family and the boat shared with his wife were soon at work repairing his life. A life-long sailor, the salt marsh fringed waters of the greater Thames estuary had always enthralled, and it was to them he went for healing. It’s a place where in the free flow of a saline breeze his mind cleared, and he began treating it all as just another little illness. Like a cold, he said, knowing full well it wasn’t! Sailing up the River Thames, he announced to his wife his choice of the medical directions offered. Later, after mooring off Gravesend, both cried together. Ardley’s treatment overlapped the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, the serious stuff was done and dusted. The pandemic brought new trials. The couple were frighteningly threatened by a fellow yachtsman who disliked an Ardley web blog ... the horror of that summer has remained fresh. Throughout the telling of Ardley’s tales, his story, sailing with family and friends, country walking and living life, he has maintained a normality. Perhaps a familiar story, but it comes with a warning: Men, get yourselves tested before it’s too late! So, onwards he goes, sailing through life...
An Ocean Tramp
Author: William McFee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Champagne and Meatballs
Author: Bert Whyte
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1926836081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Active for over 40 years with the Communist Party of Canada, Bert Whyte was a journalist, an underground party organizer and soldier during World War II, and a press correspondent in Beijing and Moscow. But any notion of him as a Communist Party hack would be mistaken. Whyte never let leftist ideology get in the way of a great yarn. In Champagne and Meatballs--a memoir written not long before his death in Moscow in 1984--we meet a cigar-smoking rogue who was at least as happy at a pool hall as at a political meeting. His stories of bumming across Canada in the 1930s, of combat and comaraderie at the front lines in World War II, and of surviving as a dissident in troubled times make for compelling reading. The manuscript of Champagne and Meatballs was brought to light and edited by historian Larry Hannant, who has written a fascinating and thought-provoking introduction to the text. Brash, irreverent, informative, and entertaining, Whyte's tale is history and biography accompanied by a wink of his eye--the left one, of course.
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
ISBN: 1926836081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Active for over 40 years with the Communist Party of Canada, Bert Whyte was a journalist, an underground party organizer and soldier during World War II, and a press correspondent in Beijing and Moscow. But any notion of him as a Communist Party hack would be mistaken. Whyte never let leftist ideology get in the way of a great yarn. In Champagne and Meatballs--a memoir written not long before his death in Moscow in 1984--we meet a cigar-smoking rogue who was at least as happy at a pool hall as at a political meeting. His stories of bumming across Canada in the 1930s, of combat and comaraderie at the front lines in World War II, and of surviving as a dissident in troubled times make for compelling reading. The manuscript of Champagne and Meatballs was brought to light and edited by historian Larry Hannant, who has written a fascinating and thought-provoking introduction to the text. Brash, irreverent, informative, and entertaining, Whyte's tale is history and biography accompanied by a wink of his eye--the left one, of course.
In Pursuit of Spring
Author: Edward Thomas
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291417885
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter's grave and the tell-tale signs of season's turn - he set out to cycle westwards from London to the Quantocks. Edward Thomas 1878-1917 turned from writing prose to poetry in 1914. His work as a poet has been widely celebrated and admired - Ted Hughes described Thomas as "the father of us all". The Pursuit of Spring, originally published in 1914, bridges the divide between Thomas the journalist/critic and Thomas the highly regarded poet.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291417885
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter's grave and the tell-tale signs of season's turn - he set out to cycle westwards from London to the Quantocks. Edward Thomas 1878-1917 turned from writing prose to poetry in 1914. His work as a poet has been widely celebrated and admired - Ted Hughes described Thomas as "the father of us all". The Pursuit of Spring, originally published in 1914, bridges the divide between Thomas the journalist/critic and Thomas the highly regarded poet.
Highways and Byways in Surrey
Author: Eric Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surrey (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surrey (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
The Canadian North-west
Author: Graeme Mercer Adam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manitoba
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Includes appendix, The trial of Louis Riel: p.391-408.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manitoba
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Includes appendix, The trial of Louis Riel: p.391-408.
Lewis and Clark
Author: John Bakeless
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486292335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Authoritative biography of two great explorers. Danger, hardships, Indian customs and lore, much more. 29 illus. 7 maps.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486292335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Authoritative biography of two great explorers. Danger, hardships, Indian customs and lore, much more. 29 illus. 7 maps.
The Compassionate Contrarians
Author: Catherine Amey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473274405
Category : Animal rights activists
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
"Although New Zealand's economy has long depended on the bodies and infant milk of animals, this country also has a hidden history of vegetarianism. While some early vegetarians were concerned with health, spirituality, and purity, others took a broader view, speaking out on issues that included peace, feminism, animal rights, socialism, prison reform, and the environment. Yet others set up cafes, organised picnics, and wrote cookbooks. The Compassionate Contrarians uncovers the quirks of the vegetarian experience in a land of meat and dairy. More importantly, it acknowledges the hard work and courage of a group of idealists who dedicated their lives to creating a more just world for all sentient beings."--Publisher information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473274405
Category : Animal rights activists
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
"Although New Zealand's economy has long depended on the bodies and infant milk of animals, this country also has a hidden history of vegetarianism. While some early vegetarians were concerned with health, spirituality, and purity, others took a broader view, speaking out on issues that included peace, feminism, animal rights, socialism, prison reform, and the environment. Yet others set up cafes, organised picnics, and wrote cookbooks. The Compassionate Contrarians uncovers the quirks of the vegetarian experience in a land of meat and dairy. More importantly, it acknowledges the hard work and courage of a group of idealists who dedicated their lives to creating a more just world for all sentient beings."--Publisher information.