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 | Overboard! -John Cook As one of the leading hire boat companies claims "Your family or crew will never forget the fun of learning to handle a narrowboat and the shared experience of working the locks"'Overboard and other Canalling Mishaps' hilariously explains how true this statement can be, and even has some helpful advice such as:- "One of the first lessons lock-workers need to learn is which is the right side of a balance beam to stand. Loitering in the wrong place can lead to pain, a sudden ducking and instant notoriety." This book is as must read if only to find out how stupid you might have been. softback approx A5 117 pages
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A Girl at the Tiller - Geoffrey Lewis This is the second book in what is to be the Michael Baker Trilogy.Follows Mr Lewis' characters through the early post - war years until September 1948. seeing them through the long winter of 1947 and the advent of Nationalisation.
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 | A Boy off the Bank - Geoffrey Lewis Ten year old Michael Thompson has had enough. Mentally and physically abused by his drunken father, treated like a skivvy by his mother, he's taken all that his miserable life can throw at him; but then the final blow comes when his dog is taken away as well: On a bitter cold night in January 1940, he sets out to commit suicide - but all does not go according to plan......A "Boy off the Bank" tells a story of England's canals in wartime, of the pressure and the pain, the humour and resilience of the boating people.
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Winter's Tale - Geoffrey Lewis A young man is dead, shot down outside a nightclub. All the evidence points to his girlfriend- his murder the result of a lovers' quarrel.But D. I. David Russell is uncomfortable with this conclusion. As he delves into the man's background, and the circumstances surrounding his death, he is led into a shady world of drugs and prostitution, until the ripples of a seemingly-simple crime overlap with those of a covert international operation. But the answer, when it comes, is surpisingly close to home. Softback 298 pages
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 | Reluctant Cook - Jane Gibb The non-cook's cookbookIs cooking sometimes a chore? Are you lost for ideas. pushed for time or just disinclined when it comes to preparing meals? Whether you are a boater, caravanner or student "Reluctant Cook" will bring the inspiration you need: A helping hand across the hob. Paperback 176 pages cartoons though out
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Three Men in a Boat. Jerome K Jerome With the cooperation of several hampers of food and an open boat, the three men (not forgetting the dog) set out on a hilarious voyage of mishaps up the Thames.Paperback
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 | Life Skills. Katie Fforde "Life Skills" is an old fashioned romance of the best sort, funny, comforting.A combination of overwork and jet lag propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. When she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself. She decides to dirtch her fiance and jacking in her job revolutionises her life. Her new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is certainly a departure from the old Julia, and teaches her more about life than how to get a pair of narrowboats through a lock.
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The Worst Journey in the Midlands. Sam Llewellyn One man, his boat and the weather'The Worst Journey in the Midlands' is a hilarious tribute to human endurance, not to mention British eccentricity
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 | Narrow Dog to Carcassonne. Terry Darlington An improbable journey by narrowbaot to France nobody knows.Terry and Monica Dalington, both pensioners, decided to sail their canal narrowboat 'Phyllis May' across the English Channel through Belguim and France to the Mediterranean with their whippet Jim. Hard Back
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Greasy Ocker. Derek Pratt "Greasey Ocker" is the story of two young baotmen fated to continue the fued that has separated their families for generations. One boatman struggles on trying to make an honest living at a time when canal trade was in decline. The other leaves the boats to take to a life of crime with a vicious London gangster.Eventaully, fate conspires to involve both men in a sectacular robbery that brings the family vendetta to a violent conclusion. Set on the canals of London and the Black Country and also in the sleazy underworld of London and Birmingham.
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 | Sally Ann's Summer - Leo McNeir The new bestseller from the author of "Getaway with murder" and "No Secrets"Marnie Walker had no desire to get involved with an ageing narrowboat. Soon she discovered that there was much more to taking care of a canal boat than she ever imagined. Taking off for the summer, Marnie embarked on her travels blissfully ignorant of the malevolent forces following in her wake. The journey, with its strange encounters, its triumphs and disasters, its humour and its pathos would change her life forever. And this is where her new life begins. Softback 288 pages.
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Getaway with Murder - Leo McNeir The first in a series of classic murder stories involving Marnie Walker and her friend AnneThe old fueds of the Civil War period seem to be fermenting again in a village becoming torn apart by factions. it is only a matter of time before something sinister emerges to shatter the calm of the counrtyside, and Marnie herself is dragged into the ancient conflict with terrifying results.
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 | Death in Little Venice. Leo McNeir Murder mystery set in the heart of London's Little Venice and the canalside Northamptonshire home of Marnie Walker.Paperback.
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Kiss and Tell - Leo McNeir The third story involving Marnie Walker the design consultant."Kiss and Tell" is a classic crime fiction with a difference.
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 | Devil in the Detail -Leo McNeir The fourth in the series of mystery stories involving Marnie Walker and her freind, Anne (with an "e").Gripping to the end
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No Secrets - Leo Mcneir The new bestseller from the author of "Devil in the detail" and "Kiss and Tell"For Marnie Walker it began as nothing more than a business deal. But the biggest surprise is the last one of all.....
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 | Fen Tigers. Shirley Ginger A "waterways mystery" written by Shirley Ginger involving an attractive hire firm owner who becomes entangled in a web of deceit and crime, including a corpse in the marina! Another book from this entertaining writer.Softback 8" x 6"
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Fruit Flies like a Banana. Steve Haywood England by canal and classic car.When Steve Haywood hits 50, he is galvanised into action. Exploring the English canals on this trusty narrowboat, and the countryside in his classic Triumph Herald, he attempts to delve into what it is that makes the English so, well, English. Happily mixing with the eccentric array of characters he meets along the way, Steve experiences more than his fair share of mayhem, mishaps and of course torrential rain. Interspersed with the fascinating story of Tom Rolt, whose own book Narrow Boat inspired the founding of the Inland Waterways Association, this funny and forthright tale is travel writing at its best. Paperback
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 | Ever wonder why we do it? - Mike Peyton Mike Peyton is the nautical world's best known and much loved cartoonist. For years he has made his mark, contributing witty, well executed and poignantly funny cartoons to the yachting and boating press, poking fun at seafarers of all types and capturing in his distinctive cartoon style their often eccentric and idiosyncratic ways.Now here, at last, is a wonderful collection of Mike Peyton's light hearted and amusing recollections of time spent messing about in boats, all illustrated in his unique cartoon style. A perfect bunkside read for seafarers and landlubbers alike. softback 90 pages 234x156cm
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The Trouble with Des..... The Classic Boat Years - Des Sleightholme A collection of Des Slightholme's best pieces, published in association with Classic Boat MagazineComment:- 'I have just picked myslef up from the floor and wiped the tears from my eyes after reading another gem from Des' Paperback 96 pages 110x190mm illustrations and cartoons.
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 | Worse Things Happen at Sea - Jake Kavanagh "Worse things Happen at Sea" is the long-awaited follow-up to Jake Kavanagh's hugely popular "Ups and Downs of a Lockkeeper".This time turning his humorous eye to the scrapes people get into when let loose on the open water, Jake has us chuckling, blushing and recognising ourselves or fellow crew coming unstuck in the maritime mayhem he highlights with his witty pen and captures so admirable with his hilarious illustrations. A great read for the armchair sailor- but you may decide that the armchair is the safest place to stay. Paperback 128 pages 198x130mm
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Ups And Downs of Lock Keeper. Jake Kavanagh A hilarious book of cartoons and anecdotes about the antics of lock keepers and lock users, both (supposedly!) true and imagined. A very funny book which will be enjoyed hugely by all river and canal users - and maybe rekindle a few memories!Softback 103 pages size 5"x8" See inside pages
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