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Dark, salt, clear : life in a Cornish fishing town by Lamorna AshA captivating portrait of life in the Cornish town of Newlyn, near Lands End, the largest working fishing port in Britain. Lamorna moves from London to Newlyn, and finds herself on a week-long trawler trip with a crew of local fishermen where where she gets a rare glimpse into their world. She also writes about this community which has been sustained and defined by the sea for centuries, and is now under threat of globalisation. An evocative journey of personal discovery.
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Back roads : the scenic route by Heather EwartThis book captures the spirit, purpose, difficulties and humour of Australian outback life, the extraordinary places, the characters who choose to live there and their stories.
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Conquering the impossible : my 12,000-mile journey around the Arctic Circle by Mike HornAn explorer describes his solo, twelve-thousand-mile, twenty-seven-month journey on foot and by sail around the world at the Arctic Circle, detailing the perils he discovered, the hardy inhabitants of the region, and his encounters with hazards like unstable ice, polar bears, frostbite and fire.
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| Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadRecent college graduate Suleika Jaouad moved to Paris to start a dream job but a leukemia diagnosis soon sent her home to the U.S., where she spent years recovering. Once cancer-free, she took a 33-state road trip with her dog, visiting friends she'd made while documenting her illness and treatment for The New York Times. |
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Sea, sun & Taraipo : millionaires in time by John JamesonThis is an adventure story about escaping the rat race on a Polynesian catamaran, Taraipo, to cross the Atlantic. He survived losing the mast in a storm, a mugging in Brazil and a collision in the night, as well as saving a drowning man at sea.
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| Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey With China's Kazakh Herders by Li JuanAn award-winning memoir that combines nature and travel writing. Though Li Juan had trouble finding a nomadic group who'd take an unmarried 30-something Han Chinese woman with them for their winter migration, a small Kazakh family of herders agreed. Working with the father, mother, and teen daughter, she built a home using manure, gathered snow for water, endured nights with temps below zero, and took care of camel, sheep, and cattle. |
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The polar adventures of a rich American dame : a life of Louise Arner Boyd by Joanna KafarowskiBorn in the late 1880s to a mining magnate who made his millions in the California gold rush and a well-bred mother descended from one of New York's distinguished families, Louise Arner Boyd inherited a staggering family fortune while only in her thirties and began to lead a double life. After a sailing excursion to the Arctic Ocean in the late 1920'sshe became a polar explorer.
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Included are 6 Australian escapes into nature. These walks vary from a couple of hours to a full day and from easy to hard, and vine covered hillsides to hidden coastlines and the Outback. There is something for everyone here.
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Lonely Planet's Natural World by Lonely Planet PublicationsIn each chapter we exploring forests, rivers, mountains, deserts and coasts and where in the world you can experience the natural world through forest bathing, mountain hikes and wild swimming. From Canada's Great Bear Rainforest to the mountain of Kailash in Tibet, there are 50 world destinations which immerse you in the heart of the natural world.
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| The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert MacfarlaneA poetic meditation on walking by acclaimed British author Robert MacFarlane. He explores ancient footpaths, roads, and sea paths across a variety of areas, including chalk downs in England, the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, occupied territory in Palestine, the Camino de Santiago in Spain, and sacred regions of the Himalayas. |
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| The Salt Path by Raynor WinnA friend's betrayal found 50-somethings Raynor and Moth Winn kicked off the Welsh farm they'd fixed up over 20 years. That same week, Moth learned he had a terminal disease. Homeless and at a loss, they set out to walk and wild camp along England's challenging 630-mile South West Coast Path. |
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