The Macmillan Book of Boating
Author: William N. Wallace
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13:
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Inside Grandad
Author: Peter Dickinson
Publisher: Yearling
Published: 2009-04-02
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 0307532593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unusual and moving story about the magical bond between a boy and his grandfather. Does it just happen that Gavin and Grandad see the seal while they are fishing in the harbor? Just happen that Grandad talks about the selkies, the seal people who can leave the water and take human form? Just happen that Grandad is finishing the beautiful miniature boat he’s making for Gavin’s tenth birthday, and Gavin decides to call her Selkie? And at that moment, Grandad has his stroke. Could the selkies have something to do with all this? Day after day at the hospital, Gavin tries to get through to helpless and speechless Grandad, trying to reach him, explain what’s happened to him. Everyone else has given up. But Gavin will try anything. Even asking the selkies to help. To do that, he must give them something to show them how much it matters. What is the dearest thing he owns?
Night Boat to Freedom
Author:
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2006-10-31
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780374312664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the request of his fellow slave Granny Judith, Christmas John risks his life to take runaways across a river from Kentucky to Ohio. Based on slave narratives recorded in the 1930s.
Off in a Boat
Author: Neil M. Gunn
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781899863259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHis ability scrupulously to evoke the landscapes and the peoples of the Highlands, his blending together of myth and reality and his wide-ranging imagination make Neil Gunn the most important Scottish novelist of the 20th century. --Trevor Royle, The Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature
Five Months in a Leaky Boat
Author: Ben Kozel
Publisher: Pan Australia
Published: 2004-12-01
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1741970156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Ben Kozel finished rafting the Amazon from source to sea (as described in his bestselling Three Men in a Raft), the question uppermost in his mind was 'where to next?'. He found the answer in the Yenisey. From its headwaters in Mongolia all the way to the Arctic Circle, the Yenisey is Asia's second longest river, and the fifth longest in the world, yet remains one of the world's least-known river systems. With three other companions, including fellow Australian Tim Cope, Ben embarked on an extraordinary river journey, taking him through the Mongolian Steppe and crossing the whole of Siberia from south to North, rowing a leaking and formerly-derelict wooden dory, painstakingly rebuilt by them on a shoe-string budget. Risking rivers in flood, the treacherous and mysterious Lake Baikal, deadly tick-born diseases, Siberian mobsters, radioactive contamination and the onset of the Arctic winter in a five-month, 5650 kilometre odyssey, Ben has confirmed his place as one of Australia's most gifted and intrepid travel writers. Five Months in a Leaky Boat is a brilliant adventure story, and a travel narrative that illuminates the beauty and complexity of an almost unknown part of the world.
The Red Boat
Author: Hannah Cumming
Publisher: Child's Play Library
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846434938
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA mysterious red boat and George the dog help Posy cope with moving house.
Seaborn
Author: Craig Moodie
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2008-08-19
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1429917954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"THE BOAT IS SINKING. YOU HAVE TO MOVE." When Luke's sailing trip goes horribly wrong, he must face the vast and brutal sea in this story of one boy's survival and coming-of-age. On the evening before Luke's family's annual summer sailing trip off Cape Cod, Luke's mother leaves. Luke is left with his angry, confused father on a small boat for a week and the trip goes horribly wrong when a summer storm sweeps Luke's father overboard. Not knowing whether his father is dead or alive, Luke must figure out how to survive on a wrecked sailboat far out to sea. Fans of Gary Paulsen and Will Hobbs will be captivated by Craig Moodie's depiction of the North Atlantic in this coming-of-age adventure.
Motor Goose
Author: Rebecca Colby
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 125017600X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this picture book, Mother Goose rhymes are reimagined with vehicles— trains, planes, trucks, and boats! Hey Digger, Digger (Hey Diddle, Diddle) Hey digger, digger, the hole’s getting bigger. Your shovel’s been scooping since ten. Beware the loose rubble. Too late—you’re in trouble! You’d better start digging again. Wonderful rhymes and VEHICLES! Here is a collection that every car/plane/boat/crane/digger/taxi/train-loving kid will adore. With hilarious artwork by Jef Kaminsky, Motor Goose is a must-have for readers who like things that go. And as the rhymes progress, the day winds down, making this perfect for bedtime.
Three Women and a Boat
Author: Anne Youngson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2021-08-31
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1784165336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE BBC RADIO TWO BOOK CLUB PICK A hugely charming, uplifting story that shows it's never too late for new adventures - for fans of HAROLD FRY, DEAR MRS BIRD and THE LIBRARIAN. 'Full of grace and humanity' SUNDAY TIMES 'Life-affirming and funny' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Meet Eve, who has departed from her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia: defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation. Inexperienced and ill-equipped, Sally and Eve embark upon a journey through the canals of England, guided by the remote and unsympathetic Anastasia. As they glide gently - and not so gently - through the countryside, the eccentricities and challenges of canalboat life draw them inexorably together, and a tender and unforgettable story unfolds. Disarmingly truthful and narrated with a rare, surprising wit, THREE WOMEN AND A BOAT is a journey over the glorious waterways of England and into the unfathomable depths of the human heart. ---------------------------- What customers are saying: 'Moving, tender and just a balm for the soul' ***** 'Perfect for those in need of an uplifting read' **** 'A warm and enjoyable read' *****
