The Pull of the River: Tales of Escape and Adventure on Britain's Waterways
By: Matt Gaw
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Tales of escape and adventure on Britain’s waterways In The Pull of the River two foolhardy expl…
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1. Eat, Sleep, Cycle: A Bike Ride Around the Coast of Britain
By: Anna Hughes
3.64
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
For Anna, a cycling enthusiast, the decision to ride 4,000 miles solo aroundthe coast of the UK was… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
2. On Anarchism
By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Penguin Lessons
By: Tom Michell
3.51
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
"I was hoping against hope that the penguin would survive because as of that instant he had a name,… read more
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4. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
By: Patrick Ness
4.22
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise … read more
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5. Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession
By: Richard Askwith
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
Exploring the world of fell-running--to run the ancient, wild landscape and stay a hero within one'… read more
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6. The Absolutist
By: John Boyne
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the mo… read more
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7. Narrow Dog to Indian River
By: Terry Darlington
4.13
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Having survived their voyage to Carcassonne, you would expect pensioners Terry and Monica Darlingto… read more
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8. Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía
By: Chris Stewart
3.07
Format: None pages,
No sooner had Chris Stewart set eyes on El Valero than he handed over a check. Now all he had to do… read more
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9. The Last Word
By: Elly Griffiths
3.92
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more
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10. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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- nonfiction
11. Lost in the Lakes: Notes from a 379-Mile Walk in the Lake District
By: Tom Chesshyre
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Join travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
12. Landlines
By: Raynor Winn
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . . Raynor Winn knows that her husband … read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
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"We're caught in an endless cycle of 'what if', where all we can do is take the next step and see where that leads."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"I know I'm clutching at straws. Every time this disease takes a new leap forward I desperately search for a simple label to put on it, as do the doctors."-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"Irrational, irresponsible, maybe, but in that desperate moment our decision to walk offered every thing we needed — shelter in the form of our tent and a line on a map to follow. It gave us a route f…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
"We stick to the stones, stepping from one to the other, as does everyone else drawn along this thread of stone through the boglands. Isn't this the way humanity should approach everything we do on th…"-Raynor Winn, Landlines
13. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness
By: Christian Lewis
4.40
Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition
Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- nature
- adventure
14. Wavewalker: Breaking Free
By: Suzanne Heywood
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- adventure
"Do you want to hear a secret?' I asked him, leaning closer. 'I don't want to be different — I want to be normal. I don't want to be stuck out at sea away from my friends. I know Mum and Dad would lau…"-Suzanne Heywood, Wavewalker: Breaking Free
15. Afloat: A Memoir
By: Danie Couchman
4.15
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
Danie Couchman grew up on the move, her family never staying still long enough for her to say where… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
16. Coasting: Running Around the Coast of Britain – Life, Love and (Very) Loose Plans
By: Elise Downing
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Running away from your problems doesn’t solve anything – but sometimes it’s more fun than dealing w… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
- nature
- adventure
17. Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
By: Alastair Humphreys
4.44
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
‘Agile, wryly funny and wise’ Robert Macfarlane A search for nearby nature and wildness After years… read more
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- adventure
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- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
18. The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
By: Elly Griffiths
3.97
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
Known as England’s Nazareth, the medieval town of Little Walsingham is famous for religious apparit… read more
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"He might be living on mice, but Chesterton does not look like an animal who is governed by his appetites. He's an ascetic, if Cathbad ever saw one."-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"Nelson is glad to see a handler and her dog coming towards him. The recognises the woman as Jan Adams, famous in Norfolk for having won several medals for bravery. Her dog, a beautiful long-haired Ge…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"Nelson's first thought is that Father Hennessey looks as bad as he does. The priest is still an intimidating presence, with his rugby player's shoulders and boxer's nose, but his eyes are shadowed an…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
"As Ruth only knows one priest (one male priest that is) she's not that surprised to find Father Hennessey waiting for her at one of the long tables, a cappucino in front of him. 'Hallo Ruth, sorry to…"-Elly Griffiths, The Woman in Blue (Ruth Galloway, #8)
19. The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days
By: Helen Rebanks
3.89
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
A portrait of life at Helen Rebanks' Lake District farmhouse that beautifully captures the unsung w… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
20. Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
By: Andrew Cotter
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Olive, Mabel and Me is the new book from broadcaster Andrew Cotter and his now internet famous cani… read more
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- nonfiction
21. What Writers Read: 35 Writers on Their Favourite Book
By: Pandora Sykes
4.08
Format: 126 pages, Kindle Edition
In this love letter to reading, curated by Pandora Sykes in aid of the National Literacy Trust, bes… read more
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- nonfiction
22. My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible
By: Ellie Taylor
4.26
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
A Sunday Times bestseller: the unflinching, raw and utterly hilarious book about parenthood that ev… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Woman Who Kept Everything
By: Jane Gilley
3.79
Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition
The Lady in the Van meets The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry in this debut novel about a 79-year… read more
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24. Goshawk Summer: A New Forest Season Unlike Any Other
By: James Aldred
4.33
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Go… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- natural history
25. A Year in the Life: Adventures in British Subcultures
By: Lucy Leonelli
3.97
Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition
In her late twenties and already a partner in her headhunting firm, Lucy Leonelli was seemingly on … read more
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26. Cyfres Amdani: Agor y Drws (Welsh Edition)
By: Meleri Wyn James
4.10
Format: 41 pages, Kindle Edition
Dyma 6 stori newydd, ysgafn ar gyfer dysgwyr Lefel Mynediad (hyd at Uned 11). Mae'r straeon yn sôn … read more
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27. Moderate Becoming Good Later: Sea Kayaking the Shipping Forecast
By: Katie Carr
4.61
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating and deeply moving story of one man's attempt to sea kayak the areas of the Shipping… read more
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- travel
28. The Pull of the River: Tales of Escape and Adventure on Britain's Waterways
By: Matt Gaw
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Tales of escape and adventure on Britain’s waterways In The Pull of the River two foolhardy expl… read more
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- travel
- natural history
- nonfiction
- nature
29. The Easternmost House
By: Juliet Blaxland
3.66
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize Within the next three years, Juliet Blaxlan… read more
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- nature
- nonfiction
- natural history
30. Growing Goats and Girls: Tales from the Good Life on a Cornish Farm
By: Rosanne Hodin
4.06
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
'a delightful and funny memoir of her family's crazy life in the English countryside. Perfect escap… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
31. Blacmêl
By: Pegi Talfryn
3.92
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
Elsa Bowen dw i. Ditectif preifat dw i. Dw i’n byw yng Nghaernarfon… Mae rhywbeth yn digwydd … read more
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