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Coverage: Grand Union Canal - Stoke Bruerne to Leicester; River
Soar ; Erewash Canal; Trent Navigation - Derwent Mouth to Cromwell
& River Nene - Northampton to Peterborough
Thoroughly revised, with all new photographs, this latest edition
of a guide first published in 1983 has been increased in size from
112 page to 128 pages and features a square backed spine with sewn
sections for added durability. Featuring the popular 'Warwickshire
Ring' cruising circuit, this guide includes coverage of the Grand
Union Canal between Stoke Bruerne and Birmingham, the Birmingham
& Fazeley Canal, the Coventry Canal, the oxford Canal between
Hawkesbury and Napton, the Ashby Canal, the Stratford on Avon
Canal, and the Worcester & Birmingham Canal between Tardebigge
and Birmingham.
Revised and updated in 2021 this 3rd edition features facts and
figures, insights and entertainment, wit and wisdom: from Brentford
to Burscough, from Shardlow to Sharpness, from Tipton to Todmorden.
All manner of folk have been encouraged to explore inland waterways
using these guides, which have become as much a part of tradition
as their subject matter. This 3rd Edition focusses on the Kennet
& Avon, linking Bristol with Reading, and the River Thames
between Oxford and Brentford, expertly interpreted to inspire you,
on foot, afloat or by bicycle.
Key places featured include Sowerby Bridge, Wakefield, Castleford,
Selby, Goole, Leeds, Bingley, Skipton, Burnley, Blackburn, Wigan,
Leigh, Burscough and Liverpool.The Canal Companions have been
chugging along 'the cut' for over thirty years; conveying facts and
figures, insight and entertainment, wit and wisdom: from Brentford
to Burscough, from Shardlow to Sharpness, from Tipton to Todmorden.
All manner of folk have been encouraged to explore the inland
waterways using these guides, which have become as much a part of
tradition as their subject matter. Updated for 2022.
Pearson's canal companions encourage visitors, explain the lie of
the land and provide a lasting souvenir of journeys made. This new
9th edition of the Stourport & Black Country Rings and
Birmingham Canal Navigations Canal Companion marks a new format:
theextent has increased from 96 to 160 pages, maps from 41 to 48
and photographs from 65 to 153. Coverage within this Canal
Companion include: River Severn (Worcester-Stourport); Staffs &
Worcs Canal (Stourport to Great Haywood); BCN Main Line (Aldersley
to Birmingham); Worcs & Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to
Worcester); Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (Birmingham-Fazeley);
Coventry Canal (Fazeley-Fradley); Trent and Mersey Canal
(Fradley-Great Haywood); Stourbridge & Dudley Canals
(Stourton-Netherton); BCN Northern Waters
(Wolverhampton-Walsall-Brownhills).
With the death of his mother and the sudden disappearance of his
father, teenager Tommy Blanks is left to live alone in the Bronx on
the money his father left him and what he can steal. His
shoplifting eventually lands him in Upstate New York in a Catholic
Boys' Home run by a demonic priest. There Tommy falls in love with
a local girl, Nada, but also meets his nemesis, Adam Delano. After
a school-wide brawl, Tommy escapes and is presumed dead by the
local authorities when they find his hat floating in the river.
Tommy is taken in by a local hermit, a Korean war veteran, who
leads him to Tommy's great-great grandfather's deserted house in a
nearby town. History and fiction converge with the discovery that
Thomas Blankenship, Tommy's great-great grandfather, is the young
man whom Mark Twain used as the prototype for Huckleberry Finn. And
Tommy's life on the road as an orphan parallels Twain's resourceful
Huck Finn. Eventually, his search for the facts and the meaning of
his own experience leads Tommy to Chicago, the Southwest, San
Francisco, and finally back home to Shohola Falls. Pearson's
evocative prose works to dramatic effect in a novel that is part
mystery, part bildungsroman, part love story. The book will appeal
to a general audience and especially aficionados of Twain.
The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in
Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research
purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information.
This work has addressed historic and current scientific bases,
explorers' huts, whaling stations and sealing shelters. The ongoing
and long-term research on the sealing shelters and sites in the
South Shetland Islands features prominently. The archaeology
enables new perspectives on the impact of global modernity and
empire in the Antarctic, and challenges established dominant
discourses on the 'heroic' nature of human interaction with the
continent. The work on sealing sites gives voice to the experiences
of the sealer as a subaltern group previously largely overlooked by
historical sources. This book will appeal to students and
researchers in archaeology, history, and heritage as well as
readers interested in the human and historical aspects of
Antarctica's past and present.
The Little Book of the Black Country is a funny, fast-paced,
fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or
simply strange information which no-one will want to be without.
Here we find out about the region’s most unusual crimes and
punishments, eccentric inhabitants, quirky history, famous sons and
daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts. Michael
Pearson’s new book gathers together a myriad of data on the Black
Country. Here you can find everything from Royal visits and local
celebrities to the riotous Wednesbury protests, the hauntings at
Dudley castle and plenty more. There are lots of factual chapters
but also plenty of frivolous details which will amuse and surprise.
A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time
and time again to reveal something you never knew. This is a
remarkably engaging little book, and is essential reading for
visitors and locals alike.
By bus, bicycle and boat, by road, rail and long distance footpath
(Staffordshire Way), Michael Pearson explores the sometimes
underestimated County of Staffordshire in such a way as to
entertain and inform in equal measure. He leaves few stones
unturned, inspiring affection and lighting fuses of enthusiasm
which will have you itching to follow in the author's footsteps.
The 8th edition of Pearson's Canal Companion to the Severn &
Avon is increased from 96 pages to 160 pages and features a
square-backed spine with sewn sections for added durability.
COVERAGE: Includes the River Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford; the
Stratford-on-Avon Canal; the Worcester & Birmingham Canal; the
Droitwich Canals; the River Severn from Stourport to Gloucester;
the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal; the Cotswold Canals from
Framilode to Lechlade; and the Grand Union Canal between Birmingham
and Braunston. THE CANAL COMPANIONS: A good guidebook should fulfil
three functions: encourage you to go; explain the lie of the land
when you're there; and provide a lasting souvenir of your journeys.
The Canal Companions tick all three boxes - and more besides. 77
editions have been published to date, amassing sales in excess of
half a million books.
The book details for the first time all past archaeological work in
Antarctica, relating to both its use for conservation and research
purposes, drawing on published, unpublished and oral information.
This work has addressed historic and current scientific bases,
explorers' huts, whaling stations and sealing shelters. The ongoing
and long-term research on the sealing shelters and sites in the
South Shetland Islands features prominently. The archaeology
enables new perspectives on the impact of global modernity and
empire in the Antarctic, and challenges established dominant
discourses on the 'heroic' nature of human interaction with the
continent. The work on sealing sites gives voice to the experiences
of the sealer as a subaltern group previously largely overlooked by
historical sources. This book will appeal to students and
researchers in archaeology, history, and heritage as well as
readers interested in the human and historical aspects of
Antarctica's past and present.
Michael Pearson here writes about his travels to American places of
literary import, including: William Faulkner's Mississippi; Ernest
Hemingway's Key West; John Steinbeck's California; Mark Twain's
Missouri; and Flannery O'Connor's Georgia.
Technological developments on many fronts have created in our
society some extremely difficult moral predicaments. Previous
generations have not had to face the dilemmas posed by, for
example, the availability of safe abortions, sperm banks and
prostoglandins. They have not had to come to terms with an
unchecked exploitation of natural resources heralding imminent
ecological crisis, or, worst of all, with the recognition that only
in this current generation have people the capacity to destroy
themselves and their environment. This book seeks to show how, and
why, Seventh-day Adventism has addressed these moral issues, and
that the ethical questions arising from these issues are especially
relevant to the Adventist Church and its development. Dr Pearson
looks specifically at the moral decisions Adventists have made in
the area of human sexuality, on such issues as contraception,
abortion, the role and status of women, divorce and homosexuality,
from the beginnings of the movement to 1985.
Essential Advice for the New Mom"Michelle is going to help ease the
worries so many new moms have and inspire them to be the best
version of themselves." -Jennika Anderson, YouTube Vlogger If you
are a new mom, motherhood can be a daunting role if you have little
to no experience caring for kids. Popular YouTube mom of five,
Michelle Pearson, is here to encourage you to take a deep breath
and step into your power! Choose to inhale, exhale every day. The
changes that come with becoming a mother can be overwhelming and
exciting, but learn how to be patient and forgive yourself.
Michelle knows that the journey has highs, lows and the occasional
surprises, so her advice for those joining the new moms club is to
balance the waves of emotion by holding space for moments of
mindfulness and deep breaths. Advice for the new mom. From what to
expect during a first time pregnancy to the milestones within the
first 12 months of a baby's life, this influential parenting
blogger has empowering and motivating parenting stories for the
modern mom. Inside Deep Breaths for New Moms, you'll find: How to
embrace motherhood with all of its ups and downs The importance of
finding a tight-knit community of support Advice to properly adapt
and manage your social life and career as a working mom If you
liked baby books like Cat and Nat's Mom Truths, Mayo Clinic Guide
to Your Baby's First Years, or You Are a F*cking Awesome Mom,
you'll love Deep Breaths for New Moms.
Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award
(Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel
Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association
TXOK Research Award Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders
explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on
individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of
intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). Drawing on the
latest research in the fields of environmental psychology and
education, the authors show you how architecture and interior
spaces can positively influence individuals with neurodiversities
by modifying factors such as color, lighting, space organization,
textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Now you can design homes,
therapeutic environments, work environments, and outdoor spaces to
encourage growth and learning for the projected 500,000 children
with ASD (in the United States alone) who are expected to reach
adulthood by 2024. Topics discussed include: -Environmental design
theories -Symptoms of ASD -Sensory processing deficits -Design
needs of individuals on the spectrum at all ages -Design methods
and solutions for spaces, including residential, learning, work,
and therapeutic environments encompassing a wide range of budgets
-Designing for self-actualization, well-being, and a high quality
of life for the duration of an individual's life -Avenues for
healthy living and aging in place -Biophilic design -Environmental
impact on well-being -Strategies to promote active living as an
integral part of the welfare focus.
With the death of his mother and the sudden disappearance of his
father, teenager Tommy Blanks is left to live alone in the Bronx on
the money his father left him and what he can steal. His
shoplifting eventually lands him in a Catholic Boys' Home in
Upstate New York run by a demonic priest. There Tommy falls in love
with a local girl, Nada, but also meets his nemesis, Adam Delano.
After a school-wide brawl, Tommy escapes and is presumed dead by
the local authorities when they find his hat floating in the river.
Tommy is taken in by a local hermit, a Korean war veteran, who
leads him to Tommy's great-great grandfather's deserted house in a
nearby town. History and fiction converge with the discovery that
Thomas Blankenship--Tommy's great-great grandfather--is the young
man whom Mark Twain used as the prototype for Huckleberry Finn. And
Tommy's life on the road as an orphan parallels Twain's resourceful
Huck Finn. Eventually, his search for the facts and the meaning of
his own experience leads Tommy to Chicago, the Southwest, San
Francisco, and finally back home to Shohola Falls. Pearson's
evocative prose works to dramatic effect in a novel that is part
mystery, part bildungsroman, part love story. The book will appeal
to a general audience and especially aficionados of Twain.
When the Burma campaign is discussed, the turning point battles of
Imphal and Kohima are most often thought of. However General Bill
Slims bold but risky plan to outflank the Japanese on the Irrawaddy
at Mandalay deserves far more credit. With the Japanese
withdrawing, Slims 14 Army (with two Corps XXXIII and IV) risked a
punishing crossing of the mighty Irrawaddy at Mandalay opposed by
the main Japanese army. To avoid this is was decided to split 14
Army and send IV Corps on an arduous 300 mile march to seize the
town of Meiktila, 85 miles south, a vital rail and road hub and the
main Japanese administrative base. Complete secrecy was essential
as if the Japanese realised they faced only one Corps rather than
two, they might have counter attacked successfully. In this
detailed analysis of this crucial manoeuvre the author describes
the plan, the risks, the actions, the seemingly insuperable
logistic problems, and the efforts to retain US air support (for
which Mountbatten was largely responsible).
Winner of the 2017 IDEC Book Award, 2017 EDRA Great Places Award
(Book Category), 2017 American Society of Interior Designers Joel
Polsky Prize and the 2016 International Interior Design Association
TXOK Research Award Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders
explains the influence of the natural and man-made environment on
individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other forms of
intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD). Drawing on the
latest research in the fields of environmental psychology and
education, the authors show you how architecture and interior
spaces can positively influence individuals with neurodiversities
by modifying factors such as color, lighting, space organization,
textures, acoustics, and ventilation. Now you can design homes,
therapeutic environments, work environments, and outdoor spaces to
encourage growth and learning for the projected 500,000 children
with ASD (in the United States alone) who are expected to reach
adulthood by 2024. Topics discussed include: -Environmental design
theories -Symptoms of ASD -Sensory processing deficits -Design
needs of individuals on the spectrum at all ages -Design methods
and solutions for spaces, including residential, learning, work,
and therapeutic environments encompassing a wide range of budgets
-Designing for self-actualization, well-being, and a high quality
of life for the duration of an individual's life -Avenues for
healthy living and aging in place -Biophilic design -Environmental
impact on well-being -Strategies to promote active living as an
integral part of the welfare focus.
'Interesting. Fascinating. I wanted to hold Michelle's hand
and say “We can do this"' - Louise Allen In 1972, Michelle
Pearson gave up her son for adoption. As ‘one of those girls’,
she was expected to hide her shame with secrecy. No one should ever
find out she’d had a child. But she never forgot the son who was
taken from her. In the years that followed she struggled with PTSD,
traumatic memory loss, agoraphobia and anxiety – impacting every
area of her life. This is Michelle’s story of love, loss and
hope; of how over 50 years she has managed the consequences of
living with her secret, survived the emotional pain, and finally,
after being reunited with her son, the journey to rebuild their
lives together.
"I think I was lucky in the timing -- I learned to knit just when
your book first came out. The other books on the subject seemed to
be aimed at people who already knit. Yours was the one that made me
feel this was something I could do and is the only one I read for
pleasure, not just for patterns. (The line drawings were fantastic,
too.) After a while, of course, I wished it was about five times as
long " -- Gordon Reid"For years knitters have been pining for the
return of Michael Pearson's lovely book, "Traditional Knitting, "
complete with historical notes, charts, photos and patterns for
Fair Isle, Guernsey, and Aran sweaters. Once again, our wish is
granted by dear Dover." -- Meg Swansen, "Schoolhouse Press""A
fascinating and well researched book." -- "Evening Press
"After visiting the remote fishing villages of Scotland and
England, Michael Pearson compiled this extensive record of unique,
centuries-old patterns. His sources include oral traditions,
documents, family albums, and photos. Pearson combines a social
history of the villages and the living history of these crafts with
detailed patterns and practical instructions for knitters. This
richly illustrated volume includes 32 pages in color.
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