Real Men Eat Puffer Fish

Author: Robert Twigger
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297856022
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 137

Book Description
The Dangerous Book for Men, not boys Every man has faced that emergency where a car needs to be broken into and hot-wired; just as every man needs to be able to mix the perfect dry Martini. The world is a dangerous and unpredictable place; a man never knows when he might be called upon to start a fire with just a coke can, win at croquet or drive a T34 tank. Twigger has plenty of experience of facing down bears, building coracles, swimming with sharks - now he shows every man how to cook a hedgehog, commit hara-kiri and land a Boeing 747.

Real Men Eat Puffer Fish

Author: Robert Twigger
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0297856022
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 137

The Salmon of Knowledge

Author: Nick Owen
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
ISBN: 1845903641
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
A collection of stories, analogies and metaphors that invite us to pause and consider what is really important in our lives, our work, and ourselves. Challenging us to re-connect different parts of our lives and recognise how easy it is to get distracted by contemporary culture and the pace of modern life.

Red Nile

Author: Robert Twigger
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466853905
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 641

Book Description
From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind's tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through the history of the world's greatest river, exploring this unique breeding ground for creativity, power clashes, and constant change. Seasoned historical writer Robert Twigger connects the comprehensive history of the Nile with his personal experience of living in Egypt while researching the Nile's historical origins. Twigger covers the entirety of the river, charting the length of the Nile from its disputed origins through Africa on a whirlwind tour of the rulers, explorers, conquerors, generals, and novelists who painted the Nile "red." Both comprehensive and intimate, this narrative guides readers through history by way of the mighty river known across the world. The result of this meticulously researched book is an all-inclusive history of this epic river and the incredible connections throughout history. The stories of excess, love, passion, splendor, and violence are what make the Nile so engaging, even after centuries of change.

The Harry Potter Companion

Author: Acascias Riphouse
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN: 9781589395824
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 548

Book Description
Explores the true history, folklore, and mythology behind the magical practices, creatures and personalities that appear in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

The Publishers Weekly

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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 758

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Proceedings of the ... Pacific Science Congress

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Category : Pacific Area
Languages : en
Pages : 1044

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Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association

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Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 1076

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The British National Bibliography

Author: Arthur James Wells
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2744

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438 Days

Author: Jonathan Franklin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501116290
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.