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Nick’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nick’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Walking on Water: Exploring the Arteries of England
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2000
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4 editions
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Diagonal Walking: Slicing Through the Heart of England
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James Brindley
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2005
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7 editions
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The Narrowboats Story (Story series)
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2012
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5 editions
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Britain's Canals: A Handbook
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2010
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4 editions
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Riding the Wall of Death
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2006
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2 editions
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Zoomers
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The Miracle of Burnham Regis
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A Beginners' Guide to Waterways
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[James Brindley: The First Canal Builder] [Author: Corble, Nick] [May, 2005]
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Diagonal Walking
I'm delighted to say that my new project Diagonal Walking is now in full swing. There's more detail on my website: www.diagonalwalking.co.uk but basically, I spent the summer of 2018 (the hottest on record - phew!) walking, yes, that's walking, down a line drawn at 45 degrees NW to SE through the very centre of England. Needless to say, there's going to be a book in it, and this is now finished in
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| The author lets us know it took ten years to write this book, and it shows. There's a lot in here, too much perhaps? Too many characters, too many threads, too many brand names. Clearly, the author has something to say about the state of Britain, but ...more | |
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| I really enjoyed this book, finding it very accessible, presenting what was a turbulent time in an interesting, yet entertaining way. I learned a lot. It's not a conventional/academic history book, but I would argue all the better for that. The autho ...more | |
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| A strange book in many ways, but also highly readable. Taking a short stretch of one Roman road, the author takes us on a journey, both real and metaphorical, along the path of Roman and pre and post Roman history. I enjoyed it, but it's a bit of a m ...more | |
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| This is a book of two halves, quite deliberately so, but don't let that put you off. Its a wonderful study of friendship set against an evocative description of Istanbul. ...more | |
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| This is an ambitious, complex piece of work, which just about works, but left a nagging doubt to this reader that it could have done with tightening up a bit. It wears its politics on its sleeve (nothing wrong with that), but maybe over does it a bit ...more | |
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| A Jamaica slavery story with a twist, told through the eyes of one woman. Nicely paced and evocative, using slavery as a backdrop to the story rather than its central theme. | |
