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James Bamber and Sally Raynes provide an indispensable guide to the UK's most absurd, bizarre and even foolhardy - but curiously British - 'sports' imaginable.From Cheshire's World Worm-Charming Championships to the cricket match played on a sand bank in the Solent every year, there's a rarely-spoken-of British tradition of holding very strange contests and weird world championships in which getting muddy, sick and a little upset are not mere side effects but positively celebrated. Welcome to the wacky nation...James and Sally present 50 of the oddest contests you'd never imagined existed. With a strong practical, get-involved-if-you-dare streak, "Wacky Nation" charts these unusual days out,...
Annotation Famed for trying out a dazzling array of extreme sports as part of his weekend sport bulletin, few people are better placed than Mike Bushell to explain how, when, where and why you might consider joining the ranks of some of the world's most dedicated practitioners of activities with a high level of inherent danger. In this book, Mike describes everything you never knew you needed to know about shin kicking, elephant polo, worm charming, real tennis, swamp soccer, roller hockey and a whole raft of other wacky and bizarre sports.
THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY *Books one and three - No Child of Mine and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW* Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her. She and three-year-old Chloe have left their home and friends, and are now building a new life for themselves elsewhere. All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past, to blot out what went before, and to look only to the future. At last she and Chloe feel safe. Then, suddenly, their nightmare returns, and Charlotte finds she has no power to prevent what comes next . . .
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Bert and Anthea Smith capture the color and charm of Chesapeake beach resorts, the legendary steamships that served them, and the beauty and recreation that give the "Land of Pleasant Living" its identity.
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