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  • Solitaire Spirit: Three times around the world single-handed

    Three Times Around the World Single-Handed

    by Les Powles ...
    Les Powles only had 8 hours of sailing experience when he decided to sail solo around the world. Many novices would be content to just dream of such an adventure, and maybe get as far as a solo Channel crossing a couple of years down the line. Not so Les Powles, one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary and eccentric sailors.Les was in his 50s when he built himself a yacht with little ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Small Bodies of Water

    by Nina Mingya Powles ...
    'Remarkable' Robert Macfarlane'Gorgeous' Amy Liptrot'Urgent and nourishing' Jessica J. LeeNina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo – where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands

    Politics, Priorities, and Pathways of the Regional Security Patchwork

    Edited by Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, Anna Powles ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    Wallis, McNeill, Batley, Powles and the contributors examine the dynamics of Pacific Islands’ security cooperation, analysing how it helps address regional security challenges amid the broader strategic competition between China and the United States that is increasingly playing out in the region.Pacific Island countries do not want to become pawns in this competition, but its impacts are ... Read more

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  • Relate Guide To Loving In Later Life

    How to Renew Intimacy and Have Fun in the Prime of Life

    by Marj Thoburn, Suzy Powling ...
    Is sex wasted on the young? Marj Thoburn thinks it might be. This complete guide to sex, loving and relationships for the 50s-80s age group is a positive, constructive and celebratory guide which suggests that life - and loving sex - BEGIN at 50+. Inside every older person is a young person trying to come to terms with ageing. This books looks at the physical and psychological changes that may ... Read more

    $4.40 USD

  • Herbicide Resistance and World Grains

    Edited by Stephen B. Powles, Dale L Shaner ...
    Written by experts from across the globe, Herbicide Resistance and World Grains evaluates the weed and herbicide management systems in major world grain crops such as soybean, maize, rice, and canola. The book examines the impact of transgenic crops and new technology on resistance management. It provides background information and offers practical ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • At the Pond

    Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond

    by Jessica J. Lee, Amy Key, So Mayer, Sophie Mackintosh, Ava Wong Davies, Nina Mingya Powles, Deborah Moggach, Sharlene Teo, Leanne Shapton, Esther Freud, Margaret Drabble, Eli Goldstone, Nell Frizzell ...
    Tucked away along a shady path towards the north-east edge of Hampstead Heath is a sign: Women Only. This is the Kenwood Ladies' Bathing Pond.Floating in the Pond's silky waters, hidden by a canopy of trees, it's easy to forget that you are in the middle of London. On a hot day, thousands of swimmers from eight to eighty-plus can be found waiting to take a dip before sunbathing in the adjoining ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Tiny Moons

    A Year of Eating in Shanghai

    by Nina Mingya Powles ...
    Narrated by Nina Mingya Powles ...
    Series series The Emma Press Prose Pamphlets

    Unabridged

    2 hours 35 min

    Tiny Moons is a collection of essays about food and belonging. Nina Mingya Powles journeys between Wellington, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai, tracing the constants in her life: eating and cooking, and the dishes that have come to define her. Through childhood snacks, family feasts, Shanghai street food and student dinners, she attempts to find a way back towards her Chinese-Malaysian heritage ... Read more

    $16.10 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Jade River

    by Nina Mingya Powles ...
    Narrated by To be Confirmed ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 9 min

    A spellbinding, dreamy and irresistibly romantic magical-realist story set in Shanghai, where a shimmering school swimming pool hides a gateway to a flooded mirror worldWhen fifteen-year-old Leah relocates to Shanghai with her parents, she dreads the thought of starting over somewhere new. But Jade River International School is unlike any other. Perched where the city meets the sea, strange ... Read more

    $17.33 USD

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  • On the Ghost Trail: A Bloomsbury Reader

    Brown Book Band

    by Chris Powling ...
    Illustrated by Loretta Schauer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Readers
    Book Band: Brown, ideal for ages 7+A spooky comedy from Chris Powling with hilarious illustrations by Loretta Schauer. Perfect for fans of Amelia Fang and Knitbone Pepper.A ghost has been haunting Ben's grandpa's house with cobweb trails and the TAP-TAP-TAP of its heartbeat. So when the clock strikes twelve, Ben's brother dares him to go on a hunt for the ghost in the church graveyard. Will he be ... Read more

    $7.29 USD

  • On the Ghost Trail: A Bloomsbury Reader

    Brown Book Band

    by Chris Powling ...
    Illustrated by Loretta Schauer ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Readers
    Book Band: Brown, ideal for ages 7+A spooky comedy from Chris Powling with hilarious illustrations by Loretta Schauer. Perfect for fans of Amelia Fang and Knitbone Pepper.A ghost has been haunting Ben's grandpa's house with cobweb trails and the TAP-TAP-TAP of its heartbeat. So when the clock strikes twelve, Ben's brother dares him to go on a hunt for the ghost in the church graveyard. Will he be ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Tiny Moons

    A Year of Eating in Shanghai

    by Nina Mingya Powles ...
    Series series The Emma Press Prose Pamphlets
    Tiny Moons is a collection of essays about food and belonging. Nina Mingya Powles journeys between Wellington, Kota Kinabalu and Shanghai, tracing the constants in her life: eating and cooking, and the dishes that have come to define her. Through childhood snacks, family feasts, Shanghai street food and student dinners, she attempts to find a way back towards her Chinese-Malaysian heritage. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rainbow Boots

    by Chris Powling ...
    Illustrated by Jim Field ...
    Series series Wired Connect
    Denzil is the only kid in the school without a pair of Rainbow Boots. So he pretends he's waiting for a special handmade pair. As the lies pile up, what will Denzil do when he can't pretend any more? School comedy.Highly readable, exciting books that take the struggle out of reading, Wired Connect encourages and supports reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for ... Read more

    $8.00 USD