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1	Regeneration more books like this by Pat Barker add to wishlist In Craiglockhart war hospital, Doctor William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers from World War I. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally defective and send him to Craiglockhart. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	River more books like this by Gary Paulsen add to wishlist In this sequel to "Hatchet", Brian Robeson is asked by the Canadian government to show them how he survived on his own in the Canadian wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. This time, Brian will be tracked by a psychologist who will take note of all that he does in order to help train astronauts and the military. Brian agrees, ... see all copies from £1.71! new only from £1.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs more books like this by Cheryl Peck add to wishlist Essays and poems by a gay woman who refuses to see her weight as a problem, and who finds humor in most situations, including playing softball and being closely observed by her cat. see all copies from £1.52! new only from £4.95! \| first editions
4	Enter talking more books like this by Joan Rivers add to wishlist From cradle to Carson, Joan Rivers tells all--in the funniest, saddest, most unsparingly honest show business biography in years. 11 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. 24 pages of photographs. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	John Chancellor makes me cry more books like this by Anne Rivers Siddons add to wishlist First published 20 years ago to great acclaim and now reissued in a beautifully designed new edition, 28 inspiring and heartwarming essays by bestselling author Anne Rivers Siddons focus on events and emotional passages in real life. Siddon's previous books include bestsellers Peachtree Road, King's Oak, Outer Banks, and Colony. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A Private Family Matter: A Memoir more books like this by Victor Rivers add to wishlist This brilliantly written, devastating, and powerfully uplifting story follows a family in crisis and a troubled boy who grew into a good man, rising from the shadow of his violent, abusive father to become a shining example of transcendence. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Place No One Knew: Glen Canyon on the Colorado more books like this by Eliot Porter, David Ross Brower (Editor) add to wishlist One of the important historic and aesthetic records of Glen Canyon. The sheer exquisite beauty of Eliot Porter's photographs of this wilderness gorge makes this one of the loveliest books ever published. Contains the best photographs from the 1963 edition and previously unpublished photographs from Porter's archives. 80 color plates. see all copies from £10.52! first editions
8	Down the River more books like this by Edward Abbey add to wishlist This collection of short stories is mainly about rivers: the joys of floating down them and the dangers to their existence posed by the modern world. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Habit of Rivers: Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing more books like this by Ted Leeson add to wishlist Philosophy and natural history mingle in this remarkable and evocative collection of essays from an avid angler. Leeson, contributing editor to Fly Rod & Reel magazine touches on a variety of subjects: death, art, sex, fly-tying and other mysteries. see all copies from £3.74! new only from £5.73!
10	A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia more books like this by Blaine Harden add to wishlist The story of how well-meaning Americans dammed up the Columbia River in the North-Western United States, to produce cheap electricity and gardens blooming in the desert. This narrative of exploitation records how one of the West's most majestic rivers was sacrificed to economic advance. see all copies from £5.83! new only from £7.12! \| first editions
11	Rivers of America more books like this by Tim Palmer (Photographer) add to wishlist Many people spend their happiest days fishing, paddling, or simply sitting by a river's sometimes peaceful, sometimes turbulent flow. Yet no book has ever truly captured the magic of the water; none has fully honoured this majestic feature of our national landscape. Tim Palmer is a rare exception - a photographer and conservationist who is also a ... see all copies from £8.45! new only from £9.25! \| first editions
12 view cover	Niagara: A History of the Falls more books like this by Pierre Berton add to wishlist Few natural wonders have inspired the passions and the imaginations of so many as Niagara Falls, whose sublime beauty and awesome power have made it a magnet for statesmen and stuntmen, poets and poseurs, ordinary sightseers and exceptional visionaries. Popular historian Pierre Berton traces the history and allure of this great natural phenomena. ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £6.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Rivers more books like this by Jerry Dennis, Craig Date (Illustrator) add to wishlist Rapid by rapid, rock by rock descriptions of 1500 miles of canoeing opportunities on 45 blue-ribbon rivers by two experts who personally paddled every mile. A wealth of canoeing adventures from placid family floats to blood-curdling whitewater runs. see all copies from £6.52! new only from £8.35!
14 view cover	Narrow Dog to Carcassonne more books like this by Terry Darlington add to wishlist Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phillis May, sixteen hundred miles across France and down to the Mediterranean, accompanied only by their whippet Jim. They took advise from nautical experts, who told them they would lose their boat and their lives (and, indeed, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.28! \| first editions
15 view cover	River Days: Exploring the Connecticut River from Source to Sea more books like this by Michael J Tougias add to wishlist Michael Tougias weaves a rich narrative of history fishing lore and natural history that celebrates this American Heritage River see all copies from £8.16! new only from £10.14!
16	Stanislaus, the Struggle for a River more books like this by Tim Palmer add to wishlist see all copies from £8.66! new only from £12.07! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Ghost Road: 9 more books like this by Pat Barker add to wishlist In the closing months of World War I, Dr. William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers at Craiglockhart Hospital, only to send them back to the trenches to be slaughtered. Among these men are Billy Pryor, an officer originally from the working class, who returns to the front with his friend, the poet Wilfrid Owen. Meanwhile, Rivers himself ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Where rivers run more books like this by Gary McGuffin, Joanie McGuffin add to wishlist Over 2 years and 6,000 miles newlywed Gary and Joanie McGuffin went from the Gulf of St Lawrence on the Atlantic to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic to fulfill a dream of traveling from sea to sea by canoe. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Where the River Begins more books like this by Thomas Locker add to wishlist Two boys and their grandfather hike to the source of a river, through spectacular scenery, finely painted. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £6.36! \| first editions
20 view cover	Canoeing a Continent: On the Trail of Alexander MacKenzie more books like this by Max Finkelstein add to wishlist A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some two hundred years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America (1793). Mackenzie's water trail is now commemorated as the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route. More than just a travelogue of a canoe trip across Canada, this is an ... see all copies from £6.66! new only from £11.16! \| signed copies
21	Still Talking more books like this by Joan Rivers add to wishlist This is Joan Rivers's account of her triumph over family tragedy, and her long struggle to reach the top in show business. It deals with the problems of growing up believing you are unattractive; of a marriage in which the wife is more successful than the husband; of her husband's suicide; and of helping their daughter to cope. What happened to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	One River More more books like this by W D Wetherell add to wishlist A lyrical celebration of the delights of fly fishing, the beauty of rivers, and the splendor of the natural world--by an award-winning author, called "a natural storyteller and a gifted observer" by "Booklist". Decorative drawings. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water more books like this by Kathleen Dean Moore add to wishlist In twenty elegant essays flow Moore's life as a professor of philosophy, down the natural channels of her native streams and rivers of the Pacific Northwest watershed. "Moore's collection sparkles as brightly as one of her sun-dappled streams". -- Kirkus Reviews see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	What Did I Do?: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Larry Rivers more books like this by Larry Rivers, Arnold Weinstein add to wishlist What Did I Do? is the testimony of one of America's finest artists and includes memorable perceptions [and gossip] of friends, lovers, rivals, and the jazz and art worlds: Frank O'Hara, Terry Southern, Leo Castelli, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Clement Greenberg, Tibor de Nagy, Jackson Pollock, Delmore Schwartz, Rudy Burckhardt, ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.88! \| first editions
25 view cover	Bouncing Back: How to Survive Everything...and I Mean Everything more books like this by Joan Rivers, Ralph Schoenstein add to wishlist In one year, the noted comedian experienced her husband's suicide, an estrangement from her daughter, the cancellation of her television talk show, and near financial ruin. This is the story how she survived these losses and "bounced back" to achieve career success again. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £37.16! \| signed copies \| first editions

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