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|  | | Hill's Heroes Vol 1
About the great men and women of the 1920s and 30s who inspired Napoleon Hill.
Puts Napoleon Hill's work into context for modern readers.
The great men and women of the 1920s and 1930s influence our lives hugely today. We take international flights for granted, but it was the Wright brothers who were primarily responsible for making aircraft controllable and responsive.
We take electrical appliances for granted, but if Thomas Edison had not invented the electric light bulb and made it practical there would have been no electricity generating industry nor supply to our homes and therefore no incentive to invent any electrical household appliance from washing machine to vacuum cleaner, microwave oven etc etc. As an asid | |  | | How To Anchor Safely - So You Sleep Well!
Comprehensive advice from anchoring a boat for lunch to living aboard. Everything you need to know about anchoring that's not covered in the majority of sailing courses.
Having lived on a boat and traveled extensively for a decade I decided to share my experience of life at anchor with other sailors and those who want to live the dream and become boat gypsies.
Sailing courses don't have the time to cover every specialist subject in this kind of detail. Storms at anchor, dragging or being dragged on to, having your anchor picked up by someone else, assessing anchorages, swinging, security and much more are covered in this book.
If you want to be a live aboard sailor and anchor here there and everywhere, often in remote places, then this is es | |  | | Of Land, Sea And Sky
All the activities I've been involved in and inspiring people I've met. Something for everyone.
I started the project as a testament for my daughter, but it took on a life of its own and I started writing for anyone who might like to try the activities I've been involved with.
These are as dfiverse as skydiving, car and motorcycle racing, running a business, vintage clothes, dancing, inspirational people and dare I say it relationships.
Biographies are written about sportsmen barely out of diapers, but actually so many, so called, ordinary people lead fascinating lives and so much gets lost of the human experience, I'm not saying I'm exceptional, just unconventional, h |
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