Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

Business & Money

Clare, Horatio

Industries

Vintage

For millennia, the seaways have carried our goods, cultures and ideas, the terrors of war and the bounties of peace – and they have never been busier than they are today. But though our normality depends on shipping, it is a world which passes largely unconsidered, unseen and unrecorded. Out of sight, in every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ships which keep landed life afloat. These ordinary men (and they are mostly men) live extraordinary lives, subject to pressures we know – families, relationships, dreams and fears – and to dangers and difficulties we can only imagine, from hurricanes and pirates to years of confinement in hazardous, if not hellish, environments.Horatio Clare joins two container ships, travelling in the company of their crews and captains. Together they experience unforgettable the first, from East to West (Felixstowe to Los Angeles, via Suez) is rich with Mediterranean history, torn with typhoon nights and gilded with an unearthly Pacific peace; the second northerly passage, from Antwerp to Montreal, reeks of diesel, wuthers with gales and goes to frozen regions of the North Atlantic, in deep winter, where the sea itself seems haunted.In Clare’s vibrant prose a modern industry does battle with implacable forces, as the ships cross seas of history and incident, while seafarers unfold the stories of their lives, telling their tales and yarns. A beautiful and terrifying portrait of the oceans and their human subjects, and a fascinating study of big business afloat, Down to the Sea in Ship s is a moving tribute to those who live and work on the great waters, far from land.

Chatto&Windus

Running for the Hills: Growing Up on My Mother's Sheep Farm in Wales

Biographies & Memoirs

Scribner

From memory, conversations &amp; the diaries of his now-separated parents, the author reconstructs their relationship with each other &amp; their mountain farm, &amp; tells the story of his upbringing. At the fore is his mother, a wilful romantic, who chooses to make a life on the mountain single-handedly, &amp; to raise her children there.

Running for the Hills: A Family Story

Arts & Literature

John Murray

At thirteen Horatio Clare was a boarder at a boy's public school, a privileged member of an apparently blessed generation. A rebel - one of those who detested the system, who thought it not just fun but right to break its laws - he was expelled for smoking dope. He became one of the thousands who gleefully ignored the warnings and set out, in search of experience and intensity, to slalom on the slippery slope. He was a truant in its original sense: one who beggars himself through choice, not necessity. From university campuses to the rooftops of New York; from Brixton basements to fear and loathing in mid Devon, through psychosis, mania and depression, from sanity to madness and back again, this is a portrait drawn from a generation that turned to drugs. And it is a search for understanding: why do we do these things, and what do they do to us What were we looking for and what did we find

Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope

A memoir of the author's family life on a remote sheep farm in Wales offers a first-person evaluation of the natural world that traces the author's unconventional mother's decision to leave London society to raise sheep in a challenging new home. 30,000 first printing.

Before Horatio Clare was born, his parents fell in love with a place -- a remote sheep farm in Wales, physically and in every other way far from the lives they were forging as young professionals in London. The farm was high up a mountain, nearly impassable in winter. The neighbors were surly, or perhaps just unused to foreigners. But the setting was breathtaking, and soon it changed Jenny's and Robert's lives. What began as the somewhat conventional dream of a young, ambitious couple from London looking for a weekend home quickly became a different vision. Horatio's mother, romantic and tenacious, found it impossible to leave the fierce and beautiful land. She abandoned her job, her social world, and eventually her marriage to raise her two sons in the company of a herd of sheep, a few dogs, and the badgers, foxes, and mice who had prior claim to her new world. While other boys were going to films and listening to rock music, Horatio was weaning ewes and watching weather and surviving the furor of irascible neighbors. His childhood was marked by wonder and joy, and it is that wonderment that he bestows upon the reader as he recounts the story of the ancient, sometimes brutal, way of life on a hill farm. This wise book is a moving tribute to his mother, both beautiful and brave.

Running for the Hills: A Memoir

This collection explores the never-ending historical interest and rich and fascinating literary culture of Sicily, stretching back thousands of years. ""Through Writer's Eyes series titles go beyond the usual travel guide handbook, providing details on settings, scenes, and cultural sights that have served as inspiration for writers."" Midwest Book Review

Sicily: Through the Writers' Eyes

Travel

Europe

Eland Publishing

Review: '[Clare] is a fine observer, and the lushness of his prose offers a striking contrast with the stark lineaments of the winter landscape, both physical and spiritual.' - Jane Shilling, Evening Standard; 'This is a very powerful book indeed.. Supremely well-written. Clare is a brilliantly inventive prose stylist, and some of his descriptive writing here is so good it makes you stop and smile and immediately read it again.' - Roger Cox, The Scotsman; 'Vivid, luminous prose' - The Observer; 'Magical, moving and deeply atmospheric - this is a hymn to nature, to the north and to the hardest of seasons' - Patrick Barkham; 'A treasure of a book, wonderfully attentive in outlook and generous in spirit' - Amy Liptrot; 'Enchanting' - Emma Mitchell; 'Cosy as a log fire, bracing as a moorland squall. a potential life-saver for those of us who - like Clare himself - are wont to enter a state of low morale come November. When the mercury plummets, forget hygge, save on scented candles, and read this instead' - Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller; "This sensuous evocation of winter darkness is a startlingly honest escape from seasonal depression. Horatio Clare beams through his own despair by exposing the intimacy of family love in the fiercely shafting light of his glittering prose." - John Lister-Kaye; 'An enthralling book of beauty and pain, tenderness and imaginative absorption. [Horatio Clare is a] prose-poet of mesmerising lyricism' - Juliet Nicolson, Spectator; 'Thoughtful, careful writing that speaks from the heart. ideal for curling up with during the darker days, especially if you suffer at all from the winter blues.. This is a quiet celebration of life' - New Welsh Review; 'Lyrical and beautiful' - Kate Blincoe; 'A beautifully written book that struck a chord with me on many occasions. insightful and thought provoking' - Books and Me blog; 'The Light in the Dark is a moving and poetic look at this time of year and one book I rejoice in. This is a torch to guide us through the dark winter days until spring's first rays of light warm us' - John Fish, The Last Word Book Review; 'Inspiring. If you're a fan of Matt Haig, I would definitely recommend this too' -- Buttercupreview; 'Throughout the book there's a real magical quality to the imagery. I found that I spent some time going back over particular sentences because they were so lovely. There is much to reflect upon in this winter journal, particularly if you too struggle with darker days' -- Jaffareadstoo; 'A beautiful, moving and poignant meditation on the changing of the seasons. It gave me solace as the nights draw in ever faster and left me with a sense of hope for the spring to come. I adored reading this book and I know it will be one I read again in the years to come. I'll definitely be buying copies for friends and I'll be recommending it every chance I get. It's a beautiful book and one I won't forget!' - RatherTooFondofBooks.com; 'As we all approach another winter, this book may provide not only solace, but an exemplar for those whose personal shadows are amplified in dark times. The lesson, 'Look outwards' is a good one' - Peter Reason, Shiny New Books; 'This was such a stunning read, full of wonderful imagery and beautiful writing. Horatio Clare made me realise that there is beauty to be found outside in the depths of winter, if I will seek it out' - Secret Library Book Blog; 5* - 'Clare's writing is taut, sparse and charged with emotion' - Half Man Half Book; 'It is a book to be read aloud. There is no end to the irrepressible courage that has made this book possible. It is a triumph over affliction by a great writer and when the light returns and he knows he is coming through, my heart is full and I am cheering' - Sue Brooks, Caught by the River. About the Author: Horatio Clare is a critically acclaimed author and journalist. His first book, Running for the Hills: A Family Story, won the Somerset Maugham Award. His second book, Truant is 'a stunningly-written memoir', according to the Irish Times. A Single Swallow: Following an Epic Journey from South Africa to South Wales, was shortlisted for the Dolman Travel Book of the Year; Down to the Sea in Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men won the Stanford-Dolman Travel Book of the Year 2015. Horatio's first book for children, Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, won the Branford Boase Award 2016 for best debut children's book. He lives in West Yorkshire.

The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Elliott Thompson

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

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Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

Running for the Hills: Growing Up on My Mother's Sheep Farm in Wales

Running for the Hills: A Family Story

Truant: Notes from the Slippery Slope

Running for the Hills: Growing Up on My Mother's Sheep Farm in Wales

Running for the Hills: A Memoir

Sicily: Through the Writers' Eyes

The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal

The Light in the Dark: A Winter Journal