Bøger af Paul Heiney

Fully illustrated throughout, this authoritative reference brings together practical advice from the world''s experts on ocean sailing, drawing on wisdom from members of the Royal Cruising Club, the Cruising Club of America and Ocean Cruising Club.This is the reassuring voice of the ocean sailing community. Your big adventure starts here.For many sailors, an ocean passage is the big dream. But many will worry that they don''t have the right experience, that their boat isn''t strong enough, or that it will be prohibitively expensive and difficult.Ocean Sailing will prepare you for an ocean passage by painting a picture of what ocean sailing is really like, through the experiences of others who have gone before. Topics covered range from safety to boat kit and preparations, budgeting to staying in touch with home, equipment breakdowns to health and weather.Members of three great cruising clubs ΓÇô the Royal Cruising Club, Ocean Cruising Club, and the Cruising Club of America ΓÇô share their vast wealth of experience, and by focusing on the practicalities of ocean sailing, allay the anxieties and doubts of prospective ocean cruisers to ensure a deeply satisfying ocean voyage.

From the Isles of Scilly to Portland Bill, this handy travel guide to the West Country ensures sailors make the most of every minute ashore. Arriving ashore somewhere often raises many questions for even the most experienced sailor: Where are the best anchorages and peaceful places to stop? What are the best routes for walks? Once you are fed and watered, how do I keep the family entertained? Where are the best beaches and where can I find laundry facilities? Sailors need a different kind of pilot guide and this book is their shore-side companion, helping them to explore and enjoy all the West Country has to offer. Without doubt, this stretch of coastline is Britain's most popular cruising destination. It offers a rich variety of coastline from the rugged, Atlantic feel of Scilly and Land's End, to the traditional Cornish villages between the Lizard Peninsula and Plymouth harbour. After Start Point, the Devon coastline softens and opens out to offer Dartmouth and the Rivers Dart and Exe working their way far inland to provide a wide array of flat-water cruising. Further east, you'll find the Jurassic coast with broad beaches busy with fossil hunters and places to stop if the weather is on your side. Illustrated with beautiful photographs and maps, this guide brings together the key information needed for your trip, along with Paul Heiney's brilliant recommendations, all in one handy place, freeing up valuable holiday time.

Make the most of your time ashore with Adlard Coles Shore Guide to South Brittany. With the sailing behind you, you'll be looking to explore your destination, asking questions such as: How far to the nearest shops and where are the places to eat? You'll also need help to solve practical problems, such as finding fuel, repairs and laundry facilities. Once you're fed and watered, what is there to see and do, and how can you keep the family entertained? You need a different kind of pilot book and this guide is the answer. Packed with beautiful photographs and practical information on local facilities, places to visit and the best beaches within reach of the marina, Adlard Coles Shore Guide to South Brittany will steer you towards the essentials and the pleasures of this beautiful and popular region. Written especially for sailors and designed for planning enjoyable cruises, stretching from the rock-bound shores of western Brittany to the softer and warmer parts towards La Rochelle, this handy-sized travel guide is the perfect resource for anyone cruising this coastline. Paul Heiney, a hugely experienced sailor, journalist and author, describes the marinas, big and small, worth visiting as well as the welcoming harbours and string of peaceful islands to explore.

Sailors planning a cruise abroad use a pilot book, which gives you all the navigational advice to get you to your destination. Once you've closed the pilot book, this book will help you enjoy all that your destination has to offer. What can you discover within walking distance of the port? Where can you find fuel, laundry and food supplies? The main reason for going on a cruise in the first place is to explore new and lovely places. Sailors won't decide to stop at a port because of an interesting pilotage challenge, but you will for an amazing moules frites place hidden away. General guidebooks won't tell you everything you need to know, and will include a lot of info on places you can't reach. Adlard Coles Shore Guides provide the essential information and ideas to make the most of your time ashore.Paul Heiney, a hugely experienced sailor, journalist and author, is the perfect companion for exploring the pretty harbours and beautiful beaches of the Channel Coast of France. The book is lavishly illustrated with the author's own photos of this alluring coastline's bustling ports and hidden gems.Chapters arranged by region and port will detail why each place is worth visiting, what to see, where to find essentials such as fuel and repairs, transport connections, places to visit, best cafes and restaurants, walks (sailors need to stretch their legs when they go ashore), bike rides, best beaches and activities for the kids, all organised into categories by distance from the port or harbour - 10 minutes' walk, 30 minutes' walk and further afield.

Broadcaster Paul Heiney reveals the remarkable story of his relationship with his pig, Alice, and how we can all learn from her

This book looks at the history of fire, and how it has been used in the development of man, but this book's ambition is to fire the imagination and to leave its reader with a burning desire - to burn wood.

When Countrywise presenter Paul Heiney's son Nicholas committed suicide aged 23, Paul and his wife, Times columnist Libby Purves, were rocked to the core. Nicholas had been a highly gifted promising young man, albeit he had struggled to keep his head above water at times as severe depression slowly dragged him down over many years. Nicholas was a keen sailor, with several of his posthumously-published writings having a nautical theme. To try to reconnect with this happier memory of his son, Paul decides to set out - alone - on a voyage he would have liked them to have embarked upon together. Cape Horn is the sailor's Everest. One of the most remote and bleak parts of the world, it takes courage, physical strength and mental fortitude to face its tempestuous seas, violent winds and barren landscape. Poignant, moving, funny, thought provoking and beautifully written, Paul's account of setting his own course through seemingly insurmountable grief makes for a powerful story. Injected with humour, perceptiveness and philosophy, recounting his highs, lows, frustrations and triumphs, the honesty and openness of Paul's story makes this very personal account a universal tale.

Paul Heiney unravels further science behind those things we take for granted, and explains just why the world and its contents are the way they are. Drawing on questions asked by the public, this book brings some of the finest scientific minds to bear on how the laws of science apply to everyday life.

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Dyrker bakterier sex? Det virker ikke, som om der er megen morskab forbundet med den måde, som bakterier formerer sig på. Der er imidlertid nogle bakterier, der rent faktisk parrer sig. Men det frembringer ikke noget afkom - det er blot en overførsel af information, så det kan ikke rigtig beskrives som at ""dyrke sex."" Men de gener, der sendes over til modtageren, nedarves til de næste generationer, når denne bakteriecelle deler sig på den sædvanlige kønsløse måde. Paul Heiney har samlet de mest interessante spørgsmål og svar fra den engelske ""Videnskabslinjen"", hvor et lille hold entusiaster stod bag. Det var hovedsageligt unge videnskabsfolk, der dækkede et bredt felt af kundskaber, og som kunne tage sig af de tilbagevendende spørgsmål, der lå inden for forståelsen hos alle med en nogenlunde videnskabelig uddannelse. Formålet med ""Videnskabslinjen"" var at udbyde en telefon- og internettjeneste, der var tilgængelig og gratis for alle, og som kunne besvare ethvert videnskabeligt spørgsmål, som enhver, ung og gammel, skulle finde på at stille Blandt de interessante spørgsmål, der besvares er: - Bliver man virkelig mere intelligent af at spise fisk? - Hvordan går astronauter på toilettet? - Hvad kom først, hønen eller ægget? - Hvorfor er isterninger uklare, når vandet er klart? - Hvorfor går pingviner i gåsegang? - Hvorfor har vore fingre forskellig længde? Kan en ko gå ned ad trapper? tager nogle af de klogeste videnskabelige hoveder i brug for at få svar på, hvordan videnskabens love gør sig gældende i dagligdagen. Og vigtigst af alt: bogen afslører, om en ko rent faktisk kan gå ned ad trapper. Det er den perfekte gave til de umætteligt nysgerrige, til krukkede drillepinde, til quiz-fanatikere og videnskabstosser overalt.

Efterfølgeren til succesbogen: Kan en ko gå ned ad trapper?. Med flere spørgsmål til den uforbederlige nysgerrige quizaholic og vidensnørd. Hvorfor er snot grønt? Hvor mange skiver brød kunne man riste ved et lynnedslag? Får træer kræft? Hvor højt op går atmosfæren? Ved at stille spørgsmål fra den brede offentlighed, undersøger denne underholdende bog videnskaben bag de ting, som vi tager for givet og forklarer, hvordan tingene hænger sammen i denne verden. Se svar om behårede eskimoer til eksploderende måger, fra stød i albuen til sammenfiltret sengetøj, Dette er endnu en sjov, underholdende og oplysende bog. Paul Heiney er forfatter, radiomand og journalist. Han har været medarbejder ved flere af Storbritanniens landsdækkende netværk. Han har for tiden et forbrugerprogram i TV, der hedder ´Watchdog´. Han har en fast spalte hos Times og har også skrevet bogen Kan en ko gå ned ad trapper?. Bogen er illustreret med Bill Ledgers originale og morsomme tegninger. Det er en perfekt gave til quizfanatikere, videnskabstosser og umættelige spørgejørgen´er. Men det allervigtigste er, at den afslører, om katte rent faktisk har navler.

Efterfølgeren til succesbøgerne "Kan en ko gå ned af trapper" og "Har katte navler?". Bogen dykker ned i videnskaben og svarer på de spørgsmål, vi tager forgivet. Der gives en forklaring på, hvorfor verden og dens indhold er, som den er.Nogle af de fineste videnskabelige hjerner svarer på spørgsmål fra offentligheden og giver en forklaring på, hvordan lovene i videnskaben gælder for hverdagen. Dette er den perfekte gave til dem med en umættelig nysgerrighed og indeholder en masse spørgsmål til den uforbederlige nysgerrige quizaholic og vidensnørd.