| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781472108050 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
386.22436 HE BO |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Henshaw, Sarah |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The bookshop that floated away |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Sarah Henshaw |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
London : |
| Publisher |
Constable, |
| Date |
c2014. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 260 p. ; |
| Size |
20 cm. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Follow the ebbs and flows of Sarah Henshaw's journey as she sought to make her vision of a floating bookshop, The Book Barge, a reality. Business wasn't always easy, so one May morning she set off for six months chugging the length and breadth of the country. Books were bartered for food, accommodation, bathroom facilities and cake. During the journey, the barge suffered a flooded engine, went out to sea, got banned from Bristol and, on several occasions, floated away altogether. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
In early 2009 a strange sort of business plan landed on the desk of a pinstriped bank manager. It had pictures of rats and moles in rowing boats and archaic quotes about Cleopatra's barge. It asked for a £30,000 loan to buy a black-and-cream narrowboat and a small hoard of books. The manager said no. Nevertheless The Book Barge opened six months later and enjoyed the happy patronage of local readers, a growing number of eccentrics and the odd moorhen. Business wasn't always easy, so one May morning owner Sarah Henshaw set off for six months chugging the length and breadth of the country. Books were bartered for food, accommodation, bathroom facilities and cake. During the journey, the barge suffered a flooded engine, went out to sea, got banned from Bristol and, on several occasions, floated away altogether. This account follows the ebbs and flows of Sarah's journey as she sought to make her vision of a floating bookshop a reality. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Book Barge (Firm) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Narrowboats |
| General |
Great Britain |
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| Topical Heading |
Canals |
| Form |
Great Britain |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Transportation |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/cgbjrg4crw6zxsfsh2ukhi29j62u1r2j |
| Public note |
Location Map |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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57090 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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57091 |
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57092 |
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57093 |
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6653 |