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020			_a9781472108050
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100			_aHenshaw, Sarah _957090
245	1	4	_aThe bookshop that floated away _cSarah Henshaw
260			_aLondon : _bConstable, _cc2014.
300			_axii, 260 p. ; _c20 cm.
520			_aFollow 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.
520			_aIn 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.
650		7	_aBook Barge (Firm) _957091
650		7	_aNarrowboats _xGreat Britain _957092
650		7	_aCanals _zGreat Britain _957093
650		7	_aTransportation _96653
856			_uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/cgbjrg4crw6zxsfsh2ukhi29j62u1r2j _zLocation Map
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