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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Narrow Margins Narrow Margins Marie Browne Narrow Margins is the true story of one family's journey from the financial crash of the Rover car company to an alternative and better lifestyle. Faced with the loss of everything, the house, the ca… OL15173068W
Tiny homes on the move Tiny homes on the move Lloyd Kahn "Tiny Homes on the Move chronicles 21st-century nomads - people who inhabit homes that are compact and mobile, either on wheels or in the water. In photos and stories, this fascinating book explores … OL19984476W
The boat girl and the magic fish The boat girl and the magic fish Dean Barrett Miserable when she has to leave her beloved life on her father's fishing boat to attend school in Hong Kong, Kum-choi is aided by a friendly magic fish. OL2039523W
Offshore Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald On the Battersea Reach of the Thames, a mixed bag of eccentrics live in houseboats. Belonging to neither land nor sea, they belong to one another. There is Maurice, a homosexual prostitute; Richard, … OL20775W
Water Gypsies Water Gypsies Annie Murray It is 1942, and after a tough childhood in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a happy life with her husband and children working the canals on a narrowboat. But hard work and constant child be… OL20788074W
Narrow minds Narrow minds Marie Browne Having saved her family from financial ruin by moving onto a houseboat in search of a less stressful, cheaper way of life, Marie Browne, her tea-fuelled husband Geoff and their children find themselv… OL20872069W
On the water On the water Gail Stewart Discusses the reasons why people live on the water and describes the lifestyles of families in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America who live on boats, in homes on stilts, and in houses … OL23060732W
Our home is the sea Our home is the sea Riki Levinson A Chinese boy hurries home from school to his family's houseboat in Hong Kong harbor. It is the end of the school year, and he is anxious to join his father and grandfather in their family professio… OL3525032W
Minn of the Mississippi Minn of the Mississippi Holling C. Holling,Holling Clancy Holling Follows the adventures of Minn, a three-legged snapping turtle, as she slowly makes her way from her birthplace at the headwaters of the Mississippi River to the mouth of river on the Gulf of Mexico. OL4528057W
Floating Floating Hugo Leckey 181 p. : 22 cm OL6447202W