| Date |
Time |
Venue |
Event |
Description |
Ticket |
| 29th Oct 2006 |
12 noon |
Country Bookshop |
Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden - Dangerous Book For Boys |
If ever there was a book to make you switch off your television set, 'The Dangerous Book For Boys' if it. This book is a celebration of the long summers of Conn and his brother Hal Iggulden's youth and a compendium of information so vital to men of all ages. |
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| 29th Oct 2006 |
1.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Fred Pearce and Michael Norton |
Fred Pearce studied Geography at Cambridge University and has since reported on environment, science and development issues from 54 countries. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, with interview credits from Today to Richard and Judy to the Open University. Michael Norton is the founder of the Directory of Social Change - the UK's leading agency providing information, training and support to voluntary organisations, the Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA) and YouthBank UK. |
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| 29th Oct 2006 |
3 pm |
Country Bookshop |
George Band - Summit: 150 Years of the Alpine Club |
George Band (born 1929) is a British mountaineer. He was the youngest member of John Hunt's original team that conquered Everest in 1953. He went on to climb the lower but technically harder peak Kangchenjunga in 1955. In 2005, as a still active 76-year-old, Band made the trek to the south-west Base Camp of Kangchenjunga in Nepal. Ticket price of £6 includes £3 off price of book 'Summit'. |
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| 29th Oct 2006 |
4.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Benedict Allen - Into The Abyss |
Benedict Allen has been exploring the lesser-known regions of the world since 1983, when a hazardous journey through the rainforest inspired his first book, Mad White Giant. His subsequent works include Into the Crocodile Nest, Hunting the Gugu and The Proving Grounds.
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| 29th Oct 2006 |
6 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Guy Grieve - Call of the Wild |
Guy Grieve's life was going nowhere - trapped in a job he hated, commuting 2,000 miles a month and up to his neck in debt. But he dreamed of escaping it all to live alone in one of the wildest, most remote places on earth - Alaska. And just when he'd given up hope, the dream came true. Suddenly Guy was thrown into one of the harshest environments in the world, miles from the nearest human being and armed with only the most basic equipment. |
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| 29th Oct 2006 |
7.30 pm |
Country Bookshop |
Holding On - Jo and Rob Gambi |
In 2005 Rob and Jo Gambi became the first married couple to climb the 'seven summits' and ski to the north and south poles and Jo entered the Guinness world records with the fastest female ascent of the 'seven summits'. Jo is also the only English woman alive to have climbed Everest by the North Ridge. Their story is even more remarkable given that Rob has twice suffered from serious bouts of cancer - and once came very close to death stranded high in the Himalayas. |
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| 15th Nov 2006 |
7.30 pm |
Hope Valley College, Castleton Road, Hope |
Atlantic Race - James Cracknell and Ben Fogle |
James Cracknell won gold medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the Athens 2004 Olympics and holds three world rowing records. He writes a column for The Daily Telegraph. On 19 January 2006, James and TV presenter Ben Fogle completed the world's most terrifying rowing race. Ben Fogle currently presents Countryfile, One Man and His Dog, Animal Park, and Wild in Africa. Ben's writing has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Scotsman, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. Ticket price of £6 includes £3 off price of book 'The Crossing'. |
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