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Apollo 13
Published in DVD by Universal Studios (2002)
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a pleasant exercise
Perhaps this will appeal mostly to readers with some history and experience of the UK landscape. Deakin is eccentric in his passion for swimming "wild" and takes us with him on a personal odyssey of exploring the coastal and inland swims around Britain.

His writing very effectively describes both the athletic demands of his undertaking and things ecological and to do with the natural history of UK waters, in vibrant detail. The sceptics among us are nevertheless buoyed up by his passion for the subject.
In addition, he has researched the local history of most of the swimming venues and is able to account some interesting tidbit with each swim. Deakin entertained me with his various references to other literary works and to more generally celebrated persons or events in the British psyche. This all combines to create a gently nostalgic account of British water-landscapes, which are in the most part lost to the majority of its inhabitants today.

I was left knowing very little about the man, but hungry for more anecdotes of other swims. Quite charming.


Il Moro: Ellis Heywood's Dialogue in Memory of Thomas Moore
Published in Hardcover by Harvard University Press (1972)
Authors: Ellis Heywood and Roger Lee Deakins
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The River's Voice: An Anthology of Poetry
Published in Paperback by Chelsea Green Pub Co (2000)
Authors: Angel King, Susan Clifford, Angela King, and Roger Lee Deakins
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