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Tiny Islands: 60 Remarkable Little Worlds Around Britain

Tiny Islands: 60 Remarkable Little Worlds Around Britain, Dixe Wills
From the tiny island that shaped the entire English language, to the island that terrified Dylan Thomas, there’s more to Britain’s tiny islands than you might think! Have your own tiny adventure by visiting any of the 60 remarkable little islands around Britain featured here …

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Although Britain boasts hundreds of tiny islands, Dixe Wills has selected just the very best of them for this book. Found around the coast, in lakes, in lochs and on rivers, these little worlds are waiting for you to discover them – whether you swim to them, walk to them at low tide, row to them, or catch a dinky little ferry.

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