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"Touching the Void" is a harrowing and epic tale of fear, suffering, and survival; a poignant testament to unshakeable courage and friendship. Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he would have been pulled to his own death. The next three days were an impossibly gruelling ordeal for both men: Yates, certain that Simpson was dead; Simpson crippled, starving, severely frostbitten, and trapped in a deep crevasse. |
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Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, "Schott's Original Miscellany" is a unique collection of fabulous trivia. What other book can boast an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; duelling and dwarves; egg sizes and election results? Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the thirteen principles of witchcraft, the structure of military hierarchy, all of the clothing care symbols, a list of the countries that drive on the left, and a nursery rhyme about sneezing? Where else will you stumble across John Lennon's car, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the twelve labours of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by miss Marple? A book like no other, "Schott's Original Miscellany" is entertaining, unpredictable, and utterly addictive. |
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From the mind that brought you "Schott's Original Miscellany" comes a collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge surrounding the worlds of food and drink. "Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany" is a snapper up of unconsidered trifles (in both senses of the word) - from food history to cooking terms; cocktail recipes to dining etiquette; grace before meals to after-dinner toasts. What other book can tell you the accepted procedure when drinking from a Loving Cup; which potatoes are best for mashing; how to fold your napkins into a variety of pleasing shapes; the correct technique for lighting a cigar, or a Christmas pudding; or how to make the legendary 'Monster Egg'? An 'olla podrida' of all that is pertinent to wining, dining and socialising, this book offers everything for the food-lover, wine-drinker, gastronome and glutton. |
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"Matt Dawson: Nine Lives" is the honest and hard-hitting memoirs of the most capped England rugby scrum-half of all time, a captain of his country, a two-times British Lions tourist and now a Rugby World Cup winner. Matt Dawson narrates his twelve-year journey in a sport transformed beyond recognition. The boy from Birkenhead learnt the game the hard way, but despite the frequent visits to the operating theatre and the physio's table hard graft for his club Northampton eventually heralded international recognition. Dawson talks about the influential, and occasional obstructive figures in his blossoming career: the likes of John Olver, Will Carling, Ian McGeechan and, more recently, Wayne Shelford and Clive Woodward. Following England’s Rugby World Cup 2003 success, Dawson also provides a first-hand account of all the dressing room drama – including a troubled Jonny Wilkinson – and the memorable final itself, followed by the stunning reaction to this historic win back home. |
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"Every Second Counts" is Lance Armstrong's follow-up to his bestselling first memoir, "It's Not About the Bike". In it he shares more details of his remarkable life, following his 1999 Tour de France win after battling with testicular cancer. Since then, he has had three more Tour de France wins, an Olympic medal, and the birth of twin daughters. In this title, he offers us his life philosophy - his thoughts on training, competing, winning and failure. He also recounts the work done to the Foundation he set up following his dramatic recovery and introduces further inspirational tales of cancer survival. Armstrong draws from his experiences to show that suffering, fear and death are the essential human condition. In so openly using his own life to illustrate how to face this reality, he proves that he truly is a hero - and not just because of the bike. |
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Martin Johnson is the towering second row forward who has come to set the standards of what a modern, professional rugby player should do. His drive and physical presence mean that he is a natural leader on the pitch - and off it, too. In "Martin Johnson Autobiography" he looks at how the sport has changed since going professional in 1995 and the issues this has raised. He explains why he led the England team to the brink of a strike in the autumn of 2000 and provides revealing insights into England's World Cup campaigns, the Lions tours and all the goings-on that make rugby the sport it is. Martin Johnson has achieved all there is to achieve in rugby since making his England debut in 1992. He has captained his club, Leicester, to all the major honours, winning four successive league titles (1999-2002) and two European cups (2001-2002); he's led England with huge success, including the 2003 Grand Slam, winning 74 caps by May 2003 and captaining the British Lions on two tours. |
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