The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame & glory but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest longest & dirtiest of all are the so-called ' Monuments' the five legendary races that are the sport's equivalent of golf's majors or the grand slams in tennis. Milan-Sanremo the Tour of Flanders Paris-Roubaix Liège-Bastogne-Liège & the Tour of Lombardy date back more than a century & each of them is an anomaly in modern-day sport the cycling equivalent of the Monaco Grand Prix. Time has changed them to a degree but they remain as brutally testing as they ever have been. They provide the sport's outstanding one-day performers
- the likes of Philippe Gilbert Fabian Cancellara Mark Cavendish Tom Boonen Peter Sagan & Thor Hushovd
- with a chance to measure themselves against each other & their predecessors in the most challenging tests in world cycling. From the bone-shattering bowler-hat cobbles of the Paris-Roubaix to the insanely steep hellingen in the Tour of Flanders each race is as unique as the riders who push themselves through extreme exhaustion to win them & enter their epic history. Over the course of a century only Rik Van Looy & Eddy Merckx have won all five races. Yet victory in a single edition of a Monument guarantees a rider lasting fame. For some that one victory has even more cachet than success in a grand tour. Each of the Monuments has a fascinating history featuring tales of the finest & largest characters in the sport. In The Monuments Peter Cossins tells the tumultuous history of these extraordinary races & the riders they have immortalised.

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From the mind of Aaron Sorkin creator of The West Wing & screenwriter of The Social Network & Moneyball comes The Newsroom a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels) his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer) the newsroom staff (John Gallagher Jr. Alison Pill Thomas Sadoski Olivia Munn Dev Patel) & their boss (Sam Waterston) the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate & commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements. ...

From the mind of Aaron Sorkin creator of The West Wing & screenwriter of The Social Network & Moneyball comes The Newsroom a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels) his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer) the newsroom staff (John Gallagher Jr. Alison Pill Thomas Sadoski Olivia Munn Dev Patel) & their boss (Sam Waterston) the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate & commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements. ...

No one but Graeme Obree has the clarity of vision to get to the heart of the 'problem' of how to improve as a racing cyclist. His innovative approach took him to the top of world cycling twice breaking the world hour record
- a story picked up in his Hollywood biopic The Flying Scotsman. It can draw the same outstanding athletic performance from you. The Obree Way side-steps conventional wisdom & strips cycling back to its elements always asking the question: ' What actually improves my race time?' This is no routine training programme. Written in a conversational style the book explains Graeme Obree's radical insights into technique training psychology & diet & the clear logic behind them. At last the best kept secret in cycling the Obree three-phase breathing technique is revealed in detail getting more oxygen to your blood with less effort. Graeme Obree's training methods really work
- the man is living proof. He believes that resting is key to training that you can pedal stretch & breathe more effectively & that if you really want it you can find the will & intensity to improve. Get on your bike!

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Scott's (Chuck Norris) life is plagued by memories of his accidentally injuring a friend during the rigorous training he endured under a martial arts master. A wealthy heiress who seeks revenge against an international terrorist training camp known as The Octagon enlists his help through suspense & intrigue because he is the only one who can defeat his adopted brother running the operation. As Scott becomes perilously drawn to The Octagon he realizes his brother has turned to the dark side while training many different terrorist groups in the ninja style of killing using electrifying techniques & secrets only the two of them share. ...

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From the producers of Band of Brothers The Pacific tracks the real-life journeys of three U.S. Marines--Robert Leckie (James Badge Dale) Eugene Sledge (Joe Mazzello) & John Basilone (Jon Seda)--across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theatre during World War II. The extraordinary experiences of these men & their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima through the killing fields of Okinawa to the triumphant yet uneasy return home after V-J Day. ...

Steve Austin & Dolph Lundgren star in the bone-crunching action flick that delivers the goods: Austin is combat veteran Tommy Wick a nightclub bouncer & stone-cold enforcer for a Seattle mob boss. Lundgren is ' The German' an international crime lord & hardcore killing machine. But when Wick is asked to courier a mysterious package to The German he'll suddenly find himself hunted by relentless teams of hit men mercenaries assassins & sadists. Time is running out. The bodies are piling up. & for two very angry men with a history of bad blood the ultimate retaliation is about to be get nasty. ...

Steve Austin & Dolph Lundgren star in the bone-crunching action flick that delivers the goods: Austin is combat veteran Tommy Wick a nightclub bouncer & stone-cold enforcer for a Seattle mob boss. Lundgren is ' The German' an international crime lord & hardcore killing machine. But when Wick is asked to courier a mysterious package to The German he'll suddenly find himself hunted by relentless teams of hit men mercenaries assassins & sadists. Time is running out. The bodies are piling up. & for two very angry men with a history of bad blood the ultimate retaliation is about to be get nasty. ...

A glorious fully illustrated insider account from Team Sky of the greatest summer in British road cycling history as Chris Froome became the second Britain to win the Tour de France. The Pain & the Glory is the official insider account of the 2013 Giro & glorious Tour de France campaigns from Team Sky. With contributions from the major riders including Chris Froome & Rigoberto Uran as well as Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford this is the official first-hand account of every twist & turn on the road to glory. A sequel to the award-winning 21 Days to Glory The Pain & the Glory covers every stage of the Giro & Tour to tell the definitive story of Britain's most -successful road cycling summer all illustrated with the sumptuous award-winning photography of Scott Mitchell. This is an essential piece of cycling history told first-hand by those who made it & an essential collector's item for all fans of British cycling's finest. ...