All the magic & excitement of the world's greatest steeplechase are vividly portrayed in Reg Green's stories of the stars
- both
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When the body of David Oluwale, a rough sleeper with a criminal record & a history of mental illness, was pulled out of the River Aire near Leeds in May 1969, nobody asked too many questions about the circumstances of his death. A police charge sheet from three months before had ...

Bare-knuckle fighters, unlicensed boxers & No-Holds-Barred gladiators. They're not amateurs because they do it for cash; they're not professionals because nobody regulates them. They're fighters
- it's what they do. Plunged into a brutal world that exists beyond the authority of any sporting body, Natural Born Fighters uncovers today's kings of underground combat. It's a world where every fight has different rules & some have no rules at all. From bare-knuckle fights that take place in country lanes & inner-city building sites, to bloody, raw gladitorial cage fighting, here we meet hard men, villians, gypsies, matbe even the bloke who lives next door. They're all connected by the common thread of their love of fighting, & they'll do anything to win. Introductions & personal insights to these twenty-first-century gladiators & the world they inhabit are given by several respected & feared personalities, including Bobby frankham, ex-professional boxer & gypsy bare-knuckle fighter; Alan Mortlock, Britain's king of unlicensed boxing; & Andy Jardine, founder of the British end of the new mixed martial arts, the fighting art of No Holds Barred. & then of course, there are the fighters themselves.
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Learn how to achieve happiness & gain personal fulfilment.

We're all Natural Born Winners
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Norman Dabell, journalist, broadcaster & notorious jinx, has been covering the European golf circuit for over 20 years, though after reading this hilarious account of his mishaps, you may well come to wonder how he has managed to survive for so long. Join Norman as he retraces his pursuit of the travelling circus of the golf world from St Andrews to Sun City, Malaga to Morocco, encountering all the great faces of the modern game. Woods, Ballesteros, Faldo, Montgomerie, Westwood, Lyle, Woosnam, Langer, Olazabal, Garcia... they have all made the headlines. Dabell is there to make sure they do
- while also trying to survive another day. Golf isn't really meant to be fun, they say, & sometimes it can be toture. But Danbell's rib-tickling (and his have been more than tickled) account will have even the most serious enthusiast in stitches. Fate has caused him many a tumble, broken bone & on-air gaffe, & Dabell's presence inside the ropes has been known to make even the toughest tour professional blanche. However, he is a favourite of Major-winner Vijay Singh, who might have never have got his career on the road if his ball had plummeted out of bounds instead of ricocheting onto the fairway off Dabell's head in Spain in 1990. Singh made a birdie instead of a possible double-bogey, won the tournament & ten years later went on to beat the world at Augusta. Just one of a thousand escapades which happened to a living, breathing NATURAL HAZARD.
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In the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe depression. For two years, he did little more than lie in bed with his face to a wall. He could neither work nor play. His money ran out. Worst of all, the natural world
- which since childhood had been a source of joy & inspiration for him
- became meaningless. Then, cared for by friends, he gradually recovered. He fell in love. Out of necessity as much as choice he moved to East Anglia. & he started to write again.

This remarkable book is an account of that first year of a new life. It is the story of a rite of passage -from sickness into health, from retreat into curiosity. It is about the adventure of learning to fit again.
Having left the cosseting woods of the Chiltern hills for the open flatlands of Norfolk, Richard Mabey finds exhilaration in discovering a whole new landscape. He writes about the changing seasons in prose so exact andso beautiful that every sentence delights the reader.

But Nature Cure is also alarger story. In finding his own niche, Richard Mabey gained insights into our human place in nature. He reflects on the inherent value of all creatures; on our presumptions that mankind is superior; on the ancient morality of commonland; & above all on the role of the imagination -not as a barrier between us & nature, but as our best way back to it. This was his 'nature cure': not a passive submission to nature, but anactive, sensual re-engagement.

Structured as intricately as a novel, a joy to read, truthful, exquisite & questing, Nature Cure is a book of hope, not just for individuals, but for our species.








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Have you ever looked at a pinecone & wondered about its fantastic shape? Or pondered why bees make hexagonal honeycombs? Maybe you've spent a sunny afternoon hunting for a lucky four-leaved clover or pulling the petals off a daisy to find out whether someone loves you?

This fun & interactive sticker-activity book reveals nature's secret codes & patterns & there's even a special cryptic code to crack! Packed with fascinating facts & entertaining activities, it will keep kids entertained for hours. Count the legs on animals, stick the stickers in the right places, colour in the pictures & search for hidden four-leaved clovers!

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