This is a celebration of running & what lots of us think about when we run Part escape part self-discovery part therapy part fitness Part simple childlike joy of running when you could be walking Vassos Alexander shares the highs & lows of falling in love with running from his first paltry efforts to reach the end of his street to completing ultra marathons & triathlons in the same weekend Each of the 262 chapters also features a fascinating insight into how others first started from Paula Radcliffe to Steve Cram the Brownlees to Jenson Button Nicky Campbell to Nell Mc Andrew Funny inspiring honest
- the perfect read for anyone with well-worn trainers by the door (or thinking of buying a pair)
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A take-no-prisoners approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote wild & dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business Amazingly he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization He has been shot at hijacked & held hostage; almost died of dysentery in Asia & toothache in Russia; watched a Texan lose his mind in the jungles of Asia; lost a lot of money backing a scorpion against a mouse in a fight to the death & been served cocktails by an orangutan on an ocean freighter & that's just his day job Taking postings in some of the world's wildest & most remote regions not to mention some of the roughest rigs on the planet Paul has worked got into trouble & been given serious talkings to in locations as far-flung as the North Sea Middle East Borneo & Tunisia as exotic as Sumatra Vietnam & Thailand & as flat-out dangerous as Columbia Nigeria & Russia with some of the maddest baddest & strangest people you could ever hope not to meet ...

This heart-wrenching memoir from Toni Maguire tells the deeply moving story of an idyllic childhood that masked a terrible truth Underneath her mother's gentility & her father's roguish charm lay horrifying secrets which eventually led to their only child's near destruction The first time her father made an improper advance on Toni she was six years old Her father warned her not to tell her mother or anyone else because they would blame her & wouldn't love her any more It had to remain our secret' When she finally built up the courage to tell her mother what had happened she was told never to speak of the matter again With no one to turn to isolated & alone in rural Ireland the abuse continued unhindered At fourteen Toni fell pregnant by her father & when her state was discovered she was made to have a late abortion which almost killed her The truth of her childhood could no longer be kept hidden but just as her father predicted Toni found herself judged & rejected by her family teachers & friends The blame & anger she was treated with only worsened when her father was sent to prison as a result of his actions This is the compelling story of her struggle to put the ghost of her childhood to rest & emerge ultimately triumphant ...

You did nothing Christine Steinmeyer knows the suicide note she found in her mailbox on Christmas Eve has nothing to do with her But the man calling in to her radio show seems convinced otherwise You let her die That's only the beginning Bit by bit her life is turned upside down But who among her friends & family hates her enough to want to destroy her? & why? Commandant Martin Servaz is on leave when he is sent a key card to a hotel room
- the room where an artist committed suicide a year earlier He soon uncovers evidence of a truly terrifying crime Could someone really be cruelly consciously hounding women to death? Both he & Christine will find outbut it may not be in time
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Walk the twisted streets of the Mad City in a boardgame that fuses worker placement with deck building & area control to create a unique experience Extract dreams in the City Slumbering & use them to buy favors from Nightmares Procure special services in the Bizarre Bazaar Score points through skillful play in Mother When’s deadly High School & the sinister 13th District Compete for the Wax King’s favor & the ultimate prize…escape! In this game set in the sinister world of the Don’t Rest Your Head role playing game your opponents lurk around every corner waiting to attack Can you outsmart your friends & win the Nightmares’ game? Whatever you do Don’t Turn Your Back! ...

Tiger is fast asleep but
- oh dear!
- she's lying completely in the way Just how will the animals get past without waking her

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Jill Mansell's bestseller DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING is 'bursting with humour brimming with intrigue & full of characters you'll adore' Heat Not to be missed by readers of Jojo Moyes & Veronica Henry Dexter Yates loves his fun care-free London life; he has money looks & girlfriends galore But everything changes overnight when his sister dies leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old daughter Delphi How is he ever going to cope? Comic-strip artist Molly Hayes lives in the beautiful Cotswold village of Briarwood When it comes to relationships she has a history of choosing all the wrong men Leaving the city behind Dex moves to Briarwood
- a much better place to work on his parenting skills
- & he & Molly become neighbours There's an undeniable connection between them But if Dexter's going to adapt he first has a lot to learn about Molly about other people's secretsand about himself What readers are saying about Don't Want To Miss A Thing 'A really perfect read with plot twists & turns misunderstandings humour & sadness with the most delectable baby at its centre & punctuating every scene' Amazon reviewer 5 stars' An engrossing & entertaining book full of romance laughter & moving moments too Jill Mansell has again written a beautiful novel that loyal fans will love & new readers will delight in discovering!' Amazon reviewer 5 stars' Mansell is a master at hitting all the right notes that hook a reader & tug at the heartstrings' Goodreads reviewer 5 stars

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A new edition of this bestselling story with a striking new cover Where do you go with a BIG worry? Hugless Douglas knows he can count on Dad Douglas' dad gives him a wonderful new woolly hat He races outside to show it off & doesn't realise that it's unravelling! Douglas' friends have lots of ideas about how to put things right but it is left to the little bear to work out for himself the best thing to do This is the second adventure in the hugely popular series which has sold over 14 million copies in 26 languages to date David Melling is one of the UK's best-loved author-illustrators & his stories combine brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world Hello Hugless Douglas! was a World Book Day picture book in 2014 & a number one bestseller selling over 450000 copies'A new Hugless Douglas book is always a cause for celebration' Daily Mail ...

Don&t You Have Time to Think? collects the witty eccentric & moving letters letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P Feynman Richard Feynman was no ordinary genius Brilliant free-spirited & irreverent he upset those in authority gave captivating lectures wrote equations on napkins in strip joints & touched countless lives everywhere He also wrote hundreds of letters to friends family critics colleagues & devoted fans around the world Now these letters have been brought together for the first time From down-to-earth advice to eager students to discussions of time travel & the atom bomb & from blunt rebuttals to journalists to poignant exchanges with his first wife as she lay dying they will introduce you to a unique person whose wisdom & lust for life inspired all those who came into his orbit & Nobel-winning physicist expert bongo-player safe-cracker & all-round genius Feynman was as this wonderful & inspiring collection records also a champion letter-writer Witty deadpan warm some are unbearably poignant& Guardian& Plain-speaking touching& Daily Telegraph& He sparked excitement not just about science but also about the power of creativity passion curiosity& The New York Times Richard P Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century&s most brilliant theoretical physicists & original thinkers Feynman&s other books also available in Penguin include QED Six Easy Pieces Six Not-so-Easy Pieces Don&t You Have Time to Think The Pleasure of Finding Things Out What Do You Care What Other People Think? & The Meaning of it All ...

Animated action & adventure with Donald Mickey Goofy & all their friends! It&s gold-standard fun the whole family can enjoy in the classic Disney tradition! When Donald & hyper-lucky Gladstone race to find a monstrous man-eating plant Uncle Scrooge is out to get there first! But will ruthless pirates beat the whole bunch? Then Goofy & Mickey catch Pegleg Pete in a night at the opera & Donald&s nephews join bratty Garvey Gull for a manic trip down the Mississippi! Collects Walt Disney&s Comics & Stories 736-738 About the Author William Van Horn has been a Disney comics artist & writer since 1988 He draws mostly Donald Duck & Uncle Scrooge & he has also written andor illustrated stories based on the animated series Duck Tales ...