For one brilliant season in 1983 the sport of fell running was dominated by the two huge talents of John Wild & Kenny Stuart Wild was an incomer to the sport from road running & track Stuart was born to the fells but an outcast because of his move from amateur to professional & back again Together they destroyed the record book only determining who was top by a few seconds in the last race of the season Running Hard is the story of that season & an inside intimate look at the two men by the author of It's a Hill Get Over It & The Round ...

Are you an entrepreneur about to create a new web application? If you want to maximize your chances of building something customers want this book demonstrates ways to apply & test techniques for customer development Lean Startup & bootstrapping Learn how to identify & engage customers throughout the development cycle so you can focus on building a product that people will actually buy & use By rigorously following the techniques described in Running Lean you can eliminate waste
- whether it's time money effort or all of the above
- & get your product to market quickly Refined through the real-world experiences of dozens of startup companies these techniques are part of Eric Ries' Lean Startup methodology Principles covered in this book include Find a problem worth solving then define a solution Demo before building Pricing is part of the product Maximize for speed learning & focus Build a continuous feedback loop with customers throughout the product development cycle Right Action Right Time Build a path to customers from day one

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' If you've ever wept Why Do I Want To Run? your answer is here' Caitlin Moran Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes the arse of an athlete the waist of a supermodel the speed of a gazelle Defeated by gyms & bored of yoga she decided to run Her first attempt did not end well Six years later she has run five marathons in two continents But as her dad says you run with your head as much as with your legs So while this is a book about running it's not just about running You could say it's about ambition (yes getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts) relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop) as well as your body (your boobs don't have to wobble when you run) But it's also about realising that you can do more than you ever thought possible Very funny very honest & very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this is a book for anyone who after wine & crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might just might like to run like a girl ...

Set in 2019 an ex-cop framed & convicted of mass slaughter must struggle against time in a popular game show where convicted felons race for their lives in decimated Los Angeles in the faint hope of a pardon ...

Join 12-year-old Tash & her best friend Sam in a story of adventure survival & hope set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet & India Filled with friendship love & courage this young girl's thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for children aged 9-12 There are two words that are banned in Tibet Two words that can get you locked in prison without a second thought I watch the soldiers tramping away & call the words after them ' Dalai Lama' Tash has to follow many rules to survive in Tibet a country occupied by Chinese soldiers But when a man sets himself on fire in protest & soldiers seize Tash's parents she & her best friend Sam must break the rules They are determined to escape Tibet
- & seek the help of the Dalai Lama himself in India & so with a backpack of Tash's father's mysterious papers & two trusty yaks by their side their extraordinary journey across the mountains begins
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Ready Aim Run Joey Gazelle (Paul walker) is a low-level mafia thug who finds himself in the middle of a drug-deal gone wrong in which a hail of gunfire & some dead undercover cops are the net results Fleeing from the scene Joey is charged with dispensing one of the steel revolvers used to kill the cops Instead he stashes the gun in his own basement just in case he ever needs insurance against his own gang Unfortunately Joey&s 10-year old son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) & his best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright) see where the weapon is hidden Oleg whose Russian mob-connected step-father is physically abusive towards him & his mother steals the gun to exact revenge This forces Joey to embark on a nightmarish 18 hour journey to locate Oleg & the gun before his own gang the Russian mafia or bad cop Detective Rydell (Chazz Palminteri) finds them or the true link between the gun & the crimes ...

Chicago cops Ray (Gregory Hines) & Danny (Billy Crystal) sail close to the wind in their law-enforcing tactics & are forced to take leave when one of their stunts backfires A holiday in Florida seems the ideal way to nurse their bruised professional egos & to their surprise the duo realise that the beach lifestyle suits them much better than their daily confrontations with the Chicago criminal fraternity They decide to hand in their notices & open a bar in Key West but not without first settling an old score with gangster bigwig Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits) ...

The epic & heart-rending jungle adventure from the nation's favourite storyteller now available in paperback For Will & his mother going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday It's an escape a new start a chance to put things behind them
- things like the death of Will's father & to begin with it seems to be just what they both needed But then Oona the elephant Will is riding on the beach begins acting strangely shying away from the sea & that's when the tsunami comes crashing in & Oona begins to run Except that when the tsunami is gone Oona just keeps on running With nothing on his back but a shirt & nothing to sustain him but a bottle of water Will must learn to survive deep in the jungle Luckily though he's not completely alone He's got Oona
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Get ready to embark on the craziest vacation ever! A herd of mischievous bulls has taken over the quaint town of El Toro & players must outrun & outwit them in order to get to the fabulous destinations on the coast! Skillfully play cards to dodge the rascally bulls as they chase you through the streets! The dice themselves are the Runners & you must maipulate them to determine both their paths & those of the Bulls themselves! It&s all a bit like strategic pachinko! With a bit of planning & lot of luck you’ll reach your spectacular getaway while Running with the Bulls! In the game players use handfuls of dice as runners starting them at the top of the game board & playing cards to reroll those runners or influence opposing runners with your goal for each of the three days being to get your runners to the fancy destinations (which are worth differing amounts of points) at the bottom of the board while avoiding the bulls that are chasing you 2-6 Players 40-60 Min Playing Time Age 8 ...

' Of course I'm a fking hooligan you prk I am a hooliganthere I've said it I'm a hooligan & do you know why? Because that's my fking job' In 1995 a film called ID about an ambitious young copper who was sent undercover to track down the generals' of a football hooligan gang achieved cult status for its sheer brutality & unsettling insight into the dark & often bloody side of the so-called beautiful game The film was so shocking it was hard to believe the mindless events that took place could ever happen in the real world Well believe it now Almost twenty years on the man behind the film has explosively revealed that the script was largely a true story That man James Bannon was the ambitious undercover cop The football club was Millwall FC & the gang that he infiltrated was The Bushwackers among the most brutal & fearless in English football In Running with the Firm Bannon shares his intense & dangerous journey into the underworld of football hooliganism where sickening levels of violence prevail over anything else He introduces you to the hardest thugs from football's most notorious gangs tells all about the secret & almost comical police operations that were meant to bring them down & how once you're on the inside getting out from the mob proves to be the biggest mission of all A disturbing but compelling read this is the book that proves fact really is stranger than fiction ...