Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity & cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, & 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. ...

Every weekend, in basements & parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs & absent fathers take off their shoes & shirts & fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes & loosened teeth & the sense that they can handle anything. ...

Sold by his father for four guineas, Patrick Devlin knows just how cheap life is in a world of slavery, violence & greed. Devlin is taken as a servant by Captain John Coxon of the Royal Navy, whose job in this uneasy peacetime is to protect the stupendous wealth of the East India Company. But when pirates sink Coxon's ship, Devlin willingly trades his servile existence for their life of dangerous liberty. & when Devlin sets off in pursuit of a secret cargo of French Bullion, it is Coxon
- disgraced & hungry for revenge
- who is despatched to bring his former dog to heel.

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Barbara Clark is a former nurse & mother of three children, two with special needs, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. This book tells the story of how she found her cancer, & what it was that gave her the will to battle on & take on, the disease & the authorities who were prepared to let her die for want of a drug. ...

The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open... Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, & carry out long-ranges reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines. In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the nuts & bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest & most legendary fighting units in existence around the world today. Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to some of the world's hardest & most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops, Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes & escape-&-evasion tips, Chris Ryan's Fight to Win is the ultimate guide to elite forces training & operations. ...

Examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. This book

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A guide to over 100 of the fighters that have helped shape history, including the Fokker Dr I Triplane, Hawker Hurricane, Messerschmitt Bf 109, North American P/F-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, & more. It

Includes:: a history of fighter aircraft, from anecdotes about the first flying aces to fighter armament & equipment during World War II.

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Details:
Simply scrape away the lines to reveal a stunning copper picture of a WWII fighter plane. The simple

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One of ` The 30 Best Travel & Adventure Books of All Time', as selected by Gear Patrol, Winner 2015 US Travel & Adventure website Fighter Pilot was written from the immediate & unfettered personal journal that 23-year-old Flying Officer Paul Richey began on the day he & No. ...

Fighting Back is the story of a different kind of boxing superstar
- a hero for winning his battles outside as well as inside

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