Suitable for both recreational & competitive boxers, & all those who wish to take up amateur boxing, or participate in a boxing-based programme. This work offers practical advice on the many crucial factors that need to be taken into account if the boxer is to maximize his, or her, performance & potential. ...

' Boxing fitness', a recent development in personal fitness, has adapted elements of a boxer's training to produce a safe, enjoyable & effective workout that is suitable for everyone. This book describes the techniques involved & explains how the regime can be tailored to address each individual's fitness goals. ...

Details the drills that can strengthen your mind, sharpen your reflexes, & enable you to exert your will over an opponent. This title helps readers learn the fundamentals for creating an intelligent fight strategy & implementing the necessary tactics it takes to win. ...

Boxing On This Day revisits the sports most magical moments, from title tear-ups, shocks & famous knockouts to bizarre dramas.

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Boxing is a sport built on bravado & hype, where words like ' Legend' are all too easily applied to the latest up-&-comer with a knockout punch & an ego to match. But throughout the history of professional boxing there have been numerous true legends who have earned their iconic status through their performances in the ring. These Hall of Fame fighters have always fascinated the public through their skill, power & determination, delivering explosive punches that excite crowds around the world. & when two of these legendary boxers find themselves in the ring together, that's when sporting history is made. This explosive special 3 DVD Box Set means that you can join a distinguished panel of boxing writers, trainers & former champions & explore the greatest fighters, bouts & rivalries of the past century. Including ' The Thrilla in Manila Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson vs Carmen Basilio & many, many more. ...

A boy & a bear go to sea, equipped with a suitcase, a comic book & a ukulele. They are only travelling a short distance & it really shouldn't take long. But then their boat encounters 'unforeseeable anomalies'... Will the Harriet, their trusted vessel, withstand the violent lashings of the salty waves? ...

When a loved one disappears, you can never be sure whether they are alive or dead Jay once content with life in rural Irel&, left his childhood home & those who loved him to embark on the journey of his life in search of his father. Now Jay is fully grown & living in a mission hospital in Africa. Alone without his family or his roots, he has given up his quest. Back in Irel&, the man known as the master is recovering after a terrible accident. Sure that his missing grandson, the only person left of his family, is alive somewhere, he cannot rest untill he knows for sure. Both men are seeking, amid the human suffering they are surrounded by, to have their belief in life confirmed. & for both of them, its the kindness of strangers which brings comfort. From the travelling nun to the Polish builder, for the trusting truick driver to the released prisoner, it is these strangers who guide us on life's journey & who help bring the missing home to each other. ...

When a loved one disappears, you can never be sure whether they are alive or dead Jay once content with life in rural Irel&, left his childhood home & those who loved him to embark on the journey of his life in search of his father. Now Jay is fully grown & living in a mission hospital in Africa. Alone without his family or his roots, he has given up his quest. Back in Irel&, the man known as the master is recovering after a terrible accident. Sure that his missing grandson, the only person left of his family, is alive somewhere, he cannot rest untill he knows for sure. Both men are seeking, amid the human suffering they are surrounded by, to have their belief in life confirmed. & for both of them, its the kindness of strangers which brings comfort. From the travelling nun to the Polish builder, for the trusting truick driver to the released prisoner, it is these strangers who guide us on life's journey & who help bring the missing home to each other. ...

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 & the Second World War is fast approaching; & this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler. ...

This is almost all of what survives of a journal Colin Perry kept between March & November 1940, when he was eighteen years old, written in his home in Tooting & in the City of London where he worked. The journal was never intended for publication, it is only the youthful, untrained outpourings of a proud & totally insignificant Londoner. It spans what the Air Ministry was to call '...the Great Days from 8 August
- 31 October 1940' & the fifty-seven nights when the bombing of London was unceasing. This is the period enshrined in our history as the Battle of Britain, the most momentous year for Britain in the twentieth century.

Includes:: 70 Photographs


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