A premier resource that is dedicated to running mechanics & injury prevention. Referencing over 250 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, it is a comprehensive review of the most recent research & clinical concepts related to gait & injury analysis. ...

At the age of sixty, & having lived with Parkinson’s disease for over ten years, Guy Deacon CBE set out on one last adventure: to drive solo from his home in the UK 18, 000 miles & through twenty-five countries to Cape Town on the southern tip of Africa. This incredible journey, across Europe & down the full length of Africa, took the former British Army officer over twelve months. Along the way, he broke down five times, underwent one emergency evacuation, & took 3, 650 prescription pills. There are only a handful of vehicles each year which attempt this difficult journey; many never complete it. Ongoing conflicts in Libya, South Sudan, Mozambique & many other countries make any journey exceptionally dangerous. In central Africa, road conditions, particularly in the rainy season, often make the going treacherous. Further hazards include illegal checkpoints, extortion, contaminated fuel & a lack of services. Guy drove, lived & slept in his VW Transporter, often in remote... ...

Beginning in summer with clouds of breeding seabirds in Shetland & ending with crepuscular nightjars like giant moths in the heart of Engl&, this title maps the author's own observations & encounters over the years of tracking birds across the globe. It tells of near-global birds like sparrows, starlings & ravens, & exotic species. ...

Beginning in summer with clouds of breeding seabirds in Shetland & ending with nightjars like giant moths in the heart of Engl&, the author maps his encounters with birds. He covers birds like sparrows, starlings & ravens, & exotic species like electrically coloured hummingbirds in California & bee-eaters in Africa. ...

A comedy based on the popular autobiographical novel by Augusten Burroughs. A child of the 1970s whose alcoholic father Norman (Alec Baldwin) & delusional, unpublished poet mother Deidre (Annette Benning) could serve as dictionary definition of the word ...

After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest long-distance races, Runner's World contributor Adharanand Finn set out to discover what it was that made them so fast
- & to see if he could keep up. Packing up his family, he moved to Iten, Kenya, the running capital of the world, & started investigating. Was it running barefoot to school, the food, the altitude, or something else? At the end of his journey he put his research to the test by running his first marathon, across the Kenyan plains.
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When Jonny Bealby's fiancee died of a mysterious virus, he decided to try & exorcise his demons by going on an adventure, & in ' Running with the Moon' he describes how he travelled alone from the top of Africa to the bottom, & back again, on a motorbike. ...

Running is one of the most popular activities worldwide, & provides an incredible feeling of achievement as well as offering an enjoyable & accessible way to get fit. This is a guide for beginners, with easy-to-follow advice & guidance on getting started, staying motivated, & improving your performance. ...

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On leaving school a sixteen-year-old boy goes to live with his uncle on a remote Welsh hill-farm. His aunt

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New York City fashion maven Berta Karapetyan has been creating gorgeous high-end knit-wear, designing awe-inspiring sweaters & working as a technical knitwear developer for the likes of Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren & Calvin Klein, as well as Banana Republic & Gap. Now, after founding the highly successful & inventive yarn company Karabella Yarns, Berta focuses her keen designers ...