The Tour de France is the world's greatest cycling race, the most colourful, gruelling & inspiring event in the sporting calendar. This is a record of this epic sporting event from its calamitous beginnings through to the focus of global media attention it is today. ...

The Tour de France is not just the world's greatest cycle race, it's also the most colourful, gruelling & inspiring event in the sporting calendar. Over 3 weeks, participants cover around 3, 500km in 20 plus stages, while the Tour itself has assumed near mythical status & has been compared to great works of literature to become 'a grand narrative of drama, conflict, heroism & suffering'. This book plots the evolution of the race from the solo cyclists of the early days to the superstars of the modern era, covering the legends in depth from Maurice Garin, to Lance Armstrong & many more. Each chapter is brought to life but 235 photographs & the inside track on all the controversies, tragedies & bizarre incidents which have affected the race over the past 108 years. ...

Delving into the world of the Tour de France, the biggest & most glamorous of all cycling races, this super second edition highlights the great battles for the Yellow Jersey & the polka-dots of the King of the Mountains since the race began in 1903. There are also hundreds of stories & statistics on the legendary riders, famous teams & high mountains which have helped to make the Tour de France one of the most exciting & popular sports spectacles in the world. The stories, features, lists & table are bought to life by fantastic action photography. All fans of Le Grand Boucle (the great loop, because the Tour always encircles France
- with a few stages in adjoining countries
- in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction) will love Tour de France Records 2014, & feel confident about winning any argument about this epic sporting challenge after reading through it from cover to cover.

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Mont Blanc, or ' Il Bianco' as it is sometimes known as in Italy; The White One. In a muddy field somewhere in Cornwall on New Year's Day, two men make a pact to tackle it. Reflective & poignant, this is the story of a journey around one of the world's most iconic mountains, through an area that is full to bursting with stories to remember. ...

An essential guidebook for anyone walking the Tour of Mont Blanc. The 170km circuit typically takes 11 days to walk around the Mont Blanc massif. The TMB is recognised as one of the world's classic treks. The book describes both anti-clockwise & clockwise directions, with variants & information about huts, refuges & facilities en route. ...

Details: In 1769 Thomas Gray (best known for his ' Elegy in a Country Chuchyard') made a tour of the English Lakes, &
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This handy guidebook contains detailed route descriptions for the GR54 trail circuit around the Ecrins national park, the Tour of the Oisans. The route is known to be one of Europe's toughest treks & traverses difficult terrain. It is described in 10 long day walk stages with suggestions for a 13 day itinerary & alternative stages ...

The Tour of the Queyras follows the GR58 & half of the GR541 trails. The 12-day Tour described in this guidebook crosses 24 cols, all above 2000m, with options to climb 17 summits of varying difficulty. This route is ideal for those new to Alpine trekking, but also provides optional challenges for the more experienced hiker & hillwalker. ...

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. The author took a different approach
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What does it mean to be free? This book finds the answer inside of us. It features sixty stories & meditations that progress in three movements, one of which reaffirms our struggle to hear, & yet our open invitation, in every instant, to realise our divinity with the help of our highest guides & angels, & especially the God of our hearts. ...