The Tour de France is one of the best-known & most challenging athletic events in the world. In the first three weeks of July every year the pros pit their strength wit & skill against each other over the gruelling 3 500km route. & every year amateur riders the world over dream of tackling one of the Tours legendary stages themselves. Ride a Stage of the Tour de France is the first book that allows non-professional cyclists to do just that. A thorough how to guide it covers forty of the Tours classic ascents including Mount Ventoux Galibier & Tourmalet. Each route is described in detail by an author who has ridden them all. Theres information to help you prepare train & choose the right stage & each route comes with a map & vital statistics like altitude length & difficulty. From where to park to when to go from what to wear to the characteristics of the road Riding a Stage of the Tour de France has all you need to complete the challenge safely & successfully. ...

This is a new edition of the exciting adventure stories set in Sandy Lane Stables perfect for pony lovers. Synopsis
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Tough smart business advice from the star of the hit TLC reality show American Chopper" Now in paperback The Ride of a Lifetime elucidates the business principles that have made Paul Teutul Sr. & Orange County Choppers a household name. Pauls smart commonsense business wisdom works for businesses both big & small in any industry. Here he shows you firsthand how he built a uniquely successful business by working very hard & demanding it from others; encouraging & embracing unfettered creativity; establishing well-defined roles for every team member & demanding they support each other; & using honest conflict & confrontation to solve problems & constantly innovate. Paul & his sons build the best one-of-a-kind choppers in the world with unrivaled passion creativity & honesty. The Ride of a Lifetime shows you how they do it. Offers an inside look at the business practices that built Orange County Choppers into a massively successful business Reveals a different side to the OCC family patriarch Full of practical real world business principles that lead to unlimited success for any business The Ride of a Lifetime is a smart tough-as-nails guide to business success that every entrepreneur should read." ...

Ever since Ram woke up in a tower block a few weeks ago the deadly & mysterious Dark Man has been hunting him down. With no memory of who he is or what has happened to him the only thing Ram can be certain of is that time is running out
- & not just for him for everyone. Ram knows that if he is ever to discover the truth about his identity the lone bomber & the terrible threat that faces the world he must turn the tables on the Dark Man. The time for running is over. In this shocking conclusion to the Nemesis series Ram faces one final confrontation with his nemesis & evil forces more powerful than he could ever imagine.
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With three full exercise routines for riders at beginner intermediate & advanced fitness levels this guide helps you achieve a good basic riding position that is centered aligned balanced & relaxed. There are clear explanations & photos of each exercise plus three tear-out workout guides so you can exercise anywhere. An enhanced seat enhances your riding experience helps eliminate back pain & post-riding soreness lessens fatigue minimizes the risk of injury & improves your performance. ...

Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside & the playgrounds of the world Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles" " Riders" " Rivals" " Polo" " The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous" " Appassionata" & " Score"! offer an intoxicating blend of skulduggery swooning romance sexual adventure & hilarious high jinks. " Riders" the first & steamiest in the series takes the lid off international showjumping a sport where the brave horses are almost human but the humans behave like animals. The brooding hero gypsy Jake Lovell under whose magic hands the most difficult horse or woman becomes biddable is driven to the top by his loathing of the beautiful bounder & darling of the show ring Rupert Campbell-Black. Having filched each other's horses & fought & fornicated their way around the capitals of Europe the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences during the Los Angeles Olympics." ...

With searching eyes he studied the beautiful violet barren waste of sage. Here was the unknown & the perilous. The novel that set the pattern for the modern Western Riders of the violet Sage was first published in 1912 immediately selling over a million copies. In the remote border country of South Utah a man is about to be whipped by the Mormons in order to pressure Jane Withersteen into marrying against her will. The punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero Lassiter a gunman in black leather who routs the persecutors & then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the Mormons. Secrecy seduction captivity & escape: out of these elements Zane Grey built his acclaimed story of the American West. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

The first book in a brand new series by the master of epic fantasy Raymond E. Feist. Ten years after the cataclysmic events of Wrath of a Mad God took place Midkemia now faces a new danger thought buried in myth & antiquity. A lost race of elves the taredhel or 'people of the stars' have found a way across the universe to reach Midkemia. On their current home world these elves are hard pressed by a ravaging demon horde & what was once a huge empire has been reduced to a handful of survivors. The cornerstone of taredhel lore is the tale of their lost origins in the world they call simply ' Home' a place lost in the mists of time. Now they are convinced that Midkemia is that place & they are coming to reclaim it. Ruthless & arrogant the taredhel intend to let nothing stand in their way; but before long Pug & the Conclave realise that it's not necessarily the elves but the demon horde pursuing them where the true danger lies. & hanging over Pug always is the prophecy that he will be doomed to watch everyone he loves die before him... ...

On an isolated ridge in the Kentucky woods stands a homemade lighthouse hundreds of miles from any substantial body of water. Local reporter Roy Darmus has always found it an amusing oddity
- until he is selected as the recipient of a suicide note from its builder. Roy enters the bizarre structure to find the walls covered in maps bearing the names of the dead
- including his own parents who were killed in a car accident when he was a boy. Roy soon has a storytelling assignment more daunting than anything hes seen before: convincing people that an age-old legend has in fact come to life. With haunting atmosphere & tension-coiled plot THE RIDGE is a terrifying journey into the heart of darkness.

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