Very funny very honest & very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this book will make you want to put on your trainers. Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete the waist of a supermodel the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms & bored of yoga she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later she has run five marathons in two continents. But as her dad says you run with your head as much as with your legs. So while this is a book about running it's not just about running. You could say it's about ambition (yes getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts) relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop) as well as your body (your boobs don't have to wobble when you run). But it's also about realizing that you can do more than you ever thought possible. Very funny very honest & very emotional whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus this is a book for anyone who after wine & crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might.. .just might.. .like to run like a girl. ...

Currently the number-one selling running book on Amazon.co.uk Running Made Easy" is quite simply the easiest friendliest most inspiring running book ever written. Fully revised & updated for 2008 this must-have guide is designed to get everyone who thought they could never run on their way to a better body bags of confidence & soaring energy levels. ' Running Made Easy' takes things right back to basics with the easiest-ever beginner's plan fill-in charts & diary sections plus all the jargon-free tips & advice you need to learn to love running. This book is there to support you with amazing stories & tips from runners just like you & also has chapters on goal setting self-hypnosis & mind games to get you back on track. Read this book & we guarantee that you'll run away with a healthier mind & body feeling empowered to succeed at whatever challenge you set yourself
- whether that's running a lap of your local park tackling your first race or marathon or just changing your life for the better."
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One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a scrubby municipal running track in Sheffield he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records & three of them in just forty-one days Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (Moscow 1980 & Los Angeles 1984). The same passion galvanised Coe in 2005 when he led Britains bid to bring the Olympic & Paralympic Games to London. He knew that if we won it would regenerate an East London landscape & change the lives of thousands of young people. It has. Born in Hammersmith & coached by his engineer father Coe went from a secondary modern school & Loughborough University to become the fastest middle-distance runner of his generation. His rivalry with Steve Ovett gripped a nation & made Britain feel successful at a time of widespread social discontent. From sport Coe transferred his ideals to politics serving in John Majors Conservative government from 1992 to 1997 & developing sharp elbows to become chief of staff to William Hague leader of the Party from 1997 to 2001 & finally a member of the House of Lords. Running My Life is in turns exhilarating inspiring amusing & extremely moving. Everyone knows where Sebastian Coe ended up. Few people realise how he got there. This is his personal journey. ...

One second in time may separate the great athlete from the merely good. Seb Coe has made every second count. From an early age he has been driven to be the best at everything he does. Since the moment Coe stood alongside a 'scrubby' municipal running track in Sheffield he knew that sport could change his life. It did. Breaking an incredible twelve world records & three of them in just forty-one days Seb became the only athlete to take gold at 1500 metres in two successive Olympic Games (Moscow 1980 & Los Angeles 1984). The same passion galvanised Coe in 2005 when he led Britain's bid to bring the Olympic & Paralympic Games to London. He knew that if we won it would regenerate an East London landscape & change the lives of thousands of young people. It has. Born in Hammersmith & coached by his engineer father Coe went from a secondary modern school & Loughborough University to become the fastest middle-distance runner of his generation. His rivalry with Steve Ovett gripped a nation & made Britain feel successful at a time of widespread social discontent. From sport Coe transferred his ideals to politics serving in John Major's Conservative government from 1992 to 1997 & developing 'sharp elbows' to become chief of staff to William Hague leader of the Party from 1997 to 2001 & finally a member of the House of Lords. Running My Life is in turns exhilarating inspiring amusing & extremely moving. Everyone knows where Sebastian Coe ended up. Few people realise how he got there. This is his personal journey. ...

Aspiring actress & part-time private investigator Fran Varady knew there would be maximum disruption when her friend Ganesh decided to modernise his uncle's newsagents starting with the washroom. But she isn't prepared for the nightmare that begins when an agitated passer-by asks to use it: hours later he's found stabbed to death leaving a message for Fran to meet him & a mysterious roll of film hidden behind the old pipes.. . Fran realises that whoever wanted the negatives knows where they were hidden. & probably where they are now. With her police protection more a hindrance than a help an old friend Tig on the verge of collapse & the builders wreaking havoc in the shop can Fran find out why someone is prepared to murder for the negatives
- before they find her?
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Marine Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson is sent into Pakistan where an international team of medical workers has been executed in order to cover up a deadly terrorist secret. In the aftermath of great floods a doctor on a relief mission in northeastern Pakistan discovers the remains of a collapsed bridge that reminds him of a bridge near his childhood home in Ohio. He snaps a mobile phone picture & sends it to his sister just before his entire team is slaughtered. His sister is Beth Ledford a Coast Guard sniper who suspects that the answer to the mystery of her brother's death is in that cellphone picture. No one believes her until she finds Swanson & the secret special operations team known as Task Force Trident. When Kyle takes Beth into Pakistan to investigate they find the true secret behind the mass murder
- what may be the last best hope of victory by al-Qaeda & the Taliban over allied forces. Now the two snipers have their sights set on one man an American diplomat who has become the biggest obstacle to victory in the war on terror. The only question is: which of them gets to pull the trigger?
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Jean Patrick dreams of running in the Olympics & with gruelling training he soon beats a world qualifying time. But his chances of success are threatened by the ethnic tensions erupting all around him. When Hutu violence against Tutsis finally crescendos & his homeland Rwanda is wracked by unforgivable atrocities Jean Patrick a Tutsi has no choice but to run for his life abandoning fatherland family & the woman he loves. Finding them again will be the race of his life. ...

Dax is starting to get used to his life as a shapeshifter. At last he feels safe & secure surrounded by people he trusts & with real friends who understand what he is going through. But then everything changes & Dax finds himself in danger beyond his wildest dreams. & just when he needs his best friend Gideon to be there for him Gideon's life changes too. Dramatically. & forever. Now Dax feels more alone than ever. Because he can feel that something is very wrong
- but no one will take him seriously. No one else can see the danger that threatens to destroy them all.. .
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Whether it's a crew of two hundred shooting a cast of thousands on horseback or a crew of twelve filming one person in a room each & every successful movie production requires a strong First Assistant Director (AD) at its helm. In Running the Show veteran First AD Liz Gill walks you through the entire filmmaking process through the perspective of the First AD from pre-production shoot wrap & all in between. This essential guide is the only book that gives you the first hand knowledge to become a successful first assistant director ...

This is the autobiography of one of Irelands greatest ever full-backs
- Dave Langan. Brought to England by the legendary Brain
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