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A 2.4-mile swim a 112-mile bike ride & a 26.2-mile run makes the Ironman triathlon one of the hardest one-day endurance challenges on the planet. Now take those events & transfer them to a volcanic rock with cruel winds searing sun rough seas & nosebleed-inducing hills & you have Ironman Lanzarote. Why then would Andy Holgate
- who admittedly has never swum in the sea who cant cope with the wind sun or even stairs
- take on such an extreme challenge? Simple: Because he can. Cant Sleep Cant Train Cant Stop! continues Andys inspirational journey from where Cant Swim Cant Ride Cant Run left off chronicling his attempt to complete two Ironman triathlons six weeks apart. Already in his fortieth year would Andy make it to his forty-first? Would Lanzarote prove one triathlon too far
- or will Andy succeed against the odds & live to swim ride & run another day?


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The St&-Up while Sitting Down Years... Jo Brand tells the story of how she crawled to fame & fortune managed to persuade someone to marry her & had some children at an age when she should have been in a bath chair on the seafront. In this second volume of her memoirs Jo recounts wild times on the comedy circuit the attempts to tart her up for the TV screen running the marathon rally driving her numerous occasionally extremely inebriated Edinburgh festival appearances her acting career & much much more. Jo Brand is one of our best-loved comedians according to a"e she made up. This memoir is full of hard-won wisdom hilarity & her views on life laughs friendships & all the good & bad things in the world. If she was Prime Minister the country would be in even more of a mess than it is. ...

This is a bestselling picture book
- brought to life with an animated DVD! Little Bear cant sleep. Hes frightened of the dark even
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Can't Swim Can't Ride Can't Run follows Andy Holgate's epic journey from being an overweight librarian to an Ironman triathlete. Before he could even begin the rollercoaster ride which amassed more punctures than Andy cares to remember this would-be Superman had first to buy a second hand bike & take swimming lessons. Along the way he ended up in hospital dealt with family crises encountered crocodiles & deadly amoebas & persuaded his friends that doing an Ironman event is what normal people do on their stag weekend. This is the inspirational amusing & moving story of how one normal bloke learnt how to fall off a bike & not injure himself to run a marathon despite two dodgy knees & most importantly how not to drown. ...

Sighs alternate with gawps at the white-dipped mountains mist-cloaked seascapes & epic northern roadways. & with more festivals than you can swing a moose at you ll even forget it s cold. Karla Zimmerman Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book 9 authors 21 522 km driven 103 maps 37 moose sightings Inspirational photos In-depth background Pull-out city map Full-color National Parks chapter Comprehensive planning tools At-a-glance practical info ...

First Ill tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders which happened later. In 1956 Dell Parsons family came to a stop in Great Falls Montana the way many military families did following the war. His father Bev was a talkative plank-shouldered man an airman from Alabama with an optimistic & easy-scheming nature. Dell & his twin sister Berner could easily see why their mother might have been attracted to him. But their mother Neeva
- from an educated immigrant Jewish family
- was shy artistic & alienated from their fathers small-town world of money scrapes & living on-the-fly. It was more bad instincts & bad luck that Dells parents decided to rob the bank. They werent reckless people. In the days following the arrest Dell is saved by a family friend before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across the Montana border into Saskatchewan his life hurtles towards the unknown towards a hotel in a deserted town towards the violent & enigmatic American Arthur Remlinger & towards Canada itself
- a landscape of rescue & abandonment. But as Dell discovers in this new world of secrets & upheaval he is not the only one whose own past lies on the other side of a border. In Canada Richard Ford has created a masterpiece. A visionary novel of vast landscapes complex identities & fragile humanity. It questions the fine line between the normal & the extraordinary & the moments that haunt our settled view of the world.


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People experience their holidays by visiting a particular part of a city or region of a country. The chapters in Key Guide Canada" are ordered in a regional way with all the sights walks drives & listings for that area in one section to reflect this trend in travelling. The guide is colour-coded throughout with coloured dividers separating each section. There are expert recommendations for where to eat stay shop & be entertained great walks & drives & beautiful photography throughout. In addition there is a super-clear atlas of Canada with index & locations pinpointed." ...

First I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders which happened later. In 1956 Dell Parsons' family came to a stop in Great Falls Montana the way many military families did following the war. His father Bev was a talkative plank-shouldered man an airman from Alabama with an optimistic & easy-scheming nature. Dell & his twin sister Berner could easily see why their mother might have been attracted to him. But their mother Neeva
- from an educated immigrant Jewish family
- was shy artistic & alienated from their father's small-town world of money scrapes & living on-the-fly. It was more bad instincts & bad luck that Dell's parents decided to rob the bank. They weren't reckless people. In the days following the arrest Dell is saved by a family friend before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across the Montana border into Saskatchewan his life hurtles towards the unknown towards a hotel in a deserted town towards the violent & enigmatic American Arthur Remlinger & towards Canada itself
- a landscape of rescue & abandonment. But as Dell discovers in this new world of secrets & upheaval he is not the only one whose own past lies on the other side of a border. In Canada Richard Ford has created a masterpiece. A visionary novel of vast landscapes complex identities & fragile humanity. It questions the fine line between the normal & the extraordinary & the moments that haunt our settled view of the world.


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Marco Polo maps feature completely up-to-date digitally generated mapping. The high quality cartography with distance indicators & scale converters aid route planning. The extensive coverage of the maps enables travellers to cross country boundaries with the same map. A fold-out overview map is ideal for route planning & 7 self-adhesive Marco Polo mark-it stickers can be used to pin-point a destination or route for future reference. Scenic routes & places of interest are highlighted
- ideal for touring holidays. Comprehensive index. The map scale is 1: 4 000 000.
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