Its Christmas Eve & Rudolphs got the flu! Jimmie & Robbie Mack are so desperate for Christmas to come that theyve left twenty-seven sandwiches out for Santa. But Rudolf is off sick & Santas grounded the sleigh
- with all the presents. Will the big day be cancelled? Or can Rover the wonder-dog save Christmas? Well what do you think?
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Earlier this year six ex-servicemen embarked on a grueling mission to row the Atlantic. Overcoming a broken rudder blistering heat & running out of fresh water they completed the endeavour in just 51 days
- a feat achieved by fewer people than have climbed Everest. What made their accomplishment all the more remarkable was that of the six four had been severely wounded while on active service in Afghanistan & Iraq. The trials of the Row 2 Recovery boat were covered at the time by the BBC ITV Channel 4 Sky News & national newspapers as the public recognised the gravity of the situation the crew found themselves in & concerns mounted for their safety. When Prince Harry called the boat via satellite to raise their morale as water supplies dwindled to dangerously low levels the media were astonished that despite their plight the crew were in surprisingly good spirits! But given the journey these men had taken to even get into the boat their latest set back seemed to be just another bump in a long road to recovery. The story of the voyage & the individual journeys that the crew took to get there is now recorded in this book which tells the stories of the six crew members from their Tours of Duty in the hot desert sands of Afghanistan & Iraq to the traumatic 'man down' moments that four of them suffered at the hands of insurgents. It then documents their traumatic recoveries which for some included coming to terms with lost limbs & learning how to walk again & continues on to the massive undertaking of trying to row across the Atlantic with a crew that was missing four legs & forced to live together in a boat that was so small that only three of the six could be out on deck at any one time. Written by former Army officer & journalist Sam Peters who was involved with the project from the very start The Row to Recovery provides a moving insight into the phenomenal journey that these men undertook
- not just in the literal sense but in terms of the remarkable physical & mental endeavours which took them from the battlefield to rehabilitation culminating in immense personal triumph. It is an inspiration to all an exhortation that anything is possible & an important reminder to everyone in this country regardless of political stance that the consequences of our involvement in Iraq & Afghanistan will reverberate long after our troops have returned home.

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The Know the Game series is firmly established as the leading introduction to a huge range of sports. For years they have been the first step into a new sport for many people children & adults alike. The series has now been relaunched in a new format & a modern design
- making the best even better. The aim has been to make the books more accessible & they are now packed with colour photos & illustrations top tips & interesting facts. Each book contains everything you need to know about the sport including equipment rules techniques & training tips. Theres even information on how to find a club & meet new people to play the sport with. & having been written & endorsed by the sports professional body you can be sure that you are getting the best information available.
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This new paperback edition of Bill Sayer's comprehensive guide to the sports of rowing & sculling has been further revised & updated since the third edition. British rowing has undergone many changes in recent years & has enjoyed some spectacular international successes particularly in the London 2012 Olympics. Levels of skill & professionalism are increasing all the time & new developments in training & equipment all go towards further increases in performance. This new edition takes into account these changes & incorporates recent research findings & experience that underpin enhanced training methods & nutritional advice. Bill Sayer offers invaluable instruction to maximize the athlete's efficiency strength & endurance on the water. He surveys the basic equipment the rigging & design of boats & their oars & sculls the principles & practice of training
- including the special requirements of women & juniors & the signficance of environmental factors nutrition & psychology. The body of the book deals with different techniques required for rowing & sculling illustrated by new sequences of photographs & offers advice on steering & coxing & the special challenges of both head-of-the-river & regatta racing. With the aid of over 120 of his own colour photographs diagrams & tables Bill Sayer aims to provide every enthusiast whether beginner or experienced competitor with the information they need for greater success in the sport.
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Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique training & racing information. Let the worlds top coaches rowers & sport scientists steer you to ultimate success starting with sound training & racing principles & adding increasingly advanced instruction & insights all the way to the finish. Rowing Faster 2nd Edition" is the most comprehensive & detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. Youll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength & efficiency for maximizing speed; & tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition." ...

The most iconic works of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are widely known reproduced copied & even parodied. However the true diversity & complexity of his oeuvre is little understood & the full scope of his career is largely absent from the existing literature. Presenting over 130 paintings & sculptures as well as over thirty seldom or never-before-seen drawings & collages this book examines all periods in Lichtenstein's career going well beyond his brushstrokes & the classic Pop romance & war cartoon paintings that made him famous. Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective" features exciting new scholarship by an international team of distinguished curators critics & art historians. Essays by Yve-Alain Bois Chrissie Iles & Stephen Little among others give special consideration to Lichtenstein's historical influences from Picasso & Cubism through Surrealism Futurism & British Pop. Contributions from the accompanying exhibition's curators James Rondeau & Sheena Wagstaff evaluate the artist's abstract work & late nudes. Complemented by photographs of the artist & his seminal exhibitions the authors examine the various styles & subjects featured in paintings created throughout his lifetime. The inclusion of a complete chronology of Lichtenstein's life & work
- compiled by Clare Bell of the Lichtenstein Foundation
- makes this retrospective the most authoritative publication on the artist since his death."

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This collection contains stories from the 60s 70s & 90s. 1962-1963 Roy makes his England debut against South American side Caragua. England win 3-1 (Roy 2). 1966 Whilst on tour in Australia during the real 1966 World Cup Rovers found themselves representing England in an alternative tournament organised by a wealthy sheep farmer where their opponents included a team of Italian acrobats! 1977-1978 Roy takes over as caretaker-manager of England & after defeating Holland 5-1 turns down the full-time job. 1991-1992 Roy appointed player-manager of England B team & wins a four-nation tournament v USA France & Segovia. ...

When Kate Kray wrote Pretty Boy " she interviewed scores of people. Almost without exception as she was leaving they would say to her " Ill tell you something about Roy--but dont tell him I told you..." These stories were too shocking & close to the bone to include without Roys permission & now that permission has been granted. " Roy Shaw Unleashed" is a collection of those stories as told by Roy himself & those close to him. It

Includes:: true stories of murder & violence & the final truth about his famous fights with Lenny " The Guvnor" Mc Lean."

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For nearly half a century Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain. Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery aged thirty-one. In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins & the roots of his life-long passion for the culture & history of Engl&. He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child of melancholy temperament painting Elizabethan miniatures & Shakespearean set designs in his teens. It follows him through grammar school & university where together with a generation of postwar 'meritocrats' like A.S. Byatt & Alan Bennett his passion for learning was awakened & nourished. We catch glimpses of seminal experiences such as his first outings to the theatre opera & ballet & his first trip abroad to Italy which was to have a lasting influence on his sensibilities. He explores key sometimes painful relationships with his family his school teacher with whom he had a lifelong correspondence & his debt to such people as C.V. Wedgwood A.L. Rowse Frances Yates & Cecil Beaton. In it we glimpse a vanished world dominated by class & hierarchy up which he climbed. As a backdrop we have the transformation of London from the drab postwar world of the 1950s to the epicentre of fashion in the 1960s & the development of Sir Roy's distinctive sartorial style inspired by the burgeoning shops on Carnaby Street. Richly illustrated with drawings letters photographs & other archival material this is an honest & compelling portrait of a young man about to step into the limelight of the British cultural scene he helped to modernize & in which he played a leading role. ...

The second volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer series now reissued in gorgeous new livery. We are here Fitz you & I to change the future & the world... Fitz dreams of Red-Ship Raiders sacking a coastal village leaving not a single man woman or child alive. Tortured by this terrible vision he returns to the Six Duchies court where all is far from well. King Shrewd has been struck down by a mysterious illness & King-in-waiting Verity spends all his time attempting to conjure storms to confuse & destroy the Red-Ship Raiders. & when he leaves on an insane mission to seek out the mystical Elderings Fitz is left alone & friendless but for the wolf Nighteyes & the King's Fool with his cryptic prophesies. ...