The Tennis Book" is the pre-eminent single volume illustrated work of tennis reference tracing the game from its relaxed beginnings as a pastime of the 1800s through to what has become the high energy all-action global sport of the 21st century. John Parsons celebrated book

Includes:: comprehensive chapters profiling the legends of the game & over 150 top players analysis of tennis greatest matches world famous tournaments & global development as a well as extensive features on the politics controversies & oddities of the game. Packed with more than 200 photographs & complete with a record of all Grand Slam winners every player every tournament & every issue of importance in the game of tennis is highlighted in detail in the book. Written by two of the games leading authorities " The Tennis Book" is the definitive work on world tennis with every page an information packed celebration of one of the worlds most exhilarating sports."

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It was Patricks idea that they should have the tennis party. After all he has the perfect setting
- the White House bought out
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Match point. Your opponent hits a deep-sliced approach shot to your backh&. To neutralize this attack & regain control of the point you retaliate with a crosscourt passing shot low with topspin. Your opponent is forced to return a weak volley to the open court & you win the point with a passing shot down the line. Game set & match. This is just one of the many winning strategies youll find in Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play." Its the first book to break down what shots to make & when to make them. Youll learn how to plan your shot selection in competition & put yourself in the best possible position to win every point. Based on an extensive USTA study of actual tournament play by the games top athletes " Tennis Tactics" describes 58 patterns--repeated shot sequences--that will emphasize your strengths & exploit your opponents weaknesses. It contains 63 drills that show you how to practice the patterns & make them part of your routine during match play. Competitive players coaches & instructors will love the books simple approach for practice & play." Tennis Tactics" reviews sound time-tested strategic principles then explains how they apply to patterns of play. Youll learn how to choose patterns that fit your style of play whether youre an all-court player a counterpuncher an aggressive baseliner or a serve-&-volleyer. Next the book provides strategies & tactics for different areas of the court. Youll learn how to execute 58 patterns for- backcourt (26)
- midcourt (8)
- net play (8) &
- defensive play (16). For each pattern the book describes & illustrates corresponding practice drills that will help you get an edge on the competition. A Pattern Finder chart helps you quickly locate the shot combinations you want to study & incorporate into your game. Make your practice sessions pay off in competition by using the drills & mastering the patterns in " Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play.""


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Alfred Lord Tennyson Queen Victoria's favourite poet commanded a wider readership than any other of his time. His ascendancy was neither the triumph of pure genius nor an accident of history: he skilfully crafted his own career & his relationships with his audience. Fame & recognition came lavishly & in abundance but the hunger for more never left him. Like many successful Victorians he was a provincial determined to make good in the capital while retaining his regional strengths. One of eleven children he remained close to his extended family & never lost his Lincolnshire accent. Resolving never to be anything except 'a poet' he wore his hair long smoked incessantly & sported a cloak & wide-brimmed Spanish hat. Tennyson ranged widely in his poetry turning his interests in geology evolution & Arthurian legend into verse but much of his workrelates to his personal life. The tragic loss of Arthur Hallam a brilliant friend & fellow Apostle at Cambridge fed into some of his most successful & best-known poems. It took Tennyson seventeen years to complete his great elegy for Hallam In Memoriam" a work which established his fame & secured his appointment as Poet Laureate. The poet who wrote " The Lady of Shalott" & " The Charge of the Light Brigade" has become a permanent part of our culture. This enjoyable & thoughtful new biography shows him as a Romantic as well as a Victorian exploring both the poems & Tennyson's attempts at play writing as well as the pressures of his age & the personal relationships that made the man." ...

One of the worlds most celebrated authors Margaret Atwood has written a collection of smart & entertaining fictional essays in the genre of her previous books Good Bones" & " Murder in the Dark". Chilling & witty prescient & personal delectable & tart these highly imaginative tales tackle a broad range of subjects reflecting the times we live in with deadly accuracy & knife-edge precision. Punctuated with wonderful illustrations by the author they are vintage Atwood." ...

When Daniel Stone was a child he was the only white boy in a native Eskimo village where his mother taught & he was teased mercilessly because he was different. He fought back the baddest of the bad kids: stealing drinking robbing & cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush where he honed his artistic talent fell in love with a girl & got her pregnant. To become part of a family he reinvented himself jettisoning all that anger to become a docile devoted husband & father. Fifteen years later when we meet Daniel again he is a comic book artist. His wife teaches Dante's Inferno at a local college; his daughter Trixie is the light of his life & a girl who only knows her father as the even-tempered mild-mannered man he has been her whole life. Until that is she is date raped.. .and Daniel finds himself struggling again with a powerlessness & a rage that may not just swallow him whole but destroy his family & his future. ...

Its another dark year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod.. . The evil vampire DAblo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlads powers. His best friend doesnt want to be his drudge any more & its getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on those around him. But when DAblo shows up demanding his fathers journal Vlad realizes that having a normal high school year is the least of his concerns. Vlad needs to act fast & even his status as the Pravus wont save him this time... ...

Millions have experienced the nine insights of The Celestine Prophecy & glimpsed the emerging world view that it describes. Inspired by this book individuals across the world have opened up to the experience of guiding coincidences in their lives & to a new sense of personal dignity & mission. Now a new insight is emerging... The Tenth Insight. The Tenth Insight will take you on a journey into other

Dimensions...to memories of past experiences & other countries...to the moment before our conception & the birth vision we all experience...to the passage of death & the life review we must all face...to the self-imposed isolation of hell where fearful souls resist awakening...and the love-filled Afterlife dimension where the knowledge of human destiny is guarded & held. & back on Earth you will see the fear of the future that is endangeirng Earth's spiritual renaissance & you will struggle to overcome this fear by exploirng the nature of intuition synchronicity & visualization. As you grasp The Tenth Insight your memories will expand to include an understanding of the long expanse of human history & the special mission we all share to bring humanity to answer as never before the unspoken questions that loom over all of human experience & in every human heart: Why are we here? What are we to do? Where are we going? Again with words that resonate with our deepest intuitions & illuminate both the world outside us & within us James Redfield offers us all a unique revelatory & ultimately joyful vision of human spirituality. One that could change your life
- & perhaps the world.


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When an SAS team is sent to train government troops in Karmanga a poverty-stricken & war-torn republic in the dark heart of southern Africa Geordie Sharp is caught up un the most dangerous & difficult assignment of his military career. When the SAS men see that the rebels are boosted by ex-US Navy SEAL mercenaries they begin to sense a hidden agenda & they know that things are going to get messy. From the author of more than a dozen Sunday Times top ten bestselling thrillers Tenth Man Down is a pulse-pounding story that sinks its teeth in & doesnt let go. ...

From the undisputed master of the short story George Saunders comes a dazzling & disturbing new collection. His most wryly hilarious work to date Tenth of December illuminates human experience & explores figures lost in a labyrinth of troubling preoccupations. A family member recollects a backyard pole dressed for all occasions; Divisional Director Todd Birnie sends round a memo to employees he thinks need some inspiration; Jeff faces horrifying ultimatums & the prospect of Darkenfloxx' in some unusual drug trials; & in an auction of local celebrities Al Roosten hides his own internal monologue behind a winning smile that he hopes will make him popular. Although as a young boy discovers sometimes the voices fade & all you are left with is a frozen hill on a cold day in December... With dark visions of the future riffing against ghosts of the past & the ever-settling present Tenth of December sings with astonishing charm & intensity & re-affirms Saunders as one of our greatest living storytellers. ...