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For half a century, Edward Payson Weston was one of the most famous people in the English-speaking world as the first age of international celebrity unfolded. The godfather of the pedestrianism movement - a sport that took the Victorian world by storm - he criss-crossed Britain and America on foot earning fame, fortune and notoriety in an athletic career that saw him complete some of the most amazing endurance feats ever witnessed. The story of a dreamer, schemer and ladies man, who met with presidents and royalty, crooks and knaves, A Man in a Hurry is one man's athletic journey from the Gold Rush to the Jazz Age. With its colourful detail, historical context and readable style, the co-authors have skilfully recreated a vanished world to tell one of the most amazing stories in sporting history and provide an important addition to the sports literature canon.

Rooted in centuries of wisdom, this devotional draws inspiration from the book of Proverbs, offering thoughtful reflections on each verse. The author, after retirement, began sharing daily insights on social media, which culminated in this collection. Each entry includes a contemplation of the verse and a brief prayer, providing guidance and encouragement for individuals, families, and churches seeking spiritual growth and understanding.

Christmas comes but once a year... and in the world of the grumpy bloke, that's once too often! But turn that frown upside down with the hundreds of jokes and one-liners in this book of festive fun.

'The unmistakable voice of Moto GP' - Valentino RossiAs 'The Voice' of motorcycle racing for forty years, commentator Nick Harris became the biggest star not on two wheels in the paddock, and this is his mostly eye-witness, white-knuckle account of MotoGP's scorching seventy-year history.The story starts on the Isle of Man in 1949, when Geoff Duke, with his slicked-back hair and one-piece black leathers, became the nation's hero, defying the odds and winning the most dangerous race in the world on a British-built Norton. Just over a decade later at Mallory Park, another British champion and one of the greatest riders of all time Mike Hailwood screamed past a young Nick Harris on his 250cc Honda, and a life-long passion was born.Harris has been at the centre of the sport for decades, getting to know the riders as individuals, seeings feuds unfold, champions made, careers and sometimes lives ended. We'll see the biggest podium stars up close, from Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts to Valentino Rossi, and we'll meet the mechanics behind them, the manufacturers who poured millions into the teams, and the organisers who, in the early days, ruthlessly compromised rider safety for profits. The drama has often been as tense off the track as on it.This is the book the motorcycling world has been waiting for.

When you're feeling disappointed or just a little blue, there's nothing like good a laugh at some groanworthy jokes to raise the spirits - and that's what you'll get with this whopping compendium.

V ďalšom pokračovaní slávnej Drakológie sa neuskutoční každoročná migrácia ľadových drakov a Dr. Drakovi a jeho učňom Danielovi a Beatrice je jasné, že sa deje niečo zlé. Žeby to mala zase na svedomí temná drakologička Alexandra Gorynyčková? Spoločne sa ocitajú na stratenom Dračom ostrove, kde musia čeliť obrovským hrozbám a nástrahám, aby znemožnili nepriateľom dostať sa k Dračiemu kladivu – legendárnej zbrani, ktorá môže priniesť smrť každému drakovi na svete. Prastaré proroctvo hovorí aj o tom, že dôjde k rozhodujúcemu boju medzi silami dobra a tými, ktorí by chceli ubližovať drakom, a v plnom svetle sa ukážu všetky pradávne nepriateľstvá...

A brilliant follow-up to WTF: Why Parents Should Never Text, this book collects together even more of the most hilarious and obscure parental texting gaffs...

A small practical handbook on choosing and mixing colours successfully. It shows how to create the maximum colour range from the minimum number of paints. The authors address watercolours, acrylics and oils, showing how to mix, blend and dilute in order to achieve a range of effects.

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR.It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world's oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have seen there, travelling faster than a whale and cutting holes in the bottom of the strongest ships? Dr Aronnax joins the search for the 'monster', hoping for an exciting adventure. But when he meets the mysterious Captain Nemo, his adventure becomes more extraordinary than he had ever imagined, and he discovers a new underwater world, full of wonders, but of strange dangers too...