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Carefree on the European Canals - Paperback

$39.60

by Michael D. Walsh (Author)There are over 45,000 kilometres of navigable rivers and canals in Europe. That is more than a global circumnavigation's worth of inland waterways to explore. Over one third of these are In France and the Netherlands, where much of the finer inland cruising is found. This book will lead the reader in discovering the better ways to enjoy these waters. The book draws from the knowledge and insights gained through the author's half century of boating experience. It is...

Positive Impact Golf: Helping Golfers to Liberate Their Potential - Paperback

$24.82

by Brian Sparks (Author)This is the golf book anyone who plays the game must read. It will declutter your mind and free you to develop your own potential at whatever level you play, weekend amateur through to young aspiring tour player. Brian Sparks, a British PGA Pro since 1967, helps you to demystify all of the standard golfing jargon and show you how easily you can swing a golf club and hit a ball. This book is the natural antidote to the over-complex, mechanical way that most golf teacher...

$17.23

by Sean Bloomfield (Author), Colton Witte (Foreword by), Colton Witte (Editor)After accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their hometown in Minnesota to embark on a 2200-mile canoe journey up the heart of North America. Their destination: the permafrost shores of Hudson Bay. Inspired by a passion for the simple life, where gadgets and schedules are replaced by nature and its harsh beauty, the duo found something that many believe is lost--a tr...

Get Your Head in the Game: Life Lessons Learned from My Mother Through the Game of Basketball - Paperback

$23.04

by Shannon Beasley (Author)"Get Your Head in The Game" is a powerful book which relays irrefutable life lessons, to navigate life's unpredictable weather, through basketball metaphors. Author Shannon Beasley Taitt's message is derived from the life-changing wisdom her mother imparted to her through basketball metaphors. After reading "Get Your Head in The Game," every reader will be quipped to face life's inevitable adversities head on and emerge victorious. Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: ...

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by Steve Ruis (Author)For archers there are all kinds of "how to" books available in print and on the Internet, but for coaches there is hardly anything.Even the coach training courses focus on what to teach instead of how to teach it. So where should coaches go for ideas as to how to introduce various pieces of archery equipment or new elements ofform and execution? There really wasn't anything available, so I wrote this book. Steve RuisAuthor BiographySteve Ruis (1946- ) got started late in...

Larry Wise on Coaching Archery - Paperback

$33.68

by Larry Wise (Author)Larry Wise, one of the premier archery coaches in the United States, is sharing his coaching wisdom, especially for coaches of compound-release archers but also bowhunters. Topics include: how to observe students (including with still and video images); how to create plans of correction and execute them; standard recurve and compound forms and why they are important; release aid training and target panic; tournament preparation, practice, and evaluation; equipment select...

Brain Damage in Contact Sports: What Parents Should Know Before Letting Their Children Play - Paperback

$13.43

by Bennet I. Omalu (Author)Dr. Omalu provides answers to parents who fear that contact sports might cause injuries that have long-term effects. Should your child play football, ice hockey, mixed martial arts, boxing, wrestling, rugby, gymnastics, soccer, lacrosse, BMX bike riding, trampoline jumping and gymnastics or other sports? This book will help you answer this question, for only you, the parent can answer this question. But after you have read the last page of this book, it will be a ve...

Climbing Mt. Fuji: A Complete Guidebook (4th Edition) - Paperback

$28.73

by Richard Reay (Author)This is a "must read" for anyone who wishes to be successful in climbing Mt. Fuji. Don't be fooled by the apparent simplicity of the mountain - it is a tough and grueling climb and the guidebook explains all there is to know about it. The guidebook is a comprehensive and easy to read recipe for what it takes physically and psychologically to get to the summit of this amazing but unpredictable mountain. Do not underestimate the climb. Mt. Fuji is characterized by severe...

The Chomolungma Diaries: Climbing Mount Everest with a commercial expedition - Paperback

$14.38

by Mark Horrell (Author)In April 2012 Mark Horrell travelled to Tibet hoping to become, if not the first person to climb Mount Everest, at least the first Karl Pilkington lookalike to do so. He joined a mountaineering expedition which included an Australian sexagenarian, two Brits whose idea of hydration meant a box of red wine, and a New Zealander who enjoyed reminding his teammates of the perils of altitude sickness and the number of ways they might die on summit day. The media often writ...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel - Paperback

$17.26

by William Bell (Author), Ron Starner (With) Number of Pages: 140 Dimensions: 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 17, 2016

The Everest Politics Show: Sorrow and strife on the world's highest mountain - Paperback

$14.38

by Mark Horrell (Author)In April 2014 Mark Horrell went on a mountaineering expedition to Nepal, hoping to climb Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world, which shares a base camp and climbing route with Mount Everest. He dreamed of following in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, by climbing through the infamous ice maze of the Khumbu Icefall, and he yearned to sleep in the grand amphitheatre of Everest Base Camp, surrounded by towering peaks. He was also intrigued by...

Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan - Paperback

$14.38

by Mark Horrell (Author)This is the tale of Mark Horrell's not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan, of how one man's boredom and frustration was conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence.He made not one, not two, but three intrepid assaults, some of which got quite a distance beyond Base Camp, and overcame many perilous circumstances along the way. The mountaineer Joe Simpson famously crawled for three days with a broken leg, but d...

Newcastle United Day by Day: Bumper book of historical facts and trivia for every day of the year. - Paperback

$26.48

by Kenneth H. Scott (Author)There is no doubt that Newcastle United have been involved in some absolutely brilliant games over the years. There's been the truly memorable games such as the thrilling 4-3 defeat to Liverpool (03/04/1996) that even though Newcastle lost, the game stays in the memory as an exceptional advert for football. There was the thrilling fight-back in the 4-4 draw with Arsenal where after being 4-0 down after only 26 minutes, Newcastle clawed their way back into the game ...

Fear No Distance: A Journey to Life without Limits - Paperback

$16.20

by Danielle Grabol (Author)During a routine physical in 2004, Danielle Grabol was given an ultimatum: get your act together and lose weight or prepare yourself for a bleak future. Losing her breath while walking up a flight of stairs, Danielle realized that her health was on a downward spiral...and it was time to make a serious lifestyle change.Danielle's journey wasn't easy. After losing nearing 70 pounds via a complete diet overhaul, she discovered her one true passion--riding bikes. While ...

Old Sea Dogs of Tasmania Book 1 - Hardcover

$70.20

by Andrew Bruce Wilson (Author), Anita Whittle (Editor)Old Sea Dogs of Tasmania Book 1 is a number #1 best selling title with over 6000 books sold Australia wide. Offered now for the first time to international audiences, this joyful collection of tall tales and stunning black and white portrait and seascape photographs is set deep in the southern seas, where the Roaring Forties batter Australia's smallest state - Tasmania. Meet tough salt encrusted sailors, fishermen and shipwrights, who hav...

Second City: The Fall, Death and Rise of CCFC, Part Two - Season 2009 - Paperback

$18.34

by Neal L. Horgan (Author)'The 2009 season brought my club to a new low. Heed the warning: "Adandon all hope, ye who enter here."'Second City, ' is the follow up to Neal Horgan's critically acclaimed account of Cork City FC's 2008 season, entitled 'Death of a Football Club?'This book chronicles Cork City FC's infamous 2009 season. Horgan brings you into the dressing room as club chairman, Tom Coughlan, attempts to explain to the players just why it is that the Revenue Commissioners are seekin...

Sacrifice Kicks: Advanced Martial Arts Kicks for Realistic Airborne Attacks - Paperback

$26.98

by Marc De Bremaeker (Author)'Sacrifice Kicks' will comprehensively present the most important Martial Arts Airborne Kicks: Flying Kicks, Hopping Kicks, Jumping Kicks and Suicide Kicks. They have been dubbed 'Sacrifice' in the spirit of Judo's redoubtable Sutemi Takedowns in which one sacrifices his balance in order to throw his opponent down. Flying Kicks are not about showmanship, they are very effective techniques when used judiciously. They need not be necessarily high and spectacular; th...

No Bathroom Breaks in the NFL: What it Takes to Play in Today's National Football League - Paperback

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by Matthew R. Cooper (Author), Jason Babin (Author)No Bathroom Breaks in the NFL: What it Takes to Play in the National Football League, is an All Pro's perspective of what goes on behind the scenes in the NFL. Today's football league-and its players are entirely different than when the game originated. Authors Jason Babin and Matthew Cooper lift the curtain on the minutiae you may have often wondered...but did not know who to ask. Together they expose everything from how players are picked a...

Narrowboating for Novices: Everything You Need to Know For a Successful Holiday on the UK Canal Network - Paperback

$20.18

by John Henshaw (Author), Annie Henshaw (Author)John and Annie Henshaw took their first narrowboat holiday in 2002. Now, in Narrowboating for Novices they share all the knowledge they have acquired over the years - and which they wish they'd had when they were just beginning Aimed at both the complete newcomer and those with limited experience of narrowboating, this is a combination of guide book and instruction manual, which will help readers to: choose which canal to explore (they're not...

The Italian Summer: Golf, Food, and Family at Lake Como - Paperback

$22.82

by Roland Merullo (Author)A charming narrative of a glorious summer of golfing, eating, and learning how to slow down and enjoy life. The best-selling author of Breakfast with Buddha, Golfing with God, Revere Beach Boulevard and others, combines two of his greatest passions-travel and golf-in this humorous and poignant look at Mediterranean life. Roland Merullo was feeling a little burnt out by the frantic pace of life in the United States and decided to rent an Italian villa near the shore o...

The Unwritten Places: Wanderings in the Mountains of Northern Greece - Paperback

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by Tim Salmon (Author)When Tim Salmon first set out to explore the remote mountain regions of Northern Greece, he couldn't find anybody, either Greek or foreign, who knew anything about them or had ever been there. This, along with the absence of any books or detailed maps, proved irresistible to the Rough Guide author, travel journalist, mountaineer and linguist. "Those hazy bulwarks seen against a summer sky from lowland roads and tourist routes where the black-caped winter shepherds repair...

Ryukyu Kempo: History & Practice - Paperback

$27.00

by Kubichiridushi (Author)Ryukyu Kempo is an ancient martial art that evolved in the Old Kingdom: a chain of islands stretching from Kyushu in the north to Taiwan in the south. It is comprised of five primary elements: 1. Kihon (basic techniques); 2. Kata (forms); 3. Kumite (free-fighting); 4. Kyusho-jitsu (pressure points); and 5. Kobudo (weapons). Accordingly, the follower of this way is truly armed at all points. Perhaps more than any other practitioner, George Dillman has systematically d...

Cross the Lines: A Journey to Complete the Marathon Grand Slam - Paperback

$26.98

by William Thomas (Author)Every marathon has two lines. We usually focus on the Finish Line; that is where the crowd gathers, that is where medals are awarded. We see crossing the Finish Line as the victory. But there is a second line: the Starting Line. Sometimes, getting to that line and crossing it is even harder. Once you do, though, life can get pretty amazing. William Thomas only began running at age 42, and ran his first marathon nine months later. Looking for a new goal, he set out to...

Learning To Swim When You're Scared: How To Overcome A Fear Of Water - Paperback

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by Katie Smith (Author)A step by step journey that will help you face your fears and move beyond them.Are you an adult who has always wanted to learn to swim but are simply too scared to try? Are you tired of sitting on the sidelines or the sand while your friends and family enjoy the pool or the ocean? Or have you just decided that NOW is the time to finally learn to swim so you can cross it off your Bucket List? If so, Learning to Swim When You're Scared is just the book to help you Create...

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by David Harris (Author)When His Royal Highness Prince Philip and Colonel Sir Michael Ansell devised Prince Philip Mounted Games for The Pony Club in the UK in the 1950s it is doubtful they could have envisaged the growth and spread of the discipline throughout the Pony Club movement world-wide. The subsequent formation of the International Mounted Games Association saw the discipline's interpretation include individual, pairs and team events for young and older riders alike. David Harris cam...

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Shotokan Mysteries: The Hidden Answers to the Secrets of Shotokan Karate - Paperback

$26.98

by Kousaku Yokota (Author)Shotokan Mysteries communicates Kousaku Yokota's work and research into the great, deep golden chest of our continued rediscovery of Shotokan karate in a positive and reflective approach. This book reaches out, openly guiding the reader into recognizing karate as a whole thing itself, paving the way to allow for questions and the subsequent answers to run side by side in a noncritical way, and transcending any misinterpretation or misunderstanding in practice and cul...

Karatedo Paradigm Shift: The Path to Rediscovering Budo Karate - Paperback

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by Kousaku Yokota (Author)Kousaku Yokota's fourth book, Karatedo Paradigm Shift, goes beyond the boundaries of Shotokan as he expands his research to cover aspects of Okinawan karate and concepts from other styles.In this book, Yokota addresses topics such as training and physiology and also talks about the technical and philosophical aspects of the art. He also takes this opportunity to revisit Tekki/Naihanchi, which, unfortunately, seems to have lost its importance in Shotokan despite the f...

Karatedo Quantum Leap: Advancing Your Karate Understanding to the Next Level - Paperback

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by Kousaku Yokota (Author)Yokota Shihan's fifth book, Karatedo Quantum Leap, revolves around a variety of vital concepts in the sphere of karate. It is a long, informative journey that is enlightening to the core. It begins by explaining the important but rarely addressed budo concept of suemono ni suru and then goes on to answer many other important questions and address other interesting and varied topics such as kuse, the spiral fist, and hado.The book also discusses truths about certain i...

Visualization Power: How Scientists, Inventors, Businessmen, Artists, Athletes, Healers and Yogis Can Improve Their Powers of Visualization and Visual - Paperback

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by Bill Bodri (Author)Visualization skills, which are the power to form stable mental images in your mind, are used everywhere in highly competitive sports by top performing athletes. The best athletes practice their physical movements via mental rehearsal so that optimal neural circuits develop in their brain and their actions become effortlessly graceful. Because visualization practice can create and reinforce neural circuits in the brain that equate with perfect skills, athletes everywhere...

Coach, What am I Doing Wrong? - Paperback

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by Dana Bradshaw (Author)Failure is an inescapable fact of life. We must deal with it, and so must our children. If we are to help them, we must let them know it's okay to talk about it. In this children's book titled "Coach, What am I doing Wrong" the author explains dealing with failure and using visualization and positive thinking to overcome through the eyes of a young boy, Xavier. As a young girl, the author memorized definitions in the dictionary and studied the thesaurus. She fell in l...

Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football - Paperback

$16.18

by Joe Greene (Author), Jon Finkel (Author)Many years before he would anchor the most-feared, most-successful defense the NFL had ever seen, Joe Greene was just a big kid from Temple, Texas who was a timid, self-admitted awful athlete struggling to find his confidence as a teenager being raised by a single mother. In his compelling, eye-opening autobiography, Greene takes readers on an unprecedented tour of his life, explaining the people who influenced him and the events that shaped him, fro...