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  My Life - Eiger North Face...

  Anderl Heckmair

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  In 1938 Anderl Heckmair made the first ascent of the North Face of the Eiger, a monumental climb that cemented his place in history. In My Life he tells the story of how he turned from a fragile child wrapped, 'quite literally, in cotton bindings,' into one of the most important mountaineers in the world. Leaving school in 1920, Heckmair dedicated himself to climbing, becoming a full-time 'mountain vagabond'. Penniless, he lived in Alpine huts and cycled from climb to climb, even riding from Germany to the High Atlas mountains of Morocco. He rapidly developed as a mountaineer, making an ascent of the Walker Spur in awful weather, and a solo ascent of the Matterhorn in walking shoes, a feat that nobody believed. But his crowning achievement, climbed in full media glare, would always be his Eiger ascent. Events did not always run smoothly - arrested after a quarrel with a farmer, he escaped through a window ('never imprison mountain climbers in towers'). When arrested again, his ice axes mistaken for deadly weapons while he slept on a park bench, Heckmair chose to stay put, preferring the cell bunk to his bench. At times, the book ventures into darker territory. As one of the great German climbers of the 1930s, Heckmair inevitably attracted the attention of the Nazi party, he found his Eiger triumph twisted to suit their ends, and he himself seated next to Hitler at a party. But at its heart My Life is a celebration of adventure. Told in joyful, engaging and relaxed style, it is as full of life and passion for the mountains as Anderl Heckmair himself.

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  Get Into Sport: Top of the Class...

  Multiple Authors

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  We meet five top coaches to find out what gives their workout the edge

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  Summary of Thinner Leaner...

  Abbey Beathan

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  Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body by Michael Matthews Book Summary Abbey Beatha 
  (Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book.) 
  Getting the body of your dreams is not an unattainable paradise anymore. 
  Let me guess, you have been trying to hit the gym as many times as you can for as long as your body can muster and still, after so much hard work, you have gotten nothing. We have all been there. However, with Thinner Leaner Stronger you can finally obtain the body you have always desired. No more overworking yourself in the gym, no more false hopes created by false promises. Michael Matthews has created the ultimate guide for female bodybuilding. 
  (Note: This summary is wholly written and published by Abbey Beathan. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way 
  "Cardio can enhance fat loss in two ways—burning calories and speeding up your metabolic rate—but that's it."—Michael Matthews 
  Thinner Leaner Stronger is an outstanding book for two reasons, first of all, it will get you great results in a relatively short amount of time but also because there are not many female bodybuilding books and if you take into account that most of them are not teaching what you need to learn, then there are fewer out there. However, there is finally a book that will give to you what was promised if you are willing to put the effort. 
  Michael Matthews is happy to show you the path to get the "Hollywood babe" body, if you are willing to take the chance.

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  Racing the Clock - Running...

  Bernd Heinrich

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  An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime 
   
  Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age.  
  Why do some bodies age differently than others? How much control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being active have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit of his classic Why We Run, Heinrich probes the questions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable surroundings and circumstances. Beyond that, he examines how our bodies change while we age but also how we can work with, if not overcome, many of these changes—and what all this tells us about evolution and the mechanisms of life, health, and happiness. 
  Racing the Clock offers fascinating and surprising conclusions, all while bringing the reader along on Heinrich’s compelling journey to what he says will be his final race—a fifty-kilometer race at age eighty. 

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  Bill McLaren's Dream Lions

  Bill McLaren

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  A tribute to the special spirit of the British Lions rugby team, with a history of Lions tours and pen portraits of the sixty greatest Lions players since 1971.Playing for the British Lions has been the ultimate accolade for any Home Union rugby player, ever since the first Lions tour to South Africa in 1910. In his capacity as a rugby commentator on national radio and television for more than 35 years, Bill McLaren is the ideal person to uncover the magic and pride in putting on a Lions shirt and playing in the world's most famous rugby touring side. The book features McLaren's personal portraits of the 60 greatest Lions players – including such legendary names as Willie John McBride, Gareth Edwards, Andy Irvine, Bill Beaumont, Gavin Hastings and Jeremy Guscott – culminating in a final Lions Select XV. Top international coach Ian McGeechan appraises this definitive fifteen and provides fascinating tips on training methods to combat the might of the Southern Hemisphere nations. Finally, the book traces the history of the Lions, from their humble beginnings in 1910 through to their much-praised victorious tour of South Africa in 1997, followed by a complete statistical summary of all players and results down the years. Bill McLaren's Dream Lions is a special tribute to the unique spirit of the British Lions, a quality that has won the admiration of rugby followers around the world.

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  The Disaster Survival Handbook -...

  Sam Fury

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  Do You Know How to Survive a Disaster? 
  If the answer is "NO" then The Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HAVE! 
  This is a no-nonsense reference book on how to stay alive during man-made and natural disasters. 
  It will also teach you the basics of prepping so you can survive the aftermath. 
  Prepare yourself with the knowledge you need, because you never know when disaster will strike. 
  Get it now.Knowledge is Your Best Disaster Survival Tool 
  Learn the disaster preparedness and recovery steps in case of...FireTornadoNuclear AttackTsunamiVolcanic EruptionEarthquakeAvalancheFloodHurricanePublic shootings 
  ... and many others!Also Learn the Fundamentals of Prepping, such as...How and what to stockpile in case there is a breakdown in societyIdeas on how to sustain your survival needs indefinitely if neededBugging in/outCaches and Bug Out Bags (BOB's)What extra security measures to take when the rule of law is no longer in effect 
  … and more! 
  This book is a must-have in your disaster survival kit, because the information will save your life. 
  Get it now.

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