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  The GAA v Douglas Hyde

  Cormac Moore

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  On 13 November 1938, just months after his inauguration, President Douglas Hyde attended a soccer match between Ireland and Poland. In a passionate reaction, the GAA declared that by attending a 'foreign game', he had broken Rule 27 – the Ban – and they removed him as patron. One of the most controversial incidents in recent GAA history, it strained relations between the GAA and Éamon de Valera's Fianna Fáil government. It also damaged the standing of the Ban and was used extensively by opponents to argue for its removal.

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  The Gas and Flame Men - Baseball...

  Jim Leeke

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  The Gas and Flame Men is the first full account of Major League ballplayers who served in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. Four players, two club executives, and a manager served in the small and hastily formed branch, six of them as gas officers. Remarkably, five of the seven—Christy Mathewson, Branch Rickey, Ty Cobb, George Sisler, and Eppa "Jeptha" Rixey—are now enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York. The son of a sixth Hall of Famer, player and manager Ned Hanlon, was a young officer killed in action in France with the First Gas Regiment. Prominent chemical soldiers also included veteran Major League catcher and future manager George "Gabby" Street and Boston Braves president and former Harvard football coach Percy D. Haughton.The Gas and Flame Men explores how these famous baseball men, along with an eclectic mix of polo players, collegiate baseball and football stars, professors, architects, and prominent social figures all came together in the Chemical Warfare Service. Jim Leeke examines their service and its long-term effects on their physical and mental health—and on Major League Baseball and the world of sports. The Gas and Flame Men also addresses historical inaccuracies and misperceptions surrounding Christy Mathewson's early death from tuberculosis, long attributed to wartime gas exposure.

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  Spirits of the Air - Part of the...

  Kurt Diemberger

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  Kurt Diemberger belongs to an elite mountaineering club. He is one of only two climbers to have made first ascents of two 8,000-metre peaks - Broad Peak and Dhaulagiri. His Broad Peak ascent was the first eight-thousander climbed in alpine style without oxygen. He had climbed the major Alps north faces (the Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses) by 1958 and was awarded the fifth Piolets d'Or lifetime achievement award. But Diemberger's adventures revolve around more than climbing, as Spirits of the Air reveals. Of course, there is plenty of mountaineering - expeditions to Makalu and Everest, America and the Hindu Kush. But there are also rickety aeroplanes which inevitably crash, anacondas to wrestle and bar-room meetings with Reinhold Messner. And there is Diemberger's filmmaking. A pioneering filmmaker, he has shot on the top of Everest and in the Arctic circle, making several mountaineering film firsts and becoming one of the best cameramen of the genre. In Spirits of the Air Diemberger describes his life and adventures after the 1986 K2 disaster, which affected him greatly, and some earlier episodes. He reflects on the contrasts between his life in Europe and the always-beckoning Himalaya, and on family, loves and friendships. Describing his experiences with a tremendous zest for life that is both endearing and compelling, Diemberger creates a very readable and very different mountaineering autobiography.

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  Limitless Potential: Become A...

  Ethan Rivers

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  If you are an aspiring triathlete or looking to up your game, then you need the tried-and-true, targeted practices in Limitless Potential: Become A Triathlon Legend. 
  The secret is that your mental strength matters just as much as what your body can do. In fact, your mind and body work together for you to succeed! 
  Fitness isn’t “one-size-fits-all”—this book was created to help you develop a strategy that works for your body and your unique goals. 
  You must learn to build both the physical strength and the mental stamina to reach your training goals and truly knock the competition. 
  You can discover the tailored practices that work for your specific needs to build mental and physical strength to challenge your body and unlock your Limitless Potential to fearlessly succeed in the upcoming triathlon. 
  Discovering how to effectively train for the swimming, cycling, and running competitions means working with your body, not against it. 
  Your success rests in your ability to build on your natural strength, using the knowledge of what works for you to train to win. 
  Inside, you will discover: 
  ●     Effective workouts to tone, condition your body, and build mental resilience to continuously improve performance across the sports. 
  ●     Everything you need to know about the race courses, including preparing your body and mind for what to expect and optimal techniques to follow. 
  ●     Endurance strategies to maintain mental and physical strength throughout the whole race, learning to use your willpower and strong mindset to push through. 
  You will be absolutely amazed at what your body (and mind) are capable of! 
  Unlock the powerful, resilient triathlete in you with Limitless Potential: Become A Triathlon Legend!

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  Survival: The Prepper List - The...

  K. K.K.

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  Survival: The Prepper ListThe Best Guide On Survival & Prepping Including Tips On Water Supply, Bushcraft & CookingDo you want to be prepared for unexpected event like a pandemic or blackout?Do you want to have a step by step guide to become completely self sufficient and survive any disaster?Do you want to survive? 
  If that is the the case THIS is the right audiobook for you. In a nutshell I will give you practical tips on what to think if you want to be prepared for the worst. In this audiobook I will talk about water, fire, bushcraft, tools, food and much more! 
  I will also give you advice on the right mindset if you want to survive!  
  The corona virus pandemic show us how vulnerable our standard of life is. The spread of the virus causes important harbors to close, which has effects on the supply chains of essential goods. 
  If you don't want to be dependent of these events and ensure the survival of you and your family - you have to be prepared. 
  This handy guide will help you by easily give you a simple list of what to think of, so you do not forget vital things. 
  So be prepared for the worst and buy this guide! 
  Best regards, 
  K.K.

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  Peaks and Bandits - The classic...

  Alf Bonnevie Bryn

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  In 1909, while dreaming of the Himalaya, Norwegian mountaineer Alf Bonnevie Bryn and a fellow young climber, the Australian George Ingle Finch, set their sights on Corsica to build their experience. The events of this memorable trip form the basis of Bryn's acclaimed book Tinder og banditter – 'Peaks and Bandits', with their boisterous exploits delighting Norwegian readers for generations. Newly translated by Bibbi Lee, this classic of Norwegian literature is available for the first time in English.
  Although Bryn would go on to become a respected mountaineer and author, and Finch would become regarded as one of the greatest mountaineers of all time – a legend of the 1922 Everest expedition – Peaks and Bandits captures them on the cusp of these achievements: simply two students taking advantage of their Easter holidays, their escapades driven by their passion for climbing. As they find themselves in unexpected and often strange places, Bryn's sharp and jubilant narrative epitomises travel writing at its best.
  Balancing its wit with fascinating insight into life in early twentieth-century Corsica, the infectious enthusiasm of Bryn's narrative has cemented it as one of Norway's most treasured adventure books. Peaks and Bandits embodies the timeless joy of adventure.

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