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  Touch All the Lines - Lessons In...

  Steve Cleveland

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  Touch All the Lines offers an intimate look into the life of former BYU Men's Basketball Coach, Steve Cleveland. Far more than a mere sports biography, this book chronicles Cleveland's journey as a coach, a father, and a man of faith. Through a series of personal anecdotes and reflections, readers are invited to consider the principles that guided him on and off the court. 
  The title, taken from a powerful lesson learned during a challenging time at Fresno State, serves as a metaphor for the pillars of a strong character. Each chapter explores one of these "lines," including: Faith, Patience, Integrity, Prayer, Hope, Grace, Service, Love and Passion. 
  The book reveals the man behind the public persona, sharing stories and personal photos that illustrate his experiences coaching young athletes, leading church missionaries, and building a life with his wife Kip and their children. 
  Ultimately, Touch All the Lines provides readers with a unique and motivating perspective on the lessons learned through a lifetime of coaching, serving, and loving. It's a testament to the power of living a principled life and provides a clear and inspiring guide for those seeking to build a strong foundation of their own.

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  Thrills Spills and Belly Laughs

  John Parkin

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  A riotous peek into the off-beat world of one of football’s most recognisable 
  characters, Jon Parkin. 
  The much-travelled journeyman striker played for more than 20 clubs during a 
  career that stretched over two decades, and he has since become a co-host of the 
  hugely popular Undr The Cosh podcast. 
  Known as ‘The Beast’ due to his height and weight, this gentle giant has a 
  mischievous and irrepressible sense of humour that has won him thousands of fans. 
  Now, Parkin turns his focus to the world of football and celebrity in his own 
  inimitable way. 
  With more than 100 stand-along anecdotes, observations and the occasional rant, 
  Parkin has created a football book for ages, destined to poke fun at The Beautiful 
  Game, the people who run it and the world in general. 
  With Parky, everything is on the table in a hilarious, sideways look at football and 
  the wonderful characters he’s come across so far.

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  After Everest - 'The last...

  Tenzing Norgay

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  On 29 May 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary conquered Everest.Before it had claimed the lives of dozens of climbers, including George Leigh Mallory in 1924. Norgay, the descendant of generations of yak herders, was destined to become a Lama, but his love for the mountains was that much stronger and he ran away from his Buddhist monastery. He had but one dream despite the deaths of many mountaineers: to conquer Everest. For thirty years expeditions had been struggling to scale its fiendishly difficult icy slopes until he and Hillary finally succeeded. His memoir is a unique and eloquent tribute to Zen and the art of mountain climbing.

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  Survival at Sea Stories:...

  Amazing True Stories

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Experience the most harrowing true tales of maritime survival ever recorded. Journey alongside real-life castaways who defied impossible odds, surviving months adrift in the vast Pacific Ocean with nothing but their wits and willpower. These gripping survival stories chronicle extraordinary feats of human endurance, from José Salvador Alvarenga's record-breaking 438 days lost at sea to Steven Callahan's ingenious battle against starvation aboard a life raft. Discover how ordinary fishermen, sailors, and adventurers transformed into survival experts when faced with catastrophic shipwrecks, violent storms, and equipment failures that left them stranded thousands of miles from civilization. Learn the psychological strategies, improvised fishing techniques, and desperate measures these ocean survivors employed to stay alive against sharks, thirst, starvation, and crushing loneliness. Each meticulously researched account reveals the raw human drama of maritime disasters, exploring themes of faith, resilience, and the unbreakable human spirit. Perfect for fans of extreme survival stories, maritime history enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by tales of human endurance against nature's fury. These authentic accounts of castaways, shipwreck survivors, and those lost at sea will leave you breathless, inspired, and grateful for the courage of those who refused to surrender to the merciless ocean.

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  Rugby Was F***ing Better When -...

  Paul Williams

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  According to legend and a cursory look at Google, rugby was created in 1823. When William Webb Ellis allegedly picked up the ball, and ran with it, rugby was born. How true this is, we don't know. But what we can almost guarantee is that no matter how the game started, even after just one day of the sport being invented, some people will have said that it was better in the f***ing old days.
  As progressive as rugby has become (both on and off the field) many feel that rugby 'yesterday' was better than rugby today. But do the stats back this up? Do the ill-informed opinions of the book's author back that up? This book examines various aspects of the game, and judges whether rugby's best days are behind, or ahead of it.
  Let the debate commence . . .
  Hilarious, off-beat and (surprisingly) insightful, this is the perfect gift for rugby fans all around the world.

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  The Trillion Dollar Conman - The...

  Ben Robinson

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  Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is an audacious tale of an international fraud that is stranger than fiction.
  
  In 2009, Notts County FC were on the brink of bankruptcy when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahraini royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and a list of marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel were signed, in a recruitment drive led by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who was appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League.
  
  However, within weeks, as the bills began to pile up, the dream came tumbling down as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been tricked by a convicted fraudster called Russell King.
  
  The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting and world history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

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