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  Flytying for beginners - Learn...

  Barry Ord Clarke

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  This exceptionally clear and easy-to-use beginner's guide shows you exactly how to create universal fishing flies, step-by-step. Each of the 12 patterns is linked by QR code to a YouTube video showing the author tying the fly in question.
  12 key trout patterns demonstrate the most important flytying techniques
  
  - Flying Ant
  - Elk Hair Caddis
  - The F-Fly
  - Hare's Ear Nymph
  - Copper Nymph
  - Pheasant Tail Nymph
  - Hair Wing Dun
  - Klinkhamer
  - Montana Nymph
  - Woolly Bugger
  - Zebra Midge
  - ZonkerThe book also includes Barry's recommendations for a beginner's flytying kit and materials and lots of useful advice and tips.

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  How to Watch a Bullfight

  Tristan Wood

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  This is the golden age of bullfighting. In the last 60 years, the number of bullfights (corridas) held in Spain has increased almost ninefold, peaking in 2007. Great bullfighting names have the status of football stars, with heroes including Cayetano, José Tomás, Enrique Ponce and Morante de la Puebla, their styles ranging from the flamboyant and breath-takingly reckless to calm domination and technical mastery.
  
  Many English-speaking tourists on holiday witness this most ancient and colourful of spectacles, but few understand what is really going on.
  This illustrated guide acknowledges that attending a bullfight is controversial and will not appeal to everyone. It throws light on the bullfighter's art and outlines the structure of the corrida, the key players and the various moves and stages.
  
  A fascinating and complex event is defined step-by-step in layman's terms. The music, the excitement and reactions of the crowd and the drama are all put into context and one of the most ancient and unusual of modern spectacles becomes clear.
  
  This book is designed to give readers of whatever persuasion an understanding of bullfighting, so that they can either increase their pleasure in watching a corrida in Spain, France or South America, or simply learn what is involved in this most complex, moving and controversial of spectacles.

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  Field Guide to Athlete...

  Ralph Reiff

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  The life of an athlete has evolved into a 24 hour continuum. The advancement of technology and social media communities, the development of the successful athlete has evolved. This Field Guide has been developed by the experienced author to provide insights and guidance to stimulate new practices and thought among coaches and athletes.

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  The Suffragette Derby

  Michael Tanner

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  On Wednesday 4 June 1913, fledgling newsreel cameras captured just over two-and-a-half minutes of neverto-be-forgotten British social and sporting history. The 250,000 people thronging Epsom Downs carried with them a quartet of combustible elements: a fanatical, publicity-hungry suffragette; a scapegoat for the Titanic disaster and the pillar of the Establishment who bore him a personal grudge; a pair of feuding jockeys at odds over money and glory; and, finally, at the heart of the action, two thoroughbred horses - one a vicious savage and one the consummate equine athlete. Taken together, this was a recipe for the most notorious horse race in British history. One hundred years on, this particular Derby Day is remembered for two reasons: the fatal intervention of Emily Davison, a militant suffragette who brought down the King's runner, and the controversial disqualification of Bower Ismay's horse Craganour on the grounds of rough riding - the first and only time a Derby-winner has forfeited its title for this reason. The sensation of Davison's questionable interference in the name of suffrage has overshadowed the outrage of Craganour's disqualification and the intricate reasons behind it. Now, with a view to allowing this scandal the attention it deserves, Michael Tanner replays the most dramatic day in Turf history - and finally uncovers the truth of the Suffragette Derby.

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  Revisiting the Depths:...

  Amy Tan

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   "... is a work of art... (and) ... compelling read for those drawn to personal growth, environmental concerns, and the spiritual connection with nature." 
  "The writing doesn't just tell—it immerses.  ... a thoughtful meditation on life." 
  — Literary Titan 
  "... a must-read ... Readers will finish this book feeling inspired and with a newfound understanding of the indomitable human spirit." 
  "... an immersive memoir that transports readers to another time and place. ...relatable to readers from all walks of life." 
  — Books to Hook Publishing 
  You Need to Read this Award-Winning Memoir of Healing and Self-Discovery 
  Amy Tan masterfully blends self-help with a powerful story of healing and growth in this inspirational book. If you’re looking for healing books for women, men, and even young adults. 
  A traumatic first dive dampens her love of the ocean. Thirty years later, the ocean is still in her blood, but fear holds her back from trying again. 
  Unable to ignore the lure of the waters and the beauty of the ocean, she decides to overcome her fear and reclaim her life. On the beautiful, little-known Tioman Island, she gathers her courage. 
  Guided by her divemaster and supported by her husband, Amy learns to trust herself. With every dive, the ocean inspires her to overcome all that holds her back – and not just in the water. 
  Each trip below the surface challenges her fear and helps her discover who she is truly meant to be. Get inspired with this growth mindset book to face your fears, find peace, and jump into life with your whole heart. 
  If you only read one memoir this year, make it this one – discover the lessons learned in the depths of the ocean and unlock the keys to personal growth and spiritual growth.

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  Infinite Baseball - Notes from a...

  Alva Noe

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  In this deeply entertaining book, philosopher and baseball fan Alva Noë explores the many unexpected ways in which baseball is truly a philosophical kind of game. For example, he ponders how observers of baseball are less interested in what happens, than in who is responsible for what happens; every action receives praise or blame. To put it another way, in baseball—as in the law—we decide what happened based on who is responsible for what happened. Noë also explains the curious activity of keeping score: a score card is not merely a record of the game, like a video recording; it is an account of the game. Baseball requires that true fans try to tell the story of the game, in real time, as it unfolds, and thus actively participate in its creation. 
   
    
   
  Some argue that baseball is fundamentally a game about numbers. Noë's wide-ranging, thoughtful observations show that, to the contrary, baseball is not only a window on language, culture, and the nature of human action, but is intertwined with deep and fundamental human truths. The book ranges from the nature of umpiring and the role of instant replay, to the nature of the strike zone, from the rampant use of surgery to controversy surrounding performance enhancing drugs. Throughout, Noë's observations are surprising and provocative. Infinite Baseball is a book for the true baseball fan.

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