Everything you need to know about road cycling
- the bikes, the races, the famous riders
- in an intricately illustrated,

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Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first time in 1984, avidly following that year`s race on television in the Normandy village where he lived. Since joining the Guardian in 1989, William Fotheringham has been at the forefront of British cycling journalism. Here he reflects on the events of the last twenty-three years
- the triumphs, the tragedies & the scandals that have engulfed the world`s most demanding sport. Key articles from his career are annotated with notes & reflections. What would he have said if he`d known then what we all know now about Lance Armstrong? Which cyclists & teams were not all they seemed? & which victories still rank as the greatest of all time? This is the definitive collection of cycling reporting.
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Following his book about football in the north-east, ” The Far Corner”, Harry Pearson vowed that his next project would not involve hanging around outdoors on days so cold that itinerant dogs had to be detached from lamp-posts by firemen. It would be about the summer: specifically, about a summer of shows & fairs in the north of Engl&. Encompassing such diverse talents as fell-running, tupperware-boxing & rabbit fancying (literally), & containing many more jokes about goats than is legal in the Isle of Man, ” Racing Pigs & Giant Marrows” must be the only book in existence to explain the design faults of earwigs & expose English farmers` fondness for transvestism. ...

An invaluable on-the-water reference to the essentials of the latest racing rules Its splash-proof is tough enough to withstand a cockpit soaking & its spiral binding means it will stay open on a selected page on a chart table. A colour coded index means that you can instantly find what you are looking for. Clear illustrations ease understanding of the new rules that apply from 2013. Every aspect of the race is covered, from starts to sailing the course, propulsion, room at marks, three boat situations, penalty turns, signals, protests & appeals. A proper understanding of the racing rules is crucial to success on the water & there is no better pocket guide to the latest rules. Bryan Willis has been chairman of the jury & chief umpire for some of the most prestigious sailing events in the world, including the America's Cup & Olympics. He has served on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. ...

An invaluable on-the-water reference to the essentials of the latest racing rules Its splash-proof is tough enough to withstand a cockpit soaking & its spiral binding means it will stay open on a selected page on a chart table. A colour coded index means that you can instantly find what you are looking for. Clear illustrations ease understanding of the new rules that apply from 2013. Every aspect of the race is covered, from starts to sailing the course, propulsion, room at marks, three boat situations, penalty turns, signals, protests & appeals. A proper understanding of the racing rules is crucial to success on the water & there is no better pocket guide to the latest rules. Bryan Willis has been chairman of the jury & chief umpire for some of the most prestigious sailing events in the world, including the America`s Cup & Olympics. He has served on the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules Committee for over 25 years. ...

Racing with Death
- Douglas Mawson Antarctic Explorer is Beau Riffenburgh’s biography of the little known Australian polar explorer
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Step-by-step training for dinghy sailors who are ready to start racing This book assumes the reader can sail & now wants to race. It aims to take them through their first few seasons of racing, to the point where they can win a club race. This new edition is in full colour &

Includes:: a new detailed section on using the asymmetric spinnaker. Each chapter focuses on one key element of sailing: rules, the wind, tactics, spinnakers, etc. * Practical step-by-step guide to the key elements of racing * Fully illustrated with colour diagrams & photographs to show each step * Takes the skipper & crew through their first couple of season`s racing * A digest of the key elements of racing: rules, tactics, speed etc. * Will help readers to win their first club race

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The discovery of a dead body shatters the tranquillity of a Cotswold village in Ann Granger`s second Campbell & Carter mystery. When old Monty Bickerstaffe finds a dead body in his drawing room it comes as a nasty surprise
- the first of many. Monty lives alone in a crumbling Cotswold manor house & the last thing he wants is the police sniffing around his property. Not that he has anything to hide... The identity of the corpse & how & why it was left in Monty`s home remain a mystery. The locals swear they`ve seen nothing unusual & Monty`s relatives claim they`ve never set eyes on the stiff before. But Inspector Jess Campbell is convinced that someone`s lying &, with the help of Superintendent Ian Carter, she must dig deep into Monty`s family history to reveal the shocking truth...
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THIS IS A NEW, UNPUBLISHED, ARTHUR RANSOME STORY. It describes a sailing cruise in Latvia with his new wife Evgenia (formerly Trotsky's secretary) up the Aa River, from Riga to Mitau & back. A classic Ransome story, it is illustrated with his own photos. Swallows & Amazons is responsible for more people taking up sailing that any other book. Arthur Ransome's style is unique & appeals to children & adults alike. The book was collated by Brian Hammett from Ransomea s (often h&--written) manuscript, & a foreword puts the book in perspective. ...

Most people know of Arthur Ransome, the author of the classic children`s sailing tale, Swallows & Amazons, & many other books in the same series. But besides his exciting tales of children on the water there is much more to the man. Before he wrote Swallows & Amazons, Ransome was a journalist for the Daily News, based in Russia. He is reputed to have played chess against Lenin & he married Trotsky`s secretary. He cruised extensively in the Baltic in the 1920s on board his beloved Racundra. His account of his first cruise on that boat was his first commercially successful book, Racundra`s First Cruise (also available from Fernhurst Books). The second cruise was spoilt by bad weather, but the third cruise was different
- it was his honeymoon having married Evgenia Shelepina. Ransome clearly intended to publish the account of this cruise, but never finished it. Ransome enthusiast, Brian Hammett, got hold of the unpublished manuscript & found Ransome`s h&-written notes, diaries, logbooks & photographs in the Ransome archive at Leeds University. Brian compiled this book, adding his own notes from his cruises in the same area. The result is a glorious volume which has delighted Ransome enthusiasts, sailors & landlubbers equally. This new paperback edition & e Book will be published on 8th May
- the very day that Ransome & Shelepina got married in 1924 before their honeymoon cruise which is recounted in this book.

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