All around the world, runners are ditching the pavement & heading out on trails for mountain air & big views. Run the Alps Switzerland features 30 must-do trail runs that will appeal to novices & experts alike. From Zinal to Dent de Morcles, from Grindelwald to Kandersteg, from the wilds of the Engadine to the secret valleys of Ticino, the authors researched hundreds of routes, in search of the very best trail running in the Swiss Alps. The photos, taken during these summer days in the Swiss Alps & into the fall, will amaze you. This guide provides practical advice & precise indications, such as the level of difficulty. Read the tips, download the tracks, tie your shoes & go, go, go! ...

” Here is the pitch-perfect pairing of subject & author, a gripping deconstruction of one of recent history`s most terrible & vexing sea tragedies...A meticulous forensic study that, in Foy`s able hands, rises to the level of literature.”
- Hampton Sides ” Fans of The Perfect Storm & Into Thin Air will love this exquisitely written & dramatic book. George Foy has an action story that doesn`t quit.”
- Doug Stanton ” Foy is an experienced mariner who clearly knows his stuff, which gives the reader confidence in his account, & allows us to get lost in an amazing story that builds to a wild finish.”
- John U. Bacon In the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm & The Finest Hours, a harrowing true account of the mysterious disappearance of the SS El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that sank in the Bermuda Triangle, taking with it thirty-three lives. On October 1, 2015, the SS El Faro, a massive American cargo ship that made regular runs between Jacksonville, Florida & Puerto Rico, delivering everything from deodorant to new Chevrolets, disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 storm. The ship, its hundreds of shipping containers, & its entire crew plummeted to the bottom of the ocean, three miles down. The sinking was the greatest seagoing US merchant marine shipping disaster since World War II. The massive ship had a seasoned crew, state-of-the-art navigation equipment, & advance warning of the storm. It seemed incomprehensible that such a ship could sink so suddenly. How, in this day & age, could something like this happen? The answer is that a ship as large as the El Faro doesn`t vanish for just one reason; it vanishes because many factors intersect-everything from hurricane-tracking algorithms to the decay of rubber gaskets on hatches to the arcane science of loading cargo containers to the psychology of a powerful ship`s captain. All of these factors & more came into play in the sinking of the El Faro. Relying on Coast Guard inquest hearings as well as on numerous interviews, George Michelsen Foy has crafted a brilliant account that brings to life the final voyage of El Faro, a story that lasts only a few days but which grows almost intolerably suspenseful as deep-rooted flaws leading to the disaster inexorably link together & worsen. We see captain, engineers, & crew fight for their lives, & hear their actual words (as recorded on the ship`s black box) while the hurricane relentlessly tightens its noose around the ship. We watch, minute by minute, all that is happening on board-the ship`s mysterious tilt to one side, worried calls to the engine room, ship-to-shore reports, the courage of the men & women as they fight to survive, & the berserk ocean`s savage consumption of the massive hull. & through it all, the pain & ultimate resilience of the families of El Faro`s crew. Meticulous & absolutely thrilling, Run the Storm is a masterwork of stunning power.


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At the age of thirty-one, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits. & here`s how she felt about the component parts of triathlon: swimming
- fairly terrifying, especially in open water. Cycling
- brilliant when done on a stationery bike, indoors. Running
- sometimes fantastic, sometimes hideous. But as increasing numbers of her female friends continued to sign up to tri, Lucy couldn`t help wondering: what was it about this exhausting pursuit that women seemed to find so magical, so transformative? The time had come to find out. Over one year, five triathlons & hundreds of training hours, Lucy uncovers the ins & outs of women`s triathlon: how to wear a sports bra under a wetsuit, the competition & camaraderie, whether getting over `jelly legs` makes you a more resilient human being
- & finds that maybe she doesn`t know her limits after all... Funny, warm & engaging, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is for both the tri-curious & the dedicated tri-hard, & for any woman looking for inspiration to make the transition from sofa to start line.



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Three sports in one event? Triathletes must be crazy, right? At the age of thirty-one, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits: triathlon was not for her. But as increasing numbers of her female friends signed up to tri, Lucy couldn`t help wondering: what was it about this sport that women found so transformative? The time had come to find out. Over one year, five triathlons & hundreds of training hours, Lucy discovers the competition & camaraderie, how to wear a sports bra under a wetsuit, whether getting over `jelly legs` makes you a more resilient human being
- & that maybe she doesn`t know her limits after all... Funny, warm & engaging, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is for the tri-curious & the tri-hard, & for any woman looking to make the transition from sofa to start line.
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From the editor of The Good Immigrant, an adrenaline-fuelled, powerful YA novel about young people taking charge of their own destiny. A novel about standing up & being counted. Aspiring MC Taran & her twin brother Hari never wanted to move to Firestone House. But when the rent was doubled overnight & Dad`s chemo meant he couldn`t work, they had to make this tower block their home. It`s good now though; they feel part of something here. When they start noticing boarded-up flats & glossy fliers for expensive apartments, they don`t think much of it
- until Hari is caught up in a tragedy, & they are forced to go on the run. It`s up to these teenagers to uncover the sinister truth behind what`s going on in the block, before it blows their world apart.
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Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Isao is a young, engaging patriot, & a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan & usurping the Emperor`s rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds & unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabric of Japanese life torn apart. ...

Runcorn in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map covers the main area of Runcorn, plus the southern tip of Widnes around West Bank. Coverage stretches from West Street Widnes southward to York Street Runcorn, & from Trentham Street eastward to Sea Lane. Features include Runcorn railway & road bridges, Runcorn station, Bridgewater Canal incl most of Old & New locks & Sebastopol Arm, Waterloo Bridge, Runcorn Alkali Works, All Saints church, Bridgewater Foundry, Holy Trinity church, Hazlehurst Soap Works, St Luke's Chapel, football ground, Highfield Tannery, Australian Alum Works, Stonehills, graving docks, Manchester Ship Canal with Lower Dock & shipbuilding yard, Swing Bridge, Wigg Works, Mersey, West Bank, West Bank Dock etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents from a 1906 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Runcorn in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Tthe map covers the main area of Runcorn, plus the southern tip of Widnes around West Bank. Coverage stretches from West Street Widnes southward to York Street Runcorn, & from Trentham Street eastward to Sea Lane. Features include Runcorn railway & road bridges, Runcorn station, Bridgewater Canal incl most of Old & New locks & Sebastopol Arm, Waterloo Bridge, Runcorn Alkali Works, All Saints church, Bridgewater Foundry, Holy Trinity church, Hazlehurst Soap Works, St Luke`s Chapel, football ground, Highfield Tannery, Australian Alum Works, Stonehills, graving docks, Manchester Ship Canal with Lower Dock & shipbuilding yard, Swing Bridge, Wigg Works, Mersey, West Bank, West Bank Dock, etc. On the reverse is a list of private residents from a 1906 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

` Lizzy never ceases to enthuse, inspire & amaze! She shows what it truly means to live life to the absolute fullest, step out of your comfort zone & to truly test your limits. So much more than a book about running, this memoir is about an enthralling life journey replete with peaks & troughs, highs & lows & many twists & turns. Most importantly, Lizzy reminds all of us to never stop exploring, discovering & challenging ourselves to do more than we think possible.` CHRISSIE WELLINGTON MBE, FOUR TIME IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPION Scared witless & surrounded by a sea of people, Lizzy Hawker stands in the church square at the centre of Chamonix on a late August evening, waiting for the start of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. The mountains towering over the pack of runners promise a grueling 8, 600 metres of ascent & descent over 158 kilometres of challenging terrain that will test the feet, legs, heart & mind. These nervous moments before the race signal not just the beginning of nearly twenty-seven hours of effort that saw Lizzy finish as first woman, but the start of the career of one of Britain`s most successful endurance athletes. She went on to become the 100km Women`s World Champion, win the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc an unprecedented five times, hold the world record for 24 hours road running & become the first woman to stand on the overall winners` podium at Spartathlon. An innate endurance & natural affinity with the mountains has led Lizzy to push herself to the absolute limits, including a staggering 320 kilometre run through the Himalayas, from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu in Nepal. Lizzy`s remarkable spirit was recognised in 2013 when she was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. These ultimate challenges ask not just what the feet & legs can do, but question the inner thoughts & contemplations of a runner. Runner tells Lizzy`s story & in so doing, uncovers the journey of the physical, mental & emotional challenges that runners go through at the edge of human endurance. From the school girl running the streets of London to breaking records on the world`s mountains & toughest races, Lizzy Hawker is an inspiration to anyone who would like to see how far they can go, running or not. ...