In ‘ Running in the Family’ Michael Ondaatje returns to Sri Lanka, the home he left for Canada twenty five years earlier. A dream lures Ondaatje to revisit his childhood & the exotic family he never really understood. Born in Ceylon, into a privileged group of Sinhalese, Tamil & Dutch origins, Ondaatje has created a book seamlessly fused by anecdotes, poems & memories are as he tries to piece together the portrait of his Sri Lankan heritage & the stories & secrets of his ancestors. ...

` If you`ve ever wept, ” Why Do I Want To Run?” your answer is here.` Caitlin Moran Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms & bored of yoga, she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later, she has run five marathons in two continents. But, as her dad says, you run with your head as much as with your legs. So, while this is a book about running, it`s not just about running. You could say it`s about ambition (yes, getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts), relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop), as well as your body (your boobs don`t have to wobble when you run). But it`s also about realising that you can do more than you ever thought possible. Very funny, very honest & very emotional, whether you`re in serious training or thinking about running for the bus, this is a book for anyone who after wine & crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might... just might... like to run like a girl. ...

Regular running logs have become outdated as the yachting industry continues to expand & look for alternative products. The Running Log introduces a new line of superior logs eliminating current logbooks filled with unnecessary information. The Running Log contains only pertinent information for the vessel. Advanced Marine Logistics, a Captain & 1st officer partnership with 30 years experience in the industry, has teamed up with one of the United States most esteemed printing houses to manufacture a new range of logs for the yachting industry. Not only functional & durable, these hardbound logbooks are stylish enough to display. This sturdy logbook was constructed while being environmentally conscious, by using recycled products of the highest standards. ...

AJ`s grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don`t really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief & to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he & his grandfather did best: running. Round & round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials, running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster. Running On Empty is a beautiful book about false starts & emotional journeys, with hope as the ultimate finishing line. From the author of Little Bits of Sky. Cover illustration by Rob Biddulph. ...

A runaway thriller for fans of Anne Cassidy, Jennifer Niven & Malorie Blackman, by former Children`s Laureate Julia Donaldson. Driven away by the disturbing behaviour of her uncle, fifteen-year-old Leo flees her aunt`s home, where she has been living since the sudden death of her musician parents. She heads to Glasgow, hoping to discover the secret behind the feud between her father & his Chinese family. Leo`s journey is peopled with fabulous characters, including thirteen-year old Finlay
- an amateur sleuth & even-more-amateur Goth
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- a Johnny Cash-&-chocolate-biscuit fanatic. In Running on the Cracks, Julia Donaldson has crafted a funny, moving, heart-stopping thriller with characters that will stay in your heart long after you have turned the final uplifting page. Julia has long been a household name thanks to her raft of best-selling picture books, but in her first book for teens she offers readers who enjoyed The Gruffalo as a child something completely new.


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Running can encompass the absolute extremes of human performance, from speed to endurance. Running Science uncovers the fundamental science that underpins this ubiquitous sport, bringing together the study of biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, health & injury prevention, & the technical development of shoes & running surfaces: it`s a complete reference. ...

A unique new book for anyone planning to invest in a gite ot bed & breakfast business in France. Contains vital information nto help readers avoid disasters that can turn a prospective profitable business into a nightmare. A practical, comprehensive study of how to make a living from your French home. Provides valuable insider tips to help readers avois costly mistakes when buying a property in France for a gite or B&B business. ...

Running marathons back-to-back, sleeping by the side of the road, giving presentations to remote schools that had never been visited by their own kinsfolk, this is the remarkable story of personal endurance that gives an engrossing insight into the people & wildlife of South America. It is the story of two everyday runners, Katharine & David, who decided to take on a continent & learn how to run again
- barefoot, pushing their bodies & minds to levels they had never considered possible in a bid to become the first in the world to run the length of South America, to give a voice to the wildlife & wildernesses they adore. Running laid them bare, stripped them of the shell people journey within, so all they had to rely on was their own bare feet. Yet this very vulnerability provided the key to unlocking communities who would fling open their doors, tuck them under their wings & whisper their secrets. Amazing animals accompanied them: gigantic vaulting stick-insects; cackling macaws who wheeled & pirouetted in the sky, desperately trying to gain a better view of them; & a giant anteater whom they stalked through a snake-infested swamp, so they could stand within an arm`s length as he devoured termites upon the end of his long sticky tongue. It was also an animal, if one of the most diminutive, that nearly succeeded in ending their dreams of conquering the continent
- an ant! But when their joints & muscles were screaming, when they couldn`t stand the sight of one another & when prickly heat, blisters & tropical ulcers infested their skin, it was the wildlife & wildernesses that pulled them through. Day after day, for months on end, running from freezer through desert & into the biggest rainforest on earth, they survived hurricane-force winds, near 100% humidity, swarms of biting insects & some of the most crime-ridden places on the planet. The expedition nearly cost them their marriage, health, sanity & lives. But somehow, they made it to the other end of the continent, 6, 504 miles & 15 months later, when they splashed into the warm & much-dreamed of Caribbean Sea.

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Jean Patrick dreams of running in the Olympics, & with gruelling training he soon beats a world qualifying time. But his chances of success are threatened by the ethnic tensions erupting all around him. When Hutu violence against Tutsis finally crescendos & his homeland Rwanda is wracked by unforgivable atrocities, Jean Patrick, a Tutsi, has no choice but to run for his life abandoning fatherl&, family, & the woman he loves. Finding them again will be the race of his life. ...

Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of becoming the first Rwandan to run in the Olympics. But Jean Patrick is a Tutsi & his kind are not supposed to win. When the president's assassination plummets the country into sudden & bloody chaos
- Hutu against Tutsi, neighbour against neighbour
- Jean Patrick is left without protection & without any choice. Now he must run: from his home, from his family, from the woman he loves. Finding them again will be the race of his life. Evoking the raw beauty of Rwanda & the tragedy of its recent past, Running the Rift is a truly stunning novel of a people's trauma, of lives lost, & of loves salvaged.

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