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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In ” Running the Show”, the British Empire of old is re-examined, with Stephanie Williams looking at the men governing the Empire in the nineteenth century, how they were chosen & controlled, & just how they managed to do it. From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia & South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, ordinary British men & women, with no training, were dispatched to strange places, among strange people & faced unimaginable conditions. Some started wars. Others fought disease, injustice & slavery. Many died or went mad. ” Running the Show”, drawing on vast unpublished sources, reveals the day-today lives, griefs & triumphs of governors at the height of the British Empire as they struggled to make sense of their charges &, frequently, themselves. ...

It is the world`s most iconic road race. It is twenty-six-point-two miles of iconic landmarks, cheers, tears, sweat, pain, courage, determination & inspiration. It is triumph over adversity on a colossal scale. It is the London Marathon
- & it`s an event unlike any other. Running The Smoke tells the story of what it`s like to take part in this race in the most enlightening & enriching way possible: from the perspectives of twenty-six different people who have participated in it since its inception in 1981. Candid & inspiring if you are preparing for your first marathon or your 100th, Running The Smoke will give you the encouragement, insight & belief you need to cross that line.
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Luxury collector`s hardback gift edition. An epic & heart-rending jungle adventure from the bestselling author of ` War Horse` & ` Born to Run`. For Will & his mother, going to Indonesia isn`t just a holiday. It`s an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them
- things like the death of Will`s father. & to begin with, it seems to be just what they both needed. But then Oona, the elephant Will is riding on the beach, begins acting strangely, shying away from the sea. & that`s when the tsunami comes crashing in, & Oona begins to run. Except that when the tsunami is gone, Oona just keeps on running. With nothing on his back but a shirt & nothing to sustain him but a bottle of water, Will must learn to survive deep in the jungle. Luckily, though, he`s not completely alone! He`s got Oona.
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” Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year”
- This is shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. After years of
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Jonny Bealby was devastated when his fiancee Melanie died unexpectedly while they were travelling in Kashmir. Two years later, still heartbroken & utterly disillusioned, he took on the challenge of a lifetime. Setting out with only his motorbike for company, he began a daring & dangerous journey around the African continent in a desperate attempt to unearth some meaning in his life. Bittersweet, bold & beautifully told, Running with the Moon is a tale of true love & loss, of exploration, adventure & courage. ...

` Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.` Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. & for him the two
- running & philosophising
- are inextricably connected. In Running with the Pack he tells us about the most significant runs of his life: from the entire day he spent running as a boy in Wales, to the runs along French beaches & up Irish mountains with his beloved wolf Brenin, & through Florida swamps more recently with his dog Nina. Woven throughout the book are profound meditations on mortality, middle age & the meaning of life. This is a highly original & moving book that will make the philosophically inclined want to run, & those who love running become intoxicated by philosophical ideas.

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Running: Cheaper than Therapy is a witty & expertly compiled compendium of running wisdom & humour. From a short jog that lifts your mood to the closing stages of a marathon when you feel physically exhausted butemotionally invincible all at once, running delivers every time. Running: Cheaper Than Therapy is a celebration of the pastime that always makes you feel better. Covering every aspect of running life from jogging etiquette & the things we both love/hate about it, through to the weirdestand wonderful marathons around the world. Also included are the funniest spectator signs ever, cool advice that could improve your PB & brilliantly insightful running philosophies. Complete with guest contributions from parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt, political strategist Alastair Campbell, Olympian Liz Yelling & comedian David Baddiel, this brilliantly knowing compendium will be appreciated byjoggers, triathletes & runners who know the joy of putting on a pair of trainers & getting out there. ...

Running`s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of weird & wonderful stories from the world of running, from the earliest marathon to today`s high-tech, apped-up approach. Within these pages you`ll find the bizarre story of the Norwegian footballer forced to miss a crucial World Cup qualifier after colliding with a moose on his morning jog, the American ultra-marathoner who had all his toenails removed to improve his running, & why some runners at the 2015 Tokyo marathon were wearing GPS-enabled, edible bananas, complete with LEDs & incoming Twitter updates. Packed with tales that are so odd you`ll hardly believe them, this book makes the perfect gift for all running enthusiasts, from the seasoned marathoner to the park jogger, & those who only ever run a bath. Word count: 45, 000 ...

The 1:50, 000 topographic map gives a more general picture of the ground features than a basic map. It shows settlements, houses, roads, cultivated areas, waterways, cutting areas, mires, rock exposures, & relief. One map sheet covers an area of 30 x 40 km & one centimetre corresponds to 500 metres on the ground. The 1:50, 000 topographic map is also an ideal complement to nautical charts as it provides useful information about the land areas adjacent to waterways. For example, all Finnish sea areas are covered by 1:50, 000 topographic map sheets. ...