On the arrival of a mysterious stranger laden with paintings, Leandro finds his quiet life disrupted instantly & mysteriously. He awakens locked in a windowless room in a topless tower, the subject of one of the stranger`s eerie paintings. His childish voice draws the reader into a mythical world full of imaginary beings. Basking in her friendship with literary luminaries such as Italo Calvino & Borges, Argentine poet & author Silvina Ocampo is among the foremost figures in modern South American literature. Heavily influenced by nonsense literature such as Lewis Carroll`s Alice in Wonderland & the surrealist movement in South America, The Topless Tower, features all the typical hallmarks of Ocampo`s fantastical writing. With subtle inflections of language & tremendous displays of imagination running riot, Ocampo`s writing is beautifully translated by James Womack. ...

How to rig, sail & race this incredibly popular singlehanded dinghy. There are 45, 000 Topper dinghies & this is the only book on how to sail & race them. Colour photos & photo sequences show how to rig the boat (with either stern or centre mainsheet), sail & race it
- to championship standard. The Topper is now one of the four RYA recognised Junior Pathway Classes, with national & zone squads feeding into the RYA recognised youth classes. Its popularity is increasing in leaps & bounds.
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Spring is coming to the small town of Michigan, but the snow still covers the land when Scripps O` Neil sets off for Chicago, decides to stop a while in Petoskey, & meets up with Yogi Johnson. Subtitled A Romantic Novel in Honour of the Passing of a Great Race, this work parodies the themes & styles of the `great race` of writers. ...

A well-maintained bike is a pleasure to ride
- & is a lot less less likely to break down. & with bike sales booming, more & more
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A well-maintained bike is a pleasure to ride
- & is a lot less less likely to break down. & with bike sales booming, more & more
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Hold the world in your hands with The Totally Amazing, Fact-Packed, Fold-Out Atlas of the World, a bright & colourful atlas! Designed specifically to make the vast reaches of our planet tangible for a young audience, & including three lavish gatefold maps showing the major continents in rich detail with pictoral insets featuring people, places & wildlife. It presents the world as a place rich in discoveries that readers themselves can make on its pages. Divided by continent, there are lavish gatefolds with textured artworks that show biomes & terrains as well as wildlife, & further maps that show people, places & political boundaries. Discover people, creatures & amazing physical & man-made features, & find out how every part of our planet is both vital & connected. ...

Hold the world in your hands & come face to face with the many wonderful animals that inhabit our extraordinary Earth! Containing over 500 animal photographs, this atlas presents the world as a place rich in wildlife discoveries. Divided by continent, there are lavish, illustrated fold-out maps that show animal habitats, & the accessible text is packed with amazing facts on animal record-breakers, animal helpers & animals to beware of! A fabulous pop-up map showcases major biomes of the Earth so you can see how every part of our natural world is vital & connected. ...

” This year G was the strongest rider, & he finally had Lady Luck on his side. An unstoppable combination” Chris Froome”I understood what Geraint`s win meant: for him, for me, for the team, & for Wales, too” Dave Brailsford” Wow!” Thierry Henry For years Geraint Thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an Olympic gold medallist on the track, Commonwealth champion, yet at the Tour de France a victim of crashes, bad luck & his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team-mates. In the summer of 2018, that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion
- from the cobbles of the north & the iconic mountain climbs of the Alps to the brutal slopes of the Pyrenees &, finally, the Champs-Elysees in Paris. As a boy, G had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the Tour on television. This July, across twenty-one stages & three weeks, & under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his own. With insight from the key characters around Geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling & heart-warming tales in sport. Not only can nice guys come first
- they can win the biggest prize of all.

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There is something for all cycle racing fans in Tour de France Miscellany. The world`s premier bike race dates back to the start of the last century & has developed a reputation for glamour, glitz & glory. For more than 110 years, the Tour de France has provided the sporting world with some truly historic moments, involving many of the greatest names in modern folklore. Within these pages, the reader will learn hundreds of fascinating facts about the sport on a wide range of topics, from riders & teams to mountain climbs & sprint finishes. As the items appear completely at random, it is not really a book to be read from cover to cover, more one to be dipped into & enjoyed in short breaks. Painstakingly researched by the master of the sporting factoid, Tour de France Miscellany will bring hours of reading pleasure to every sports fan. ...

If there is one mountain climb that embodies the spirit & magic of the Tour de France, it is the Alpe d` Huez. Its twenty-one hairpin turns & average gradient of 8.1 percent over 13.1 kilometers have become legendary, changing the careers of Americans Greg Le Mond & Lance Armstrong, & nearly destroying Jan Ullrich & Marco Pantani. Here at last is the definitive history & unforgettable story of cycling`s greatest challenge.” In The Tour is Won on the Alpe: The Classic Battles of the Tour de France”, cycling historian Jean-Paul Vespini tells the story of this celebrated climb & the mountain that so often acts as the ultimate arbiter for cycling`s biggest prize. Each chapter covers one ascent, starting with Fausto Coppi`s astonishing victory in 1952. Cycling`s most famous names are all present & accounted for: Coppi, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Pedro Delgado, Miguel Indurain, Marco Pantani, & of course the American victors Greg Le Mond & Lance Armstrong. Jean-Paul Vespini`s riveting descriptions of each battle to the top include candid interviews with riders, new insight into epic rivalries, & little-known but fascinating facts about the climb that has become a rite of passage for every rider in the peloton. ...