Download or read book Sprinters written by Jonny Zucker and published by Badger Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athletes have competed to be the fastest for thousands of years. Find out what it takes to be a great sprinter in this entertaining guide. The records and record-breakers await you in Sprinters! Non-fiction is often an excellent way to engage those less motivated to read; it contains succinct chunks of information to grab attention and provoke discussion, and in turn, further reading. This hi-lo series is packed full of exciting non-fiction titles designed to interest and engage reluctant readers. Topics range from various popular sports, stunts and rides to more obscure topics such as the power of money and famous lies or cons.

Download or read book Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero s Friend Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes Light Novel Vol 2 written by Yuki Suzuki and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They may have separate missions, but Lord Werner--a Japanese office worker reincarnated into the world of a classic RPG--and his friend, the legendary hero Mazel, are both working to save the realm in their own ways. While Mazel walks the path of radiance, slaying the Demon Lord's minions one by one, Werner uses his real-world knowledge to help manage the kingdom's internal affairs. Managing refugees, fixing the water supply--it's a lot of work for a supposed background character!

Download or read book Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero s Friend Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes Manga Vol 1 written by Yuki Suzuki and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every legendary hero, there's a loyal best friend. When a Japanese gamer reincarnates into the body of Lord Werner, a faceless mob in the world of a video game, he sets out to make sure the hero Mazel is up to the task. He'll need to train him, teach him etiquette, and make sure his pockets are overflowing with potions! This is not the story of the battle between Mazel and the Demon Lord. This is the story about one man's attempt to make sure he doesn't end up as collateral damage!

Download or read book Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero s Friend Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes Light Novel Vol 1 written by Yuki Suzuki and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someday, the hero Mazel will battle the Demon Lord with the fate of the realm at stake. But until that day...he better be carrying plenty of potions! While the hero is off saving the kingdom, it's up to Lord Werner--a Japanese office worker reincarnated into the world of a classic RPG--to keep the rest of the world from becoming collateral damage. There's no hero, luminary, or warrior of light who doesn't need a friend like Werner! But can he truly defy the flames of fate and change the bittersweet ending of the game?

Download or read book The Fastest Men on Earth written by Neil Duncanson and published by Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an exclusive foreword by Usain Bolt, The Fastest Men on Earth tells the fascinating inside stories of the Olympic Men's 100m Champions. It takes just under ten seconds to run, but the results of the Olympic men's 100 metres are etched forever into history. In The Fastest Men on Earth, journalist Neil Duncanson tells the stories of the 25 athletes who've been crowned champions in the event, and earned the coveted title of 'Fastest Man on Earth'. Each chapter explores the fascinating, inspiring, and occasionally tragic lives of these supremely talented sprinters, as well as the intense drama of the record-breaking runs that wrote them into history. Immaculately researched and featuring exclusive interviews with several Olympic champions, including a new conversation with Usain Bolt, The Fastest Men on Earth brings the stories of some of the greatest athletes of all time to life like never before.

Download or read book Big Bad Wolf written by Justin Perry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fairytales are make-believe. Right? Young Hero thought so too. But now, after saving Hanz and Gretta Ehl from the clutches of an evil witch, he is starting to think otherwise. Now he is being wrongly accused of kidnapping and murder. While imprisoned he is given an ultimatum: Either face the gallows or hunt the Big-Bad Wolf. In his journey, Hero will be helped and hindered along the way by a multitude of fairytale creatures. His ultimate goal is to prove his innocence, but he is faced with many challenges on his journey, including: Trying to ascertain what is right and who is wrong, the true meaning of friendship, how to live up to his namesake, and how to find and kill the Big-Bad Wolf.

Download or read book 101 Damnations written by Ned Boulting and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Ned Boulting as he reports on his dozen-th Tour de France, an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes, and, we’re oft told, the biggest annual sporting event in the world. 101 Damnations is a chance to relive the 2014 race, stage for stage, fall after fall, tantrum by tantrum; just the good bits mind, without all the aerial shots of castles. Or sunflowers. (Though it does wax lyrical about some stunning Alpine scenery . . . and, with the race starting in Yorkshire, even some stunning scenery not far from Bradford). From Leeds to Paris (how often do you say that?), Ned details the minutiae of his encounters with the likes of Vincenzo Nibali, David Millar, Chris Froome, Chris Boardman (or ‘Broadman’ as some would have it), Marcel Kittel, Mrs Cavendish (Mark’s wife), Peter Sagan and the rest. Their endeavours, achievements, humour and occasional rancour, sit alongside his own decade-long quest for the ideal end-of-race T-shirt. Ned weaves together the interesting, amusing and unheralded threads of the race itself, and reflects on his own perennial struggle to get round, get on and get by. 101 Damnations encapsulates all that is incredible – and incredibly ordinary – about the greatest race on earth.

Download or read book The Legendary Game Player written by Zhuan JiaLaoLi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How could a game without an external connection work? He was going to grind monsters with 10,000 low-leveled accounts! The diaosi Li Feng who was poisoned by the computer actually had the ability to open small accounts without limit! Hot blooded Jianghu Player, WOW players, Questioning players, Conquering players and other old game players must see it!

Download or read book CMJ written by Christopher Martin-Jenkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Martin-Jenkins, or CMJ to his many fans as well as listeners of Test Match Special, was perhaps thevoice of cricket; an unparalleled authority whose insight and passion for cricket, as well as his style of commentary, captured what it is that makes the sport so special. In his many years as a commentator and journalist - reporting for the BBC, The Times and the Cricketeramong others - CMJ covered some of the biggest moments in the sport's history. And in this memoir he looks back on a lifetime spent in service to this most bizarre and beguiling of sports and tells the stories of the players, coaches and fans he met along the way. Recounted with all the warmth and vigour that has endeared CMJ to generations of cricket fans, this memoir relives the moments that defined modern cricket and which shaped his life in turn. It is a must-have book for all devotees of the sport.

Download or read book Battleaxe Rpg written by Doug Woolsey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004-09-19 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the war-ravaged world of Mordredica, ancient battlefield of the Gods and prison of the Forty Sorcerers, the BattleAxe RPG takes players to a deep fantasy world steeped in mystery and lore.Fully revised and reformatted in a 6"x9", printer-friendly pdf.Includes the complete supplement, The Creeping Dead, and both versions of the hero record sheets.

Download or read book The Hero s Code written by A.R. Knight and published by Black Key Books. This book was released on with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All his life, Aegis has defeated every villain he’s come across, one punch after another. He deserves a break, but when word spreads of a plot to destroy the Paragons, Aegis must don the suit one more time. In the not-so-far future, Paragons run Earth with their powered abilities, governing normals and anomalies alike, and Aegis, along with a small group of other Champions, runs the Paragons. Living beneath a super-powered boot heel isn’t what everybody wants, though, and a freedom fighter works to form a resistance. The spark calling the world to rise up against its guardians, its jailers? Killing Aegis. The Hero's Code is an action-packed, character-driven adventure in a tech-drenched world, where would-be heroes confront each other, normals, and monsters from their pasts. Explore a fascinating take on the superhero genre in this four novel collection, and discover how getting everything you want might be the worst thing you can imagine.

Download or read book Wayde van Niekerk written by Carlos Amato and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wayde was quick off the mark from the day he was born: two months premature and weighing no more than a litre of milk, his life was in danger. But little Wayde survived and grew to become the world's leading sprinter. Wayde van Niekerk tells the extraordinary tale of a boy who defied the odds, time and again. He was small and skinny, but he tackled big rivals on the rugby field. And just when he was about to become a world sprinting star, Wayde suffered a series of terrible hamstring injuries. At one point, he was so depressed he almost gave up athletics for good. But his faith, courage and dedication – along with his magnificent talent – kept him going. We learn that Wayde was deeply motivated by his mother Odessa's brilliance as a sprinter before his birth – back in the apartheid era when black athletes were unable to shine on the biggest stage. Wayde's sense of honour also shines through in the story: how he stands up for the weak against bullies, and gives generously to those less fortunate than himself. In the climax of the book, Wayde flies his family to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where his greatest moment awaits him.

Download or read book The Ultimate Ultra Running Handbook written by Claire Maxted and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, accessible training guide for any runner looking to take up the challenge of ultra-running. From runners looking for the challenge of their first ultra running event (anything longer than a marathon distance), to more seasoned long distance runners looking to improve their time or recovery, this book is your must have resource. Packed with training, nutrition, skills, gear and motivation advice - it has all you need to become a more confident ultra runner. This book takes you through the best kit, why to take on an ultra, where to run - both locally and globally, how to get faster and run further, how to find the time to train, training plans from 50k to 160k, as well as advice on overtraining and much more. Completed with inspirational photos, illustrations and case studies from ultra runners of diverse backgrounds, alongside tips and advice from pros and coaches across the sport.

Download or read book Supernatural Beings 1 written by Thierry Kouam and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winnipeg is divided between two worlds: one is comprised of human beings and the other of supernatural beings, some of whom have been gifted with special powers and magic. Supernatural beings, animals shaped like humans, believe their ancestors are their gods, dutifully follow the rules of their tradition, and understand their purpose is to eradicate the human race. Hero is a young adult, magician supernatural being who has been sent with his brothers to the world of human beings to destroy humankind. But everything changes during his important mission when Hero surprisingly feels his magic pushing him against his own desire to protect Angel, a mysterious human being who appears different than others in her race. When Hero breaks the rules of his tradition and battles against his own family to protect Angel, he becomes a traitor who now must learn why his magic warns him when Angel is in danger as fate leads him to places he never imagined. In this fantasy tale, a young supernatural being with magical powers on a mission to destroy the human race crosses paths with a mysterious being that causes him to question everything he has ever known.

Download or read book Life Is About Losing Everything written by Lynn Crosbie and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2012-05-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the wildly controversial books Liar and Paul's Case comes one of the most anticipated — and perhaps, in some quarters, feared — books of the year. This is author Lynn Crosbie at her most honest, most cutting, most hilarious, and most heartbreaking. The stories told here are at once a cache, a repository, of a seven-year period in the author's life; and, too, a gymnasium, a place where she can flex her prodigious wit and her dazzling stash of literary tricks Deft with matters both low- and highbrow (here are stories about 80s big-hair bands and the lasting, theological value of the Rocky series; here, too are stories contemplating critical theory and fine art), Life is About Losing Everything speaks with manic yet grave authority about risking and losing everything, and then sorting through the remains to discover what is beautiful, what is trash, and what, ultimately, belongs.

Download or read book Running Cultures written by John Bale and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bale brings running into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources from literature, poetry, film and art as well as statistics and training manuals to highlight tensions, ambiguities and complexities lying beneath common notions of the sport.

Download or read book The Hero s Tale written by Charles Olsen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The kingdom of Mirrindal is at war with its greatest nemesis the realm has ever faced. Meuryk, the Shadow Wizard, invades the realm out of vengeance for his banishment of practicing the Dark Arts of magic. Alder, a wizard of the Earth Order, is sent on a quest to locate a farm boy named Erec. He must safely guide Erec through the long journey to the Mirrindal kingdom, where the cure to his mother's deadly illness grows. During Erec's search for the rare Mirindus Plant, Alder must aid Mirrindal's army to stand against Meuryk's legions of loyal mercenaries. As Erec and the wizard travel to Mirrindal, they meet along the way Jehan of Ossnan, champion knight of the kingdom of Southern Rougn. The knight accepts a perilous quest by Northern Rougn's King Thibault to vanquish Meuryk and return with the head of the Shadow Wizard's staff. Only then can Jehan and the king's daughter, Princess Katherine, be reunited after years of being forced apart by their feuding kingdoms.