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This is the ultimate guide to sports and the perfect reference for the Paris Olympics in 2024 – an amazing year for sport. Discover everything you need to know about more than 200 sports, including all of the Olympic and Paralympic events featured in Tokyo and Beijing. Get the authoritative inside scoop from leading experts in each sport. Discover match-winning insights into the strategies and tactics of the world’s top competitors. And learn all of the facts, stats, and stories behind the Olympic Games – the most spectacular sporting event on the planet. Fully revised with the latest facts, stats, rules, and results of world sport, ‘The Sports Book’ also includes details of the current world and Olympic records.
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£9.99
No stranger to weathering a storm, avid kayaker Toby Carr set out to explore the areas of the Shipping Forecast – the UK’s national lullaby. From the wildness and the peace of the sea, looking back at the land, Toby gained a unique perspective on Britain and its neighbours, and discovered the strength and balance that nature can provide.
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‘All Hands on Deck’ is Sofrin’s memoir of the epic adventure delivering the Rose to Hollywood. It’s a story of reinvention, of hard work on the high seas, of love, and of survival. The Rose was an example of the most cutting-edge technology of her era, but in the 21st century, barely anyone had experience sailing it. The crew effectively went back in time, brought to life the old ways of a forgotten world, and barely lived to tell the tale. Just a few days in, a terrifying hurricane-strength storm nearly sank the Rose, and later, a rogue wave caused a nearly fatal dismasting. And the ups and downs weren’t limited to the waves – with the crew split into factions, making peace between warring camps became necessary, too, as did avoiding pirates and braving the temptations of shore leave.
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Are you getting enough? Ben Aitken wasn’t. Increasingly flat and decreasingly zen, he knew that something had to change. So he joined a lawn bowls club. About a week later, he continued his assault on the doldrums by taking a cheerleading class. Then – with an almost entirely reformed selfhood winking appealingly on the horizon – he went cold-water swimming and was back to square one. Despite the inevitable setbacks and missteps, it was becoming clear to Aitken that the very pursuit of fun was a great route to feeling less naff. And so he made a vow to go after the f-stuff with as much gusto as he could muster. He filled his calendar with a plethora of potentially pleasurable pursuits. Although the results were mixed, Aitken’s year of making merry left him feeling undoubtedly better. Which invites the question: if fun is such a reliable mood-swinger, shouldn’t we be having more of of it?
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£18.99
Here is an inspiring guide to activities and adventures to re-energise and boost your mood, by our rivers, lakes, and canals. While Britain’s rivers, lakes and canals have long been co-opted by fitness enthusiasts for the physical benefits they can bring, it’s only relatively recently that we’ve given much thought to their impact on our mental state too. ‘Blue health’ – the idea that having access to an area of water can benefit a person’s whole wellbeing – is gaining traction. These waterside places are fundamental to the kind of stuff people now realise they need in their lives – exercise, solace, natural beauty and new places to socialise – with so many of them on our doorstep. ‘Just Add Water’ is your guide to the many mood-boosting and wellbeing activities, adventures and escapes that our inland waterways have to offer.
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A treasure trove of information and inspiration for anyone with an abiding love for the ocean, this beautiful book features short-subject deep dives on topics like science, sailing, kayaking, surfing, diving, survival and much more.
