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"Bernard Hinault is Le Blaireau, the Badger. Tough as old boots, he is the old warrior of the French peloton, as revered as he is feared for his ferocious attacks. He has won 5 Tours de France, marking his name into the history books as a member of cycling's most exclusive club. Yet as the 1986 Tour de France ascended into the mountains, a boyish and friendly young American named Greg LeMond threatened the Badger--and France's entire cycling heritage....
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Hace 30 años, cuando Ben Johnson pulverizó el récord mundial de los 100 metros lisos aplastando a Carl Lewis y se hizo con el oro de los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl en 1988, afirmó que el oro olímpico era más importante que el récord: mientras el récord podría ser mejorado en el futuro, nadie podría arrebatarle la medalla. Pero era posible y así lo hicieron. Esa carrera ha quedado grabada para siempre en la mente de todos los seguidores...
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Fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave, this is the story of Britain's greatest ever Olympian.
Chris Hoy has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to world superpower. Now, having rewritten the record books as Olympic champion in four different cycling disciplines, and with six gold...
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La intrahistoria del equipo que ha revolucionado el ciclismo mundial con sus innovaciones.
Las bases del llamado 'Ciclismo 2.0' en un apasionante relato que te descubrirá todos los secretos de la escuadra británica.
A finales de los 90, la selección británica de ciclismo en pista inició un proyecto que culminó en Pekín 2008 con el mayor dominio exhibido en la historia olímpica de la especialidad. Uno de sus responsables, Dave Brailsford, se...
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Unreal Development Kit (UDK) is the free version of the award-winning Unreal Engine 3. It is used to create a wide variety of games ranging from amateur to professional standard next generation AAA titles. This book will show you exactly how to create an enjoyable and immersive game environment using the UDK. You will learn how to implement, level design, lighting, environmental effects, movement, terrain, map creation, item placement, kismet, materials...
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Jenna and her family are going for a picnic. The weather is perfect for an adventure to the city park. She helps her mother pack the picnic basket with sandwiches, potato salad, and lemonade. The family dog Charlie is going, too. The fun text and vivid illustrations provide perspective into an activity that many young children get to experience. This touching tale is perfect for young readers and children who have not yet begun reading on their own....
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Jenna and her family are going for a picnic. The weather is perfect for an adventure to the city park. She helps her mother pack the picnic basket with sandwiches, potato salad, and lemonade. The family dog Charlie is going, too. The fun text and vivid illustrations provide perspective into an activity that many young children get to experience. This touching tale is perfect for young readers and children who have not yet begun reading on their own....
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Jenna and her family are going for a picnic. The weather is perfect for an adventure to the city park. She helps her mother pack the picnic basket with sandwiches, potato salad, and lemonade. The family dog Charlie is going, too. The fun text and vivid illustrations provide perspective into an activity that many young children get to experience. This touching tale is perfect for young readers and children who have not yet begun reading on their own....
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Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the 100-meter finish line. He beats his chest, well ahead of his nearest rival, his face filled with euphoria, the world in thrall of his extraordinary talent. It is one of the greatest moments in sports history, and it is just the beginning.
Of the ten fastest 100-meter times in history, eight belong to Jamaicans. How is it that this small island has come to dominate men's and women's sprinting?...
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The compelling story of Britain's best-ever cyclist - one of the most enigmatic, complex and contradictory athletes in any sport - and the unravelling of the puzzle surrounding his sudden and dramatic disappearance.
Cyclist Robert Millar came from one of Europe's most industrialized cities, Glasgow, to excel in the most unlikely terrain - over the high mountain passes of the Pyrenees and the Alps. He was crowned King of the Mountains during the 1984...
12) Sky's the Limit
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On Sunday 22 July, Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider ever to win the Tour de France. It was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication and a vision begun with the creation of Team Sky. This is the inside story of that journey to greatness.
On Sunday 22 July, Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider ever to win the Tour de France. It was the culmination of years of hard work and dedication and a vision begun with the creation...
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This substantive, easy-to-use guide to selected English gothic cathedrals and churches provides profiles of thirteen important religious buildings, including eleven cathedrals, one abbey, and one chapel. The most well-known are Canterbury Cathedral, Kings College Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral, York Minster, and Westminster Abbey. They are located in different parts of England, are a mix of Romanesque and Gothic styles, and include both well-known and...
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This well-researched, easy-to-use guide to eight Spanish cathedrals and a basilica provides profiles of each, as well as their medieval settings. The locations of these special churches range from northwest Spain, down through Castile-Leon, to Andalusia, and on up to Catalonia. Spain's historic churches present a complex mix of architectural and decorative styles: from Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque-as well as important Moorish influences....
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This is a story of one junior officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and how he came of age during a two-year tour of duty, one at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and one in Vietnam. Most Vietnam books, and there are many, are about the policy debacles made by the military and the U.S. government or about the nitty gritty of combat. This one is different. It describes the personal journey of a young lieutenant and his unit, and how the military, impacted...
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The Greek family of words characterizing the doctrine of "justification by faith" (as it is known in English) is most prominent in the writings of the Apostle Paul. It was this doctrine that lay at the heart of the sixteenth-century Reformation; Martin Luther and his followers considered it to be at the very center of the gospel.
Protestants came to understand "justification" differently from the Catholic Church they had left. Instead of the Catholic...
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Journalist and travel writer Richard Moore takes us to places near and far-- from his South Carolina home to the outer reaches of Greece, from exuberant Paris to the more sublime territory of New York. Moore misses no detail of description; he introduces us to characters-- somnolent New York cab drivers, Parisian pranksters, a fugitively dreaming artist, a team of visionary innmakers, even guardian angels-- who help him discover the exotic at home...
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In the early 1960s Butoh dance exploded onto the Japanese stage. The shockwaves ripped the Japanese dance community apart and shattered stereotypical images of the Japanese people. Sexy, violent, humorous and nihilistic, Butoh confronted Japanese society, ridiculing and mocking traditional conventions of beauty and behaviour. This documentary pierces the mystery and mystique of a dance movement adored by the West and largely ignored by the Japanese....