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Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life And Rugby he tells his story for the first time, including the full inside story of England’s 2019 World Cup campaign.
Eddie Jones is one of the most experienced and decorated coaches in world rugby. He career has spanned four World Cups; from losing to England in the 100th minute in 2003, working with South Africa when they won in 2007, and causing the greatest upset in 2015 when he masterminded the Japanese defeat of South Africa.
Since taking over as head coach of England in 2015 Eddie Jones has masterminded a complete revival of the national team. He has won the Six Nations Championship back-to-back, including England’s first grand slam in a generation, their first ever whitewash of Australia, as well as taking them on their longest ever winning streak.
In his explosive autobiography Jones shows how his fiercely competitive attitude, his love of coaching and his philosophy of the game were formed while growing up in a tough working-class suburb of Sydney as a small half-Japanese kid, playing schoolboy rugby alongside the legendary Ella brothers.
Learning from the extreme highs and lows of his own playing career – the numerous successes playing for Randwick and New South Wales but also the painful disappointment of never playing for Australia – he shows what it takes to be the best in the world and how everything he has learnt about the game on and off the pitch has gone into plotting England’s route to the top of World Rugby.
My Life And Rugby is the story of one of the most compelling and singular figures in rugby, told with unflinching honesty this is the ultimate rugby book for all fans of the sport.
"From masterful storyteller Michael J. Tougias comes a new,
heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster, his most
thrilling and amazing story yet.
"In May 2005, Tom Tighe, captain of a forty-five-foot-long sailboat
named the "Almeisan, "and his first mate, Loch Reidy, welcomed
three new crewmembers for a five-day voyage from Connecticut across
the blue waters of the Gulf Stream to sun-drenched Bermuda. The new
crew included forty-six-year-old Kathy Gilchrist, seventy-year-old
Ron Burd, and thirty-four-year-old Chris Ferrer. Although Tighe had
made the trip forty-eight times, with Reidy accompanying him on
twenty of those voyages, the rest of the crew had joined to learn
more about offshore sailing.
Four days into the voyage, an enormous storm struck, sweeping two
of the crew into the towering sea. The remaining crewmembers
managed to stay aboard the vessel as it was slowly torn apart by
the rampaging ocean. "Overboard "follows the simultaneous desperate
struggles of both those still on the boat and those fighting for
their lives in the sea.
The Coast Guard, alerted to the "Almeisan"'s distress, rushed to
the storm-tossed scene. Their ensuing search and rescue mission
proved so spectacularly difficult and dangerous that it was later
selected--from among thousands of incidents--as the Guard's search
and rescue case of the year. Highly trained helicopter pilots and
rescue swimmers alike found themselves in almost as much trouble as
those trapped by the ferocious ocean.
By turns tragic, thrilling, and deeply inspiring, "Overboard "is a
riveting, fast-paced story of death and survival at sea--amazing,
unforgettable, and all true.
One of the most charismatic showmen ever to grace a WWE ring
recounts his life, his phenomenal career, and how he finally found
the one thing that gave his life meaning--his faith. Reprint.
35,000 first printing.
One of a series of books in the new Top 10 Walks: Wales Coast Path
series. Handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by
experts. Each volume outlines the most popular circular walks along
key sections of the coast path. Other titles in the series include:
Llyn Peninsula, Cardigan Bay North and Carmarthen Bay & Gower.
These attractive and cleverly structured guidebooks give walkers
the ten finest circular routes along a section of the Wales Coast
Path in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an
overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered
directions, enhanced Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing
panoramic photographs, and interpretation of points of interest
along the way, these guides set a new standard in reliability,
clarity and ease-of-use. Featured walks include: Ynyslas,
Aberystwyth, Llanrhystud, Aberaeron, New Quay, Cwmtydu,
Llangrannog, Aber porth & Tresaith, Mwnt, Cardigan. Sioned
Bannister is a professional outdoor writer and regular contributor
to Welsh Coast Magazine. She is also a member of the Outdoor
Writers and Photographers Guild.
full coverage of all three components, structured to match the spec
content broken down into 1 hour lessons to help with your planning
and delivery plenty of case studies and examples that students can
relate to additional features including key terms, 'did you know'
sections and plenty of assessment practice
Guidebook to one of Spain's most unspoilt regions, comprising the
provinces of Caceres and Badajoz. 32 varied walks of between 6 and
20 km explore the sierras of the region and are suitable for any
reasonably fit walker. The book covers The Northern Sierras/System
Central (including the Sierra de Gata, Sierra de Bejar, Sierra de
Gredos), The Central Sierras/Montes de Toledos, and the Southern
Sierras (including the Sierra Morena). There are detailed route
descriptions for each walk, along with clear sketch maps, and
information on terrain, refreshments, access and parking. There are
also notes on natural and historical information and what to look
out for along the way. Walks can be done from a number of bases in
the area including San Martin de Trevejo, Gata, Hervas, Jerte,
Jarandilla de la Vera, Montanchez, Guadalupe, Almoharin, Merida,
Alange, Hornachos and Monesterio. Lying west of Madrid and east of
the Portuguese border, Extremadura is an unspoiled gem perfect for
walkers, lovers of nature and seekers of peace. The region brings
together rugged mountains, rolling hills, deep river valleys, huge
forests and thousands of kilometres of paths, perfect for walking.
Apart from its natural wonders and superb birdlife, Extremadura
boasts a variety of heritage sites including castles, cave
paintings and monasteries.
A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the
historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers.
What does it mean to be out walking in the world? From pilgrimages
to protest marches, mountaineering to meandering, this modern
classic weaves together numerous histories to trace a range of
possibilities for this most basic act. Touching on the philosophers
of Ancient Greece, the Romantic poets, Jane Austen's Elizabeth
Bennett, Andre Breton's Nadja, and more, Rebecca Solnit considers
what forms of pleasure and freedom walkers have sought at different
times. Profound and provocative, Wanderlust invites us to look
afresh at the rich, varied, often radical interplay of the body,
the imagination, and the world when walking. "Radical, humane,
witty, sometimes wonderfully dandyish, at other times, impassioned
and serious" - Alain de Botton
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