What makes a champion? Olympic champion Bob Richards says it's the will to win no matter what the odds. In "The Heart of a Champion," he shares the incredible stories of athletes who have overcome hardship, disability, racism, sexism, and more to become the best the world has ever seen. A celebration of hard work and the indomitable human spirit, this book captures Richards's contagious enthusiasm for individual greatness as well as the beauty of working as a team.
These inspirational true stories have been loved for fifty years. Now repackaged for a new generation of athletes and coaches, "The Heart of a Champion" is poised to influence thousands more with its message of hope and perseverance.

Alongside this story of espionage and violence we meet Alan (Hooks) Jones, Bermuda ferryboat pilot and devoted family man. He makes friends with newly deployed Lieutenant Harley Harvey, call sign 'Swordfish'. We follow Swordfish as he falls in love with Hooks' daughter Becky, and so we learn of the difficulties endured in those days by an interracial couple striving to keep their relationship secret. Upon uncovering the truth about Captain Grant, Swordfish and Hooks embark on a nail-biting mission to bring him down. Their adventures leave Hooks famous on the Island and Swordfish a war hero. Triangle of Treason keeps us absorbed from beginning to end. By the time you have finished you will want to visit Bermuda.

The Cornish have for a long time long considered themselves a race apart from the English and their origins are indeed more related to those of the Welsh, Scottish and Breton peoples than to most others east of the River Tamar. Almost every town and village in Cornwall has been used as a surname, and the traditional Cornish trades of fishing and mining have also provided inspiration for family names. Features of the landscape such as hills and rivers have had a huge effect, with many of these containing elements of some names which can be tracked back to the old Celtic language, for example the prefixes Pen (headland) and Pol (pool). A lot of names are tied to a particular area of Cornwall: Rodda and Bottrell are seldom found east of Penzance, whilst names like Odgers, Opie and Wearne are most common in mid-Cornwall around the mining areas of Redruth and Gwennap. Surnames can reveal a lot about family history, but their origins can be difficult to trace. This handy lexicon, drawn together from an exhaustive research, serves as an ideal starting point for tracing ancestry. Packed with information about notable families and migration, this is also an ideal book for anyone interested in the story of Cornish people.

Celebrating gallant individuals like John Goyne, the Gold Rush pioneer, Cornish Pioneers and the Odd Villain provides an insight into the lives of some of the Cornish men and women who have helped shape the history of the county. Cornwall has produced its fair share of celebrated sons and daughters, but it has also produced some unlikely heroes, pioneers and the odd villain. The book will not only appeal to all those who are interested in Cornwall and its people but also to anyone who simply likes a good adventure story.