This book teaches new riders how to become confident and safe on the road. It's the first book which arms beginners with the knowledge to choose an excellent bike training school, to monitor their own training, and to start riding with a full complement of real-world survival skills. It also covers post-test improvement, the causes of the most common accidents (written by a police accident investigator), and advice on getting back into biking. Whether you are about to do your CBT, have trained on a direct access course, learned over the course of a few months - or if it has been a long time since you have regularly ridden a motorcyle, this book will guide through the techniques and knowledge you need to be a safe and confident rider.

Jack Sanders is shy a man lost in his own world; a world made up of the stories he creates about those around him. Every evening Jack visits his favorite Itallian restaurant for dinner and adventure. The adventure comes courtesy of each of the other unsuspecting diners, who while dinning, supply Jack with world adventures, crimes of passion and even his own love life.

Leprechauns, fairies, enchanted wells, saints, sinners, beautiful children, and the heart and soul of the Gael are the main players on this tour down a river that is so much more than just a sentimental journey. The Author has captured the wit, wisdom, and will to triumph in this most unique collection of prose, poetry, stories, myths, legends, and modern day shenanigans that is Irish to the bone and Gaelic to the heart. The Breagagh Saga is a timeless journey through the land of his childhood. His words will evoke tears of sorrow for tragedy and tears of laughter for the joy of a boyhood lived out in a wonderland where the salmon is the wisest fish in the river and Leprechauns search for Lilliput women for their brides. Fantasy and reality are blended together so artfully that it is difficult at times to know where one begins and the other ends. You will be captivated by the stories told by your tour guides, Bags and Aeroplane, as they lead you along this wonderful river that runs through Kilkenny. They will teach you of the ancient ones and bring you forward into the modern reality of an international airport brought to its knees by an invasion of Leprechauns. It is filled with mischief, laughter, tenderness, human kindness, corruption, cruelty, and all those qualities that make up mankind. This delightfully entertaining work fits into no genre except that of being totally Irish. Have a box of tissue near by as you read for you are sure to shed a bucket full of tears in laughter and in sorrow as you follow your guides down this enchanted river.