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Mythica: The Necromancer (DVD)
Melanie Stone, Kevin Sorbo, Adam Johnson, Jake Stormoen, Nicola Posener, …
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R22
Discovery Miles 220
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Melanie Stone and Kevin Sorbo return to star in this third
instalment of the fantasy adventure franchise. Following the events
of 'Mythica: The Darkspore' (2015), Peregus Malister (Robert
Jayne), master of the Thieves Guild, has taken Thane (Adam Johnson)
hostage and it's up to Marek (Stone) and her friends to save him.
To do so, they must help Marek's former owner by tracking down a
rogue smuggler but face many unexpected dangers along the way.
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Brave Enough (Hardcover)
Jessie Diggins, Todd Smith
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R636
R583
Discovery Miles 5 830
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Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling
journey from America's heartland to international sports history,
navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of
glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final
seconds of the women's team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins
dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she
stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight
into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold
medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old
Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a
world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first
strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she
had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted
on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily
under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: "Look! I'm doing it!"
In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her
journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid
charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her
free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the
bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of
races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of
becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond
physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of
competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing
struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she
healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others
experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of
moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get
there-the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work,
and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can
do it. I am brave enough.
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Brave Enough (Paperback)
Jessie Diggins, Todd Smith
bundle available
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R495
R408
Discovery Miles 4 080
Save R87 (18%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling
journey from America's heartland to international sports history,
navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of
glitter Pyeongchang, February 21, 2018. In the nerve-racking final
seconds of the women's team sprint freestyle race, Jessie Diggins
dug deep. Blowing past two of the best sprinters in the world, she
stretched her ski boot across the finish line and lunged straight
into Olympic immortality: the first ever cross-country skiing gold
medal for the United States at the Winter Games. The 26-year-old
Diggins, a four-time World Championship medalist, was literally a
world away from the small town of Afton, Minnesota, where she first
strapped on skis. Yet, for all her history-making achievements, she
had never strayed far from the scrappy 12-year-old who had insisted
on portaging her own canoe through the wilderness, yelling happily
under the unwieldy weight on her shoulders: "Look! I'm doing it!"
In Brave Enough, Jessie Diggins reveals the true story of her
journey from the American Midwest into sports history. With candid
charm and characteristic grit, she connects the dots from her
free-spirited upbringing in the woods of Minnesota to racing in the
bright spotlights of the Olympics. Going far beyond stories of
races and ribbons, she describes the challenges and frustrations of
becoming a serious athlete; learning how to push through and beyond
physical and psychological limits; and the intense pressure of
competing at the highest levels. She openly shares her harrowing
struggle with bulimia, recounting both the adversity and how she
healed from it in order to bring hope and understanding to others
experiencing eating disorders. Between thrilling accounts of
moments of triumph, Diggins shows the determination it takes to get
there-the struggles and disappointments, the fun and the hard work,
and the importance of listening to that small, fierce voice: I can
do it. I am brave enough.
In 1542 members of the thriving Caddo Indian culture came face to
face with Luis de Moscoso, successor to Hernando de Soto as leader
of a Spanish exploration party. That encounter marked a turning
point for this centuries-old people, whose history from then on
would be dominated by the interaction of the native confederacies
with the empires of various European adventurers and settlers.Much
has been written about the confrontations of Euro-Americans with
Native Americans, but most of it has focused on the Anglo-Indian
relations of the eastern part of the continent or on the final
phases of the western wars. This thorough and engaging history is
the first to focus intensively on the Caddos of the Texas-Louisiana
border area. Primarily from the perspective of the Caddos
themselves, it traces the development and effect of relations over
the three hundred years from the first meeting with the Spaniards
until the resettlement of the tribes on the Brazos Reserve in
1854.In an impressive work of scholarship and lucid writing, F.
Todd Smith chronicles all three of the Caddo
confederacies-Kadohadacho, Hasinai, and Natchitoches-as they
consolidated into a single tribe to face the waves of soldiers,
traders, and settlers from the empires of Spain, France, the United
States, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas. It describes the
delicate balance the Caddos struck with the various nations
claiming the region and how that gradually evolved into a less
beneficial relationship. Caught in the squeeze between
Euro-American nations, the Caddos eventually sacrificed their
independence and much of their culture to gain the benefits offered
by the invaders. Falling victim to swindlers, they at last lost
their lands and were moved to a reservation. This intriguing new
view of a little-known aspect of history will fascinate those
interested in the culture and fate of American Indians. Thorough in
its research and comprehensive in scope, it offers valuable insight
into the differing approaches of the various European and American
nations to the native peoples and a compelling understanding of the
futility of the efforts of even some of the most sophisticated
tribes in coping successfully with the changes wrought.
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