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Runner - Lizzy Hawker - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Runner - Lizzy Hawker - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

This is the complete story of long-distance runner Lizzy Hawker’s journey from a school girl running the streets of London to a world record-breaking athlete racing on mountains. Scared witless and surrounded by a sea of people, Lizzy Hawker stands in the church square at the centre of Chamonix on a late August evening, waiting for the start of the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc. The mountains towering over the pack of runners promise a gruelling 8,600 metres of ascent and descent over 158 kilometres of challenging terrain that will test the feet, legs, heart and mind. These nervous moments before the race signal not just the beginning of nearly twenty-seven hours of effort that saw Lizzy finish as first woman, but the start of the career of one of Britain’s most successful endurance athletes. She went on to become the 100km Women’s World Champion, win the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc an unprecedented five times, hold the world record for 24 hours road running and become the first woman to stand on the overall winners’ podium at Spartathlon. An innate endurance and natural affinity with the mountains has led Lizzy to push herself to the absolute limits, including a staggering 320 kilometre run through the Himalayas, from Everest Base Camp to Kathmandu in Nepal. Lizzy’s remarkable spirit was recognised in 2013 when she was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. These ultimate challenges ask not just what the feet and legs can do, but question the inner thoughts and contemplations of a runner. Lizzy’s astonishing story uncovers the physical, mental and emotional challenges that runners go through at the edge of human endurance – inspiring us to get out of the chair and go running in the mountains.

DKK 119.00
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Ice Trap! - Meredith Hooper - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Ice Trap! - Meredith Hooper - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

An amazing tale of heroism and ingenuity, this dramatic picture book tells the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's incredible adventure in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. August, 1914: Shackleton sets off from England with a team of explorers to walk across the Antarctic and study the icy depths of this little-known and forbidding continent. Sailing through some of the most perilous seas, the Endurance becomes trapped in the deadly pack ice of the Weddell Sea. When the Endurance is eventually crushed between the vast bulk of two floating icebergs, the men are forced to abandon ship and make the dangerous journey across the crushing sea in lifeboats. They reach relative safety on the uninhabited Elephant Island, but an even greater peril faces Shackleton and five other members of the crew… An incredible real-life story of perseverance, resilience and cooperation in the face of adversity, Ice Trap! makes Shackleton’s most perilous expedition accessible to a new generation of readers. As we approach the 100th anniversary of Shackleton’s death, keep his legacy alive with this exciting and beautifully illustrated telling of his boldest journey.

DKK 113.00
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The Coast to Coast Walk - Martin Wainwright - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

The Coast to Coast Walk - Martin Wainwright - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

The classic high-level walk from Irish Sea to North Sea Originally devised by the legendary Alfred Wainwright, the Coast-to-Coast Walk has steadily become one of Britain’ s most popular long-distance walks, and it is not hard to see why. Planned to seek out the most spectacular high ground across the country, it takes you from the sea in the west to the sea in the east via three of England’ s loveliest National Parks: the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. Its 192 miles, from the quiet Cumbrian village of St Bees to Robin Hood’ s Bay, are a substantial test of endurance that will take even a fit walker a fortnight to accomplish, but also a wonderfully varying walk, from sea cliffs to craggy mountains and lakes, then across rolling dales and finally heather moorland. For everyone who reaches Wainwright’ s Bar at journey’ s end on the North Yorkshire coast it will have been the walk of a lifetime.

DKK 155.00
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Mindful Thoughts for Cyclists - Nick Moore - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Mindful Thoughts for Cyclists - Nick Moore - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

''Nick Moore reminds us all that however frequently we may cycle, two wheels is always a rather magical way to travel.'' - The Simple Things Mindful Thoughts for Cyclists is a joyous collection of focused meditations that recognise the profound meditative power of the simple bicycle. From the sheer joy of freewheeling down a hill or the sense of accomplishment you feel when you repair a tyre, this book is stuffed full of insights into and reflections on the magic of two-wheeled transport. Chapters include: A Journey of Discovery Wheels within Wheels The Wind The Rain it Raineth On Ascending . . . and Descending Finding the Upside of Punctures Cleaning the Bike Adventures by Night Riding in Traffic The Road Goes Ever On and On Riding Together . . . and Alone Mental Strength and Physical Power Riding Off-road The Cyclist as Passenger and Engine Getting Lost Riding without Technology Light Enough, Fast Enough Riding in the Heat . . . and the Cold As Easy as Riding a Bike? No Ride is Too Short A Meditation on Suffering It’s Not About the Bike Whether you''re into lycra-clad competitive racing, physical endurance or more leisurely outings, if you love your bike you will love this book.

DKK 113.00
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Feet in the Clouds - Richard Askwith - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Feet in the Clouds - Richard Askwith - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

‘A masterpiece’ The Sunday Times ‘The pure essence of trail running, infectious and captivating’ Scott Jurek, bestselling author of Eat and Run ‘One of the best books about the extremes of sporting endeavour that you will ever read’ Independent on Sunday Twenty years since it was first published, Feet in the Clouds by Richard Askwith remains the definitive story of fell-running and a modern sports classic. Richard Askwith’s journey takes him into a world of forbidding rocky hills, horizontal rain, fear, exhaustion and stunning natural beauty, as well as one of the sport''s purest and toughest challenges: the Bob Graham Round, running 42 Lake District peaks in 24 hours. Along the way, he encounters some of the most prodigious – and unsung – athletes that Britain has produced, such as Joss Naylor, who covered the equivalent of four Everests in a single run. Gripping, funny and moving, Feet in the Clouds is a story that any aspiring runner, endurance athlete or mountain-lover will understand well: of extremity, heroism and the experience of a lifetime. With a fully revised epilogue and an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane, this is a complete portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots – in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one’s own valley.

DKK 120.00
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The Winter War - William R. Trotter - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

The Winter War - William R. Trotter - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

This fascinating millitary history tells the intriguing tale of the bitter and attritional Winter War between the USSR and Finland in the midst of World War II. On 30 November 1939, Soviet bombers unloaded their bombs on Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Stalin's ultimatum, demanding the cession of huge tracts of territory as a buffer zone against Nazi Germany, had been rejected by the Finnish government, and now a small Baltic republic was at war with the giant Soviet military machine. But this forgotten war, fought under brutal, sub-arctic conditions, often with great heroism on both sides , proved one of the most astonishing in military history. Using g uerrilla fighters on skis , even reindeer to haul supplies on sleds, heroic single-handed attacks on tanks, and with unfathomable endurance and the charismatic leadership of one of the 20th century's true military geniuses, Finland not only kept at bay but won an epic, if short-lived, victory over the hapless Russian conscripts. Its surreal engagements included the legendary "Sausage Battle", when starving Soviet troops who had over-run a Finnish encampment couldn't resist the cauldrons of hot sausage soup left behind by their opponents - and were ambushed as they stopped to sup. Although by sheer attritional weight of numbers Stalin eventually prevailed over the Finns, their pointed resistance enabled their country to remain free, even as other countries fell one by one. This book gives a telling insight into the military history of Russia, as once again Russian troops march on foreign soil , and a nation at Russia's borders fights to retain its independence.

DKK 141.00
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12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space - Kate Peridot - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space - Kate Peridot - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Discover the many exciting ways that we could travel to space, now and in the future, with this colourful fact file for budding astronauts and space tourists. Space travel has never been so accessible, with NASA even aiming to land humans on Mars in the 2030s. This book is a launchpad for the curiosity and intrepid nature that any young space traveller will need to have in our solar system and beyond .Learn all about the ways humans go to space today and how we’ll likely live there decades from now, with these twelve fascinating ''tickets'': 1) Fly in a space balloon 1) Ride on a spaceplane 1) Build your own rocket 1) Win the space lottery 1) Become an astronaut pilot 1) Be a science mission specialist 1) Get sponsored to go to space 1) Work as a space engineer 1) Visit the Moon as a space tourist 1) Volunteer to colonize Mars 1) Launch your personal time capsule into space, and 1) Send a message on a beam of light to travel forever among the stars! Ripped-from-the-headlines STEM content meets creative, accessible ways to bring space to you across these twelve illustrated, four-page scenarios. You''ll also explore the International Space Station with a detailed cutaway map, visit a gallery of iconic rockets , and find out what it takes to be a real-life star-sailor at the astronaut training academy . Plus, at the Astronaut Hall of Fame , marvel at the achievements of explorers past – and milestones that could be reached in your lifetime.When you''re finished with the tickets, start planning your journey to space with tips and prompts on how to prepare, such as riding a roller coaster to get used to zero-g, camping out beneath the stars, and designing your rocket, space station or lunar base.With Terri Po’s whizz-bang illustrations of rockets, space stations, EVA suits, satellites and much, much more, 12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space brings space travel within young readers’ orbit, and lets them experience something that may one day be their reality.

DKK 141.00
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Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives - John Volanthen - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives - John Volanthen - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

As depicted in Ron Howard's hit film THIRTEEN LIVES , this is the THRILLING account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, FROM THE DIVER WHO LED THE RESCUE . ‘A profound and thrilling read.’ COLIN FARRELL ‘Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.’ RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13 In this first-hand account , John Volanthen reveals how he pushed the limits of human endurance in the life-or-death mission to rescue the Thai youth soccer team trapped in the flooded cave. The world held its breath in 2018 when the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach went missing deep underground in the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand. They had been stranded by sudden, continuous monsoon rains while exploring the caves after practice. With torrential rain pouring down and the waters still on the rise, an army of rescue teams and equipment was deployed, including Thai Navy SEALs, a US Air Force special tactics squadron, police sniffer dogs, drones and robots. But it was British cave diver John Volanthen and his partner, Rick Stanton, who were first to reach the stranded team and who played a key role in their ultimate rescue. As John’s light flickered from one boy to another, he called out, ‘How many of you?’ ‘Thirteen , ’ a boy answered. After 10 days trapped in desperate darkness, the boys and their coach were all alive. Each chapter of Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives tells one part of the edge-of-your-seat mission from Tham Luang but also imparts a life lesson , gleaned from John’s previous rescues and record-breaking cave dives, that can be applied to everyday obstacles and challenges. In this story of breathtaking courage and nerves of steel , John reveals how responding positively to the statement, ‘But I can’t…’ by stating, ‘I can,’ led to one of the most incredible rescues of all time. He hopes that his story will inspire the superhero in you. Meanwhile, he is always on standby for the next rescue.

DKK 119.00
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50 True Tales from Our Great National Parks - Stephanie Pearson - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

50 True Tales from Our Great National Parks - Stephanie Pearson - Bog - Quarto Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Immerse yourself in the wonder and diversity of America’s great outdoors with 50 true stories inspired by some of its most iconic national parks. This gift treasury collection gathers real-life stories from parks across the USA, including Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, Denali, Everglades, and many, many more. Some tell human tales of triumph, bravery, and feats of endurance and moments of dazzling discovery. Others are tales of remarkable animals , magnificent plants, outstanding natural features. Some explore the past , telling how certain parks came to be and their impacts both good and bad, while others recount recent events such as inspiring stories of conservation and nature and communities bouncing back. Each story is linked to a particular park, telling the tale of an animal or plant, community or individual, or event. These stories grant readers a new way to explore these awe-inspiring places. Stories include: - The Amazing Acrobats of Glacier Bay – the humpback whales that perform an incredible ballet-like dance through the chilly waters. - The Bransfords of Mammoth Cave – the inspiring tale of a Black American family’s dedication and excellence exploring and guiding people through these vast caves in Kentucky. The perfect accompaniment to bestselling National Parks of the USA , this book is for families and young readers looking to for longer-form, nonfiction stories about America''s great national parks. Altogether, the tales within combine to form a celebration of these awe-inspiring, living landscapes. This book is made to be enjoyed and revisited again and again.National Parks included: 1) Denali National Park 1) Biscayne National Park 1) Glacier Bay National Park 1) Great Sand Dunes National Park 1) Lassen Volcanic National Park 1) Pinnacles Volcanic National Park 1) Lake Clark National Park 1) Katmai National Park 1) Channel Islands National Park 1) Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park 1) Yosemite National Park 1) Redwood National Park 1) Mount Rainier National Park 1) Crater Lake National Park 1) Olympic National Park 1) North Cascades National Park 1) American Samoa National Park 1) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 1) Haleakala National Park 1) Virgin Islands National 1) Glacier National Park 1) Yellowstone National Park 1) Rocky Mountain National Park 1) Grand Teton National Park 1) Great Basin National Park 1) Capitol Reef National Park 1) Bryce Canyon National Park 1) Zion National Park 1) Death Valley National Park 1) White Sands National Park 1) Saguaro National Park 1) Grand Canyon National Park 1) Mesa Verde National Park 1) Petrified Forest National Park 1) Carlsbad Caverns National Park 1) Arches National Park 1) Theodore Roosevelt National Park 1) Wind Cave National Park 1) Badlands National Park 1) Isle Royale National Park 1) Voyageurs National Park 1) Cuyahoga National Park 1) Big Bend National Park 1) Mammoth Cave National Park 1) Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1) Shenandoah National Park 1) Congaree National Park 1) Everglades National Park 1) Dry Tortugas National Park 1) Acadia National Park

DKK 168.00
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