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28 Days Behind Bars
ISBN: 9780595203680 / Angielski / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,04 |
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Westward Ha!: Bicycling Cross-Country with My Two Sons
ISBN: 9780595210541 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,43 |
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Trans-Canada Chronicle: A Bicycle Ride Pacific to Atlantic 4,400 miles
ISBN: 9780595281114 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Subsequent to hiking the whole Appalachian Trail, which took 47 hikes over many years, and having bicycled alone across the USA in four separate trips, Paul Wittreich decided that he wanted to do a long distance adventure in one shot.
The result was a two-month bicycle ride across Canada from the Pacific at Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia and the Atlantic. In the next summer, he topped it off by going to the end of Trans-Canada Highway, Mile 0, in St. John's, Newfoundland. The adventure took him through all ten of Canada's provinces, including Prince Edward Island. In addition to... Subsequent to hiking the whole Appalachian Trail, which took 47 hikes over many years, and having bicycled alone across the USA in four separate trips...
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68,23 |
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Life Is a Road, Ride It Hard!
ISBN: 9780595360819 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. Born of lightning and fire, it flew into the air, writhed in the pleasure of its freedom, and screamed in ecstasy as it flew toward me."
10,158 miles. Incredible thunderstorms, raging forest fires, dense smoke, hail, sleet, cops, a half-a-dozen paramedics, bears, and even a dragon or two.you know.the usual stuff. Ride the Alaskan Highway all the way there and back again. It's 4365 miles each way, Dallas to Fairbanks.
'That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. ...
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60,63 |
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Life Is a Road, Ride It Hard!
ISBN: 9780595673261 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. Born of lightning and fire, it flew into the air, writhed in the pleasure of its freedom, and screamed in ecstasy as it flew toward me."
10,158 miles. Incredible thunderstorms, raging forest fires, dense smoke, hail, sleet, cops, a half-a-dozen paramedics, bears, and even a dragon or two.you know.the usual stuff. Ride the Alaskan Highway all the way there and back again. It's 4365 miles each way, Dallas to Fairbanks.
'That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. ...
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98,64 |
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Bicycling America's National Parks: California: The Best Road and Trail Rides from Joshua Tree to Redwoods National Park
ISBN: 9780881504255 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras to the towering coastal redwood of Muir Woods, California's national parks are renowned for their splendour. Touring these national treasures by bike has become a favourite way to leave luggage-laden cars and busy roads behind and enjoy the hidden byways of these parks more fully. As Edward Abbey wrote., a man on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorised tourist can in a hundred miles.
From the snow-capped peaks of the Sierras to the towering coastal redwood of Muir Woods, California's national parks are renowned for their splendour....
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91,04 |
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The Road That Has No End
ISBN: 9780975442708 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Progresses from the shedding of a traditional lifestyle to discoveries made on the authors' bicycle journey from Arizona, USA to Panama City, Panama. This book shows their witness of a religious pilgrimage in Chalma, Mexico, visit to ancient Aztec and Mayan ruins, and attack by an airplane spraying pesticides in Guatemala.
Progresses from the shedding of a traditional lifestyle to discoveries made on the authors' bicycle journey from Arizona, USA to Panama City, Panama. ...
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83,43 |
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The Crossing: Biking Solo from Ocean to Ocean
ISBN: 9781425956158 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the autumn of 2002 and at the tender age of 47, I set off alone on a bicycle intending to ride across the USA. From San Diego, California I rode 3,112 miles to arrive 72 days later in St. Augustine, on the Atlantic coast of Florida. Usually, I camped or slept rough in the deserts and mountains, exploring the back roads and delighting in the magnificent solitude and wild empty spaces. This is a book about traveling alone by bicycle. It is not a how-to-do-it manual or a travel guide but a story of pure adventure; a story born out of frustration and middle-aged dread, written by someone whose...
In the autumn of 2002 and at the tender age of 47, I set off alone on a bicycle intending to ride across the USA. From San Diego, California I rode 3,...
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70,07 |
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Life on the Run: Coast to Coast
ISBN: 9781845492472 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a charity run in the Peak District, Matt, Vin and Mal decide to raise the stakes by running from St Bees Head on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. On a sunny May morning in 2006, they set off on a seven-day, 180-mile west-to-east coast challenge to take in the Lakeland fells, the limestone dales, the wild North York Moors and all points in between. With Mal in competition on his mountain-bike and the other two on foot, supported by Andy and Justin in a chase-car, they find themselves, despite 18 months of rigorous planning, facing a variety of unforeseen...
After a charity run in the Peak District, Matt, Vin and Mal decide to raise the stakes by running from St Bees Head on the Cumbrian coast to Robin Hoo...
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85,69 |
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Bicycling Beyond the Divide: Two Journeys Into the West
ISBN: 9780803220348 / Angielski / Twarda / 331 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a journey begun twenty years earlier Daryl Farmer a twenty-year-old two-time college dropout did what lost men have so often done in this country: he headed west. Twenty years later and seventy pounds heavier with the yellowing journals from that transformative five-thousand-mile bicycle trek in his pack Farmer set out to retrace his path. This is his story of pursuing that distant summer and that distant dream of home where home is endless space a roof of big sky and a bed of dry earth.
Just as the years altered the man so too have they altered the West and Farmera's second journey... On a journey begun twenty years earlier Daryl Farmer a twenty-year-old two-time college dropout did what lost men have so often done in this country: ...
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102,44 |
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The Eight-Step Swing, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780061672828 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fully updated edition of the classic Eight-Step Swing reveals the best advice from the top golf school in America, offering a detailed explanation of the true fundamentals of the golf swing. PGA Master Instructor Jim McLean, who has coached many of the game's greatest professionals, has incorporated his latest research into the art and science of the golf swing, breaking it down into a new building block approach. In this indispensable instructional manual, McLean presents the innovative swing system that has helped championship winners like Tom Kite, Alexis Thompson,... This fully updated edition of the classic Eight-Step Swing reveals the best advice from the top golf school in America, offering a detaile... |
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87,38 |
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Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the World's Fastest Human Being
ISBN: 9780307236593 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of a man who transcended the handicaps of race to become America's first African American mega sports celebrity
At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money were awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. Taylor's most formidable and ruthless opponent-a man nicknamed the "Human Engine" was Floyd McFarland. One man was white, one black; one from a storied Virginia family, the other... The story of a man who transcended the handicaps of race to become America's first African American mega sports celebrity
At the turn of the 20th ... |
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76,02 |
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How to Restore Your Collector Bicycle
ISBN: 9780615282435 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All aspects of bicycle restoration are covered including finding, evaluating and choosing a bicycle. Planning the restoration project, along with disassembly, mechanical restoration, cosmetic restoration (with and without painting), and assembly are all discussed in detail. There are sections about parts, accessories and sources as well. Additionally, you will find over 250 photos of bicycles and their parts, showing off the splendor of these vintage treasures.
All aspects of bicycle restoration are covered including finding, evaluating and choosing a bicycle. Planning the restoration project, along with disa...
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83,43 |
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Lands End to John O Groats - Only Mad Dogs and Englishwomen
ISBN: 9780755204984 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the age of 21, what is the best way to head out and really discover for yourself, the country you call home...? '...I saw a romantic image, myself as a cycling nomad, drifting where I liked, sleeping in fields, and visiting beautiful and historic places. Spreading the word of the bicycle and environmental awareness, and spiritually looking for a place to lay down routes for the rest of my life.' An animated tale: chatty, humorous and moving. Reader beware...what starts out as a one-off project can become a way of life forever after 5% of the author's profits of this book will go to MAG...
At the age of 21, what is the best way to head out and really discover for yourself, the country you call home...? '...I saw a romantic image, myself ...
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72,32 |
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Cycling Home from Siberia: 30,000 Miles, 3 Years, 1 Bicycle
ISBN: 9781451607864 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cycling Home from Siberia is a gripping story of endurance and adventure: Rob Lilwall's epic journey back to England via the forbidding jungles of Papua New Guinea, an Australian cyclone, and Afghanistan's war-torn Hindu Kush. "It is late October, and the temperature is already -40 degrees . . . My thoughts are filled with frozen rivers that may or may not hold my weight; empty, forgotten valleys haunted by emaciated ghosts; and packs of ravenous, merciless wolves." Having left his job as a high-school geography teacher, Rob Lilwall arrived in Siberia equipped only with...
Cycling Home from Siberia is a gripping story of endurance and adventure: Rob Lilwall's epic journey back to England via the forbidding jungles...
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98,78 |
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Not Dead Yet: My Race Against Disease: From Diagnosis to Dominance
ISBN: 9781250006998 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part memoir, part sports adventure, Not Dead Yet tells the inspirational story of Phil Southerland's battle with Type 1 diabetes and how he overcame all odds to start his own bicycle racing team and twice win the Race Across America. Blindness, kidney failure and death were all predicted for Phil by age twenty-five. Today, not only is Phil alive and well but as the founder of Team Type 1, he and his team of championship cyclists--many of them diabetics--have become health and fitness role models for people the world over. Together, they have taken on some of the most challenging... Part memoir, part sports adventure, Not Dead Yet tells the inspirational story of Phil Southerland's battle with Type 1 diabetes and how he ... |
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91,22 |
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Saddle Sore Spirituality
ISBN: 9781624197338 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Saddle Sore Spirituality is a not-so-technical guide into the wonderful world of bicycling with unique parallels between the skills and demands of cycling and scripture based fundamental truths and insights into an enhanced spiritual life. The comparisons are often remarkable, perceptive and inspiring . Saddle Sore Spirituality is written for the beginning cyclist, the less experienced rider and the person who may want to try out cycling for recreation, improved health or just basic transportation. It also provides a valuable understanding of the peculiarities of the sport for those who want...
Saddle Sore Spirituality is a not-so-technical guide into the wonderful world of bicycling with unique parallels between the skills and demands of cyc...
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76,59 |
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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
ISBN: 9780061995200 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester. But he quickly falls in love with the city and soon his wife, Amy Joy, joins him. Together they explore every inch of their new home on... Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells... |
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83,58 |
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One Man and His Bike
ISBN: 9780091940560 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fed up with Britain, one day Mike Carter decided to cycle straight past the office to find out for himself what was going on. He followed the Thames to the sea then rode around the entire coastline, a journey of 5000 miles, the equivalent of London to Calcutta.
Fed up with Britain, one day Mike Carter decided to cycle straight past the office to find out for himself what was going on. He followed the Thames t...
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75,44 |
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Touching Distance
ISBN: 9780099579687 / Angielski / Miękka / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked on in horror. A man who had known no limits, a man who had practically achieved the impossible, now struggled to master life's simple challenges. A year earlier, as James undertook yet another endurance challenge in Arizona, he was knocked off his bike by the wing mirror of a petrol tanker. It had smashed into the back of his head at high speed, causing severe frontal lobe damage. The doctors weren t sure if...
In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a sei...
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86,88 |
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