Riding In The Zone Rouge

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Riding In The Zone Rouge

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Author : Tom Isitt
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-03-21

Riding In The Zone Rouge written by Tom Isitt and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Sports & Recreation categories.

'An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace' GUARDIAN 'Occasionally funny and regularly poignant, brilliantly focused in its research . . . His drive, wit and curiosity inform Zone Rouge . . . gently profound and genuinely moving' HERALD The Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields) was held in 1919, less than six months after the end of the First World War. It covered 2,000 kilometres and was raced in appalling conditions across the battlefields of the Western Front, otherwise known as the Zone Rouge. The race was so tough that only 21 riders finished, and it was never staged again. With one of the most demanding routes ever to feature in a bicycle race, and plagued by appalling weather conditions, the Circuit des Champs de Bataille was beyond gruelling, but today its extraordinary story is largely forgotten. Many of the riders came to the event straight from the army and had to ride 18-hour stages through sleet and snow across the battlefields on which they had fought, and lost friends and family, only a few months before. But in addition to the hellish conditions there were moments of high comedy, even farce. The rediscovered story of the Circuit des Champs de Bataille is an epic tale of human endurance, suffering and triumph over extreme adversity.

The Beast The Emperor And The Milkman

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Author : Harry Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-07

The Beast The Emperor And The Milkman written by Harry Pearson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 – CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR*** ***LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019*** 'A joy.' – Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman, committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders, through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines, as he follows races big, small and even smaller through one glorious, muddy spring. Ranging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, across windswept polders, along back roads and through an awful lot of beer cafes, Pearson examines the characters, the myths and rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its lycra-clad priests.

France Under Fire

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Author : Nicole Dombrowski Risser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-12

France Under Fire written by Nicole Dombrowski Risser and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-12 with History categories.

A social, military and political history of the French refugee crisis tracing the impact of government responses upon civilian lives.

When The Guillotine Fell

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Author : Jeremy Mercer
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2008-06-24

When The Guillotine Fell written by Jeremy Mercer and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-24 with History categories.

How long did the guillotine's blade hang over the heads of French criminals? Was it abandoned in the late 1800s? Did French citizens of the early days of the twentieth century decry its brutality? No. The blade was allowed to do its work well into our own time. In 1974, Hamida Djandoubi brutally tortured 22 year-old Elisabeth Bousquet in an apartment in Marseille, putting cigarettes out on her body and lighting her on fire, finally strangling her to death in the Provencal countryside where he left her body to rot. In 1977, he became the last person executed by guillotine in France in a multifaceted case as mesmerizing for its senseless violence as it is though-provoking for its depiction of a France both in love with and afraid of The Foreigner. In a thrilling and enlightening account of a horrendous murder paired with the history of the guillotine and the history of capital punishment, Jeremy Mercer, a writer well known for his view of the underbelly of French life, considers the case of Hamida Djandoubi in the vast flow of blood that France's guillotine has produced. In his hands, France never looked so bloody...

Training And Racing With A Power Meter 2nd Ed

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Author : Hunter Allen
language : en
Publisher: VeloPress
Release Date : 2012-11-27

Training And Racing With A Power Meter 2nd Ed written by Hunter Allen and has been published by VeloPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-27 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Hunter Allen and Andy Coggan, PhD have completely revised the book that made power meters understandable for amateur and professional cyclists and triathletes. Power meters have become essential tools for competitive cyclists and triathletes. No training tool can unlock as much speed and endurance as a power meter--for those who understand how to interpret their data. A power meter displays and records exactly how much energy a cyclist expends, which lends unprecedented insight into that rider's abilities and fitness. With the proper baseline data, a cyclist can use a power meter to determine race strategy, pacing, and tactics. Training and Racing with a Power Meter makes it possible to exploit the incredible usefulness of the power meter by explaining how to profile strengths and weaknesses, measure fitness and fatigue, optimize workouts, time race readiness, and race using power. This new edition: Enables athletes to predict future performance and time peak form Introduces fatigue profiling, a new testing method to pinpoint weaknesses Includes two training plans to raise functional threshold power and time peaks for race day Offers 75 power-based workouts tuned for specific training goals This updated edition also includes new case studies, a full chapter on triathlon training and racing, and improved 2-color charts and tables throughout. Training and Racing with a Power Meter, will continue to be the definitive guide to the most important training tool ever developed for endurance sports.

Eyes Of Artillery

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Author : Edgar F. Raines
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 2000

Eyes Of Artillery written by Edgar F. Raines and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Aerial observation (Military science) categories.

The Shi King The Old Poetry Classic Of The Chinese

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Author : William Jennings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

The Shi King The Old Poetry Classic Of The Chinese written by William Jennings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Chinese poetry categories.

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Author : Khamboly Dy
language : km
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

written by Khamboly Dy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cambodia categories.

To Hell On A Bike

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Author : Iain MacGregor
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-03-12

To Hell On A Bike written by Iain MacGregor and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.

SHORTLISTED FOR CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 'Paris-Roubaix is the best race in the world and knocks spots off the Tour de France.' Sir Bradley Wiggins. Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North. The ultimate monument in cycling's Classics. More than 150 miles across dusty or muddy roads, much of it puncture-inducing and bone-breaking cobblestones. Even professional riders blanche at the very mention of it. Tour de France winners (with the notable exception of Wiggins in 2014) make their excuses from it. So why on earth would an amateur even dare to attempt it? In To Hell on a Bike, Iain MacGregor does just that and as he prepares for the ride of his life, he explores the history and culture of this extraordinary race. With insights from legends of the sport, trainers, mechanics and fellow writers, as well as those who have maintained the traditions of Paris-Roubaix since its inception over a century ago, it is the ultimate story of the ultimate cycling challenge.

French Revolutions

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Author : Tim Moore
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-01-18

French Revolutions written by Tim Moore and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Self-confessed loafer Time Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting even in the world, sets out to cycle the course of the Tour de France. All 3,630km of it. Racing old men on butchers' bikes and chased by cows, Moore soon resorts to standard race tactics - cheating and drugs - in a hilarious and moving tale of true adventure.