Dragons And All Blacks

Author : Huw Richards
Publisher : Random House
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780574851

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Dragons and All Blacks by Huw Richards Pdf

'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's two greatest wingers waited as it bounced towards them, knowing that whoever caught the ball would score and win the match for his country. Dragons and All Blacks tells what happened when Wales played New Zealand in 1953. The story is written from contemporary accounts and the memories of the men who played that day, including Bob Stuart and Bleddyn Williams, for many of whom the match was the highlight of a career. The book retells the stories of the two teams and the men who played for them, and charts the events of their lives: how they got to that meeting point in Cardiff in December 1953 and what has happened to them in the half-century since. Dragons and All Blacks examines the remarkable relationship between two countries on opposite sides of the world, brought together by a mutual passion for rugby with few parallels elsewhere. It shows how their rivalry has developed over a century - from perhaps the greatest of all rugby matches in 1905 to the single-point thriller of 2004 - and looks to its future in the aftermath of the 2005 Welsh Grand Slam and Lions tour of New Zealand.

Author : Michael W. Libra
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781781480632

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Dragons of Draegonia: Dragon Black's Revenge Book 2 by Michael W. Libra Pdf

For boys and girls 8-14 years old, the adventure continues with tales of fantasy, intrigue, suspense and excitement. The adventure moves forwards two years and sees the return of the banished, evil, murderous Dragon Black to the magical Island of Draegonia. Intent on wreaking revenge, Black 'carbonises' all who stand in his way. Through a reign of terror and injustice he makes the lives of the Dragons of Draegonia a miserable torment. But who will be brave or foolish enough to try to stop him? Will any of the island's richly coloured dragons survive? Can four brave children find a way to return to save them? What mystical powers does the pink dragon possess? And how did Dragon Black regain his strength and powers? Enter the magical and colourful world of Draegonia - where all is not what it seems!

Author : Joseph Collum
Publisher : Jigsaw Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Discrimination in law enforcement
ISBN : 9781934340776

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The Black Dragon by Joseph Collum Pdf

Chronicles modern racial profiling developed by New Jersey State Troopers that was used against minority motorists on the New Jersey Turnpike, also known as the Black Dragon. Also covers the war between black and white troopers and the New Jersey Senate hearings into the profiling and how that resulted in the impeachment of a New Jersey Supreme Court justice.

Author : Huw Richards,Robert Jones
Publisher : Random House
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-31
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780753547847

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Raising The Dragon by Huw Richards,Robert Jones Pdf

Rugby has held a central role in Welsh life over the past century. In the words of historian Gareth Williams, the game has been 'a pre-eminent expressionof Welsh consciousness, a signifier of Welsh nationhood'. Less than 25 years ago touring teams from the southern hemisphere knew that their hardest games would be in Wales; the Welsh national team was consistently the strongest in Britain. Thats all changed. Wales is now one of the game's also-rans. With only one Home Championship in the past 20 years and little success in the World Cup, Welsh rugby - despite some consolidation under Graham Henry - is badly in need of fresh thinking and ideas. Who better to provide them than the man who was widely regarded as one of the best scrum halves of his era, yet whose playing career coincided with that period of Welsh decline? In this thought-provoking and frequently controversial book, Welsh rugby icon Robert Jones provides a sharply realistic assassment of the Welsh game from the roots to the national stadium, drawing heavily on lessons learned and observations made during his own illustrious career. Raising the Dragon is a persona manifesto for change from a player whose commitment to Wales never wavered.

Author : Shelley Munro
Publisher : Shelley Munro
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780473477479

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Black Moon Dragon by Shelley Munro Pdf

A sacrifice for love has repercussions across the centuries. After her father dies, Jessalyn Brown’s life is one drama after another, and now she has developed a mysterious and surely fatal disease. Either that or she’s turning crazy. Desperate for answers, she travels to the city, and that’s where her dilemmas become bigger and life-threatening. In a deep depression after he executed his mother to keep dragons a secret from humans, Manu Taniwha’s life is full of petty squabbles and a noisy faction who demands he step down as the leader. Now a young woman is setting fires and threatening his leadership. He must execute her too, for the good of his people. Except when he meets her, he discovers she is his mate. She is the one person in this world who might make his life bearable. Taniwha politics and secret squirrel dragon stuff create roadblocks to a romance while the mystery of Jessalyn’s heritage is plain puzzling. The clock is ticking, and if Manu doesn’t get his act together, he’ll lose the perfect-for-him woman. Contains a grumpy billionaire taniwha, mesmerizing tattoos, politics, and a strong, sassy woman who is about to burst out of her cocoon and kick dragon butt. Stand well back because her flames are hot! Keywords: Paranormal romance series, dragon romance, shapeshifter, shifter, New Zealand romance, mythology, myths and legends, fish out of water,

Author : David Tossell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845969516

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Nobody Beats Us by David Tossell Pdf

In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight Five Nations Championships, including three Grand Slams and six Triple Crowns. But the mere facts resonate less than the enduring images of the precision of Gareth Edwards, the sublime touch of Barry John, the sidesteps of Gerald Davies and Phil Bennett, the courage of J.P.R. Williams, and the forward power of the Pontypool Front Row and 'Merv the Swerve' Davies. To the land of their fathers, these Welsh heroes represented pride and conquest at a time when the decline of the province's traditional coal and steel industries was sending thousands to the dole queue and threatening the fabric of local communities. Yet the achievements of those players transcended their homeland and extended beyond mere rugby fans. With the help of comedian Max Boyce, the culture of Welsh rugby and valley life permeated Britain's living rooms at the height of prime time, reinforcing the sporting brilliance that lit up winter Saturday afternoons. In Nobody Beats Us, David Tossell, who spent the '70s as a schoolboy scrum-half trying to perfect the Gareth Edwards reverse pass, interviews many of the key figures of a golden age of Welsh rugby and vividly recreates an unforgettable sporting era.

Author : R.D. Lyons
Publisher : S.A.G.A. Publications A Div. of Movie Manga Arts Co.
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781329666498

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The SHINOBI - Order of the BLACK DRAGON by R.D. Lyons Pdf

The Second Book Volume II in a V part Series The SHINOBI! - Order of the BLACK DRAGON! Mac Mathews code named "SHURIK'EN" a H.I.F. Super Agent that commands an Elite Black Ops force against all Global Mega-Terrorists and their cells, must fight extremely powerful Magical forces after his Grandfather is suddenly sanctioned by a Mysterious Powerful SHINOBI Clan! However, the Super Ninja is given a Magical gift that holds much mystique and dynamic Power before his Grandfather departs from the Earth for good. Now Shurik'en and his B.O.O.T. Force with the help of his trusted friends Slash and Caleb joined by a Top Beautiful female Assassin and a Black Alsatian Dog named Black Jack, must battle Ninja, Necromancy and Paranormal Phenomena beyond Comprehension. The Clock is ticking down to zero, as they must try to prevent the most dangerous Organization on the planet; the Black Dragon, from transferring stolen ingredients of a Doomsday device which can be detonated by any mobile phone into the hands of Mega Terrorists capable of starting World War III,ultimately starting a Nuclear Armageddon!

Author : Ross Harries
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781788851077

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Behind the Dragon by Ross Harries Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2020 - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR This is a complete history of the Welsh rugby union team – told by the players themselves. Based on a combination of painstaking research into the early years of the Wales team to interviews with a vast array of Test match players and coaches from the Second World War to the present day, Ross Harries delves to the very heart of what it means to play for Wales, painting a unique and utterly compelling picture of the game in the only words that can truly do so: the players' own. Behind the Dragon lifts the lid on what it is to pull on the famous red shirt – the trials and tribulations behind the scenes, the glory, the drama and the honour on the field, and the heart-warming tales of friendship and humour off it. Absorbing and illuminating, this is the ultimate history of Welsh rugby – told, definitively, by the men who have been there and done it.

Author : Alun Gibbard
Publisher : Y Lolfa
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781847717115

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Who Beat the All Blacks by Alun Gibbard Pdf

This book commemorates one of the top ten greatest rugby moments ever, a match on 31 October 1972. The teams and score: Llanelli 9 New Zealand 3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there.

Author : Roger G. K. Penn
Publisher : Y Lolfa
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781800993174

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Wales and the All Blacks - An Off-Field History by Roger G. K. Penn Pdf

A mutual bond of rivalry and respect has existed between the rugby-loving Wales and New Zealand nations since their first match in 1905. This book documents all the matches played, but also takes an unorthodox, stimulating look at off-field obligations and functions, an often-overlooked aspect of a tour. Reprint of Three Feathers and a Silver Fern (pub. 2013).

Author : Edwin Marshall Good
Publisher : Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : 0804733163

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Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos by Edwin Marshall Good Pdf

Incorporating the results of recent research, this is a new edition of a book that received the American Musicological Society’s Otto Kinkeldey Award for the best musicological book in English published in 1982-83.

Author : Kassandrae Wones
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984532350

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The Quest of the Gold Dragon by Kassandrae Wones Pdf

The quest is nearing its completion, and the eggs are already beginning to show signs of hatching. Can Goldarayne and her companions get to them in time to prevent a catastrophe in two worlds? Or will all be lost? What evil is lurking there on Terra Earth waiting to claim the throne that Arthur left behind for the gold dragon to care of? Follow Goldarayne and her companions as they face an ancient evil that was left behind after the Great Migration of dragonkind. Goldarayne will face a foe that will cost her greatly.

Author : E.E. Knight
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440622038

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Dragon Champion by E.E. Knight Pdf

From the national bestselling author of the Vampire Earth series comes the first novel in an epic fantasy saga where dragons struggle to survive in an age of fire... High in the mountains, deep in the safety of a cave, a brood of dragons is born. The four young ones are among the last of a dying breed—the last hope for dragons’ survival. But hope shatters when a murderous group of slave-trader dwarves breaks into the cave, leaving a wake of death and destruction... Only young Auron, a rare, defenseless gray dragon, manages to escape. Armed with nothing but his claws and a boundless determination to survive, he sets off in search of his kind. But to find other dragons—or, at least, find out who’s killing them off—Auron will have to search a world of mercenary elves, vicious humans, and dangers of all kinds. Finding allies in the strangest places—and finding himself along the way—Auron is about to make the trek of a lifetime.

Author : L.B.B. Davis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453533710

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Dragon Prophecies: Prodigy by L.B.B. Davis Pdf

One hope... One dragon... A world of darkness. High adventure and action awaits Lukhanus a sixteen year old dragon and his mentor-friend Bar, a knoll pack leader who has sworn to protect their ancestral territory. A world of racism and elitism dominate their land, can this naïve hatchling overcome the biases that plagues his race? Can the six common races of the continent Lemuria put aside their indifference to unite and defeat the undead plague or will the black flame of death devour all that Lukhanus has come to love and hold dear? On the dangerous journey to find the forsaken Oracle, Lukhanus and his companions discover that it envisions both hope and despair. As was foretold by the mysterious Oracle, Evil is within the heart of all creatures; will this evil consume Lukhanus as he fights to save Lemuria and the inhabitants that dwell within its boarders?

Author : Mina Carter
Publisher : Mina Carter
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Dragon Queen's Fake Fiancé by Mina Carter Pdf