Gold Medal Flapjack Silver Medal Life

Author : Alison Mowbray
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783062232

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Gold Medal Flapjack, Silver Medal Life by Alison Mowbray Pdf

“Being an Olympian was not my first choice of career, or even my second.” Alison Mowbray wasn’t a sporty kid and thought that being good at sport was a pre-requisite for going to the Olympics. She thought she might be a doctor, a teacher, a Blue Peter presenter or maybe the first ever female naval submariner. “Then at 18 I discovered rowing. From that point on, for the next 15 years, I didn’t have a choice anymore.” You don’t choose to go to the Olympics. You lay out everything you have and let the Olympics take it – no deals, no bargains, no questions asked, no hope of return. Maybe it will be enough and the Olympics will choose you, and maybe it won’t. If you thought about the number of things outside your control between yourself and your dream, you’d never start. You just think about the things you can do, the things you can control and you start doing them and keep doing them until you get there or until control is wrested from you. That’s what you do. That is this book. “I never planned to be inspiring so really this is just the story of how I did the things I love, the very best I could do them, and how very far it took me. And if you too were not a sporty child, and you’ve never raced an Olympic final, maybe I can take you there…” This is a Silver medal life of achievement, addiction, alcoholism, anorexia and Alzheimer’s. But a Gold medal story of passion and perseverance and not letting anything or anybody get between yourself and your dream. Gold Medal Flapjack, Silver Medal Life is a fascinating sports autobiography that will appeal to fans of rowing, the Olympics and sports psychology. Written 8 years after that medal winning moment, it also deals with what happens next in an athlete’s life. There are many themes that will particularly resonate with women, and anyone who enjoys cooking will love Alison’s flapjack recipe and the many food references throughout the book. This is a book for people who love sports autobiographies and for those who never usually read them. Featured in The Bookseller

Author : T. Swart,Kitty Chisholm,Paul Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137466877

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Neuroscience for Leadership by T. Swart,Kitty Chisholm,Paul Brown Pdf

Leadership can be learned: new evidence from neuroscience clearly points to ways that leaders can significantly improve how they engage with and motivate others. This book provides leaders and managers with an accessible guide to practical, effective actions, based on neuroscience.

Author : Damian Johnstone,Matt Norman
Publisher : Jojo Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Olympic Games
ISBN : 0980495024

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A Race to Remember by Damian Johnstone,Matt Norman Pdf

On 16 October 1968, the image of two black American athletes, heads bowed, black gloved fists, raised into the night sky in the so-called 'Black Power' salute, shook not only the many thousands watching the event unfold live in Mexico City's Estadio Olimpico. It also sent shockwaves throughout the world. In the intervening 40 years, the event has become an iconic image, not only of the Olympic Games, but of the 20th Century. While most focus their attention on the two Americans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, it should never be forgotten that there was a third individual on the 200 metres Victory dais that night. A white Australian athlete stood tall, proudly wearing - alongside his silver medal - a civil rights badge in support of the silent protest made by Smith and Carlos against racial discrimination. This is the biography of this Australian, Melbourne born track and field athlete Peter Norman who won a Silver medal in the 200 metres. The Gold medal winner was Tommie Smith who broke the world record to win the race. Norman equalled Smith's previous world record time in finishing second. John Carlos won the Bronze medal. Aside from the highly political nature of the iconic event, Norman's achievement in splitting the seemingly unsplittable Smith and Carlos is recognised as the best performance by an Australian male sprinter in Olympic history. So, what was the real story behind Australian track star Peter Norman’s controversial involvement in the famous ‘Black Power Salute’ at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games? Co-authors Damian Johnstone and Matt Norman explore the previously untold story behind the life of Peter Norman. With unprecedented access to interviews, transcripts and audiotapes, the authors capture Norman’s early life from growing up in Melbourne as part of a devout Salvation Army family, to winning the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Firearms
ISBN : IOWA:31858028105074

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American Rifleman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101079672836

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Gleason's Literary Companion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368335557

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Work; A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott Pdf

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Author : Mary Caroline Crawford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024479768

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One Hundred Years of Boston Hospitality as Mirrored in the Lusty Life of a Century-old Boston Firm by Mary Caroline Crawford Pdf

Author : Nigel Slater
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781592407064

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Toast by Nigel Slater Pdf

Toast is Nigel Slater’s truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. In each chapter, as he takes readers on a tour of the contents of his family’s pantry—rice pudding, tinned ham, cream soda, mince pies, lemon drops, bourbon biscuits—we are transported.... His mother was a chops-and-peas sort of cook, exasperated by the highs and lows of a temperamental stove, a finicky little son, and the asthma that was to prove fatal. His father was a honey-and-crumpets man with an unpredictable temper. When Nigel’s widowed father takes on a housekeeper with social aspirations and a talent in the kitchen, the following years become a heartbreaking cooking contest for his father’s affections. But as he slowly loses the battle, Nigel finds a new outlet for his culinary talents, and we witness the birth of what was to become a lifelong passion for food. Nigel’s likes and dislikes, aversions and sweet-toothed weaknesses, form a fascinating backdrop to this exceptionally moving memoir of childhood, adolescence, and sexual awakening. A bestseller (more than 300,000 copies sold) and award-winner in the UK, Toast is sure to delight both foodies and memoir readers on this side of the pond—especially those who made such enormous successes of Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone and Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : United States
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069761637

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The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette of the Regular and Volunteer Forces by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Golden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1999734572

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The View from Federal Twist by James Golden Pdf

Federal Twist is set on a ridge above the Delaware River in western New Jersey. It is a naturalistic garden that has loose boundaries and integrates closely with the natural world that surrounds it. It has no utilitarian or leisure uses (no play areas, swimming pools, or outdoor dining) and the site is not an obvious choice for a garden (heavy clay soil, poorly drained: quick death for any plants not ecologically suited to it). The physical garden, its plants and its features, is of course an appealing and pleasant place to be but Federal Twist's real charm and significance lie in its intangible aspects: its changing qualities and views, the moods and emotions it evokes, and its distinctive character and sense of place. This book charts the author's journey in making such a garden. How he made a conscious decision not to "improve the land", planted large, competitive plants into rough grass, experimented with seeding to develop sustainable plant communities. And how he worked with light to provoke certain moods and allowed the energy of the place, chance, and randomness to have its say. Part experimental horticulturist and part philosopher, James Golden has written an important book for naturalistic and ecological gardeners and anyone interested in exploring the relationship between gardens, nature, and ourselves.

Author : Stella Parks
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780393634273

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BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts by Stella Parks Pdf

Winner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award (Baking and Desserts) A New York Times bestseller and named a Best Baking Book of the Year by the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Bon Appétit, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Boston Globe, USA Today, Amazon, and more "The most groundbreaking book on baking in years. Full stop."—Saveur From One-Bowl Devil’s Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that’s crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like Blueberry Muffins and Glossy Fudge Brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, your favorites are all here. These meticulously tested recipes bring an award-winning pastry chef’s expertise into your kitchen, along with advice on how to “mix it up” with over 200 customizable variations—in short, exactly what you’d expect from a cookbook penned by a senior editor at Serious Eats. Yet BraveTart is much more than a cookbook, as Stella Parks delves into the surprising stories of how our favorite desserts came to be, from chocolate chip cookies that predate the Tollhouse Inn to the prohibition-era origins of ice cream sodas and floats. With a foreword by The Food Lab’s J. Kenji López-Alt, vintage advertisements for these historical desserts, and breathtaking photography from Penny De Los Santos, BraveTart is sure to become an American classic.

Author : Jamie Schulz
Publisher : Jamie Schulz
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0998025771

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Masters' Promise by Jamie Schulz Pdf

He swore he'd protect her.But can they ever trust each other enough to fall in love?Bret Masters is as good as his word. Following through on his pledge to nurse back to health the woman who owns him, the rugged ranch-hand showers her with care while still guarding his heart. But as he spends hour after hour by her side, the stubborn cowboy feels his resistance crumbling.Angel Aldridge fears she won't recover. Seized by the horrors of her past, her handsome foreman is the only comfort she knows. But when a frightening incident results in an intimate confession, the curvy rancher worries she's pushed him away for good.Stung by Angel's words, Bret struggles to believe love could ever be possible in this broken world. And with Angel's enemy returning to exact revenge, she's frightened she'll never again feel her hero's embrace.With danger on its inevitable way, is this the end for the star-crossed couple?

Author : Benjamin Franklin Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B282251

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Between the Gates by Benjamin Franklin Taylor Pdf

Author : Charles A. Murdock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : History
ISBN : 9360460257

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A BACKWARD GLANCE AT EIGHTY RECOLLECTIONS & COMMENT by Charles A. Murdock Pdf

In "A Backward Glance at Eighty," Charles Albert Murdock presents a compelling collection of stories that encapsulate his historical reflections, meticulously compiled into an unmarried, accessible extent. With a commitment to making these narratives low priced and to be had to readers of every age, Murdock weaves tales that vary from exciting and incredible to subtly fascinating. This anthology isn't simply a group of memories; it is a historical adventure thru the United States, imparting a numerous array of thoughts seamlessly introduced collectively in an unmarried, comprehensive draft. Murdock's storytelling prowess is clear as a few narratives enthrall with their charming information, even as others lightly draw readers into their narratives. Deemed a historical evaluate of the U.S., this collection serves as a precious useful resource for readers looking for insights into the kingdom's past. Enhanced with a visually attractive cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of "A Backward Glance at Eighty" embraces a current aesthetic at the same time as retaining clarity. The writer's undertaking to make history available and engaging for anybody is reflected not handiest in the content material however additionally inside the thoughtful presentation of this version.

Author : William Shurtleff,Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781928914433

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History of Worcestershire Sauce (1837-2012) by William Shurtleff,Akiko Aoyagi Pdf