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In September 1972 Mary Peters won the gold medal for the pentathlon at the Munich Olympics. Her skill as an athlete could not be disputed, yet this was to mark only the beginning of her story. A beloved figure in her adopted home of Northern Ireland, Mary has spent decades promoting and encouraging its young sportspeople.

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Es beginnt als harmlose Mutprobe: das Beschwören einer Formel vor dem Spiegel, das Verrücken von Gläsern oder eine Fahrt allein im Aufzug. Doch plötzlich wird daraus etwas ... gefährliches. Dieses Buch versammelt die gruseligsten Spiele aus allen Teilen der Welt, von uralten Überlieferungen bis hin zu modernen, auf Urban Legends basierenden Wagnissen. Mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen, historischen Hintergrundinformationen und einer Gefahr...

Mary Peters Passing the Torch is a series of interviews with established sportswomen across a variety of disciplines, whether in their prime or post competition, and gives a lively insight into their initial motivation, the highs and lows of competing, the physical and mental benefits of exercise and the camaraderie of female sport.

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Kimberly Miller keeps an ugly, dark secret to herself, and as a fourteen-year-old child she is too embarassed to speak up.Two years later, when Kimberley finally reveals she has been abused by her father, he's given his marching orders and moves out of the family home, leaving Kimberly to pick up the pieces and care for her younger teenage brother and her neurotic mother.Vulnerable and lacking confidence, she desperately tries to seek solace a...

Rebecca Taylor appears to be living the good life - nice home, beautiful 8-year-old twin daughters, and doing well as a hairdresser. Though she's far from content, and her life changes dramatically when she gives her husband his marching orders! But it's Rebecca who moves out of the family home, intent on making a better life for her children.Struggling to make ends meet and desperately missing the comfort of a loving partner, she confides in ...

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Patsy has a hard life, living on the streets, all her worldly goods in shopping bags&hellip, Suddenly everything changes when 10-year-old Amy takes pity on Patsy and persuades her mum to invite her home. Patsy's a funny, likeable lady, but a bit smelly! And Amy's family just can't get used to Patsy's pet rat - something, or someone has to go! Happily, Patsy finds more new friends - one of them shares a remarkable story, and Patsy's life w...

Brought up in care and by a far from loving foster family, Mary Peters tells her heartbreaking and truly inspirational story with honesty and candour, not to mention an ever-present sense of humour. Having battled with rheumatoid arthritis for most of her life, Mary tells how the stigma of being brought up in care has sometimes proved to be as much of a challenge as her illness, but how with the support of her loved ones and a fierce determina...

Recued and brought back to good health by his friend Jack the fisherman, Ollie soon realises he isn't quite the same as the other otters on the riverbank anymore. He's always been a bit of a loner and rather shy but will his new orange coloured coat make him stand out and be treated differently ? Find out as you turn the pages of this beautifully illustrated book which will keep your child enthralled from the very beginning.

. past and future! Through three marriages, Taddy Breckinridge finds that no matter how she might change herself to adjust to a husband, there is no happily ever after. In the wealthy and cosmopolitan world of San Francisco and Marin County, while she is selling off her late husband's artwork in order to eat, Taddy ponders her life and makes a decision to alter it. "Readers who enter her world will find Taddy lingering in their minds and heart...

Life hasn't been kind to young Marcie Thomas. Devastated by the accidental death of her beloved brother and the blame that is put on her young shoulders by the parents who have never loved her, a surprise visit from her Uncle Sam raises questions in her mind. Eventually leaving the little village in South Wales where she was born, she heads for London in the hope of a brighter future. But is that really possible? Can she really find ...

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Millie has a special gift - she can talk to the animals. And luckily for her she lives on a farm with a host of chatty creatures, including Mazie the pot-bellied pig and Daisy the cow, not forgetting her beloved West Highland Terrier, Lucky. But with her new pet hamster and two pygmy goats arriving, Millie has her hands full...much to Lucky's dismay!A beautifully illustrated and informative book that every child will cherish.

Times are hard in 1960's Wallsend, North Tyneside. Cola miner Fred Slater has lost his wife to cancer, leaving him to raise his 10-year-old son Tom and teenage daughter Betsy. Keeping a promise to her dying mother, to look after her brother and dad, Betsy has to grow up quickly... starting with her first job. Taken under the wing of her first boss, Betsy learns to juggle workplace challenges and household chores. With a charming naivety, she s...

Welcome to the 50's/60's Arena of Life. The 50's Plus: To Work or Not To Work will give you an opportunity to reflect on your Career/Work Life.where you have been, where you are, and where you hope to be during the remainder of your work life. You will accomplish this through the reading of written essays and through short exercises designed to help you reflect on the content of the written exercises. This book is intended to aid you in determ...