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Father and son, novelist and scientist, each with a life-long commitment to the environment, discuss the environmental changes threatening our planet at the start of the 21st century, and whether or not we can find the means and summon up the will to reverse them.

The authoritative book on the Vuelta a Espana. The final three week tour of the cycling calendar often provides the most interesting, and excitingly competitive racing of the three major tours. First published in 2005, this third edition of Viva la Vuelta! brings the story of the race up to 2018.

Tells the story of three English racing cyclists seeking fame and fortune on the Continent in the 1950s.

This is the story of Alf Engers and the pursuit of speed, set against a backdrop of cycling clubs, shop-owners, framebuilders, riders, racers, team managers and officials.

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J. B. Wadley's career as a cycling journalist spanned more than 40 years and encompassed every aspect of the sport. He was he first British writer to cover the Tour de France and the great one-day Classics. This selection of his work is drawn from his early days as a young reporter with The Bicycle, to his last major book, My 19th Tour de France.

2010 is the centenary of the introduction of the Pyrenees into the Tour de France route. The 1910 race was won by the French champion Octave Lapize, who added to the controversy on the top of the Col du Tourmalet by shouting out to the Tour officials, 'You are murderers! Yes, murderers!' The author follows his tracks to tell his story.

The challenge, laid down by a cycling magazine in 1910, was simple: who could ride a bicycle the greatest distance in a calendar year? This title tells the story of Tommy Godwin, a 27 year old cyclist from Stoke-on-Trent, who responded to that challenge and who set the standard so high that his record remains unsurpassed after over seventy years.

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On May 20th, 1937, 3, 826 child refugees set sail from their Basque homeland for sanctuary in Great Britain. This book tells the collected testimonies of sixty-two of those children in English and Spanish.

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SPORTS & RECREATION / Cycling

HISTORY / Social History

An account of the lives of the Bobet brothers - Louison, triple Tour de France winner and Jean who gave up an academic career to ride in the service of his brother. This story brings alive the romance of the great races and star riders of those post war days whose exploits lifted the public spirit after years of conflict and economic hardship.