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Endurance
Loď Endurance zamrzla v lednu 1915 v ledových polích antarktického Weddellova moře, po deseti měsících ji ledové kry rozdrtily. Ernest Shackelton a jeho posádka 28 mužů zůstali 850 mil od nejbližší základny. Nastal čas tvrdých zkoušek a utrpení... Brilant
Endurance : SAS Soldier. Polar Adventurer. Decorated Leader
In 2018 Captain Louis Rudd MBE walked into the history books when he finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130 kg sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis' skills had been honed in the SAS, on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now - in the most hostile environment on earth - they would be tested like never before. Alone on the ice, Louis battled through whiteouts, 50 mph gales and temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. It would take all his mental strength to survive.
In this gripping book Louis reveals how a thirst for adventure saw him join the Royal Marines at sixteen and then pass the SAS selection course at only twenty-two. He describes his first gruelling polar expedition with legendary explorer Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley in 2011 and the leadership challenges he faced a few years later when he led a team of Army Reservists across Antarctica. And he takes us with him step by painful step as he pushes himself to the limit, travelling alone on his epic and lonely trek across the continent's treacherous ice fields and mountains.
With edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Endurance is an awe-inspiring account of courage and resilience by a remarkable man.
The Endurance Handbook
Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier, or other athlete seeking greater endurance? The Endurance Handbook teaches athletes how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free for many productive years. Dr. Philip Maffetone’s approach to endurance offers a truly “individualized” outlook and unique system that he has refined over three decades of training and treating athletes, ranging from world champions to weekend warriors. Maffetone’s training and racing philosophy emphasizes building a strong aerobic base for increased fat burning, weight loss, sustained energy, and a healthy immune system. Good nutrition and stress reduction are also key to this common-sense, big-picture approach.
Dr. Maffetone also dispels many of the commonly held myths that linger in participatory sports—and which adversely impact performance—and explains the “truths” about endurance, such as:
The need to train slower to race faster will enable your aerobic system to improve endurance
Why expensive running shoes can actually cause foot and leg injuries
The fact that refined carbohydrates actually reduce endurance energy and disrupt hormone balance
How overtraining can be avoided in its earliest stages
And much more!
If you are looking to increase your endurance and maximize your athletic potential, The Endurance Handbook is your one-stop guide to training and racing effectively.
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.
In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Endurance - Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.
ENDURANCE is the story of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice.
For five months Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs, were castaways on one of the most savage regions of the world. This utterly gripping book, based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors, describes how the men survived, how they lived together in camps on the ice for 17 months until they reached land, how they were attacked by sea leopards, the diseases which they developed, and the indefatigability of the men and their lasting civility towards one another in the most adverse conditions conceivable.
Endurance - A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
*As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2*
From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently.
As soon as you realize you aren't going to die, space is the most fun you'll ever have...
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will.
Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what's happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home.
From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.
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What readers are saying...
'Takes you up into space and lets you be a part of astronaut life'
'Tough to put down! Tells a side you don't often hear or read about for that matter'
'Mind blowing . . . up there with Ernest Shackleton for me'
'My husband said it is the next best thing to going into space yourself'
'Six stars!'
Endurance - A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
'This isn't your usual astronaut's memoir' Daily Mail From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for most consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few of us ever have and very few of us ever will. Kelly's humanity, compassion, humour, and passion shine as he describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal. He touches on what's happened to his body, the sadness of being isolated from everyone he loves; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being absent should tragedy strike at home. From a natural storyteller Endurance is one of the finest examples the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the galaxy.
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Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
When Chris McDougall stumbled across the story of Churchill's 'dirty tricksters', a motley crew of English poets and academics who helped resist the Nazi invasion of Crete, he knew he was on the track of something special. To beat the odds, the tricksters - starving, aging, outnumbered -tapped into an ancient style of fitness: the lost art of heroism. They listened to their instincts, replaced calories with stored bodily fat and used their fascia, the network of tissue which criss-crosses the body, to catapult themselves to superhuman strength and endurance. Soon McDougall was in the middle of a modern fitness revolution taking place everywhere from Parisian parkour routes to state-of-the-art laboratories, and based on the know-how of Shanghai street-fighters and Wild West gunslingers. Just as Born to Run got runners off the treadmill and into nature, Natural Born Heroes will inspire casual athletes to dump the gym membership for cross-training, mud runs and free-running.
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Iron Flame
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won't be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
A Little Life
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and the limits of human endurance.
When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is Jude himself, by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body scarred by an unspeakable childhood, and haunted by what he fears is a degree of trauma that he'll not only be unable to overcome - but that will define his life forever.
Umění čelit výzvě - Metoda F.A.C.E. the Challenge
F.A.C.E. – Focus (soustředění), Agility (obratnost), Coordination (koordinace), Endurance(vytrvalost).
Tyto čtyři klíčové kompetence jsou základem vítězné filozofie manažerského trenéra a bývalého mistra světa v boxu Vladimira Klička.
Na jejich základě vyvinul čtyřstupňovou metodu, která nám umožňuje důsledně dosahovat našich cílů. Každý krok tohoto procesu spočívá v aktivaci fyzických a duševních potenciálů, přičemž stěžejním bodem a klíčem k úspěchu je síla vůle.
Zvládání výzev: Bývalý mistr světa v boxu ukazuje, jak se problémy mohou stát výzvami, které každý zvládne díky síle vůle a energii činu.
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Iron Flame
She survived her first year at Basgiath War College . . . but the danger is only beginning.
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College, Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet's already wondering how she'll get through. It's not just that it's grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it's designed to stretch the riders' capacity for pain beyond endurance. It's the new vice commandant, who's made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is - unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet's body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else's, she still has her wits, and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won't be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College - and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
University English-Language Entrance Exams
Ukážky testov na prijímacie pohovory na štúdium anglického jazyka na vybraných univerzitách, vrátane časti počúvanie s porozumením na audiokazete. Úlohou tejto knižky je pomôcť študentom stredných škôl pri výbere príslušnej univerzity a príprave na p
rijímaciu skúšku z anglického jazyka.
Okrem všeobecných pravidiel, ktorými by ste sa mali riadiť pri výbere školy a príprave na skúšku, obsahuje aj cenné rady súvisiace s priebehom písomnej i ústnej skúšky.
V hlavnej časti nájdete testy vhodné na prí
pravu na maturitu po novom. Po nich nasledujú ukážkové testy jednotlivých univerzít:
EUBA Bratislava
UNIBA Bratislava
UKF Nitra
SPU Nitra
UMB Banská Bystrica
VŠE Praha
Hungarian universities
Ku každému testu sú podrobné vysvetlivky a kľúč na overenie
správnych odpovedí.
Knižku uzatvára prepis nahrávok hlasov rodených Angličanov, aby poslucháč mohol simultánne s nahrávkou sledovať aj jej textovú podobu. K príručke je priložená audiokazeta s nahrávkami.
Užitočný je aj zoznam webstránok jednotlivýc
h univerzít.
Cena kompletu je bezkonkurenčná.
Túto publikáciu vhodne dopĺňajú ďalšie knihy pre stredoškolákov:
1. Základná príručka - témy, reálie, dialógy, gramatika, chronológie posledné kusy na sklade!
2. Angličtina - cvičebnica s audiokazetou p
odľa novej koncepcie maturít dopredané, neobjednávajte prosím!
3. Cvičebnica na internú časť maturity ústna skúška, písomná skúška - vyjde na jar 2007
4. Sprievodca dielami angl. a americkej literatúry v angličtine
V stave totálnej eufórie
DEAN KARNAZES, legenda ultramaratónu a autor bestsellerov z prestížneho zoznamu The New York Times, niekoľkokrát otestoval hraničné možnosti a schopnosti ľudského tela a mysle, keď sa mu na traile v pekelnej horúčave Údolia smrti roztopili podrážky tenisiek a v ukrutných mrazoch na južnom póle zamŕzal dych už v pľúcach. Bežal a pretekal na všetkých kontinentoch a medzi jeho slávne kúsky patrí aj 50 maratónov v 50 štátoch v priebehu 50 dní.
V knihe, ktorú máte pred sebou, mapuje Dean Karnazes svoju nevšednú a dobrodružnú športovú cestu, ktorá ho po dvadsiatich rokoch už ako zrelého päťdesiatnika opäť priviedla na štart legendárneho ultramaratónu Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run. Ikonická stomíľovka Western States, obávaná pre mimoriadne náročnú trať cez vysoké hory a hlboké údolia a extrémne teplotné rozdiely, sa stala Deanovým najnáročnejším pretekom v živote, fyzickým a mentálnym zúčtovaním a urputným bojom zostať verný tomu, čo bolo vždy zmyslom jeho života. Dean bilancuje kariéru, životné voľby a vyrovnáva sa s pribúdajúcimi rokmi. Robí to úprimne ako vždy – a predsa tak, ako nikdy predtým.
Pre Deana Karnazesa je beh o vzťahu bežca a trate. Nie je to inventúra úspechov, ale dobrodružstvo a príbeh na pokračovanie, ktorý rozpráva ďalej s každým ďalším dňom a krokom na trati. Kniha V stave totálnej eufórie ponúka dobrodružstvo plné endorfínov a zamilovaný list športu od jedného z najuznávanejších ambasádorov ultrabehu. Určite nadchne serióznych aj sviatočných bežcov.
New Entrance Design
The entrance to a house acts as its visiting card. Its conception has changed enormously over the years, as has its social uses, and the space that was once considered indispensable for receiving guests and keeping the house away form view on first contact - whether out of a desire to preserve privacy or a belief that it was bad taste to put living space on display - has changed to such an extent that it is on the verge of disappearing from many homes. In fact, in many cases the entrance is the axis around which the space will be used to greater advantage and the layout of the various areas will follow a logical order&894 in contrast, a misguided placement results in an erroneous starting point for a residential project. So, we are devoting these 192 pages to solutions for entrances, of various shapes and styles, belonging to different types of homes from all over the world, drawn up by a wide range of architects.
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Antarktída: Dejiny v 100 predmetoch
Nevyspytateľná a strhujúca Antarktída a jej dejiny vyrozprávané prostredníctvom 100 predmetov
Objavte pútavú históriu jedného z najodľahlejších a najkrajších miest na našej planéte. Táto podmanivá kniha, ktorá využíva pramene z polárnych inštitúcií a súkromných zbierok po celom svete, predstavuje 100 rozmanitých predmetov od ikonických po exotické, od všedných po nenahraditeľné. Nájdete tu:
– snežné okuliare, ktoré podľa Inuitov vyrobil Roald Amundsen
– Leninovu bustu, ktorá do Antarktídy pricestovala s Treťou sovietskou antarktickou expedíciou a dodnes stojí v srdci Antarktídy
– lietadlo Polar Star, ktoré absolvovalo prvý transantarktický let
– zamrznutú bradu ako symbol antarktickej mužnosti
– ľadovcové vrtné jadrá, vďaka ktorým spoznávame viac ako 800 000 rokov klimatických dejín
– vrak Shackletonovej stratenej lode Endurance, ktorý sa podarilo objaviť po 107 rokoch
Tieto predmety rozprávajú príbeh nevšedného a úchvatného kontinentu, na ktorom človek ukázal svoju vytrvalosť, no ktorý je aj miestom tragédií, vedeckých objavov a výskumu životného prostredia.
Nádherná kniha plná krásnych fotografií a zaujímavých informácií je fascinujúcou a sugestívnou ukážkou toho, do akej miery je história Antarktídy dejinami aj budúcnosťou ľudstva.
DANIELLA MCCAHEY je odbornou asistentkou moderných britských dejín na Texaskej technickej univerzite. Venuje sa histórii Antarktídy. Aktívne sa zapája do verejného diania spojeného s Antarktídou a poskytuje medzinárodné konzultácie k múzejným exponátom spojeným s týmto kontinentom.
JEAN DE POMEREU je výskumným pracovníkom Scottovho ústavu polárneho výskumu na Cambridgeskej univerzite. Zaoberá sa výskumom antarktickej vedy, bádania a vizuálnej kultúry. Zúčastnil sa na mnohých vedeckých a umeleckých expedíciách do Antarktídy.
Z anglického originálu preložil Martin Katuščák.
Umění čelit výzvě
F.A.C.E. – Focus (soustředění), Agility (obratnost), Coordination (koordinace), Endurance(vytrvalost).
Tyto čtyři klíčové kompetence jsou základem vítězné filozofie manažerského trenéra a bývalého mistra světa v boxu Vladimira Klička.
Na jejich základě vyvinul čtyřstupňovou metodu, která nám umožňuje důsledně dosahovat našich cílů. Každý krok tohoto procesu spočívá v aktivaci fyzických a duševních potenciálů, přičemž stěžejním bodem a klíčem k úspěchu je síla vůle.
Zvládání výzev: Bývalý mistr světa v boxu ukazuje, jak se problémy mohou stát výzvami, které každý zvládne díky síle vůle a energii činu.
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The Book of Sand
SAND. A hostile world of burning sun.
Outlines of several once-busy cities shimmer on the horizon. Now empty of inhabitants, their buildings lie in ruins.
In the distance a group of people - a family - walk towards us.
Ahead lies shelter: a 'shuck' the family call home and which they know they must reach before the light fails, as to be out after dark is to invite danger and almost certain death.
To survive in this alien world of shifting sand, they must find an object hidden in or near water. But other families want it too. And they are willing to fight to the death to make it theirs.
It is beginning to rain in Fairfax County, Virginia when McKenzie Strathie wakes up. An ordinary teenage girl living an ordinary life - except that the previous night she found a sand-lizard in her bed, and now she's beginning to question everything around her, especially who she really is ...
Two very different worlds featuring a group of extraordinary characters driven to the very limit of their endurance in a place where only the strongest will survive.
Lacná kniha Blitzkrieg (-70%)
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Blitzkrieg is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the fall of Europe through the use of one of the most successful military strategies in modern warfare.
Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research and interviews with participants to bring colour, detail and a fresh perspective to the story.
Inside, you'll discover how tactics, organisation and new technologies were brought to bear, about the different challenges faced by both the Axis and the Allies, and, above all, the skill, bravery and endurance of those engaged in a contest that was of critical importance to the outcome of the war.
Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture.
For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.
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Zvířecí hrdinové – Výprava do Antarktidy
Dobrodružný příběh o zvířatech, lidech, statečnosti, věrnosti a přátelství na pozadí dramatických historických událostí.
Tažný pes Samson je nesmírně hrdý na to, že se stane součástí výpravy do Antarktidy, kterou vede slavný badatel Ernest Shackelton. Těší se, až poběží ledovou plání vstříc slávě, která jistě na všechny členy expedice čeká. Bummer, jeho kamarád ze smečky, si přeje jediné: přežít a vrátit se domů celý. Když jejich loď Endurance brzy po vyplutí uvázne v ledu, nastanou pro psy i posádku krušné chvíle. Cesta za slávou se změní v boj o přežití…
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