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Anquetil, Alone

Author : Paul Fournel
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 178283298X
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Anquetil, Alone written by Paul Fournel and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Sports Book Awards 2018 for Biography of the Year and Cycling Book of the Year There are things he does alone, and things that he alone does. Jacques Anquetil was a cyclist with an aristocratic demeanor and a relaxed attitude to rules and morals. His womanising and frank admissions of doping appalled 1960s French society, even as his five Tour de France wins enthralled it. Paul Fournel was besotted with him from the start ("Too young to understand, I was nevertheless old enough to admire") and followed Anquetil's career with the passion of a fan and the eye of a poet. In this stunningly original biography of a complex and divisive character, Fournel - author of the seminal Vlo (or Need for the Bike)- blends the story of Anquetil's life with scenes from his own, to create a classic of cycling literature.

Politics, Ideology, and the Law in Early Modern Europe

Author : Adrianna E. Bakos
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781878822390
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Politics, Ideology, and the Law in Early Modern Europe written by Adrianna E. Bakos and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the career of Professor J.H.M. Salmon, whose work on the study of early modern Europe enjoys a high reputation world-wide. Appropriately centred on France, the essays make a significant contribution to the study of political life and thought during the ancien regime. Proceeding from a variety of vantage points, some of the foremost scholars in the field of early modern Europe consider the many ways in which contemporaries in different walks of life expressed their understanding of, and participation in, the political community, using new approaches drawn from cultural history, the history of ideologies and a resurgence of interest in the history of institutions. Subjects discussed include institutional rivalries and how they complicated efforts to mount opposition to government policies; political thought and concepts such as sovereignty, conciliarism, and dominum; and how contemporary understanding of the political order was worked out in a cultural context. The volume also suggests new directions for research.

The Yellow Jersey

Author : Peter Cossins
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473563984
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Yellow Jersey written by Peter Cossins and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR* Discover this 100-year anniversary celebration of the hardest-earned and most sacred prize in sport, the Tour de France's Yellow Jersey. In 2019, the cycling world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of sport's most iconic and distinguished prize: the Yellow Jersey. Beautifully produced and packed full of interviews with riders such as Chris Froome, Thomas Voeckler and the oldest living wearer of the Yellow Jersey at 94, Antonin Rolland, The Yellow Jersey is a fitting celebration of the 'maillot jaune'. In 1919 the leading rider was first instructed to wear the Yellow Jersey, following a campaign from fans and journalists who were struggling to identify the winning rider. 100 years on, the jersey has passed into almost sacred status. You'll never see an amateur rider wearing yellow - it is reserved purely for those who have sacrificed themselves in the world's greatest race. Cossins will take the reader on a journey to the origins of the jersey and its early winners. He'll explore the effect of wearing yellow as a motivator and occasionally as a curse. Beautifully produced with original photography, The Yellow Jersey is an exquisite tribute to the greatest trophy in sport. 'Without doubt the most beautiful book to land on our desk this year... we can't recommend this book enough' Cycling Weekly

Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape

Author : Paul Howard
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969618
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape written by Paul Howard and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape is the astonishing biography of French cycling star Jacques Anquetil. For the first time since his death in 1987, it reveals the extraordinary truth behind the legend, the man and the cyclist. His list of 'firsts' alone makes him worthy of a place in the cycling pantheon: the first man to win the Tour de France five times; the first man to win all three grand tours - the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España; and the first man to win both the Tour and Vuelta in the same year. However, the extraordinary life of Anquetil does not stop at his achievements on a bike. He candidly admitted to using drugs, offended legions of fans by confessing that his only motivation for riding was financial and infamously indulged his enthusiasm for the high life. He also seduced and married his doctor's wife, had a child with her daughter and then sustained a ménage à trois with both wife and stepdaughter under the same roof for 12 years. When this 'family' eventually imploded, he attempted to inspire jealousy in his former lovers by having a child with his stepson's ex-wife. Containing exclusive contributions from Anquetil's family, friends, teammates and rivals, Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape untangles myth from reality and confirms that fact is definitely stranger than fiction.

Tour de France Champions

Author : Giles Belbin
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750995386
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Tour de France Champions written by Giles Belbin and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tour de France is a race like no other, so perhaps it's no surprise that it attracts racers like no other. The winner of the second Tour actually came fifth – but the four racers before him were disqualified for cheating. The 1932 champion credits his win with saving him from capture by the Nazis, as the soldiers recognised him from the podium. One of Britain's best cyclists of the modern era only got into European racing by forging an email. Tour de France Champions is a journey to the summit of cycling, looking at those who have taken on the roads and mountains of France to prevail above all others and win cycling's greatest prize. Giles Belbin presents the stories of all those who have claimed the original and greatest Grand Tour, the one race that still transcends the sport of cycling: the Tour de France.

Orientalism in Early Modern France

Author : Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 1847884636
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Book Synopsis Orientalism in Early Modern France by : Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe

Download or read book Orientalism in Early Modern France written by Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe and published by Berg. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay

Author : Asiatic Society of Bombay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay written by Asiatic Society of Bombay and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1-new ser., v. 7 include the society's Proceedings for 1841-1929 (title varies)

Giro d'Italia

Author : Colin O'Brien
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782832904
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Giro d'Italia written by Colin O'Brien and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Giro d'Italia - Italy's equivalent of the Tour de France, and its superior in the eyes of many - is as dramatic and full of extraordinary characters as the story of Italy itself. Heroism, suffering, feuds and betrayals, tradition under threat from modernity all play out against a timeless landscape. The iconic riders, mythical stories and career defining exploits are conveyed in rich, vibrant prose.

The Hardmen

Author : The Velominati
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 178283236X
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book The Hardmen written by The Velominati and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including: Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends. The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb. It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong "pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever"; proof that even assholes can be insightful.

The History of Magic

Author : Éliphas Lévi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Magic written by Éliphas Lévi and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climbers

Author : Peter Cossins
Publisher : Cassell
ISBN 13 : 1788403142
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Climbers written by Peter Cossins and published by Cassell. This book was released on 2022-06-23 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When, during the Pyrenean stages of the 1998 Tour de France, a journalist asked Marco Pantani why he rode so fast in the mountains, the elfin Italian, unmistakeable in the bandanna and hooped ear-rings that played up to his "Pirate" nickname, replied: "To shorten my agony." Drawing on the fervour for these men of the mountains, Climbers looks at what sets these athletes apart within the world of bike racing, about why we love and cherish them, how they make cycling beautiful, and how they see themselves and the feats they achieve. Working chronologically, Peter Cossins explores the evolution of mountain-climbing. He offers a comprehensive view of the sport, combining contemporary reports with fresh one-to-one interviews with high-profile riders from the last 50 years, such as Cyrille Guimard, Hennie Kuiper and Andy Schleck. And, unlike many other cycling books, Climbers also includes the stories of female racers across the world, from Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Annemiek van Vleuten to Fabiana Luperini and Amanda Spratt. Climbers analyses the personalities of these racers, highlighting the individuality of climbing as an exercise and the fundamental fact that it's a solitary challenge undertaken in relentlessly unforgiving terrain that requires unremitting effort. Captivating and iconic, Climbers is the ultimate cycling book to understand what it takes both physically and mentally to take on the sport's hardest stages.

Panic Stations at Ski Stations

Author : Conor MacNamara
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1528951670
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Panic Stations at Ski Stations written by Conor MacNamara and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conor MacNamara rode more than fifty of the greatest climbs in the Tour de France to try and conquer his fear of heights. In the end, Conor suffered a breakdown and discovered that he suffered from a panic disorder and required treatment. This book documents Conor’s experiences in detail.

The Idea of Semitic Monotheism

Author : Guy G. Stroumsa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192653865
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Semitic Monotheism written by Guy G. Stroumsa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Idea of Semitic Monotheism examines some major aspects of the scholarly study of religion in the long nineteenth century—from the Enlightenment to the First World War. It aims to understand the new status of Judaism and Islam in the formative period of the new discipline. Guy G. Stroumsa focuses on the concept of Semitic monotheism, a concept developed by Ernest Renan around the mid-nineteenth century on the basis of the postulated and highly problematic contradistinction between Aryan and Semitic families of peoples, cultures, and religions. This contradistinction grew from the Western discovery of Sanskrit and its relationship with European languages, at the time of the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Together with the rise of scholarly Orientalism, this discovery offered new perspectives on the East, as a consequence of which the Near East was demoted from its traditional status as the locus of the Biblical revelations. This innovative work studies a central issue in the modern study of religion. Doing so, however, it emphasizes the new dualistic taxonomy of religions had major consequences and sheds new light on the roots of European attitudes to Jews and Muslims in the twentieth century, up to the present day.

Angel of the Mountains

Author : Paul Maunder
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1529430593
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Angel of the Mountains written by Paul Maunder and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charly Gaul is a forgotten cycling legend. Once a household name across Europe, the diminutive Luxembourger won the 1958 Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia twice. A unique rider, Gaul was supremely gifted at climbing and resilient even in the foulest weather. His pedalling style was smooth and swift, and he could set an unmatchable metronome rhythm on a mountain climb. 'Mozart on two wheels,' was how one contemporary writer described him; another dubbed him 'The Angel of the Mountains'. At the end of his cycling career Gaul disappeared, becoming a hermit living in a forest in Luxembourg. What drove Charly Gaul into a recluse's life? In Angel of the Mountains, Paul Maunder seeks to uncover the truth about Gaul, his psychology and the circumstances of his withdrawal from society. In rediscovering Gaul's enigmatic life, we find not only an unlikely hero but also a larger truth about the nature of sporting success.

The History of Magic

Author : Éliphas Lévi
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The History of Magic written by Éliphas Lévi and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of Magic" by Éliphas Lévi (translated by Arthur Edward Waite). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Classical Upani?ads

Author : Signe Cohen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197654185
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The Classical Upani?ads written by Signe Cohen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-26 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Upani?ads are rich and complex Sanskrit Hindu scriptures dating back to the 8th century BCE and are a staple of world religion courses across the globe. In this volume, Signe Cohen guide readers through on the thirteen "Classical Upani?ads," those generally regarded as the oldest: Bhadrayaka, Chandogya, Taittiriya, Aitareya, Isa, Kena, Katha, Mundaka, Svetasvatara, Mandukya, Prasna, Kausitaki, and Maitri Upanisad. Where most survey textbooks present a cursory overview of these texts, The Classical Upani?ads: A Guide provides a nuanced but accessible exploration of the Upani?ads that will benefit both scholars, students, and general readers alike. This volume explores the historical, geographical, and social context of the Classical Upani?ads and discusses issues of dating, authorship, and transmission of the texts. Cohen also breaks down central ideas in the Upani?ads, such as atman, brahman, karma, reincarnation, moksa, knowledge, and sacred sounds (mantras). The text also discusses the importance of the Upani?ads for Hinduism and Indian culture, as well as the reception of the Upani?ads in the West. Through exploring these works, their key characters and ideas, and their impact on Hinduism's core beliefs, Cohen provides the reader a thorough but approachable entry into these seminal texts.