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Author: David Bristow Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1920545298 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 308
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When windmill-dodgers David Bristow and Steve Thomas followed their dream to blaze (and map) a mountain bike trail across South Africa, they hoped to be spared howling headwinds, freezing rain and slushy terrain. They weren’t, yet were not deterred from having a mud-splattering good time. The result, the Spine of the Dragon trail, is the country’s ultimate mountain bike tour, covering a distance of 4000km from Beit Bridge to Cape Town. Aimed at the average off-road rider, the 58-day trail through South Africa and Lesotho is broken into nine sections, each with several stages. The entire course can be done in one go, or as a series of shorter rides – ideal for those with boundless enthusiasm but limited time. The authors offer valuable advice on preparing for the trail that includes suggested clothing, gear, bike maintenance, food and safety. Each day’s route is described in detail and includes: • Customised, annotated map with GPS points • Total daily distance • Difficulty grading: from short and easy to long and hard • Entertaining insight into the people and places along the way • Engaging photographs • Accommodation suggestions and contact details When he’s not out cycling, David Bristow writes for a living. He is the former editor of Getaway travel magazine and the author of more than a dozen books for Random House Struik. Steve Thomas discovered mountain bikes while living in the US in the 1980s. Upon his return to South Africa in 1992, he established Daytrippers, South Africa’s oldest and biggest bicycle touring company.
Author: David Bristow Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa ISBN: 1920545298 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
When windmill-dodgers David Bristow and Steve Thomas followed their dream to blaze (and map) a mountain bike trail across South Africa, they hoped to be spared howling headwinds, freezing rain and slushy terrain. They weren’t, yet were not deterred from having a mud-splattering good time. The result, the Spine of the Dragon trail, is the country’s ultimate mountain bike tour, covering a distance of 4000km from Beit Bridge to Cape Town. Aimed at the average off-road rider, the 58-day trail through South Africa and Lesotho is broken into nine sections, each with several stages. The entire course can be done in one go, or as a series of shorter rides – ideal for those with boundless enthusiasm but limited time. The authors offer valuable advice on preparing for the trail that includes suggested clothing, gear, bike maintenance, food and safety. Each day’s route is described in detail and includes: • Customised, annotated map with GPS points • Total daily distance • Difficulty grading: from short and easy to long and hard • Entertaining insight into the people and places along the way • Engaging photographs • Accommodation suggestions and contact details When he’s not out cycling, David Bristow writes for a living. He is the former editor of Getaway travel magazine and the author of more than a dozen books for Random House Struik. Steve Thomas discovered mountain bikes while living in the US in the 1980s. Upon his return to South Africa in 1992, he established Daytrippers, South Africa’s oldest and biggest bicycle touring company.
Author: Richard Bangs Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781493572380 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 264
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This exciting account of adventure and competition follows several expeditions to be the first to descend China's longest river, from its headwaters in Tibet to the Three Gorges region, and eventually to the East China Sea. Among the players are a megalomaniac American fishing guide, patriotic members of China's youth movement, novice boaters full of fear and experienced rafters filled with hubris, thrown together to challenge one of the world's most dangerous rivers. Originally published in 1989, and winner of a Lowell Thomas Award that year for best travel book, "Riding the Dragon's Back" has been slightly revised to emphasize the drama and excitement of its narrative of competition and challenge, although the chapters on Chinese exploration and history remain. This is modern river exploration at its best, and the book has inspired numerous whitewater enthusiasts over the years to emulate its adventurous spirit.
Author: Ava Richardson Publisher: Relay Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 2680
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Destiny awaits, if these dragon-riding heroines are brave enough to heed its call… Return to the mystical and magical world of Torvald! Join a trio of dragon riding heroines, as they battle to save their world across three breath-taking fantasy adventure trilogies… In Sea Dragons, Pirate princess Lila wants her people to embrace their destiny as dragon mercenaries. But only Danu, a wise young monk, believes in her. Lila must dig deep, and embrace her true self, or risk her people’s destruction at the hands of an impossibly powerful foe. In Deadweed Dragons, a new, deadly force threatens to overrun the Southern Kingdoms, throwing orphan Dayie’s life into chaos. Only Dayie, and her dragon, Zarr, can stop the blight. But soon an even greater threat arises. Can she uncover the truth about her birth, and unlock her hidden powers, to save her home in time? And, in The Stone Crown, as an evil presence creeps across the land, only Narissea, a slave in the kingdom’s mines, can stop it. When she stumbles across an injured dragon, she quickly learns the truth about mysterious Lady Inyene and her mechanical abominations. Making Narissea the only thing standing between her kingdom and devastation. Lose yourself in a world of mighty dragons, epic magic, and brave dragon riders. This collection includes #1 bestseller Ava Richardson’s Sea Dragons trilogy, the Deadweed Dragons trilogy, and the Stone Crown trilogy.
Author: Kevin J. Anderson Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 1250302110 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 512
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New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson triumphantly returns to epic fantasy with the Wake the Dragon series. Spine of the Dragon is a politically charged adventure of swords, sorcery, vengeance, and the rise of sleeping giants. Two continents at war, the Three Kingdoms and Ishara, are divided by past bloodshed. When an outside threat arises—the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world—the two warring nations must somehow set aside generational hatreds and form an alliance to fight their true enemy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Margaret Weis Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 1466801816 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 559
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Daring dragon-riders fight to save a uniquely magical world from destruction by vengeful outcasts, in Storm Riders by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes In a world where magic is intrinsic to the fabric of everyday life, two kingdoms, centuries-long enemies, have long sought a powerful magical weapon that will win them lasting dominance. But neither realm is ready when they are both attacked by the Bottom-Dwellers, a bitter people whose own land was destroyed, and who now live only to take vengeance on those they blame for a wretched life in the storm-tossed abyss they inhabit. Using contramagic strengthened by blood sacrifice to attack the world above, they threaten to bring down whole cities, or even the island kingdoms themselves. Freya and Rosia are forced to put aside their age-old conflict to defend themselves, or risk losing everything. As the Bottom-Dwellers' contramagic eats away at the magic of the dragons that helps protect the world above, a former dragon-riding hero gathers a ragtag group to form a new dragon brigade, the one desperate hope of the two kingdoms to defeat the fiends who threaten their world. As the effects of contramagic bring the world ever closer to disaster, the new dragon brigade fight the vengeful adversary. Their high-flying heroics will be to no avail, though, unless they can somehow uncover forbidden knowledge, long hidden by the Church, without which they will never be able to prevent the world's destruction. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Lisa Trumbauer Publisher: Mirrorstone ISBN: 9780786949755 Category : Dragons Languages : en Pages : 0
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In this follow-up to A Practical Guide to Dragons, wizard's apprentice Sindri Suncatcher once again opens up his notebooks to share more wonders of dragonkind.
Author: Cornelia Funke Publisher: Scholastic Australia ISBN: 1925063593 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 390
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Firedrake, a brave young dragon, his loyal brownie friend Sorrel and a lonely boy called Ben are united as if by destiny. Together, they embark on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace for ever. With only a curious map and the whispered memories of an old dragon to guide them, they fly across moonlit lands and seas to reach the highest mountains in the world. Along the way, they discover extraordinary new friends in unlikely places and a courage they never knew they had. Just as well, for the greatest enemy of all is never far behind them - a heartless monster from the past who's been waiting a very long time to destroy the last dragons on earth.
Author: Helen Cresswell Publisher: Puffin Books ISBN: 9780141302904 Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages : 60
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When Jilly asks her father for a pet dragon he doesn't take her seriously. Only Mr Pink at the magic shop can help. Soon Jilly's dreams come true on her very own dragon ride. Large print. 6 yrs+
Author: Robert Chalmers Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244331936 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 414
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Innocence and terror meet in a fast paced evocation of a time far in the future. Set among momentous happenings, Robert Chalmers catches a society on the brink of a new age. In an age far ahead in time, two young people from very different walks of life find themselves thrown together in a battle to save the world from darkness. The Lord of Darkness is stirring and the forces of light are awakened. The two are inextricably linked when they forge a pact to fight together for the good of all. As the young friends grow and mature a new role emerges for each, as they gather forces about themselves ahead of the storm. 'Every separate voice is perfectly judged, reverberating in the mind's ear and leaving a tense echo as the battle loomsÕ
Author: David Bristow
Author: David Bristow
Author: David Bristow
Author: Richard Bangs
Author: Ava Richardson
Author: Kevin J. Anderson
Author: Margaret Weis
Author: Lisa Trumbauer
Author: Cornelia Funke
Author: Helen Cresswell
Author: Robert Chalmers