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Bestselling author Bear Grylls has survived a free-fall parachute accident that left him with a broken back, possibly unable to walk again; falling down a mountain in the Rockies, severing a finger in the Vietnam jungle, a broken shoulder in Antarctica. He passed the gruelling training to join the SAS, crossed the North Atlantic in an open inflatable boat, and held the highest ever open-air formal dinner party, in a balloon at 25,000 feet.But the hardest thing he has ever had to face, he says, is the death of his father. It was then, age 25, that he found what he describes in an interview with the Telegraph as 'a really lovely quiet faith that has been a powerful thing in our lives'.As he wrote in GQ magazine, 'Faith doesn't mean you have to be especially "religious". But, in a nutshell, my faith tells me that I am known, that I am secure and that I am loved - regardless of the storms I may find myself in from time to time, regardless of how often I fall and fail.'For the first time, in this open, brave and honest book, Bear reveals the inspiration that helps him to stand strong and find peace each day. These daily readings - exploring themes of friendships, failure, courage, risk, and much more - show us all how to face each day with purpose and power. 'Be brave. Embrace faith wherever you may find it. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.'

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A unique assessment that challenges humanity's quest to abolish warfare. The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn't have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn't support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that "war made the state and the state made war," Braumoeller argues that the same is true of international orders: while they reduce conflict within their borders, they can also clash violently with one another, as the Western and communist orders did throughout the Cold War. Both highly readable and rigorous, Only the Dead offers a realistic assessment of humanity's quest to abolish warfare. While pessimists have been too quick to discount the successes of our attempts to reduce international conflict, optimists are prone to put too much faith in human nature. Reality lies somewhere in between: While the aspirations of humankind to govern its behavior with reason and justice have had shocking success in moderating the harsh dictates of realpolitik, the institutions that we have created to prevent war are unlikely to achieve anything like total success--as evidenced by the multitude of conflicts in recent decades. As the old adage advises us, only the dead have seen the end of war.

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Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls to explore the great outdoors. Learn how to stay warm and dry outdoors in winter, how to identify and prevent hypothermia, how to navigate icy and snowy terrain safely and where to find food in harsh conditions. This is the ultimate survival guide to the world's coldest places.

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Discover everything you need to plan an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls. Learn what you will need to bring, how to create the perfect campsite, and how to stay safe in the wild. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear

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Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls to explore the great outdoors. Learn what to pack on a polar expedition, which creatures to avoid, and how to hunt on the ice. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and televsion presenter, Bear Grylls.Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls as you learn to survive in all kinds of weather.Learn how hurricanes form, how to identify different types of clouds, and how to treat sunstroke.Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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Get ready for an exciting expedition through the world's seas and oceans with Bear Grylls. Discover the animals that live in the deepest and darkest place on Earth, learn all about creatures from killer whales to anglerfish. Wrap up warm and dive into this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.

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The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and televsion presenter, Bear Grylls. Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls as you learn the survival skills to stay safe in the wild and be able to cope in all situations. Learn how to best prepare for a journey to avoid unnecessary injuries, how to treat all the injuries that could occur in the wild, and instructions on how to act in an emergency. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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Give the young person in your life the mindset they need to thrive.Kids today are presented with new challenges all the time. They face an uncertain future and are under constant pressure to thrive in an overwhelming and fast-paced world.You vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up retells Bear Grylls'' most extreme adventures in a kid-friendly way. He shares the life lessons he''s learned along the way, and how the skills needed to survive in the wild can be used in everyday life. From finding confidence to bouncing back from failure, Bear gives children the tools they need to survive and thrive in their own lives.

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A gripping adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger is ship-wrecked in the open seas, he needs all of his survival skills to save a small group of passengers.But the sinking was no accident. In order to stay alive, he’ll have to work out who wants him dead, and why.That is, if the sharks don’t get him first . . .

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A gripping Australian adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger follows a mysterious clue to the town of Broome in Northern Australia, it is just the beginning of an adventure that will force him into some of his toughest survival challenges yet!The search for clues takes Beck into the heart of the Outback, where he must battle raging storms, ravenous crocodiles, cunning villains and a secret that may link back to the death of his parents many years ago . . .

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Who are the people that inspired Bear Grylls to become one of the world's toughest adventurers?From famous explorers whose never-say-die attitude led them to achieve astonishing feats, to everyday people unexpectedly caught up in life-threatening situations, True Grit is a collection of some of the toughest feats of survival ever accomplished. Learn what it takes to make it through alive in some of the planet's most dangerous locations from these exciting tales of death-defying resilience.Abridged for younger readers.

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How did Bear Grylls become one of the world's toughest adventurers?This is the thrilling story of everyone's favourite real-life action man - from secret childhood missions to climb the town's school buildings and steeples, to starring in his own global TV series and becoming Chief Scout to the Scouting Association.Known and admired by millions, Bear Grylls has survived in dangerous environments few would dare to visit. Find out what it's like to take on mountaineering, martial arts, parachuting, life in the SAS - and all that nature can throw at you!Abridged for younger readers.

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"There's no getting away from it; I've eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when your life depends on it, you need to put your prejudices aside to keep your stomach filled and your strength up.Whether it's mastering the art of foraging and cooking up a tasty feast around the campfire or learning about the more extreme end of wild food (ever tried a scorpion kebab?), there's a lot to learn when it comes to dinner time in the wild. This book will teach you all the necessary skills and techniques to get your teeth into meals you might never have thought of as food in the first place - and, crucially, how to recognise plants and animals that might end up doing you more harm than good.In today's world, we rarely need to venture beyond the local supermarket and we turn our noses up at the thought of snacking on bugs and grubs. But out in the wild, Mother Nature has provided us with a plentiful supply of nutritious - if not always delicious - food for the taking. And when needs must, we just have to know where to look.Some of it might take you out of your comfort zone. Some of it might turn your stomach. But it's saved my life more than once. And one day, it might save yours . . ."What readers are saying about Extreme Food:'Enjoyable and informative . . . bon appetit!''Great gift for outdoor adventurers''This book could save your life'

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn how to tell the difference between a vertebrae and an invertebrate. Discover how bees make honey, design your own beetle, and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes. The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter, for younger fans, full of fun illustrations and facts and over 60 stickers.

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn all about some of the most epic climbs in the history of mountaineering.Journey to the European Alps, the Himalayas, the Karakoram Range, and the polar region of North America. Find out about the dangers of rock falls, avalanches, terrifying blizzards, and hidden crevasses. With stunning photography throughout, the book also includes a chapter on Bear Grylls' personal relevant expeditions and achievements.

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Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls to explore the great outdoors. Learn how to navigate in a desert landscape, how to gather food and water safely, and how to build a shelter to keep you dry and warm at night. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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Give the young person in your life the mindset they need to thrive.Kids today are presented with new challenges all the time. They face an uncertain future and are under constant pressure to thrive in an overwhelming and fast-paced world. You vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up retells Bear Grylls’ most extreme adventures in a kid-friendly way. He shares the life lessons he’s learned along the way, and how the skills needed to survive in the wild can be used in everyday life. From finding confidence to bouncing back from failure, Bear gives children the tools they need to survive and thrive in their own lives.

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Get ready for an expedition to the rainforests of the world with Bear Grylls. Discover a place where everything is continually growing; the animals, the trees, the vegetation. Find incredible animals hidden deep in the forest - the swinging orang-utans, slithering pythons and hunting tigers. Pack your belongings and dive into this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn how to tell the difference between a reptile and an amphibian. Discover if a frog is poisonous, design your snake skin, and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes. The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter, for younger fans, full of fun illustrations and facts and over 60 stickers.

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Jack loves all sorts of outdoor activities - but he just can't stand getting wet. Can an adventure with Bear Grylls in a Chinese river gorge, rafting down the rapids, change his mind?Anything that means he might have to swim and Jack is the first to duck out of it. But when he falls into a small stream at Camp, he's not just embarrassed - he's been transported to a raging river where dangers lurk around every bend. Luckily, the inspirational adventurer Bear Grylls is there to guide him through the treacherous waters and give him back some of his lost confidence...Each book in this fun new 12-book series from Chief Scout BEAR GRYLLS follows a different child on the outdoor activity camp. Once they are given the magical compass, they meet the inspirational adventurer in an amazing place and learn new skills and facts they can take with them back to their real life.

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Have you ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Get ready for an icy expedition through the world's coldest polar regions. Discover the animals that live on the most frozen places on Earth, from mighty musk oxen and beastly bears to magnificent whales and brilliant birds. Wrap up warm and dive into this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls for younger fans, packed full of fun illustrations, facts and over 60 stickers.

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Have you ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Get ready to meet the world's most poisonous frogs who will make you think tiny is terrifying.Gentle giants who weigh as much as a plane, and slithering snakes who can swallow a human whole. Discover all of this and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.Dangerous Animals is the perfect introduction to Bear Grylls for younger fans, packed full of fun illustrations, facts and over 60 stickers.

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'No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime' IndependentAt the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme altitude youth holds no advantage over experience, and it is generally acknowledged that younger climbers have more difficulty coping with the adverse effects of mountaineering. Nevertheless, only two years after breaking his back in a freefall parachuting accident, Bear Grylls overcame severe weather conditions, fatigue, dehydration and a last-minute illness to stand on top of the world's highest mountain. Facing Up is the story of his adventure, his courage and humour, his friendship and faith.

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn how to tell the difference between a tiger and wolf footprint.Discover if a fox is using its den, design your own bird feather, and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes.The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter, for younger fans, full of fun illustrations and facts and over 60 stickers.

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The world's most recognised adventurer Bear Grylls offers daily tips to help you build mental resilience.Bear Grylls draws on his survival experience to share the principles that have helped him overcome fear, develop a positive mindset and break through the obstacles that limit success in everyday life. With emotional health advocate Will Van Der Hart, MIND FUEL offers you practical insights to help you to increase your resilience, combat stress and live life with confidence. Topics are categorised into eight broader themes at enable you to access the material you need most - covering wisdom, battles, motivation, courage, relationships, self-care, spirituality and determination. From the bestselling author of Mud, Sweat and Tears, MIND FUEL gives you a whole year's worth of guidance to face whatever life throws at you.

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Bear Grylls knows what it takes to survive. But he's not the first.Take the American bombardier Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days stranded at sea by catching and killing hungry sharks and drinking the warm blood of albatrosses ? only to be captured by the Japanese and horrifically tortured for years in their most brutal POW camps...Or Marcus Luttrell, a Navy SEAL who single-handedly took on a Taliban regiment before dragging his bleeding, bullet-ridden body for days through the harsh mountains of Afghanistan...Or Nando Parrado, one of the survivors of a horrific air-crash high in the ice-bound Andes, who only lived because he was willing to eat the flesh of his dead companions...In this gripping new book, Bear tells the stories of the adventurers, explorers, soldiers and spies whose refusal to quit in the most extreme situations has inspired him throughout his life. Some of them make uncomfortable reading - survival is rarely pretty. But all of them are tales of eye-watering bravery, death-defying resilience and extraordinary mental toughness by men and women who have one thing in common: true grit.What readers are saying about True Grit:***** 'Exhilarating . . . It kept me gripped throughout.'***** 'Inspirational stories of survival and endurance . . . kept me interested till the end.'***** 'To keep going, to keep hopeful, to never quit these are lessons in life that all of us need to hear.'

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HIGHLIGHTUpdated from the best-selling original, this concise, example-driven tutorial onthe jQuery JavaScript library now includes the latest jQuery 1.4 features withnew labs and more examples.DESCRIPTIONA good web development framework anticipates what developers need to do andmakes those tasks easier and more efficient. jQuery is by far the most popularJavaScript framework, and the first edition of this book is Manning’s best-sellingbook since 2008.Now updated for jQuery 1.4, the book introduces the jQuery programmingmodel and guides readers through the major features and techniques needed tobe productive immediately. The book anchors each new concept in the tasksdevelopers tackle in day-to-day web development. This edition includes newcoverage of the many jQuery plug-ins available and adds even more unique labpages where readers can immediately put their jQuery kn

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls?Get ready to take off and embark on some of the most epic flights in history.Soar over the Atlantic, travel around the entire world in a hot air balloon, and shoot off into space with the Apollo 11 mission. With stunning photography throughout, the book also includes a chapter on Bear Grylls' incredible adventure paragliding over the Himalayas.

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Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls to explore the great outdoors. Learn how to avoid altitude sickness, climb crevasses, and how to identify potential dangers in the mountains. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and televsion presenter, Bear Grylls. Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls as you learn about all the dangerous animals on Earth and how to stay safe while you're exploring the world. Learn what makes animals dangerous, why they might attack, and what weapons each of these animals are equipped with. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.

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The must-have survival guide for all young explorers from chief scout, adventurer, writer and television presenter, Bear Grylls. Embark on an amazing adventure with Bear Grylls to discover the skills you need to navigate. Learn to use a compass, take a bearing, and find true north using only the night sky. Includes step-by-step instructions and tips from Bear.Packed full of fun facts, tips and amazing illustrations. Perfect for those who want to explore the wild!

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Could you survive in the jungle?Six months after his adventures in Spirit of the Jungle, Mak returns to the Wainganga River, where a conservation project is tracking the elusive wild elephant, endangered by loggers and poachers. When a young elephant is captured by an unscrupulous merchant, Mak and his friend Diya follow them into the heart of the jungle in a quest to set the animal free. But soon Mak finds that he must remember all his survival skills to escape danger.Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Second Jungle Book, Return to the Jungle is an exciting contemporary action-adventure from the nation's favourite adventurer, Bear Grylls.

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Could you survive in the jungle?After being washed away down the Wainganga River during a flash flood, Mak wakes up alone in the Indian jungle. The jungle is full of danger - poisonous snakes, cunning monkeys and desperate poachers - and every step Mak takes might be his last.Mak finds help and friendship from other jungle creatures, but he will need all his skill and luck to survive and make his way back home.Spirit of the Jungle is a heart-stopping contemporary adventure inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book, from real-life adventurer Bear Grylls.

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A prehistoric corpse entombed within an Arctic glacier, crying tears of blood.A jungle island overrun by rabid primates - escapees from a research laboratory's Hot Zone.A massive seaplane hidden beneath a mountain, packed with a Nazi cargo of mind-blowing evil.A penniless orphan kidnapped from an African slum, holding the key to the world's survival.Four terrifying journeys. One impossible path.Only one man to attempt it. Will Jaeger. The Hunter.

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn how choose their nesting grounds and how they build their nest. Discover if a bird is using its nest, design your own bird feather, and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes. The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter, for younger fans, full of fun illustrations and facts and over 60 stickers.

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With eloquent simplicity, Native American medicine man Bear Heart demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world.“As a child I was taught, ‘Chebon, the way to attain the beauty in life is through harmony. Be in harmony with all things, but most important, be in harmony with yourself first. A lot will go on in your life, some good, some bad—people may argue and some will try to take control of your life—but that one word, harmony, will neutralize any problems and help your life to become beautiful.’”—from The Wind is My Mother“A compelling and important work…Bear Heart is a gifted storyteller—readers of all backgrounds will be inspired by his lessons of how to apply traditional Native American wisdom to maintain balance in today’s world…Bear Heart’s is a truthful, honest voice which has let us into his world, and our world is better for it.”—Body, Mind, Spirit

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MISSION: SurvivalLOCATION: The Indonesian jungleDANGERS: Lava flows; fearsome tigers; orang-utansYoung survival expert Beck Granger is supposed to be enjoying a holiday. But when a volcano erupts he is stranded and must flee from red-hot lava and molten rocks crashing out of the sky.If he is to stay alive, he must make his way acrossthe jungle to safety – travelling right through the heart of tiger territory . . .The fourth book in an explosive adventure series from real-life survival expert BEAR GRYLLS.

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Ever wanted to be an adventurer like Bear Grylls? Learn about many species around the globe that are endangered. Discover what threats are facing these animals, learn ways to help save animal lives and much more in this exciting book bursting with fun facts, quizzes, word searches, and mazes. The perfect introduction to Bear Grylls, adventurer, writer and television presenter, for younger fans, full of fun illustrations and facts and over 60 stickers.

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