David Broome's showjumping annual
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This top British showjumper of the day describes the jumping scene and famous horses and their riders from various countries. Well illustrated with photos.

This was produced as an 'Annual' but no more appeared.
I enjoyed this very much as a young person and it is still a good record of the times in this horse sport.
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in the rich literature of horses,there is no morevivid picture of the backstretch or of the trainer and riders than bogey. the dedication  andtotal focus on thehorse\athlete are spellbinding.
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These are not only simple kiddie tomfoolery tricks.  There are easily 20 stunts/tricks worth the price of the book. They can be incorporated into various situations.  The reactions youll get are from shreiks of horror( the eye sreamer) till astounded laughter (eg headless wonder).  I performed 90% of the material on my poor wife yesterday.  All brought the desired reaction  (which even amazed me).  The material can be incorporated into all routines, for different ages and even into a professional magicians repertoire. The benign looking booking is packed with show stopper after show stopper.  In all there are about 50 tricks, stunts etc.  They can win you friends or lose you friends.  Use them wisely.  Penn and Teller are right about Mac King.  In fact this book is too good to be revealed to the general public.  I have a huge range of magic books, much more expensive than this, and for sheer reaction (shocked, disgusted, astonished, amused), this matches the very best.  OK OK .  I am not Mac Kings relative, agent or friend, but a grateful amateur magician.
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This DVD is great for any Giant fan.
Yeah there is some recycled footage that we have all seen before but the extra footage is excellent.
I just wish it came out a few years later to capture Eli in his first few years.
Other than that i love it and watch parts of it at least a couple times a week
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I look forward to this annual update each year. There are a lot of goofy records here, but also some interesting tidbits as well.

This volume begins with "Fire" as a category. Here, we read of the largest gathering of fire breathers ever (269 people got together at Eindhoven in the Netherlands); we see the largest flaming image using candles (the image depicted the logo of the Sandoz company [Pakistan]); most people burned at the stake (133 witches were burned on one day in 1859 near Leipzig, Germany).

Randomly turning pages yields other records:

Oceans and seas--Oldest seawater (the water at the bottom of the 12,000 foot Canada Basin has been unstirred for several thousands of years); the warmest ocean (Indian Ocean); Newest forming ocean (the Afar Depression in Ethiopia).

Insects and arachnids--Largest spider (a male bird-eating spider, with an 11 inch long span--ugh!); largest beetle (a beetle from Africa, coming in at 3.5 ounces [doesn't seem that bad to me]); hardiest beetle (1,547 were living in a bottle stoppered for 12 years).

Human society--Most dangerous country in which to be born (Afghanistan, featuring such negatives as unbelievably high infant mortality rates [257 deaths per 1,000 live births]).

3D cinema--first full-length 3D movies (in 1953, French, Indian, and Japanese 3D movies were released); most expensive 3D movie (A Christmas Carol, released in 2009).

Roller coasters--Fastest (Ring Racer at Nurburgring in Germany at 134.8 mph); Most expensive (Expedition Everest, for $100,000,000); tallest (Kingda Ka at Six Flags Adventure in New Jersey--456 feet high; it6's also the second fastest roller coaster).

Baseball--Most runs batted in a World Series game (Hideo Matsui, 6 for the Yankees in 2009, tying Bobby Richardson); most games played at shortstop (Omar Vizquel, 2681); most postseason wins by a manager (Joe Torre, 84 wins).

Water sports--Largest race (13,755 participants swam the 2009 Midmar Mile in South Africa); Oldest Olympic canoeing medalist (Josefa Idem of Italy at nearly 44 years of age).

Another year, another set of wacko records! As always great fun. . . .
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The Size and Strength Stampede program is worth buying this book alone! I haven't had this much fun training in a long time. Not only does Josh lay out the exercises, but also the percentages, rest periods, and everything you need to know. I can't recommend it enough!
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The Binghamton series is a huge favorite for me this year. I loved, loved, loved every line! Georgie and Racer's story is fantastic!
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Some good tips and technique. I enjoyed watching the flow during the training sessions and found it motivational.  I liked the Roy Harris seminar and his philosophy about the sport.
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This was a very entertaining series that recreates the trials and tribulations that female gymnasts go through to be the best. Funny and dramatic at times with well casted ladies to portray olympic minded gymnasts. Too bad this series was not extended beyond this olympic year of 2012. Buy this dvd if you love gymnastics like me and millions of others.
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I have subscribed off and on to Runner's World for years. I don't run that much anymore as I age, but I still like the show and equipment reviews and the execising tips as they are my favorite articles.
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Fantastic series and season seven is just as funny and entertaining as each of the previous seasons. This one has a new challenge though - the problem: how do the buttoned-down Lassie & his fiance move forward after she's released from prison.

I really enjoy the audio commentary and deleted scenes. But my favorite part is the video commentary performed by the creator Steve Franks and the executive producers and versatile writers. Franks is especially interesting as evinced by his obvious enjoyment with the behind-the-scenes workings of the series and each great episode.

The setting, Santa Barbara, although used in the openers, is actually beautiful Vancouver, B.C. with an occasional portable palm tree.
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Kyle's book is very informative and full of wonderful photos. Anything you need to know to help the monarchs rebound is contained in her book. It is an educational and entertaining book that I think anyone would enjoy. Also a nice Christmas gift.
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Another hilarious season of career flacks and political hacks, wheeling and dealing to climb and stay at the top of the heap.  The result is almost as hilarious as the real Washington political theater.
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The story of Snowman, and his rider Harry de Leyer, is one of the great rags-to-riches stories in horse sport. And not only was Snowman extraordinarily lucky to be spotted and turned to show jumping, but he was that rare great horse who could win at the top of the international scene while still being a safe companion for the youngest children. He may be the only horse ever to win a Grand Prix and a leadline class on the same day, and even at the height of his jumping career, he was a trusted school horse for the most timid novice riders at the Knox School for girls.

He was a horse who loved his job and his life.

The story has been told before, but this retelling is worth reading. Letts has written in the vein of Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, attempting to weave Snowman's story into the larger history around him. It is not entirely successful, but it adds a lot of interest and value to the story. We hear a bit about Harry's life during the Nazi occupation, and how an accident to his brother caused Harry to seek his fortunes in America, and the challenges he and his young wife faced early on.

The biggest issue in the book is that in some places it feels like the order of the chapters has been changed, and so there's repetitive content explaining how jumper classes work, and the history sometimes jumps back to an area already discussed. It's a good book, but not the sort that will keep you up all night reading it in a single sitting.

Letts interviewed Harry de Leyer and some of his students of the time extensively, and it is full of photographs from shows, from a Life magazine spread, and from the various exhibitions de Leyer and Snowman did. There's a great picture of the kids riding  Snowy as he swims in a pond with them. I might have liked to hear more about the other great horses Harry worked with (only insiders will realize how important Sinjon turned out to be for the USET) and it might have benefitted from interviews with some of those other high profile horsemen. The ending Letts arrived at feels a little sudden, as if de Leyer's competitive career ended with Snowman's retirement.

But these are quibbles. If you like horses and show jumping, you'll need this book. I think even people who are not particularly horsey would enjoy it.
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Big fan of Cirque Du Soleil...... the physical abilities of these athletes(entertainers) is mind boggling.  The stage set captivating and spectacular.  I imagine seeing this live would be incredible.
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For those of us who really know little about racing but in our way love the sport this is a great introduction.  I'll never do a race but l'm anxious to watch more of them even on a local level.  As an aside, he gave good pictures of some of the clowns who threaten innocent users of local bike trails.
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I found Mary Walsh's book "Sham: In the Shadow of a Superhorse" informative and very entertaining. I was recently interested in learning more about other horses of Secretariat's time and this book really succeceeded in doing that and more.  Sham was truly a great horse and I am grateful to Ms. Walsh for shining a deserving light on a forgotten hero in the world of horse racing.