Bøger af Michael Scott

Young manual worker, Mick seizes the bicycle as a way to transcend his industrial life and to escape to one of beauty and joy; and which, in turn, offers him the opportunity to compete - to become a road-racing cyclist. His ambitious yet modest talent, carries him far, but not far enough. To compensate for his shortcomings, his mentor, Jack - an old ex-professional rider - takes him in hand. Unfortunately Jack`s methods may not be quite legal. Jack helps Mick to overcome his vulnerability to infection; but such help brings prosecution by the cycling authority, the Federation. Some of the issues of what are legitimate methods for competition are dramatized during a tribunal. Compromises are reached, and Mick is allowed to participate in a forthcoming international race. During the event Mick comes to realize that he isn`t good enough to compete at the top level, and after having received illegal assistance from his mentor Jack, is banned from racing. Sometime later, at the World Cycling Championship, in France, Mick, now working as a minor assistant for the Federation, comes across his old coach - Jack is riding in the Veteran category of the championship and, growing old and irrelevant, wishes to have one final attempt at competition. Mick sees an opportunity to repay his friend. Turn by turn, the realities and brutality of road racing - along with its joys - bring both reward and condemnation; and Mick and Jack are happy to help each other to succeed, and fail, in their different ways; culminating in an apparent place on the podium at the World Cycling Championship - but not quite.

The groundbreaking book "The Obesity Fix" explores the reasons for the obesity epidemic's underlying problems and offers sustainable remedies. It uses data from countless scientific studies, journals, and meta-analyses that span decades of research. To achieve the ideal body composition and metabolic health, it is essential to educate people about the factors that contribute to obesity and weight increase. The Obesity Cure aims to teach you how to become the master of your body and fat reduction rather than recommending any certain diet or banning others. This groundbreaking book pinpoints the primary causes of obesity, provides a long-term cure and suggests the most effective remedy. It draws its conclusions from countless scholarly studies.Health education regarding the causes of obesity and weight gain is crucial for achieving the appropriate body composition and metabolism. But it consists of basic lifestyle adjustments and an easy-to-follow eating plan. You can lose a few pounds and keep them off permanently with the help of this book.You'll discover how to control your cravings, speed up your metabolism, and burn fat more effectively. You'll soon be on your way to a happier and healthier version of yourself if you click the "Purchase Now" button.

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I must either have been weaker, or the opiate stronger than the doctor expected, for it was near midnight before I awoke. Although still very low and faint, I felt much refreshed and invigorated. For some time I lay enjoying the coolness of the night air, and listening to the chirping of the crickets, in the crevices of the lofty roof. There was not the smallest noise besides to be heard in the house, and every thing without was equally still. At my bedside, on the right hand, there stood a small old-fashioned ebony table, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, with several phials, a bottle of wine, and glasses on it, an open book, the leaves kept down on one side by a most enticing uncut pine-apple, and a large brown wax candle, burning dimly in its tall massive silver candlestick. A chair of the same substance and antique character, and richly carved, was set beside this table, over the high perpendicular back of which hung a seaman's jacket, and a black silk neckerchief, as if the wearer had recently been reading beside me, and very possibly watching me. I listened-all continued silent; and I turned, but still with great pain, towards the open window or balcony that projected into and overhung the neighbouring thoroughfare. The moonlight streamed through the casement, and, with a sensation of ineffable pleasure, I gloated on the bright stars beyond, deep set into the dark blue sky, while the cool night breeze, charged with the odour of the pine-apple, breathed gently, and oh! how passing sweetly, on my feverish temples!

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this collection of nautical stories edited from other books reveals some of the extraordinary difficulties faced by seamen from the days of sail. Many are so complex in the nomenclature of sail as to be unintelligible, but nevertheless the gist of the challenges come through. And some stories end so suddenly that it was almost like losing an unfinished and interesting book.

A celebration of the bicycle - and a warning! A comic and sad satire of the bicycle, sporting and otherwise. Joy, doubt and suffering - and an awakening await five friends who take up the challenge of a 200 mile mid-summer day Sportive ride from London to York as they try to stay off the fading light of middle-age. Their preparation and subsequent journey through an England of delight and despair gives a warning to all those who might wish to wear the Lycra.

This is 12 even more reasons why my mom thinks I'm nuts.

Happily, jokingly - and ignorantly, they clambered aboard their magic-carpet. And the world opened like a flower to offer its vast invitation to adventure and success. It is a time of the Vietnam War and the Swinging Sixties, both of which seems to have passed them by. They leave - on their beloved Champ, a Second World War jeep, and take their little world with them, while the big one can only look on and smile. Language and cultures might change, an innocent foolishness might survive, but the big, bad, beautiful world is round for a reason, and they will have to stumble and blunder abroad as they had stumbled and blundered at home. To those who like the idea of escape, to those who believe, somehow, that `chance` might bring some of those things that more rational, more considered ways of believing and behaving fail to, this little story is dedicated.

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Separated - psychologically and socially from what he once was, Michael Blake, a cynical and unsuccessful self-employed teacher of English as a foreign language is in Rome trying to sell his services. On hearing of the impending death of his mother, he returns to the north of England, from where he had left some 30 years before, in a confused search for a legacy. Many years before, Blake had been involved in a Christmas Eve street fight, where his assailant had been wounded, and such incident was the trigger for him to decide to leave England and put such a life behind him. In his attempts to uncover the truth of the missing legacy, he encounters a divided family and society. In his pursuit of his missing brother Jack whom he believes to have spent the legacy, Blake finds his allegiance torn between his market-trader cousin June and his university lecturer brother John; however, such is Blake`s self-regard that he thinks little about having a fling along the way with John`s mistress, Samantha.Blake`s self-righteous quest for the truth about the missing money and the hunt for his brother, leads only to a shattering truth about himself: that it is he who is responsible for the loss of both - but more than this, murder also seems to be involved.

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In 1997, the Bar Council, which regulates the behaviour of barristers, appointed Michael Scott, a recently retired soldier with a distinguished war record but no legal experience, to head its first Complaints Commission to deal with the public's complaints against the legal profession. This is his fascinating account of his years in the post.

ΓÇ£Mountain flowers are the most romantic in our flora, exquisite, enigmatic and, often, remote from human habitation. Michael Scott has not only seen them all but has roamed every part of the hill scenery of Britainand brings to his subject passion, learning and hands-on experience. This is field botany at its best, engrossing, exciting and full of wonder.ΓÇ¥PETER MARRENBritain''s mountains and exposed sub-arctic regions of the far north are home to a remarkable range of specialist flowers, shrubs and ferns that are able to thrive on our islands thanks to a combination of conditions seldom found in mainland Europe. The peculiarities of their occurrence here, at unusually low altitudes for typically alpine species and uncommonly far south for arctic species, make their ecologyespecially intriguing. In this invigorating journey from the Lizard of Cornwall to Unst in Shetland, Michael Scott examines Britain''s richest upland sites, bringing an important 21st-century perspective to our understanding of the flora along the way. Lavishly illustrated, Mountain Flowers has much to offer wild flower enthusiasts and botanists, including detailed profiles of over 150 of the plants most characteristic of our montane regions. It will prove an indispensable companion for hillwalkers and climbers wanting to learn more about the enigmatic species that are such an intrinsic part of the British mountain landscape.- Featuring over 150 mountain plants, with 20 extended profiles for the most enigmatic species- Illustrated with over 340 colour photographs of plants and their spectacular habitats- Jacket artwork by Carry Akroyd

The fourth book in the "New York Times"-bestselling series. While in San Francisco, Josh and Sophie are more confused than ever about their future. Can they trust Nicholas Flamel?

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Thanks to the author's painstaking research, this is a compelling yet shocking biography of one of the most intriguing, colorful and disreputable characters of his era.

A new adult novel from Michael Scott and Colette Freedman...The Hallows. Ancient artifacts imbued with a primal and deadly power. But are they protectors of this world, or the keys to its destruction? A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old secret.For decades, the Keepers guarded these Hallows, keeping them safe and hidden and apart from each other. But now the Keepers are being brutally murdered, their prizes stolen, the ancient objects bathed in their blood.Now, only a few remain.With her dying breath, one of the Keepers convinces Sarah Miller, a practical stranger, to deliver her Hallow-a broken sword with devastating powers-to her American nephew, Owen. The duo quickly become suspects in a series of murders as they are chased by both the police and the sadistic Dark Man and his nubile mistress. As Sarah and Owen search for the surviving Keepers, they unravel the deadly secret the Keepers were charged to protect. The mystery leads Sarah and Owen on a cat-and-mouse chase through England and Wales, and history itself, as they discover that the sword may be the only thing standing between the world... and a horror beyond imagining. The Thirteen Hallows is the beginning of a spellbinding new saga, a thrilling tale of ancient magic and modern times by a New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning playwright.