Virgin books Guy Martin: Worms to Catch Martin Guy

Guy Martin, international road-racing legend, maverick star of the Isle of Man TT, truck mechanic and TV presenter, lives on the edge, addicted to speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger • In this book we'll get inside his head as he stares death in the face, and risks his life in search of the next high • We'll discover what it feels like to survive a 170mph fireball at the TT in 2010, and come back to do it all again. He'll sweep us up in a gritty sort of glory as he slogs it out for a place on the podium, but we'll also see him struggle with the flipside of fame • We'll meet his friends and foes, his family, his teammates and bosses and we'll discover what motivates him, and where his strengths and weaknesses lie • For the first time, here is the full story in Guy's own words

'Just because you're breathing, doesn't mean you're alive!' Let Guy take you on adventures of a lifetime • 'The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again .' • As Guy's Latvian grandfather frequently reminded him, 'When you dead, you dead'. So before it's all over, Guy Martin is making the most of the time he's got • In this past year alone, Guy has raced the Isle of Man TT and finished on the podium; bike trekked through India; competed in solo 24-hour bicycles races; flown a stunt plane; broken a go-kart speed record down a French mountain and attempted to break the motorcycle land-speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats

What gives the world's best leaders the edge? • Will Greenwood is best known for being an integral part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning team. Ben Fennell has spent over 16 years helping the world's biggest businesses and brands grow. Together, they have established that world-class performance - in both business and sport - requires a fresh approach, and a new set of behaviours • Having spoken to inspirational leaders across all areas of business and sport, including Michael Johnson, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Rio Ferdinand, Dame Carolyn McCall, Dave Lewis and Sir Clive Woodward, the authors have identified the key characteristics of world-class performance. These guiding principles of celebrating difference, forging togetherness and accelerating growth constitute a new framework for modern leadership

Global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson reveals the secrets to success in business • In Business Stripped Bare, Sir Richard Branson shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant and audacious deals. Discover why Virgin tried to take on one of the world's biggest superbrands, how Virgin Mobile USA holds the record as the fastest company in history to generate revenues of over one billion dollars (faster than Microsoft, Google and Amazon) and how Richard is the only person in the world to have built eight billion-dollar companies from scratch in eight different sectors • Combining invaluable advice with the remarkable and candid inside stories of Virgin's greatest achievements, as well as some of its setbacks, Business Stripped Bare is a dynamic, inspirational and truly original guide to success in business and in life

Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the straight-talking CEO of Virgin Money, looks back at the events that have influenced, shaped and inspired her to become one of the most powerful women in banking • With anecdotes from her life before becoming a banker, including beating the bullies and experiencing racism as part of a mixed race marriage, through to building a business from scratch, working at RBS under Fred Goodwin just before the financial crash, and steering Virgin Money to become a listed business, breaking boundaries along the way, professionally and personally • Jayne-Anne shines a light on issues surrounding the role of women in banking and the alpha-male dinosaurs that dominate the industry. She draws on the relationships and deals that have shaped her career so far, including her personal experience with mental health issues, which has helped her attitude and approach to both her business and personal life

Unleash your inner artist and learn to draw with ‘queen of colouring’ Johanna Basford • In this beautiful, accessible guide Johanna shares the fun, simple, no-skills-needed secrets to creating your own flora, fauna and fantasies inspired by her bestselling and beloved colouring books • With step-by-step exercises, inspiring prompts and plenty of pages to colour, let your creativity run wild. How to Draw Inky Wonderlands invites you to develop your personal drawing style and master creating marvellous creatures and landscapes using only the pen or pencil in your hand and the wildest reaches of your imagination

Legendary Iron Maiden guitarist takes you to the final frontier of fishing • Welcome to the world of Adrian Smith, playing onstage to millions of fans - while behind the scenes he explores far-flung rivers, seas and lakes, waterways and weirs, in a fearless quest for fishing nirvana • Hooked on the angling adrenaline rush since first catching perch from East London canals on outings with his father, Adrian grew up to be in one of the most successful rock bands in history. On tour, his gear went with him. The fish got bigger. The adventures more extreme • In Monsters of River and Rock you'll hear about his first sturgeon: a whopping 100-pounder from the roaring rapids of Canada's Fraser River that nearly wiped him out mid-Maiden tour. Then there's the close shave with a shark off the Virgin Islands whilst wading waist-deep for bonefish

Discover the real ways to win every game imaginable! • Are you fed up losing at family board game nights? Do you want to learn how to destroy the competition? • Get the inside tips from preposterously overqualified experts on how to win a range of common family games, board games and more • * A mime artist tells you how to do the best charades • * A mathematician tells you how to win Connect 4 • * A professional racing driver tells you how to take corners in Scalextric • * A Scrabble champion reveals his secrets • * A game theorist tells you what properties to buy in Monopoly in order to bankrupt and embarrass your competitors • This is a must read for anyone who takes games too seriously and for bad losers everywhere

Быть лидером и быть боссом - совсем разные вещи • В сентябре 2012 года опрос общественного мнения показал, что большинство британских работников выбрали бы на роль своего начальника Ричарда Брэнсона, будь у них такая возможность • Ричард Брэнсон - икона бизнеса и инноватор в сфере реализации гуманитарных проектов, занимающийся предпринимательством уже более 40 лет. В этой книге он делится квинтэссенцией своих секретов успеха и эффективного руководства. Обращаясь к случаям из своей практики и эпизодам из жизни вдохновляющих его людей (политиков, дельцов, первооткрывателей, учёных и филантропов), Брэнсон рассказывает о качествах, необходимых современному бизнесмену • Это вовсе не типичная книга про лидерство. В ней нет никаких правил - лишь секреты, которые автор постиг, продвигаясь по своему профессиональному пути от звукозаписывающей компании Virgin Records до сотрудничества с глобальной НКО The Elders

As the late great Samuel Johnson opined, ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’ • If you're not getting the most out of London, it is a sad truth that you have no one to blame but yourself. Author, Tom Jones started the Tired of London, Tired of Life blog in 2008, after he began to tire of London life. Doing the same thing day after day can get anyone down, but the city of London has an almost infinite number of things to see and do. The only problem is that it can be hard to find inspiration when we need it, as we only seem to stumble across things when we're not really looking. Tired of London, Tired of Life, is a month-by-month, fully illustrated guide to London, where you can choose from seasonally-appropriate things to do. It includes note sections so you can jot your own ideas as well, or your thoughts about the places you’ve been to

Would you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others? • In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich • His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre - Auschwitz • It was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the Nazi’s terrifying plans. Over the next two and half years, Witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities out of Auschwitz. His reports from the camp were to shape the Allies response to the Holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decades

The original, authentic and bestselling guide to modern calligraphy from Chiara Perano, founder of the pioneering and unparalleled calligraphy studio Lamplighter London • Play with type, get creative with letterforms and fall in love with handwriting again. Taking you letter by letter through the modern calligraphy basics, Nib + Ink includes … • The four essential pieces of equipment and how to use them • Mark making drills and shapes • A modern calligraphy alphabet with a variation of styles to practise with • Guidance on joining letters, spacing and pacing • How to create flourishes, finishes and decoration • Simple projects from chalkboards and framed quotes to setting an envelope • Stationery ideas for weddings, parties and table settings • Troubleshooting tips, FAQs, stockists and resources • With this beautiful and immersive workbook and journal, discover exciting, creative and interesting ways to personalise your stationery, add a flourish to your correspondence and develop your own unique style of modern calligraphy