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Websites
Bear Grylls
www.beargrylls.com
His official website has lots of biographical information, news,
a photo gallery and a chance to see his promo video.
French Foreign Legion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion
Excellent page from the free online encyclopaedia, with tons of
information on how the Legion first started and then developed.
The French Foreign Legion – La Legion
Etranger
http://lib.ru/TXT/franclegion.txt
Basic information site presented as a long list of paragraphs, but
a useful insight into training and life in the Legion nonetheless.
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Books
buy
this book
Facing the Frozen Ocean: One man's dream
to lead a team across the treacherous North Atlantic
by Bear Grylls (Macmillan, 2004)
This is the account of five British men in an open inflatable boat
fighting for their lives in perhaps the most dangerous and unpredictable
seas in the world. Grylls and his crew crossed the infamous Labrador
Sea, pushed on through ice-strewn waters to Greenland and then found
themselves isolated in a perfect storm 400 miles from Iceland.
buy
this book
Facing Up by
Bear Grylls (Pan, 2001)
A tale of courage, perseverance, and determination, Grylls, the
youngest British person to ascend Everest, did so after months of
recovering from a broken back.
buy
this book
The Team Handbook
by Peter Scholtes, Brian Joiner and Barbara Streibel (Oriel, 2003)
Originally published in 1988, this book has endured because it is
one of the most complete compilations of team process principles
and techniques.
buy
this book
Teams at Work: 7 keys to success by
Suzanne Willis Zoglio (Jossey Bass Wiley, 2003)
Simple little book aimed at helping new teams, or teams in trouble,
to get the basics right. Full of practical tools that can be used
by anyone.
buy
this book
When Teams Work Best by
Frank Lafasto and Carl Larson (Sage Publications, 2001)
Based on 20 years of research in which the authors asked more than
6000 team members across a variety of businesses and industries,
in both public and private sectors, to assess their teams, their
team leaders, and each other.
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Credits
Produced to accompany Escape
to the Legion, a Diverse production, first
shown on Channel 4 in July 2005.
Managing editor: Kiminder Bedi
Project manager: David Highton
Editorial consultant: Kate Roach
Designers: Nick Christoforou
and Toby Cotton
Writer: Duncan Graham-Rowe
Consultant psychologist: Jonathan Middleburgh
Editor: Andy Reynolds
Resources: Nicole Carman
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