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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.
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
The Kid Who Climbed Everest by
Bear Grylls (Lions Press, 2004)
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.
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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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this book
Produced to accompany Escape to the Legion, a Diverse production, first shown on Channel 4 in July 2005.
Managing editor: Katie Streten
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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