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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

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.

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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.
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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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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.
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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: 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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