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Quotes from Readers

- "I bought your book after some random Amazon browsing last week - read it cover to cover in 3 late nights and a lazy Sunday morning - it inspired me to keep going with my mountain guiding company despite various problems and obstacles which have blocked my way for the last four years." - Jon Haber, Walkabout Scotland
 
- "All the doubters can never take away what I see as one of the great endurance achievements of modern times."

- "Truly inspirational and a damm good read."

- "What an inspiration - I am still amazed at what you went through to accomplish what you did."

- "It has motivated me to get more active - something I have been talking about for too long when I really needed to just get out there and do it."

- "I sit here in awe. I laughed, I cried (well, nearly) I felt your pain (aye, right!). You're a great descriptive writer, and I will make it my duty to tell everyone to buy your story."

- "I barely put it down. What I find inspiring is the fact that you went from a relatively normal life and changed it to something incredible almost overnight, something the majority of people would be far too scared of to even consider...this is far more powerful than reading about someone who has spent their whole life doing extraordinary things."

- "I loved it. You write really well - truly inspirational."

- "I am so impressed, loved every bit of it and it did make me cry, quite a bit! It has made me want to start running again - if you can skate all that way then surely I can run a marathon!"

- "...just wanted to let you know I really admire the way you have gone about your journey. Your live life to the full attitude I think is fantastic and your determination is awesome."

- 'You signed a book for me with the words, “May this inspire you to follow your dreams'. I'm telling you now, it has. It's without doubt one of the best books I've read. The way you write, the no-holds-barred attitude in what you say in how you felt about people during the trip, and the enormity of the task is outstanding. I was hooked from page 1 with the way you reacted to that email. I'm truly inspired to get out into the world and do things like you. Thank you."

DATE

When record-breaking adventurer Dave Cornthwaite decided to find a girlfriend by attempting to date 100 women in 100 days, the result was an emotional rollercoaster that threatened to turn his world inside out and upside-down.

He searched high and low, online and on the street. Encountering awkward embraces, inappropriate foot rubs, a girl who was the spitting image of Eddie Izzard, an embarrassing mishap with a mug of hot chocolate and an unexpected dose of heartache, Dave’s latest journey proved that even with the best of intentions, finding love can be the hardest challenge of all…

A revealing insight into the way men think and act on the dating scene, DATE is the hilariously candid story of one man’s struggle to get to the bottom of this crazy little thing called love.

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Date will be released in paperback in January 2012

 
BoardFree
Two weeks after Dave Cornthwaite took up a long skateboard for the first time, he woke up and made the biggest decision of his life.

BoardFree is the story of one man’s extraordinary determination to escape a rut. Within two years Dave taught himself how to skate, quit his job, set up a charitable initiative, then embarked on two incredible skateboard journeys to raise money and awareness for three charities. He pushed the length of Britain and the width of Australia, breaking two world records and inspiring many others to go on and do something similar.

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