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Taking Up Boxing
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Nikesh takes up boxing to help him deal with difficult situations.
  1. Taking Up Boxing
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    Taking Up Boxing
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  2. Book Introduction
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    Book Introduction
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  3. Reading from The Boxer
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    Reading from The Boxer
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  4. How to Start Writing a Book
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    How to Start Writing a Book
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  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
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  6. Dealing with Racists
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    Dealing with Racists
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  7. Box Yourself
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    Box Yourself
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  8. Self-Defence
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    Self-Defence
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  9. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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  10. Question and Answer - Part 1
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    Question and Answer - Part 1
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  11. Question and Answer - Part 2
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    Question and Answer - Part 2
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  12. Myths and Monsters
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    Myths and Monsters
  13. Daisy on the Outer Line
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    Daisy on the Outer Line
  14. The Great Storm Whale reading
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    The Great Storm Whale reading
  15. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
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    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
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    Weather and climate
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  18. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
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    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  19. Relationship Behaviour
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    Relationship Behaviour
  20. How do you come up with names for your characters?
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    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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