Author: Jay Kimiecik
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 0761847960
Size: 34.35 MB
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Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Runner As Hero

by Jay Kimiecik, release date 2009-09-23, Runner As Hero Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Runner As Hero books, This book explores the world of aging, training, and performing through a self-experimental, self-reflective lens, merging science, mythology, and performance psychology. The result is a fascinating, inspiring tale about how living as an athlete can serve as a motivational metaphor for feeling alive and getting good-in practically anything.

Author: King, Steve
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1412068576
Size: 58.83 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Running
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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Running In The Zone

by King, Steve, release date 2005, Running In The Zone Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Running In The Zone books, Twenty-six runners ranging in age from 46 to 76 share their secrets, motivations and experiences in the fields of running. All are active runners and many presently hold world age-class records. Some have held world records and have achieved world level performances at the Olympics, Commonwealth and European games. But, Running in the Zone isn’t about super achievement, it is about getting the most out the running experience regardless of age or even ability. This book is for anyone interested in running and running-related sports, whether they are elite age-class runners wanting to keep up performances or newcomers, considering taking up running in their middle or even advanced years. Many of the contributors didn’t start running until they were over 40 and some didn’t achieve their best personal performances until they were in their 50’s. You will meet men and women who have a life-long interest in running as well as those who took it up as personal challenges. All are inspiring in one way or another and have something valuable to teach, not necessarily about running, per se, but rather personal satisfaction, giving back through voluntarism and commitment to a goal or purpose. The book was the idea of editors, Steve King and Dan Cumming, and has come together through Steve’s contacts in the world of running and Dan’s love of running and editorial ability to pull the best out of a story. Both Steve and Dan have a long-term relationship with the sport. They both perceived that a growing number of older runners are involved in the running and that Running in the Zone would answer many of the needs of this group of active men and women, helping them to get the best out of one of the most fundamental of athletic endeavors. For more information, visit author's blog: www.runninginthezone.ca

Author: Robert Arnett
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030436683
Size: 36.63 MB
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Languages : en
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Neo Noir As Post Classical Hollywood Cinema

by Robert Arnett, release date , Neo Noir As Post Classical Hollywood Cinema Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Neo Noir As Post Classical Hollywood Cinema books,

Author: Will Brooker
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 023150179X
Size: 39.71 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The Blade Runner Experience

by Will Brooker, release date 2006-02-21, The Blade Runner Experience Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Blade Runner Experience books, Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes. It investigates Blade Runner online fandom and asks how the film's future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.

Author: Steve Barlow
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1445105608
Size: 44.38 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Tomb Runner

by Steve Barlow, release date 2012-03-08, Tomb Runner Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Tomb Runner books, You are a treasure hunter. You are hired to find the hidden tomb of Genghis Khan. Will you travel to Mongolia and help to discover the tomb and its riches? Or will you choose another path? You are the hero of this book. Only you can decide your own destiny... Kindle version supported by the Kindle Fire, Fire HD, Fire HDX, Fire DX and Paperwhite. This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE, which produces a range of books to get children reading with confidence. EDGE - for books children want to read, and books children can read.

Author: Graham Seal
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1576072169
Size: 33.60 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Encyclopedia Of Folk Heroes

by Graham Seal, release date 2001-01-01, Encyclopedia Of Folk Heroes Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Encyclopedia Of Folk Heroes books, Entries describe the origins and deeds of folk heroes as they have existed in folktales, songs, oral tradition, and other folklore genres.

Author: John Ball
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462014313
Size: 40.90 MB
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Living Well Running Hard

by John Ball, release date 2011-07-20, Living Well Running Hard Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Living Well Running Hard books, In 1983, John Ball was almost at a midpoint in his life—a time to assess the first half before he carried on with the second. It was then that he had to deal with the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, just before he turned forty years old. In this memoir, Ball narrates his story of how he has lived with Parkinson’s disease and how he has worked to create a better life for others struggling with difficult diagnoses and debilitating diseases. Living Well, Running Hard offers insight into Ball’s growth from isolation into a leadership role in the Parkinson’s community. His long struggle to understand the disease provides an in-depth look at the complexities of Parkinson’s. Ball tells how his transition was triggered by a childhood desire to run a marathon and how his love of running, his desire to take action, and his willingness to take on challenges come together in the formation of Team Parkinson. In spite of his diagnosis, Ball has continued to run the Los Angeles Marathon each of the last fifteen years. Intimate and inspiring, Living Well, Running Hard communicates one man’s story of perseverance and triumph.

Author: Keith McClellan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Size: 49.62 MB
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Category : Track and field
Languages : en
Pages : 757
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The Hero Within Us

by Keith McClellan, release date 2001, The Hero Within Us Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Hero Within Us books,

Author: Richard Coyne
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262531917
Size: 70.41 MB
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Technoromanticism

by Richard Coyne, release date 2001, Technoromanticism Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Technoromanticism books, Technoromanticism pits itself against a hard-headed rationalism, but its most potent antagonists are contemporary pragmatism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, surrealism, and deconstruction--all of which subvert the romantic legacy and provoke new narratives of computing. This book explores the spectrum of romantic narrative that pervades the digital age, from McLuhan's utopian vision of social reintegration by electronic communication to claims that cyberspace creates new realities. Technoromanticism pits itself against a hard-headed rationalism, but its most potent antagonists are contemporary pragmatism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, surrealism, and deconstruction--all of which subvert the romantic legacy and provoke new narratives of computing. Thus the book also serves as an introduction to the application of contemporary theory to information technology, raising issues of representation, space, time, interpretation, identity, and the real. As such, it is a companion to Coyne's Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor (MIT Press, 1995).

Author: Christopher McDougall
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1524732370
Size: 71.60 MB
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Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Running With Sherman

by Christopher McDougall, release date 2019-10-15, Running With Sherman Books available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Running With Sherman books, "A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog From the best-selling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection. When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He'd heard about burro racing--a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days--and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado. Easier said than done. In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would have to recruit several other runners, both human and equine, and call upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members, and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. An entire community comes together to help save Sherman and, along the way, Chris shows us the joy of a life with animals.