Desert Run

Desert Run
Title Desert Run PDF eBook
Author Mitsuye Yamada
Publisher
Pages 120
Release 1988
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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Desert Run

Desert Run
Title Desert Run PDF eBook
Author Betty Webb
Publisher Poisoned Pen Press Inc
Pages 361
Release 2006
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1590582349

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Traveling to Philadelphia to see a concert, Stella Crown and her friends find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation after the lead singer of the band is murdered and Stella's friend Jordan Granger is accused of the crime.

The Desert Run

The Desert Run
Title The Desert Run PDF eBook
Author John Bonallack
Publisher Learning Media Ltd
Pages 36
Release 1999
Genre Marathon running
ISBN 9780478229486

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John Bollanack and his son Dan set out to run "the toughest running race on earth," seven days in the Sahara desert carrying all their own food and gear. Describes their training, the gear they carried, the race organisation and the race itself. Suggested level: primary.

Running Man

Running Man
Title Running Man PDF eBook
Author Charlie Engle
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 304
Release 2017-09-05
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1476785791

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"After a decade-long addiction to crack cocaine and alcohol, Charlie Engle hit rock bottom after a near-fatal six-day binge ended in a hail of bullets. Then he found running, and it has helped keep him sober, focused and alive. He began to take on the most extreme endurance races, such as the 155-mile Gobi March, and developed a reputation as an inspirational speaker. However, after he made the documentary Running the Sahara, narrated by Matt Damon, which followed him on a 4500-mile crossing of the desert and helped raise $6 million, he was sent to prison after failing to complete his mortgage application properly. It was while he was in jail that he became known as 'The Running Man' as he pounded the prison yard, and soon his fellow inmates were joining him, finding new hope through running. Now, in his brilliantly written and powerful account, Engle tells the story of his life and how running has brought him so much pleasure and peace. Like such classics as Born to Runor Running with the Kenyans, this is a book that anyone who has ever found solace in the freedom of running will enjoy"--Google Books.

Born to Run

Born to Run
Title Born to Run PDF eBook
Author Christopher McDougall
Publisher Profile Books
Pages 296
Release 2010-12-09
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 184765228X

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A New York Times bestseller 'A sensation ... a rollicking tale well told' - The Times At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing a toga and sandals. A small group of the world's top ultra-runners (and the awe-inspiring author) make the treacherous journey into the canyons to try to learn the tribe's secrets and then take them on over a course 50 miles long. With incredible energy and smart observation, McDougall tells this story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner. Travelling to labs at Harvard, Nike, and elsewhere, he comes across an incredible cast of characters, including the woman who recently broke the world record for 100 miles and for her encore ran a 2:50 marathon in a bikini, pausing to down a beer at the 20 mile mark.

The Rise of the Ultra Runners

The Rise of the Ultra Runners
Title The Rise of the Ultra Runners PDF eBook
Author Adharanand Finn
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 343
Release 2019-05-07
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1643131648

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An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport—with races that extend into hundreds of miles, often in extreme environments—an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? In The Rise of the Ultra Runners, award-winning author Adharanand Finn travels to the heart of the sport to investigate the reasons behind its rise and discover what it takes to join the ranks of these ultra athletes. Through encounters with the extreme and colorful characters of the ultramarathon world, and his own experiences of running ultras everywhere from the deserts of Oman to the Rocky Mountains, Finn offers a fascinating account of people testing the boundaries of human endeavor.

Thunder Run

Thunder Run
Title Thunder Run PDF eBook
Author David Zucchino
Publisher Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Pages 362
Release 2007-12-01
Genre History
ISBN 1555847641

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“A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter provides a brilliant account of the harrowing drive into Baghdad by an American armor brigade.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer Based on reporting that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Thunder Run chronicles one of the boldest gambles in modern military history: the surprise assault on Baghdad by the Spartan Brigade, the Second Brigade of the Third Infantry Division (Mechanized). Three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of five million people—and in three days of bloody combat ended the Iraqi war. More than just a rendering of a single battle, Thunder Run candidly recounts how soldiers respond under fire and stress and how human frailties are magnified in a war zone. The product of over a hundred interviews with commanders and men from the Second Brigade, it is a riveting firsthand account of how a single armored brigade was able to capture an Arab capital defended by one of the world’s largest armies. “The best account of combat since Black Hawk Down.” —Men’s Journal