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  Racing the Clock - Running...

  Bernd Heinrich

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  An award-winning, much-loved biologist turns his gaze on himself, using his long-distance running to illuminate the changes to a human body over a lifetime 
   
  Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age.  
  Why do some bodies age differently than others? How much control do we have over that process and what effect, if any, does being active have? Bringing to bear research from his entire career and in the spirit of his classic Why We Run, Heinrich probes the questions of how we use energy and continue to adapt to our mutable surroundings and circumstances. Beyond that, he examines how our bodies change while we age but also how we can work with, if not overcome, many of these changes—and what all this tells us about evolution and the mechanisms of life, health, and happiness. 
  Racing the Clock offers fascinating and surprising conclusions, all while bringing the reader along on Heinrich’s compelling journey to what he says will be his final race—a fifty-kilometer race at age eighty. 

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  Dick Carter: Yacht Designer - In...

  Dick Carter

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  Not many 'amateur' yacht designers would dare to enter the first boat they had ever designed into the epic offshore Fastnet Race, let alone with the intention of winning it. But that is what Dick Carter did in 1964, beating all 151 other yachts, some sailed by the most notable sailors of the day. He repeated the feat 4 years later with another of his own designs (which also won the Admiral's Cup that year as top boat and top team), but by then he could certainly not be described as an 'amateur' yacht designer. His radical innovations created fast and comfortable boats which were much in demand in this, the golden age of offshore racing. They were commissioned by the top sailors and succeeded in winning the Admiral's Cup, Southern Cross Series, One Ton Cup, Two Ton Cup and many of the biggest races. He even went on to design the massive 128-foot Vendredi Treize for Jean-Yves Terlain to sail single-handed in the 1972 OSTAR (trans-Atlantic) race – the longest boat ever to have been raced single-handed. But after just a decade at the top of his game, he quit the world of sailing and moved on to other challenges. He hadn't been heard of for so long that sailors assumed he was dead. His surprise appearance at the funeral of Ted Hood gave rise to the suggestion that he wrote this book. It is beautifully produced with many fabulous photographs and boat plans and was first published in the US by Seapoint Books and is now published in the UK by Fernhurst Books. While his career as a yacht designer may have been brief, the impact of his innovations has lasted the test of time. Who today would think of an offshore yacht without internal halyards in the mast or that the rudder always had to be fixed to the keel? These concepts, and many more, were first introduced by Dick Carter.

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  Succeed in your first triathlon

  Robert Tolksdorf

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  So, you want to give it a try with your first triathlon? Because you lost a bet? Because you are going through a midlife crisis and want to prove your youth? Or because you are athletically ambitious? No matter what, these are all good reasons to try it. In this audiobook, you will learn everything you need to know in a concise way at a beginner's level. You should do it and have fun doing it. Podiums will come later ... 
  Find out what distances there are and what equipment you need for swimming, cycling, and running in a triathlon. Learn what the transition area looks like in a triathlon and how you move around it during the competition. You will get tips on what to eat before the competition and what to pack. Find out how it works on the ground with the distribution of starting numbers and the check-in to the transition area. Set up your transition area so that you can quickly access your equipment during the competition without a lot of confusion and searching. 
  When you start for the first time, a vivid description of the competition process, including the two transitions, will help you. Avoid major mistakes and have fun. Finish successfully and enjoy the aftermath. You might even enjoy your sore muscles later. If you’ve been infected with triathlon addiction, get to know the wide range of multisport options. Get the triathlon badge, plan further competitions, and find a club. This humorous and compact description will motivate you to have a great sporting experience.  
  Disclaimer for the book: There are no training plans. You can find plenty of these on the Internet and you have to do the training yourself anyway! 
  The author Robert Tolksdorf was a university professor of computer science until 2016. He discovered a penchant for endurance sports in his mid-forties, which he pursued as a hobby as a marathon runner, triathlete, and long-distance swimmer.

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  Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

  Bradford Angier

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  Revised and updated: The classic illustrated reference for today’s foragers.   With essential information on each plant’s characteristics, distribution, and edibility, as well as updated taxonomy and eighteen new species, this is the second edition of Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants—the practical handbook for finding, preparing, and eating plants growing in the wild.   This guide to North American wild edibles has been a nature classic for over thirty years. Now David K. Foster revises Bradford Angier’s invaluable foraging reference. Scientific information for a general audience and full-color illustrations combine with intriguing accounts of the plants’ uses, making this a practical and informative resource for modern-day foragers.

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  Treatise of the Exalted One on...

  James Legge, Paul Carus, DT Suzuki

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  The Tàishàng Gǎnyìng Piān (太上感應篇) is the most influential morality text in Chinese history, a succinct layperson's guide to Daoist ethics. It gives a long series of life rules, for both action and thought, listing specific good and bad deeds and the consequences they invite, with 22 categories of virtuous conduct and 155 types of misdeeds.  
  By distilling the Dao to practical rules and simple stories, this book made complex ideas of Daoist retribution and self-cultivation accessible to all. It is one of the standout texts combining the "Three traditions" of Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism into a single, livable whole. 
   
  It founded the literary tradition the of shànshū (善書) or "morality book," and bridges the divide between the abstract philosophy of the Dào and practical, everyday concerns.  
  Its opening lines set out its core premise—that blessings and punishments are not arbitrary but are drawn to a person by their own conduct, as inevitably as a shadow follows a form. To live a long and wealthy life, one must follow the rules that the spirits approve of.  
   
  Dating from the 12th century Song dynasty, the text was first brought to Western attention through the two translations included herein.  
  James Legge, the Oxford sinologist and populariser of Chinese classics, published it in 1891. Paul Carus, the German-American philosopher and pioneering populariser of Eastern thought, published his edition in 1906. This edition combines the two.  
  These translations introduced Chinese religious life to the English-speaking world. Legge viewed it as a key to understanding the evolution of Chinese ideas about retribution, while Carus presented it as a noble, popular system of ethics with universal appeal. 
   
  This is the book that for a thousand years defined what the good life was for the Chinese, and how to go about it. An essential read for anyone who wants to understand the traditional Chinese moral universe.

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  Sambo: An Essential Guide to a...

  Clint Sharp

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  A practical guide to understanding Sambo and its various components.  
  Do you want to improve your self-defense skills against someone with a weapon?  
  Why is Sambo one of the most crucial martial arts disciplines to practice?  
  How do you diffuse a tense situation using your Sambo skills?  
  This audiobook primarily focuses on providing a practical and comprehensive understanding of Sambo so you can improve your self-defense techniques. Sambo consists of different elements that range from throws, holds, and movements that you should know. This audiobook helps you learn the basics that can help improve your self-defense skills.  
  Additionally, it provides a basic understanding of Sambo and how it differs from other disciplines in martial arts. It also outlines the benefits and everything you want to know about this kind of martial art.  
  In this audiobook, you will:Learn the basics of Sambo and its techniquesLearn how to apply the techniques in different situations that require self-defenseLearn different throwing techniques and how to use them safelyLearn various gripping techniques and how to make use of eachLearn the difference between upper and lower body submissions and why each is importantUnderstand the common mistakes often made by many people when they learn Sambo 
  If you are interested in learning the basics of Sambo and improving your skills, this audiobook will help you. The audiobook provides you with a step-by-step approach to understanding Sambo as an effective martial art that’s ideal for self-defense and general fitness.  
  The instructions provided in this audiobook are easy to follow and are also accompanied by illustrations.  
  So click the “add to cart” button and start your journey to becoming a self-taught master of Sambo today!

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