Автор: McDougall Название: Romanitas ISBN: 0752877097 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752877099 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 1061.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 2756 AC (2003 AD in Christian terms), magnetic railways span Roman territory from Persia to Terranova, and mechanised crucifixes are ranked along the banks of the Thames. As volume one of ROMANITAS opens, Marcus Novius Faustus Leo, heir apparent to the Imperial throne, is mourning the death of his parents following a tragic accident. However, as information about the last days of his father's life becomes known to him, Marcus realises that his father's death was no accident and that his own life is in danger. Meanwhile, an escaped slave girl called Una, who possesses the power to look inside others' minds, struggles to save her brother, Sulien, from a London prison ship. In a fortune teller's stall in a Gallic flea-market, Marcus, Una and Sulien's paths cross, and the fate of the Empire rests on their shoulders...
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Born to run ISBN: 1861978774 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781861978776 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Focuses on the Tarahumara, a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world. This title tells their story while asking what the secrets are to being an incredible runner.
Описание: NATIONAL BESTSELLER An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE.
Автор: McDougall Christopher Название: Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero ISBN: 0593168100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593168103 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2759.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America. 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. Along the way, he shows us the life-changing power of animals, nature, and community.
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Running with sherman ISBN: 1781258260 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781258262 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 3036.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bestselling author of Born to Run rehabilitates a donkey to winning success.
Автор: McDougall Christopher Название: Running with Sherman ISBN: 1788162277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788162272 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Running with sherman ISBN: 1781258279 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781258279 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Bestselling author of Born to Run rehabilitates a donkey to winning success.
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Weekend Warriors ISBN: 0525659129 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525659129 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2662.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Christopher McDougall Название: Born to Run ISBN: 1846684226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846684227 Издательство: Profile Рейтинг: Цена: 1516.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The life of a Mormon intellectual in the secular academic community is likely to include some contradictions between belief, scholarship, and the changing times. In his memoir, Armand L. Mauss recounts his personal and intellectual struggles - inside and outside the LDS world - from his childhood to his days as a graduate student at UC Berkeley in the 1960s through his many years as a professor.
Описание: Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder. With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.
Автор: Mcdougall, Christopher Название: Weekend Warriors ISBN: 0593082087 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593082089 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Peter Hulme, Russell McDougall Название: Writing, Travel and Empire ISBN: 1350172766 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350172760 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The British Empire drew on the talents of many remarkable figures, whose lives reveal a wonderfully rich involvement with the crucial issues of the period. In many cases they left a legacy of travel writing, novels, biography and ethnography which made important contributions to our knowledge of other cultures."Writing, Travel and Empire" explores the lives and writings of eight such figures, including Sir George Grey, Gertrude Bell, Sir Hugh Clifford, and Roger Casement. All travelled the Empire - from Grey, the renowned colonial governor who undertook dangerous journeys to the interior of Australia, to Tom Harrisson, the emaciated polymath, war hero and Arctic explorer, whose time in the New Hebrides embraced both cannibalistic rituals and a meeting with film legend Douglas Fairbanks Sr, who sought Harrisson out for a Hollywood feature about savage life.All saw themselves as writers, despite their very different approaches and interests, and each was writing against a backdrop of the impending disappearance of indigenous cultures around the world.Writing from the margins of what was shortly to become the more formalised discipline of anthropology, their work yields interesting insights into both the issues of empire and the ways in which academic disciplines define the boundaries of their subject. Embracing themes such as gender and travel, racial science, the globalisation of 'native management' and the internal colonies, and with a geographical coverage that extends from South America to Russia via Africa and the South Seas, "Writing Travel and Empire" will engage all those with an interest in cultural geography, anthropology, history, postcolonial studies, biography and travel writing.
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