Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
by Alex Hutchinson
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Stoicism, Running, and Most Recommended Books.
From the National Magazine Awardwinning Runner?s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridgetrained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the extraordinary science of human endurance and the secrets of human performance, for fans of The Sports Gene, Born to Run, and Grit.From running a twohour marathon...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Stoicism, Running, and Most Recommended Books.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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