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Running Man. A Memoir of Ultra-Endurance

7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Andrii Androshchuk

Original language name: “Running Man. A Memoir of Ultra-Endurance” Author: Charlie Engle Genre: non-fiction Annotation He ran to get recognition. He ran to survive the drug "break". He ran when his son was born. And when he was in prison. Running ...

Kobo Abe - The Woman in the Dunes [B001 - Book review #1]

4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Cryptotexty

I can say that I read this book on one breath. It's not long, 150 pages (I read in Ukrainian translations, and of course it's translated from Japanese to multiple languages). The schoolteacher from Tokyo, visits a fishing village to collect insects....

DARTH VADER - RIP David Prowse - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

29 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments CryptoBlonde

Darth Vader actor David Prowse has died today aged 85. The actor played the Star Wars villain Darth Vader in the original trilogy and it was this work that made the actor known worldwide and for 40 years he participated in conventions about the saga...

Crypto Book Reviews (#6): Consensusland

19 Nov 2020 2 minute read 3 comments Ben Wehrman

*Disclaimer: Brutal honesty is my #1 priority. However, I’ve also included affiliate links below, should you decide to order this book through Kindle, Audible, or hard-copy. When you use these links, I earn a commission. Thanks for supporting the blo...

Crypto Book Reviews (#5): Blockchain Revolution

18 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Ben Wehrman

*Disclaimer: Brutal honesty is my #1 priority. However, I’ve also included affiliate links below, should you decide to order this book through Kindle, Audible, or hard-copy. When you use these links, I earn a commission. Thanks for supporting the blo...

Matt Haig's Reasons To Stay Alive (Summary)

14 Nov 2020 4 minute read 1 comment Dastan

1-Sentence-Summary: Reasons To Stay Alive shows you the dangers and difficulties surrounding mental illness, uncovers the stigma around it, and identifies how to recover from it by sharing the story of Matt Haig’s recovery after an awful panic attack...

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE SEVEN, 522 BC: From Cambyses to Darius

11 Nov 2020 16 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked

The Achaemenid Persian empire stands today as one of the most successful and largest empires in world history. It provided the entire Middle East with unity, stability and prosperity for a little over two centuries. However, one chapter in its early...

Back in my day

10 Nov 2020 9 minute read 1 comment MariaOspinaGar1

In my time ..., that is what my father used to say very often, although I could never understand what he meant, not even now when years have passed since I heard them for the first time and my times have also passed, not even today that I spend my Af...

Running according to the 80/20 rule

2 Nov 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Andrii Androshchuk

Name: “80/20 Running. Run stronger and race faster by training slower ” Author: Matt Fitzgerald Genre: non-fiction, sports Annotation Most amateur runners train incorrectly. Matt Fitzgerald shows how elite runners train, why they do it, and...

A terror story

1 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments MariaOspinaGar1

When I was little, it was normal that we changed houses constantly, many were old, others I did not know, but all were forgettable, all except one. I was nine when my father took us to live in a big house, located in the middle of nowhereIn that hous...