The Road To Sparta

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781952534904

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The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes Pdf

In The Road to Sparta famed ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes explores the story of the world's first marathon, all while reliving the historic 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta in one of the most difficult ultra races in the world - the Spartathlon. In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. Pheidippides was hailed a hero, as he saved the development of Western civilization. The run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history. Karnazes honours Pheidippides and his Greek heritage by completing the treacherous course without the aid of modern endurance nutrition and only eating and drinking what would have been available in 490 BCE. Through vivid description and telling insights, The Road to Sparta offers readers a rare glimpse into the mind-set and motivation of an extreme athlete during his most difficult and personal challenge to date.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781609614744

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The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes Pdf

The Road to Sparta is the story of the 153-mile run from Athens to Sparta that inspired the marathon and saved democracy, as told--and experienced--by ultramarathoner and New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes. In 490 BCE, Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion in the Battle of Marathon. In doing so, he saved the development of Western civilization and inspired the birth of the marathon as we know it. Even now, some 2,500 years later, that run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in the history of mankind. Karnazes personally honors Pheidippides and his own Greek heritage by recreating this ancient journey in modern times. Karnazes even abstains from contemporary endurance nutrition like sports drinks and energy gels and only eats what was available in 490 BCE, such as figs, olives, and cured meats. Through vivid details and internal dialogs, The Road to Sparta offers a rare glimpse into the mindset and motivation of an extreme athlete during his most difficult and personal challenge to date. This story is sure to captivate and inspire--whether you run great distances or not at all.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760294659

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Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes Pdf

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781605292793

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Run! by Dean Karnazes Pdf

An influential ultra-marathoner shares the stories of his athletic achievements in some of the world's most exotic and inhospitable regions, where he pushed the limits of human endurance in profound and humorous ways. 40,000 first printing.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781925575309

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Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes Pdf

Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles - the equivalent of ten marathons - without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, to the South Pole, and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candour and humour rarely seen in sports memoirs, Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens of thousands of people - nonrunners and runners alike - to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and simply get out there and run. Ultramarathon Man answers the questions Karnazes is continually asked: - Why do you do it? - How do you do it? - Are you insane? and the follow-up queries: - What, exactly, do you eat? - How do you train to stay in such good shape?

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199911554

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After Thermopylae by Paul Cartledge Pdf

The Battle of Plataea in 479 BCE is one of world history's unjustly neglected events. It decisively ended the threat of a Persian conquest of Greece. It involved tens of thousands of combatants, including the largest number of Greeks ever brought together in a common cause. For the Spartans, the driving force behind the Greek victory, the battle was sweet vengeance for their defeat at Thermopylae the year before. Why has this pivotal battle been so overlooked? In After Thermopylae, Paul Cartledge masterfully reopens one of the great puzzles of ancient Greece to discover, as much as possible, what happened on the field of battle and, just as important, what happened to its memory. Part of the answer to these questions, Cartledge argues, can be found in a little-known oath reputedly sworn by the leaders of Athens, Sparta, and several other Greek city-states prior to the battle-the Oath of Plataea. Through an analysis of this oath, Cartledge provides a wealth of insight into ancient Greek culture. He shows, for example, that when the Athenians and Spartans were not fighting the Persians they were fighting themselves, including a propaganda war for control of the memory of Greece's defeat of the Persians. This helps explain why today we readily remember the Athenian-led victories at Marathon and Salamis but not Sparta's victory at Plataea. Indeed, the Oath illuminates Greek anxieties over historical memory and over the Athens-Sparta rivalry, which would erupt fifty years after Plataea in the Peloponnesian War. In addition, because the Oath was ultimately a religious document, Cartledge also uses it to highlight the profound role of religion and myth in ancient Greek life. With compelling and eye-opening detective work, After Thermopylae provides a long-overdue history of the Battle of Plataea and a rich portrait of the Greek ethos during one of the most critical periods in ancient history.

Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553904055

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Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .

Author : Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416561606

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Spartan by Valerio Massimo Manfredi Pdf

Full of passion, courage and magic, Spartan is an enthralling novel of the ancient world.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781952535727

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The Road to Sparta by Dean Karnazes Pdf

In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands enduringly as one of greatest physical accomplishments in history. Dean Karnazes honours this achievement and his own Greek heritage by attempting this ancient journey in modern times. His account of running the gruelling Spartathlon, fuelled only by the figs, olives and meats available to Pheidippides, will captivate even the most sedentary readers.

Author : Plutarch
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141925509

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On Sparta by Plutarch Pdf

Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who also disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regime of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Rich in anecdote and detail, Plutarch's writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta with unparalleled flair and humanity.

Author : Dean Karnazes
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062955555

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A Runner's High by Dean Karnazes Pdf

“A Runner’s High wakes up the appetite to run long distances. Dean takes us on a lifelong journey of ultramarathons, through the ups and downs, the friendships and lonely moments, and the struggles and rewards of each race. Dean writes in a direct and intimate way that keeps us reading like he runs—without stopping.”—Kilian Jornet, author of Above the Clouds and world champion ultramarathoner “A Runner's High is a powerful narrative on life, running and finding meaning through perseverance. Every runner should read this book.”— Jason Koop, Coach and bestselling author New York Times bestselling author and ultramarathoning legend Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits, from running in the shoe melting heat of Death Valley to the lung freezing cold of the South Pole. He’s raced and competed across the globe and once ran 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days. In A Runner’s High, Karnazes chronicles his extraordinary adventures leading up to his return to the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run in his mid-fifties after first completing the race decades ago. The Western States, infamous for its rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, becomes the most demanding competition of Karnazes’s life, a physical and emotional reckoning and a battle to stay true to one’s purpose. Confronting his age, his career path, and his life choices, we see Karnazes as we never have before. For Karnazes, the running experience is about the runner and the trail. It is not the sum of achievements but a story that continues to be told each day, with each step. A Runner’s High is at once an endorphin-fueled adventure and a love letter to the sport from one of its most celebrated ambassadors that will leave both casual and serious runners cheering.

Author : Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781608193684

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The End of Sparta by Victor Davis Hanson Pdf

In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two centuries. We follow these epic historical events through the eyes of Mêlon, a farmer who has left his fields to serve with Epaminondas-swept up, against his better judgment, in the fever to spread democracy even as he yearns to return to his pastoral hillside. With a scholar's depth of knowledge and a novelist's vivid imagination, Hanson re-creates the ancient world down to its intimate details-from the weight of a spear in a soldier's hand to the peculiar camaraderie of a slave and master who go into battle side by side. The End of Sparta is a stirring drama and a rich, absorbing reading experience. Praise for Victor Davis Hanson: "I have never read another book that explains so well the truth that 'war lies in the dark hearts of us all' but that history offers hope."-William Shawcross on The Father of Us All "Few writers cover both current events and history-and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson."-Max Boot on The Father of Us All "Enthralling."-Christopher Hitchens on The Western Way of War

Author : Philip Matyszak
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473874749

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Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation by Philip Matyszak Pdf

The author of Sparta: Rise of a Warrior Nation continues his revealing history of the Ancient Greek city-state in this chronicle of its decline and defeat. Universally admired in 479 BC, the Spartans became masters of the Greek world by 402 BC, only for their state to collapse in the next generation. What went wrong? Was the fall of Sparta inevitable? In Sparta: Fall of a Warrior Nation, Philip Matyszak examines the political blunders and failures of leadership which combined with unresolved social issues to bring down the nation—even as its warriors remained invincible on the battlefield. The Spartans believed their society was above the changes sweeping their world. And by resisting change, they were doomed to be overwhelmed by it. But the Spartans refused to accept total defeat, and for many years their city exercised influence far beyond its size and population. This is a chronicle of political failure—one rich in heroes, villains, epic battles and political skullduggery. But it is also a lesson in how to go down fighting. Even with the Roman legions set to overwhelm their city, the Spartans never gave up

Author : Dean Karnazes,Matt Fitzgerald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Marathon running
ISBN : 174175559X

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50 Marathons 50 Days by Dean Karnazes,Matt Fitzgerald Pdf

The ultrarunning legend takes on the ultimate test of endurance: running 50 marathons in 50 days.

Author : Roxana Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250050175

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Sparta by Roxana Robinson Pdf

Conrad has just returned home to Westchester after four years in Iraq, and something is very wrong. As he attempts to reconnect with his girlfriend and find his footing in the civilian world, he has an impossible time adjusting. As weeks turn into months, his estrangement increases.