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Running: Getting off the Sofa

The Running Series, #1

by Nathan West ...

Series Book 1 - The Running Series
Have you always wanted to start jogging but could never get started?Jogging, in fact, is one of the ѕimрlеst and еаѕiеѕt kinds of рhуѕiсаl training that can be done. You can do it almost anytime and anyplace. Jogging not only strengthens your muscles, it also greatly benefits your brain. The result? A ѕеriоuѕ improvement in your efficiency at work, an increase in your stamina and a lifting of your ... Read more

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Have you always wanted to start jogging but could never get started?Jogging, in fact, is one of the ѕimрlеst and еаѕiеѕt kinds of рhуѕiсаl training that can be done. You can do it almost anytime and anyplace. Jogging not only strengthens your muscles, it also greatly benefits your brain. The result? A ѕеriоuѕ improvement in your efficiency at work, an increase in your stamina and a lifting of your
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Running Like the Pros

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by Nathan West ...

Series Book 2 - The Running Series
From an easy to follow explanation of sprint techniques to advice on how to warmup correctly, "Running Like the Pros" takes you through a whole host of drills, exercises, movements and stretches that are guaranteed to help you improve your form, power, speed, agility while warding off injury.With special chapters devoted to runner’s knee, nutrition and post-race care, let "Running Like the Pros" ... Read more

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From an easy to follow explanation of sprint techniques to advice on how to warmup correctly, "Running Like the Pros" takes you through a whole host of drills, exercises, movements and stretches that are guaranteed to help you improve your form, power, speed, agility while warding off injury.With special chapters devoted to runner’s knee, nutrition and post-race care, let "Running Like the Pros"
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Running Injury Free

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by Nathan West ...

Series Book 3 - The Running Series
If you have been runnіng fоr ԛuіtе some time, you mау ultimately have еxреrіеnсеd your fair share оf runnіng іnjurіеѕ. If you haven't, you might be interested in finding out how to avoid injuries in the first place.Thеrе аrе ѕеvеrаl іnjurіеѕ аѕѕосіаtеd with runnіng, which uѕuаllу involve раіn оr dіѕсоmfоrt to areas ѕuсh аѕ the fееt, knееs, hірѕ аnd bасk. Whеn not trеаtеd рrоmрtlу, these mіght lеаd ... Read more

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If you have been runnіng fоr ԛuіtе some time, you mау ultimately have еxреrіеnсеd your fair share оf runnіng іnjurіеѕ. If you haven't, you might be interested in finding out how to avoid injuries in the first place.Thеrе аrе ѕеvеrаl іnjurіеѕ аѕѕосіаtеd with runnіng, which uѕuаllу involve раіn оr dіѕсоmfоrt to areas ѕuсh аѕ the fееt, knееs, hірѕ аnd bасk. Whеn not trеаtеd рrоmрtlу, these mіght lеаd
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In the vein of Fleishman is in Trouble and Elif Batuman—an insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious debut coming of age novel exploring cultural diaspora through one teenager’s summer across Berlin, Jerusalem, and ChicagoIt’s another scorching summer in Chicago, and fifteen-year-old Margarita is spending her vacation as usual, under the not-so-watchful eyes of her aging maternal grandparents. All told ... Read more

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In the vein of Fleishman is in Trouble and Elif Batuman—an insightful, heartfelt, and hilarious debut coming of age novel exploring cultural diaspora through one teenager’s summer across Berlin, Jerusalem, and ChicagoIt’s another scorching summer in Chicago, and fifteen-year-old Margarita is spending her vacation as usual, under the not-so-watchful eyes of her aging maternal grandparents. All told
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The Garden of Seven Twilights

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Series series Catalan Literature
As if Borges wrote The DecameronDuring an atomic alarm in Barcelona in the year 2025, the thirty-year old hero takes refuge in a luxurious mansion in the mountains where he is put up, along with other guests, awaiting the outcome of the conflict. For the following seven days the residents of the mansion spend their spare time reading and taking walks , and, above all, telling stories to each other ... Read more

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As if Borges wrote The DecameronDuring an atomic alarm in Barcelona in the year 2025, the thirty-year old hero takes refuge in a luxurious mansion in the mountains where he is put up, along with other guests, awaiting the outcome of the conflict. For the following seven days the residents of the mansion spend their spare time reading and taking walks , and, above all, telling stories to each other
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Rave

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'Meet girls. Take drugs. Listen to music.' In Rave, cult German novelist Rainald Goetz takes a headlong dive into nineties techno culture. From the cathartic release on the dance floor to the intense conversations in corners of nightclubs and the after-parties in the light of dawn, this exhilarating, fragmentary novel captures the feeling of debauchery from within. Dazzling and intimate, Rave is ... Read more

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'Meet girls. Take drugs. Listen to music.' In Rave, cult German novelist Rainald Goetz takes a headlong dive into nineties techno culture. From the cathartic release on the dance floor to the intense conversations in corners of nightclubs and the after-parties in the light of dawn, this exhilarating, fragmentary novel captures the feeling of debauchery from within. Dazzling and intimate, Rave is
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The void at the heart of an economically insecure family is laid bare when an analytical son helps his oblivious father stave off despair by competing in a bodybuilding competition. Grimly hilarious; My Father's Diet is an elegy for our outmoded conceptions of manhood; as well as a reckoning with a culture incapable of introspection. ... Read more

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The Aesthetics of Degradation

by Adrian Nathan West ...

Pornography keeps getting more extreme. Manufacturers, defenders and consumers of porn rely on a mix of wilful ignorance and bad faith to avoid serious discussion. When we do talk about violence against women in the porn world, the debate all too often becomes technical, complicated by legalities and outrage.But what are the moral and psychological consequences of the mercantilization of abuse?In ... Read more

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Pornography keeps getting more extreme. Manufacturers, defenders and consumers of porn rely on a mix of wilful ignorance and bad faith to avoid serious discussion. When we do talk about violence against women in the porn world, the debate all too often becomes technical, complicated by legalities and outrage.But what are the moral and psychological consequences of the mercantilization of abuse?In
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The Weight of Things

by Marianne Fritz ...

Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...

“A harrowing book about the horrors of motherhood, jealousy, and war trauma.” —Kirkus ReviewsThe Weight of Things is the first book, and the first translated book, and possibly the only translatable book by Austrian writer Marianne Fritz (1948–2007). For after winning acclaim with this novel—awarded the Robert Walser Prize in 1978—she embarked on a 10,000-page literary project called “The Fortress ... Read more

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by Benjamin Labatut ...

Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...

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Law as Refuge of Anarchy

Societies without Hegemony or State

by Hermann Amborn ...

Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...

Series Book 15 - Untimely Meditations
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Like Flies from Afar

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by K. Ferrari ...

Translated by Adrian Nathan West ...

"This novel should come not with blurbs but with a hazardous-material warning: There's bone and gristle here, be ready for that taste in your mouth you can't spit out. First words to last, it's strong stuff." —James Sallis, author of DriveThe first novel to appear in English by the "subway janitor by night, novelist by day," who began his writing career while an undocumented immigrant in the ... Read more

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"This novel should come not with blurbs but with a hazardous-material warning: There's bone and gristle here, be ready for that taste in your mouth you can't spit out. First words to last, it's strong stuff." —James Sallis, author of DriveThe first novel to appear in English by the "subway janitor by night, novelist by day," who began his writing career while an undocumented immigrant in the
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