
Natural Born Heroes
How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance
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The best-selling author of Born to Run now travels to the Mediterranean, where he discovers that the secrets of ancient Greek heroes are still alive and well on the island of Crete, and ready to be unleashed in the muscles and minds of casual athletes and aspiring heroes everywhere.
After running an ultramarathon through the Copper Canyons of Mexico, Christopher McDougall finds his next great adventure on the razor-sharp mountains of Crete, where a band of Resistance fighters in World War II plotted the daring abduction of a German general from the heart of the Nazi occupation. How did a penniless artist, a young shepherd, and a playboy poet believe they could carry out such a remarkable feat of strength and endurance, smuggling the general past thousands of Nazi pursuers, with little more than their own wits and courage to guide them?
McDougall makes his way to the island to find the answer and retrace their steps, experiencing firsthand the extreme physical challenges the Resistance fighters and their local allies faced. On Crete, the birthplace of the classical Greek heroism that spawned the likes of Herakles and Odysseus, McDougall discovers the tools of the hero—natural movement, extraordinary endurance, and efficient nutrition. All of these skills, McDougall learns, are still practiced in far-flung pockets throughout the world today.
More than a mystery of remarkable people and cunning schemes, Natural Born Heroes is a fascinating investigation into the lost art of the hero, taking us from the streets of London at midnight to the beaches of Brazil at dawn, from the mountains of Colorado to McDougall’s own backyard in Pennsylvania, all places where modern-day athletes are honing ancient skills so they’re ready for anything.
Just as Born to Run inspired listeners to get off the treadmill, out of their shoes, and into the natural world, Natural Born Heroes will inspire them to leave the gym and take their fitness routine to nature—to climb, swim, skip, throw, and jump their way to their own heroic feats.
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Elephant Company
- The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
- De: Vicki Constantine Croke
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten.
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Story of Friendship, Loyalty, and Bravery
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
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- De: Denis Avey, Rob Broomby
- Narrado por: James Langton
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the notorious concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a British POW labor camp, E715, near the site of Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could.
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Great, great story
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De: Denis Avey, y otros
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Mud, Sweat, and Tears
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- De: Bear Grylls
- Narrado por: Tom Patrick Stephens
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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Already a number-one London Sunday Times best seller, Mud, Sweat, and Tears is the adrenaline-fueled autobiography of the mega-popular star of the hit survival series Man vs. Wild, adventurer Bear Grylls. A former British Special Forces commando, a man who has always sought the ultimate in dangerous challenges, Bear's true story reads like an outdoors action-and-adventure novel. But Bear's story is true - full of breathtaking escapes and remarkable exploits that would make any Jack London or H. Ryder Haggard hero proud.
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Love this book
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De: Bear Grylls
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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb
- De: Neal Bascomb
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to be the first to build a weapon unlike any known before. They have the physicists, they have the uranium, and now all their plans depend on amassing a single ingredient: heavy water, which is produced in Norway's Vemork, the lone plant in all the world that makes this rare substance. Under threat of death, Vemork's engineers push production into overdrive. For the Allies, the plant must be destroyed.
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Needs a different narrator!!!!
- De Scott en 06-04-16
De: Neal Bascomb
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Behind Japanese Lines
- With the OSS in Burma
- De: Richard Dunlop
- Narrado por: David Baker
- Duración: 13 h y 35 m
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The extraordinary firsthand account of an American special forces unit in the jungles of southeast Asia and their guerilla operations against the Japanese during World War II!
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The OSS in Burma
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De: Richard Dunlop
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The Vortex
- A True Story of History’s Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation
- De: Scott Carney, Jason Miklian
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
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In November 1970, a storm set a collision course with the most densely populated coastline on Earth. Over the course of just a few hours, the Great Bhola Cyclone would kill 500,000 people and begin a chain reaction of turmoil, genocide, and war. The Vortex is the dramatic story of how that storm sparked a country to revolution.
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One of the Best books this year!
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De: Scott Carney, y otros
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Way of the Wolf
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Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come.
On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine.
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Its what you expect, and thats not a bad thing.
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De: E. E. Knight
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Code Talker
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- De: Chester Nez, Judith Schiess Avila
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His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength to excel as a marine. This is the first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.
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Wrong narrator!
- De Kindle Customer en 06-26-20
De: Chester Nez, y otros
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World War Z: The Complete Edition
- An Oral History of the Zombie War
- De: Max Brooks
- Narrado por: Max Brooks, Alan Alda, John Turturro, y otros
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World War Z: The Complete Edition features 21 additional Hollywood A-list actors and sci-fi fan favorites performing stories not included in the original edition. New narrators include Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more!
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Will never pre-order again
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De: Max Brooks
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The Unforgiving Minute
- A Soldier's Education
- De: Craig Mullaney
- Narrado por: Todd McLaren
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A fascinating account of an Army captain's unusual path through some of the most legendary seats of learning straight into a brutal fight with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, The Unforgiving Minute is, above all, an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge while coming to grips with becoming a man.
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The Unforgiving Son
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De: Craig Mullaney
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Lost in Shangri-La
- A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
- De: Mitchell Zuckoff
- Narrado por: Mitchell Zuckoff
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On May 13, 1945, 24 American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful Tibetan monks of James Hilton’s best-selling novel Lost Horizon, this Shangri-La was home to spear-carrying tribesmen, warriors rumored to be cannibals. But the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Miraculously, three passengers pulled through.
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Facinating history
- De Janice en 05-12-11
De: Mitchell Zuckoff
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Back in the Fight
- The Explosive Memoir of a Special Operator Who Never Gave Up
- De: Joseph Kapacziewski, Charles W. Sasser
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller, Jo Anna Perrin
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On October 3, 2005, Kapacziewski and his soldiers were coming to the end of their tour in Northern Iraq when their convoy was attacked by enemy fighters. A grenade fell through the gunner’s hatch and exploded, shattering Kapacziewski’s right leg below the knee, damaging his right hip, and severing a nerve and artery in his right arm. He endured more than forty surgeries, but his right leg still wasn’t healing as he had hoped, so in March 2007, Kapacziewski chose to have it amputated.
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A true hero.
- De Anonymous User en 01-28-21
De: Joseph Kapacziewski, y otros
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81 Days Below Zero
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- De: Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou
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The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle, who managed to stay alive 81 days in sub-zero temperature by making peace with nature, and end his ordeal by walking along a river to safety. Part World War II story, part Alaskan adventure story, part survival story, and even part inspirational story, this is what we call " a good listen".
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Diluted and Distracted
- De C. Howe en 09-27-15
De: Brian Murphy, y otros
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Jungleland
- A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
- De: Christopher S. Stewart
- Narrado por: Jef Brick
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On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba, Honduras. Nearly seventy years later, in the same hotel, acclaimed journalist Christopher S. Stewart wonders what he's gotten himself into.
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If only REI sold ruby hiking boots...
- De Mel en 01-25-13
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- De: Hampton Sides
- Narrado por: David Pittu
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Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash in the Korean War relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances.
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- De Brent en 10-03-18
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The Saboteur
- A Novel
- De: Andrew Gross
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
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Kurt Nordstrum, an engineer in Oslo, puts his life aside to take up arms against the Germans as part of the Norwegian resistance. After the loss of his fiancée, his outfit whittled to shreds, he commandeers a coastal steamer and escapes to England to transmit secret evidence of the Nazis' progress toward an atomic bomb at an isolated factory in Norway. There, he joins a team of dedicated Norwegians in training in the Scottish Highlands for a mission to disrupt the Nazis' plans before they advance any further.
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Wonderful Story
- De DallasGirl6230 en 04-13-18
De: Andrew Gross
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From beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of Peak Performance Steve Magness comes a radical rethinking of how we perceive toughness and what it means to achieve our high ambitions in the face of hard things.
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Starts alright, but ends up going nowhere
- De Joseph G. Chernowski en 08-11-22
De: Steve Magness
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The River of Doubt
- Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
- De: Candice Millard
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 12 h y 17 m
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At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.
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This audiobook deserves 6 stars
- De D. Littman en 11-15-05
De: Candice Millard
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The Comfort Crisis
- Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
- De: Michael Easter
- Narrado por: Michael Easter
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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In many ways, we’re more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? In this gripping investigation, award-winning journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort.
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Couldn’t finish it
- De Laura H. en 06-06-23
De: Michael Easter
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Cryptonomicon
- De: Neal Stephenson
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 42 h y 44 m
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In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse - mathematical genius and young Captain in the US Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Watrehouse and Detachment 2702 - commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe - is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. In the present, Waterhouse's crypto-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia....
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Two thirds through and quit
- De Joshua en 06-20-16
De: Neal Stephenson
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Natural Born Heroes
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- Sotiris
- 05-11-16
Tremendous!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes. If I could have I would have! This is an important book. As much as I liked Born to Run, this book is far superior in many ways. Fans of WWII military history, physical culture and Classical Greek civilization will enjoy this book, without question. From start to finish, the subject matter is compelling and well-researched. Any negative reviews of this book are insincere attempts to dissuade people from reading what amounts to one of the best books on the topic of heroism in a very long time. Read this book, it is inspiring beyond measure.
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- SMR
- 08-05-16
Amazingly educational and insightful
Loved the mix of history, education, and investigation that this book dives into. I'm on listen #3 right now and have passed this along to many friends.
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- chris impagliazzo
- 03-29-17
Rhyme and reason
There is a rhyme and a reason for everything. there was a reason the Cretan's were so successful back in the Greek god days. those stories might be exaggerated but they were based off people like in this book. this is a very good story, but did jump around a lot and was sometimes hard to follow. but still worth the money!
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- Tom
- 11-17-15
Interesting subject, scattered organization
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as others. It seemed the author was trying to force the idea that natural movement-based training is somehow unique to the time and place of the story (WWII in Crete). However, you could pick almost any location at any time and find a story of extraordinary physical human achievement. Many stories would support the idea that natural movement is how we are supposed to move, and it leads to fit people with great endurance.
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
I think it needed a couple more rounds of editing; it was somewhat disjointed with a few threads that went nowhere.
Any additional comments?
The book provided some interesting history about exercise science, but did a poor job of making the unnecessary argument that natural movement is the only way to train. For example, the author completely discounts yoga, obviously without making any effort to understand what yoga even is. He even sneers at Brazilian jujitsu as being non-realistic because it focuses on ground fighting. Parkour keeps coming up, but no real connection is made between it and the Crete storyline. As I mentioned above, a bit more editing could have made this a tighter book.
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- Denise RL
- 05-07-15
Enjoyable listen...
But it could be a little hard to follow listening to it, with him bouncing around time periods so much.
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- Rabbi
- 05-14-15
ehhh
tough to get through the first half, not enough science and too much Nazi story. rather of listened to born to run for the 5th time...
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- Mubarak Alkhulaifi
- 10-28-17
A great follow up to Born to Run.
An amazing fantastic story filled science facts & knowledge. Highly recommend for every type runner out there.
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- I am Tabu
- 08-07-17
not Born to Run...but pretty good.
so this is not another life changer like Born to Run, but it is a cool book. The author does a good job blending two books, one on natural movement, and another about a badass named Party who captured one of Hitlers generals on the island of Crete. The reader is not the best for this book, almost works, but he just do want have the range (man, women, child, German, British, etc...)needed for this book. Makes me wonder how awesome this book could have been with the right reader...
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- Dr. Anthony G. Jay
- 06-24-17
After Born To Run, It's Only "Good"
What made the experience of listening to Natural Born Heroes the most enjoyable?
Born to Run blew my mind, changed my life. That's why my standards for this book were just too high. It was fun but too much story for me and not enough practical science. I'm a scientist, though, so that's a huge disclaimer. He had such an opportunity, though! Especially with his interesting info about muscle fascia...he just didn't hit the depth and info I needed to be satisfied.
What did you like best about this story?
I LOVED how McDougall called bullshit (can I say that here?) on the gatorade industry and how we are supposedly "under hydrated" all the time and "can't trust our bodies" to communicate our thirst. His take on LDL (again calling bullshit) is also excellent and grounded in good science.
Have you listened to any of Nicholas Guy Smith’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Nicholas Guy Smith? Seriously?
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- Vincent Jaramillo
- 06-15-17
A story that touches on many aspects.
This book is unlike any I've read/listened to before in that it's almost a combination of survival education stories, human spirit, history lessons of forgotten biology, WWII, health & food and adventure of course. If you read and liked Deep Survival, The Wave, Sailing Around the World, What Doesn't Kill Us, Unthinkable etc.. than there is a very strong chance you will get a lot out of this book.
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