Becoming Batman
The Possibility of a Superhero
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Possessing no supernatural powers, Batman is the most realistic of all the superheroes. His feats are achieved through rigorous training and mental discipline, and with the aid of fantastic gadgets. Drawing on his training as a neuroscientist, kinesiologist, and martial artist, E. Paul Zehr explores the question: Could a mortal ever become Batman?
Zehr discusses the physical training necessary to maintain bad-guy-fighting readiness while relating the science underlying this process, from strength conditioning to the cognitive changes a person would endure in undertaking such a regimen. In probing what a real-life Batman could achieve, Zehr considers the level of punishment a consummately fit and trained person could handle, how hard and fast such a person could punch and kick, and the number of adversaries that individual could dispatch. He also tells us what it would be like to fight while wearing a batsuit and the amount of food we'd need to consume each day to maintain vigilance as Gotham City's guardian.
A fun foray of escapism grounded in sound science, Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable—though extreme—level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero.
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In Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?, physicist and award-winning journalist Alex Hutchinson tackles dozens of commonly held beliefs and looks at just what research science has - and has not - proven to be true. This myth-busting book covers the full spectrum of exercise science and offers the latest in research from around the globe, as well as plenty of practical tips on using proven science to improve fitness, reach weight loss goals, and achieve better competition results.
By: Alex Hutchinson
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Faster, Higher, Stronger
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- Narrated by: Mark McClusky
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In Faster, Higher, Stronger, veteran journalist Mark McClusky brings listeners behind the scenes with a new generation of athletes, coaches, and scientists whose accomplishments are changing our understanding of human physical achievement and completely redefining the limits of the human body.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Book
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By: Mark McClusky
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- The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is Within Reach - Here’s How It Will Go Down, and What It Can Teach All Runners About Training and Racing
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What will it take to run a marathon in less than two hours? The world's fastest times for the marathon have been dropping since the distance of 26.2 miles was made official nearly one hundred years ago. But after a noticeable decline that occurred for a half century, the times, while still edging lower, have stalled several minutes north of two hours for the past decade. For the first time, 1:59 examines what it will take for an elite distance runner to go subtwo hours.
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5 out of 5 stars
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All things Maffetone in a tidy package.
- By Brian L. Quarton on 04-25-15
By: Philip Maffetone, and others
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Deep Fitness
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Deep Fitness introduces a proven, new approach to building strength and whole-body health: Mindful Strength Training to Failure (MSTF). This science-based method reverses muscle loss and improves overall strength in just one or two 30-minute sessions a week. MSTF exercises are simple and effective, and can be done at home with resistance bands and bodyweight, or with the machines at your local gym. Using slow reps, MSTF marries mindful body awareness with proven strength-training techniques to help you become stronger at any age.
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Revolutionary
- By buster r. on 11-23-21
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- By: Jeff Bercovici
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Journalist Jeff Bercovici spent extensive time with professional and Olympic athletes, coaches, and doctors to find how today's sports superstars seemed to be able to defy the limits of physical aging that inevitably sideline their competitors. Through fascinating profiles and first-person anecdotes, Bercovici illuminates the science and strategies extending the careers of elite older athletes, uncovers the latest advances in fields from nutrition to brain science to virtual reality, and offers empowering insights about how the rest of us can find peak performance at any age.
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Worst narrator ever, super annoying tone of voice
- By Robin Fontaine on 02-23-19
By: Jeff Bercovici
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The First 20 Minutes
- Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer
- By: Gretchen Reynolds
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
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Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for The New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates arguments among her readers by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise. Expanding upon her popular columns, Reynolds tackles the questions we all have and (sometimes) ask about exercise.
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- By Simon on 08-30-12
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Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
- So Is Cardio, and There’s a Better Way to Have the Body You Want
- By: Dr. John Jaquish, Henry Alkire
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 353
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Fitness may be the most failed human endeavor, and exercise science has missed some obvious principles that, when enacted, will turn you into the superhuman that you've always wanted to be. Authors Dr. John Jaquish and Henry Alkire explore the science that supports this argument and present a superior strength-training approach.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly sales literature
- By Michael Mitchell on 01-02-21
By: Dr. John Jaquish, and others
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Training for the New Alpinism
- A Manual for the Climber as Athlete
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- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of US national champions and World Cup Nordic skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport and leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan and execute training tailored to your individual circumstances.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
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The One-Minute Workout
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I can't stop talking about this book
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Next Level
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- By: Stacy T. Sims, Selene Yeager
- Narrated by: Gina Daniels
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 209
For active women, menopause hits hard. Overnight, your body doesn’t feel like the one you know and love anymore—you’re battling new symptoms, might be gaining weight, losing endurance and strength, and taking longer to bounce back from workouts that used to be easy. The things that have always kept you fit and healthy just seem to stop working the way they used to.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Human Heart, Cosmic Heart
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- By: Dr. Thomas Cowan
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While serving with the Peace Corps in Swaziland, Thomas Cowan encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price - two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the way medicine was - and continues to be - practiced in the United States, Cowan returned from Swaziland, went to medical school, and established a practice.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worthless
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By: Dr. Thomas Cowan
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The Tao of Wing Chun
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Wing Chun is the most popular form of Chinese kung fu in the world today, with more than four million practitioners. This guide will fascinate and educate anyone interested in the martial arts, from beginner to master. The art as it is presently understood has been handed down from teacher to student for more than 300 years. Until now, no one has ever stepped back and taken a critical look at why this art's techniques are presented and performed the way they are.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can’t we move past this.
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The Fitness Mindset
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 189
How would it feel to have the body you've always wanted, a huge boost in energy, and the mindset to keep it forever? Have you ever felt frustrated about not getting the results you want? Do you feel you are eating the right foods and doing the correct workouts but your body still isn't changing as quickly as you want? Are you grinding through your workday with low energy levels, praying for the next day off so you can sleep in?
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2 out of 5 stars
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A lot of bunk science
- By colin on 04-15-21
By: Brian Keane
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Free Your Fascia
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
Fascia is a single, interconnected web of tissue that runs from the top of your head to the bottoms of your feet. It surrounds every organ, every muscle, every bone, and every nerve fiber. And it has an astonishing range of functions. At Complete Wellness, New York City's number one pain management clinic, director Dr. Daniel Fenster is using both high-tech and low-tech fascia therapies to change the lives of thousands of people for the better. With this book, you'll learn if you have fascia-related problems - and if so, how serious they are.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very informative with actual exercise to do
- By Danielle on 11-14-21
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The Triathlete's Training Bible
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- By: Joe Friel
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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The Triathlete’s Training Bible is the best-selling and most comprehensive guide for aspiring and experienced triathletes. Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world, and his proven triathlon training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in the sport of triathlon. Joe has completely rewritten this new fourth edition of The Triathlete's Training Bible to incorporate new training principles and help athletes train smarter than ever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A complete understanding, not a plan.
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Life Unfolding
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Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain biology's deepest and most ancient challenges. They force us to confront a fundamental biological problem: How can something as large and complex as a human body organize itself from the simplicity of a fertilized egg?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Biology ; Distracting Narration
- By Tim on 03-01-15
By: Jamie A. Davies
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
Here is Peter Caddick-Adams's third volume in his trilogy about the final year of the Western front in World War Two. Fire & Steel covers the war's final 100 days—beginning in late January 1945 and continuing until May 8, 1945, when the German high command surrendered unconditionally to all Allied forces. Caddick-Adams's previous two volumes in the acclaimed series—Sand & Steel, which covers the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, and Snow & Steel, the definitive study of the Battle of the Bulge—have set the stage for this concluding volume.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive account of Allied Army operations at the end of World War III
- By Stephen Veal on 06-29-24
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The Last Viking
- The True Story of King Harald Hardrada
- By: Don Hollway
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Harald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. But from these humble origins, he became one of Norway’s most legendary kings. The Last Viking is a fast-moving narrative account of the life of King Harald Hardrada, as he journeyed across the medieval world, from the frozen wastelands of the North to the glittering towers of Byzantium and the passions of the Holy Land, until his warrior death on the battlefield in England.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just okay
- By Amazon Customer on 06-28-24
By: Don Hollway
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Of Orcas and Men
- What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
- By: David Neiwert
- Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Of Orcas and Men, a marvelously compelling mix of cultural history, environmental reporting, and scientific research, David Neiwert explores an extraordinary species and its occasionally fraught relationship with human beings. Beginning with their role in myth and contemporary culture, Neiwert shows how killer whales came to capture our imaginations and brings to life the often-catastrophic environmental consequences of that appeal.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Introduction to Conservation
- By Hendrick on 07-15-24
By: David Neiwert
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The Nature of Drugs Vol. 1
- History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact
- By: Alexander Shulgin
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlights Shulgin’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing asides. Ostensibly taught as an introductory course on drugs and biochemistry, these books serve as both a historical record of Shulgin’s teaching style and the culmination of his philosophy on drugs, psychopharmacology, states of consciousness, and societal and individual freedoms pertaining to their use, both medicinal and exploratory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where's volume two
- By Distracted Seeker on 06-23-24
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The Price of Glory
- Verdun 1916
- By: Alistair Horne
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Epic Account, Masterful in Its Scope, Power and Resonance
- By Ted Shealy on 05-01-24
By: Alistair Horne
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- By: Daniel De Visé
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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The saga behind The Blues Brothers, as Daniel de Visé reveals, is epic, encompassing the colorful childhoods of Belushi and Aykroyd; the comedic revolution sparked by Harvard’s Lampoon and Chicago’s Second City; the birth and anecdote-rich, drug-filled early years of Saturday Night Live, where the Blues Brothers were born as an act amidst turmoil and rivalry; and, of course, the indelible behind-the-scenes narrative of how the film was made, scene by memorable scene.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In my opinion, the best single book on Belushi.
- By Ron Phenicie on 04-19-24
By: Daniel De Visé
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The Universe in a Box
- Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos
- By: Andrew Pontzen
- Narrated by: Andrew Pontzen
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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In The Universe in a Box, cosmologist Andrew Pontzen explains how physicists model the universe’s most exotic phenomena, from black holes and colliding galaxies to dark matter and quantum entanglement, enabling them to study the evolution of virtual worlds and to shed new light on our reality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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makes me wanna specialize in weak emergence and simulations
- By Logan Jones on 06-17-24
By: Andrew Pontzen
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Conquistadors and Aztecs
- A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan
- By: Stefan Rinke, Christopher Reid
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Written by a leading historian of Latin America, Conquistadors and Aztecs offers a timely portrayal of the fall of Tenochtitlan and the founding of an empire that would last for centuries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gold and Death
- By Rebecca Hill on 09-13-23
By: Stefan Rinke, and others
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- Dave
- 02-25-24
Very interesting
This is a very detailed scientific examination of how a person could possibly become Batman, going all the way to explaining how cells in your body work. It’s a little more thorough than what I was looking for but it is still an intriguing listen.
The reader also does a great job going through this science lesson of a book.
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- bugsmeany
- 11-26-24
A real letdown. Bat-fans will be unsatisfied.
How could one become Batman? How much money would it take? How would one build an underground command center like the Batcave without attracting attention? What resources and know-how would it take to build a Batmobile?
Could one man and his faithful do all of this in secret? Could they get help from others while keeping the Batman project a secret? Most Bat-fans have always wondered these things and more.
The author doesn’t address any of these questions. The book is a physiology/kinesiology text and primer on martial arts with Batman in the title so people will read it.
“Could a man become really strong and a skilled fighter?” That’s the only question the book seeks to answer.
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