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New York Times Notable Book * NPR Best Books 2015 * Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 The acclaimed author of The Good German “deftly captures the ambience” (The New York Times Book Review) of postwar East Berlin in his “thought-provoking, pulse-pounding” (Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestseller—a sweeping spy thriller about a city caught between political idealism and the harsh realities of Soviet occupation.Berlin, 1948. Almost four years after the war’s end, the city is still in ruins, a physical wasteland and a political symbol about to rupture. In the West, a defiant, blockaded city is barely surviving on airlifted supplies; in the East, the heady early days of political reconstruction are being undermined by the murky compromises of the Cold War. Espionage, like the black market, is a fact of life. Even culture has become a battleground, with German intellectuals being lured back from exile to add credibility to the competing sectors. Alex Meier, a young Jewish writer, fled the Nazis for America before the war. But the politics of his youth have now put him in the crosshairs of the McCarthy witch-hunts. Faced with deportation and the loss of his family, he makes a desperate bargain with the fledgling CIA: he will earn his way back to America by acting as their agent in his native Berlin. But almost from the start things go fatally wrong. A kidnapping misfires, an East German agent is killed, and Alex finds himself a wanted man. Worse, he discovers his real assignment—to spy on the woman he left behind, the only woman he has ever loved. Changing sides in Berlin is as easy as crossing a sector border. But where do we draw the lines of our moral boundaries? At betrayal? Survival? Murder? Joseph Kanon’s compelling thriller is a love story that brilliantly brings a shadowy period of history vividly to life.

Leaving Berlin: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon

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• Published on: 2015-03-03
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Leaving Berlin: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon

Review “Engaging. . . . deftly captures the ambience of a city that’s still a wasteland almost four years after the Nazis’ defeat. . . . Kanon keeps the story humming along, enriching the main narrative with vignettes that heighten the atmosphere of duplicity and distrust.” (The New York Times Book Review)“Joseph Kanon’s thought-provoking, pulse-pounding historical espionage thriller [is] stuffed with incident and surprise. . . . Mr. Kanon, author now of seven top-notch novels of period political intrigue, conveys the bleak, oppressive, and creepy atmosphere of occupied Berlin in a detailed, impressive manner. . . . Leaving Berlin is a mix of tense action sequences, sepia-tinged reminiscence, convincing discourse and Berliner wit.” (Wall Street Journal)“The old-fashioned spy craft, the many plot twists and the moral ambiguities that exist in all of the characters make Leaving Berlin an intriguing, page-turning thriller.There’s also a star-crossed love story — and an airport farewell — that might remind some readers of Bogie and Bergman. But it’s the author’s attention to historical detail — his ability to convey the sights, sounds and feel of a beaten-down Berlin — that makes this book so compelling.” (Ft. Worth Star Telegram)"Kanon, who writes his novels at the New York Public Library, conjures from there a Berlin of authentic menace and such hairpin turns that Leaving Berlin evokes comparisons to John LeCarre and Alan Furst. Such good company." (New York Daily News)“Not for nothing has Kanon – whose previous books include The Good German, which was made into a film starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett, has been compared to the suspense masters Graham Greene and John LeCarre. He’s certainly in the ballpark.” (Buffalo News)“A pleasure from start to finish, blending literary finesse with action, this atmospheric historical thriller will appeal not only to Kanon’s many fans but to those who enjoy Alan Furst, Philip Kerr, and other masters of wartime and postwar espionage fiction.” (Library Journal (starred))“Another compelling, intellectually charged period piece byKanon, who works in the shadows of fear as well as anyone now writing.” (Kirkus Reviews)“Kanon, like Alan Furst, has found a landscape and made it his own. In fact, the two writers make outstanding bookends in any collection of WWII fiction, Furst bringing Paris just before and during the war to vivid life, and Kanon doing the same for Berlin in its aftermath.” (Booklist)“Story, suspense, substance, and style are inextricably linked in a work that masterfully exploits and exquisitely transcends spy-genre possibilities.” (Washington Independent Review of Books)INTERNATIONAL PRAISE FOR LEAVING BERLIN:  “If you are looking for a combination of le Carre and Graham Greene, Leaving Berlin will do the trick perfectly. . . . One of the most exciting books I have read for years.” (Alexander McCall Smith, Mail on Sunday (London), named Book of the Year)“Galloping and compulsive…I can’t imagine anyone putting it down…. Admirably atmospheric, the picture of the ravaged Berlin excellently done… An enjoyable thriller,high-class entertainment.” (Allan Massie, the Scotsman)“An unforgettable picture of a city wrecked by defeat and riddled withbetrayal. Brilliant." (Kate Saunders, The Times)“Kanon brings the hardships and moral decay of post-war Berlin to lifein glorious detail, ratcheting up the suspense as Meier tries to escape the netclosing in on all sides. Absorbing.” (Sunday Express)

About the Author Joseph Kanon is the Edgar Award–winning author of Istanbul Passage, Los Alamos, The Prodigal Spy, Alibi, Stardust, and The Good German, which was made into a major motion picture starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a book publishing executive. He lives in New York City.

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53 of 56 people found the following review helpful. A fine historical spy novel By Paul C. Glusman Best spy novel I've read in a long time. Kanon knows the period, the politics and the traps that people fell into, their instinctive solidarity with socialism enmeshing them in the messy business of a soviet occupation. Alex Meier, a Jewish writer who fled Germany after being briefly imprisoned by the Nazis (and set free by a bribe) has been living in LA. His marriage in tatters, he has a 10 year old American son. He is forced to leave the U.S., deported and makes a secret deal with the CIA that he can come back after a period of reporting back on other exile artists, who have fled or otherwise returned to Germany. Of course then everything goes haywire. He is being betrayed, but by whom? The young brother of a former friend who died in Spain turns up as an East German political cop. A former lover is sleeping with a Russian officer yet acts very seductive with Alex. His case officer seems hostile. He has to deal with ex Nazi doctors and cops, as well as a German POW who's escaped from the mines. Berthold Brecht and his group are in the background of the Kulturbund, artists cultivated by East Germany to present a cultivated face on the new post-Nazi German nation. Meier has to act and think fast, and quickly realizes that he is on his own and there is perhaps nobody he can trust. It is helpful if you know the background of the postwar period, and are familiar a bit with Brecht, as well as the German film industry. But the plot moves quickly. I found myself almost skipping meals to find out what happens next. Yes it is almost a bit too much to be real, but it is fiction, and at the end it is satisfying as Kanon wraps it all up with the skill of a Dashiel Hammett. Kanon has written some great books earlier, but this may be his best.

88 of 99 people found the following review helpful. On every page of this elegant, complex spy thriller, you feel the grey chill of 1949 Berlin. By Jesse Kornbluth American media loves horse races, which is a good reason to avoid watching political pundits on cable TV. Book reviewers have resisted this reductionist way of considering writers, but in recent years I’ve seen Alan Furst and Joseph Kanon often mentioned in the same sentence. Furst is generally regarded as America’s master of the historical spy novel, but Kanon has, with each book, steadily gained ground.“Leaving Berlin” is a big book that will put Kanon even with Furst, or maybe ahead. (For me, “big” means 371 pages.) It’s got a terrific plot hook — Alex Meier, a German-Jewish writer who fled the Nazis, gets into political trouble in the United States, and, in 1949, at the height of the Berlin Airlift, returns to live in his native city. If he can give useful information to American spymasters, he can return to Los Angeles and his young son; as he’s not a writer of spy thrillers, he’s a bit over his head.Kanon has written about postwar Berlin before — 'The Good German' is set there. (It became a movie, starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.) The grey chill of the cover photo is also in Kanon’s prose; on every page, you feel the shabbiness of the housing, the shortage of food and electricity, and, mostly, the oppressive presence of the Russians. It’s a bitter irony; the Nazi thugs have been replaced by Russian goons. Idealism? The new Socialist paradise? By 1949, even the most dedicated Socialists know better: “Nobody ever said it would be easy… A just society must be worth a few sacrifices, no?”Alex Meier arrives with a realist’s view of the East German authorities. (In Washington, he’d been grilled by Joe McCarthy’s interrogators. “He’d seen the faces before, the jowls and smirks, when they’d been Nazis.”) He is less armored against friends from his much happier early years, and it’s no surprise that he takes up with a woman who was his first lover. But in a Kanon novel, identity is a mask. People are rarely who they seem to be. His lover, especially, but really, everyone. (Even Bertolt Brecht, a prickly genius of astonishing selfishness, isn’t quite as offensive — he rarely bathed and stank like a badger — as historical accounts describe him.)Because almost everyone has at least two faces, the book is an onion that slowly gets peeled. For veteran readers of thrillers, this will be pure pleasure. For me, it’s a challenge — my novel has three major characters, and they struggle with their single identities. But with each Kanon novel, I’m getting smarter. Soon I may, like some of you, be able to read his elegant, complex novels without gasping every few pages.

57 of 64 people found the following review helpful. After the war, before the Wall By Maine Colonial I've always enjoyed Joseph Kanon's books, which are thrillers set in various places around the world, but all taking place shortly after World War II. Kanon mines that same ground over and over because it's one of the richest veins of material you could ever hope to find. The war has ended, but not the fighting. It is just a different kind of war game, with the players shifted around. No more Allies fighting Nazis; now it's the Cold War, with Berlin being dead center in the new conflict.Alex Meier, the novel's protagonist, had been a celebrated young novelist in Germany in the 1930s. Alex was a Social Democrat with a Jewish father, and neither one of those were good things to be once the Nazis took over. But he was friends with the younger members of the powerful von Bernuth family, and their father got Alex out of the country before it was too late. Alex's parents never got out.Alex made a new home in the US, married and had a son. Then, along came the Red Scare and, suddenly, a young German socialist was in danger from the government yet again. To avoid being deported from the US permanently and losing all contact with his son, Alex agrees to act as a US government agent by returning to Berlin for a time; in particular to the Soviet Occupied Zone, where several other leftist German exiles had returned, the most prominent being playwright Berthold Brecht. Alex's assignment is to provide information about his friends in the new Germany, and if he does a good job, the promise is that he can return to the US.Berlin in 1949 was about the most interesting place imaginable. Interesting in the usual sense, but also in the sense of the old curse, "May you live in interesting times." The city was divided into four occupation zones for each of the Allied powers, but there was no Berlin Wall yet. Tensions between the Soviets and the other Allies were increasing by the day, as the Soviets tried to squeeze the Allies out of the city, deep within the eastern half of the country, which the Soviets planned as a satellite state.Along with the political and military Cold War, there was also a so-called Cultural Cold War. The Soviets and the West vied for superiority in literature, music, theater and all the other arts. The Soviets lavished privileges on artists who could burnish the reputation of communism around the world. Alex, who is well remembered as a novelist, is welcomed warmly in the Soviet Occupied Zone and treated as a valued member of the new socialist dream society. As an instantly prominent artist comrade, he can eat and drink off ration at the Kulturbund and is awarded a nice apartment all to himself, with a view to the street rather than the drab rear.Alex quickly finds that Berlin is full of secrets and lies, with danger and betrayal all around him. This is no longer the city of his youth. His childhood home is rubble and his old and new friends may not be what they seem. Alex's reconnecting with his old love, Irene von Bernuth, who is now the mistress of a high-level Soviet military man, excites his US intelligence contacts, but it endangers Alex's heart and much more. What was supposed to be a quick and easy job soon turns deadly dangerous, and Alex must rely on his wits to save himself and those he still feels loyal to.I've read a lot of espionage thrillers, but this one has one of the most satisfyingly twisty-turny plots ever; enough to make your head spin and heart pound. Along with the complex and exciting plot, Kanon delivers a large cast of realistic characters, starting with Alex, but also including childhood friends (especially Irene von Bernuth), Soviet officers, Alex's minder from the Party, intelligence contacts and more. Kanon also has a gift for invoking the atmosphere of the ruined city and what Berliners do to survive in the new reality.This is Kanon's second book set in Berlin, with the first being The Good German, made into the movie starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. This is a very different story, but also one that would make a terrific film. I feel sure of that, because Kanon's powerfully evocative writing turned it into a tale that played out in my head as a movie while I was reading.Another particular strength of the book is the focus on the return to East Berlin of so many members of the cultural and intellectual elite who missed their homeland and were true believers in the communist cause. They included Brecht and writers like Arnold Zweig, Anna Seghers and Stefan Heym.Initially celebrated and given privileges not available to others in the workers' state, the returnees who spent the Nazi years in the West, rather than in Moscow, soon found their situations changed. Stalin and his henchmen began an "anti-cosmopolitan" campaign in 1950, targeting those who had spent time in the West. Many were expelled from the Communist Party, imprisoned on trumped-up charges and worse. If you'd like to read more on the subject, you might try Edith Anderson's Love in Exile: An American Writer's Memoir of Life in Divided Berlin. Or, to read about Bertold Brecht's tumultuous history with his native country, as well as his friends, colleagues and lovers, check out a new book by Pamela Katz: Brecht, Weill, Three Women, and Germany on the Brink.Note: Thanks to the publisher for providing a review copy, via NetGalley.

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It all started with a naked hitchhiker wearing a guitar -- and only a guitar. And turned into a New York Times bestseller. A random meeting between a rural Ohio chick and a rich Boston musician kickstarted all sorts of random acts of love and lust -- and got even more complicated when his bandmate entered the picture. And never left. From unconventional love to second-chance romance to your wildest desires, The Random Series Boxed Set will have you giggling, swooning, and fanning yourself to the heart-pounding beat of the sexiest, most daring and irresistible musicians to come out of Boston. Five band members form the up-and-coming group Random Acts of Crazy--each with a story of his own in this long-running series. Let these rock stars take you on a CRAZY wild ride, and with a little TRUST, they can fulfill your every FANTASY. This boxed set contains three full-length novels: Random Acts of Crazy (A New York Times and USA Today bestseller) Random Acts of Trust Random Acts of Fantasy

The Random Series Boxed Set (Books 1-3), by Julia Kent

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• Published on: 2015-10-28
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. HAWT rockers, cool chick! By peggy thokar Darla is one of my favorite heroines of all time. She is kick-ass, take no prisoners and wise beyond her years. Yet her heart is so big and tender she has room for not one but two hunky heroes, Trevor and Joe. Julia Kent never fails to deliver off the charts hilarity, and from the opening scene this series delivers all the laughs you expect. I love laughing with her characters and watching them grow into their romantic best through mishap and mayhem. The Massachusetts setting is spot on for the kind of suburban pretensions Darla. from Ohio, can skewer. And the rock star vibe from Trevor and Joe and the guys in the band is hawt! I can't recommend this series enough; you'll read it again and again!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. LOVE!! By Cindy #1 Only Darla can pick a guy up on the side of the road, who happens to be as naked as the day he was born. Then when Joe comes to pick up Trevor boy do things get interesting! A book of treasures that induce non stop laughter.#2 Sam hasn't seen Amy in years and then he runs into her again! Will things work out this time or will the past make things impossible? This book had me laughing so hard I was crying. It has just the right mix of crying and laughing that makes you mad when you finish.#3 This book includes great humor, sizzling love scenes, and an manic ex lover! I can't even begin to tell you how much I love Julia's books.

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Winter King: Murder in Henry's Court (Tudor Crimes Book 1), by Anne Stevens

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Henry Tudor is in the winter of his reign. He is without a male heir, and the future of the English throne hangs in the balance. Powerful men, such as Cromwell, Lord Percy and the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk vie for power. Into this world rides Captain Will Draper, a soldier fresh from the wars, and with an important message. Cardinal Wolsey is dead. Intrigue follows intrigue, and Will finds himself in a race to uncover a murderer. The politics and chicanery of court life threaten to ruin his investigation, and leave the way clear for the most heinous crime of all. This is the debut novel of Anne Stevens, and captures Tudor England in all its moods: Palaces, fine houses, Bawds, rich nobles and the poorest, all mingle to create an atmospheric book that entwines historical fact with fast paced fiction. Winter King is a whodunnit not to be missed.

Winter King: Murder in Henry's Court (Tudor Crimes Book 1), by Anne Stevens

• Amazon Sales Rank: #248500 in eBooks
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Liked it By pmc This is definitely a good tale. I like reading about Tudor times and this a good one. No poor woman with no control but about Thomas Cromwell and his ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Really enjoyed the descriptive writing By JillT Shall definitely be reading more novels by this author. Really enjoyed the descriptive writing. Felt I was actually there. The Tudor backdrop brilliant.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By Marion Ewing Good book!

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Jason's priorities are non-negotiable: take care of his sister; keep a roof over their heads; go back to school eventually. Can one club owner make it easier to uphold his priorities and maybe add him to the list? Jason Monroe had to leave school to be the guardian of his sister Kitty when his dad and step-mom die in a car crash. He's working two jobs to keep them afloat, but their boat is leaking much like the roof of their old house. Jason doesn't have time for love that is until Zach Montgomery, the owner of the Sunset Club, the premier gay club on the Jersey Shore comes calling.

You In My Arms (The Sunset Club Book 1), by AC Katt

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• Published on: 2015-03-19
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Review Most Helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Great story March 22, 2015By Maggie JFormat:Kindle Edition|Verified PurchaseAnother great start to a series by this Author. There was some crossover with characters from the Indiscreet series. In this story Zach and Jason are perfect for each other. Jason is young, but the sole provider for his baby sister. He meets Zach at the club his friends take him to for his birthday. Zach doesn't do relationships but something about Jason pulls at him and they become friends, which then turns to love. Well written storyline, characters we will come to love...I really enjoy this Author's writing style.

From the Author Jason Monroe is a good guy. When his father and step mother die in a car accident, he leaves school to step in and take care of his three year old sister.A year later Jason is working two jobs, has no social life and despite the fact he's been out since he was thirteen, never even been kissed.Then, there is more to his parent's demise then he knows. Will Jason make it with the help of the Ocean Township Championship Soccer Team of 2010 and a certain gay bar and dance club owner or will he drown in the throes of his responsibilities.

About the Author AC Katt was born in New York City's Greenwich Village. €She remembers sitting at the fountain in Washington Square Park listening to folk music while they passed the hat.  At nine, her parents dragged her to New Jersey where she grew up, married and raised four children and became a voracious reader of romantic fiction. €At one time she owned over two thousand novels, until she and her husband took themselves and the cat to New Mexico for their health and its great beauty.   Now, most of AC's books are electronic (although she still keeps six bookcases of hardcovers), so she never has to give away another book. €AC is new to both GLBT and to writing being, as she claims, a late bloomer, however, she claims to have found her niche writing GLBT romance.   She hangs out at ACKatt.com and ackattsjournal.com; where she keeps her blog. To get snippets of new releases and Works in Progress subscribe to AC Katt's Kattery by sending an e-mail to ackatt@ackatt.com.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A lot less talk and a lot more action By Ravenous Reader As another reviewer pointed out, nobody talks like this in real life and nobody acts like this in real life. A former football player with a bum knee who owns a gay bar and is getting a doctorate in psychology? Then decides to spend a lot of his free time with his cute new bartender and his little sister, for months, without any tension, sexual or otherwise being demonstrated? No drama, no surprising plot twists, everything is just laid out in conversation or in the minds of the characters. Time passes because we're told it has at the beginning of sections, not chapters. The story could have been told so much better, and in this particular trope it has been, many times. I know this author has written a few books, so the process can't be all that new for her, but this is really cheating readers out of a good read. Everything that should have been shown was told. The sex was like a lot of other sex in books these days--stimulation, lubrication, begging, screaming, tab a goes into tab b and then exhaustion and mutual admiration. Where's the excitement of new love? The romance? The bad guys? Even the fly in the ointment seemed to be missing. Subtlety? Irony? All missing. "Sandy" is mentioned a lot, and because it was New Jersey, I understood it was the recent devastating hurricane, but what about readers who don't know or don't remember? I don't like to denigrate authors because they work hard and a lot of sweat and toil goes into books, but this one was so disappointing. And I read it til the bitter end.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. just...very bad. By CM I thought at first a good edit could help this book; but no, that won't help. The book contains the worst dialogue I've ever read. No one talks in long winding sentences that read like an endorsement for environmental protection. I can tell the author is interested in climate change, likes cats and loves to cook. The author's voice is all over the story. And why is it necessary to tell all, all the time? Immediately upon being introduced, everyone spills their life story without any hesitation or reservation. It's simply ridiculous. I could not finish. Gave up in frustration. Save yourself the headache.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Okay but overpriced........ By Kindle Customer I read the book sample and some reviews and decided to give this author a try. There were many times I found myself reading what one of the two main characters "said" and thinking "Who speaks like that?" Some of the words or speach patterns seemed a bit stiff and during lovemaking on one ocassion just seemed wrong. I liked the "Cinderella" aspect-- good, honorable young man (22) working hard to raise his 4 year old sister meets handsome, moderately wealthy older man (32) who after getting to know the younger man sweeps him (and little sister) off his feet and marries him. Both mens parents have past away so they build their own big family from friends, neighbors, employees and a siblings family--I liked that too. If I had liked the book better maybe I wouldn't feel bad about paying the $6.99 because I would be rereading it.

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How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle, by Matt Fitzgerald

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The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body. Elite athletes have known this for decades and now science is learning why it’s true. In his fascinating new book How Bad Do You Want It?, coach Matt Fitzgerald examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness.

Fitzgerald puts you into the pulse-pounding action of more than a dozen epic races from running, cycling, triathlon, XTERRA, and rowing with thrilling race reports and revealing post-race interviews with the elites. Their own words reinforce what the research has found: strong mental fitness lets us approach our true physical limits, giving us an edge over physically stronger competitors. Each chapter explores the how and why of an elite athlete’s transformative moment, revealing powerful new psychobiological principles you can practice to flex your own mental fitness.

The new psychobiological model of endurance performance shows that the most important question in endurance sports is: how bad do you want it? Fitzgerald’s fascinating book will forever change how you answer this question and show you how to master the psychology of mind over muscle. These lessons will help you push back your limits and uncover your full potential.

How Bad Do You Want It? reveals new psychobiological findings including:

• Mental toughness determines how close you can get to your physical limit.
• Bracing yourself for a tough race or workout can boost performance by 15% or more.
• Champions have learned how to give more of what they have.
• The only way to improve performance is by altering how you perceive effort.
• Choking under pressure is a form of self-consciousness.
• Your attitude in daily life is the same one you bring to sports.
• There's no such thing as going as fast as you can―only going faster than before.
• The fastest racecourse is the one with the loudest spectators.
• Faith in your training is as important as the training itself.

Athletes featured in How Bad Do You Want It?: Sammy Wanjiru, Jenny Simpson, Greg LeMond, Siri Lindley, Willie Stewart, Cadel Evans, Nathan Cohen and Joe Sullivan, Paula Newby-Fraser, Ryan Vail, Thomas Voeckler, Ned Overend, Steve Prefontaine, and last of all John “The Penguin” Bingham

How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle, by Matt Fitzgerald

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3761 in Books
• Brand: Velo Press
• Published on: 2015-10-15
• Released on: 2015-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x .60" w x 6.00" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

How Bad Do You Want It?: Mastering the Psychology of Mind over Muscle, by Matt Fitzgerald

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"To be a great athlete, you need more than natural ability; you need mental strength to keep going when your body wants to quit. In his new book, writer Matt Fitzgerald dives into the research behind these coping skills and highlights the top athletes who use them. Anyone, whether pro or everyday exercisers, can use these tactics to push further." – Men's Journal

"Fitzgerald has been writing about the psychology of endurance performance for more than a decade now and is really one of the pioneers in terms of trying to take this body of research out of the laboratory and into the field for everyone to try. His latest book examines a series of notable races through the lens of Samuele Marcora’s “psychobiological” theory of endurance. The races make it a fun read, and the psychology is thought-provoking." – Runner's World magazine

"At the highest level of sport, it's often not physiology but psychology that separates the best from the rest. Matt goes well beyond just telling stories of great athletes (though he's really good at doing that, too) and delves deep into cutting-edge brain science to show us all how we can strengthen our own mental muscle." -- Huffington Post, Best Health and Fitness Books in 2015

“The mind is the next frontier for significant performance gains…Mental fitness, says Fitzgerald, means becoming your own sports psychologist and developing coping mechanisms to help you suffer better. Which, while not entierly satisfying, is a good start.” ― Outside magazine

"A book every that every endurance athlete should own…A page-turning read both for the narrative content and hard information…For all athletes drawn to pushing up against the red line to see what they've got." -- LAVA magazine

"Fitzgerald has done an exemplary job in making physiology and psychology understandable with contemporary research framing a creative and entertaining book that makes the subject come alive through charismatic writing." – Canadian Running magazine

"How Bad Do You Want It? really brings to life how important psychology is for endurance performance." -- Samuele Marcora, PhD

"Harnessing the power of the setback is a powerful motivation. How Bad Do You Want It? recognizes the fact that we all have the power to adapt and be better than before." – Willie Stewart

"Think of it as the mind-over-matter guide to racing. Fitzgerald’s book dissects pivotal races and features top endurance athletes…illustrating how elite athletes rally their mental strength ― and amateur athletes can, too." – Austin-American Statesman

"Imagine you could get into the mind of an elite athlete and use their skills to improve your sporting potential. That's the premise of Matt Fitzgerald's How Bad Do You Want It?" – Triathlon Magazine Canada

“Fitzgerald’s presentation digs into the very soul of his athletes to uncover innate traits and learned behaviors in ways that draw the reader right into the competition being described. This is a fantastic group of stories being told with literary skill far beyond most sports books… All the profiled athletes and all the masterful storytelling and all the research presented to back up the concepts he is illustrating become a cohesive effort by Fitzgerald to document the connections between the showcased sporting accomplishments and the mental fitness skills that propel those successes. Fitzgerald forms the foundation for constructing your own arsenal.” ― Oregon Distance Runner

“How Bad Do You Want It perfectly introduces the exciting new understanding emerging in the world of sports psychology and exercise physiology. Fitzgerald uses key examples from some of the world’s most famous and celebrated athletes…to distill down highly scientific concepts and cutting edge theories into real world examples and situations that anyone can grasp. A superb book…If you want to succeed at your next race, to break through to a new PR, or reach a new level in your running, then I highly suggest this book. It will give you many of the latest tools and theories for doing just that, written in a way that allows you to apply them to your running, from the first to the last page.” ― Colorado Runner

“Fitzgerald is a skilled writer and the drama and excitement of the various races really jump off the pages. If you are feeling a bit unmotivated about running, this would be a great book to pick up, as you are likely to be inspired by all of the thrilling stories.” ― Run Oregon

"This fascinating book explains why perception of effort is so crucial to maximizing athletic performance. The mental toughness behind a dozen breakthrough endurance performances in cycling, running, triathlon, and rowing is analyzed through spectacular storytelling, first-person interviews, and powerful new psychobiological theory. Fitzgerald has a gift for making exercise science come alive with pulse-pounding stories of elite athletes engaged in the most pivotal races of their lives." – Saltmarsh Running

From the Back Cover

"How Bad Do You Want It? will make you see your world as an endurance athlete in a new way. Fitzgerald’s research will help you become your own sports psychologist." - Joe Friel , leading endurance sports coach and author of the Training Bible series

THE GREATEST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES TAKE PLACE IN THE MIND, NOT THE BODY.

How Bad Do You Want It? looks at epic moments in endurance sports to mine habits and tactics we can use to cultivate our own mental strength.

Top athletes can seem godlike in their abilities. But no matter how skilled they are, talent takes them only so far. The hardest races demand that a champion rely as much on the mind as on the body, using it to confront the fears that we all face: fear of failure, suffering, or change, to name a few.

In How Bad Do You Want It? renowned endurance sports journalist Matt Fitzgerald examines the “psychobiological” model of athletic performance, exploring how athletes are able to overcome physical limitations with mental might. In gripping accounts from triathlon, cycling, running, rowing, and swimming, Fitzgerald puts the reader inside breathtaking races, shedding new light on what science says about mental fortitude and how anyone can cultivate the mental strength to surmount challenges―in sport and in life.

Matt Fitzgerald is a journalist, coach, sports nutritionist, and author of more than 20 books, including the best-selling Racing Weight.

About the Author

Matt Fitzgerald is a certified sports nutritionist and the author of numerous books on running, triathlon, nutrition, and weight loss. His most recent VeloPress books are Racing Weight Cookbook, Racing Weight Quick Start Guide, RUN: The Mind-Body Method of Running by Feel, Racing Weight, and The Runner’s Diary. Matt is a regular contributor to Competitor, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Outside, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Running Times, Women’s Running, and other sports and fitness publications. Fitzgerald is a featured coach on Training Peaks, Pear Sports, and Active.com. He is a certified sports nutritionist (CISSN) licensed by the International Society of Sports Nutrition. He lives and trains near San Francisco, California.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Coping Skills for Endurance Sports By Geoffrey J. Wilhelmy This book explains the latest theory of how the brain regulates endurance performance, the psycho biological model. The thesis is that decisions about pacing or quitting are taken by the conscious brain and that these decisions are primarily based on the conscious decisions of how hard, heavy and strenuous exercise is, a feeling called perception of effort, or body's resistance to the mind's will. Endurance performance is a self-regulated behavior on which thoughts and feelings can have profound influences. Perceptions of effort limit endurance performance. The book describes how conscious self-regulation of thoughts, emotions, and behavior can have a dramatic influence on endurance performance. In other words, mind and body are interconnected with the body distinctly subordinate, or as the great Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi opined, "Mind is everything. Muscles-pieces of rubber." Fitzgerald states the thesis of the book, "One cannot improve as an endurance athlete except by changing one's relationship with perception of effort." The author proceeds to devote the remainder of the book to examples of how athletes changed their relationship to perception of effort. As he states, "the best source of knowledge concerning the most effective methods of coping...is the example set by elite endurance athletes". Subsequent chapters describe how these elite athletes learned to cope. Jenny Barringer demonstrates the need to learn to brace yourself; Greg Lemond the efficacy of time based goals that are targets, not limits, Siri Lindley transcending self-consciousness to become absorbed in the task at hand; Cadel Evans turning low points into turning points, or angry resolve; Paula Newby-Fraser the importance of believing in yourself and ignoring what your competition is doing; the American contingent who participated in the 2013 World Cross Country championships and placed second,the positive effect of running as a team or behavioral synchrony; Thomas Mancebo and the audience and success effects; Ned Overend and the phenomena that if passion endures so will you; and finally, Steve Prefontaine, who wrote that the value of the suffering involved in racing was what you learned about yourself. The author writes that the purpose of the book is to help you become your own sports psychologist, that "in a race the job of the muscles is to perform, the job of the mind is to cope. But here's the hitch: the muscles can only perform to the degree that the mind is able to cope", The author cautions that "The only way to become really good at coping with the discomforts and stresses of endurance sports is to experience them." The value of Matt Fitzgerald, whether you agree with him or not, is that he inspires you to look at subjects in a way different from how you have previously. Matt continues to inspire.

35 of 41 people found the following review helpful. Not Enough Practical Advice By Relentless EDIT 2015-10-20: so, I want to make clear that, as a book, it's a pretty good read. Matt can definitely hold his own as a writer. My main qualm is that the advice parts of the book could have been written about in 15-20 pages, at most, the rest of the book is filled with stories and anecdotes but many of them have very little in terms of scientific rigor to stand on, so it becomes a "well, if it worked for Prefontaine, it'll work for me" (just as an example) type of proposition. I fully understand we have a much deeper understanding about anatomy and dynamics and metabolism than we know about the mind + body connection; this makes the little practical advice provided in this primer as "it might work for you or it might not" which isn't particularly useful.Original Review:This book, unlike Matt's past works, has very little in the way of material, direct practical advice, which is a bit disappointing. This primer is very exploratory and about a very interesting subject for us into endurance sports: mind + body? Mind over body? Body over mind? The book although based on fairly solid scientific grounds, relies too heavily on anecdotes and stories, IMO. This is a stark contrast from his last few works that were science and application thereof to distance running. Training plans, recipes, nutritional advice, energy efficiency, tips and tricks that could help you PR, and so forth. If that's what you are expecting from this book, you'll be, like myself, a bit let down.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Mental Skills, Perceived Effort and Great Stories for Endurance Athletes of all Levels By Mike Mertens Matt Fitzgerald has written a very interesting and enjoyable book on the role of mental training for endurance athletes. I recommend this book to all endurance athletes and those who enjoy interesting narratives about individuals who have overcome challenges to become successful. The book can truly be enjoyed on 2 different levels:• Stories of Elite Athletes who have achieved their best through development of better mental training skills and mindsets – these are truly inspirational stories of courage, resilience and are very enjoyable to read• A deeper understanding of the psychobiological model – how the mind and body interact for endurance athletes – that can be used to help each person better coach themselves in a true journey of self-discovery to see what they are truly capable of, regardless of their level of athletic ability (these skills are helpful in other area of life as well).I learned a lot in each chapter of the book but would like to share a bit from 2 chapters that I found interesting and compelling:• In the chapter “The Art of Letting Go”, Matt chronicles the story of Siri Lindley (triathlete) and her struggles and triumphs. The chapter has some very interesting information on choking during big performances. Perceived effort is heightened by self-consciousness - which then leads to decreased performance. The solution is to reach a state of flow – complete immersion in a purposeful activity – that allows one to be in the moment. A key passage from the chapter: “Paradoxically, it may seem, Siri had to let go of that dream and find contentment in the moment-to-moment process of chasing it in order to complete the personal transformation that was her deeper ambition.”• In the chapter “The Gift of Failure”, we learn the story of Cadel Evans (Cycling) and secondarily of Nick Symmonds (800M runner) and the valuable coping skill of resilience. There is a cycle of frustration that can cause an athlete to feel defeated or angry. They can use the anger to reach “sweet disgust” – a determination to fight back that fuels positive change.Additionally, the story of Willie Stewart – “The Workaround Effect” - is one of the most remarkable and inspirational I have read. Stewart lost an arm and still became an elite triathlete by using the coping skill of adaptability – you will not want to miss this story!The best part of the book is that the author realizes that the path to mastery is unique to each of us. There are general coping skills that work well but how we fold those into the fabric of our lives is something we must figure out on our own. This book gives stories of how other have done it and insights into the coping skills and mindsets that can help each of us perform at a higher level. I will close with the way Matt explains it toward the end of the book:“The path between you and the best you can be is unexplored territory. You are on your own, to some extent, to discover not only what motivates you to ‘leave it all out there’ but also your special formula for maximum mental fitness. This is what it means to become your own sports psychologist.”

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Samarkand, by Graham Diamond

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SURVIVE OR RUN?Samarkand, the fabled city and beloved home to Princess Sharon, is under threat from a million Mongol barbarians. Daughter to Amrath, cousin to the emir of Samarkand, she is left within the palace as the battles begin. Despite the emir’s reluctance to admit the city will perish, Amrath forms his defenses in preparation for the oncoming onslaught. The Mongol, led by the crazed khan, Kabul, are on their way. Destroying villages and anything on their way to Samarkand. Soon, the city’s is breached and a full force attack begins. Kabul’s horde is braced meet Amrath’s mighty army, awaiting the final clash of swords…Sharon has only one choice to make: to stay and try to survive – or run.If she escapes, there is no promise that her people could ever reclaim Samarkand, her homeland.Fleeing to the hills against the burning backdrop of her former home, she meets the tribe of the Kazir.The seers of the Kazir people prophesied that the Kazir people would once again rule Samarkand. Could Sharon hold the key to this prophecy?Meanwhile, Kabul, maimed for life by Sharon on her escape, is desperate to seek revenge and destroy her.Kabul is determined to find her out and when he does, there is no stopping him … he will get his revenge …And so will Sharon …‘Samarkand’ is an epic fantasy tale of struggle and vengeance as warrior princess Sharon endeavours to reclaim her lost homeland.Praise for Graham Diamond: ‘An excellent story … absorbing … keeps one reading on eagerly.’ Andre Norton ‘Graham Diamond has written a novel that stands out and dares to be different.’ Rising Shadow Graham Diamond began writing as a fantasy and science fiction author. He was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in New York City. He is best known for books such as The Haven, Lady of the Haven, The Thief of Kalimar, Slack Midnight, Chocolate Lenin and Forest Wars. He soon turned to other genres; including historical fiction, thrillers, and later a true story of a Holocaust survivor’s family during World War II, Maybe You Will Survive. Diamond was employed as an editorial artist by the New York Times for many years, and has also taught creative writing in both New York and California. Venture Press is a science fiction and fantasy imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK’s leading independent digital publisher. We are committed to the discovery and rediscovery of immensely talented authors in the SFF genre, and continue to push boundaries in search of great literature. Join us as we venture across universes and unknown landscapes – past, present and future. Follow us on Twitter @venture_press

Samarkand, by Graham Diamond

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• Published on: 2015-10-02
• Released on: 2015-10-02
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Samarkand, by Graham Diamond

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Excellent read By Ditty I was very pleased with this series! Good characters and development. Steady pace with no slow spots, sprinkled with just enough excitement to keep me going. Immediately downloaded the second book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Very Good Read By doctorg13 Fun book to read that keeps one wanting to read on even when it is time to quit. It can be read as a free standing book but it will leave you wanting to read the second book in the series. There are some very interesting characters and imaginative situations throughout the book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A blend of history and fiction that the reader will ... By Ann Marie Sardinas A blend of history and fiction that the reader will quickly become a part of. Well written and fast paced, the protagonist...struggles to regain her dignity and revenge. A page turner. I also suggest reading the sequel, SAMARKAND DAWN.

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Caryl Phillips's The Lost Child is a sweeping story of orphans and outcasts, haunted by the past and fighting to liberate themselves from it. At its center is Monica Johnson―cut off from her parents after falling in love with a foreigner―and her bitter struggle to raise her sons in the shadow of the wild moors of the north of England. Phillips intertwines her modern narrative with the childhood of one of literature's most enigmatic lost boys, as he deftly conjures young Heathcliff, the anti-hero of Wuthering Heights, and his ragged existence before Mr. Earnshaw brought him home to his family.

The Lost Child is a multifaceted, deeply original response to Emily Bronte's masterpiece, Wuthering Heights. A critically acclaimed and sublimely talented storyteller, Caryl Phillips is "in a league with Toni Morrison and V. S. Naipaul" (Booklist) and "his novels have a way of growing on you, staying with you long after you've closed the book." (The New York Times Book Review) A true literary feat, The Lost Child recovers the mysteries of the past to illuminate the predicaments of the present, getting at the heart of alienation, exile, and family by transforming a classic into a profound story that is singularly its own.

The Lost Child: A Novel, by Caryl Phillips

• Amazon Sales Rank: #787356 in Books
• Brand: Phillips, Caryl
• Published on: 2015-03-10
• Released on: 2015-03-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.55" h x .97" w x 5.76" l, 1.00 pounds
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• 272 pages

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“Caryl Phillips is seen by many as the father of Afro-British fiction . . . At the heart of Phillips's book is the widespread (and continuing) abuse of women and children, and he writes sympathetically and powerfully about both . . . Phillips's point is clear: To survive and prosper, Britain's orphans and outcasts must find sustainable sources of rebellion--and one place they can reliably do so ist in art, whether it's the otherworldly allure of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust or the overtly political challenges of a novelist like Caryl Phillips himself.” ―Jeffery Renard Allen, The New York Times Book Review

“His riff on Emily Brontë's masterpiece is like a jazz improvisation: Phillips plucks the themes that resonate most deeply with him and transposes them into a polyphonic narrative . . . [He] employs his multilayered text as a counterpoint to Wuthering Heights, expanding the novel's horizons overseas and across centuries while honoring Brontë's vision of lives directed by ferocious internal imperatives as well as external conditions. His vision is less romantic, but just as sorrowful and moving.” ―Wendy Smith, The Boston Globe

“A biting commentary on empire and the vulnerability of family life. This is a devastating novel from one of our best writers.” ―Michael Magras, Bookpage

“With uncanny intimacy, eloquence, and compassion, Caryl Phillips stitches together past and present, the world of classic English literature and of hardsrcrabble, contemporary English life more movingly than ever before, speaking through every one of his characters with humbling depth and understanding. The simple, startling result is that, after The Lost Child, English literature looks richer, more mysterious and more human.” ―Pico Iyer

“Phillips explores the themes of displacement, not fitting in, and racism with subtlety and power . . . Yet unlike Brontë's tale of revenge, Phillips' book is suffused with forgiveness . . . [a] consummately literary, deeply human novel.” ―Heller McAlpin, Barnes & Noble Review

“Caryl Phillips has found a fascinating way of writing about the elusive parts of human experience that have to do with loss, absence, yearning, and the struggle of marginalized individuals to build a viable existence. Refracting the present through the past, life through literature, the sweetness and sadness of 1970's England through the austere grandeur of the Brontes' world, he creates a highly original narrative that is both startling and strangely moving.” ―James Lasdun

“*Starrred review* The thematic links between the modern story and Wuthering Heights only become clear over time, and--even then--they're too rich and subtle to work as simple allegory. Empire and race are among Phillips' concerns, but he also offers heartbreaking depictions of alienation and the fragility of human relationships . . . Gorgeously crafted and emotionally shattering.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Provocative . . . [Phillips's] novels have a way of staying with you long after you've closed the book.” ―The New York Times Book Review on A Distant Shore

About the Author

Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction including Dancing in the Dark, Crossing the River, and Color Me English. His novel A Distant Shore won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and his other awards include a Lannan Foundation Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Britain's oldest literary award the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in New York.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. capturing the present and the past with his brilliant use of images which invoke the reader to strongly ... By Hillary Short Once again Caryl Phillips captures his readers with his ability to write about lives marginalized by social norms in Britain during certain time spans. His prose draws in the reader, capturing the present and the past with his brilliant use of images which invoke the reader to strongly feel the shattering of lives through alienation.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Get out your anti-depressants By Larry I gave up half way through. I generally liked it but it seems relentlessly down-beat. Kept hoping for the first character to re-appear, or for SOMETHING to happen.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four Stars By Gerald Hynes Caryl Phillips is one of my favorite authors and "Lost Child" fortifies that position in my ranking hierarchy.

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In my latest book: Ten Wild Herbs For Ten Modern Problems, Learn about powerful, medicinal herbs from the wild that can be used to treat ten of the most common diseases in modern times. Today we face the challenges presented by the lifestyles we have chosen. Our fast paced, ever changing society creates health problems that are not just common, but rampant. Pollution, poor eating habits, excessive work hours, stress and many other modern factors prevalent in western society are continually taking their toll. Foraging for wild plants and medicinal herbs offers a holistic approach to today’s symptoms of a world that is out of balance. Herbs from the wild can help relieve ailments, yes, but they also are part of a getting back to nature approach to living in harmony with the earth and our own bodies. In this book I have outlined some of the problems facing my own readers and thousands of others with similar issues. I think people are ready to embrace wild plants not only for their medicinal actions, which are largely devoid of harmful side effects, but also for their nutritional value and the lifestyle changes that develop as you learn to take part in the ancient art of wildcrafting herbs. Download your FREE copy today on Kindle Unlimited!

Ten Wild Herbs For Ten Modern Problems: Facing Today's Health Challenges With Holistic Herbal Remedies, by Mary Thibodeau

• Published on: 2015-10-12
• Released on: 2015-10-12
• Format: Kindle eBook

Ten Wild Herbs For Ten Modern Problems: Facing Today's Health Challenges With Holistic Herbal Remedies, by Mary Thibodeau

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A helpful little herb book...a good read! By Daisy S This small yet helpful herb book covered herbs that I am most interested in. Although it is a small book, it is worth reading as it covers 10 herbs that help health problems.A great book in a small package!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Phenomenal Herbal Study By ladyp50 Ever hear the old adage, learn something new everyday?Through this quick study of herbal knowledge, I learned something new for heart health and helping with blood pressure. Indeed a quick and easy read that everyone can learn something new or just refresh their memory for their herbal reference. Kudos to the author!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Informative and interesting. By Missy S It was very informative. I knew about most of them but I was glad to hear I was right.

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