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1. Christopher Mcdougall

Hardlopen met Sherman

Toen Christopher McDougall een ezel adopteerde, dacht hij dat het dier in een veld zou staan, er schattig uit zou zien en wortels zou eten. Maar Sherman was door verwaarlozing in zo'n slechte staat, dat hij amper kon bewegen. Hij was bovendien slechtgehumeurd en obstinaat. Gelukkig wisten de Amish-buren raad: Sherman moest een taak krijgen, een doel. Dat bracht Christopher, auteur van de internationale bestseller Born to Run, op een krankzinnig idee.Om niet alleen fysiek, maar ook mentaal te genezen, geeft Chris zichzelf en Sherman op voor een burro-race, een uniek soort race waarin mensen en ezels samen over bergen en door beken rennen. Daarmee begint hun avontuur. In de loop van Shermans training wordt de hardloopclub uitgebreid met Amish-hardlopers, stoutmoedige geitenherders, de hulpdieren-gemeenschap en twee vrouwelijke vrachtwagenchauffeurs met een voorliefde voor Sarah Palin. Chris beschrijft hoe de gemeenschap de handen ineenslaat om Sherman erbovenop te helpen en klaar te stomen, en hij laat tegelijkertijd zien hoe waardevol het leven met dieren kan zijn.

1. Markus Torgeby

The Runner

The most beautiful book I ever read.

1. Christopher McDougall

Running with Sherman

1. Christopher , Mcdougall

Running with Sherman

"A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection." --John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst DogFrom the best-selling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection.When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He'd heard about burro racing--a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days--and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado.Easier said than done. In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would have to recruit several other runners, both human and equine, and call upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members, and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. An entire community comes together to help save Sherman and, along the way, Chris shows us the joy of a life with animals.

1. Peter Sagal

The Incomplete Book of Running

Praise for The Incomplete Book of Running "Sagal is a very good runner . . . and a very good writer. He is clever, warm, funny and engaging." —The Washington Post “The Incomplete Book of Running has been a loyal companion. It’s funny, well written . . . filled with humility and perpetually on the scan for moments of stray grace. . . . I would go for a run with Sagal anytime." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times “Sagal is brilliant and accomplished, but he’s also self-deprecating and funny. . . . Full of irreverence . . . Sagal is not here to make you faster, but he’ll make you smile, reflect and perhaps take the holiest of actions: those first scary steps out the door.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune "Entertaining and poignant." —Chicago Sun-Times “With exceptional wit and self-deprecating humor . . . Sagal is a compelling writer, and his story may well rouse some to get off the couch, lace up their sneakers, and get running.”  —Booklist "By turns beautiful and moving, and laced with plenty of Sagal’s signature wry humor." —MyFitnessPal Blog "Full of rich observations." —Chicago Magazine "Anyone who’s ever run for fitness, for fun (are there people who do that?), for recreation, or to be a better person will appreciate Peter Sagal’s The Incomplete Book of Running. . . . In addition to taking the reader along on some races and training runs, and giving insight into the importance of a supportive running group and good nutrition, Sagal entertains with sprinklings of fascinating research. . . . The book is full of wonderful cultural references, and Sagal is creative in drawing from diverse sources to stitch together his running philosophy." —Washington Independent Review of Books "Hilarious and poignant." —BuzzFeed

1. Mike Stroud

Survival Of The Fittest

Sets out the genetics, diet and exercise that enable humans to perform at their peak. The author analyses individual feats of survival and athletic prowess that illustrate the way the body functions at its best. He gives some tips on how to stay fit for life for those of us who find walking the dog an endurance challenge...