Whether you're a sensitive, bookish type or a beer-guzzling Cyber-jock--or just an average guy--The Gentleman's Guide to Life is a perfect and indispensable primer on looking, living, and feeling good, answering all your questions about clothes, career, fitness, love, and lust.How do I move up without selling out?How do I help my friends (and crush my enemies)?How do I feed and care for my boss?What kind of suit should I wear?What kind of shoes do I wear...

When Steve Friedman was a child growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, the game of golf was, to him, mysterious and dark. His father's passion for it caused friction in his marriage and eluded the interest of his youngest son, who was devoted instead to basketball. For that and many other reasons, the two failed to bond, ultimately leading to an awkward and unhappy relationship.But Friedman never forgot the love his father had for golf, and after many years, when he was in his for...

Think you know the story of Olympic runner Zola Budd? Think again. Even if you remember how the barefoot prodigy broke world records and was blamed for favorite Mary Deckers career-crippling fall, her story has more heartbreak and nuance than the headlines would have you believe.

When Midwesterner Steve Friedman arrived in Manhattan, the land of the quick and the mean, raring to go and ready to conquer, he soon found pitfalls and pratfalls more numerous and perilous than he had ever imagined. Here is his utterly honest, often hilarious, self-deprecating account of those fateful years, starting with his first job at GQ and his awkward efforts to impress his boss, Art Cooper, and including real and imagined love affairs, disasters at work and play, growing s...

What makes some men drive themselves to succeed in their chosen sport, no matter how daunting the odds? And what are the struggles that victory almost inevitably brings? Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-annihilation. Try to understand the most accomplished high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance records still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his wife and ...

Rick Trujillo trains in the Rockies, not on the roads. He chases elk, not records. He fuels up on Oreos, not PowerBars. He loves running, but, New York Times bestselling author Steve Friedman asks, is it possible to love it too much?

Is he a pilgrim, a victim, or a thief? The Appalachian Trial provides a path and a refuge of sorts to all seekers, writes New York Times bestselling author Steve Friedman. Few are as baffling as the man they called Saved.

'Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.' The words of Scott Jurek, a dominant force - and darling - in the gruelling and growing sport of ultrarunning for more than a decade. In 1999, as a complete unknown, he took the lead in the Western States Endurance Run, a 100-mile jaunt over the Gold Rush trails of America's Sierra Nevada. He went on to win that race seven years in a row. Jurek was also one of the elite runner...

Scott Jurek è un mito vivente deli'ultrarunning e fonte di ispirazione per corridori di ogni età e livello. L'infanzia nel Midwest americano, le prime gare, la scelta di un'alimentazione prima vegetariana e poi vegana, le corse massacranti dove ha infranto ogni record: Eat&Run ci parla dello straordinario potere della volontà, dell'autodisciplina, dell'importanza della nutrizione e del coraggio di un uomo che ha affrontato ogni avversità per superare i propri limiti e diventare una leggend...

La inspiradora historia de uno de los mejores corredores de todos los tiemposDurante casi dos décadas, Scott Jurek ha sido una de las figuras dominantes y más queridas en el extenuante y cada vez más popular deporte de la ultracarrera. Desde que en 1999, siendo un completo desconocido, liderara la carrera de resistencia de los estados del oeste de Estados Unidos, sus logros le han situado en la élite de los corredores: ganó esa carrera durante siete años consecutiv...

The New York Times bestseller Eat and Run is "the inspiring story of an inspired man. Scott Jurek's phenomenal success as an ultra-marathoner demonstrates that meat and other animal foods are not necessary for optimum health, strength, and endurance."—Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestelling author of Spontaneous HappinessFor nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. He held the American 24-hour reco...

The New York Times bestseller Eat and Run is ""the inspiring story of an inspired man. Scott Jurek's phenomenal success as an ultra-marathoner demonstrates that meat and other animal foods are not necessary for optimum health, strength, and endurance.""—Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestelling author of Spontaneous HappinessFor nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing ...