Natural born heroes : how a daring band of misfits mastered the lost secrets of strength and endurance
(Book on CD)

Title from web page.

Compact discs.

Read by Nicholas Guy Smith.

"After running an ultramarathon through the Copper Canyons of Mexico, Christopher McDougall finds his next great adventure on the 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 with little more than their own wits and courage to guide them? McDougall makes his way to the island to find the answer and retraces their steps, experiencing firsthand the extreme physical challenges the Resistance fighters and their local allies faced. On Crete, the birthplace of classical Greek heroism, 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." (from the cover)