About
Kim Cormack is the always comedic author of the darkly twisted epic paranormal romance series, "The Children of Ankh." She worked for over 16 years as an Early Childhood educator in preschool, daycare, and as an aid. Multiple sclerosis caused her to make a few life adjustments, and now she writes full time. She's lived most of her life on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives in the gorgeous little town of Port Alberni. She's a single mom with two awesome kids, Cameron and Jenna. She spends the majority of her time parenting, creating hi-jinks, or disappearing into her own mind, journeying through other realms and winning battles. When you read one of her books... May you laugh, cry and step out of your box for a moment and realize that no matter what the circumstance...Magic is absolutely everywhere.
Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness
Description
<p><b>The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon.</b><br /> <br />One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, <i>Learning to Breathe Fire </i>combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. <br /> <br />The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. <br /> <br />In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out. </p>
Story Behind The Book
So, you've survived your Correction.
You've been successfully claimed and branded to either Clan Ankh, Trinity or Triad.
If you manage to stay with your original clan until your eighteenth birthday, you will be sealed to that clan forever.
Now you begin the training. Your clan must teach you to die, so you have a chance to survive the immortal Testing.
Can your partially mortal brain handle the trials and tribulations of immortality?
What will you become?
Will there be anything left of your humanity if you manage to survive?
This is not a fairytale.
This is a nightmare...
