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Karan Bajaj is the author of Keep off the Grass,which has been on bestseller lists in India since its release in 2008. The bookwas a semi-finalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and was shortlistedfor the Indiaplaza Golden Quill Award, among other honors. Johnny Gone Down ishis second novel.

Born in 1979 into an Army family, Karan is anengineering graduate from BIT Ranchi and an MBA from the Indian Institute ofManagement, Bangalore. Besides writing, he pursues his Brand Management careerwith Kraft Foods, New York on the side and was named a ‘Top 40 under 40Marketer in the US’ byAdvertisingAge in 2007. He can be reached at email@karanbajaj.com.

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The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon. One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, Learning to Breathe Fire 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. 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. 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.

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"The Pulp fiction novel of the summer!" <span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"> - Financial Express “Set to make publishing history”<span style="border-bottom:1pt;border-left:1pt;padding-bottom:0in;line-height:115%;padding-left:0in;padding-right:0in;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;border-top:1pt;border-right:1pt;padding-top:0in;"> - IANS “Johnny rises and shines! Wild, bizarre and satisfying” - Deccan Chronicle “Restores one’s faith in the pace of a thriller” - Asian Age “Raw and powerful” - Indiaplaza "A taut gripping saga" - Hindustan Times " A stunning adventure of the human spirit from one of the freshest, most exciting voices in Indian literature in years” - Ben Rekhi, Waterborne. “Visceral. Stunning. Pure entertainment without pretensions” - Vir Das, Film Actor "This is the greatest novel I have ever read in my life...I can't get this book and the cover out of my head." - Flipkart

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Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

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