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Tom Gauthier

Tom Gauthier

About

Novelist and Playwright, Acting Coach/Director, World Traveler, Lecturer and Communications Consultant. Doctorate in Psychology, Masters in Business Administration - Add it all up over a forty year career and it produces some neat plots to develop for your entertainment!
Novels:

Code Name: ORION'S EYE

A VOYAGE BEYOND REASON
(2009 Winner of Writers Digest Self-Published Book Award)

 MEAD'S TREK

Coming April 2013:  DIE LISTE: Revenge On The Black Sun

Plays: Murder at Alkali Lake
          Die on our Mountain
          Whisky, She Wrote
           Here Come d'Judge

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

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

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<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

There are two core events that drove the original story: the WWII sinking of the troopship SS Cape San Juan and the development of a sophisticated and secret new radar used by the Army Air Corps to track enemy fighter planes. Added to these was the panic within senior Nazi leaders about the beating they were taking from allied bombers. Thus a Nazi spy is sent to locate and steal the radar secrets and Amos Mead, OSS is detailed to counter the effort.

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<p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">June 2, 2009</span></font></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><strong><em><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;">“Code Name: Orion’s Eye </span></em></strong><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;">is a wonderful combination of historical fact and fiction woven together by a remarkable new talent in the world of unsung authors. Tom Gauthier has done an outstanding job with this edge-of-your-seat thriller. The ending will totally <em>blow </em>you away. This is one book I would say is a must-read for any historical World War II buffs or anyone who just loves to read. . .” </span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“The unexpected ending of this great work is a delightful touch of intrigue and mystery.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;"><span style="background:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">“You will have to read the book if you want to know the depth to which this writer can take you. Don’t pass this one up as it is a truly great read.”</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p align="right" class="NormalWeb4" style="margin:5pt 4.55pt 0pt;text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">Reviewed By Sandra E. Graham of Bookpleasures.com</span></span></p> <p> </p>