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The Rise of Superman

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Rise of Superman

By Steven Kotler

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About the book

A razor-sharp analysis of how record-breaking exploits in extreme sport are redefining the limits of being human.Right now, more people are risking their lives for their sports then ever before in history. As Thomas Pynchon once put it in Gravity's Rainbow, 'it is not often that Death is told so clearly to f@%* off'. Over the past three decades, the bounds of the possible in action and adventure sports - from sky-diving to motocross to surfing and beyond - have been pushed farther and faster. A ...Show more

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9781784291228

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Quercus Publishing

Published year

2015

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1

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The Rise of Superman

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Paperback

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