false <![CDATA[ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg 91032 1 In the midst of the standard dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- a 40-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport in which a 27-year-old is a has been. Strauss, a classics professor, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full-blown obsession. Drawn to the sport in part because of his affinity for Greek antiquity, he develops a love for old boathouses, a longing for rivers at dawn, a thirst to test himself, and, ultimately, a renewed sense of self-reliance -- as someone who had experienced sports humiliation as far back as Little League suddenly find himself bursting into athleticism at an unlikely age. From the awe-inspiring feats of the war-bound Greek triremes with their crews of 172 men rowing on three levels to the solitary pride of finishing a first race in which he gets stuck in the weeds and has to be fished out, Barry Strauss shows us why "there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." 87840 17 4 2001 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty total:9|5:3|4:2|3:1|2:3| 9 32 11 1 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 2 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 11:48:59 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 13 11:53:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 0 0 false Sun Nov 29 13:54:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 13:54:52 -0800 2009 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 2 0 false Tue Sep 15 16:56:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 16:56:26 -0700 2009 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 0 0 false Sun Jul 05 17:16:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 17:16:53 -0700 2009 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 5 0 false Thu May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Fri Apr 10 17:18:03 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 17:18:20 -0700 2009 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 4 0 false Sun Nov 16 18:21:59 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 18:21:59 -0800 2008 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 5 0 false Thu Sep 18 22:40:57 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 22:40:57 -0700 2008 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 3 0 false Sat Apr 12 16:16:57 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 16:16:57 -0700 2008 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 4 0 false Mon Jan 28 09:04:08 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 09:04:08 -0800 2008 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 2 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Dec 05 16:44:36 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 16:44:54 -0800 2007 91032 0684863308 9780684863306 9 1 ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT: On Learning to Scull at Forty 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171225828m/91032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91032.ROWING_AGAINST_THE_CURRENT_On_Learning_to_Scull_at_Forty 5 0 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 11:40:01 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 11:40:18 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=91032