How Hard Can It Be? by Ian Jenkins
So how exactly would you cook a bat?And what did Jesus get up to between being born in a stable in a hail of publicity, up until he appeared again at about 33 complete with a beard and an NVQ in carpentry?
Questions like this are what happens when a middle-aged, overweight bloke has a mid-life crisis, buys a bike and decides to cycle, unsupported and with minimal training from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Whilst the actual journey itself is covered in the book in a self-deprecating humorous style of the author, as his physically inadequate body and lack of training battle against the lack of comfort provided by a 2-inch wide saddle along with gravity and nature seemingly working against him for every mile, it is more about the thoughts he has while away from home with nothing else to think about other than pushing the left pedal followed by the right, followed by the left. And the responses to his thoughts from work colleagues, friends and family.
Ian Jenkins is the Principal Curator of the British Museum's Ancient Greek collections and has written extensively on the archaeology and art history of Ancient Greece and Rome. Greek Architecture and its Sculpture (2006), The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum (2007), The Lion of Knidos (2008), and The Greek Body with Victoria Turner (2009) are among his recent books (all published by The British Museum Press).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781398471382 |
| ISBN 10 | 1398471380 |
| Title | How Hard Can It Be? |
| Author | Ian Jenkins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Austin Macauley Publishers |
| Year published | 2023-01-06 |
| Number of pages | 142 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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