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Kokoda

Peter FitzSimons

When I was back in Perth I used to do bootcamp a couple of times a week. My trainer loved to bring the group to Kings Park and do either Jacob’s Ladder or the Kokoda Track. Both involve climbing up stairs and the two locations are leg workout “heaven” in Perth CBD. Although the Kokoda Track only has 150 steps compared to 240 at Jacob’s . . .

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Posted in: australiahistory

February 15, 2015

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs, and Steel is another book that I found in the “top 100 books that everyone should read before they die” list that I mentioned in a previous post. This book is also recommended by both Bill Gates and Charlie Munger, two of the world’s most successful billionaires. The motivation behind the book was to answer the question of why . . .

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Posted in: history

November 09, 2014

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