The Most Interesting Person in the Room: A brief guide to understanding the world by Thomas Vernon

The Most Interesting Person in the Room: A brief guide to understanding the world

Thomas Vernon

344 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

informative lighthearted fast-paced
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The origin of the marathon derives from the legendary story of Philippides running from the Battlefields of Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C. This distance was approximately 40 km, however, was changed in 1908 to please a lazy 67-year-old king.In nea...

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