Alistair McNash desperately wants to be an author, and has worked tirelessly at this goal while working a dead-end office job. Then one day everything finally turns around - only for him to be summoned to another world by a witch's spell!Now in the fantastical land of Ostium, Alistair and the witch responsible search for a way to get him back home. But they soon learn that Ostium is facing its own problems...

Endurance Sport and the American Philosophical Tradition, edited by Douglas R. Hochstetler, analyzes the relationship between endurance sports—such as running, cycling, and swimming–and themes from the American philosophical tradition. The contributors enter into dialogue with writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James, Henry David Thoreau, and John Dewey, as well as more recent scholars such as John McDermott and bell hooks. Examining American philosophical themes informs issues i...