The Complete Book of Running The Complete Book of Running The Complete Book of Running is a 1977 non-fiction book written by Jim Fixx. The book discusses not only the physical benefits of running, but its psychological benefits as well: increasing self-esteem, acquiring a "high" from running, and being able to cope better with pressure and tension. Jim Fixx was the author of the 1977 best-seller "The Complete Book of Running", which sold over one million copies. Fixx is credited with popularizing the sport of running and contributing to the 1970s running boom through regular media appearances that touted the health benefits of exercise. Predisposed
The Guide for the Perplexed but today considered superior by some, was that of Judah al-Harizi. A first complete translation in Latin ("Rabbi Mossei Aegyptii Dux seu Director dubitantium aut perplexorum") was printed in Paris by Agostino Giustiniani/Augustinus Justinianus in 1520. A French translation accompanied the first critical edition, published by Salomon Munk in three volumes from 1856 ("Le Guide des égarés: Traité de Théologie et de Philosophie par Moïse ben Maimoun dit Maïmonide. Publié Pour la première fois dans l'arabe original et accompagné d'une traduction française et notes des critiques littéraires et explicatives par S. Munk"). The first complete English translation was "The Guide