Classical Spies: American Archeologists with the OSS in World War II Greece, by Susan Heuck Allen. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.
The Bull of Minos, by Leonard Cottrell. London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1953.
Cottrell provides a magnificent account of the stranger-than-fiction saga of Arthur Evans and Heinrich Schliemann as they both began lifelong quests to solve the “Homeric Problem”: how could the Iliad and the Odyssey be so detailed and realistic if they were just make-believe?
The Will of Zeus: A History of Greece from the Origins of Hellenic Culture to the Death of Alexander, by Stringfellow Barr. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1961.
The Civilization of Ancient Crete, by R. F. Willets. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1976.
Willets provides an indispensable study of how the heroic ideal took root on Crete, rising from Minoan culture and creating the notion that each Cretan citizen is a dromeus—a runner who needs strength, skill, and compassion to care for his fellow citizens. Willets also fills in many details about John Pendlebury’s exploration of the island.
The Villa Ariadne, by Dilys Powell. London: RC&C, 1973.
Powell’s husband once mentored young Pendlebury, and her memoir is a breathtaking account of what it was like to roam the Cretan mountains with them.
The Archeology of Crete, by J. D. S. Pendlebury. London: Methuen, 1939.
There’s no better look at the imagination, scholarship, and daring of Pendlebury as archeologist.
The Rash Adventurer: A Life of John Pendlebury, by Imogen Grundon. With a foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: Libri Publications, 2007.
Grundon created a thrilling and remarkably thorough biography (including the choice detail of the shared love Pendlebury and T. E. Lawrence had for the awful Richard Yea-and-Nay). She also provided an opportunity for Paddy Leigh Fermor, shortly before his death, to look back on the magnificent figure who dazzled him when he first arrived on Crete.
The Secret of Crete, Hans George Wunderlich. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1974.
Chapters 18–22 (Xan and Paddy)
Hide and Seek: A Story of a Wartime Agent, by Xan Fielding. London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1954.
The Nearest Way Home, by Daphne Fielding. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970.
Xenia: A Memoir. Greece 1919–1949, by Mary Henderson. London: Weidenfield and Nicholson, 1988.
Paddy makes a colorful appearance in this recollection of life in Greece before and during the German occupation.
A Time of Gifts, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1977.
Between the Woods and the Water, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1986.
A Time to Keep Silence, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1957.
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1966.
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1958.
Vasili, the Lion of Crete: the Heroic Story of a New Zealand Special Agent Behind Enemy Lines During World War II, by Murray Elliott. Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1987.
Botany, Ballet, & Dinner from Scratch: A Memoir with Recipes, by Leda Meredith. New York: Heliotrope Books LLC, 2008.
Jump Westminster: Parkour in Schools. A documentary film by Julie Angel. May 2007.
Ciné Parkour: A Cinematic and Theoretical Contribution to the Understanding of the Practice of Parkour, by Julie Angel, Ph.D. Self-published doctoral dissertation, 2011.
The Cretan Runner, by George Psychoundakis. Translated by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1955.
Chapters 23–31 (Escape by natural method)
“Eagles of Mount Ida,” an unpublished manuscript by George Phrangoulitakis, aka “Scuttle George.” Translated by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Stored in the Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor archive in the National Library of Scotland.
The Nazi Occupation of Crete, 1941–1945, by G. C. Kiriakopoulos. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1995.
The Cretan Resistance, 1941-1945. The official British report of 1945 together with comments by British officers who took part in the Resistance, compiled by N. A. Kokonas, M.D. Forewords by Jack Smith-Hughes, Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Ralph Stockbridge. Rethymnon: 1991.
Unpublished memoir by Tom Dunbabin, 1955. Manuscript saved by his son, John Dunbabin, after his father’s death in 1955 and provided to Patrick Leigh Fermor.
The War Magician, by David Fisher. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983.
The Last Days of St. Pierre: the Volcanic Disaster that Claimed Thirty Thousand Lives, by Ernest Zebrowski, Jr. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
The Violins of Saint-Jacques: A Tale of the Antilles, by Patrick Leigh Fermor. London: John Murray, 1953.
Natural Method of Physical Culture, by Paul C. Bragg, Ph.D., and Patricia Bragg, Ph.D. Santa Barbara: Health Science, 1975.
A Natural Method of Physical Training: making muscle and reducing flesh without dieting or apparatus, by Edwin Checkley. New York: W.C. Bryant & Co., 1892.
Building Strength: Alan Calvert, the Milo Bar-Bell Company, and the Modernization of American Weight Training, by Kimberly Ayn Beck-with. Ann Arbor: Proquest, 2006.
L’éducation physique, ou l’entrainement complet par la méthode naturelle, by Georges Hébert. Paris: Librairie Vuibert, 1912.
La Culture Virile et les Devoirs Physiques de L’Officier Combattant, by Georges Hébert. Paris: Librairie Vuilbert, 1913.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979.
Ill Met By Moonlight, by W. Stanley Moss. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1950.
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A War of Shadows, by W. Stanley Moss. New York: MacMillan, 1952.
The Abduction of General Kreipe, by George Harokopos. Heraklion, Crete: V. Kouvidis–V. Manouros, 1973.
Chapters 32–36 (Fueling an escape on fat and fascia)
Slow Burn, by Stu Mittleman. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
Training for Endurance, by Phil Maffetone. Stamford, New York: David Barmore Productions, 1996.
In Fitness and In Health, Phil Maffetone. Stamford, New York: David Barmore Productions, 1997.
Cheng Hsin: the Principles of Effortless Power, by Peter Ralston. Berkeley: Blue Snake Books, 1989.
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It, by Gary Taubes. New York: Anchor Books, 2010.
The Lore of Running, by Tim Noakes, M.D. London: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Challenging Beliefs: Memoir of a Career, by Tim Noakes, M.D. Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2012.
The Real Meal Revolution, by Sally-Ann Creed, Tim Noakes, Jonno Proudfoot and David Grier. Cape Town: Quivertree Publications, 2014.