The book I read to research this post was Triathlon Training For Dummies by Deidre Pitney et al which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. This book is primarily for novices looking to enter their first triathlon for which it recommends doing a sprint event which if you are a good athlete you can do in 1 1/2 hours although some take up to 4 hours to complete. It's also of interest to those looking to up the type of triathlon they do and the ironman events cover more than 140 miles and take around 15 hours to complete. Triathlons are a combination of running, cycling and swimming over various distances. In the ironman events they run a complete marathon in addition to the cycling and swimming. If you are looking at increasing your endurance at running you should try fartlek which was developed in Sweden and consists of a combination of walking briskly and running which stops your body coming to a complete stop when you are worn out and is done over considerable distances. Swimming training in a nutshell should consist of trying to cover a distance in as few strokes as possible and you should aim to do 25 m in 14-16 strokes, many novices do it in 18 or more. At the beginning ignore how long it takes you and work on that at a later stage. The cycling should be done at a reasonably low gear to prevent lactic acid build up in your legs that too should focus on covering a distance with as few revolutions of the pedals as possible and look at reducing your time later. With both swimming and cycling these are the biggest factors in speeding up your time. With diet you should focus on complex carbohydrates as opposed to simple ones as that helps endurance. A lot of people don't realise fat is a nutrient and you need a certain amount. Energy drinks are important and you should twice what it appears will cure your thirst although obviously this is supplemented with water. I really enjoyed this book and thought it makes a great blog although I have no plans to do a triathlon at least not for the time being. It does contain a lot of information on health and fitness in general.

The book I read to research this post was Behavioural Economics For Dummies by Morris Altman which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. This book is about a subject that has only recently started to be taken seriously and in certain other quarters especially among economists alot of people dismiss it. With economics it's often assumed most people will respond to market forces in a certain way often favourable to the economist which simply doesn't happen. You might find a product is the best of its type on the market and gets favourable reviews but sells poorly. Equally you might find a company making good profits and its products doing well but its shares perform badly. Of course this is about human nature and this book would best suit someone interested in economics. This book is about why people are so fickle and is there a way to predict what is going to happen. Interestingly if someone has to give up a small amount of money to gain a larger amount most people won't risk it because losing the money upsets them more than the potential happiness they are set to achieve by the profit. Equally some people were asked if you lost $50 you were due to buy a concert ticket with would you still buy the ticket and most people said yes but if they lost the concert ticket most people said no. This book only delves into this subject a little as it is a very complex subject and the book isn't as easy to understand as some for dummies books. A final point is if a country has rich ores and mineral resources you would think it would be wealthy but many countries have corruption and bad government which keeps the general populace poor. Equally some countries are the complete opposite where what mineral wealth they have is well managed.

The book I read to research this post was The Samsung S4 Manual The Complete Galaxy S4 Guide To Conquer Your Device by Daniel Forrester which is a very good book which I bought from kindle. This book is written in an easy to understand way and although it's only 68 pages certainly covers all the basics with this smartphone. The processor is a quad core 1.6 GHZ so is only a small upgrade on the S3 but the memory has gone from 1 GB to 2 GB and the software is much more efficient so the phone is much faster at doing things. It has a rear 13 MB camera and a front 1.9 MB camera and has technology incorporated to let you take several shots and combine them into 1 photo and also there is a built in eraser app that lets you remove moving objects from the background if they are a bit blurred for example. It runs the Android 4.2.2 operating system called Jelly Bean. I think as updates become available you can upgrade that as time goes on as with most smartphones. The case and the bezel to this phone are smaller but the screen is actually bigger which does mean things like the keyboard might take a bit of getting used to as they are bigger than the previous version. I did see a review of this phone in a technology magazine and it was rated as the best smartphone available. I enjoyed reading this book and I know it's quite a new phone but there doesn't appear to be that many books and ebooks available about it although I am sure that will gradually change.