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- Sorokin, who turns 41 this month, has rewritten the ultrarunning record books in recent years.
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Sep 19, 2022 · Sorokin, who turns 41 this month, has rewritten the ultrarunning record books in recent years. He has set world records for 100-kilometers (6:05:41, 5:53 mile pace), 100 miles (10:51:39, 6:31...
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- Roald Dahl
- R.L. Stine
- Hugh John Lofting
- Ian Fleming
- Richard Scarry
- Mark Twain
- Agatha Christie
- Enid Blyton
In February 2023, controversy erupted when it was reported that Puffin, the children’s imprint of Penguin Random House, was reissuing multiple books by Roald Dahl with language that had been altered with the help of a sensitivity reader. The changes include removing every instance of the words fat and ugly; as a result, Augustus Gloop in Charlie an...
Author R.L. Stine was among those who were shocked when it was reported that some of the books in his popular young adult series Goosebumps were being edited with his participation. Stine quickly denied the claim, stating on his official Twitter account, “The stories aren’t true. I’ve never changed a word in Goosebumps. Any changes were never shown...
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh John Lofting was first published in 1920 and has since spawned multiple sequels, stage versions, and film adaptations. While the books condemned slavery and European colonialism, by the 1960s, their age was starting to show: Some characters (like an African prince who wanted to alter his looks to appeal to Sleep...
Casino Royale, the first book in Ian Fleming’s popular spy series, turns 70 in 2023. To celebrate, the novels are being re-released—but they won’t be identical to the books that were originally published. Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., hired sensitivity readers to review the books and made edits based on their recommendations. The edits includethe ...
The beloved children’s author and illustratorRichard Scarry, who wrote more than 250 books, is known for his “Best Ever” series, which follows the lives of the residents of Busytown and has been adapted into multiple television series, educational videos, and even a video game. The first book in the series, Best Word Book Ever, was published in 196...
Despite being one of the most beloved books of all time, Mark Twain’s American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has beenfrequently challenged, censored, and outright banned since its original publication in 1884. In 2011, Alan Gribben, an English professor at Auburn University, edited the book, removing its hundreds of uses of the n-word ...
Agatha Christie is another famous writer whose books have been re-edited multiple times for things like content and shifting cultural norms, particularly when it comes to words describing race and ethnicity. The latest edition of 1937’s Death on the Nile (one of the Poirot novels), published by HarperCollins, removes a character describing her revu...
Enid Blyton, who was born in East London in 1897, began writing as a child. Her best known work, The Famous Five book series, was released between 1942 and 1963 and follows the exploits of a group of children and their dog. In 2010, the series was given a “makeover” by Hodder Children’s Books in which the language was tweaked to sound more contempo...
Nov 22, 2019 · 1. Sky Runner by Emelie Forsberg. Read it if…. You just love to run, whatever the distance. Emelie Forsberg is a high-achieving ultrarunner and sky runner, and her new book is a celebration of ...
Mar 2, 2023 · A Look At How The NCAA & American Distance Running Record Books Have Been Rewritten in Just 4 Years. By Jonathan Gault. March 2, 2023. It feels as if every week in 2023, some sort of...
- Jonathan Gault
Feb 23, 2024 · 8:00 AM. Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images. Track and field superstar Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will go down as one of the sport's greatest athletes. At just 24 years old, she has rewritten the...
Oct 25, 2019 · Scott Jurek’s memoir takes readers through his 2,189 mile, 46-day run in 2015 to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. To do the math, that is 50 miles every day for almost 7 weeks! Jurek is a well-known ultrarunner, famed for finishing first in nearly all ultra-running elite events.
Mar 15, 2024 · Amazon.com. as of May 20, 2024 9:00 am. From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail. Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners.
