The Five-Week Web Workout Plan for the Beijing Olympics
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.01.08 | 11:48 AM ET
UC Irvine history professor and World Hum contributor Jeffrey Wasserstrom is determined to pump you up—intellectually speaking—for the Olympic Games. Last November, we noted his suggested reading list, which included no fewer than 12 books.
“Now, however, the Games aren’t months away but only weeks, so a different approach is needed,” he writes in The Huffington Post. “There’s no point in telling people what the best route to take in a marathon is, after all, when all there’s time for is a sprint. So, what I’m offering up here is a much simpler plan: not a book-a-month, but an online activity-a-week (or two for some weeks, plus extra credit options) to take us through the weeks remaining before the Opening Ceremonies begin.”
What follows are links to slideshows and articles, and even an internet travel show, Sexy Beijing.
Related on World Hum:
* Twelve Books to Read Before Traveling to China
Photo by topgold via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
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Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.
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