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Introduction Military fitness regimens are often synonymous with physical endurance, strength training, and combat readiness. However, modern approaches are shifting towards recognising the equally critical role of mental health in overall resilience and performance. Service members operate under unique stressors, from high-stakes missions to long separations from loved ones, making… Read more »

Introduction Edgar Rice Burroughs (01 September 1875 to 19 March 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan (who appeared in a series of twenty-four books by him) and John Carter (who… Read more »

Introduction Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG (29 May 1874 to 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and wrote on apologetics, such as his works Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton routinely referred to himself as… Read more »

Introduction Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other works include the essay collections Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1886) and Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; Three… Read more »

Introduction The Thirty-Nine Steps is a 1915 adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan, first published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It was serialised in All-Story Weekly issues of 5 and 12 June 1915, and in Blackwood’s Magazine (credited to “H. de V.”) between July and September 1915,… Read more »

Introduction John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (/ˈbʌxən/; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. As a youth, Buchan began writing poetry and prose, fiction and… Read more »

Introduction William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 to 06 September 1950) was a British philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Life Stapledon was born in Seacombe, Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula in Cheshire, the only son… Read more »

Introduction Dr. Richard Austin Freeman MRCS LSA (11 April 1862 to 28 September 1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr. Thorndyke. Literary Contribution Freeman’s first Thorndyke story, The Red Thumb Mark, was published in 1907. He invented the inverted detective story (a… Read more »

Introduction The Warsaw Ghetto Hunger Study was a study taken up by Jewish doctors imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942 (World War II). The Nazis, intent on starving the ghetto within months, allowed no more than a daily intake of 180 calories per prisoner – less than 10% of… Read more »

Introduction The Minnesota Starvation Experiment, also known as the Minnesota Semi-Starvation Experiment, the Minnesota Starvation-Recovery Experiment and the Starvation Study, was a clinical study performed at the University of Minnesota between 19 November 1944 and 20 December 1945. The investigation was designed to determine the physiological effects of severe and… Read more »