Maybe I should go jump over park benches

Natural Born Heroes

Despite the "Chris MacDougal" style--build up and switch--this was gripping and altogether unforgettable.  This time his alternating plot lines were the British undercover operatives on Crete during World War II and the superhuman feats attained by people who practice Parkour and other extreme athletic regimes.  He likes to spend a chapter or so on the main plot line--the extreme level of fitness (physical or mental--who knows) required to do the stunts the operatives did--then switch off for a bit describing the history of Greek athletes or the Parkour regimen for extreme fitness or other lost arts of near-superhuman achievement.

His style works for me, once I got used to it again.  (See: Born To Run)  But it bugs some people supremely. Others probably just plain don't believe him.  I can understand that--he gets going with an idea and goes a little far, hyperbolically, at times.  If you can forgive him those occasions and stick with what can be demonstrated in the history books or proven by observation, then this book will blow your mind and expand your vision of possibilities.