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At the age of 68, Dr. Zeev Gilkis, a cancer survivor, decided to gift himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday - to run his first full marathon. In his previous book Running Back in Time, the author, writing at the time at age 69, told the story of the first half of his journey. The Beautiful Addiction relates the second part of his journey, through which Zeev gradually increases the distance of his runs from 21 kilometers to 42 kilometers while sharing his thoughts about life and becoming ageless, all the way to the surprising ending.

Go on a truly unique ride with Stanley Sperber, the only orchestra conductor in the world who is also an internationally certified tennis umpire, as he describes true incidents from his unusual dual career. These stories include poignant and sometimes hilarious encounters with such famous personalities as Leonard Bernstein, Danny Kaye, Daniel Barenboim, and Zubin Mehta on the musical stage, as well as Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe on the tennis court.