Rowing is a fantastic exercise, and a decent workout as long as you don't push yourself too much. For the health nerds or those simply wanting to not...
If I could fit all of the Gaunt's Ghosts novels into a single omnibus, I'd pick that instantly. Unfortunately, I don't think the thread allows that....
'All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled with sober senses, his real conditions in life, and his relations with his kind.'