16 resultats per Categoria: ESCAPE SUMMER 2021

  • ESCAPE BY BIKE : ADVENTURE CYCLING, BIKEPACKING AND TOURING OFF-ROAD
    CUNNINGHAM, JOSHUA
    From wilderness treks to weekends following local coastal paths, adventure cycling combines cycle touring, mountain biking and camping to open up new and exciting possibilities for the two-wheeled explorer. Thanks to advances in bike technology and the ease of international travel, cycling adventures on any scale are more accessible than ever before.Cycling writer and photograp...
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  • JUNKO TABEI MASTERS THE MOUNTAINS
    REBEL GIRLS
    From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest. Junko is bad at athletics. Really bad. Other students laugh because they think she is small and weak. Then her teacher takes the class on a trip to a mountain. It's bigger than any Junko's ever seen, but she is deter...
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  • FIFTY PLACES TO RUN BEFORE YOU DIE
    WOODS, SARAH
    Fifty Places to Run Before You Die is a beautifully illustrated collection of the most exhilarating running courses in the world. Featuring a balance of popular races (marathons, 10Ks, and endurance runs) and scenic trails off the beaten path, as well as interviews with accomplished runners and leaders of respected running organizations, this book divulges the details that make...
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  • FIFTY PLACES TO BIKE BEFORE YOU DIE
    SANTELLA, CHRIS
    In the ninth addition to his bestselling "Fifty Places" series, author Chris Santella is back at it again, this time exploring the world on bikes with Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die. Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and extreme exercise activity and Chris cover trips for cyclists of every level. Fifty Places to Bike covers environmen...
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  • DAS GEHEIME BAND
    WOHLLEBEN, PETER
    Wie sehr sind wir überhaupt noch mit der Natur verbunden? Peter Wohlleben ist überzeugt: Das Band zwischen Mensch und Natur ist bis heute stark und intakt, auch wenn wir uns dessen nicht immer bewusst sind: Unser Blutdruck normalisiert sich in der Umgebung von Bäumen, die Farbe Grün beruhigt uns, der Wald schärft unsere Sinne, er lehrt uns zu riechen, hören, fühlen und zu sehen...
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  • THE JOY OF WALKING : SELECTED WRITINGS
    Just like the best walks, The Joy of Walking takes you on a journey with lots to surprise and enjoy along the way. Through the best of classic writing, this inspiring anthology shows how the simple act of walking goes to the heart of life itself.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket size classics, this edition is edited and introduced by Suzy Cr...
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  • THE JOY OF SWIMMING
    CORLEY, JACKIE
    The Joy of Swimming is a collection of over 200 fun and inspirational quotes on the greatness of swimming. Swimming is one of the best exercises for all ages. The great sensation of the water on one's skin, the wonderfulness of floating and feeling weightlessness, the health and fitness benefits of the activity--all of this is captured inside The Joy of Swimming. Whether it was...
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  • A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST
    SOLNIT, REBECCA
    In this investigation into loss, losing and being lost, Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty. A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory and mapmaking, Hitchcock movies and Renaissance painting.Beautifully written, this book combines memoir, history and philosophy, shedding glittering new light on the way we live now. ...
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  • WALKING
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil-to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee an...
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  • WALDEN
    HENRY DAVID THOREAU
    Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and Walden is without doubt his most influential book. It recounts the author's experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. Thoreau constructed the house himself, with the help of a few friends, to see if he could live 'deliberately' ...
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  • INTO THE WILD
    JON KRAKAUER
    The disturbing but brilliantly written story of twenty-two year-old Chris McCandless, who, in a quest for intense experience, rid himself of all his money and possessions, and walked into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness with only the minimum of equipment. His emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus four months later. Using the example of McCandless, Krakauer explores o...
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  • HOW TO BE MORE TREE : ESSENTIAL LIFE LESSONS FOR PERENNIAL HAPPINESS
    GIFT, POTTER
    A beautifully illustrated celebration of the wisdom of trees and what they can teach us about everyday life, from basking in the sun to weathering the storm. This sweet and informative book brings together fifty-nine universal life lessons taken from the infinite wisdom of trees. As you learn about dozens of trees, from the Acai palm to the Yoshino cherry, you'll find that thei...
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  • RUNNING FOR MY LIFE
    JORDAN WYLIE
    This is the extraordinary true story of how a former British soldier turned extreme adventurer set out to run marathons in the world's most dangerous countries. In 2018, Jordan Wylie trained and ran in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan to raise awareness of the plight of children suffering in war zones as well as the funds to help provide education.Risking his life in some of the m...
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  • EIGER DREAMS: VENTURES AMONG MEN AND MOUNTAINS
    KRAKAUER, JON
    No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Alway...
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  • ABOVE THE CLOUDS : HOW I CARVED MY OWN PATH TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
    JORNET, KILIAN
    The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir-an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth's highest peak to the soul's deepest reaches.What drives a person to the edge of one of the most difficult and revered mountains in the world? How much is one willing to...
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  • SWIMMING : VINTAGE MINIS
    DEAKIN, ROGER
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