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Alastair Humphreys is an English adventurer, author and motivational speaker. Over a four-year period he bicycled 46,000 miles around the world. He was a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2012. He is responsible for the rise of the idea of the microadventure – short, local, accessible adventures.
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El hombre en busca de sentido
Viktor E. Frankl - 2006-06-01 (publicado por primera vez en 1959)
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El doctor Frankl, psiquiatra y escritor, suele preguntar a sus pacientes aquejados de múltiples padecimientos: «¿Por qué no se suicida usted?» Y muchas veces, de las respuestas extrae una orientación para la psicoterapia a aplicar: a éste, lo que le ata a la vida son los hijos; al otro, un talento, una habilidad sin explotar; a un tercero, quizás, sólo unos cuantos recuerdos que merece la pena rescatar del olvido. Tejer estas tenues hebras de vidas rotas en una urdimbre firme, coherente, significativa y responsable es el objeto con que se enfrenta la logoterapia. En esta obra, Viktor E. Frankl explica la experiencia que le llevó al descubrimiento de la logoterapia. Prisionero, durante mucho tiempo, en los desalmados campos de concentración, él mismo sintió en su propio ser lo que significaba una existencia desnuda. ¿Cómo pudo él que todo lo había perdido, que había visto destruir todo lo que valía la pena, que padeció hambre, frío, brutalidades sin fin, que tantas veces estuvo a punto del exterminio, cómo pudo aceptar que la vida fuera digna de vivirla? El psiquiatra que personalmente ha tenido que enfrentarse a tales rigores merece que se le escuche, pues nadie como él para juzgar nuestra condición humana sabia y compasivamente. Las palabras del doctor Frankl alcanzan un temple sorprendentemente esperanzador sobre la capacidad humana de trascender sus dificultades y descubrir la verdad conveniente y orientadora.
Alastair Humphreys
2023-01-27T09:52:33.000Z
This book is surprisingly cheerful and upbeat. It's slim but packed with wisdom that I often come back to. I really recommend you read it. #HolocaustMemorialDay      fuente
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Regénesis. Alimentar al Mundo sin Devorar el Planeta
Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet
George Monbiot - 2022-08-02
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Por primera vez desde el Neolítico tenemos la oportunidad de transformar no solo nuestro sistema alimentario, sino toda nuestra relación con la naturaleza. La agricultura y la ganadería son la principal causa de destrucción del medio ambiente en el mundo, pero apenas se habla de ello. Criticamos la expansión urbana, pero el sector primario ocupa una superficie treinta veces mayor. Hemos arado, vallado y destinado al pastoreo grandes extensiones del planeta, talando bosques, extinguiendo la fauna autóctona y envenenando ríos y océanos para alimentarnos. Regénesis nos presenta un nuevo futuro para la alimentación y la humanidad, con el objetivo de resolver el mayor de nuestros dilemas: alimentar al mundo sin devorar el planeta. A partir de los asombrosos avances de la ecología del suelo, Monbiot muestra cómo ahondar en el todavía escaso conocimiento de la tierra que pisamos podría permitirnos cultivar más alimentos con menos agricultura. Algunas estrategias están ya en marcha: desde el hortelano que ha revolucionado nuestra comprensión de la fertilidad; pasando por las nuevas variedades de cereales perennes, que liberan a la tierra de arados y sustancias químicas tóxicas; hasta los científicos pioneros en nuevas formas de producir proteínas y grasas; todos ellos nos muestran cómo las formas de vida más pequeñas pueden ayudarnos a hacer las paces con el planeta, a restaurar sus sistemas vivos y a que a la Edad de la Extinción le suceda la Edad de la Regénesis.
Alastair Humphreys
2023-01-10T12:31:50.000Z
@Mr_TP Some that have had a big impact on me: An Uninhabitable Earth. Eating Animals. The Climate Book. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The New Climate War. There is No Planet B. Feral. Regenesis. Wilding.      fuente
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The New Climate War
The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
Michael E. Mann - 2021-01-12
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A renowned climate scientist exposes how fossil fuel companies have spent decades deflecting responsibility for climate change and delaying action. This book offers a powerful battle plan for individuals and governments to take action and save the planet. The author draws the battle lines between people and polluters and outlines a plan for real change, including a common-sense approach to carbon pricing and fair competition for renewable energy. This book will empower citizens to join the fight for our planet against powerful vested interests.
Alastair Humphreys
2023-01-10T12:31:50.000Z
@Mr_TP Some that have had a big impact on me: An Uninhabitable Earth. Eating Animals. The Climate Book. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The New Climate War. There is No Planet B. Feral. Regenesis. Wilding.      fuente
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There Is No Planet B
A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
Mike Berners-Lee - 2019-02-28
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Discover the big picture perspective on our biggest environmental and economic challenges in this practical guide, student read, and reference guide all in one. "There Is No Planet B" lays out many of the answers in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing statistics and analysis framed around key fascinating questions. Learn what we can actually do to help save our planet, including solutions for energy, climate change, food, pollution, and more. Whether you're an everyday citizen or a policy maker, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to improve the fate of our only planet.
Alastair Humphreys
2023-01-10T12:31:50.000Z
@Mr_TP Some that have had a big impact on me: An Uninhabitable Earth. Eating Animals. The Climate Book. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The New Climate War. There is No Planet B. Feral. Regenesis. Wilding.      fuente
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Feral
Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life
George Monbiot - 2013-05-28
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"Feral" takes readers on a journey of nature wonder, highlighting scientific breakthroughs in restoring damaged ecosystems on land and sea. Author George Monbiot challenges our "ecological boredom," weaving a tale of wildlife, wild places, and people seeking to restore the untamed spirit of the natural world. Through rewilding, Monbiot offers a positive environmentalism to revitalize and enrich our lives.
Alastair Humphreys
2023-01-10T12:31:50.000Z
@Mr_TP Some that have had a big impact on me: An Uninhabitable Earth. Eating Animals. The Climate Book. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The New Climate War. There is No Planet B. Feral. Regenesis. Wilding.      fuente
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El libro del clima
The Facts and the Solutions
Greta Thunberg - 2023-02-14 (publicado por primera vez en 2022)
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We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it's an impossible task: secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed never seen, against all the odds. There is hope - but only if we listen to the science before it's too late. In The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts - geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and indigenous leaders - to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster. Alongside them, she shares her own stories of demonstrating and uncovering greenwashing around the world, revealing how much we have been kept in the dark. This is one of our biggest challenges, she shows, but also our greatest source of hope. Once we are given the full picture, how can we not act? And if a schoolchild's strike could ignite a global protest, what could we do collectively if we tried? We are alive at the most decisive time in the history of humanity. Together, we can do the seemingly impossible. But it has to be us, and it has to be now.
Alastair Humphreys
2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
I always enjoy those end-of-year round up lists of 'Best Books', 'The Books I've Enjoyed This Year' and so on. So here is my contribution. Good books I have read recently:      fuente
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Dickens and Prince
A Particular Kind of Genius
Nick Hornby - 2022-11-15
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A fascinating exploration of the unlikely similarities between two creative geniuses, Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince. From bestselling author Nick Hornby comes a warm and humorous look at how two artists spanning race, class, and centuries have electrified their different disciplines, leaving behind legacies that resound far beyond their own time. Through personal tragedies, boundless productivity, and other parallels, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men "lit up the world" and creates a lively rumination on the creativity and soul it takes to produce great art.
Alastair Humphreys
2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
I always enjoy those end-of-year round up lists of 'Best Books', 'The Books I've Enjoyed This Year' and so on. So here is my contribution. Good books I have read recently:      fuente
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The Elements of Cricket
A Guide to the History, Miscellany and Magic of the Sport of Cricket
Jon Hotten - 2022-09-20
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Discover the fascinating history and evolution of cricket in this beautifully illustrated and charmingly eccentric guide from one of our greatest sports writers. Explore the three fundamental elements of the game - bat, ball, and field - and how they combine to create cricket's unique environment. From weather and wood to the greatest players of all time, this book provides a completely original perspective on the beloved sport that has captivated billions around the world.
Alastair Humphreys
2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
I always enjoy those end-of-year round up lists of 'Best Books', 'The Books I've Enjoyed This Year' and so on. So here is my contribution. Good books I have read recently:      fuente
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Un lugar para Mungo
Stuart Douglas - 2022-04-05
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A sus quince años, Mungo, un adolescente con una sensibilidad diferente al resto de los chicos del vecindario, vive en un barrio obrero del Glasgow de la era post-Thatcher, en el seno de una familia protestante: sin padre, con una madre alcohólica y un hermano que representa todo lo que él odia. En un ambiente masculinizado, rodeado de paro y peleas callejeras, solo cuenta con el apoyo y el cuidado de su hermana, Jodie. Tras un altercado familiar, su madre decide enviar a Mungo de pesca con dos desconocidos de Alcohólicos Anónimos para que hagan de él un hombre de provecho. De camino a un lago del oeste de Escocia con esos extraños cuyas bromas de borrachos esconden un pasado turbio, Mungo solo piensa en regresar al lado de su amigo James, el único lugar donde ha descubierto que puede ser él mismo. Douglas Stuart nos acerca, con una prosa lírica y vívida, al peligroso primer amor entre dos adolescentes en esta lúcida y conmovedora historia sobre el sentido de la masculinidad y del deber para con la familia, las violencias a las que se enfrentan las identidades queer y los riesgos de querer demasiado a alguien.
Alastair Humphreys
2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
I always enjoy those end-of-year round up lists of 'Best Books', 'The Books I've Enjoyed This Year' and so on. So here is my contribution. Good books I have read recently:      fuente
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Aftermath
Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
Harald Jähner - 2021-06-17 (publicado por primera vez en 2019)
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Explore how Germany emerged from the ashes of World War II and faced the corruption of its soul and the horrors of the Holocaust in this revelatory history. Aftermath features first-person accounts from articles and diaries, along with eye-opening black-and-white photographs and posters from the era. This raw, wild decade found many Germans politically, economically, and morally bankrupt, but it proved to be a period that was decisive for Germany's future. Discover how the country transitioned from fascism to a free society in this internationally acclaimed book.
Alastair Humphreys
2022-12-03T12:00:00.000Z
I always enjoy those end-of-year round up lists of 'Best Books', 'The Books I've Enjoyed This Year' and so on. So here is my contribution. Good books I have read recently:      fuente
Nests by Susan Ogilvy
The Outdoor Swimmers' Handbook by Kate Rew
Wild Fell by Lee Schofield
The Trespasser's Companion by Nick Hayes
Adrift by Tracey Williams
Journey to the Last River by Unknown Adventurer, Teddy Keen
The Backyard Adventurer by Beau Miles
Pastoral Song by James Rebanks
The Backyard Adventurer by Beau Miles
Waypoints by Robert Martineau
We Are Nature by Ray Mears
Cómo evitar un desastre climático by Bill Gates
The Moth and the Mountain by Ed Caesar
The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes
Tough Women Adventure Stories by Jenny Tough
LEONARD AND HUNGRY PAUL by Ronan Hession
Walking the Great North Line by Robert Twigger
Bread by Robert Penn
La red oculta de la vida by Merlin Sheldrake
The Camping Life by Brendan Leonard
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
Expeditions Unpacked by Ed Stafford
Podemos salvar el mundo antes de cenar (Los Tres Mundos) by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive by Mark Hudson
The Frayed Atlantic Edge by David Gange
The Way Home by Mark Boyle
Un caballero en Moscú by Amor Towles
The Sun Is a Compass by Caroline van Hemert
The Lost Book of Adventure by Unknown Adventurer
El planeta inhóspito by David Wallace-Wells
Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris
Solo en la Pared by Alex Honnold
Asilvestrados by Isabella Tree
Left Bank by Agnès Poirier
The Seabird's Cry by Adam Nicolson
The Pants Of Perspective by Anna McNuff
Micromastery by Robert Twigger
The Meaning of Cricket by Jon Hotten
Full Tilt by Emma Scott
The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks
Sapiens. De animales a dioses by Yuval Noah Harari
Whole Life [pod] by Robert Seethaler
Shackleton's Journey by William Grill
Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat
La luz que no puedes ver by Anthony Doerr
Intervention by Dan John
París era una fiesta by Ernest Hemingway
A Dip in the Ocean by Sarah Outen
Salvaje by Cheryl Strayed
Una casa en Brandenburgo by Jenny Erpenbeck
El hombre que nunca existió by Ben MacIntyre
Comer animales by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Long Trek Home by Erin McKittrick
Just a Little Run Around the World by Rosie Swale Pope
A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure
La fórmula preferida del profesor by Yoko Ogawa
Wild Swim by Kate Rew
Ciudad de ladrones by David Benioff
Three Against The Wilderness by Eric Collier
Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane
Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
EL DILEMA DEL OMNIVORO by Michael Pollan
El peor viaje del mundo by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Moondust by Andrew Smith
Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949 by Antony Beevor
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson
Elegidos para la gloria by Tom Wolfe
El ciclista by Tim Krabbé
High Endeavours by Miles Clark
Travels with a Tangerine by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Eunoia by Christian Bök
Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins
Two Degrees West by Nicholas Crane
Ultimate High by Goran Kropp
Aprender a dibujar con el lado derecho del cerebro by Betty Edwards
Evasión en el Monte Kenia by Felice Benuzzi
Annapurna by Arlene Blum
El lector by Bernhard Schlink
The Whole Story by Ffyona Campbell
El viejo y el mar by Ernest Hemingway
Pistas by Robyn Davidson
Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell
The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt by Mary Russell
Cándido, o El optimismo by Francois Voltaire
La Expedicion de la Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Men from Earth by Buzz Aldrin
Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy
Al oeste con la noche by Beryl Markham
As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee
The Life of My Choice by Wilfred Thesiger
Full Moon Lunarantics by John McCarthy