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Produktbeschreibung

47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Abmessung: 8.00 in.
Von Holland, Jennifer S.

A senior writer for National Geographic magazine presents a collection of heart-warming tales about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals not of their own species, from Koko the gorilla''s famous adoption of All Ball the kitten to the friendship between Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee.

Kurzbeschreibung

Is walking good exercise? Can walking really provide the health benefits normally associated with more demanding fitness programs?

This book makes the case for walking for health and fitness. It suggests that exercise plans based on more demanding activities such as jogging or working out in the gym, far from achieving the health and fitness benefits they promise, fail to deliver for those who need exercise the most by demanding far too much in terms of time and effort. Exercise plans based on regular walking, by contrast, are easy to fit around normal everyday activities, are infinitely flexible and, for those who really enjoy walking outdoors, can be expanded into general leisure activities like walking holidays. The book describes how the most sedentary and inactive among us can quickly draw up, put into practice and feel the benefits from a simple walking exercise program. It also explores how to choose a walking plan to lose weight. And, for further information, a Resources section is included with links to websites on different aspects of walking based activities.

Here is a list of the book contents:

Introduction
Section One-Preamble
Chapter 1 For Strong Stomachs Only!
Chapter 2 Your Emotional Well-being
Chapter 3 Are Blood, Sweat & Tears Necessary?
Chapter 4 Walking: The Great Leveller
Chapter 5 Quick Résumé
Section Two-Preamble
Chapter 6 How Much Walking To Do
Chapter 7 Where To Walk
Chapter 8 Who To Walk With
Chapter 9 Walking Holidays
Chapter 10 Equipment & Clothing
Chapter 11 Planning Your Walk
Chapter 12 The Weather
Chapter 13 How to Find Your Way
Chapter 14 Walking Technique
Chapter 15 Warm Up And Cool Down
Section Three-Preamble
Chapter 16 Walking To Lose Weight
Conclusion
Finally ? A Case Study: Me
Appendix 1 Clothing And Equipment Checklist
Appendix 2 Resources

Kurzbeschreibung

Is walking good exercise? Can walking really provide the health benefits normally associated with more demanding fitness programs?

This book makes the case for walking for health and fitness. It suggests that exercise plans based on more demanding activities such as jogging or working out in the gym, far from achieving the health and fitness benefits they promise, fail to deliver for those who need exercise the most by demanding far too much in terms of time and effort. Exercise plans based on regular walking, by contrast, are easy to fit around normal everyday activities, are infinitely flexible and, for those who really enjoy walking outdoors, can be expanded into general leisure activities like walking holidays. The book describes how the most sedentary and inactive among us can quickly draw up, put into practice and feel the benefits from a simple walking exercise program. It also explores how to choose a walking plan to lose weight. And, for further information, a Resources section is included with links to websites on different aspects of walking based activities.

Here is a list of the book contents:

Introduction
Section One-Preamble
Chapter 1 For Strong Stomachs Only!
Chapter 2 Your Emotional Well-being
Chapter 3 Are Blood, Sweat & Tears Necessary?
Chapter 4 Walking: The Great Leveller
Chapter 5 Quick Résumé
Section Two-Preamble
Chapter 6 How Much Walking To Do
Chapter 7 Where To Walk
Chapter 8 Who To Walk With
Chapter 9 Walking Holidays
Chapter 10 Equipment & Clothing
Chapter 11 Planning Your Walk
Chapter 12 The Weather
Chapter 13 How to Find Your Way
Chapter 14 Walking Technique
Chapter 15 Warm Up And Cool Down
Section Three-Preamble
Chapter 16 Walking To Lose Weight
Conclusion
Finally ? A Case Study: Me
Appendix 1 Clothing And Equipment Checklist
Appendix 2 Resources

Produktbeschreibung

The Ultimate Guide to Scouting and Fieldcraft
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
w. col. ill.
Gewicht: 720 gr / Abmessung: 23,5 cm
Von Grylls, Bear

Hinweis:
Lieferung vom Verlag mit leichten Qualitätsmängeln möglich

Kurzbeschreibung

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.

In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. Bold, American Bill Stone was committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk - Stone's opposite in temperament and style - had targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia.

Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover - to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from their caves' exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called 'The Rapture'.

Blind Descent is a testament to human survival and endurance - and to two extraordinary men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined.

Kurzbeschreibung

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.

In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. Bold, American Bill Stone was committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk - Stone's opposite in temperament and style - had targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia.

Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover - to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from their caves' exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called 'The Rapture'.

Blind Descent is a testament to human survival and endurance - and to two extraordinary men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined.

Amazon.com

Cosmos was the first science TV blockbuster, and Carl Sagan was its (human) star. By the time of Sagan's death in 1996, the series had been seen by half a billion people; Sagan was perhaps the best-known scientist on the planet. Explaining how the series came about, Sagan recalled:

I was positive from my own experience that an enormous global interest exists in the exploration of the planets and in many kindred scientific topics--the origin of life, the Earth, and the Cosmos, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, our connection with the universe. And I was certain that this interest could be excited through that most powerful communications medium, television.

Sagan's own interest and enthusiasm for the universe were so vivid and infectious, his screen presence so engaging, that viewers and readers couldn't help but be caught up in his vision. From stars in their "billions and billions" to the amino acids in the primordial ocean, Sagan communicated a feeling for science as a process of discovery. Inevitably, some of the science in Cosmos has been outdated in the years since 1980--but Sagan's sense of wonder is ageless. --Mary Ellen Curtin

Produktbeschreibung

Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
w. figs.
Hobby/Freizeit
Gewicht: 330 gr / Abmessung: 20 cm
Von Byrne, David

Seit den frühen Achtzigern fährt David Byrne Rad, nicht nur in seiner Heimatstadt New York sondern, dank des Faltrades, weltweit. Auf seinen Tourneen radelte er durch Istanbul, Manila, Buenos Aires und viele andere Städte. Dabei macht er sich über so allerlei Gedanken: Musik und Kunst, Globalisierung, Politik, Stadtplanung, Videospiele, Religion, geistige Zurechnungsfähigkeit, Mode - und wie erfreulich es ist, die Welt vom Sattel eines Fahrrads zu betrachten.