Some Good Books I Read During Lockdown 3
I sincerely hope that this will be my final list of good books read during lockdown! There’s plenty of fabulous stuff for you to explore here. But if you get really bored you can also check out the...
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Here’s my latest list of good books I’ve read recently. (See also my lists from earlier in the year – 1, 2 and 3. Also my definitive list of books to give as gifts, another list of books that make...
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Ask An Adventurer – New Book Out Today!
I’ve written a new book! Ask An Adventurer is lucky number 13, I hope… You can order a copy here, today. Adventurers cross deserts and row oceans, appearing to live the dream. Yet they also must pay...
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Some good Adventure Books to read
I’ve been having a sort through the bookshelves in my shed. Yes, you’re right, this is a classic procrastination tactic when I should be writing a book. Anyway, I thought I’d share a few gems with you...
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Some good Business Books to Read
Here are a selection of books that were really helpful to me when I was getting going with the ‘work’ side of my life. I haven’t read many books like this in a while, so please do leave a comment and...
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Some good books to read about Nature and the Natural World
Some good books to read about Nature and the Natural World: The post Some good books to read about Nature and the Natural World appeared first on Alastair Humphreys.
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Around the World by Book
Once upon a time I went around the world by bike. Later I trekked around my city , to see whether I could find the adventures of the world on my own doorstep. I even tried eating my way around the...
View ArticleNEW BOOK: The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean
Good morning, Happy Yorkshire Day! And as if that wasn’t enough excitement, my new book is also released today. The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean is available to order! Buy Now! If you have a child aged...
View ArticleI’ve written a novel and it’s terrible. You can read it now, if you’d like!
If you read books about being a writer (usually as a procrastination from actually writing), you will be familiar with the advice to just get on and write a terrible first draft. Give yourself...
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Fire Sale of Books
Due to a few problems with a publisher’s warehouse, I’ve ended up with a massive stock of books that I really need to get rid of! I hope that you might do me a favour and buy a few books at cost price...
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Against the Odds
We like our young people to read stories of Adventure because they’re full of resilience and perseverance. But the reality of life is quite different to the usual Adventure books filled with incredible...
View ArticleFlabbiness
Out of all the words I’ve written, in thousands of blogs and 16 books, the single page that I receive the most positive emails about is this one: Flabbiness “You know how advice is: you only want it if...
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Some books that inspired Local
I read so many books whilst writing Local. Here are some that had a big impact on me. The Path: A One-Mile Walk Through the Universe For almost 40 years, Chet Raymo walked a one-mile path from his...
View ArticleBook Recommendations from Chat GPT
I pasted a list of all the good books I’ve read over the past 4 years into Chat GPT and asked it for recommendations for other books I might enjoy. It offered up quite a number that I had already read...
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Adventure Books Written by Women
I enjoy compiling reading lists for people to discover, such as these recommendations of good adventure books, sorted by categories. And every so often I share online this photo of great adventure...
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