Títulos em Aventura, Lazer e Natureza

Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end and gave birth to leverets in your study. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality.

Com a linguagem acessível que caracteriza a obra de Sidarta Ribeiro, este livro propõe combater a desinformação acerca da maconha, mesclando história, cultura e depoimentos pessoais com rigor científico. Em As flores do bem, Ribeiro apresenta um breve histórico da erva milenar e descreve como os feitos coletivos humanos conseguiram domesticar uma planta de incrível versatilidade, cuja história se confunde com a de nossa espécie.

Marcelo Gleiser é apaixonado por ciência e pesca desde os tempos de menino nas praias do Rio de Janeiro. Hoje um físico de renome mundial, autor de dezenas de livros e com centenas de artigos publicados nas principais revistas de divulgação científica, sentiu que era o momento de se conectar com a natureza de forma menos teórica. Depois de assistir a uma aula sobre pesca fly na Dartmouth College, onde é professor, interessou-se pela prática e a adotou como hobby.

In Dirt to Soil, Gabe Brown tells the story of his ranch's amazing journey and offers a wealth of innovative solutions to our most pressing and complex contemporary agricultural challenge - restoring the soil. The Brown’s Ranch model, developed over 20 years of experimentation and refinement, focuses on regenerating resources by continuously enhancing the living biology in the soil.

What kind of fossils will we leave, as relics into the far future? A blizzard of new objects has suddenly appeared on Earth: plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete flyways, chicken bones, cans, teabags, phones, shirts. They're produced for our comfort and pleasure then quickly discarded. This new-made treasure chest underpins our lives. But it is also giving a completely new style of fossilization to our planet. Designed to resist corrosion and decay, many will remain, petrified, as future geology.

Com o avanço da globalização e o aumento populacional, as cidades foram crescendo sem planejamento. O desmatamento e a degradação do meio ambiente alcançaram patamares cada vez mais elevados. As novas tecnologias contribuíram para poluir o meio ambiente. Os desastres ambientais vêm ocorrendo, nos últimos anos, com trágicas consequências.

On 17th November, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and carried him West, deeper into the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Alvarenga would not touch solid ground again for fourteen months. When he was washed ashore on January 30th, 2014, he had drifted over 9,000 miles.

O clássico de Henry David Thoreau, publicado em 1854: um manifesto a favor da natureza e da liberdade. Edição especial, com ilustrações de Deco Farkas, prefácio de Joyce Carol Oates e nota biográfica escrita por Virginia Woolf. Inclui o ensaio "Sobre o dever da desobediência civil". Em conflito com as mudanças trazidas pela Revolução Industrial – na sociedade, na cultura e na relação do homem com o trabalho e a natureza – e inspirado pela filosofia oriental do confucionismo, Thoreau abandona a cidade e retira-se para a floresta.

Cameron Hanes discovered his true passion for bowhunting when he was twenty. Inspired by the physical challenges of stalking elk in the Oregon wilderness—traversing mountainous terrain, braving erratic weather, and evading his quarry’s even more dangerous predators—he began an ever-evolving journey of self-improvement. To become the best bowhunter of wild elk, to the caliber he believed he could be, Cam realized he would need more than archery skills.

The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

The definitive, personal account of the deadliest season in the history of Everest by the acclaimed journalist and author of Into the Wild. Read by the author. Also, hear a Fresh Air interview with Krakauer conducted shortly after his ordeal.

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 sacrifice and suffer to pursue an authentic and bold life?

Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children.

From Dave Canterbury—wilderness expert, New York Times bestselling author, and YouTube sensation—comes a guide to everything you need to know to hone your bushcraft, or wilderness survival skills, from types of shelter, to useful tools, to edible plants—and much more! With its detailed, easy-to-follow instructions, this Bushcraft guide is a must-have for the seasoned outdoor lover and adventure novice alike!

Depuis l’Antiquité, les philosophes se sont interrogés sur la frontière entre l’humain et l’animal. Aristote, par exemple, décrivait l’homme comme un « animal politique », tout en soulignant que la parole et la raison le distinguaient des autres espèces. Cependant, les récentes découvertes scientifiques révèlent que cette frontière est loin d’être aussi nette. Les études sur les grands singes, les éléphants, les dauphins et les corbeaux montrent des capacités cognitives qui rivalisent avec celles des jeunes enfants humains.

¿Está listo para conocer uno de los recursos más vitales de la naturaleza? Guía de supervivencia con agua no es solo un libro, es un conjunto de herramientas esencial en un mundo donde el agua es un salvavidas, pero comporta muchos desafíos. Si es un entusiasta de las actividades al aire libre, quiere aprender a sobrevivir o busca independizarse de la red de suministro, esta guía transforma su forma de interactuar con el elemento esencial de la vida: el agua.

The impact of an asteroid led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Could another giant cosmic missile soon be heading our way? In Target Earth, acclaimed Dutch astronomy writer Govert Schilling provides a full account of what we know, and need to know, about all the extraterrestrial matter constantly bombarding our planet—from microscopic dust particles and space debris to massive meteorites, comets, and asteroids.

In his mid-twenties, restless in the routine of a city, Louis D. Hall found himself wondering how to create the life he wanted to lead. Inspired by Don Quixote, he decided to fulfil a childhood dream – to make an uncharted journey on horseback. After finding his horse Sasha in Italy’s Apennine Mountains, the pair set off and headed west for Cape Finisterre, ‘the end of the land’, unprepared for most of the dangers – snow, storms, wolves – that faced them.

Journalist Marguerite Holloway arrives at the Women's Tree Climbing Workshop as a climbing novice, but with a passion for trees and a deep concern about their future. Run by twin sister tree doctors Bear LeVangie and Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, the workshop helps people develop impressive technical skills and ascend into the canopy.

The epic stories of our planet’s 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata―ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping landscapes around the world. In this brilliantly original debut work, science writer Laura Poppick decodes strata to lead us on a journey through four global transformations that made our lives on Earth possible: the first accumulations of oxygen in the atmosphere; the deep freezes of "Snowball Earth"; the rise of mud on land and accompanying proliferation of plants; and the dinosaurs’ reign on a hothouse planet