Kuidas minust sai jooksja
Автор: Alexandra Heminsley
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Alexandra Heminsley lootused olid suured: ta tahtis sportlase tuharaid, supermodelli pihta ja gaselli kiirust. Parast spordiklubidele allajaamist ja joogast tudinemist otsustas ta jooksma hakata.Tema esimene katse ei loppenud hasti.Kuus aastat hiljem oli ta aga kahel mandril jooksnud kokku viis maratoni.Heminsley isa utleb, et maratoni joostakse nii pea kui jalgadega. Niisiis pole see raamat ainult jooksmisest.Voib oelda, et see on raamat ambitsioonidest (jah, ka vihmasel puhapaevahommikul voodist valja ronida on ambitsioonikas), suhtlemisest (kaasa arvatud sellest, kuidas mojub spordipoes uleolev teenindaja), samuti kehast (tissid ei pea varisema, kui sa jooksed). Kuid see on raamat ka sellest, mis tunne on avastada, et suudad enamat, kui eales oled voimalikuks pidanud.Kas tahad tosiselt treenima hakata voi motled kas voi bussile joosta – „Kuidas minust sai jooksja” on lobus, aus ja emotsionaalne raamat koigile, kes (parast ulemaaraseid ohtuseid veine ja kropse) motlevad, et nad voiksid, lihtsalt voiksid proovida … joosta.***„Seda raamatut on vaga lihtne lugeda. Autor otsib ja leiab ennast oma teekonnal spordimaailma, alustades taiesti nullist. Moni tema hetk voi kogemus pani meid motlema ajale, kui ise treenima hakkasime. Soovitame raamatut lugeda inimestel, kes pole mingil pohjusel jooksmisega alustanud, aga plaanivad seda. See on hea inspiratsioon, sport on koigile!”Kolmikoed Leila, Liina ja Lily Luik, maratonijooksjadhttp://luiged.blogspot.com.ee/https://www.facebook.com/ TrioToRio/„See lugu on naisest, nagu sina ja mina, kes soandas proovida.”Kertu Jukkum„Elujaatav, vabastav, lobus.”Jojo Moyes, raamatute „Mina enne sind” ja „Parast sind” autor„See peaks inspireerima ka koige puhendunumat diivanisoojendajat tosse jalga tombama ja uut maailma avastama.”ajalehe Daily Mail lugemissoovitus„Raamat on kui lugu sellest, kuidas Bridget Jones otsustab jooksma hakata – see on tavalise naise teekond jooksumaailma.”Diann Daniel, Runner’s World (www.runnersworld.com)
Terminus: A Story from the collection, I Am Heathcliff
Автор: Louise Doughty
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A short from Louise Doughty to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.A young woman turns off her phone and books herself into a deserted seaside hotel. In a state of shock, she starts small conversations with the staff and begins to unfurl, until someone turns up to claim her.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Автор: Mark Lynas
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An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’.Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are now. On the edge of Greenland, rivers ten times the size of the Amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north Atlantic. Displaced victims of North Africa's drought establish a new colony on Greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugees. Vast pumping systems keep the water out of most of Holland, but the residents of Bangladesh and the Nile Delta enjoy no such protection. Meanwhile, in New York, a Category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between Staten Island and Brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from Long Island to Manhattan. Pakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing Himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring India. Its desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the Indus river by bombing half-constructed Indian dams in Kashmir. The Pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an Indian military counter-strike. But the biggest story of all comes from South America, where a conflagration of truly epic proportions has begun to consume the Amazon…Alien as it all sounds, Mark Lynas's incredible new book is not science-fiction; nor is it sensationalist. The six degrees of the title refer to the terrifying possibility that average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees within the next hundred years. This is the first time we have had a reliable picture of how the collapse of our civilisation will unfold unless urgent action is taken.Most vitally, Lynas's book serves to highlight the fact that the world of 2100 doesn't have to be one of horror and chaos. With a little foresight, some intelligent strategic planning, and a reasonable dose of good luck, we can at least halt the catastrophic trend into which we have fallen. But the time to act is now.
