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Alastair Humphreys
Alastair Humphreys goes in search of nature and wildness in his local environment
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Meet the adventurers who have tried, failed and succeeded against the odds!
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A showcase of daring feats and journeys undertaken by some of the most heroic explorers who ever lived as hand-picked by Alastair Humphreys.
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‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure - something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an…
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A Financial Times Summer Book of 2019 Seasoned adventurer Alastair Humphreys pushes himself to his very limits - busking his way across Spain with a violin he can barely play.
Packed with motivational images, quotes, and sayings, a guide to completing even the biggest of life’s adventures. Alastair Humphreys spent four years traveling around the world on his bicycle, a…
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This enthralling account details Alastair Humphrey’s epic journey across Africa, through Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. His experience is at times brutal, and though he faces loneliness, despair, and harsh conditions…
Live adventurously, be creative, make a living: How to turn your dream job into a career - going freelance, growing a tribe, planning an expedition, making the time for adventure…
At the age of 24, Alastair Humphreys set off to try to cycle round the world. By the time he arrived back home, four years later, he had ridden 46,000…
Lucy sets out to row across the Atlantic Ocean, as her school mates track her from afar, learning about the ocean, its wildlife and pollution. It’s a thrilling, life-changing adventure…
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Tom is on the last leg of his journey where he continues to discover strange and amazing sights and meet a host of fun characters. He skids through freezing Siberia…
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‘An absolute gem of a book’ Alastair Humphreys
First published in 1926, The Gentle Art of Tramping is as relevant now as then. Tramping is an approach: to nature, to…
Discover Africa by bicycle in book one of a delightful children’s adaptation of Alastair Humphrey’s journey around the world
Tom is a boy from England who dreams of being an adventurer. Everyone tells him he’s crazy, so he decides to prove them wrong by going around the world on…
