James Nestor Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Breathing properly is essential to our health and well-being, yet many people have lost the ability to do so, leading to serious consequences. Journalist James Nestor embarks on a global journey to uncover what went wrong and how to rectify it. Surprisingly, the answers lie not in medical labs but in ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, choir schools, and polluted streets. Nestor investigates the hidden science behind traditional breathing practices like Pranayama and Tummo, collaborating with experts to test long-standing beliefs about our breathing. Modern research reveals that even minor adjustments to our inhalation and exhalation can enhance athletic performance, improve organ function, alleviate snoring, asthma, and autoimmune diseases, and even correct spinal issues. These findings challenge conventional wisdom about our most fundamental biological function. By drawing on thousands of years of medical knowledge and recent studies in various scientific fields, Nestor reshapes our understanding of breathing. This exploration promises to change the way you perceive and practice breathing forever.

Im Jahre 1825 meldet der verarmte Hafenarbeiter Charles Deane das Patent für einen luftgeschützten Helm an - und ahnt nichts davon, das es ihn und seinen jüngeren Bruder schon bald unermesslich reich machen würde. Doch einer der beiden zahlt dafür einen tödlichen Preis. Teufelstaucher ist die unglaubliche Geschichte der Abenteurer, die uns die Tiefsee erschlossen.Die unbekannte Geschichte der Pioniere des Tiefsee-Tauchens.

"An engaging exploration of the depths of the world's oceans and the human connection to the rapidly changing world below. This is popular science writing at its best." -- "Christian Science Monitor" "The reader could not wish for a better guide ... "Deep" is a fascinating, informative, exhilarating book." -- "Wall Street Journal" "The deeper Nestor] ventures into the ocean, the more dramatic and unusual the organisms therein and the people who observe them ... It's a journey well worth taking." -- David Epstein, "New York Times Book Review" Fascinated by the sport of freediving--in which competitors descend great depths on a single breath--journalist James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. Most illuminating of all, he learns that these abilities are reflected in humans' remarkable, and often hidden, potential--including echolocation, directional sense, and the profound physiological changes we undergo when underwater. Along the way, Nestor unlocks his own freediving skills as he communes with the pioneers who are expanding our definition of what is possible in the natural world, and in ourselves.

Get High Now is an illustrated, mind-blowing magic carpet ride of more than 175 ways to alter human perception and consciousness without drugs or alcohol. Culled from science, physiology, spiritual practices, and the audio visual arts, these "all natural" highs playfully and safely explore the mind-body connection to entertaining and illuminating effect. Accessible and well-researched, each entry introduces concepts such as lucid dreaming, optical and auditory illusions, controlled breathing, meditation, time compression, and physical and mental exercises, explaining the ways in which they affect our minds and bodies and how to do them. Readers follow the author and his "HighLab" testing team through mind-bending and sometimes hilarious investigations, such as how to lull the mind into hallucinatory states with audio loops; why multiple bee stings lead to euphoric states; what cheeses to eat to induce psychedelic lucid dreams; how to control your breathing to create an out-of-body experience; and many more. Including solo, tandem, and group highs, Get High Now features hundreds of ways to calm or stimulate the senses and open new windows to experiencing the world.