Nick Thorpe Livres

Today, DNA testing and other cutting-edge tools guide people closer to the truth about baffling mysteries of the past. In their latest work, James and Thorpe tackle age-old conundrums, presenting the latest information from the scientific community and startling challenges to traditional explanations.

BBC journalist Nick Thorpe has witnessed first-hand some of the most tumultuous events of the past twenty-five years in eastern the Velvet Revolution in Prague; the bloody uprising in Romania; the bombing of Belgrade; and the economic crash of 2008. But for Thorpe the revolutions of 1989 roll on, yet to reach their conclusions. The old cold war has been replaced by a new cold war - this time between the people and the state. In '89: The Unfinished Revolution Nick Thorpe weaves the political with the personal, anecdote with analysis, to produce an energising and important account of history in the making.

The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river's flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe's account is personal, conversational, funny, immediate, and uniquely observant -everything a reader expects in the best travel writing. Immersing himself in the Danube's waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river's ecological conditions, some discouraging and others hopeful, and encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary and extraordinary people along the way -the ferrymen and fishermen, workers in the fields, beekeepers, smugglers and border policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and many more.

A quirky, off-beat tour boat-hopping around the coasts and canals of Scotland by the author of Eight Men and a Duck.

Hunched exhausted at his computer one ordinary Monday morning, world-class workaholic Nick Thorpe has reached the end of his tether. Fearing for his health and family life, he knows something has to change. But where to start when trying too hard is part of the problem?Nick makes a bold he will spend a year learning to let go. Beginning with a plunge off a Cornish cliff, he soon graduates to wing-walking on a bi-plane, city-centre clowning and a revealing weekend at a naturist convention. But the more he tries to relax, the bigger the can you be happy if you're not in control? Is true contentment all in the mind? And what does his small, brown dog know that Nick doesn't?From a school where pupils make the rules, to meditation and rafting in Sweden; from the chaos of a Durban street shelter to a silent monastery in New Mexico, URBAN WORRIER charts a humorous and often moving quest for the ultimate modern how to find balance and fulfilment in today's high-speed world.

Novinář Nick Thorpe cestuje po Jižní Americe. V autobusu náhodně vyslechne rozhovor o dobrodružném plánu překonat 2500 mil dlouhou cestu na Velikonoční ostrov na lodi vyrobené z rákosu. Představa plavby na modernější verzi slavného Heyerdahlova voru Kon-Tiki ho uchvátí natolik, až se mu stane osudnou. Teprve v okamžiku, kdy se mu podaří stát se členem posádky, si začne klást znepokojivé otázky. Posádku kupříkladu tvoří léčitel stromů, obchodník se šperky a kačer, ale proč utekl navigátor? Vyzná se vůbec někdo v plachtění? A největší problém: kde zůstal záchranný člun?

"We in the twentieth century tend to assume that our era has a monopoly on the inventions of clever machines, labor-saving devices, feats of engineering, and advanced technology. But as the authors of this fascinating and eye-opening book reveal, some of humankind's most important and most amazing inventions actually date back thousands of years. Written with the pure joy of discovery, Ancient Inventions is a treasure trove of the triumphs and marvels of applied science, from the stone tools hewn by the earliest prehistoric people to the dawn of the modern era in 1492." "Historian and archaeologist team Peter James and Nick Thorpe have pooled their expertise in amassing this compendium of human ingenuity through the ages. Together they conclusively prove that our ancestors, however long ago they lived and whatever part of the globe they occupied, were brilliant problem-solvers." "Organized thematically, Ancient Inventions covers everything from medicine to communication, from high-tech devices to city life, from military equipment to sports and leisure, from transportation to human sexuality. Brimming with odd facts and entertaining curiosities, written with zest and humor, comprehensive and fun to read, Ancient Inventions is a wonderful celebration of the endless inventiveness of the human mind."--Jacket