Asleep on a Bicycle
Author: Tony Foster
Publisher: Original Works Publishing
Published: 2011-03
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 1934962678
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Bicycling with Butterflies
Author: Sara Dykman
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2021-04-13
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1643260456
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“What a wonderful idea for an adventure! Absolutely inspired, timely, and important.” —Alistair Humphreys, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and author of The Doorstep Mile and Around the World by Bike Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic ups and downs of the nearly nine-month odyssey. We’re beside her as she navigates unmapped roads in foreign countries, checks roadside milkweed for monarch eggs, and shares her passion with eager schoolchildren, skeptical bar patrons, and unimpressed border officials. We also meet some of the ardent monarch stewards who supported her efforts, from citizen scientists and researchers to farmers and high-rise city dwellers. With both humor and humility, Dykman offers a compelling story, confirming the urgency of saving the threatened monarch migration—and the other threatened systems of nature that affect the survival of us all.
Wide Awake and Dreaming
Author: Julie Flygare
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780988314900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJulie Flygare was on an ambitious path to success, entering law school at age 22, when narcolepsy destroyed the neurological boundaries between dreaming and reality in her brain. She faced terrifying hallucinations, paralysis and excruciating sleepiness - aspects of dream sleep taking place while wide awake. Yet, narcolepsy was a wake-up call for Julie. Her illness propelled her onto a journey she never imagined - from lying paralyzed on her apartment floor to dancing euphorically at a nightclub; from the classrooms of Harvard Medical School to the start line of the Boston Marathon. Wide Awake and Dreaming is a revealing first-hand account of dreams gone wrong with narcolepsy. It's the brave story of one woman trampling over barriers and finding light in the darkest of circumstances.
The Bicycle Spy
Author: Yona Zeldis McDonough
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-09-27
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0545851823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan Marcel make the ride of his life? Marcel loves riding his bicycle, whether he's racing through the streets of his small town in France or making bread deliveries for his parents' bakery. He dreams of someday competing in the Tour de France, the greatest bicycle race. But ever since Germany's occupation of France began two years ago, in 1940, the race has been canceled. Now there are soldiers everywhere, interrupting Marcel's rides with checkpoints and questioning.Then Marcel learns two big secrets, and he realizes there are worse things about the war than a canceled race. When he later discovers that his friend's entire family is in imminent danger, Marcel knows he can help -- but it will involve taking a risky bicycle ride to pass along covert information. And when nothing ends up going according to plan, it's up to him to keep pedaling and think quickly... because his friend, her family, and his own future hang in the balance.
In the City of Bikes
Author: Pete Jordan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2013-04-16
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0062100645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester. But he quickly falls in love with the city and soon his wife, Amy Joy, joins him. Together they explore every inch of their new home on two wheels, their rides a respite from the struggles that come with starting a new life in a new country. Weaving together personal anecdotes and details of the role that cycling has played throughout Dutch history, Pete Jordan’s In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist is a poignant and entertaining read.
The Four Most Effective Drugless Methods of Deliverance from Insomnia and Universal Method of Drugless Treatment for Depression, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Other Neurological Diseases and Hypertension
Author: Sergey Tandilov
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2014-03-10
Total Pages: 67
ISBN-13: 1491894253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe suggested drugless methods of deliverance from insomnia permit to get rid of dropping-off to sleep disorder (dyskoimesis, initial insomnia) by special energetic and esoteric ways that seems very humane since all soporifics have side effects, they promote appearance of both physical, and psychological dependences and their ability to provide dream reduces with time since an organism accustoms to the soporifics. Besides, frequent visits to a doctor with an aim to get prescription for new portion of soporific become unnecessary. As regards universal method of drugless treatment for depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, other neurological diseases and hypertension, it was created exclusively with intention to help to people suffering from depression, however, it proved to be enough universal that can be explained by that the offered method treats thanks just to the general rejuvenation of an organism. According to the authors opinion, even each healthy person should be engaged in this method for very effective prophylaxis every year two weeks, which are apart for approximately or exactly half a year for ten-fifteen minutes a day. As regards depression, it is considered as one of the most poignant and hard to cure diseases. Many humans sick of depression commit suicide.
Nala's World
Author: Dean Nicholson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2020-09-29
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1538718804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the nationally bestselling, true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his rescue cat, Nala, as they adventure together on a bike journey around the world -- from the Instagram phenomenon @1bike1world. When 30-year-old Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to cycle around the world, his aim was to learn as much as he could about our troubled planet. But he hadn't bargained on the lessons he'd learn from his unlikely companion. Three months after leaving home, on a remote road in the mountains between Montenegro and Bosnia, he came across an abandoned kitten. Something about the piercing eyes and plaintive meowing of the bedraggled little cat proved irresistible. He couldn't leave her to her fate, so he put her on his bike and then, with the help of local vets, nursed her back to health. Soon on his travels with the cat he named Nala, they forged an unbreakable bond -- both curious, independent, resilient and adventurous. The video of how they met has had 20 million views and their Instagram has grown to almost 750k followers -- and still counting! Experiencing the kindness of strangers, visiting refugee camps, rescuing animals through Europe and Asia, Dean and Nala have already learned that the unexpected can be pretty amazing. Together with Garry Jenkins, writer with James Bowen of the bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob, Dean shares the extraordinary tale of his and Nala's inspiring and heart-warming adventure together.
A Bicycle Journey to the Bottom of the Americas
Author: George J. Hawkins
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000-10-24
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 1469716143
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemember when you were a kid and you got your first bicycle? After a few weeks of mastering the dynamics of balancing, steering, and pedaling, all at the same time hopefully, your father released his protective, steadying grip on the seat and you went wobbling off on your own. It was probably your very first taste of independence and freedom and you knew you liked that feeling very much. Few things in life have ever compared to that first solo ride. Almost 40 years after my first solo bike ride, I was able to recapture the excitement and passion of that momentous occasion when I pedaled out of Anchorage, Alaska bound for Tierra del Fuego-the very tip of South America. No matter that it was 17,500 miles distant and would take 3 years to get there I vowed I would achieve that goal if it took the rest of my life.
It's Not About the Bike
Author: Lance Armstrong
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780425179611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe champion cyclist recounts his diagnosis with cancer, the grueling treatments during which he was given a less than twenty percent chance for survival, his surprising victory in the 1999 Tour de France, and the birth of his son.
The Bear's Bicycle
Author: Emilie Warren McLeod
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Published: 1986-10-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780833576354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor use in schools and libraries only. A boy and his bear have an exciting bicycle ride when he imagines that his teddy bear becomes a full-sized bear .
