Julian Walker

Este libro profundiza en un inquietante fenómeno: los influencers que corrompen la espiritualidad y el bienestar de la new age con políticas paranoicas, difundiendo bulos sobre las vacunas, historias sobre el trafico de niños y descabelladas teorias conspirativas.Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, surgio una tendencia alarmante en redes sociales: instructores de yoga e influencers de medicina alternativa publicaban historias sobre una conspiracion secreta mundial empeñada en controlar a la poblacion con una vacuna genocida. Cuentas que antes ofrecian recetas de batidos verdes y poemas se convirtieron en fuentes inagotables de enlaces a Fox News, memes de 4chan y profecias sobre la transformacion global.Desde 2020, los autores de este libro han utilizado su podcast Conspirituality para exponer la interseccion entre los profesionales de la medicina alternativa y los troles conspirativos de extrema derecha, revelando las locuras, los fraudes, las estafas y las sectas que dominan las esferas de la new age y el bienestar, que traicionan la confianza de tantas personas que buscan un alivio genuino en esta epoca de incertidumbre.

In 1987, seven people embarked on a three month charity expedition to drive an old red Dennis fire engine from the northern tip of Europe to the southernmost point of Africa. After almost five months, 37,000km, 21 countries, and a journey through rainforest, bush veldt, deserts and urban developments, the author was one of five who completed their odyssey. The Cape Crusaders is his engaging account of the at times hazardous trip, including being mugged, arrested, having two near fatal accidents and a severe case of cerebral malaria. A must for any armchair adventure traveller.

The First World War largely directed the course of the twentieth century. Fought on three continents, the war saw 14 million killed and 34 million wounded. Its impact shaped the world we live in today, and the language of the trenches continues to live in the modern consciousness. One of the enduring myths of the First World War is that the experience of the trenches was not talked about. Yet dozens of words entered or became familiar in the English language as a direct result of the soldiers experiences. This book looks at how the experience of the First World War changed the English language, adding words that were both in slang and standard military use, and modifying the usage and connotations of existing words and phrases. Illustrated with material from the authors collections and photographs of the objects of the war, the book will look at how the words emerged into everyday language.

A free collection of 150 top travel tips and a few inspirational quotations, in a whimsical collection intended to provide some assistance for travellers who may be pausing for thought, looking for light relief, planning trips, or starting out on their own adventures in life.They are not instructions or recommendations, nor should they be adopted as a policy guideline, but viewed merely as things to potentially consider when travelling - either for business or pleasure.The number of tips is a recognition of the 150th anniversary of one of the worlds leading business travel and meetings partners, CWT, which traces its origins back to the introduction of the first sleeping car to European railways in 1872.