52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time

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With stunning photography, this inspiring and reflective guide is an invitation to step outside, and see where the path takes us. But this time science could explain how and why. We know this intuitively, and recent years have seen an explosion of scientific and evidence-based research to substantiate that. She is the author the novels The Joyce Girl (William Morrow, June 2020), the story of James Joyce's daughter Lucia, and of the forthcoming Miss Eliza's English Kitchen (William Morrow, September 2021), which has been described as a Julie & Julia set in Victorian England. * And there's nothing more restorative than a romantic nighthike. '52 Ways to Walk' is a book that celebrates the simple act of walking. She is the author, writing as Annabel Abbs, of the forthcoming nonfiction book Windswept: Women Who Walked (Tin House, September 2021), a feminist meditation on the power of walking in the lives of several extraordinary women, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Simone de Beauvoir, and Frieda Lawrence.

• Walking in cold weather burns extra fat and builds more muscle.
• And there's nothing more restorative than a romantic night hike.
• Walking alone strengthens our memories.
• Walking in woodland helps us sleep.