James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was an instant New York Times and London Sunday Times bestseller and will be translated into more than 35 languages. Breath was awarded the Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and was a Finalist for Best Science Book of 2021 by the Royal Society. Nestor’s first book, Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves, was a Finalist for the 2014 PEN/ESPN Award For Literary Sports Writing and an Amazon Best Science Book of 2014. Nestor has presented his work at Stanford Medical School, the United Nations, and on radio and television shows including Fresh Air with Terry Gross, ABC’s Nightline, CBS Morning News, and dozens of NPR programs. He lives and breathes in San Francisco.
“A transformative book that changes how you think about your body
and mind.” —Joshua Foer, The New York Times–bestselling author
of Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering
Everything
“Breath is an utterly fascinating journey into the ways we are
wired. No matter who you are, you’ll want to read this.” —Po
Bronson, The New York Times–bestselling author of What Should
I Do with My Life? and coauthor of NurtureShock
“An eye-opening, epic journey of human devolution that explains why
so many of us are sick and tired. A must-read book that exposes
what our health care system doesn’t see.” —Dr. Steven Y. Park,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, author of Sleep,
Interrupted
“I don’t say this often, but when I do I mean it: This book changed
my life. Breath is part scientific quest, part historical insight,
part Hero’s Journey, full of groundbreaking ideas, and a rollicking
good read. I had no idea that the simple and intuitive act of
inhaling and exhaling has taken such an evolutionary hit. As a
result, I figured out why I sleep so badly and why my breathing
feels so often out of sync. With a few simple tweaks, I fixed my
breathing and fixed myself. A transformational book!” —Caroline
Paul, bestselling author of The Gutsy Girl
“If you breathe, you need this book. When we undervalue anything,
including something so basic as breathing, bad things always
happen—and Nestor makes it clear how awful it’s gotten. But he also
provides a clear airway back to better, deeper, stronger
respirations.” —Wallace J. Nichols, PhD, The New York
Times–bestselling author of Blue Mind
“Breath shows us just how extraordinary the act of breathing is and
why so much depends on how we do it. An enthralling, surprising,
and often funny adventure into our most overlooked and undervalued
function.” —Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We Swim and American
Chinatown
“A welcome, invigorating user’s manual for the respiratory system."
—Kirkus Reviews
“Although we all breathe, there is an art and science to breathing
correctly. . . . Full of fascinating
information an compelling arguments, this eye-opening (or more
aptly a mouth-closing and nostril-opening) work is highly
recommended.” —Library Journal
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