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 New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020
An Amazon Best Science Book of 2020
2020 ASJA Award-Winner in the General Nonfiction Category
A Goodreads Award Finalist for Best Science & Technology Book
of the Year
Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR
“A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual, and evolutionary
history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it
wrong for a long, long time. I already feel calmer and healthier
just in the last few days, from making a few simple changes in my
breathing, based on what I’ve read…Our breath is a beautiful,
healing, mysterious gift, and so is this book.” —Elizabeth Gilbert,
author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love
"I highly recommend this book." —Wim Hof
“Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we
breathe could be so revolutionary for our health? James Nestor
is the perfect guide to the pulmonary world and has written a
fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations.” —Dr. Rangan
Chatterjee, international bestselling author of The Stress
Solution
“It’s a rare popular-science book that keeps a reader up late, eyes
glued to the pages. But Breath is just that fascinating. It will
alarm you. It will gross you out. And it will inspire you. Who knew
respiration could be so scintillating?” —Spirituality & Health
"In Breath, author and journalist James Nestor lays out in
spellbinding and at once comedic and riveting fashion his ten year
personal investigation of breathing. Who could imagine a “self help
book” that reads like a page turning novel?! I couldn’t put it
down."—Steven Gundry, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of
The Plant Paradox series, The Longevity Paradox, and The Energy
Paradox
“With his entertaining, eerily well-timed new book, James Nestor
explains the science behind proper breathing and how we can
transform our lungs and our lives. The book is brisk and detailed,
a well-written read that is always entertaining, as he melds the
personal, the historical, and the scientific.” —The Boston
Globe
“A transformative book that changes how you think about your body
and mind.” —Joshua Foer, New York Times–bestselling author of
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Memory
“Breath provides a new perspective of modern-day technology and how
we’ve unknowingly abandoned the answers we’ve always had. James
Nestor artfully brings back what modern society has walked away
from, by combining ancestral techniques and new age technology in
one elegant book.” —Scientific Inquirer
"A wonderful book that reminds and enlightens us about how breath
and mind are intertwined."—
Dr. Rahul Jandial, bestselling author of Life Lessons from a Brain
Surgeon
“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, New York Times–bestselling author of What Should I Do with
My Life? and coauthor of NutureShock
“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
“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
“If you want to read a book about the power of the breath, this is
it!”—Patrick McKeown, bestselling author of The Oxygen
Advantage
“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
"This is the best book I've ever read! You won’t be able to put it
down." —Dr. John Douillard DC CAP, elite trainer and author of
Body, Mind, and Sport
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