Around the world on a bicycle ..
by Thomas Stevens · first published 1887
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…how much it overlaps with feelings for some people, long before it overlaps with objective logic. I learned that my feelings can be an important early-alert system, far from an unintelligible mush. - Around the World on a Bicycle by Thomas Stevens This book got me back into cycling exploration after a long hiatus. - The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan I can't put a number on how many helpful and even liberating mind maps I created…
on “Ask HN: What books have you read that have changed your life?” ↗…aspects. One of these was _The Count of Monte Cristo_. Others include _Scaramouche_ and _Tom Sawyer._ In non-fiction, _Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin_, _James Nasmyth, Engineer, an Autobiography_, and _Around the World on a Bicycle_ were of immediate interest and later I was also able to see a different, more helpful side to them. Batchelor's _Buddhism Without Beliefs_ and some fairly existential stories by authors like Osamu Dazai…
on “Ask HN: Books that helped you become a better person?” ↗I've been listening to audiobooks from Librivox and stories of the circumnavigation of the globe have been interesting: - _Sailing Alone Around The World_ Joshua Slocum - _Around the World on a Bicycle_ Thomas Stevens Apparently the first person do circumnavigate the globe using commercial transport was an Englishman (anyone know the name?) who did it with just a letter of credit from his bank and…
on “In Korean wilds and villages (1938)” ↗Is it "Around the world on a bicycle"? I, too, would like to know the name of this book. Sounds interesting!
on “Photographs of 19th Century Japan” ↗