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  • Published: 16 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780143789529
  • Imprint: Ebury Australia
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $34.99

Perfect Motion

How walking makes us wiser

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16 Jul 2019
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16 Jul 2019
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16 Jul 2019
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‘For months [Jono Lineen] walked, up to twenty-five miles a day, with nothing but his thoughts and the massively beautiful Himalayas all around him. He couldn’t escape either of them. Eventually he had a breakthrough. He wasn’t there to test himself, he was there to fix himself.’

Arnold Schwarzenegger, author of Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

After the tragic loss of his younger brother, Jono Lineen experienced walking’s regenerative power firsthand. Grief-stricken and adrift, he set off on a 2700-kilometre solo trek across the Himalayas. He walked for months until his legs ached and feet blistered, and by the end of the expedition something had changed in him. He was stronger – not just physically, but psychologically and emotionally.

What had happened? What had given him this feeling of peace; joy even? Determined to find out, he began investigating the science and history of walking and running, and discovered that there were fascinating reasons for his metamorphosis. Now, weaving together his own remarkable personal stories with research, Lineen reveals for the first time the powerful effect that even the shortest strolls can have on us. And why walking is what we’re made to do; it is our perfect motion.
  • Published: 16 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780143789529
  • Imprint: Ebury Australia
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Jono Lineen

Jono Lineen was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the start of the ‘Troubles’. He moved to Canada as a young boy and then spent almost 20 years travelling the world working as a forester, mountain guide, ski racer, humanitarian relief worker and writer. He is a curator at the National Museum of Australia. His books include River Trilogy, Into the Heart of the Himalayas and Perfect Motion.

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Praise for Perfect Motion

To read Perfect Motion is like taking a rambling walk along a picturesque path. Lineen . . . has lived an extraordinary life, and each page brings new discoveries and fresh anecdotes . . . Ultimately, Lineen’s book is a love letter to the art of walking, and to the ‘thousands of generations of bipedal motion’ that make it a natural part of our existence.

Andrew Leigh, Sydney Morning Herald

The most surprising aspect is the quality of the prose. Lineen has a lyricist's approach . . . as stirring as the most beautiful poetry.

Drew Turney, Cosmos