Patagonia: 81 books

As featured in the documentary, DamNation (Patagonia, 2014). During his first summer, Spencer built a sheltered viewing platform, a place to sit with Sis and his notebook, and observe the denizens of the pool for months, and, finally, years on end. Shortly before setting up camp during his first season,...

Anabela y el peñón del destacado escritor argentino Andrés Neuman, es un cuento sobre los recuerdos y la adolescencia. El protagonista rememora un verano en el que debía nadar en el mar, tras la hermosa Anabela, hasta llegar a un peñón donde se rumoreaba, ella se bañaba sin la parte de arriba...

Written by one of the most revered surfers of his generation, Gerry Lopez's Surf Is Where You Find It is a collection of stories about a lifetime of surfing. But more than that, it is a collection of stories about the lessons learned from surfing. It presents 38 stories about those who have been influential...

Miguel Ángel Cornejo expone los secretos indispensables para potencializar al máximo nuestros talentos; además de hacer conciencia de lo vital que es descubrirlos, dando respuesta a los siguientes cuestionamientos: • ¿Cómo identificar los talentos? • ¿Qué hacer para lograrlo? • ¿Cuánto...

Expone la filosofía que toda empresa necesita para volverse productiva y próspera. Miguel Ángel Cornejo, con la claridad y precisión que lo caracterizan, pone al alcance de todos las ideas que han hecho que países subdesarrollados, endeudados y pobres pasaran, en pocos años, del subdesarrollo...

"Eduardo Arriagada, periodista, investigador y académico, realiza una detallada disección de cómo el fenómeno de buscadores, redes sociales y herramientas digitales ha cambiado para siempre la forma en que los medios de comunicación tradicionales se relacionan con sus audiencias, las propias...

En este breve ensayo de nuestra colección Camino Interior, Walter Riso nos habla de que existe una dimensión ética del amor que se cruza con la autoestima, y que nos obliga a pensar este sentimiento; a revisar la relación y a preguntarnos si el sufrimiento que a veces nos ocasiona, realmente tiene...

Closer to the Ground is the deeply personal story of a father learning to share his love of nature with his children, not through the indoor lens of words or pictures, but directly, palpably, by exploring the natural world as they forage, cook and eat from the woods and sea. With illustrations by Nikki...

With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Metis (half-breed) kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. He describes early climbs attempted with nothing to guide him...

What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach.Steve...

In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two...

Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality...

We at Patagonia, like all business people, know that long-term income has to exceed long-term expense. To do otherwise is to go bankrupt, as Ernest Hemingway described,in the usual two ways: “Gradually, then suddenly.” Today we are using the equivalent resources of one and a half planets,...

Modern-day fly fishing, like much in life, has become exceedingly complex, with high-tech gear, a confusing array of flies and terminal tackle, accompanied by high-priced fishing guides. This book reveals that the best way to catch trout is simply, with a rod and a fly and not much else. The wisdom...