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Eat Pray Love»rank: 27par: Elizabeth Gilbert
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:lf wisdom could be traded like currency, author Elizabeth Gilbert would be a wealthier woman by far, though it's likely her fabulous memoir, Eat Pray Love, racked up a few bucks during its stay on the New York Times bestseller list. What Gilbert imparts in her story--basically, bracing self-knowledge acquired during a year of travel following a bitter divorce and a shattered rebound romance--is at once astounding yet totally obvious. As ... |
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Into the Wild»rank: 99par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'God, he was a smart kid...' So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, lnto the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's 'Alaskan odyssey,' but ... |
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Into the Wild»rank: 2737par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'God, he was a smart kid...' So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, lnto the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's 'Alaskan odyssey,' but ... |
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Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook»rank: 849par: Andrew Doughty
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'God, he was a smart kid...' So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, lnto the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's 'Alaskan odyssey,' but ... |
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The River at the Center of the World: A Journey up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time»rank: 1314par: Simon Winchester
Chroniques et points de vue:From :British born author Simon Winchester lived in Hong Kong before setting off on a journey up the Chang Jiang or Yangtze River as it is most often referred to in the West. ln The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time, he chronicles his adventures across China along the 3,964-mile River. Employing nearly every mode of transportation--including boat, train, jeep ... |
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Places In Between»rank: 801par: Rory Stewart
Chroniques et points de vue:From :British born author Simon Winchester lived in Hong Kong before setting off on a journey up the Chang Jiang or Yangtze River as it is most often referred to in the West. ln The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time, he chronicles his adventures across China along the 3,964-mile River. Employing nearly every mode of transportation--including boat, train, jeep ... |
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Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season»rank: 22371par: Nick Heil
Chroniques et points de vue:From :British born author Simon Winchester lived in Hong Kong before setting off on a journey up the Chang Jiang or Yangtze River as it is most often referred to in the West. ln The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time, he chronicles his adventures across China along the 3,964-mile River. Employing nearly every mode of transportation--including boat, train, jeep ... |
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster»rank: 613par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white ... |
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The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World»rank: 18206par: Roz Hopkins
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white ... |
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Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China»rank: 5727par: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white ... |
