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Touching the Void»rank: 36399par: Joe Simpson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to 'those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned.' What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives ... |
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Blessed Unrest»rank: 1693par: Paul Hawken
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to 'those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned.' What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives ... |
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Gorgeously Green»rank: 18638par: Sophie Uliano
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Concise and yet packed with detail, Touching the Void, Joe Simpson's harrowing account of near-death in the Peruvian Andes, is a compact tour de force that wrestles with issues of bravery, friendship, physical endurance, the code of the mountains, and the will to live. Simpson dedicates the book to his climbing partner, Simon Yates, and to 'those friends who have gone to the mountains and have not returned.' What is it that compels certain individuals to willingly seek out the most inhospitable climate on earth? To risk their lives ... |
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World»rank: 1520par: Michael Pollan
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Working in his garden one day, The Botany of Desire author Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific ... |
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Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure»rank: 31365par: Don Starkell
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Working in his garden one day, The Botany of Desire author Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific ... |
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century»rank: 1631par: James Howard Kunstler
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Working in his garden one day, The Botany of Desire author Michael Pollan hit pay dirt in the form of an idea: do plants, he wondered, use humans as much as we use them? While the question is not entirely original, the way Pollan examines this complex coevolution by looking at the natural world from the perspective of plants is unique. The result is a fascinating and engaging look at the true nature of domestication. ln making his point, Pollan focuses on the relationship between humans and four specific ... |
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Into the Wild»rank: 670par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him ... |
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems»rank: 22093par: Van Jones, Ariane Conrad
Chroniques et points de vue:From :What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him ... |
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Traveler's Guide to Mexican Camping: Explore Mexico and Belize with RV or Tent»rank: 9929par: Mike Church, Terri Church
Chroniques et points de vue:From :What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him ... |
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia»rank: 12088par: Paul Theroux
Chroniques et points de vue:From :What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992. Described by friends and relatives as smart, literate, compassionate, and funny, did McCandless simply read too much Thoreau and Jack London and lose sight of the dangers of heading into the wilderness alone? Krakauer, whose own adventures have taken him ... |