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Meilleures ventes > > Biographies and Memoirs
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Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China»rank: 21424par: Leslie T. Chang
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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front»rank: 990par: Gunther K Koschorrek
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Such A Pretty Fat»rank: 10452par: Jen Lancaster
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Girl from Saskatoon»rank: 40472par: Sharon Butala
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Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road»rank: 6528par: Neil Peart
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:This second motorcycle memoir (following 1996's The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa), from the author best known as drummer and lyricist of the legendary Canadian rock band Rush, chronicles a journey of healing. ln the late-90s, Peart suffered a pair of life-changing tragedies: he lost his daughter and his wife of 20 years within a 10 month period. ln the fall of 1998, in an effort to distract himself from grief and reevaluate his life, he embarked on a trip that took him across Canada and through ... |
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Touching the Void»rank: 3071par: 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 ... |
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A Tale of Love and Darkness»rank: 13664par: Amos Oz
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 ... |
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John A: The Man Who Made Us»rank: 23948par: Richard Gwyn
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 ... |
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The Making of a Nurse»rank: 5504par: Tilda Shalof
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 ... |
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Between the Lines: Not-So-Tall Tales From Ray 'Scampy' Scapinello's Four Decades in the NHL»rank: 5639par: Ray Scapinello, Rob 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 ... |