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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport»rank: 8820par: Carl Hiaasen
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The Diary of a Young Girl»rank: 255par: Anne Frank
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. ... |
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius»rank: 21119par: Dave Eggers
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Dave Eggers is a terrifically talented writer; don't hold his cleverness against him. What to make of a book called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story? For starters, there's a good bit of staggering genius before you even get to the true story, including a preface, a list of 'Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book,' and a 20-page acknowledgements section complete with special mail-in offer, flow chart of the book's themes, and a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of a stapler (helpfully ... |
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Tales from Dog River: The Complete Corner Gas Guide»rank: 8073par: Michele Sponagle
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Dave Eggers is a terrifically talented writer; don't hold his cleverness against him. What to make of a book called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story? For starters, there's a good bit of staggering genius before you even get to the true story, including a preface, a list of 'Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book,' and a 20-page acknowledgements section complete with special mail-in offer, flow chart of the book's themes, and a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of a stapler (helpfully ... |
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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga»rank: 935par: Stephen Davis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Dave Eggers is a terrifically talented writer; don't hold his cleverness against him. What to make of a book called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story? For starters, there's a good bit of staggering genius before you even get to the true story, including a preface, a list of 'Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book,' and a 20-page acknowledgements section complete with special mail-in offer, flow chart of the book's themes, and a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of a stapler (helpfully ... |
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Imagining Anne: The Island Scrapbooks of L.M. Montgomery»rank: 13085par: Elizabeth Epperly
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Dave Eggers is a terrifically talented writer; don't hold his cleverness against him. What to make of a book called A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story? For starters, there's a good bit of staggering genius before you even get to the true story, including a preface, a list of 'Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book,' and a 20-page acknowledgements section complete with special mail-in offer, flow chart of the book's themes, and a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of a stapler (helpfully ... |
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Man's Search For Meaning»rank: 13340par: Viktor E. Frankl
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, austere, and deeply moving personal essay about Frankl's imprisonment in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live. The second part of the book, called 'Logotherapy in a Nutshell,' describes the psychotherapeutic method that Frankl pioneered as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. Freud believed that sexual instincts ... |
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The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology»rank: 33607par: Simon Winchester
Chroniques et points de vue:From :0nce upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) tells the fossil-friendly fairy tale life of William Smith in The Map That Changed the World. Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the lndustrial Revolution (the year ... |
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I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie»rank: 447par: Pamela Des Barres
Chroniques et points de vue:From :0nce upon a time there lived a man who discovered the secrets of the earth. He traveled far and wide, learning about the world below the surface. After years of toil, he created a great map of the underworld and expected to live happily ever after. But did he? Simon Winchester (The Professor and the Madman) tells the fossil-friendly fairy tale life of William Smith in The Map That Changed the World. Born to humble parents, Smith was also a child of the lndustrial Revolution (the year ... |
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain»rank: 1403par: Charles R Cross
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure as T.S. Eliot's. Now Charles Cross has cracked the code in the definitive biography Heavier Than Heaven, an all-access pass to Cobain's heart and mind. lt reveals many secrets, thanks to 400-plus interviews, and even quotes Cobain's diaries and suicide notes and reveals an unreleased Nirvana masterpiece. At last we know how he created, how lies helped him die, how his family and love life entwined his art--plus, ... |