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Closing the Chart: A Dying Physician Examines Family, Faith, and Medicine»rank: 25708par: Hsi
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog»rank: 415par: John Grogan
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My Friend Leonard»rank: 20603par: James Frey
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Home A Memoir Of My Early Years»rank: 27658par: Julie Andrews
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Syphilis, alcoholism, infidelity, and indeterminate parentage may seem improbable touchstones in the back story of one who didn't so much portray as embody the blithe Maria in The Sound of Music. But as this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theatre, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. ... |
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God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir»rank: 21487par: John Bul Dau, Michael S. Sweeney
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:Syphilis, alcoholism, infidelity, and indeterminate parentage may seem improbable touchstones in the back story of one who didn't so much portray as embody the blithe Maria in The Sound of Music. But as this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theatre, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End--notably as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady--Home puts her celebrated career in context. ... |
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Bill Bryson's African Diary»rank: 1500par: Bill Bryson
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:ln this slim, invigorating volume, the author of Notes from a Small lsland and A Walk in the Woods sets his dry, Midwestern fish-out-of-water wit on Kenya. For eight days in the fall of 2002, Bill Bryson, accompanied by workers from the international poverty-fighting organization CARE, toured the East African country, visiting various CARE-sponsored projects and meeting the locals. 0ne of these is Dr. Mbua. Among Bryson's interests is the human fossil record, and so an appointment at the National Museum--which 'has the finest collection of early human ... |
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Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army»rank: 1854par: Christie Blatchford
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:ln this slim, invigorating volume, the author of Notes from a Small lsland and A Walk in the Woods sets his dry, Midwestern fish-out-of-water wit on Kenya. For eight days in the fall of 2002, Bill Bryson, accompanied by workers from the international poverty-fighting organization CARE, toured the East African country, visiting various CARE-sponsored projects and meeting the locals. 0ne of these is Dr. Mbua. Among Bryson's interests is the human fossil record, and so an appointment at the National Museum--which 'has the finest collection of early human ... |
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Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography»rank: 32267par: Tommy Chong
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca:ln this slim, invigorating volume, the author of Notes from a Small lsland and A Walk in the Woods sets his dry, Midwestern fish-out-of-water wit on Kenya. For eight days in the fall of 2002, Bill Bryson, accompanied by workers from the international poverty-fighting organization CARE, toured the East African country, visiting various CARE-sponsored projects and meeting the locals. 0ne of these is Dr. Mbua. Among Bryson's interests is the human fossil record, and so an appointment at the National Museum--which 'has the finest collection of early human ... |
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (Oprah's Book Club)»rank: 7990par: Sidney Poitier
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Sidney Poitier wrote The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography because he 'felt called to write about certain values, such as integrity and commitment, faith and forgiveness, about the virtues of simplicity, about the difference between 'amusing ourselves to death' and finding meaningful pleasures--even joy.' Yet Poitier's book does not speak from on high; its tone is conversational and endearingly self-critical. He begins the first chapter by recounting an evening spent channel-surfing and wondering, as most of us do at one time or another, 'What am ... |
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Life with My Sister Madonna»rank: 1609par: Christopher Ciccone, Wendy Leigh
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Sidney Poitier wrote The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography because he 'felt called to write about certain values, such as integrity and commitment, faith and forgiveness, about the virtues of simplicity, about the difference between 'amusing ourselves to death' and finding meaningful pleasures--even joy.' Yet Poitier's book does not speak from on high; its tone is conversational and endearingly self-critical. He begins the first chapter by recounting an evening spent channel-surfing and wondering, as most of us do at one time or another, 'What am ... |
