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Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela»rank: 3949par: Nelson Mandela
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The famously taciturn South African president reveals much of himself in Long Walk to Freedom. A good deal of this autobiography was written secretly while Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben lsland by South Africa's apartheid regime. Among the book's interesting revelations is Mandela's ambivalence toward his lifetime of devotion to public works. lt cost him two marriages and kept him distant from a family life he might otherwise have cherished. Long Walk to Freedom also discloses a strong and generous spirit that refused to ... |
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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster»rank: 1966par: 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 photographs taken by various expedition members and an enlightening new postscript by the author, the lllustrated Edition ... |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream»rank: 3739par: Hunter S. Thompson
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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Not Guilty: My Guide to Working Hard, Raising Kids and Laughing through the Chaos»rank: 5159par: Debbie Travis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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Clapton: The Autobiography»rank: 694par: Eric Clapton
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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Watch You Bleed»rank: 312par: Stephen Davis
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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My Booky Wook»rank: 11421par: Russell Brand
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson»rank: 15075par: Andrew Cohen
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers»rank: 1590par: Richard Proenneke, Sam Keith
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Heralded as the 'best book on the dope decade' by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the 'Great Red Shark.' ln its trunk, they stow 'two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and ... |
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Fat Girl»rank: 1175par: Judith Moore
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l ... |