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Mastering Mountain Bike Skills»rank: 3876par: Brian Lopes
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Natural Capitalism Creating the Next Industrial Revolution: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution»rank: 18298par: Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken, L.h Lovins
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing 'a new type of industrialism' that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins write that in the next century, cars will get 200 miles per gallon without compromising safety and power, manufacturers will relentlessly recycle their products, and the world's standard of living will jump without further damaging natural resources. 'ls this the vision of a utopia? ln fact, the changes described here could come ... |
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The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World»rank: 23124par: Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur, Sara Schley
Chroniques et points de vue:From :ln Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing 'a new type of industrialism' that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins write that in the next century, cars will get 200 miles per gallon without compromising safety and power, manufacturers will relentlessly recycle their products, and the world's standard of living will jump without further damaging natural resources. 'ls this the vision of a utopia? ln fact, the changes described here could come ... |
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Death in the Long Grass»rank: 5672par: Peter H Capstick, Peter Hathaway Capstick
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Hook-and-bullet adventures had by tough guys such as Teddy Roosevelt and Papa Hemingway may be out of favor in these times of eco-awareness, but Peter Hathaway Capstick's account of big-game hunting in Africa remains a classic. With humor, grace, and supreme tension, Capstick takes the reader on safari, eloquently stating his case for blood sport while portraying the intensity of the hunt. |
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When All Hell Breaks Loose»rank: 45340par: Cody Lundin
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Hook-and-bullet adventures had by tough guys such as Teddy Roosevelt and Papa Hemingway may be out of favor in these times of eco-awareness, but Peter Hathaway Capstick's account of big-game hunting in Africa remains a classic. With humor, grace, and supreme tension, Capstick takes the reader on safari, eloquently stating his case for blood sport while portraying the intensity of the hunt. |
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Wild Places»rank: 2321par: Robert Macfarlane
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Hook-and-bullet adventures had by tough guys such as Teddy Roosevelt and Papa Hemingway may be out of favor in these times of eco-awareness, but Peter Hathaway Capstick's account of big-game hunting in Africa remains a classic. With humor, grace, and supreme tension, Capstick takes the reader on safari, eloquently stating his case for blood sport while portraying the intensity of the hunt. |
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Animal Life»rank: 28843par: Charlotte Uhlenbroek
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Hook-and-bullet adventures had by tough guys such as Teddy Roosevelt and Papa Hemingway may be out of favor in these times of eco-awareness, but Peter Hathaway Capstick's account of big-game hunting in Africa remains a classic. With humor, grace, and supreme tension, Capstick takes the reader on safari, eloquently stating his case for blood sport while portraying the intensity of the hunt. |
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Zinn & the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance»rank: 1375par: Lennard Zinn
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Lennard Zinn explains that it doesn't take special skills to learn how to care for one's bike, only 'a passion for spreading new grease on old parts.' Clearly, his ambition is to share with newcomers the Zen-like joy of bike maintenance. But it's seasoned bike mechanics that should be tripping over each other for a copy of this comprehensive and ambitious manual. Zinn differs from other how-to books by guiding readers--with plain-speaking text--through almost every imaginable repair on almost every imaginable part. He covers everything from rebuilding hubs, to ... |
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The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest»rank: 45096par: Anatoli Boukreev, G.weston Dewalt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The Climb is Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest attempt, a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of eight people. The book is also Boukreev's rebuttal to accusations from fellow climber and author Jon Krakauer, who, in his bestselling memoir, lnto Thin Air, suggests that Boukreev forfeited the safety of his clients to achieve his own climbing goals. lnvestigative writer and Climb coauthor G. Weston DeWalt uses taped statements from the surviving climbers and translated interviews from Boukreev to piece together the events ... |
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Into the Wild»rank: 35523par: Jon Krakauer
Chroniques et points de vue:From :'God, he was a smart kid...' So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, lnto the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's 'Alaskan odyssey,' but also the forces that drive people to drop out of society and test themselves in other ways. Krakauer quotes ... |