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Asie (voyage et géographie)
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the…
unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India—one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.For centuries, India has enthralled Westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or, in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker. In his early thirties, Justin quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey—across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal—in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters while documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever-restless explorer was driven to seek out ever-greater extremes, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest—his own hero’s journey. In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition and shrouded in darkness and danger. There he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a spiritual journey to a holy lake—one from which he would never return. Lost in the Valley of Death is about one man’s search to find himself, in a country where, for many Westerners, the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught, even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Asie (voyage et géographie), Voyage (récits)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille avec transcription humaine
" François Hébert et sa compagne participaient au début de 2012 à un congrès sur la francophonie à Madurai, en…
Inde. François nous raconte ici des moments de son voyage. On y croise des dignitaires enturbannés, des bambins qui mendient, des femmes aux longs et soyeux cheveux noirs dans des saris multicolores; on est assaillis par toute la gamme des odeurs, allant de la pisse, du cambouis des rickshaws motorisés et du poisson qui pourrit au soleil aux parfums les plus enivrants, comme celui du jasmin et des épices tant convoitées par l'Occident. Mais tout ce que l'auteur nous montre de l'Inde est prétexte à des glissements vers des souvenirs, des lectures, des films, d'autres voyages (l'Europe, le Japon), toutes sortes de réflexions... En partant d'un détail, l'auteur réalise un zoom arrière, élargit son regard et, du coup, touche des sujets universels. " -- 4e de couv
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Braille avec transcription humaine
For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journeyed to test themselves on Everest's treacherous slopes, enlisting…
the expert aid of the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on years of field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner presents a compelling account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. 1999.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Di Cintio prepares for his journey to Iran by taking lessons in Farsi, researching Persian poetry and sharpening his wrestling…
skills. Once there, he talks politics with men in tea houses, wrestles, and visits sites and shrines associated with great Persian poets, learning that poetry is loved and quoted by everyone from taxi-drivers to students. The mosaic of incidents, encounters, conversations, sights, smells and moments creates a detailed impression of a country and society that will challenge preconceptions. 2006.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
In his most challenging journey, Michael Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth, a virtually unbroken wall…
of rock stretching 1800 miles from the borders of Afghanistan to southwest China. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and Everest, the bleak and barren plateau of Tibet, the gorges of the Yangtze, the tribal lands of the Indo-Burmese border and the vast Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh. This book, compiled from his diaries, records the pleasure and pain of an extraordinary journey. 2004.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
With the same fervour they have for outlandish game shows and tiny gadgets, the Japanese go nuts each spring when…
the cherry blossoms sweep from island to island towards the country's northerly tip. Ferguson, after way too much sake, announced he would be the first person to follow the blossom's progress end to end. To make it a challenge worth doing, he'd hitchhike, resulting in a journey full of misadventures and revelations. 2005.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Littérature (biographies), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there. In the…
following spring she returned to live with an Afghan family for several months. For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities - be they Communist or Taliban - in order to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the Communists, and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. 2003.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Histoire, Asie (histoire), Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Pour les Chinois, comme pour les Occidentaux, jamais capitale n'a autant mérité le statut de ville mythique. Résidence du Fils…
du Ciel, capitale administrative, culturelle et religieuse du plus vieux, du plus peuplé et du plus grand empire au monde, Pékin et la Cité pourpre interdite où vivait l'empereur, entouré de ses concubines et de ses eunuques, fait toujours fantasmer. Le palais impérial est resté pendant cinq cents ans le centre sacré de l'Empire, le siège du gouvernement, où s'est écrite la grande histoire, celle de la Chine. Et la petite histoire, car la Cité interdite fut aussi le lieu privilégié d'intrigues, de drames et de crimes. 2008.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Politique et gouvernement, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biographies, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Santé et médecine, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
Dr. Xiaolan Zhao has treated thousands of women suffering from fatigue, PMS, infertility, depression, menopausal symptoms and other gynecological disorders…
- common health problems in the West, but not in China, where traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an integral part of women's lives for thousands of years. She explains what every woman can do in terms of ongoing and preventative self-care to improve her health and vitality and prevent illness. Descriptions of sex. 2006.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biographies, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie), Voyage (récits)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille avec transcription humaine
The popular travel-writer's itinerary calls for departure by rail from London and a series of hook-ups that lead him to…
China. To do this, he becomes a temporary member of a tour party that elicits his customary witty observations. Once in China, he strikes out on his own, and provides a portrait of China after the Cultural Revolution. 1988.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Braille automatisé
Although New Delhi has been invaded and burned many times through the centuries, it has always been rebuilt. During his…
stay there, Dalrymple found a city full of relics, both architectural and human, from different periods of history, side by side. Research description is combined with tales of his travels and encounters with people from various levels of society, different religions, and numerous traditions. 1993.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Aventure et exploration, Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Religion, Bouddhisme, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille automatisé
Sylvia Fraser's three-month pilgrimage to India in search of "something larger than myself, something deeper, something more." Travelling 12,000 kilometres…
as a solitary traveler across deserts and through jungles, she visits sacred sites such as the twilight city of Varanasi on the Ganges and the Golden Temple of the Sikhs; spends time with a Hindu sect up Mount Abu and meditates eleven hours a day for ten days in a Buddhist retreat while observing a vow of silence. 2001.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Aventuriers et explorateurs (biographies), Journaux personnels et mémoires, Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie), Canada (voyage et géographie)
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Stuck in an engineer's cubicle and tormented by doubts and boredom, Kirkby quit his job to bicycle the Karakoram Highway…
in northern Pakistan. Over the next fifteen years, he undertook some of the most challenging expeditions the world has to offer, including running Africa's Blue Nile Gorge, climbing Mount Everest, or learning to embrace the wilderness on the Tatshenshini River of Canada's Arctic. 2005.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Audio avec voix humaine, Braille avec transcription humaine
Thesiger, the son of a British diplomat, was born in a mud hut in Addis Ababa in 1910. This is…
the account of his travels from 1945 to 1950 during which he lived among the Bedouins and traversed the "Empty Quarter", a vast, arid desert. 1984.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canada (romans)Essais et documents primés, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Author M. G. Vassanji was born in Africa, where his Indian grandparents had settled, and his relationship to India had…
been complex and contradictory. Vassanji describes his many visits to India, encompassing bustling cities, quiet landscapes, fantastic stories and fascinating characters, in this his part travelogue and description, part history and meditation, and above all a quest for a lost homeland. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2009 Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2008.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Histoire, Asie (voyage et géographie), Guerre
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British diplomat and author of "The Places In Between" describes his 2003 postwar work as deputy governor in the marshlands…
of southern Iraq. Details the hazards of keeping the peace among the Shia warlords while trying to rebuild the infrastructure. Strong language and some violence. 2006.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Braille automatisé
In 1989 Jamie Zeppa decided to try something completely different from anything she had ever done before. She signed on…
as a teacher for two years in the Far East country of Bhutan. Once she arrived there she discovered the difficulties in bridging cultural divides, and the rewards that come from immersing oneself in a completely different culture. 1999.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé)
Succès de librairie (documentaires), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie), Essais et documents primés
Braille avec transcription humaine
As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she most craved--that of a generalist explorer--had gone extinct. So she…
vowed to become a scientist and go to Mars. Well along this path, Harris set off by bicycle down a short section of the fabled Silk Road with her childhood friend Mel Yule. This trip was just a simulacrum of exploration, but Harris realized that an explorer, in any day and age, is by definition the kind of person who refuses to live between the lines. Forget charting maps, naming peaks, leaving footprints on another planet: what she yearned for was the feeling of soaring completely out of bounds. And where she'd felt that most intensely was on a bicycle, on a bygone trading route. So Harris hit the Silk Road again with Yule, this time determined to bike it from beginning to end. Weaving adventure and deep reflection with the history of science and exploration, she celebrates our connection as humans to the natural world, and ultimately to each other--a belonging that transcends any fences or stories that may divide us. Bestseller. Winner of the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize. 2018.
Braille (abrégé), Braille électronique (abrégé), DAISY audio (Téléchargement direct), DAISY audio (Zip)
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
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Conçus comme un voyage en soi, les livres de la collection font découvrir un pays en entrant peu à peu…
dans : la vie quotidienne, à travers ce que l'on perçoit dès l'arrivée dans le pays ; l'histoire, racontée à travers les grands monuments; les villes, décrites à travers des circuits, des trajets : itinéraires culturels, parcours culinaires, parcs et jardins, marchés... ; les paysages et les sites naturels, présentés de façon à mettre en valeur leurs aspects remarquables : mer, montagnes, îles, déserts ou volcans... ; les loisirs, les fêtes et la culture contemporaine, aident le lecteur à partager la vie des habitants. - 4e de couv.