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Life is a wheel: love, death, etc., and a bike ride across America
By Bruce Weber. 2014
Based on his series in the New York Times chronicling his cross-country bicycle trip, Weber shares his adventures from his…
solo ride across the USA. He made the trip over the summer and fall of 2011 - at the age of fifty-seven. He extols the pleasures of cycling and reflects on what happened on his adventure, in the world, in the country, and in his life. The story begins on the Oregon coast with a middle-aged man wondering what he's gotten himself into and ends in triumph on the George Washington Bridge, wondering how soon he might try it again. 2014.Listening for coyote: a walk across Oregon's wilderness
By William L Sullivan. 1988
While making a 1360-mile west-to-east walk through Oregon, Sullivan touches 18 wilderness areas and crosses mountain ranges. This daily journal…
tells about his solo walk as he scouts a route later recommended for the New Oregon Trail. Some strong language. 1988.Life extension: a practical scientific approach
By Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw. 1982
Margaret Powell in America
By Margaret Powell. 1973
Chronique d'un cancer ordinaire: ma vie avec Igor
By Dominique Demers. 2014
" Le cancer. Un mot horrible, qui fait peur. Pour mieux dompter, apprivoiser et haïr tout à la fois la…
tumeur maligne qui sétait incrustée dans son sein, l'auteure Dominique Demers a choisi de lui donner un nom : Igor. Armée de son humour, énergisée par son amour du sport et du voyage, la dynamique et impatiente patiente a entrepris les traitements comme elle mène la barque de sa vie : en se lançant des défis, en osant rire de l'absurde et questionner l'intolérable. En acceptant, aussi, qu'il y a des jours gris. Elle livre ici la chronique de cette période charnière, rédigée sous forme de courts billets parfois drôles et parfois déchirants : autant d'instantanés de moments clés, depuis cette sieste fatidique où elle a repéré la masse, le fameux et monstrueux Igor, jusqu'à l'orée de sa rémission. Car, en plus d'être un récit qui propose des réflexions éclairantes pour qui côtoie la réalité du cancer, c'est une histoire qui finit bien. " -- 4e de couv.Le roman du Mississippi
By Bernard Pierre. 1983
En suivant les 3,750 km du Mississippi, de sa source à la frontière canadienne jusqu'à son delta dans le golfe…
du Mexique, l'auteur fait vivre et parler le père des eaux comme un être humain. 1983.American vertigo
By Bernard Henri Lévy. 2006
Où va l'amérique ? Devant ce pays colossal et blessé, contradictoire et protéiforme, devant ce pays-concept dont les emblèmes, nobles…
ou infamants, tournent à n'en pas finir sur le manège médiatique mondial, chacun est pris de vertige. American Vertigo ? Un livre-enquête mobile et chaleureux. Un reportage conceptuel et un " road book " sensuel, cérébral, drôle, véridique. La perspicacité du philosophe. L'oeil et le style du romancier. 2006.La vieillesse n'est pas une maladie: Alzheimer, un diagnostic bien commode
By Alain Jean. 2015
" De tout temps, on a parlé de sénilité . Mais aujourd'hui, avec l'augmentation de l'espérance de vie, le regard…
sur les personnes âgées souffrant d'un déficit cognitif lié tout simplement au vieillissement cérébral a changé. Et avec lui, le diagnostic de la maladie d'Alzheimer, qui s'est considérablement étendu. Poser l'étiquette Alzheimer sur une personne ne fait qu'exprimer l'horreur qu'inspire le vieillissement à une société qui se croit éternellement jeune. Et à en exclure ainsi une partie de la population, nous dit Alain Jean, médecin généraliste et gériatre hospitalier, dans ce livre dérangeant et bouleversant. En nous faisant partager avec une profonde empathie ce que ressentent des personnes très âgées pour qui présent et passé se mêlent, deviennent de plus en plus flous, il aborde un débat plus que d'actualité : à force de vouloir maîtriser à tout prix la vieillesse et la mort, n'est-ce pas la médecine qui perd la raison ? " -- 4e de couv.American notes (Everyman's library ; #290)
By Charles Dickens. 2000
To the nineteenth-century Englishman, America was not unlike Russia or China or Cuba today - a new society, founded on…
new and revolutionary principles. Charles Dickens was only one of the more famous of those Englishmen who crossed the Atlantic to see democracy in action. He chronicles his five-month trip around the United States in 1842 and records his adventures as well as his impressions of American schools, prisons and slavery. 2000.Kayaking the full moon: a journey down the Yellowstone River to the soul of Montana
By Steve Chapple. 1993
Chapple, fed up with life in San Francisco, decided to return to his roots in Montana. In August, 1991, he,…
his wife, and their two sons began their adventure. They travelled the 671 miles of the Yellowstone and found two Montanas -- the old, where natives teach youth to appreciate their heritage, and the new, where people have summer homes and appear unconcerned for the environment. 1993.Journey on the Crest: walking 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada
By Cindy Ross. 1987
Jackson Hole
By Frank Calkins. 1973
An earthy, personal, affectionate portrayal of the beautiful town in the mountains of Wyoming. Interspersed with fact, reminiscences, yarns, speculations,…
and contemporary observations, it recaptures the days when the hole was an outlaw retreat. 1973.Imperial city: the rise and fall of New York
By Geoffrey Moorhouse. 1988
The author has been visiting this city of contradictions for years and beginning with "the most sensational city walk in…
the world" - crossing the Brooklyn Bridge - he illuminates the past and present of Manhattan and writes about life in the lesser known boroughs of New York: Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. It is a city of superlatives, both high and low, a place of infinite variety, powerful urges, insatiable energy and boundless appetite. 1988.I'm a stranger here myself: notes on returning to America after twenty years away
By Bill Bryson. 1999
I'm too young for this!: the natural hormone solution to enjoy perimenopause
By Suzanne Somers. 2013
If you're in your thirties or forties, your body is changing, and so are your moods, sleep, health, and weight.…
Tired of being at the mercy of your hormones? Well, you don't have to be; perimenopause can be enjoyable if you know what to do. This book details how you can get your body and mind back on track, safely and without drugs. Bestseller. c2013.Highway 50: ain't that America
By Jim Lilliefors. 1993
Journalist Jim Lilliefors chronicles his travels along U.S. Route 50 during 1993, from Maryland to California. He focusses on the…
people who live along this historic route, with keen attention paid to local colour and dialogue. 1993.This book explores the idea that sensing how long we can live is a latent capacity in us, currently unknown--just…
like the introduction of fire, the invention of flying, and the discovery of radio waves were before we "discovered" them. Understand how the knowledge of transcendence, consciousness, and self-healing are integral to your well-being. 2018.Haunted Texas: famous phantoms, sinister sites, and lingering legends (Lone Star audio)
By Scott Allen Williams, Donna Ingham. 2017
Texas history buffs and travelers have an eerie need for this book, which offers an unusual twist to seeing the…
"sights" in the Lone Star state. Organized by region--Gulf Coast, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Central Texas, North Texas, and West Texas--this book is the complete guide for both hardcore ghost hunters and more earthly tourists seeking to add some spirited fun to their travels. Complete practical information on non-haunted accommodations, attractions, and restaurants are also included, making this the only guide your Texan spirit will need. 2017.Best. State. Ever: a Florida man defends his homeland
By Dave Barry. 2016
Sure, there was the 2000 election and flying insects the size of LeBron James. But Barry is going to show…
you why Florida is a great state. And whatever else you think about Florida-- you can never say it's boring. Bestseller. 2016.Deep South: four seasons on back roads (Southern voices)
By Paul Theroux. 2015
Theroux explores a piece of America too often overlooked--the Deep South. He finds there a paradoxical place, full of incomparable…
music, unparalleled cuisine, and yet also some of the nation's worst schools, housing, and unemployment rates. It's these parts of the South, so often ignored, that have caught Theroux's keen traveler's eye. 2015.