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North to the Pole
Par Paul Schurke, Will Steger. 1987
Les cannibales de Dieu
Par Peter Gzowski, Pan Bouyoucas. 1981
Voici l'histoire véridique d'une lutte désespérée contre la résignation et la mort. L'histoire de deux êtres isole, transis de froid,…
souffrants et affames qui, pour s'en sortir, durent prendre une terrible décision : manger de la chair humaine. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1981. Titre uniforme: The sacrament.Night witches: the untold story of Soviet women in combat
Par Bruce Myles. 1990
In 1941, as the Nazi hordes swept eastward into the Soviet Union, the desperate call went out for female volunteers…
to join the Russian air force. Making up three regiments, the lives, exploits, loves and fears of these women are captured here - the pilots whom the Germans came to dread as the "Night witches". 1990.Nine lives: death and life in New Orleans
Par Dan Baum. 2009
A multivoiced biography of a dazzling, imperiled city, told through the lives of nine characters and bracketed by two epic…
storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Baum shows us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. Explicit strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009.Mon coeur s'appelle Amazonie (Collection "Vécu")
Par Anne-Sophie Tiberghien. 1983
Mon oncle d'Australie
Par Michèle Decoust. 2000
Mississippi solo: a river quest
Par Eddy L Harris. 1988
A travelogue about the author's canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota's Land of 10,000 Lakes…
to New Orleans. Includes the author's impressions, philosophical reflections, and personal recollections of a St. Louis childhood. Strong language. 1988.L'enfant des neiges: récit
Par Nicolas Vanier. 2004
Mendiant de l'infini: fragments nomades : récit
Par André Carpentier. 2002
En juin 2000, André Carpentier, professeur au département d'études littéraires de l'UQAM, part à la conquête du mythique mont Kaislash,…
au Tibet. Bien loin du trekking ou du périple spirituel, l'aventure de Carpentier est celle d'un pèlerin du nouveau siècle, à la fois personnelle et branchée sur l'universel. Résultat : un magnifique récit de voyage rédigé sans prétention dans une langue d'une richesse peu commune. 2002.Messing about in boats: the nautical confessions of an unsinkable Irishman
Par Will Millar. 1997
Will Millar, former member of the Irish Rovers band, tells of his boating journeys around the world, and his adventures…
on shore. Told with his well-known Irish charm and humour. 1997.Mer, courage: 24 récits de sauvetage maritime
Par Henri Dumoulin. 1987
Ces 24 récits rapportent des faits authentiques. Certains de ces sauvetages ont acquis la notoriété, d'autres sont demeurés anonymes. Tous…
mettent en exergue l'héroïsme d'individus qui ont trouvé, le plus souvent, pour toute récompense d'avoir accompli leur devoir. 1987.Mémoires de la mer: cinq siècles de trésors et d'aventures (Folio Ser. #Vol. 31850)
Par Sophie De Sivry, Marie-Pierre Demarcq, Jean De Préneuf. 2005
Des premiers manuels de pilotage aux carnets d'Eric Tabarly. Une grande fresque historique marquée du souffle de l'aventure. 800 trésors…
inédits trouvés dans les archives françaises, qui nous emportent sur toutes les mers du monde. 2005.La route des icebergs est celle que suivent chaque année les brise-glace de la Garde côtière canadienne. Du Saint-Laurent aux…
confins du Pôle Nord, ils ouvrent des passages aux navires marchands ou les dégagent lorsqu'ils sont pris dans la glace. À bord, les marins du froid vivent les tensions qui naissent de la promiscuité, les rigueurs extrêmes du climat, mais aussi la solidarité des gens de mer. Monique Pieri fut la première et la seule reporter à les accompagner durant un été complet. 1988.Little ship of fools: 16 rowers, 1 improbable boat, 7 tumultuous weeks on the Atlantic
Par Charles Wilkins. 2013
Limits of the known
Par David Roberts. 2018
A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present. David Roberts, "veteran mountain…
climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post), has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes on earth. He reflects on humanity's--and his own--relationship to extreme risk. Part memoir and part history, this book tries to make sense of why so many have committed their lives to the desperate pursuit of adventure. In the wake of his diagnosis with throat cancer, Roberts seeks answers with sharp new urgency. 2018.Life is a wheel: love, death, etc., and a bike ride across America
Par 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
Par 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.Margaret Powell in America
Par Margaret Powell. 1973
Lost bonanzas of Western Canada
Par T. W Paterson, Garnet Basque. 1983
Looking for a ship
Par John A McPhee. 1990
The United States Merchant Marine, once a fleet of over 2000 ships, now has fewer than 400. The author recounts…
his 42-day trip down the west coast of South America and provides a portrait of the merchant mariner and modern seafaring life. Bestseller 1990. 1990.