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True Stories of Outdoor Adventure and Inspiration
All fans of whitewater sports have been impacted by the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) in one way or another. In 1972, the NOC was the outgrowth of an idea that friends working together to pursue their outdoor passions could change lives for the better. Today, the center is a seminal Southeastern paddling hub.
Compiled by Payson Kennedy and edited by Greg Hlavaty, NOC Stories is a collection of 62...
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Extrait : " L'histoire est par elle-même si incertaine et si facilement falsifiée et défigurée, que je n'aime pas les romans historiques ; mais je rendais justice à l'auteur de tant de brillantes peintures de mœurs et de caractères."
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There are few days in American history so immortalized in public memory as November 22, 1963, the date of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Adding to the wealth of information about this tragic day is We Were There, a truly unique collection of firsthand accounts from the doctors and staff on scene at the hospital where JFK was immediately taken after he was shot.
With the help of his former fellow staff members at Parkland Memorial Hospital,...
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Roaming the country by bus and train, on a budget and without any institutional support, Linh Dinh set out to document, in words and pictures, what life is like for people. From Los Angeles, Cheyenne, Portland, and New Orleans, to Jackson and Wolf Point-Linh walked miles and miles through unfamiliar neighborhoods, talking to whoever would talk to him: the homeless living in tent cities, the peddlers, the protestors, the public preachers, the prostitutes....
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In her nearly sixty-year career as a groundbreaking primatologist and a passionate conservationist, Jane Goodall has touched the hearts of millions of people. The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall is a collection of testimonies by her friends and colleagues honoring her as a scientific pioneer, an inspiring teacher, a devoted friend, and an engaging spirit whose complex personality tends to break down usual categories. Jane Goodall is the celebrity...
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For half a century, David Stick has been writing books about the fragile chain of barrier islands off the North Carolina coast known as the Outer Banks. Two of his earliest, Graveyard of the Atlantic and The Outer Banks of North Carolina, were published by the UNC Press in the 1950s, and continue to be best-sellers. More recently, Stick embarked on another project, searching for the most captivating and best-written examples of what others have...
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Gestion du stress, travail en équipe et autres compétences non techniques : s'inspirer des bonnes pratiques d'un pilote de ligne
Dans les années 70, les crashes d'avions se succèdent au point que les compagnies font face à une crise majeure. Une étude de la NASA révèle alors l'incapacité des pilotes à collaborer en équipe. Face à ce constat, le Crew Resource Management (CRM) est développé pour apprendre au personnel navigant à mieux...
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The author profiles the work of eight visionaries who have dedicated their lives to various environmental issues. Each story provides a portrait of an individual's valiant and inspiring campaign to improve the conditions for life on our planet. Taken together, the work of these people points the way toward creating an ecologically centered civilization in which a brighter future for all life, including human, is possible. *Terri Swearingen takes on...
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Like many of us, Greg Johnson grew up wanting to hit the buzzer-beater shot, throw the final touchdown, and sink the winning putt. Also like many of us, Johnson didn't have the extraordinary physical gifts to make those dreams come true at the professional level.
But, he did have a plan and determination. So he became an athletic trainer, paying his dues and eventually, working with the Atlanta Braves, the USFL, and both the PGA and LPGA.
From the...
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Red Rock Stories conveys spiritual and cultural values of Utah's canyon country through essays and poems of writers whose births span seven decades. First delivered to decision makers in Washington as a limited-edition chapbook, this art-as-advocacy book explores the fierce beauty of and the dangers to ecological and archaeological integrity in this politically embattled corner of wild America.
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Nicole Walker made cheese and grew tomatoes as a means of coping when she failed to get pregnant. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, she cooked veggie burgers for friends and hamburgers for herself-to enjoy outside, six feet apart. Her Mormon ancestors canned peaches to prepare for the End of Days and congealed beef broth into aspic as a surefire cure for ailment. Throughout the richly layered essays of Processed Meats, Walker ponders food choices and...
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« Je veux que ce soit toi, et personne d'autre, qui transcrive en français mon histoire du maquis... »
Ces mots étaient du fondateur de ATIKA, la branche armée du Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC), Sidy Badji. Il les avait prononcés en octobre 1997 devant une assistance tout acquise à sa cause, à l'intention de l'auteur qui venait de le rencontrer pour la première fois dans sa résidence surveillée, à Ziguinchor....
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L'exploration des interstices
Autour de la Baie: au départ le simple thème d'une manifestation d'art contemporain, l'expression est prise au pied de la lettre par Damien Dion, qui propose une épopée à la découverte de la baie de Morlaix. Explorant les interstices entre les registres cartographiques et la géographie réelle, l'artiste arpente et redessine les limites du territoire à échelle humaine, dans un récit textuel et photographique....
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How to Choose Motorcycle Riding Gear That's Right for You gives you the information you need to make smart decisions to select motorcycle riding gear-your jacket, pants, boots and gloves-that best suit you and the way you ride. You want riding gear that fits right, stays comfortable, gives you quality and protects you when you need it most. Here's info to help you choose wisely. Just some of the important, practical answers and info you'll find in...
9735) Aby Warburg et l'image en mouvement de Philippe-Alain Michaud: Les Fiches de Lecture d'Universalis
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
L'ouvrage de Philippe-Alain Michaud Aby Warburg et l'image en mouvement (Macula, 1998), préfacé par Georges Didi-Huberman, propose en guise d'introduction une chronologie o se déploient d'emblée, comme autant de brèves remarques, la singularité du personnage, la diversité de ses intérêts...
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur...
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The future is here and, frankly, it sucks. Without doubt, our culture is at a crossroads. Political strife and economic crises are byproducts of a larger looming challenge, one in which we will have to ask ourselves what constitutes a meaningful life. We must do the hard work of imagining a different kind of reality for ourselves. It's work that anticipates the worst but sees hope on the other side of catastrophe, or at least possibility; that presumes...
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The must-read summary of Angela McGlowan's book "Bamboozled: How Americans are being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda".
This complete summary of "Bamboozled" by Angela McGlowan, a bestselling author and political commentator, analyses her overview of the political circumstances in which increasing numbers of minority group voters are realizing that the liberal agenda does not necessarily help them. She outlines how she believes that liberalism...
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Extrait : "Le dirigeable militaire Patrie N°2 est venu de Verdun à Anderannes, petit village d'Argonne, pour y étudier l'installation d'un hangar naturel au fond d'un ravin profond et y trouver abri en cas d'atterrissage imprévu. Pendant que son commandant et le général gouverneur du camp retranché sont au château d'Andevannes, propriété d'un ancien officier, M. de Soignes, et s'y attardent à luncher après avoir décidé de ne rentrer...
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Extrait: "Nous osons croire, à l'honneur du siècle o nous vivons, qu'il n'y a point dans toute l'Europe un seul homme éclairé qui ne regarde la tolérance comme un droit de justice, un devoir proscrit par l'humanité, la conscience, la religion; une loi nécessaire à la paix et à la prospérité des États."
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Suivez l'auteur sur les pistes sahariennes, à la rencontre des Touareg...
Ce récit vous prend au cœur. Il vous transporte, o qu'on le lise, loin dans l'espace et même loin dans le temps. On suit avec l'auteur de cahotantes pistes sahariennes.
On se retrouve avec lui dans les parois du Hoggar que des hommes tentent de gravir sous un soleil de plomb, en vivant l'épreuve de la soif, l'inconfort extrême, la peur parfois... On découvre aussi la...
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