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The Wild Truth: The secrets that drove Chris McCandless into the wild
The Wild Truth: The secrets that drove Chris McCandless into the wild ab 6.29 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Biographien & Autobiographien,- Shop: hugendubel
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Beautiful News: Positive Trends, Uplifting Stats, Creative Solutions
In this sequel to bestselling The Visual Miscellaneum, author David McCandless reveals unexpected-and much needed-positive developments from around the world.David McCandless creates simple, elegant ways to see and understand complex, abstract, and often obscured information important to our lives. A specialist in infographics. McCandless cuts through the noise of data overload, creating visually stunning displays that not only make facts comprehensive, but illuminates their connections and adds context, making information meaningful in beautiful and entertaining way.Designed in David McCandless's signature style. Beautiful News focuses on fascinating positive developments at a time when the world has never seemed more dangerous and unpredictable. McCandless draws from philosophy, spirituality, ecology, society, technology, history, science, economics, and pop culture, to reveal positive trends and developments, from the invention of a breakthrough device that uses ocean forces to clean plastic from the world's seas, to a new method of converting donated blood to the crucial "O" negative type that can be used universally.In cutting edge graphs, charts, and illustrations, David McCandless creatively visualizes unexpected and compelling relationships between diverse data sets. Among his surprising findings: almost 250 US cities have remained in the Paris Accord; there are more female CEOs in the world than ever before; a new vaccine has been developed to help protect bees; Zika is disappearing from the Americas.At a time when we are besieged by disturbing events, Beautiful News is the antidote to brighten the darkest day-a shot of positivity and good cheer that will lift the spirts and provide sorely needed hope about our world in a way never before seen.- Shop: buecher
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A New Vision: Ambler's Travels, Volume 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 371min
Alec McCandless created a new national political party. He nominates himself for the Presidency. He runs a slugfest campaign against political corruption, and is elected to the office of President of the New American Republic in a landslide. Using the New Constitution that he had helped write, Alec immediately seizes the reins of The Executive political, economic, judicial and military powers. He gathers both ‘de jure’ and ‘de facto’ controls to himself. The criminals and ‘wrong-headed’ governmental parasites were swiftly removed from their offices and consigned to house arrest, chain-gang labor, or executed. Broad economic changes were force fed through all channels of government, reaching from small farms to giant industries, and even to foreign relations. Alec McCandless “revolutionized” government personally, with the force of his personality and convictions, at lightning quick speed. Dramatic changes were realized within months, and the new order was arranged according to his new vision. That new vision changed our nation, our people, and our government into a more conservative, protective, secure State. Alec McCandless, saw it, created it, and built it to last. We the People are The New American Republic. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Velwest. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/015114/bk_acx0_015114_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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A Thematic Analysis of the Intertextual References to Transcendentalism in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and their Role in the Portrayal of Christopher McCandless
A Thematic Analysis of the Intertextual References to Transcendentalism in Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and their Role in the Portrayal of Christopher McCandless ab 12.99 € als pdf eBook: Visionary seeker or foolish greenhorn?. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft,- Shop: hugendubel
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Between the Lines (eBook, ePUB)
Breaking News!Reporter Wendell McCandless Jr is returning home to Dumbarton, Texas to cover the annual Alameda Family Thanksgiving Picnic and Baseball Tournament. But rumor has it that's not all he's after.Letters belonging to the late Joseph Alameda were found at Wendell McCandless Senior's junk shop, and they may hold clues to solving a century-old mystery-the disappearance of Joseph Alameda and Martin Bright!Two men vanished without a trace.Both families involved believing the other was to blame.Gossip in town is that Wendell won't be delving into the matter alone. Davis Alameda is determined to clear his family name by helping to unravel the mystery. Readers, you may remember that sparks flew between the two young men before they both left town a few years back. Can they put their resentments from the past aside and find the answers they seek? Or are we about to see a fireworks display that will put a Dumbarton July fourth celebration to shame?- Shop: buecher
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Into the Wild (eBook, ePUB)
"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning."--New York Times In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the dries and desires that propelled McCandless. Digging deeply, he takes an inherently compelling mystery and unravels the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.- Shop: buecher
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Knowledge is Beautiful
In this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works.We are living in the Information Age, in which we are constantly bombarded with data - on television, in print and online. How can we relate to this mind-numbing overload? Enter David McCandless and his amazing infographics: simple, elegant ways to understand information too complex or abstract to grasp any way but visually. In his unique signature style, he creates dazzling displays that blend facts with their connections, contexts and relationships, making information meaningful, entertaining - and beautiful.Taking infographics to the next level, his new book Knowledge is Beautiful is an endlessly fascinating spin through the world of visualized data, which offers a deeper, more wide-ranging look at the world and its history. Covering everything from dog breeds and movie plots to the origins of life and a timeline of the far future, this stunning book is guaranteed to enrich your understanding of the world.- Shop: buecher
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In die Wildnis: Allein nach Alaska, Hörbuch, Digital, 535min
Im August 1992 wurde die Leiche von Chris McCandless im Eis von Alaska gefunden. Wer war dieser junge Mann, und was hatte ihn in die gottverlassene Wildnis getrieben? Jon Krakauer hat sein Leben erforscht, seine Reise in den Tod rekonstruiert und ein traurig-schönes Buch geschrieben über die Sehnsucht, die diesen Mann veranlasste, sämtliche Besitztümer und Errungenschaften der Zivilisation hinter sich zu lassen, um tief in die wilde und einsame Schönheit der Natur einzutauchen. Verfilmt wurde der Stoff von Sean Penn mit Emile Hirsch. deutsch. Julian Mehne. https://samples.audible.de/bk/hamb/002516/bk_hamb_002516_sample.mp3.- Shop: Audible
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Invasion: Ambler's Travels Series, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 460min
Your world is invaded. Within weeks, your home, your job, and your ability to care for your family have disappeared. The economy and your government collapses. Power shifts. Strong men emerge. Huge populations are suddenly homeless, short of food, and forced to migrate. How do families caught up in the whirlwind of cataclysm cope? Steve Ambler was swept into service, rose through the ranks and profoundly influenced tumultuous events. This series chronicles the struggles of Ambler and the pivotal McCandless family to survive and thrive. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Velwest. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/010201/bk_acx0_010201_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Improper Influence: Sasha McCandless Legal Thriller, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min
Sasha and Connelly are back in Improper Influence. Even Sasha's most daunting cases to date haven't prepared her for her current challenge: Finding a wedding reception venue that her mother and Connelly can agree on. Wedding planning woes become the least of her worries, though, when Bodhi King, a forensic pathologist for the City of Pittsburgh, comes to her for help. Young women across the city are dying, and he suspects their deaths are connected. After he voices his suspicions, he becomes a target. Bodhi needs Sasha and Connelly's assistance to unearth the truth before it's buried along with more victims - and him, if whoever's trying to silence him succeeds. The trail is long and dirty, leading to political influence peddlers, backroom deals, and the biggest law firm in town. But Sasha won't stop until she frees the city she calls home from the grip of corruption - whatever the cost. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Commins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016452/bk_acx0_016452_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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