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The third man factor
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John Geiger |
The third man factor is a riveting scientific and historical analysis of an extraordinary idea: that people at the very edge of death, often adventurers or explorers, sense an incorporeal being besid… |
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The value of curiosity
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Spencer Johnson |
Demonstrates the value of curiosity in the life of Christopher Columbus. |
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Samuel de Champlain
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Denis Lévesque |
Par ses biographies sommaires, cette collection répond à un impératif et comble partiellement un vide. L'appareil bibliographique pourrait avantageusement être enrichi (glossaire, index des noms prop… |
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Peary
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John Edward Weems |
Much of the value of this biography of the discoverer of the North Pole lies in its access to hitherto unavailable personal documents, notably Peary's diary. The diary, often quoted here, gives final… |
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Jacques Cartier
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Kristin Petrie |
Brief text describes the life and travels of the sixteenth-century French navigator who made three voyages to what is today known as Canada, in search of a northwest passage to China. |
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