Ten of the best books I have read this year. Perfect for Christmas presents.
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The Way of the World – Nicolas Bouvier
Wind, Sand and Stars – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
In Praise of Slow: How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed – Carl Honore
Antarctic Destinies: Scott, Shackleton, and the Changing Face of Heroism
Afghanistan by rory stewart is a must read travel book. Great piece.
I love The Way of the World (l’Usage du Monde’ en francais). It’s been my favorite book for a few years now. You can open it anywhere and read a page and it is beautiful… Every sentence of it is a jewel and it is a very moving book. I bought about 10 copies of it to give away to my friends over the last few years. “Le Poisson-Scorpion” is also very good.
[…] “But I know solitude. Three years in the desert have taught me its taste. What is frightening is not the consuming of youth out there in that mineral landscape, but the perception that far away from you the whole world is growing old. The trees have formed their fruit, the earth has brought forth its wheat, the women are already lovely. The season is moving on, you want to hurry home… The season is moving on, and you are trapped far away… And the good things of the earth are slipping between your fingers like the fine sand of the dunes.” – Antoine St.Exupery, ‘Wind, Sand and Stars‘ […]
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