Voyage

Qu'il s'agisse de gravir les sommets mortels de l'Everest ou de naviguer dans le labyrinthe culturel de rues étrangères, ces livres aventureux vous transportent dans des voyages transformateurs à travers le monde. Chaque récit mêle conseils pratiques et révélations personnelles, explorant aussi bien les territoires physiques traversés que les paysages intérieurs transformés par le voyage.

Voyage Résumés de livres

The Moor's Account

par Laila Lalami

A Moroccan slave on a doomed Spanish expedition to Florida survives to write the erased history.

4.04

13 000+

📜 Counter-History 📖 Fictional Memoir ⚖️ Colonial Reckoning 🌿 Indigenous Healing 💍 Intercultural Marriage

Immersif

The Moor's Account

A Moroccan slave on a doomed Spanish expedition to Florida survives to write the erased history.

par Laila Lalami 2014 321 pages

4.04

13 000+ évaluations

📜 Counter-History 📖 Fictional Memoir ⚖️ Colonial Reckoning 🌿 Indigenous Healing 💍 Intercultural Marriage

La semaine de 4 heures

par Timothy Ferriss • 2007

Retire in one-month chunks. The system for automating income and escaping the cubicle.

3.91

300 000+

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 🤝 Smart Delegation ⏰ Time Management 📵 Information Overload

Immersif

La semaine de 4 heures

Retire in one-month chunks. The system for automating income and escaping the cubicle.

par Timothy Ferriss 2007 308 pages

3.91

300 000+ évaluations

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 🤝 Smart Delegation ⏰ Time Management 📵 Information Overload

Kitchen Confidential

par Anthony Bourdain • 2000

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

4.19

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🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Immersif

Kitchen Confidential

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

par Anthony Bourdain 2000 321 pages

4.19

300 000+ évaluations

🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Le Pèlerin de Compostelle

par Paulo Coelho • 1987

Sword denied, a man walks the Camino guided by a mentor whose lessons are spiritual combat.

3.65

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🛐 Spiritual Quest 🥾 Camino De Santiago 🧘 Spiritual Exercises 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Student 👹 Facing Inner Demons

Le Pèlerin de Compostelle

Sword denied, a man walks the Camino guided by a mentor whose lessons are spiritual combat.

par Paulo Coelho 1987 280 pages

3.65

68 000+ évaluations

🛐 Spiritual Quest 🥾 Camino De Santiago 🧘 Spiritual Exercises 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Student 👹 Facing Inner Demons

Into the Wild : Voyage au bout de la solitude

par Jon Krakauer • 1996

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

4.02

1 000 000+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

Into the Wild : Voyage au bout de la solitude

A young man sheds his name and cash, walks into the Alaskan wild, and never returns.

par Jon Krakauer 1996 240 pages

4.02

1 000 000+ évaluations

📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 🏃 Runaway Idealist 💔 Estranged Family ⛰️ Man Vs Nature

Solito

par Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

4.48

80 000+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Solito

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

par Javier Zamora 2022 384 pages

4.48

80 000+ évaluations

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing 👦 Childhood Perspective 💔 Family Separation

Mange, prie, aime

par Elizabeth Gilbert • 2006

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

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✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Mange, prie, aime

Italy for pleasure. India for prayer. Bali to see if the two can coexist.

par Elizabeth Gilbert 2006 458 pages

3.65

1 000 000+ évaluations

✈️ Travel Memoir 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🎒 Solo Female Travel 🍝 Food And Travel 🧘 Meditation Practice

Les Routes de la soie

par Peter Frankopan • 2015

History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.

4.17

49 000+

🌍 World History 🏔️ Central Asian History 🐫 Trade Routes 🌏 East-West Exchange 🏛️ Empire Building

Les Routes de la soie

History looks different when you place the Silk Roads, not Europe, at the center of everything.

par Peter Frankopan 2015 656 pages

4.17

49 000+ évaluations

🌍 World History 🏔️ Central Asian History 🐫 Trade Routes 🌏 East-West Exchange 🏛️ Empire Building

Only in Naples

par Katherine Wilson • 2015

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

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🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Only in Naples

She arrives in Naples hungry for escape. A lavish Italian mother-in-law feeds her a new life.

par Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages

3.74

2 000+ évaluations

🧳 Expat Memoir 🍝 Food Memoir 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Italian Family Life ☀️ Southern Italy ✈️ Armchair Travel

Appetite for America

par Stephen Fried • 2010

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

4.21

1 000+

🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

Appetite for America

A railroad restaurant empire that civilized the West and launched America's first female workforce.

par Stephen Fried 2010 751 pages

4.21

1 000+ évaluations

🚂 Railroad History 🏨 Hospitality Industry 💼 Gilded Age Business 🏜️ Frontier Settlement 👩‍💼 Women's Labor History

Wild

par Cheryl Strayed • 2012

Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

4.07

800 000+

🥾 Hiking Memoir 🖤 Grief Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother Loss 💔 Self-Destruction 🌿 Nature Healing

Wild

Grieving and addicted, she stakes her recovery on a solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.

par Cheryl Strayed 2012 336 pages

4.07

800 000+ évaluations

🥾 Hiking Memoir 🖤 Grief Memoir 👩‍👧 Mother Loss 💔 Self-Destruction 🌿 Nature Healing

Ceux qu'on rencontre en vacances

par Emily Henry • 2021

Best friends estranged for two years take one last summer trip, one bed between them.

3.84

1 000 000+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏡 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn

Immersif

Ceux qu'on rencontre en vacances

Best friends estranged for two years take one last summer trip, one bed between them.

par Emily Henry 2021 361 pages

3.84

1 000 000+ évaluations

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏡 Forced Proximity 🛏️ Only One Bed 🔥 Slow Burn

A Thousand Broken Pieces

par Tillie Cole • 2024

Her sister died of cancer. His brother died by suicide. A therapy trip throws them together.

4.22

68 000+

🖤 Grief Journey 🫂 Group Therapy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🌑 Brooding Love Interest 💔 Bittersweet

A Thousand Broken Pieces

Her sister died of cancer. His brother died by suicide. A therapy trip throws them together.

par Tillie Cole 2024 317 pages

4.22

68 000+ évaluations

🖤 Grief Journey 🫂 Group Therapy 🎨 Healing Through Art 🌑 Brooding Love Interest 💔 Bittersweet

The Paris Novel

par Ruth Reichl • 2024

A vintage Dior dress and an obsession with a forgotten model pull a timid woman into her own life.

3.78

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📚 Bohemian Paris 🖼️ Art Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🍽️ Culinary Awakening 🗼 Reinvention In Paris

The Paris Novel

A vintage Dior dress and an obsession with a forgotten model pull a timid woman into her own life.

par Ruth Reichl 2024 272 pages

3.78

52 000+ évaluations

📚 Bohemian Paris 🖼️ Art Mystery 🫂 Found Family 🍽️ Culinary Awakening 🗼 Reinvention In Paris

Bushcraft 101

par Dave Canterbury • 2014

Five gear categories, a handful of knots, and the fire skills to replace the heavy pack.

4.10

3 000+

🏕️ Bushcraft Skills 🎒 Minimalist Gear 🔥 Fire Craft 🪢 Knots And Cordage 🛖 Shelter Building

Bushcraft 101

Five gear categories, a handful of knots, and the fire skills to replace the heavy pack.

par Dave Canterbury 2014 256 pages

4.10

3 000+ évaluations

🏕️ Bushcraft Skills 🎒 Minimalist Gear 🔥 Fire Craft 🪢 Knots And Cordage 🛖 Shelter Building

Love & Gelato

par Jenna Evans Welch • 2016

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

4.02

100 000+

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

Love & Gelato

A summer in Florence. A mother's journal. A secret romance that leads Lina to her own.

par Jenna Evans Welch 2016 386 pages

4.02

100 000+ évaluations

🍦 Summer Romance 💔 Grief Journey 🖤 First Love 🇮🇹 Florence Italy 🔍 Family Secrets

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

par Dan Gemeinhart • 2019

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

4.44

32 000+

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Before a bulldozer destroys her buried family memories, Coyote must trick her dad into driving home.

par Dan Gemeinhart 2019 352 pages

4.44

32 000+ évaluations

🚐 Road Trip Adventure ❤️ Found Family 😢 Grieving Parent 🐱 Animal Companion ⏳ Race Against Time

Shantaram

par Gregory David Roberts • 2003

An Australian fugitive vanishes into Bombay, finding home in a slum and family in the underworld.

4.28

200 000+

🏙️ Bombay Underworld 🫂 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🔫 Organized Crime 🧘 Spiritual Quest

Shantaram

An Australian fugitive vanishes into Bombay, finding home in a slum and family in the underworld.

par Gregory David Roberts 2003 936 pages

4.28

200 000+ évaluations

🏙️ Bombay Underworld 🫂 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🔫 Organized Crime 🧘 Spiritual Quest

Nés pour courir

par Christopher McDougall • 2009

An isolated tribe runs for days unhurt. A journalist helps stage a 50-mile canyon duel.

4.30

200 000+

🏔️ Ultra Running 👣 Barefoot Running 🌲 Trail Running 🧬 Natural Movement 🏟️ Running Culture

Nés pour courir

An isolated tribe runs for days unhurt. A journalist helps stage a 50-mile canyon duel.

par Christopher McDougall 2009 306 pages

4.30

200 000+ évaluations

🏔️ Ultra Running 👣 Barefoot Running 🌲 Trail Running 🧬 Natural Movement 🏟️ Running Culture

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

par Hiro Arikawa • 2012

A cat narrator joins his dying owner on a last road trip to find a new home.

4.33

100 000+

🐈 Animal Narrator 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🚗 Road Trip 🏡 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness

The Travelling Cat Chronicles

A cat narrator joins his dying owner on a last road trip to find a new home.

par Hiro Arikawa 2012 281 pages

4.33

100 000+ évaluations

🐈 Animal Narrator 💞 Human-Animal Bond 🚗 Road Trip 🏡 Found Family 💔 Terminal Illness

Less

par Andrew Sean Greer • 2017

A novelist flees his ex's wedding by accepting every awful literary invitation across the globe.

3.62

200 000+

🧳 Midlife Crisis Journey ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction 🎭 Wry Literary Comedy 🌏 International Travelogue

Less

A novelist flees his ex's wedding by accepting every awful literary invitation across the globe.

par Andrew Sean Greer 2017 273 pages

3.62

200 000+ évaluations

🧳 Midlife Crisis Journey ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Literary Fiction 🎭 Wry Literary Comedy 🌏 International Travelogue

Homo Faber

par Max Frisch • 1957

An engineer who trusts only statistics meets a young woman on a ship who will unravel everything.

3.68

31 000+

📚 Mid-Century Modernism 🖤 Post-War Existentialism 🍀 Chance And Fate 🎭 Tragic Irony 🧠 Rationalist Protagonist

Homo Faber

An engineer who trusts only statistics meets a young woman on a ship who will unravel everything.

par Max Frisch 1957 214 pages

3.68

31 000+ évaluations

📚 Mid-Century Modernism 🖤 Post-War Existentialism 🍀 Chance And Fate 🎭 Tragic Irony 🧠 Rationalist Protagonist

Rosarita

par Anita Desai • 2024

She came to Mexico to study. A stranger claims her mother did the same, decades ago.

3.16

4 000+

🖤 Absent Mother 🃏 Unreliable Storyteller 🤫 Family Silences 🔍 Search For Origins 🚂 Partition Echoes

Rosarita

She came to Mexico to study. A stranger claims her mother did the same, decades ago.

par Anita Desai 2024 112 pages

3.16

4 000+ évaluations

🖤 Absent Mother 🃏 Unreliable Storyteller 🤫 Family Silences 🔍 Search For Origins 🚂 Partition Echoes

100 Deadly Skills

par Clint Emerson • 2015

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

3.79

3 000+

🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness 🕵️ Tradecraft 🌲 Wilderness Survival

100 Deadly Skills

A SEAL's hundred skills for the moment everything goes wrong: get out, stay hidden, stay alive.

par Clint Emerson 2015 272 pages

3.79

3 000+ évaluations

🏕️ Survival Skills 🛡️ Personal Security 👀 Situational Awareness 🕵️ Tradecraft 🌲 Wilderness Survival

Papillon

par Henri Charrière • 1969

Framed for murder, he spent 14 years planning the one escape Devil's Island thought impossible.

4.23

76 000+

🔓 Prison Escape 🏝️ Devil's Island 🔇 Solitary Confinement ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💰 Prison Economy

Papillon

Framed for murder, he spent 14 years planning the one escape Devil's Island thought impossible.

par Henri Charrière 1969 544 pages

4.23

76 000+ évaluations

🔓 Prison Escape 🏝️ Devil's Island 🔇 Solitary Confinement ⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 💰 Prison Economy

Le Wager

par David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

4.17

200 000+

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

Immersif

Le Wager

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

par David Grann 2023 329 pages

4.17

200 000+ évaluations

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

The Comfort Crisis

par Michael Easter • 2021

Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.

4.23

38 000+

🧬 Evolutionary Health 🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚡ Hormetic Stress ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Immersif

The Comfort Crisis

Your body expects hunger, cold, and exhaustion. Comfort broke the contract.

par Michael Easter 2021 284 pages

4.23

38 000+ évaluations

🧬 Evolutionary Health 🧩 Evolutionary Mismatch 🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚡ Hormetic Stress ⏳ Intermittent Fasting

Ce livre m'a fait penser à toi

par Libby Page

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

4.33

76 000+

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Immersif

Ce livre m'a fait penser à toi

Her husband died, but his books keep arriving, each one daring her to live.

par Libby Page 2026 407 pages

4.33

76 000+ évaluations

📚 Bibliotherapy 📖 Bookshop Fiction 🕯️ Grief Journey ✉️ Posthumous Letters 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Into Thin Air

par Jon Krakauer • 1997

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

4.26

500 000+

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters 🌩️ Hubris And Nature 📝 Survivor Accounts

Into Thin Air

Everest, 1996: a journalist joins a climb, a storm hits, and eight people never come back.

par Jon Krakauer 1997 404 pages

4.26

500 000+ évaluations

🏔️ Everest Expeditions 🏔️ Summit Fever 🏔️ Expedition Disasters 🌩️ Hubris And Nature 📝 Survivor Accounts

Chasseur, cueilleur, parent

par Michaeleen Doucleff • 2021

Toddlers want to help, not be entertained. Ancient parenting wisdom the West forgot.

4.14

33 000+

🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🧒 Innate Helpfulness 🤝 Family Teamwork 🪵 Minimalist Parenting 👁️ Observational Learning

Chasseur, cueilleur, parent

Toddlers want to help, not be entertained. Ancient parenting wisdom the West forgot.

par Michaeleen Doucleff 2021 352 pages

4.14

33 000+ évaluations

🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🧒 Innate Helpfulness 🤝 Family Teamwork 🪵 Minimalist Parenting 👁️ Observational Learning

Une maison dans le ciel

par Amanda Lindhout • 2013

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

4.28

73 000+

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

Une maison dans le ciel

460 days in a dark room: how one woman built an escape inside her own mind.

par Amanda Lindhout 2013 384 pages

4.28

73 000+ évaluations

🏚️ Captivity Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Trauma And Forgiveness 📰 Conflict Journalism 🌍 Women Adventurers

Un an dans la vie d'une forêt

par David George Haskell • 2017

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

4.05

1 000+

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

Un an dans la vie d'une forêt

Forests are societies. Underground networks let trees communicate, trade, and compete.

par David George Haskell 2017 304 pages

4.05

1 000+ évaluations

🌲 Forest Ecology 📝 Natural History Essays 🌳 Tree Communication 🏙️ Urban Ecology 🧠 Plant Intelligence

The Zahir

par Paulo Coelho • 2006

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

3.58

83 000+

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 💭 Existential Crisis

The Zahir

His wife vanished. His search becomes an obsession, pulling him from Paris to the Kazakh steppe.

par Paulo Coelho 2006 336 pages

3.58

83 000+ évaluations

🧠 Philosophical Fiction ✨ Spiritual Journey 🔍 Missing Wife ❤️‍🔥 Obsessive Love 💭 Existential Crisis

The River of Doubt

par Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79 000+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The River of Doubt

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

par Candice Millard 2005 416 pages

4.21

79 000+ évaluations

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

Nomad Capitalist

par Andrew Henderson • 2018

Legally pay less tax, get a second passport, and build a life across borders.

3.89

500+

🗺️ Geographic Freedom 🏛️ Sovereign Individual 🛂 Dual Citizenship 🏦 Offshore Strategies 💰 Tax Optimization

Nomad Capitalist

Legally pay less tax, get a second passport, and build a life across borders.

par Andrew Henderson 2018 284 pages

3.89

500+ évaluations

🗺️ Geographic Freedom 🏛️ Sovereign Individual 🛂 Dual Citizenship 🏦 Offshore Strategies 💰 Tax Optimization

Endurance

par Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

100 000+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

Endurance

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

par Alfred Lansing 1959 282 pages

4.46

100 000+ évaluations

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership 🏔️ Heroic Age Exploration 🌊 Marine Survival

The Humor Code

par Peter McGraw • 2014

Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.

3.44

1 000+

🧠 Psychology Of Humor 📚 Humor Studies 🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ⚙️ Joke Mechanics

The Humor Code

Why puns, tickling, and dark jokes all work: violation that also feels safe, road-tested globally.

par Peter McGraw 2014 239 pages

3.44

1 000+ évaluations

🧠 Psychology Of Humor 📚 Humor Studies 🌍 Cross-Cultural Comedy 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ⚙️ Joke Mechanics

Arrête-moi si tu peux

par Frank W. Abagnale • 1980

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

4.04

62 000+

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Arrête-moi si tu peux

Fake Pan Am pilot, fake doctor, fake lawyer. Real FBI manhunt. He was 19.

par Frank W. Abagnale 1980 219 pages

4.04

62 000+ évaluations

🎭 Con Artists 🪪 Impersonation 🖋️ Forgery 🗣️ Social Engineering ⛓️ Prison Survival

Courir ou mourir

par Kilian Jornet • 2011

Win or lose everything: what pushing beyond every physical limit taught a champion mountain runner.

3.61

4 000+

🏃 Ultrarunning ⛰️ Mountain Sports 🏔️ Endurance Philosophy 🧗 Resilience 🌲 Nature Connection

Courir ou mourir

Win or lose everything: what pushing beyond every physical limit taught a champion mountain runner.

par Kilian Jornet 2011 193 pages

3.61

4 000+ évaluations

🏃 Ultrarunning ⛰️ Mountain Sports 🏔️ Endurance Philosophy 🧗 Resilience 🌲 Nature Connection

La lettre qui allait changer le destin d'Harold Fry

par Rachel Joyce • 2012

A retired brewer walks across England, certain his walk alone can keep a dying friend alive.

3.94

100 000+

🛤️ Pilgrimage Story 👴 Elderly Protagonist 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🏞️ English Countryside 📖 Quiet Literary

La lettre qui allait changer le destin d'Harold Fry

A retired brewer walks across England, certain his walk alone can keep a dying friend alive.

par Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages

3.94

100 000+ évaluations

🛤️ Pilgrimage Story 👴 Elderly Protagonist 💍 Marriage In Crisis 🏞️ English Countryside 📖 Quiet Literary

La semaine de 4 heures

par Timothy Ferriss • 2007

Work four hours a week, automate income, and retire in installments while you're still young.

3.91

300 000+

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 💰 Automated Income 📊 Pareto Principle 🌍 Geographic Arbitrage

La semaine de 4 heures

Work four hours a week, automate income, and retire in installments while you're still young.

par Timothy Ferriss 2007

3.91

300 000+ évaluations

🏝️ Lifestyle Design 💻 Remote Work 💰 Automated Income 📊 Pareto Principle 🌍 Geographic Arbitrage

Three Men in a Boat

par Jerome K. Jerome • 1889

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

3.83

80 000+

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit 🛶 Misadventure Holiday 🎩 Victorian Humor

Three Men in a Boat

Three overworked hypochondriacs row up the Thames seeking rest, and find only chaos and damp.

par Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages

3.83

80 000+ évaluations

🔹 Comic Travelogue 🤪 Bumbling Friends 🫖 Dry Wit 🛶 Misadventure Holiday 🎩 Victorian Humor

Custodians of Wonder

par Eliot Stein • 2024

Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.

4.19

2 000+

🏺 Endangered Traditions 🛡️ Cultural Preservation 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🍝 Culinary Heritage 🧵 Traditional Crafts

Custodians of Wonder

Firsts get statues. Lasts get silence. A search for the final keepers of ancient traditions.

par Eliot Stein 2024 336 pages

4.19

2 000+ évaluations

🏺 Endangered Traditions 🛡️ Cultural Preservation 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🍝 Culinary Heritage 🧵 Traditional Crafts

Traité du zen et de l'entretien des motocyclettes

par Robert M. Pirsig • 1974

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

3.78

200 000+

🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

Traité du zen et de l'entretien des motocyclettes

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

par Robert M. Pirsig 1974 464 pages

3.78

200 000+ évaluations

🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

Istanbul

par Orhan Pamuk • 2003

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

3.82

22 000+

🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Istanbul

An artist's soul forged in a city of ruins: Pamuk's Istanbul memoir of black-and-white melancholy.

par Orhan Pamuk 2003 356 pages

3.82

22 000+ évaluations

🗺️ Psychogeography 🏙️ Urban Melancholy 📜 Ottoman History 🌍 East West Divide 🎨 Artistic Awakening

Deux lunes

par Sharon Creech • 1994

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

4.00

100 000+

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

Deux lunes

Driving west with her grandparents, a girl tells the story of a friend whose mother disappeared.

par Sharon Creech 1994 280 pages

4.00

100 000+ évaluations

🚗 Grandparent Road Trip 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Bond 📝 Mysterious Notes 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🕰️ Frame Story

The Smartest Kids in the World

par Amanda Ripley • 2013

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

4.06

15 000+

🧭 Comparative Education 📋 Education Policy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 📚 Academic Rigor 🎯 Student Motivation

The Smartest Kids in the World

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

par Amanda Ripley 2013 306 pages

4.06

15 000+ évaluations

🧭 Comparative Education 📋 Education Policy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 📚 Academic Rigor 🎯 Student Motivation

Quit Like a Millionaire

par Kristy Shen • 2019

Retired at 31 with no trust fund or house: the math says don't follow your passion.

4.21

7 000+

💰 Fire Movement 📈 Index Investing 🌍 Geographic Arbitrage ✈️ Travel Hacking 🧠 Scarcity Mindset

Quit Like a Millionaire

Retired at 31 with no trust fund or house: the math says don't follow your passion.

par Kristy Shen 2019 336 pages

4.21

7 000+ évaluations

💰 Fire Movement 📈 Index Investing 🌍 Geographic Arbitrage ✈️ Travel Hacking 🧠 Scarcity Mindset

Third Culture Kids

par Ruth E. van Reken • 1999

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

4.09

2 000+

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood 💔 Unresolved Grief 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents Of Expats

Third Culture Kids

A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.

par Ruth E. van Reken 1999 480 pages

4.09

2 000+ évaluations

🧳 Third Culture Kids 🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity 👶 Expat Childhood 💔 Unresolved Grief 👨‍👩‍👧 Parents Of Expats

The Art of Stillness

par Pico Iyer • 2014

Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.

3.73

8 000+

🧘 Contemplative Living 📵 Digital Disconnection 🧠 Attention Restoration 🚶 Solitude Practices ✨ Secular Spirituality

The Art of Stillness

Phone calls cost 25 minutes and happen every 11. The cure: staying still.

par Pico Iyer 2014 96 pages

3.73

8 000+ évaluations

🧘 Contemplative Living 📵 Digital Disconnection 🧠 Attention Restoration 🚶 Solitude Practices ✨ Secular Spirituality

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