5 livros parecidos com Diários de André Gide, 1889-1949
Terra dos Homens
A lyrical account of the author’s time as a pilot flying the dangerous mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Many incidents are recounted, including the time he crashed his plane in the Sahara and, along with his navigator, is forced to walk for days without food or water before finding safety.
Temas em comum: French Personal narratives, French Authors, World War II, Authors
Confissões
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins…
Temas em comum: French Authors, Correspondence, Authors, Biography & Memoir
Ker-florescer!artnoose
Ker-florescer!
artnoose chronicles their bike trip from Euegene, Oregon to Berkeley, California with their friend Scott. Scott teaches them to stop and take in their surroundings, and artnoose fills the perzine with vivid descriptions of landmarks (such as redwoods and rock formations called 'sea stacks", the pair encountered on their 10 day journey. Lastly, the author reflects on the importance of their…
Temas em comum: Personal narratives, Travel
Os Rough Riders
"The Rough Riders (1899) is the story of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment Roosevelt led to enduring fame in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt recounts how the regiment was raised from an unusual mixture of hardened southwestern frontiersmen and privileged northeastern college graduates, and how it trained in Texas and then sailed "southward through the topic seas…
Temas em comum: Personal narratives, Biography & Memoir, History
Homenagem à Catalunha
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the [POUM][3] Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After…
Temas em comum: Personal narratives, Correspondence, Travel, Biography & Memoir