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Richard Grant

    25 juillet 1940 – 29 mai 2013

    Richard Grant est un écrivain de voyages britannique dont l'œuvre explore les expéditions aventureuses et la quête humaine dans des coins reculés du monde. Son écriture se distingue par ses descriptions immersives des paysages et ses profondes analyses psychologiques des personnages confrontés à des circonstances extraordinaires. Il enrichit ses récits de voyages dans des environnements périlleux et exotiques, tels que l'Afrique de l'Est, d'observations sur la résilience humaine et la nature éphémère de l'expérience.

    Richard Grant
    Spectra Special Editions: Through the Heart
    Spectra: Rumors of Spring
    Views from the Oldest House
    Richards' Ultimate Bicycle Book
    Dispatches from Pluto
    The Sawtooth wolves
    • The Sawtooth wolves

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      For those attracted to full-page spreads of howling wolves, playful pups, and packs in fang-bared snarl, Sawtooth Wolves provides a visual spectacular. It's a spin-off from photographer Dutcher's nature film, Wolf, which he claims 200 million people have seen. Dutcher and his crew, along with text writer and project director Ballantine, observed and filmed the behavior of a pack that Dutcher raised in a 25-acre enclosure in Idaho over a six-year period. Habituated to his crew's presence, the wolves tolerated close human approach, resulting in unusually dynamic photography, especially evident in the illustrations of pack hierarchy. An entrancing entree to the world of the wolf

      The Sawtooth wolves
      4,6
    • Dispatches from Pluto

      Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      In this captivating exploration, adventure writer Richard Grant embarks on a journey in the Mississippi Delta, a region often misunderstood yet rich in beauty and complexity. Leaving behind their New York City apartment, Grant and his girlfriend, Mariah, purchase an old plantation house in a remote area beyond the small community of Pluto. Their new life involves learning to hunt, grow their own food, and navigate encounters with alligators and snakes. They meet a diverse cast of local characters, including blues legend T-Model Ford, cookbook author Martha Foose, and even actor Morgan Freeman. Grant’s empathetic perspective allows him to capture the extraordinary culture of the Delta while also addressing its bizarre and criminal elements. He delves into the region’s ongoing racial tensions, revealing a landscape marked by de facto segregation yet filled with interdependent relationships between black and white families. Despite observing significant societal issues, Grant finds reasons for hope amid the complexities. This narrative is lively, entertaining, and insightful, blending travel writing with reflections on poverty, community, and race. Ultimately, it’s a love story, as Grant not only falls for Mariah but also for the enchanting place they now call home, concluding that Mississippi is America’s best-kept secret.

      Dispatches from Pluto
      4,2
    • Richards' Ultimate Bicycle Book

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Includes information on bicycle accessories, touring, competitions, and more.

      Richards' Ultimate Bicycle Book
      3,0
    • Views from the Oldest House

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      Turner Ashenden is failing as a student in a college he despises. All around him are misfits, inept terrorists, and would-be philosophers. His only friend is a lunatic named Black Malachi Pantera, who spends his days seducing young coeds and ranting about Turner's heroic destiny.But today, all that is going to change. Before sundown, Turner will discover the Bad Winters Institute of Science and Philosophy, a secluded mansion in the mountains near the college. He will meet the exotic Madame Gwendola and the incredibly beautiful Maridel. And he will use an arcane machine to finally come face-to-face with -- himself?Views from the Oldest House is a journey through realms both real and imagined: a richly told tale of love, legends, death, rebirth, and revolution -- a book that will be talked about for years to come.

      Views from the Oldest House
      3,9
    • Spectra: Rumors of Spring

      • 458pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      The world faces an unexpected threat, when the only remaining forest begins growing larger and larger in an effort to reclaim the world

      Spectra: Rumors of Spring
      3,6
    • A young boy is traded by his father to Oasis--a monstrous vehicle that moves inexorably across the wasteland, dispensing treatment for "The Crying", a plague of madness that has destroyed the land. "A daring and fearless writer, possessing uncommon ambition, talent, and literacy"S

      Spectra Special Editions: Through the Heart
      3,6
    • Bandit Roads

      In das gesetzlose Herz Mexikos

      • 318pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Wer einen Funken Verstand hat, macht einen weiten Bogen um die Sierra Madre in Mexiko. Der junge Brite Richard Grant reist mitten hindurch - trotz schießwütiger Cowboys, lauernder Banditen und gnadenloser Drogenbosse. Die Erlebnisse seines waghalsigen Trips durch das Land der Outlaws hält er in einem außergewöhnlichen Reisebericht fest - packend, informativ und ... völlig durchgeknallt.

      Bandit Roads
      4,0
    • Opravy a údržba jízdních kol

      • 96pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      Užitečná příručka, která nám ukáže, jak sami můžete snadno provádět běžné opravy, a tak dosáhnout špičkového výkonu jízdního kola.

      Opravy a údržba jízdních kol
      3,8
    • Fasziniert von den europäischen Entdeckern des 19. Jahrhunderts, lotet der Brite Richard Grant seinen eigenen weißen Fleck auf der Landkarte Ostafrikas aus: den kaum kartografierten Malagarasifluss in Tansania. Während er sein Ziel, die Gesamtbefahrung bis zur Quellregion am Tanganjikasee, nie aus den Augen verliert, gerät der Weg dorthin zu einer wahren Tour de Force. Grant erkundet das Nachtleben Sansibars, liefert sich ein Wortgefecht mit dem Exdiktator und Präsidenten Ruandas Paul Kagame und zieht in Burundi mit kongolesischen Dandys und Hutu-Gangstern um die Häuser. Eine enorm temporeiche Reportage, die Ostafrika in seiner ganzen Widersprüchlichkeit zeigt.

      Meine Bar in Sansibar
    • Fahrrad total

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Fahrrad Total - bk417; Buchgemeinschaft Donauland; Richard Ballantine/Richard Grant; Paperback; 1992

      Fahrrad total