Trish Nicholson Ordre des livres

In transit from the globe-trotting life of an aid worker, Trish Nicholson came upon an eroded dune beside a lake in New Zealand's far north and felt a strange attachment.

The book features 21 passionate travelers whose incredible journeys span 2,000 years, from 480 BCE to the 1930s. Through deserts, mountains, jungles, and seas, these true stories reveal their motivations and the challenges they faced, showcasing themes of adventure, courage, cunning, and determination. Each narrative highlights the extraordinary lengths to which these individuals went, including instances of daring feats and even murder, all in pursuit of their personal quests.

An entertaining cultural history and a highly original take on the power of stories in societies past and present. Trish Nicholson brings us a unique interweaving of literature and history seen through the eyes of storytellers, making a fascinating journey for general readers and students alike.

In the wilds of the most diverse nation on earth, while she copes with crocodiles under the blackboard and sorcery in the office, Trish Nicholson survives near-fatal malaria and mollifies irascible politicians and an ever-changing roster of bosses - realities of life for a development worker. With a background in anthropology and a successful management career in Europe, five years on a development project in the remote West Sepik province of Papua New Guinea more than fulfils Trish Nicholson's desire for a challenge. In extreme tropical conditions, with few only sometimes-passable roads, travel is by a balus - an alarmingly tiny plane, landing on airstrips cut with grass knives and squeezed between mountains. Students build their own schools, babies' weights are recorded in rice bags and women walk for days, carrying their produce to market. Physically tested by dense jungle and swaying vine bridges, Trish's patience is stretched by nothing ever being what it seems and with 'yes' usually meaning 'no'. Assignments in isolated outstations provide surreal moments, like the 80-year-old missionary in long friar's robes revealing natty turquoise shorts as he tears away on an ancient motorbike. This emotionally engaging memoir is full of humour, adventure, iron determination and more

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