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En regardant au sud en direction des grosses étoiles je savais que là-bas s’étendait le Santa Ana Desert, que là-bas sous les étoiles un homme pareil à moi gisait dans une cabane ; un homme que le désert avalerait plus tôt que moi, et ce que je tenais à la main c’était son dernier effort, l’expression de sa lutte contre le silence implacable vers
... See morePhilippe Garnier • Romans 1 : La route de Los Angeles/Bandini/Demande à la poussière (LITT. ETR.) (French Edition)

Captain C. Longridge, who in 1932 denounced jazz from the United States as "primitive music" and summoned fellow believers to "taboo the jazz dance in every shape and form."
Harvey R. Neptune • Caliban and the Yankees: Trinidad and the United States Occupation

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‘The distance between hell and heaven is short in these parts,’ Børge Ousland said on our way to the North Pole.
Erling Kagge • Walking: One Step at a Time
Geographical curiosity and his abiding love for wilderness travel seem to have been the main reasons for these journeys, but he usually managed to find some practical, economic rationale: a railroad survey, a party of miners that wanted to be guided to some remote mountain range, a potential livestock market that called for investigation. In 1858
... See moreRichard Grant • Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads

A Westerbeke W30 diesel is based on a British Leyland 1500D and the recirculating pump is the same as for an MGB automobile for $29.95