Book of the week

This weeks choice is the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer found on shelf Outdoors
Review of this book:
"God, he was a smart kid..." So why did Christopher McCandless trade a bright future--a college education, material comfort, uncommon ability and charm--for death by starvation in an abandoned bus in the woods of Alaska? This is the question that Jon Krakauer's book tries to answer. While it doesn't—cannot—answer the question with certainty, Into the Wild does shed considerable light along the way. Not only about McCandless's "Alaskan odyssey," but also the forces that drive people to drop out of society and test themselves in other ways. Krakauer quotes Wallace Stegner's writing on a young man who similarly disappeared in the Utah desert in the 1930s: "At 18, in a dream, he saw himself ... wandering throu... Rest of this review on the reviews page.
(Review by amazon.com)
Information and 2 reviews for Into the Wild.

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Tuesday 13 October 2009

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Thursday 16 July 2009

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Sunday 19 April 2009

Reviewer S.K wrote in a review for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban :
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Wednesday 15 April 2009

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for PC Roadkill :
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Wednesday 15 April 2009

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Thursday 22 January 2009

Reviewer Marissa wrote in a review for Cell: A Novel :
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Tuesday 16 September 2008

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Friday 12 September 2008

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Friday 12 September 2008

Reviewer Koos van den Hout wrote in a review for Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within :
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