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What is the purpose of our lives? If it's just to struggle to our death, why must we put much effort to survive? Read this, and you'll know the exact answer. Well, we often continue on living just because we're alive, we take it for granted. This book will remind us of why God gave us lives in the first place! A brilliant piece of philosophy, and Exupery wrote it so beautifully. His near-death experience is breath-taking.
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Menudo libro. Hay algo único en los autores que experimentan situaciones límite con riesgo alto de pasar al otro barrio. Ven las cosas de otra forma. Ven a las personas de otra forma. Actúan de forma diferente a "lo normal". No se ciñen a ningún guión, sino que ven las cosas como son... y algunos nos lo cuentan en libros cargados de poesía, filosofía y reflexiones llenas de significado.
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Around the World = Libya
Part-memoir of the early era of flight and part-meditation on the human condition, Saint-Exupéry's book is lyrical, powerful storytelling immersed in the spirit of adventure, rich with insight and observations on love, beauty, life and death. As near perfect as a piece of writing can be. ...more
Part-memoir of the early era of flight and part-meditation on the human condition, Saint-Exupéry's book is lyrical, powerful storytelling immersed in the spirit of adventure, rich with insight and observations on love, beauty, life and death. As near perfect as a piece of writing can be. ...more
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