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Publié par | Everest Media LLC |
Date de parution | 08 octobre 2022 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9798350033199 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 1 Mo |
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Insights on Paul Theroux's The Last Train to Zona Verde
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
I followed a group of hunter-gatherers around the world, and the best of them were bare-assed. They lived in northeast Namibia, and they were Khoisan-speaking, a subgroup of the !Kung people, who call themselves Ju/’hoansi. They had no history of using money, and they probably did not think about money.
#2
Hunter-gatherers, who have no history of using money, still share food and fire because they understand how fundamental it is to their communal life.
#3
Hunter-gatherers who have no history of using money still share food and fire because they understand how fundamental it is to their communal life.
#4
Hunter-gatherers, who have no history of using money, still share food and fire because they understand how fundamental it is to their communal life.
#5
For a previous book of mine, I traveled overland from Cairo to Cape Town down the right-hand side of Africa. This time, I wanted to travel north in a new direction and see how that city had changed in ten years.
#6
I followed a group of hunter-gatherers around the world, and the best of them were bare-assed. They had no history of using money, and they probably did not think about money.
#7
Africa is the perfect place to pay respects to the natural world and to the violated Eden of our origins. It is also the perfect place to experience human history turned upside down.
#8
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
Insights from Chapter 2
#1
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#2
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#3
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#4
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#5
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#6
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#7
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#8
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#9
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.
#10
Traveling to unknown lands can be like dying. It can take away your youth and make you feel like a wraith, with your face pressed to the distorting mirror of another culture.