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House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. Definitely worth wrestling with to read and enjoy the several loosely related genres and stories that are interwoven between the covers. My last for the year. 66 total.
May you all have happy and rewarding new years
Peder
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Les Conquérants de l'inutile - A Superb autobiography about the life and exploits of the great French mountaineer, Ski instructor, Climbing instructor and Guide , Lionel Terray . As well as, the adventures and misfortunes that he lived together with his friends ( workmates or clients ) , c'est-à-dire, " Compagnons de cordée " . In fact, in his story he draws us a sincere portraits of some of his climbing partners, such as Gaston Rébuffat, Louis Lachenal , Jean Couzy, Tom de Booy ... I've really enjoyed reading about the Friendship of Lionel Terray and Louis Lachenal . I have to say, this book has changed something in me ..... Well, I hope to write soon a review for explaining me better ...
Anyway, :star5: + ∞
 
Just topped off The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have had it for years and opened it on a whim. I love stories that are set in the colonial time period and this one didn't disappoint at all. The ending was particularly interesting, with a miser dead in a chair and Hawthorne as narrator cajoling him to get moving with his busy affairs that he needs to attend to. Kind of dark and morbid that part, but Hawthorne is my kind of writer in style.

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De la Mine aux Sommets / Mi mundo Vertical - An autobiography of a great Polish alpinist, Jerzy Kukuczka, who climbed all of the world's 8,000 meter peaks, after Reinhold Messner . Jerzy Kukuczka climbed them ( most of peaks in Alpine style ) in the winter or by new routes !! In the book there are a lot great exploits, always joined to serious complications, although I would highlight : The Makalu in solo and his " strange sensations ", the 2 Firsts Winter Ascents in the same year where besides, he had to cover on foot a long distance, the Annapurna because I relived the souvenir from the Conquistadors of the Useless and the Shisha Pangma by the " novelty " in ski touring/ mountaineering .
--- It happened to me something Curious while I was reading both autobiographies ... Supposedly, these books had been translated of the same " mother book " ( the Polish biography ) , but there was some minor facts ( details ) that weren't the same in the narration .. Anyway, It was a little strange . Although " by compensation " , both books had different photographies and it made me happy :star5:
 
The Dead Women of Juarez - Robert Anthony Powell (Kindle Single)

A slender volume (33 pages), written by a journalist, taking issue with the hype and misinformation surrounding the deaths of hundreds of women in Juarez. Based on his own time living in Juarez, his interviews of knowledgable people, and his own observation and experience, he believes the truth is much more ordinary and less sinister than the stories commonly reported.
 
The Heart of Haiku - Jane Hirshfield (Kindle Single)

A brief, very readable appreciation of the haiku form, with examples integrated within a biography of Basho, its originator and most famous author.
 
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