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Evaluación: - A mixed review
the first and last chapters were philosophical reviews of life (comparing the exciting aspects of flying which makes life seem so vibrant) against the mundane life of bureaucrats and peasants who live and die without seeing the world (as he does from the air). A line in the closing chapter is poignant: the infant that he is sitting next to has the potential to be anything and everything; but due to its parents and its probable future life, it wont ever realize its potential (they killed Mozart).

the second to last chapter is a number of stories of the war in Spain (Franco; remember this was written about the late 1920s to the 1930s), with people fighting; it's a social commentary on war from the perspective of life and death (and has NOTHING to do with flying). This is a very long chapter (50 pages out of a 229 page book) and I was disappointed because I was'nt into reading about this.

all the other chapters were of flying (and crashing, such as surviving in the ... Leer Más

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Evaluación: - Fabulous adventure
After reading this thrilling autobiographical account of the authors adventures it is easy to understand why this book has been rated by National Geographic as one of the top 10 adventure books of all time. The reader is treated to a series of dangerous adventures including airplane crashes, desert survival in Libya, flying a mail plane above and through the Andes and Pyrenees mountain ranges, visiting inhospitable regions of Chili and Argentina, and observing up close the Spanish Civil War.

All the way through the book the author gives us his thoughts about men and mankind and what drives some to risk their lives for their beliefs, and how that impacts all of us.

A great read. Highly recommended.

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Evaluación: - Living defines Man
Faced with the absurdity of life, French existentialists threw their hands up in the air and gave up. They failed utterly to place man within the universe. Saint-Exupery lived through the same depressing times as did Sartre and Camus feeling just as lost as they did but he never gave up on living. Man defines himself by the act of living.

One of the most famous passages describes how Henri Guillaumet made his way out of the Andes after a plane crash. Walking several days and nights through the snow, he refuses to stop because he knows his comrades and his wife believe that if he lives, he walks. He fell once and accepted he would die buried in the falling snow. He got up so he could wedge himself on a rock and that way his body would be found in the spring. That way his wife would be able to collect the insurance money without having to wait the statutory seven years after a mere disappearance. When Guillaumet reached the rock, he simply continued walking. "What I did , no animal ... Leer Más

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Evaluación: - This book is a #1 winner, a book that needs a comeback in our society today!
I absolutely felt lifted above the earth, into the French author's big world view of 1936, as he spoke of his adventures and thoughts about life from the vantage point of an early aviator. Please read this book!

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Evaluación: - Just Superb
A short review.
You can't walk away from this true adventure book without feeling great about mankind, its accomplishments and its future.
Every young man with a future ahead of him should read it (and any young woman who can stand a book without any female characters).
The prose is simply beautiful, and I never thought I would say that about any book. The translator deserves a prize.

A second shorter piece at the end talks about the authors experience in observing the 1930's Spanish Civil War, between the fascists and the nationalists / socialists.
Shorter, as emotional and more readable than Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - it deals with the same civil war. The fascists won.

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Evaluación: - Smart
It has a smart aproach to many different situations when a women sometimes can react hormonal instead of using their head.

Evaluación: - It's the one and only.
Great reference book for pipefitters and pipe welders wanting to learn. Been using mine for a while and there is lots of information here in a pocket size manual.

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Evaluación: - pipe fitters blue book

The Pipe Fitters Blue Book is a complete reference guide for a professional pipe fitter. It is the only reference guide allowed for while takeing NCCER test. It is by far the most complete and usefull book in the field. I highly recomend this book for all pipe fitters. I have others pipe fitting manuals and guides but this book has the best information. This book is written by pipe fiiter and it is for pipe fitters.

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Evaluación: - Pipe Fitters Blue Book
This was the first time to purchase from Amazon.com. It was a very easy any simple experience. I would do it again. They send the item when they said they would and it arrived when it was scheduled.

Precio de Lista: $24.99
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Evaluación: - Good book
The book clearly explains the steps to follow to build an asador. It gives also some alternatives.
Some knowledge of masonry is required.

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Evaluación: - DON'T BUY IT
This book is of limited help, poor pictures, important information is missing such as number of bricks needed etc, don't waste your money.

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Evaluación: - buen libro, MALA TRADUCCION.
El libro esta bien. La traduccion es pesima, parece hecha por esos software que traducen y luego retocada por alguien, o tal vez hecha por alguien que no habla español como lengua materna. Le he pedido a amazon devolver el libro y lo comprare nuevamente en ingles.