Travels
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501216988 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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75,000 first printing; BOMC alternate; Franklin Library First Edition selection. This memoir includes essays on his medical training and forays into the psychic, including channeling and exorcism, that have led him to conclude that scientists and mystics share the same basic search for universal truth by different paths. . From Publishers Weekly A Harvard medical-school graduate, inveterate traveler and author of, among other books, The Great Train Robbery (the film version of which he directed), Crichton seeks in immediate experience of new places and cultures to "redefine" himself and uncover the nature of reality. His curiosity and self-deprecating humor animate recitals of adventures tracking animals in Malay jungles, climbing Kilimanjaro and Mayan pyramids in the Yucatan, trekking across a landslide in Pakistan, scuba diving in the Caribbean and New Guinea and amid sharks in Tahiti. Copyright 1988 Reed Business
It is, he resolves, time to travel. It is an adventure of risk and rejuvenation, terror and wonder, as exciting as Michael Crichton's many masterful and widely heralded works of fiction.For Michael Crichton, being a Harvard-trained physician, the author of two bestsellers, and a movie director is not enough. From swimming with sharks in Tahiti to psychic experiences in the American desert, Crichton records his exhilarating quest through the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world.. This is a record of those travels—an exhilarating quest across the familiar and exotic frontiers of the outer world, a determined odyssey into the unfathomable, spiritual depths of the inner world. From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere co
He presents himself as a bit of a bullhead at times, but that's the point. H R A highly recommended autobiography of the author of Jurassic Parkâ and many other modern sci-fi classics. "Travelsâ" documents Michael's struggles with finding himself, first at Harvard medical school and even well into his successful writing career.At first this is embodied by his many literal physical travels to many d. This is probably the best autobiography I've read so far from an author MTBer This is probably the best autobiography I've read so far from an author. Crichton is a genius & his talents and writing abilities come through in these wonderful vignettes and recollections from his travels. The book is eye-opening and extremely educational about topics such as auras and psychic phenomenon which don't often get se. "Got for my Permanent Library :-)" according to Tokira. I'd read this first many years ago, and over the years remembered vignettes from it that I'd enjoyed. Finally decided I needed to read it again, with the advantage of greater age and wisdom, and I enjoyed it much more this time around. He was such an interesting person, in school in Boston during the same years as I was, so I coul