false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165637855m/7665.jpg 7665 18 <p> Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. </p> <p> When Michael Crichton -- a Harvard-trained physician, bestselling novelist, and successful movie director -- began to feel isolated in his own life, he decided to widen his horizons. He tracked wild animals in the jungles of Rwanda. He climbed Kilimanjaro and Mayan pyramids. He trekked across a landslide in Pakistan. He swam amid sharks in Tahiti. </p> <p> Fueled by a powerful curiosity and the need to see, feel, and hear firsthand and close-up, Michael Crichton has experienced adventures as compelling as those he created in his books and films. These adventures -- both physical and spiritual -- are recorded here in <i>Travels,</i> Crichton's most astonishing and personal work. </p> 856508 1988 Travels total:1264|5:384|4:457|3:322|2:80|1:21| 1264 4895 1631 151 2 2 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 22 12:29:29 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 00:14:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 05 19:31:56 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 19:32:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Feb 24 09:05:25 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 09:05:46 -0800 2008
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AWESOME book. Especially the first two thirds.

#1: he travels around the world
#2: he gets all new-agey, progressively more and more.

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