The Story of Adventure
by William Bolitho
Recommended by Elon Musk
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Bolitho's 1929 collection reads as a string of brisk character sketches that celebrate daring lives rather than deliver exhaustive biography. The value lies in sharp, rhetorical portraits that prod the reader's appetite for risk and make moral questions about heroism vivid. Limitation: period diction and a tendency toward rhetorical celebration mean factual nuance and critical distance are often thin; modern readers seeking dense evidence or balanced historiography will find the tone dated and occasionally indulgent. Language can feel ornate; sketches read like speeches more than tight narratives.
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1929. This book is intended to elucidate history somewhat, more to illustrate it, to honor without hypocrisy the deeds of men and women whose destiny was larger, if not deeper than our own. Above all to shake loose the perception of the adventurer in us and of us in the adventurer. Included are sketches on the following: Alexander the Great; Casano...
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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