Among The Mountains

Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Publisher : HarperPerennial
ISBN 13 : 9780006551003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Among the Mountains written by Wilfred Thesiger and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia.

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1599217708
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eiger Dreams written by Jon Krakauer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-02-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines as Outside and Smithsonian, he explores the subject from the unique and memorable perspective of one who has battled peaks like K2, Denali, Everest, and, of course, the Eiger. Always with a keen eye, an open heart, and a hunger for the ultimate experience, he gives us unerring portraits of the mountaineering experience. Yet Eiger Dreams is more about people than about rock and ice—people with that odd, sometimes maniacal obsession with mountain summits that sets them apart from other men and women. Here we meet Adrian the Romanian, determined to be the first of his countrymen to solo Denali; John Gill, climber not of great mountains but of house-sized boulders so difficult to surmount that even demanding alpine climbs seem easy; and many more compelling and colorful characters. In the most intimate piece, “The Devils Thumb,” Krakauer recounts his own near-fatal, ultimately triumphant struggle with solo-madness as he scales Alaska's Devils Thumb. Eiger Dreams is stirring, vivid writing about one of the most compelling and dangerous of all human pursuits.

Author : W. Scott Poole
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593766475
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Mountains of Madness written by W. Scott Poole and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “smart, shrewd, and insightful” biography of H.P. Lovecraft not only explores the author’s fascinating life but also reveals his “lasting power and influence” on the entertainment industry and society as a whole (Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling) Interweaving the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon, In the Mountains of Madness strives to explain this reclusive, cultish figure while challenging some of the general views held by Lovecraft devotees. Focusing specifically on the large cross-section of horror and science fiction fans who know Lovecraft through films, role-playing games, and video games directly influenced by his work, but who know little or nothing about the man himself, In the Mountains of Madness places Lovecraft and his work in a cultural context, as an artist more in tune with our time than his own. More than a traditional biography, this provocative book reclaims the true essence of Lovecraft in relation to the comics of Joe Lansdale, the novels of Stephen King, and some of the biggest blockbuster films in contemporary America, proving the undying influence of this rare and significant figure.

Author : John Charles Frémont
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 written by John Charles Frémont and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of Frémont's report only, without the plates, appendices, &c. included in the congressional editions of 1845.

Author : Charles Tilstone Beke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Essay on the Sources of the Nile in the Mountains of the Moon written by Charles Tilstone Beke and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eça de Queirós
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780835794800
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City & the Mountains written by Eça de Queirós and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Bansemer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780878338399
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountains in the Mist written by Roger Bansemer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 200 stunning watercolors of America's most visited National Park. Combining gorgeous painted settings with handwritten text about nature, personal observations, and unique experiences within the park.

Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317836030
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Change in Mountains and Uplands written by Martin Beniston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain environments are often perceived to be austere, isolated, and inhospitable. In fact, these areas are of immense value to mankind, providing direct life support to close to 10 percent of the world's population and sustaining a wide variety of species - many of which are endemic to this environment. 'Environmental Change in Mountains and Uplands' provides detailed account of the fragile and marginal physical and socio-economic systems which make up the world's mountain regions. Discussing the direct and indirect impacts of human interference on environmental ecosystems, it then turns to the social and economic consequences of such environmental change - both upon the mountain environment itself and upon the populations who depend on mountain resources for their economic sustenance. This book includes a review of possible implications for adaption and mitigation strategies in a global context. Working within a broad temporal scale, it draws upon paleoenvironmental records to document past changes which have occured in the absence of major anthropogenic influences, as well as utilising modelling as a means to assessing future environmental change.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scenes in the Rocky Mountains, and in Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas, and the Grand Prairies; Or, Notes by the Way, During an Excursion of Three Years ... By a New Englander [i.e. Rufus B. Sage. With a Map]. written by and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ahmed Shams
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447812832
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eight Years Wandering In The High Mountains Of Sinai Peninsula: A Tale Of Two Maps written by Ahmed Shams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first complete geo-based account about the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula. A series of seventeen expeditions (Phase I: 2000-2008) were conducted to study the geography and human occupation development, providing exclusive highly detailed maps. Between 2010 and 2013 (Phase II), the study has undergone an extensive analysis/modeling process, supervised and sponsored by IMT Institute for Advanced Studies; scientifically collaborating with the EURAC - European Research Academy, towards a global perspective. It is a multidisciplinary geographical account which focuses on a local Bedouin community which inhabits a transitional mountain area of a rich and complex context, reflecting the socioeconomic and geopolitical paradoxes of the Middle East, the decade prior the revolutions of the Arab Spring. It presents a complete image for the local aspects in a keystone Arab state; a state of a significant share: 'the Egyptian National Reforms Revolution of January 25, 2011 CE'.