An Eye At The Top Of The World
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An Eye At The Top Of The World
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Author : Pete Takeda
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2009-04-13
An Eye At The Top Of The World written by Pete Takeda and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-13 with History categories.
"Pete Takeda's true-life thriller injects us into the heart of the Himalayas, where a forgotten CIA operation lost almost four pounds of plutonium at the source of the Ganges River. With millions of lives possibly at stake, high adventure doesn't come any more gripping than this"--Jeff Long, P. [4] of cover.
An Eye At The Top Of The World
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Author : Pete Takeda
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2007-10-05
An Eye At The Top Of The World written by Pete Takeda and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-05 with History categories.
At some point during the inhumanly cold Himalayan winter straddling 1965 and 1966, a peculiar collection of box-shaped objects — one sprouting a six-foot, insect-like antenna — plummets nine thousand feet down the sheer flanks of a remote peak. Ripped from its moorings by an avalanche, the jumbled apparatus slides down a funnel-shaped hourglass of hard snow and shoots over a black cliff band, careening a vertical distance six times the height of the Empire State building. The boxes come to rest on the glacier at the mountain's base. One, an olive-drab casing the size of a personal computer, begins to sink. Then, trailing a robotic dogtail of torn wires, it slowly burns through the snow, melting into solid blue glacial ice, eventually disappearing beneath the surface, and never seen again. No one actually witnessed this event. But as you read these words, nearly four pounds of plutonium — locked in the glacier's dark unknowable heart — are almost certainly moving ever closer to the source of the Ganges River. Eye at the Top of the World, provides a harrowing present-day account of Takeda's expedition to solve the mystery of Nanda Devi.
Touch The Top Of The World
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Author : Erik Weihenmayer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2002-03-26
Touch The Top Of The World written by Erik Weihenmayer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing world. He speaks movingly of the role his family played in his battle to break through the barriers of blindness: the mother who prayed for the miracle that would restore her son's sight and the father who encouraged him to strive for that distant mountaintop. And he tells the story of his dream to climb the world's Seven Summits, and how he is turning that dream into astonishing reality (something fewer than a hundred mountaineers have done). From the snow-capped summit of McKinley to the towering peaks of Aconcagua and Kilimanjaro to the ultimate challenge, Mount Everest, this is a story about daring to dream in the face of impossible odds. It is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming your life into something truly miraculous. "An inspiration to other blind people and plenty of us folks who can see just fine."—Jon Krakauer, New York Times bestselling author of Into Thin Air
Together On Top Of The World
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Author : Phil Ershler
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2007-04-02
Together On Top Of The World written by Phil Ershler and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
On May 16, 2002, Phil and Susan Ershler reached the top of Mt. Everest and became the first couple in history to scale the fabled Seven Summits. What made their achievement all the more remarkable was that Susan was not a mountain climber, but a high-powered Fortune 500 executive who had never hiked or climbed until she met Phil at the age of 36. Phil, a professional mountain guide who was the first American to summit Everest from its treacherous north face, had climbed his whole life with Crohn's disease, a chronic, debilitating illness. Adding to these challenges, just before their final summit, Phil was diagnosed with colon cancer, and the resulting surgeries and complications were expected to end his career. This is Susan and Phil's story: a tale of love set in the mountains, a story of triumphal highs and devastating lows in quest of a seemingly impossible dream.
War At The Top Of The World
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Author : Eric Margolis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-11-23
War At The Top Of The World written by Eric Margolis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-23 with History categories.
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
One Day Beyond The Top Of The World
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Author : Anthony Caine
language : en
Publisher: TAC Publishing
Release Date : 2023-03-12
One Day Beyond The Top Of The World written by Anthony Caine and has been published by TAC Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-12 with Sports & Recreation categories.
After leading successful hedge fund companies for twenty years, Anthony "Tac" Caine experienced the most extreme business catastrophe imaginable. Hedge fund companies managed by Tac Caine with a twenty-year successful track record collapsed in only two days, resulting in losses exceeding $1 billion. In the midst of managing an onslaught of legal and business challenges, Tac realized he needed more. He needed a big, positive goal, something to shoot for that would motivate him. And there's nothing bigger than Mt. Everest. With humility, humor and emotion in a page-turner story, One Day Beyond the Top of the World captures the full Mt. Everest experience. Come alongside for the entire seven-week Everest expedition from training, trekking, acclimatization, living above 17,000 feet at Everest Base Camp, the full cultural immersion of the Khumbu Valley, and finally climbing each step from Everest Base Camp to the highest point in the world. There are failures, successes, anxieties and elation on the journey, and you will discover how Mt. Everest can draw tears from even the strongest climbers. And, you will see how a Sherpa guide can evolve into a lifelong friend. Happy and successful people are driven by planning-then executing -their next big goal. We should always be metaphorically looking One Day Beyond the Top of the World to set the next meaningful goal. What is the Everest in your life? Let Tac Caine's adventure guide you to reach your own summit!
Beyond The Roof Of The World
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Author : Benjamin D. Koen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-07-28
Beyond The Roof Of The World written by Benjamin D. Koen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-28 with Medical categories.
Beyond the Roof of the World is a benchmark in Medical Ethnomusicology and integrative, complementary/alternative medicine. Koen explores ancient practices of music, prayer, and healing among the Pamiri people of Tajikistan.
Touch The Top Of The World
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Author : Erik Weihenmayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Touch The Top Of The World written by Erik Weihenmayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Blind athletes categories.
A mountaineer who was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disorder traces his struggle to ascend the highest peaks of each of the seven continents.
English Mechanic And World Of Science
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875
English Mechanic And World Of Science written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1875 with Technology categories.
Evergreen Review Reader
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Author : Barney Rosset
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Evergreen Review Reader written by Barney Rosset and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Fiction categories.
This selection from the first ten years of the Evergreen Review gives the full flavor of the energy, savvy, excitement, and gall that characterized the magazine during the days of its publication. It also happens to bring together some of the world’s best writers in one volume, in the company of their peers. Evergreen was more than another literary magazine. Founded by Barney Rossett of Grove Press and publishing from 1957 through 1973 (it now exists as an online only magazine), it was the voice of a movement that helped to change the attitudes and prejudices of the culture at large through the language of art—and succeeded. It was always damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead. Here are original short stories by Samuel Beckett and Jack Kerouac (with his “October in the Railroad Earth” predating the publication of On the Road); Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” (previously published only as a pamphlet); a selection from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s A Coney Island of the Mind; and a passage from Alexander Trocchi’s Cain’s Book. Also included are a fantastic sample of the original and iconic magazine covers which were works of art themselves—a heavily bearded Ginsberg cavorting in a sport coat and Uncle Sam top hat in 1966—and several reprinted comic strips; notably, Michael O’Donoghue’s “The Adventure of Phoebe Zeit-geist.”