Shadow Of The Mountains
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In The Shadow Of The Mountain
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Author : Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2022-02-01
In The Shadow Of The Mountain written by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“In climbing the Seven Summits, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado did nothing less than take back her own life—one brave step at a time. She will inspire untold numbers of souls with this story, for her victory is a win on behalf of all of us.”—Elizabeth Gilbert Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir chronicling her journey to Mount Everest. A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she’d suffered as a child, she started climbing. Something about the brute force required for the ascent—the risk and spirit and sheer size of the mountains and death’s close proximity—woke her up. She then took her biggest pain as a survivor to the biggest mountain: Everest. “The Mother of the World,” as it’s known in Nepal, allows few to reach her summit, but Silvia didn’t go alone. She gathered a group of young female survivors and led them to base camp alongside her. It was never easy. At times hair-raising, nerve-racking, and always challenging, Silvia remembers the acute anxiety of leading a group of novice climbers to Everest’s base, all the while coping with her own nerves of summiting. But, there were also moments of peace, joy, and healing with the strength of her fellow survivors and community propelling her forward. In the Shadow of the Mountain is a remarkable story of heroism, one which awakens in all of us a lust for adventure, an appetite for risk, and faith in our own resilience.
Shadow Of The Mountains
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Author : Lynn Morris
language : en
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Shadow Of The Mountains written by Lynn Morris and has been published by Hendrickson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Fiction categories.
Cheney faces two enemies—superstition and greed . . . Cheney Duvall has proven herself as a true doctor to those 200 brides with whom she traveled to the West. But arrival in Seattle with a string of medical successes during the voyage does not open any doors for her in this frontier town—she’s “just a woman.” Returning east, she finds an invitation to a remote spot in the Ozark mountains where there are no doctors at all. But she runs into walls of illiteracy, superstition, and immovable distrust of Yankees—most especially focused on an “edjicated female thinks she’s a real doc.” How will she overcome centuries of hate and mistrust?
Shadow On The Mountain
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Author : Margi Preus
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Shadow On The Mountain written by Margi Preus and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
“Newbery Honor winner Preus . . . delivers a riveting story about teenage freedom fighters in WWII Norway” (Publishers Weekly). After Nazi Germany invades and occupies Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen and his friends are swept up in the Norwegian resistance movement. Espen gets his start by delivering illegal newspapers, then graduates to the role of courier and finally becomes a spy, dodging the Gestapo along the way. During five years under the Nazi regime, Espen, his sister, and their parents live in fear of nighttime raids and arrests, and they begin to question the loyalties of the people around them. Espen gains—and loses—friends, falls in love, and makes one small mistake that threatens to catch up with him as he sets out to escape on skis over the mountains to Sweden . . . Award-winning author Margi Preus crafts a thrilling adventure based on the real-life experiences of Erling Storrusten, a Norwegian spy during World War II. Praise for Shadow on the Mountain “Engrossing. . . . This is at once a spy thriller, a coming-of-age story, and a chronicle of escalating bravery. Multidimensional characters fill this gripping tale that keeps readers riveted to the end.” —School Library Journal, starred review “A morally satisfying page turner.” —Kirkus Reviews
Shadow Of The Mountains
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Author : Lynn Morris
language : en
Publisher: Follettbound
Release Date : 1994-11-01
Shadow Of The Mountains written by Lynn Morris and has been published by Follettbound this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11-01 with categories.
The Mountain Shadow
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Author : Gregory David Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-10-13
The Mountain Shadow written by Gregory David Roberts and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Fiction categories.
The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow. I stopped thinking of that pyramid of killers, and Sanjay's improvidence. I stopped thinking about my own part in the madness. And I rode, with my friends, into the end of everything. Shantaram introduced millions of readers to a cast of unforgettable characters through Lin, an Australian fugitive, working as a passport forger for a branch of the Bombay mafia. In The Mountain Shadow, the long-awaited sequel, Lin must find his way in a Bombay run by a different generation of mafia dons, playing by a different set of rules. It has been two years since the events in Shantaram, and since Lin lost two people he had come to love: his father figure, Khaderbhai, and his soul mate, Karla, married to a handsome Indian media tycoon. Lin returns from a smuggling trip to a city that seems to have changed too much, too soon. Many of his old friends are long gone, the new mafia leadership has become entangled in increasingly violent and dangerous intrigues, and a fabled holy man challenges everything that Lin thought he'd learned about love and life. But Lin can't leave the Island City: Karla, and a fatal promise, won't let him go.
Where The Mountain Casts Its Shadow
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Author : Maria Coffey
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Where The Mountain Casts Its Shadow written by Maria Coffey and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Maria Coffey's Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow is a powerful, affecting and important book that exposes the far reaching personal costs of extreme adventure. Without risk, say mountaineers, there would be none of the self-knowledge that comes from pushing life to its extremes. For them, perhaps, it is worth the cost. But when tragedy strikes, what happens to the people left behind? Why would anyone choose to invest in a future with a high-altitude risk-taker? What is life like in the shadow of the mountain? Such questions have long been taboo in the world of mountaineering. Now, the spouses, parents and children of internationally renowned climbers finally break their silence, speaking out about the dark side of adventure. Maria Coffey confronted one of the harshest realities of mountaineering when her partner Joe Tasker disappeared on the Northeast Ridge of Everest in 1982. In Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow, Coffey offers an intimate portrait of adventure and the conflicting beauty, passion, and devastation of this alluring obsession. Through interviews with the world's top climbers, or their widows and families-Jim Wickwire, Conrad Anker, Lynn Hill, Joe Simpson, Chris Bonington, Ed Viesturs, Anatoli Boukreev, Alex Lowe, and many others-she explores what compels men and women to give their lives to the high mountains. She asks why, despite the countless tragedies, the world continues to laud their exploits. With an insider's understanding, Coffey reveals the consequences of loving people who pursue such risk-the exhilarating highs and inevitable lows, the stress of long separations, the constant threat of bereavement, and the lives shattered in the wake of climbing accidents.
Shadow Of The Mountain
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Author : Gilbert Morris
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 1994-10-01
Shadow Of The Mountain written by Gilbert Morris and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-01 with Fiction categories.
A woman doctor is persuaded to provide medical care for a small community in the Ozarks in the historical novel. Cheney Duvall, M.D.
In The Shadow Of The Mountains
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Author : Michael S. Daniels
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
In The Shadow Of The Mountains written by Michael S. Daniels and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
In The Shadow Of The Mountain
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Author : Edwin G. Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
In The Shadow Of The Mountain written by Edwin G. Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Depressions categories.
Steve Mccurry In The Shadow Of Mountains
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Author : Steve McCurry
language : en
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
Release Date : 2007-11
Steve Mccurry In The Shadow Of Mountains written by Steve McCurry and has been published by Phaidon Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Photography categories.
McCurry’s photographs eloquently illustrate a country of contradictions, where the contemporary battles with the ancient and the spiritual clashes with the secular. Striking portraits of men and women, are presented alongside timeless images of children at play and shepherds tending their flocks and ancient sandstone cities are contrasted with shanty-towns constructed from tattered tarpaulins. The famous mountainous landscapes and ancient temples are shown together with scenes of daily life, such as a bread seller at his kiosk or traders at a market. McCurry’s unique ability to cross boundaries of language and culture to capture stories of human experience is fully exhibited in this remarkable new collection of images.