Tigers Of The Snow
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Tigers Of The Snow
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Author : Jonathan Neale
language : en
Publisher: Time Warner Books UK
Release Date : 2003
Tigers Of The Snow written by Jonathan Neale and has been published by Time Warner Books UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mountaineering categories.
After spending almost a year in Nepal and India, Neale presents the true story of tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains and illuminates the gripping history of the Sherpa. 16-page photo insert.
Tigers In The Snow
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Author : Peter Matthiessen
language : en
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Release Date : 2000
Tigers In The Snow written by Peter Matthiessen and has been published by Harvill Secker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
The tiger is an endangered species. There are now only a few thousand tigers surviving in Asia in their natural habitat. The largest of the species, the Siberian tiger, is now confined almost entirely to the thinly-populated Russian Far East where it is increasingly under threat from intensified poaching and the destruction of its habitat. Peter Matthiessen, in addition to being a distinguished novelist, has written classic accounts of his observation of wildlife around the world and his study of the Siberian tiger displays his deep knowledge of, and feeling for, the natural world. He tells the story of the tiger's origin and evolution and describes its role in the mythology and culture of the peoples amongst whom it lived and by whom it was hunted. His illuminating text is accompanied by Maurice Hornocker's magnificent photographs of this fabulous animal.
Tigers Of The Snow
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Author : Jonathan Neale
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2002-06-29
Tigers Of The Snow written by Jonathan Neale and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The true story of the tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains. In 1922 Himalayan climbers were British gentlemen, and their Sherpa and Tibetan porters were "coolies," unskilled and inexperienced casual laborers. By 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stood on the summit of Everest, and the coolies had become the "Tigers of the Snow." Jonathan Neale's absorbing new book is both a compelling history of the oft-forgotten heroes of mountaineering and a gripping account of the expedition that transformed the Sherpas into climbing legends. In 1934 a German-led team set off to climb the Himalayan peak of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain on earth. After a disastrous assault in 1895, no attempt had been made to conquer the mountain for thirty-nine years. The new Nazi government was determined to prove German physical superiority to the rest of the world. A heavily funded expedition was under pressure to deliver results. Like all climbers of the time, they did not really understand what altitude did to the human body. When a hurricane hit the leading party just short of the summit, the strongest German climbers headed down and left the weaker Germans and the Sherpas to die on the ridge. What happened in the next few days of death and fear changed forever how the Sherpa climbers thought of themselves. From that point on, they knew they were the decent and responsible people of the mountain. Jonathan Neale interviewed many old Sherpa men and women, including Ang Tsering, the last man off Nanga Parbat alive in 1934. Impeccably researched and superbly written, Tigers of the Snow is the compelling narrative of a climb gone wrong, set against the mountaineering history of the early twentieth century, the haunting background of German politics in the 1930s, and the hardship and passion of life in the Sherpa valleys.
Tigers Of The Snow Eighteen Canadian Stories 2 Teacher S Guide
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Author : Glen A. Sorestad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Tigers Of The Snow Eighteen Canadian Stories 2 Teacher S Guide written by Glen A. Sorestad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Short stories, Canadian (English) categories.
Tigers Of The Snow And Other Virtual Sherpas
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Author : Vincanne Adams
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-05-06
Tigers Of The Snow And Other Virtual Sherpas written by Vincanne Adams and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-06 with Social Science categories.
Sherpas are portrayed by Westerners as heroic mountain guides, or "tigers of the snow," as Buddhist adepts, and as a people in touch with intimate ways of life that seem no longer available in the Western world. In this book, Vincanne Adams explores how attempts to characterize an "authentic" Sherpa are complicated by Western fascination with Sherpas and by the Sherpas' desires to live up to Western portrayals of them. Noting that diplomatic aides at world summit meetings go by the name "Sherpa," as do a van in the U.K. built for rough terrain and a software product from Silicon Valley, Adams examines the "authenticating" effects of this mobile signifier on a community of Himalayan Sherpas who live at the base of Mount Everest, Nepal, and its "deauthenticating" effects on anthropological representation. This book speaks not only to anthropologists concerned with ethnographic portrayals of Otherness but also to those working in cultural studies who are concerned with ethnographically grounded analyses of representations. Throughout Adams illustrates how one might undertake an ethnography of transnationally produced subjects by using the notion of "virtual" identities. In a manner informed by both Buddhism and shamanism, virtual Sherpas are always both real and distilled reflections of the desires that produce them.
Snow Tigers
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Author : Simon Chapman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Snow Tigers written by Simon Chapman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Cartographers categories.
"Snow stormsForest firesArmed robbersDeep in the forests of Siberia, the Captain has to face them all. But in the shadows lurks something much more deadly...the snow tigers.Think you know about adventure?True stories that are stranger than fiction Forgotten heroes, exciting adventures and fascinating facts guaranteed to appeal to reluctant readers, especially boys Stylish, striking jackets with top quality black white illustrationsReading Age 8 Interest Age 10-14
The Snow Tiger
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Author : Desmond Bagley
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2017-07-13
The Snow Tiger written by Desmond Bagley and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with Fiction categories.
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in New Zealand.
Tigers Of The Snow B Pbp
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Author : Jonathan Neale
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-02
Tigers Of The Snow B Pbp written by Jonathan Neale and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02 with categories.
Tigers Of The Snow Sound Recording Eighteen Canadian Stories
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Author : James A. MacNeill
language : en
Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Crane Library
Release Date : 1979
Tigers Of The Snow Sound Recording Eighteen Canadian Stories written by James A. MacNeill and has been published by Vancouver, B.C. : Crane Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Short stories, Canadian (English) categories.
Tigers Of The Snow Eighteen Canadian Stories 2 Teacher S Guide
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Author : Glen A. Sorestad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Tigers Of The Snow Eighteen Canadian Stories 2 Teacher S Guide written by Glen A. Sorestad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Short stories, Canadian (English) categories.