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Upon That Mountain
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-25
Upon That Mountain written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Vertebrate Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his Everest bids of the 1930s, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the Hispar and Choktoi glacier systems around the Ogre. Crossing great swathes of the Himalaya, the book, like so many of Shipton's works, is both entertaining and an important addition to the mountain literature genre. It captures an important period in mountaineering history - that just before the Second World War - an ends on an elegiac note as Shipton describes his last evening at the starkly-beautiful snow lake, before he returns to a 'civilisation' about to embark on a cataclysmic war.
Upon This Mountain
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Author : Timothy Wangusa
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-01-01
Upon This Mountain written by Timothy Wangusa and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-01 with Fiction categories.
In this coming-of-age story, Timothy Wangusa tells the tale of a young boy struggling to reconcile between his Christian beliefs and his village's ancient traditions. Upon this Mountain captures a time of profound religious change and colonialism in rural Uganda. Mwambu, a schoolboy living in eastern Uganda, is certain that if heaven is anywhere, it must be at the highest peak of their village's mountain – so he is shocked to discover that his father has never tried to reach it. While on a quest to climb to the top, Mwambu finds himself on a journey of self-realisation, confronted with the contradictions of his childhood. As the values of Christianity collide with the traditions of his ancestors, the path to adulthood becomes increasingly treacherous...
Forever On The Mountain The Truth Behind One Of Mountaineering S Most Controversial And Mysterious Disasters
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Author : James M. Tabor
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2008-06-17
Forever On The Mountain The Truth Behind One Of Mountaineering S Most Controversial And Mysterious Disasters written by James M. Tabor and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-17 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival "Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.
The View Upon The Mountain
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Author : N T Laemmle
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-11-16
The View Upon The Mountain written by N T Laemmle and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-16 with categories.
The View Upon the Mountain chronicles the path of a young boy as he journeys up a legendary mountain, only to realize the value of all that he has left behind. Through his Great Pilgrimage, he explores what happens when you achieve a goal that was never really yours, wrestles with the paradox of making love stay, and ultimately learns how to climb back down. A tale of love, loss, forgiveness, and the acceptance of one's fate, The View Upon the Mountain holds up a mirror to our own deepest selves, daring us to look away. A spiritual successor to such classic tales as Hesse's Siddhartha and Coelho's The Alchemist, The View Upon the Mountain provides a refreshing draught of goodness to the world-weary reader, enriching our hearts so that we may bravely embark on our own Great Pilgrimages. Like life itself, it is a story that fluctuates between buoyancy and weight, earnestness and cynicism, examining our darker side no less rigorously than our light. Admirers of plot symmetry, archetypes, and Jungian theory will be especially taken by this well-constructed tale, diamond-like in its multifaceted perfection. By juxtaposing one character's rock bottom with another's greatest ecstasy, Laemmle accentuates both the nuance and irony of life itself. A coming-of-age story to be enjoyed by children and adults alike, The View Upon the Mountain weaves aspects of fantasy, romance, adventure, and myth to create a vibrantly original tale that nevertheless reads like our most familiar bedtime stories, so adroitly does it cut directly to the heart of what makes us human. An epic portrayal of the eternal struggle between man and self that refuses to offer an easy way out, the reader must identify as both hero and villain intertwined, that frustrating and confounding tangle of parts that can only be named: the individual. Stuck in a pit of his own digging, Laemmle wrote this novella as a rope with which to pull himself free. Whether needing to revive one's courage, accept one's imperfections, forgive oneself for past mistakes, or turn regret into a blessing, every human has something to gain by reading this novella, if only they are willing to shed the dead weight that has been holding them back.
Chariot On The Mountain
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Author : Jack Ford
language : en
Publisher: Kensington Books
Release Date : 2018-07-31
Chariot On The Mountain written by Jack Ford and has been published by Kensington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Fiction categories.
A formerly enslaved woman's remarkable story of pressing charges on her captors is vividly captured in this historical novel based on true events. Two decades before the Civil War, middle-class farmer Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. Not only is she is kept by the Maddox family as a slave, she is also Samuel's daughter. But after his death, Samuel's wife Mary grants Kitty and her children their freedom. Helped by Quaker families along the Underground Railroad, Mary travels with them to Pennsylvania to file emancipation papers. But Kitty is not yet safe. Dragged back to Virginia by a gang of slave catchers led by Samuel's own nephew, Kitty takes a defiant step: charging the younger Maddox with kidnapping and assault. On the surface, the charge appears hopeless. But Kitty has allies—Mary, and Fanny Withers, a socialite who secures a lawyer. The sensational trial that follows will decide the fate of Kitty and her children—and bond three extraordinary yet very different women together in their quest for justice. “Ford does an excellent job portraying the warring factions of the time: those in the South who wanted to preserve their way of life, and those who felt slavery was unjust.” —Publishers Weekly
The Six Mountain Travel Books
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Author : Eric Shipton
language : en
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Release Date : 1997-07-31
The Six Mountain Travel Books written by Eric Shipton and has been published by Mountaineers Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-07-31 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Nanda Devi; Blank on the Map; Upon That Mountain; Mt. Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951; Mountains of Tartary; and Land of Tempest.
An Honorable Man Upon The Mountain Short Story
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Author : Stephen Measure
language : en
Publisher: Silver Layer Publications
Release Date : 2014-02-21
An Honorable Man Upon The Mountain Short Story written by Stephen Measure and has been published by Silver Layer Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-21 with Fiction categories.
Tolan must rescue his sisters from the shades who slaughtered his family, but he cannot save them without first finding an honorable man upon the mountain. A story from The Unshut World. Part of The Ridge of Earth Collection. (~10000 words)
Fire On The Mountain
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Author : Edward Abbey
language : en
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Release Date : 2011-08-21
Fire On The Mountain written by Edward Abbey and has been published by Rosetta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-21 with Fiction categories.
A New Mexico man faces off against the government in a battle over his land in this novel by the author of Desert Solitaire. After nine months away at school, Billy Vogelin Starr returns home to his beloved New Mexico—only to find his grandfather in a standoff with the US government, which wants to take his land and turn it into an extension of the White Sands Missile Range. Facing the combined powers of the US county sheriff, the Department of the Interior, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the US Air Force, John Vogelin stands his ground—because to Vogelin, his land is his life. When backed into a corner, a tough old man like him will come out fighting . . . Fire on the Mountain is a suspenseful page-turner by “one of the very best writers to deal with the American West”—the acclaimed author of such classics as The Monkey Wrench Gang and the memoir Desert Solitaire (The Washington Post). “Abbey is a fresh breath from the farther reaches and canyons of the diminishing frontier.” —Houston Chronicle “The Thoreau of the American West.” —Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lonesome Dove
How Beautiful Upon The Mountain
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Author : Edna Emma Craik
language : en
Publisher: TEACH Services, Inc.
Release Date : 1999
How Beautiful Upon The Mountain written by Edna Emma Craik and has been published by TEACH Services, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Immigrants categories.
Levi Swanberg had no idea of the forces of darkness he was unleashing when he prepared to set off for Sweden to learn his grandfather's secret power, nor did he anticipate the radiance of light he would discover soon after. The inspiration of the Swanbergs' story is to be found in their Christ-like lives, their gusto for witnessing, and the impact they had on Cloe, their next-door neighbor, and are still having generations later.
Upon This Mountain
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Author : Herman Jacob Naftzinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Upon This Mountain written by Herman Jacob Naftzinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Religious poetry, American categories.