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Beyond the Mountain

Author : Steve House
Publisher : Patagonia
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781938340055

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What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it

Beyond the Mountain

Author : Steve House
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781906148652

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"An exceptional book." - Winner - Boardman Tasker Prize 2009 Winner - Mountain Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2009 Reinhold Messner calls Steve House the best high-altitude climber in the world today, an honour he declines. "Being called the 'best,'" says Steve, "makes me very uncomfortable. My intention is to be as good as I can be. Mountaineering is too complex to be squeezed into a competition. It is simply not something that lends itself to comparison. Climbing is about process, not achievement. The moment your mind wanders away from the task of the climbing at hand will be the moment you fail." Beyond the Mountain is the award-winning title from Steve House - arguably the world's leading high-altitude climber. Winner of the prestigious Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature in 2009, Beyond the Mountain is now available in the UK and Ireland thanks to Vertebrate Publishing. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded the possibilities of style, speed and difficulty. In 2005, Steve and fellow alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,660-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steve and Vince the first Piolet d'Or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read - already a mountain classic. It addresses many issues common to non-climbing life - mentorship, trust, failure, success, goal setting, heroes, partnership - as well as the mountaineer's heightened experience of risk and the deaths of friends. Beyond the Mountain is a window into the process of a man working to be the best he can be through an endeavour very few can begin to imagine.

Beyond the Mountain

Author : Steve House
Publisher : Patagonia Incorporated
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0980122775

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A world-class mountain climber chronicles his experiences on the world's highest mountains and what it takes to get there, from raising funds for an expedition and negotiating some of the world's most dangerous countries to enduring the discomforts of high altitude.

Home is Beyond the Mountains

Author : Celia Lottridge
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554981908

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Home is Beyond the Mountains by Celia Lottridge Pdf

Finalist for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award Samira is only nine years old when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, and she and her parents, brother and baby sister are driven from their tiny village. Taking only what they can carry, they flee into the mountains, but the journey is so difficult that only Samira and her older brother, Benyamin, survive. When Samira finally arrives in a refugee camp, it is her friendship with another orphan, Anna, that pulls her out of her sadness. And when the two girls are given a toddler named Elias to care for, they form a new kind of family. Over the years the children are shunted from one refugee camp to another, from Persia to Iraq and back again, and finally end up in an orphanage, where it seems that they will live out their childhood. Then a new orphanage director arrives -- Susan Shedd, a woman whose authority and energy Samira has never seen before. And Samira’s respect turns to amazement when Miss Shedd decides that she will take the three hundred children back to their home villages to make new lives for themselves. It will be a journey of three hundred miles, through the mountains, and it will be made on foot.

Grass Beyond the Mountains

Author : Richmond Pearson Hobson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015027929887

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Grass Beyond the Mountains by Richmond Pearson Hobson Pdf

Presents a colourful view of cattle ranching in central B.C.

Behind the Mountains

Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338841565

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Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat Pdf

A lyrical and poignant coming-of-age story about one girl's immigration experience, as she moves from Haiti to New York City, by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat. It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living and her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and at the same time encounters her own challenges with learning and school violence. National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat weaves a beautiful, honest, and timely story of the American immigrant experience in this luminous novel about resilience, hope, and family.

At the Mountain's Base

Author : Traci Sorell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780525555124

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A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316052603

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book) by Grace Lin Pdf

A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

Lessons from the Mountain

Author : Mary McDonough
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780758278890

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“[Not] the typical celebrity memoir . . . as much an account of her decades-long spiritual journey as it is a look back at her TV and movie career.” —Spiritual Pop Culture “Mary is a whole lot more than Erin on The Waltons. This book shows how she’s handled all the highs and lows with grace.” —George Clooney For nine seasons, Mary McDonough was part of one of the most beloved families in television history. Just ten years old when she was cast as the pretty, wholesome middle child Erin, Mary grew up on the set of The Waltons, alternately embracing and rebelling against her good-girl onscreen persona. Now, as the first cast member to write about her experiences on the classic series, she candidly recounts the joys and challenges of growing up Walton—from her overnight transformation from a normal kid in a working class, Irish Catholic family, to a Hollywood child star, to the personal challenges that led her to take on a new role as an activist for women’s body image issues. Touching, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, and always illuminating, Lessons from the Mountain is the story of everything Mary McDonough learned on her journey over—and beyond—that famous mountain. Includes Never Before Published Bonus Chapter! “A fascinating look at what it’s like to grow up in front of and beyond the cameras.” —Eve Plumb “For someone who started out as a sweet little girl afraid to speak up, it certainly is a pleasure to hear her shout from the top of the mountain now!” —Alison Arngrim, New York Times bestselling author “[A] poignant memoir . . . the actress shares intimate, behind-the-scenes memories.” —Smashing Interviews Magazine

My Side of the Mountain

Author : Jean Craighead George
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593115008

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"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

Beyond the Mountains of the Damned

Author : Matthew McAllester
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814756614

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Beyond the Mountains of the Damned by Matthew McAllester Pdf

Tells the story of Kosovo's most war-devastated city through the lives of two neighbors, one a Serb and the other a Kosovar, who viewed the conflict respectively as a desperate struggle for survival and an exercise of power.

Behind the Mountains

Author : Oliver La Farge
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : New Mexico
ISBN : 9780865346765

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Pulitzer Prize-winner La Farge died in 1963. Of his many books, this work has earned the affection of Santa Feans and New Mexicans, who continue to regard it as a regional classic.

Facing the Mountain

Author : Daniel James Brown
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780525557418

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021 Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Winner of the Christopher Award “Masterly. An epic story of four Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for military service and displayed uncommon heroism… Propulsive and gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown’s ability to make us care deeply about the fates of these individual soldiers...a page-turner.” – Wall Street Journal From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and resistance, focusing on four Japanese American men and their families, and the contributions and sacrifices that they made for the sake of the nation. In the days and months after Pearl Harbor, the lives of Japanese Americans across the continent and Hawaii were changed forever. In this unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe, Daniel James Brown portrays the journey of Rudy Tokiwa, Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of Gordon Hirabayashi, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best—striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.

Beyond the Mountain

Author : B Camminga,zethu Matebeni
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000838190

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Beyond The Mountain: Queer Life in "Africa’s Gay Capital" contributes to the body of knowledge on the lived experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) communities in Cape Town. The book provides insight on the lives of the LGBTQI communities in Cape Town and challenges the stereotypes and prejudices against these communities. The chapters consist of both narratives of lived experiences and academic discussions presented by novice as well as experienced scholars. The imagery of beyond the mountain is a depiction of the lives of LGBTQI community and immovable negative perceptions the general public have to them and seeks to expose their world and the kinds of violence and abuse they are subjected to, as well as unveiling the racial discrimination within these communities. The book revolves around five themes: education, emancipation, protection, acceptance, and integration of those who identify as LGBTQI people in society.

Beyond This Mountain

Author : Exie Wilde Henson
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1413721257

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Beyond This Mountain by Exie Wilde Henson Pdf

Will beautiful, auburn-haired Laurel Worth be able to cope in the alien environment into which her husband, Justin, has moved her and their two small children?Laurel, the daughter of an esteemed professor, has been a public figure most of her adult life: a successful teacher with some training as a nurse, as well as a speaker for womenas right to vote and for Prohibition. And, all the while, a southern belle! Justin, educated to be a lawyer and already a successful professional photographer, is a charming adventurer. He takes a job supervising a logging crew in the mountains of western North Carolina. Their home is a rough-hewn shack in a primitive, isolated logging camp.Laurelas challenges include a near-fatal accident in a turbulent river, treating diphtheria and snake bites, a panther attack, endless work, and Justinas skirmishes with outlaws and bootleggers.Will the love between these two strong-minded individuals withstand the test?Will her faith enable her to mold her environment instead of being molded by it?Will she survive?