Four Thorns Of Kilimanjaro

Author : Jarda Cervenka
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475953640

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Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro by Jarda Cervenka Pdf

Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, suffer and then want to return to the Dark Continent again. His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girl and who encounters a prostitute in an unusual circumstance while on a business trip in Lagos. In another tale, a Californian professor with malformed feet travels to a deep jungle to learn how to construct orthopedic shoes, which change his life. Finally, three adventurers, kidnapped by ruthless robbers, get help from a French secret agent and a dose of luck. Life in Africa can be grim and disturbing, but there's also humor, humanity, and lots of adventure in the Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro.

Author : Jarda Cervenka
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1475953658

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Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro by Jarda Cervenka Pdf

Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, sufferand then want to return to the Dark Continent again. His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girland who encounters a prostitute in an unusual circumstance while on a business trip in Lagos. In another tale, a Californian professor with malformed feet travels to a deep jungle to learn how to construct orthopedic shoes, which change his life. Finally, three adventurers, kidnapped by ruthless robbers, get help from a French secret agent and a dose of luck. Life in Africa can be grim and disturbing, but theres also humor, humanity, and lots of adventure in the Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro.

Author : Ian McCallum
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0864863594

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Thorns to Kilimanjaro by Ian McCallum Pdf

This is the story of two journeys, one which makes its way towards the slopes and summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and another which takes a curving inner path into the soul of the narrator. Encouraged by his wife, who accompanies him, Hamish Malcolm undertakes a journey to the summit of Kilimanjaro, not only to return his father's Bible but also to scatter his father's ashes - one of his father's final wishes. The outer journey is one in which he comes to know Kilimanjaro, its subtleties, its extremes and the crippling effects of altitude sickness. It leads to a dramatic life-threatening encounter with another climber, introducing him to a figure from his past: someone he wanted to forget. This story speaks to people individually and draws attention to one of our greatest challenges as human beings, to be first and foremost self-questioning.

Author : Jaroslav Cervenka
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781796062014

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Reluctant Witness by Jaroslav Cervenka Pdf

Existence. It was a pretty exhilarating joy-ride, with a few sharp turns taken and in the second half, without a skid, downwind, on a sunny road. I find it fitting to end this writing (finally!) by an Eskimo chant, because after Israeli Jews, Eskimos of old times have been my most favorite people: Glorious was life Now I am filled with joy For every time a dawn Makes white the sky of night For every time the sun goes up Over the heavens.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Earth Aware Editions
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781683839262

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Trees (Gift Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Art Wolfe’s immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the ancient Assyrian Tree of Life to the Iroquois peoples’ Tree of Peace, trees have played an archetypal role in human culture and spirituality since time immemorial. An integral part of a variety of faiths—from Buddhism and Hinduism to Nordic and aboriginal religions—trees were venerated long before any written historical records existed. This sense of reverence and wonder is beautifully evoked in these vivid images from legendary photographer Art Wolfe. The new, giftable format of his celebrated book on the topic, Trees, focuses on both individual specimens and entire forests, offering a sweeping yet intimate look at an arboreal world that spans six continents. To accompany these timeless images, author Gregory McNamee weaves a diverse and global account of the myths, cultures, and traditions that convey the long-standing symbiosis between trees and humans, and renowned ethnobotanist Wade Davis anchors the text with a penetrating introduction. Humans have always shared this planet with trees, and this book is both a breathtaking journey through and an homage to that relationship and its past, present, and future—now in a new, beautiful, and highly giftable format.

Author : Macon Dunnagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania)
ISBN : 1570901953

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Sons of Kilimanjaro by Macon Dunnagan Pdf

Africa's Highest Mountain Waited to Teach Them Its Own Lessons Each with his own reason for going, four men arrive in Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Together, they face the challenges of climbing the Marangu route of the mountain, while at the same time developing friendships, overcoming personal hurdles, and coming to grips with their own and each other's limitations. Written by two-time Mount Kilimanjaro climber, H. Macon Dunnagan, this story accurately portrays the real hardships involved in climbing Kilimanjaro. He accents the positive aspects of the natural beauty of the mountain while describing the real challenges one will face as one climbs from a tropical rainforest below to Arctic white wilderness at 19,340 feet to reach the highest point in Africa!

Author : Pierre Francois Massyn
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781770229907

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Springbok Rugby Quiz by Pierre Francois Massyn Pdf

Which Springbok match saw the least number of spectators ever attending a test match? Who was the unofficial arm-wrestling champion in the Springbok side on the 1981 tour to New Zealand? Which Springbok lock played with a glass eye? Welcome to the ultimate rugby quiz book for real rugby fans! Springbok Rugby Quiz examines the lore of rugby in an unusually entertaining way: it comprises 1001 questions and answers. Rugby lovers can now enjoy some of the most outlandish anecdotes, as well as cold, hard facts and statistics, about this game we all love. This well-researched book covers the entire spectrum of our rugby history, from the first test match in 1891, up to modern times. The book has two sections: test yourself by reading the question in the first part and then cross-check your answer in the second part. Rugby fans will certainly find more than enough challenges among the 1001 questions included here. And, as a bonus, the author also includes his Dream Team – the best players of all time united in one super team. Fun, informative and factual, this is a must-read for all rugby fans.

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:734067579

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The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

Author : Jacquetta Megarry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Kilimanjaro, Mount (Tanzania)
ISBN : 1898481105

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Explore Mount Kilimanjaro by Jacquetta Megarry Pdf

At 5896 metres (nearly four miles) above sea level, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on earth which can be reached by ordinary people. Any walker with enough stamina and determination may be able to reach the roof of Africa.

Author : Barbara Thomas,Amanda Thomas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521698320

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Complete First Certificate Workbook with Answers and Audio CD by Barbara Thomas,Amanda Thomas Pdf

Complete First Certificate offers the most authentic preparation for the revised FCE exam available.

Author : Steve Binnie
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780244129651

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Sound of the Crowd: a Discography of the '80s (Fourth Edition) by Steve Binnie Pdf

SOUND OF THE CROWD: A DISCOGRAPHY OF THE '80s is the ultimate record collector's guide to the 1980s. In the era of multi-formatting, picture discs, coloured vinyl, multiple remixes, funny shaped records and tiny CDs you could lose down the back of the sofa, this book lists every format of every single, EP and album released in the UK in the 1980s by over 140 of the decade's biggest acts, from ABBA to Paul Young. This fourth edition has been fully revised and expanded to include even more acts than ever before, with additional sections to cover Band Aid-style charity congregations and compilation albums from the early '80s K-Tel efforts through to the Now That's What I Call Music series and its competitors. Compiled by Steve Binnie, editor of the '80s music website Sound of the Crowd and writer, producer and co-host of the unconventional '80s chart show Off The Chart, broadcast weekly on Mad Wasp Radio.

Author : Christopher A. Bray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0321093615

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Exercise Book for Rosa/Eschholz The Writer's Brief Handbook, Fourth Edition by Christopher A. Bray Pdf

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476770208

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Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women, and The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, this collection includes “The Killers,” the first of Hemingway's mature stories to be accepted by an American periodical; the autobiographical “Fathers and Sons,” which alludes, for the first time in Hemingway's career, to his father's suicide; “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,” a “brilliant fusion of personal observation, hearsay and invention,” wrote Hemingway's biographer, Carlos Baker; and the title story itself, of which Hemingway said: “I put all the true stuff in,” with enough material, he boasted, to fill four novels. Beautiful in their simplicity, startling in their originality, and unsurpassed in their craftsmanship, the stories in this volume highlight one of America's master storytellers at the top of his form.

Author : William Dubois Newmark
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : 2831700701

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The Conservation of Mount Kilimanjaro by William Dubois Newmark Pdf

Author : Tim Ward
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781780993393

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Zombies on Kilimanjaro by Tim Ward Pdf

A father and son climb Mount Kilimanjaro. On the journey to the roof of Africa they traverse the treacherous terrain of fatherhood, divorce, dark secrets and old grudges, and forge an authentic adult relationship. The high-altitude trek takes them through some of the weirdest landscapes on the planet, and the final all-night climb to the frozen summit tests their endurance. On the way to the top father and son explore how our stories about ourselves can imprison us in the past, and the importance of letting go. The mountain too has a story to tell, a story about Climate Change and the future of humankind - a future etched all too clearly on Kilimanjaro’s retreating glaciers.