Author : Humphrey Cobb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:30293750
Paths of Glory
Humphrey Cobb
Path Of Glory
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Paths of Glory
Jeffrey Archer
Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429971690
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International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer returns with a triumphant historical novel, Paths of Glory. Paths of Glory, is the story of such a man—George Mallory. Born in 1886, he was a brilliant student who became part of the Bloomsbury Group at Cambridge in the early twentieth century and served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during World War I. After the war, he married, had three children, and would have spent the rest of his life as a schoolteacher, but for his love of mountain climbing. Mallory once told a reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest, "because it is there." On his third try in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen four hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999, and it remains a mystery whether he and his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, ever reached the summit. In fact, not until you've turned the last page of Archer's extraordinary novel will you be able to decide if George Mallory should be added to that list of legends, while another name would have to be removed.
Path of Glory
Bret Funk
Author : Bret Funk
Publisher : Tyrannosaurus Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
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The Boundary. The greatest feat of magic in the history of Madryn. An impenetrable barrier raised to imprison the Darklord Lorthas. Nearly a millennium has passed since the Boundary's creation, and its power is fading. The four races struggle amongst themselves, their once-proud alliance now distant memory. Old enemies have resurfaced, and new ones lurk in the shadows, eager to use the chaos to their advantage. The truth is known only by Jeran, an orphan raised in the shadow of the Boundary, and his companion Dahr, an outcast hiding from his past. Haunted by the knowledge of the Darklord's weakening prison and pursued by Tylor Durange, exiled Prince of Ra Tachan, the boys race across Madryn to deliver news of the Boundary's fall to the King of Alrendria. Yet their greatest threat may come, not from the Darklord, but from the secrets they try so hard to hide from each other.
Rusch to Glory
Rebecca Rusch,Selene Yeager
Author : Rebecca Rusch,Selene Yeager
Publisher : VeloPress
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781937716615
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Rebecca Rusch is one of the great endurance athletes of our time. Known today as the Queen of Pain for her perseverance as a relentlessly fast runner, paddler, and mountain bike racer, Rusch was a normal kid from Chicago who abandoned a predictable life for one of adventure. In her new book Rusch to Glory: Adventure, Risk & Triumph on the Path Less Traveled, Rusch weaves her fascinating life's story among the exotic locales and extreme conditions that forged an extraordinary athlete from ordinary roots. Rusch has run the gauntlet of endurance sports over her career as a professional athlete-- climbing, adventure racing, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing, and mountain biking--racking up world championships along the way. But while she might seem like just another superhuman playing out a fistful of aces, her empowering story proves that anyone can rise above self-doubt and find their true potential. First turning heads with her rock climbing and paddling skills, Rusch soon found herself spearheading adventure racing teams like Mark Burnett's Eco-Challenge series. As she fought her way through the jungles of Borneo, raced camels across Morocco, threaded the rugged Tian Shan mountains, and river-boarded the Grand Canyon in the dead of winter, she was forced to stare down her own demons. Through it all, Rusch continually redefined her limits, pushing deep into the pain cave and emerging ready for the next great challenge. At age 38, Rusch faced a tough decision: retire or reinvent herself yet again. Determined to go for broke, she shifted her focus to endurance mountain bike racing and rode straight into the record books at a moment when most athletes walk away. Rusch to Glory is more than an epic story of adventure; it is a testament to the rewards of hard work, determination, and resilience on the long road to personal and professional triumph.
Glory Road
Robert A. Heinlein
Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429912525
Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein Pdf
E. C. "Scar" Gordon was on the French Riviera recovering from a tour of combat in Southeast Asia , but he hadn't given up his habit of scanning the Personals in the newspaper. One ad in particular leapt out at him: "ARE YOU A COWARD? This is not for you. We badly need a brave man. He must be 23 to 25 years old, in perfect health, at least six feet tall, weigh about 190 pounds, fluent English, with some French, proficient in all weapons, some knowledge of engineering and mathematics essential, willing to travel, no family or emotional ties, indomitably courageous and handsome of face and figure. Permanent employment, very high pay, glorious adventure, great danger. You must apply in person, rue Dante, Nice, 2me étage, apt. D." How could you not answer an ad like that, especially when it seemed to describe you perfectly? Well, except maybe for the "handsome" part, but that was in the eye of the beholder anyway. So he went to that apartment and was greeted by the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. She seemed to have many names, but agreed he could call her "Star." A pretty appropriate name, as it turned out, for the empress of twenty universes. Robert A. Heinlein's one true fantasy novel, Glory Road is as much fun today as when he wrote it after Stranger in a Strange Land. Heinlein proves himself as adept with sword and sorcery as with rockets and slide rules and the result is exciting, satirical, fast-paced, funny and tremendously readable -- a favorite of all who have read it. Glory Road is a masterpiece of escapist entertainment with a typically Heinleinian sting in its tail. Tor is proud to return this all-time classic to hardcover to be discovered by a new generation of readers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Other Paths to Glory
Anthony Price
Author : Anthony Price
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780220475
Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price Pdf
Can the past unlock the secrets of the present...? Anthony Price's most celebrated novel - winner of the CWA GOLD DAGGER. Paul Mitchell spends his days researching WWI; his quiet life in the library can hardly be in greater contrast to the carnage he studies. Until, that is, the present catches up with him in the shape of Dr Audley of the MOD. Why does Audley want to know what really happened during the battle for Hameau Ridge on the Somme in 1916? The answer is complex and dangerous...
The Path of Glory
Randall N. Bills
Author : Randall N. Bills
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0451458079
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When the Nova Cat Clan is forced to ally with the Inner Sphere, it forces two MechWarriors from different worlds into a precarious friendship. For Zane and Yoshio, the line between ally and enemy will be drawn in the blood of their fallen comrades.
The Path of Glory
Gautam Sharma
Author : Gautam Sharma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015029482315
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The Price of Glory
Alistair Horne
Author : Alistair Horne
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141937526
The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne Pdf
The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. Alistair Horne's classic work, continuously in print for over fifty years, is a profoundly moving, sympathetic study of the battle and the men who fought there. It shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
Send Them Victorious
David Stubbs
Author : David Stubbs
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781846944574
Send Them Victorious by David Stubbs Pdf
Since 2006, under the guise of the Wing Commander, a somewhat xenophobic veteran of numerous campaigns including the Boer War, David Stubbs has written reports on every major England fixture. These lay stress just not on the inestimable virtues of the England team, who merely by being English hold an advantage over the opposition, but on the shabby deficiencies of their hapless foreign opponents. They're larded with historical reference and cultural speculation as to the frightfulness of the swarthy foe. England, as ever, expects in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup. These reports capture the essence of fervent, St George cross flag waving optimism as footballing fever grips the nation.
Visions of Glory
John M. Pontius
Author : John M. Pontius
Publisher : CFI
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 1462128432
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Paths Without Glory
James L. Newman
Author : James L. Newman
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975964
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Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of the "Kama Sutra" and "Arabian Nights." Yet, Africa stood at the center of his adult life. The Burton-Speke expedition (1856 59) that put Lake Tanganyika on the map led to years of controversy over the source of the White Nile. From 1861 to 1864 Burton served as British consul in Fernando Po and traveled widely between Ghana and Angola. He wrote prodigiously and contributed some of the first detailed ethnographic accounts of Africa s peoples. In many ways, however, Africa proved to be Burton s undoing. Injuries and sickness sapped his strength, he made enemies in high places, and, ironically, even the discovery of Lake Tanganyika worked to his disadvantage. Increasingly frustrated and bitter, he turned to alcohol as a frequent remedy.In this fascinating story of the relationship between a man and a continent, geographer James L. Newman provides an intimate portrait of Burton through careful examination of his journals and biographers rich analyses. Delving deepest into Burton s later life and travels, Newman pinpoints the thematic mainstays of his career as a diplomat and explorer, namely his strong advocacy of aggressive imperial policies and his belief that race explained crucial human differences. Historians and scholars of the golden age of empire, as well as armchair adventurers, will not only discover what defined this famously enigmatic figure, but venture, themselves, into the heart of mid-nineteenth-century Africa. "
Paths of Glory
Stephen Brumwell
Author : Stephen Brumwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0773533702
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Ugly, Gangling, and Tormented by agonizing illness, Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. Yet in 1759, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, he won a battle with momentous consequences. Wolfe's victory, bought at the cost of his life, ensured that English, not French, would become the dominant language in North America. Ironically, by crippling French ambitions on this continent, Wolfe paved the way for American independence from Britain. Already renowned for bold leadership, Wolfe's death at the very moment of victory at Quebec cemented his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. He became an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice, immortalized in epic paintings and verse. During the past half century, however, Wolfe's reputation has undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who see him as a bloodthirsty and self-righteous mediocrity, famous for one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. Was there more to James Wolfe than a celebrated death? Stephen Brumwell's internationally praised biography seeks to answer that question, drawing on extensive research to offer a boldly argued reassessment of a soldier whose short but dramatic life changed the course of world history. Book jacket.
Other Paths to Glory
Anthony Price
Author : Anthony Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0340199881
Other Paths to Glory by Anthony Price Pdf
Paul Mitchell spends his days researching World War One. His quiet life in the library could hardly be more different to the carnage he studies, until Dr Audley of the Ministry of Defence comes to Paul to find out about a battle at the Somme.
Paths of Glory
Irvin S. Cobb
Author : Irvin S. Cobb
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329754140