Everest 1922. The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain, Main, Hardback - Mick (author) Conefrey

The dramatic and compelling account of the first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition in 2022...

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Reducere. Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career during which he has lead pioneering expeditions to t...

Reducere. When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, b...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Scott CaneThe epic story of Australia's Aboriginal people, as told through astonishing archaeological discoveries, ancient ...

Reducere. Award NameChristopher AwardsAward categoryBooks for AdultsIt was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from...

Reducere. Illus. in full color. Here is the gripping story of Hillary and Norgay's perilous ascent of Mount Everest as they battled snow and ice slides, whip...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

Everest the Cruel Way is Tasker's story of an attempt to climb the highest mountain on earth, without supplemental oxygen, and in winter. Tasker's ...

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The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film's original release.Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor...

The true story of the men who made Shackleton's most famous expedition possible and paid the highest price for it.

Reducere. In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of...

The shocking inside story of the fight to halt climate change over the past twenty-five years by a world-renowned scientist.Publisher: Atlantic Boo...

A speech therapist's memoir of her groundbreaking work in communicating with dogs

A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in Paris.Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressAuthor(s): James (Author)...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Lone Star Nation, Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands demythologizes Texas's journey to statehood and restores the genuinely heroic ...

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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were perma...

Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War?

The son of a plantation owner and a free woman of colour, Andrew Watson was not only the first black football player, he was one of the best in the...

Publisher: The Larks PressAuthor(s): Roger PughIllustration(s): 9 black & white and 31 colour photographsNumber of pages: 110Publication date: 2014...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): John HarrisNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

Reducere. "Gripping . . . Chang has accomplished the seemingly impossible . . . He has written a remarkably rich, human, and compelling story of the railroad...

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Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Deb CalettiNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 218 x 39Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

DescriptionThe dramatic real life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist revol...

Reducere. The first ever written Zulu history book covering 800 years of authentic history, written from the traditional Zulu perspective. This riveting and ...

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Stephen R. Platt's Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom tells the dramatic and disastrous story of the Taiping Rebellion: the bloodiest civil war in hist...

The riveting story of the Shawnee brothers who led the last great pan-Indian confederacy against the United States, by the award-winning author of ...