Snow on the Equator Paperback. Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro and the great African odyssey, Paperback - H. W. Tilman

First published in 1937, Snow on the Equator chronicles H.W. Tilman's early adventures; his transition from East African coffee planter to famed mo...

During 1949 and 1950 H.W. Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal's Himalaya. He explored the Ganesh Himal, before moving on to the Jugal Hi...

The circumnavigation of Spitsbergen is the first of three voyages described in H.W. Tilman's final book. Triumph and Tribulation closes his literar...

Mischief goes South is H.W. Tilman's account of a voyage dogged by crew trouble. The two unsuccessful voyages regaled follow Tilman to the Antarcti...

Mischief in Patagonia follows H.W. Tilman's voyage on his across the Patagonian ice cap. Filled with Tilman's characteristic wit, this recounts one...

Mostly Mischief's ordinary title belies extraordinary voyages made by H.W. Tilman in both Arctic and Antarctic waters, including the first ascent o...

Reducere. This book presents sixteen lectures given by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III (Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church) on the "Sermon on th...

H.W. Tilman's book Ice with Everything describes three voyages that attempt to reach East Greenland's Scoresby Sound, 'the first comparatively humd...

A classic tale of derring-do: The Great Escape meets Touching the Void

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The most authoritative and detailed guide to climbing Africa's highest mountain At 19, 341ft Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain. Yet with no ...

In the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of the Gospel according to Matthew are recorded the words of Christ as He presented them to the multitudes in the...

Teaching lessons about kindness, friendship and bravery, this entertaining story explores some of the challenges faced by obese children and young ...

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Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; a...

This guidebook, designed to be used alongside the storybook Down Mount Kenya on a Tea Tray, has been created to inform readers about the physical, ...

A collection of teachings on how to correctly practice the view and meditation of Dzogchen by one of its most accomplished and beloved masters of t...

Reducere. Award NameBancroft PrizeAward categoryHistoryJames Merrell's brilliant book is an account of the "go-betweens, " the Europeans and Indians who move...

The third volume of the fifteenth-century spiritual classic that condenses the enormous breadth of Buddhist teachings into one easy-to-follow medit...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A 39-year-old dad of two, Harold Cabrera is your typical sports weekend warrior, who decides to complete three big challenges before turning 40.Pub...

On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand s...

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A classic collection of writings on the meditation practice and theory of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, by the celebrated fourteenth-century scho...

Reducere. Author of The American Line: 1871-1902 and coauthor of Majesty at Sea and the first edition of QE2, Flayhart retells classic ocean liner disaster s...

Readers are hard-pressed to find books that can help them understand the central concept in Mahayana Buddhism--the idea that ultimate reality is em...

Reducere. The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7, contains some of Jesus most profound and most memorable teachings. What might these teachings have mean to hi...

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From the acclaimed historian and bestselling author: a page-turning account of the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eleanor EstesIllustrator: Edward ArdizzoneWhen barbarians invade Rome, Miranda the cat and her daughter Punka must find a s...