Author: Mike Holst
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462013511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
FOR BART MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WAS A WAY OF LIFE. His money and his living on the edge attitude had taken him all over the mountain climbing world. Bart and his friend Thurwood had been a climbing team for more years then they could remember and they seemed inseparable. Then Cassie came into Barts life and they fell in love, and Bart got this ultimatum from his soon to be bride. Pick Thurwood and climbing or me. However, there was one more mountain to climb before he could willingly put his axe and crampons away and marry Cassie. There would be one last climb for Bart and Thurwood and the mountain was Alaskas Denali. Its the beast on the edges of the Arctic Circle and one of the most formidable peaks Bart or any climber has ever encountered. You only get to the top, if the mountain lets you. The mountain seemed to be giving them permission to climb and then took it back. A spring storm came up and battered them almost into submission and all the while Cassie was waiting at the bottom.
The Last Trip Down the Mountain
Author: Mike Holst
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462013511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
FOR BART MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WAS A WAY OF LIFE. His money and his living on the edge attitude had taken him all over the mountain climbing world. Bart and his friend Thurwood had been a climbing team for more years then they could remember and they seemed inseparable. Then Cassie came into Barts life and they fell in love, and Bart got this ultimatum from his soon to be bride. Pick Thurwood and climbing or me. However, there was one more mountain to climb before he could willingly put his axe and crampons away and marry Cassie. There would be one last climb for Bart and Thurwood and the mountain was Alaskas Denali. Its the beast on the edges of the Arctic Circle and one of the most formidable peaks Bart or any climber has ever encountered. You only get to the top, if the mountain lets you. The mountain seemed to be giving them permission to climb and then took it back. A spring storm came up and battered them almost into submission and all the while Cassie was waiting at the bottom.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462013511
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
FOR BART MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WAS A WAY OF LIFE. His money and his living on the edge attitude had taken him all over the mountain climbing world. Bart and his friend Thurwood had been a climbing team for more years then they could remember and they seemed inseparable. Then Cassie came into Barts life and they fell in love, and Bart got this ultimatum from his soon to be bride. Pick Thurwood and climbing or me. However, there was one more mountain to climb before he could willingly put his axe and crampons away and marry Cassie. There would be one last climb for Bart and Thurwood and the mountain was Alaskas Denali. Its the beast on the edges of the Arctic Circle and one of the most formidable peaks Bart or any climber has ever encountered. You only get to the top, if the mountain lets you. The mountain seemed to be giving them permission to climb and then took it back. A spring storm came up and battered them almost into submission and all the while Cassie was waiting at the bottom.
Thirty Days in the Kingdom
Author: Matt Ferrell
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475989709
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
For author Matt Ferrell, its not always pixie dust and flying elephants as he tackles a month at a certain amusement park in Anaheim, California. In Thirty Days in the Kingdom, he relays his day-to-day experiences beginning on September 1, 2008, and continuing each day for the rest of the month. Following an inner urge to relive his childhood, Ferrell experiences the sights, sounds, rides, crowds, food, music, shows, characters, and more at this popular theme park. Sharing his observations and insights while surrounded by guests having fun, Thirty Days in the Kingdom provides a unique look at the culture, patrons, and cast members of this much-visited tourist attraction. Among oversized strollers and churro-hungry guests hurrying to wait in the next line, Ferrell finds his happy place, and he discovers that somewhere between childhood memories, Neverland, and middle-aged realities that his dreams just might possibly come true.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475989709
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
For author Matt Ferrell, its not always pixie dust and flying elephants as he tackles a month at a certain amusement park in Anaheim, California. In Thirty Days in the Kingdom, he relays his day-to-day experiences beginning on September 1, 2008, and continuing each day for the rest of the month. Following an inner urge to relive his childhood, Ferrell experiences the sights, sounds, rides, crowds, food, music, shows, characters, and more at this popular theme park. Sharing his observations and insights while surrounded by guests having fun, Thirty Days in the Kingdom provides a unique look at the culture, patrons, and cast members of this much-visited tourist attraction. Among oversized strollers and churro-hungry guests hurrying to wait in the next line, Ferrell finds his happy place, and he discovers that somewhere between childhood memories, Neverland, and middle-aged realities that his dreams just might possibly come true.
Wall of Illusion
Author: Joseph A. Bulko
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456824694
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456824694
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Southern Homeseeker and Investor's Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real property
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Relates chiefly to Virginia.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real property
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Relates chiefly to Virginia.
The Last Step
Author: Rick Ridgeway
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898866322
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desire, and disappointments to work together to get somebody?anybody?to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, and about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen or shelter in temperatures of -40F.
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898866322
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Last Step is Rick Ridgeway's inside story of this extraordinary expedition. It's about the people who, battered by the mountain and their isolation, overcame their individual fears, desire, and disappointments to work together to get somebody?anybody?to the top of K2. It's about the glorious success the team achieved, and about the perilous bivouac Jim Wickwire spent just below the summit without food, oxygen or shelter in temperatures of -40F.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer's Monthly Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotive engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Nineteen Reservoirs
Author: Lucy Sante
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615198652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
By the author of Low Life, the now-classic history of NYC's outlaw underbelly--a meticulously researched, evocatively illustrated, profoundly meditative account of the city's upstate reservoirs Without the upstate reservoir system that brings fresh water to New York City, the city would have faded into insignificance. But this engineering triumph had a cost: From 1907 to 1967, twenty-six upstate villages, farms, forests, and other natural areas were bought for a fraction of their value, demolished, then submerged to create the Catskills and Delaware watershed systems. Compelled to understand "the air of permanent mourning" in their vicinity, Lucy Sante marshals the same gifts that made Low Life a now-classic of NYC history: a meticulously detailed accounting of their creation, a trove of rarely seen visual history, and a master of literary nonfiction's sensibility for the essential paradox at the heart of this story: the triumph NYC's nineteen-reservoir system represents, and the tragedy of its creation.
Publisher: The Experiment
ISBN: 1615198652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
By the author of Low Life, the now-classic history of NYC's outlaw underbelly--a meticulously researched, evocatively illustrated, profoundly meditative account of the city's upstate reservoirs Without the upstate reservoir system that brings fresh water to New York City, the city would have faded into insignificance. But this engineering triumph had a cost: From 1907 to 1967, twenty-six upstate villages, farms, forests, and other natural areas were bought for a fraction of their value, demolished, then submerged to create the Catskills and Delaware watershed systems. Compelled to understand "the air of permanent mourning" in their vicinity, Lucy Sante marshals the same gifts that made Low Life a now-classic of NYC history: a meticulously detailed accounting of their creation, a trove of rarely seen visual history, and a master of literary nonfiction's sensibility for the essential paradox at the heart of this story: the triumph NYC's nineteen-reservoir system represents, and the tragedy of its creation.
The Golden Eagle
Author: Jeff Watson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408114208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This comprehensive monograph is a second edition of one of the most popular Poyser monographs; it covers all aspects of this spectacular eagle's biology and ecology, including a full review of the literature and incorporating the considerable body of research on the species since the publication of the first edition in 1997. The late Jeff Watson was one of Scotland's foremost eagle experts, with more than 20 years of research on the birds; following Jeff's untimely death, the book is being completed by his colleagues Des Thompson and Helen Riley. Scottish studies provide the foundation for a treatment that also includes up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe and elsewhere. This global view allows fascinating insights into the species' relationships with a variety of different habitats and leads to many new and important conclusions regarding its ecology. This highly readable and authoritative account is destined to become the standard reference on the species, both in Scotland and elsewhere in the world. The text is enriched with many superb pictures of this majestic bird and additional wash landscapes capture the very special atmosphere of Scotland's Golden Eagle country.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408114208
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This comprehensive monograph is a second edition of one of the most popular Poyser monographs; it covers all aspects of this spectacular eagle's biology and ecology, including a full review of the literature and incorporating the considerable body of research on the species since the publication of the first edition in 1997. The late Jeff Watson was one of Scotland's foremost eagle experts, with more than 20 years of research on the birds; following Jeff's untimely death, the book is being completed by his colleagues Des Thompson and Helen Riley. Scottish studies provide the foundation for a treatment that also includes up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe and elsewhere. This global view allows fascinating insights into the species' relationships with a variety of different habitats and leads to many new and important conclusions regarding its ecology. This highly readable and authoritative account is destined to become the standard reference on the species, both in Scotland and elsewhere in the world. The text is enriched with many superb pictures of this majestic bird and additional wash landscapes capture the very special atmosphere of Scotland's Golden Eagle country.
Grizzly Years
Author: Doug Peacock
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993347X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 142993347X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
The Eskimo Girl and the Englishman
Author: Edna Wilder
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602230161
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
A biography of Eskimo girl Minnie Tucker who met and married Englishman Sam Tucker. Chronicles how Minnie's perspective on the world changed to include new people and technology, as well as how her life with her husband on the remote, rugged Seward Peninsula. Includes photos of village life in the early twentieth century.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 1602230161
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
A biography of Eskimo girl Minnie Tucker who met and married Englishman Sam Tucker. Chronicles how Minnie's perspective on the world changed to include new people and technology, as well as how her life with her husband on the remote, rugged Seward Peninsula. Includes photos of village life in the early twentieth century.