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  • Cold Wars

    Climbing the fine line between risk and reality

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    I was aware that I was cold - beyond cold. I was a lump of meat left for too long in a freezer, a body trapped beneath the ice, sinking down into the dark. 'I was freezing to death.' In this brilliant sequel to his award-winning debut "Psychovertical", mountaineering stand-up Andy Kirkpatrick has achieved his life's ambition to become one of the world's leading climbers. Pushing himself to new ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1001 Climbing Tips

    The essential climbers' guide: from rock, ice and big-wall climbing to diet, training and mountain survival

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    Series Book 1 - 1001 Tips
    Imagine an alien came down to Earth, stuck a probe into a climber's brain – one who'd been climbing for over thirty years – and then transmogrified the contents into a big book of climbing tips. Well, 1001 Climbing Tips by Andy Kirkpatrick is just such a book.This is no regular instruction manual – it's much more useful than that. This is a massive collection of all those little tips that make a ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psychovertical

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE 2008Metro magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton. Words like boldness, adventure and risk were surely coined especially for him. As one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, he goes vertically where other climbers (to say nothing of the general public) fear to tread.For the first time, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Unknown Pleasures

    Collected writing on life, death, climbing and everything in between

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    'The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.' Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick. Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Down

    The Complete Descent Manual for Climbers, Alpinists and Mountaineers

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    "This book will save your life" Pete Whittaker (Wide Boyz)Down is a groundbreaking encyclopedic study of the art of descent. Its purpose is to create a single source for all descent techniques, both well-established and ideal for novice climbers, as well as cutting-edge, high-value techniques for experienced and pro climbers.The book was written and illustrated over three years by award-winning ... Read more

    $18.43 CAD

  • Seven Climbs

    Finding the finest climb on each continent

    by Charles Sherwood ...
    'Even the most casual reader among you will by now have worked out that the whole thing is little more than a delightful ruse for having a very good time.'Experienced climber Charles Sherwood is on a quest to find the best climb on each continent. He eschews the traditional Seven Summits, where height alone is the determining factor, and instead considers mountaineering challenge, natural beauty ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Friendship Store

    A Memoir of 1970s China

    by Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    What was it like to live in China in the mid-1970s? Andy Kirkpatrick arrived in Beijing only a few days before the death of Chairman Mao, and offers a vivid, eye-opening and entertaining account of a period when China was one of the most isolated places on earth. Spanning the period between the death of Mao and the 'resurrection' of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, this unique China memoir describes the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Chinese Rhetoric and Writing

    An Introduction for Language Teachers

    by Andy Kirkpatrick, Zhichang Xu ...
    Series series Perspectives on Writing
    Andy Kirkpatrick and and Zhichang Xu offer a response to the argument that Chinese students’ academic writing in English is influenced by “culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate.” Noting that this argument draws from “an essentially monolingual and Anglo-centric view of writing,” they point out that the rapid growth in the use of English worldwide ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Parent’s Guide to SEND

    Supporting Your Child with Additional Needs at Home, School and Beyond

    by Gary Aubin, Stephen Hull ...
    There is no handbook to being a parent. Much less being a parent of a child with special educational needs.How do you support your child in school? Where do you even begin to try and access local services? What can you expect from your local authority?Co-written by a parent who has been there and a SEND professional who understands the other side of the SEND system, this must-have book answers all ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • English as an International Language in Asia: Implications for Language Education

    Edited by Andy Kirkpatrick, Roland Sussex ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Even as Anglophone power wanes in Asia, and China and India rise, the role of the English language in the region continues to develop. How are students in Asian nations such as Vietnam, Malaysia and China itself being taught English? This much-needed overview analyzes the differing language education policies of selected countries that also include Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka. Noting ASEAN’s ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Is English an Asian Language?

    by Andy Kirkpatrick, Wang Lixun ...
    Asia is now home to some 800 million multilingual speakers of English, more than the total number of native English speakers, and how they use English is continuously evolving and changing to reflect their cultural backgrounds and everyday experiences. Can English, therefore, be considered an Asian language? Drawing upon the Asian Corpus of English, this book will be the first comprehensive ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Handbook of Asian Englishes

    Edited by Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, Andy Kirkpatrick ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    The Handbook of Asian Englishes provides wide-ranging coverage of the historical and cultural context, contemporary dynamics, and linguistic features of English in use throughout the Asian region. This first-of-its-kind volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of the English language throughout nations in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Contributions by a team of internationally ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD