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“robert roper”

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  • Nabokov in America

    On the Road to Lolita

    by Robert Roper ...
    A unique portrait of Vladimir Nabokov told through the lens of the years he spent in a land that enchanted him, America.The author of the immortal Lolita and Pale Fire, born to an eminent Russian family,conjures the apotheosis of the high modernist artist: cultured, refined-as European as they come. But Vladimir Nabokov, who came to America fleeing the Nazis, came to think of his time here as the ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Fatal Mountaineer

    The High-Altitude Life and Death of Willi Unsoeld, American Himalayan Legend

    by Robert Roper ...
    "Vivid characterization, gripping accounts of extreme mountaineering . . . [and] cultural historical and philosophical reflection. . . . a rich tapestry." — San Francisco ChronicleRobert Roper's Fatal Mountaineer is a riveting look at Willi Unsoeld and the epic climbs that defined him—a classic narrative blending action with ethics, fame with tragedy, a man's ambition with a father's anguish.In ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Now the Drum of War

    Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War

    by Robert Roper ...
    Walt Whitman's work as a nurse to the wounded soldiers of the Civil War had a profound effect on the way he saw the world. Much less well known is the extraordinary record of his younger brother, George, who led his men in twenty-one major battles, almost to die in a Confederate prison camp as the fighting ended. Drawing on the searing letters that Walt, George, their mother Louisa, and their ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    by Jim Davidson, Kevin Vaughan ...
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  • Thin White Line

    by Andy Cave ...
    In 1997, Andy Cave returned from the Himalayas, having climbed the stupendous north face of Changabang but losing his friend and climbing partner in the process. Traumatized by the savage ordeal, he must examine his relationship with the mountains that have defined his life so far. Will he have the courage to undertake such a challenge again? Does he want to? Thin White Line charts his struggle ... Read more

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  • No Place to Fall

    Superalpinism in the High Himalaya

    by Victor Saunders ...
    No Place to Fall is Victor Saunder's follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning debut book Elusive Summits. Covering three expeditions to familiar and unfamiliar ranges in Nepal, the Karakoram and the Kumaon, each shares the exhilaration of attempting new alpine-style routes on terrifyingly committing mountains. In 1989 Victor Saunders and Steve Sustad completed a difficult route on the West ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

    The Death of an American Adventurer on K2

    by Jennifer Jordan ...
    “A fascinating tale. . . . Readers who are into high-altitude adventure stories won’t be disappointed.”—Associated PressIn 1939 the Savage Mountain claimed its first victim. Born into vast wealth yet uneasy with a life of leisure, Dudley Wolfe, of Boston and Rockport, Maine, set out to become the first man to climb K2, the world’s second-highest mountain and, in the opinion of mountaineers, an ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Tomaz Humar

    by Bernadette McDonald ...
    In August, 2005, Tomaz Humar was trapped on a narrow ledge at 5900 metres on the formidable Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. He had been attempting a new route, directly up the middle of the highest mountain face in the world - solo. After six days he was out of food, almost out of fuel and frequently buried by avalanches. Three helicopters were poised for a brief break in the weather to pluck him off ... Read more

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  • Learning To Breathe

    by Andy Cave ...
    At the age of sixteen, Andy Cave followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a miner - one of the last recruits into a dying world. Every day he would descend 3,000 feet into Grimethorpe pit.But at weekends Andy escaped from the pithead to a very different world - testing his nerve on the cliffs and mountains around Britain, and forging endearing friendships with his new ... Read more

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  • The Mountain

    My Time on Everest

    by Ed Viesturs ...
    In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of obsession, dedication, and human achievement in a true love letter to the world’s highest peak.In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs—the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Tigers of the Snow

    How One Fateful Climb Made the Sherpas Mountaineering Legends

    by Jonathan Neale ...
    "Tells the story of Himalayan climbing from the Sherpas' point of view . . . with great empathy and thorough research." — The Sunday Times (UK)In 1934, a German-led team set off to climb the West Himalayan peak of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain on earth. No such attempt had been made since the disastrous assault of 1895, but Nazi Germany was determined to prove its natural superiority ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Savage Arena

    K2, Changabang and the North Face of the Eiger

    by Joe Tasker ...
    I could never again maintain that I was caught up in this game unwillingly. I knew now what I wanted to do. Willingly would I accept the hardship and fear, the discipline and the sacrifices, if only I could be given back the chance to climb that mountain.' Joe Tasker lies, struck down by a tooth abscess, in a damp, bug-infested room in the Himalaya, wondering if he will be well enough to climb ... Read more

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