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Himalaya

A Human History

by Ed Douglas ...

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from ... Read more

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A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from
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The Magician's Glass

Character and fate: eight essays on climbing and the mountain life

by Ed Douglas ...

'How much risk is worth taking for so beautiful a prize?'The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing.In the title essay, he writes about failure on Annapurna III in 1981, one of the boldest attempts in Himalayan mountaineering on one of the most beautiful lines – ... Read more

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'How much risk is worth taking for so beautiful a prize?'The Magician's Glass by award-winning writer Ed Douglas is a collection of eight recent essays on some of the biggest stories and best-known personalities in the world of climbing.In the title essay, he writes about failure on Annapurna III in 1981, one of the boldest attempts in Himalayan mountaineering on one of the most beautiful lines –
... Read more
Statement

The Ben Moon Story

by Ed Douglas ...

On 14 June 1990, at Raven Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District, twenty-four-year-old Ben Moon squeezed his feet into a pair of rock shoes, tied in to his rope, chalked his fingers and pulled on to the wickedly overhanging, zebra-striped wall of limestone. Two minutes later he had made rock-climbing history with the first ascent of Hubble, now widely recognised as the world's first F9a. Born in the ... Read more

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On 14 June 1990, at Raven Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District, twenty-four-year-old Ben Moon squeezed his feet into a pair of rock shoes, tied in to his rope, chalked his fingers and pulled on to the wickedly overhanging, zebra-striped wall of limestone. Two minutes later he had made rock-climbing history with the first ascent of Hubble, now widely recognised as the world's first F9a. Born in the
... Read more
25 Truths

Life Principles of the Happiest & Most Successful Among Us

by Ed Douglas ...

25 Truths is a motivational and inspirational guide built around Christian principles about living life to its fullest potential. This book is about what is important in life, such as character and values, dealing with others, faith, family, mental and physical health, happiness, making a difference in the world and other practical life principles practices by successful individuals.Each truth is ... Read more

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25 Truths is a motivational and inspirational guide built around Christian principles about living life to its fullest potential. This book is about what is important in life, such as character and values, dealing with others, faith, family, mental and physical health, happiness, making a difference in the world and other practical life principles practices by successful individuals.Each truth is
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House of Snow

An Anthology of the Greatest Writing About Nepal

Edited by Ellen Parnavelas ...

A ground-breaking collection of stories, poems and articles about Nepal covering the length and breadth of this enchanting nation and its people.'If you want a book in English that tells you about Nepalese thinking, and gives a taste of the country's contemporary literature, you could hardly do better than House of Snow' Daily Telegraph'One of the finest books I have read this year' Nudge Books'A ... Read more

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A ground-breaking collection of stories, poems and articles about Nepal covering the length and breadth of this enchanting nation and its people.'If you want a book in English that tells you about Nepalese thinking, and gives a taste of the country's contemporary literature, you could hardly do better than House of Snow' Daily Telegraph'One of the finest books I have read this year' Nudge Books'A
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Himalaya

A Human History

by Ed Douglas ...

Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

Unabridged

11 hours 26 min

For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has been home to a diversity of indigenous and local cultures, a crucible of world religions, a crossroads ... Read more

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For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Himalaya has been home to a diversity of indigenous and local cultures, a crucible of world religions, a crossroads
... Read more

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The Year of the Cat: A Cat of Cozy Situations

The Year of the Cat, #5

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Mary A Turzillo, Carole Nelson Douglas, Dory Crowe, Ed Gorman, W. W. Jacobs ...

Series Book 5 - The Year of the Cat
Cats find themselves in all sorts of situations, sometimes comic, sometimes scary, sometimes just plain headshaking. In fact, for some reason, cats tend to draw crazy situations to themselves like the old cliché, moths to a flame.But nothing attracts cats like a good mystery, particularly of the cozy kind. Cats love crime; they love to solve crimes, to observe humans trying to solve crimes, and ... Read more

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Cats find themselves in all sorts of situations, sometimes comic, sometimes scary, sometimes just plain headshaking. In fact, for some reason, cats tend to draw crazy situations to themselves like the old cliché, moths to a flame.But nothing attracts cats like a good mystery, particularly of the cozy kind. Cats love crime; they love to solve crimes, to observe humans trying to solve crimes, and
... Read more
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Ron Fawcett – Rock Athlete

The story of a climbing legend

by Ron Fawcett, Ed Douglas ...

Narrated by Dan Bottomley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 20 min

WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureRon Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix.Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and ... Read more

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WINNER: Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain LiteratureRon Fawcett is a natural-born climber. In 1969, while still at school in his native Yorkshire, he tied into a climbing rope for the first time and was instantly hooked. From that moment on, it seemed nothing else in his life mattered nearly as much as his next vertical fix.Ten years later, Fawcett was the most famous rock climber in Britain and
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Nepal Himalaya

The most mountainous of a singularly mountainous country.

by H.W. Tilman ...

Series Book 13 - H.W. Tilman: The Collected Edition
Throughout 1949 and 1950 H.W. 'Bill' Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal and its Himalayan mountains, taking advantage of some of the first access to the country for Western travellers in the 20th century. Tilman and his party—including a certain Tenzing Norgay—trekked into the Kathmandu Valley and on to the Langtang region, where the highs and lows began.They first explored the ... ... Read more

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Throughout 1949 and 1950 H.W. 'Bill' Tilman mounted pioneering expeditions to Nepal and its Himalayan mountains, taking advantage of some of the first access to the country for Western travellers in the 20th century. Tilman and his party—including a certain Tenzing Norgay—trekked into the Kathmandu Valley and on to the Langtang region, where the highs and lows began.They first explored the ...
... Read more
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Ed Reardon’s Week: Series 17

A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom

by Christopher Douglas ...

Narrated by Ed Reardon ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Ed Reardon's Week
Unabridged

2 hours 48 min

Author, curmudgeon and master of the complaining letter and the abusive email, Ed Reardon is back for a 17th series, still attempting to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. ... Read more

$18.79 USD

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Author, curmudgeon and master of the complaining letter and the abusive email, Ed Reardon is back for a 17th series, still attempting to survive in a world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans.
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Place, Race, and Identity Formation

Autobiographical Intersections in a Curriculum Theorist's Daily Life

by Ed Douglas McKnight ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European construction that became the foundation of a white mythos). To that end, he employs a form of narrative ... Read more

$62.99 USD

In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European construction that became the foundation of a white mythos). To that end, he employs a form of narrative
... Read more
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Men, Martians and Machines: A BBC Radio Sci-Fi Collection

10 Full-Cast Dramas including Earthsearch

by James Follett ...

Narrated by Sean Arnold, Amanda Murray, Full Cast, Derek Seaton, Douglas Blackwell, Ed Bishop, Norman Rodway, Paul Copley, Sandra Dickinson, Sean Barrett, T. P. McKenna ...

Unabridged

16 hours 35 min

A collection of full-cast sci-fi dramas from the late, great James Follett, introduced by Follett himself and featuring his bestselling series EarthsearchNovelist, playwright and screenwriter James Follett wrote over 25 novels, more than 50 radio dramas and numerous TV scripts, including several episodes of Blake’s 7. He was one of the most borrowed authors in UK libraries, and his works have been ... Read more

$21.99 USD

A collection of full-cast sci-fi dramas from the late, great James Follett, introduced by Follett himself and featuring his bestselling series EarthsearchNovelist, playwright and screenwriter James Follett wrote over 25 novels, more than 50 radio dramas and numerous TV scripts, including several episodes of Blake’s 7. He was one of the most borrowed authors in UK libraries, and his works have been
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