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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
Author: Eric Newby
ISBN-10: 0864426046
ISBN-13: 9780864426048
Published: 1998-09-01
Publisher: Lonely Planet
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The view was colossal. Below us on every side mountains surged away it seemed forever; we looked down on glaciers and snow-covered peaks that perhaps no one has ever seen before, except from the air.'Feeling restless in the world of London's high-fashion industry, Eric Newby asked an old friend to accompany him on a mountain-climbing expedition in the wild and remote Hindu Kush, in north-eastern Afghanistan. And so they went - although they did stop first for four days of climbing lessons in Wales - becoming the first Englishmen to visit this spectacular region for mor ethan half a century. Newby's frank and funny account of their expedition to what is still amongst the world's most isolated areas is one of the classics of travel writing.
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Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2
Author: Jennifer Jordan
ISBN-10: 0060587164
ISBN-13: 9780060587161
Published: 2005-12-27
Publisher: It Books
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Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs. In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan shares the tragic, compelling, inspiring, and extraordinary true stories of a handful of courageous women -- mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, poets and engineers -- who defeated this formidable mountain yet ultimately perished in pursuit of their dreams.
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K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story of Disaster and Survival on the World's Second Highest Mountain
Author: Charles S. Houston
ISBN-10: 1585740136
ISBN-13: 9781585740130
Published: 2000-05-01
Publisher: Lyons Press
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K2, the second highest peak in the world, is generally regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all mountains. This is the dramatic story of the 1953 American expedition that was dealt a combination of terrible storms and illness, which stopped the climbers short of summit. It is the story, renowned in the annals of climbing, of how they made it back to safety after tragedy struck on the descent. K2, The Savage Mountain captures this sensational tale with an unmatched power that has earned this book its place as one of the classics of mountaineering literature.
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Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
Author: V S Naipaul
ISBN-10: 0330413333
ISBN-13: 9780330413336
Published: 2003-09-19
Publisher: Picador
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Book Description:
"Among the Believers" is V. S. Naipaul's classic account of his journeys through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia; 'the believers' are the Muslims he met on those journeys, young men and women battling to regain the original purity of their faith in the hope of restoring order to a chaotic world. It is a uniquely valuable insight into modern Islam, and the comforting simplifications of religious fanaticism. 'The edgy exactitude of Naipaul's writing is both effortlessly classical and yet at the same time brilliantly contemporary, as sharp and lucid as a spear of glass...He is inimitable, truly great and truly deserving of the Nobel' - "Observer".
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Afghanistan Pakistan Wall Map
Author: National Geographic Maps
ISBN-10: 1597752630
ISBN-13: 9781597752633
Published: 2009-07-01
Publisher: Natl Geographic Society Maps
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Book Description:
Part of our best-selling classic series of reference maps and the latest and most detailed map of the region, our new Afghanistan and Pakistan wall map is a perfect complement for following today s news stories. Inherent to all National Geographic reference cartography this map contains thousands of place names and accurate political boundaries and designations. The region s diverse terrain is expertly depicted in shaded relief and symbology, including the elevation of prominent mountains and ocean depths in meters. Superhighways, major roads, canals, railroads, oil infrastructure, and geologic features are also detailed. Afghanistan s 34 administrative provinces and Pakistan s provinces and territorial boundaries are clearly delineated.Available for purchase in both high quality paper as well as laminated formats. A tubed version is available for retail. Scale: 1:3,363,000 :: 1 Inch = 53 Miles
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Naked Mountain
Author: Reinhold Messner
ISBN-10: 1861268017
ISBN-13: 9781861268013
Published: 2005-06-20
Publisher: Crowood Press
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The ascent of Nanga Parbat in 1970 marked the beginning of Reinhold Messner's remarkable career in Himalayan climbing. But this expedition has always been shrouded in controversy and mystery; his brother Gunther, who accompanied him, met his death on the mountain. Now, over thirty years later, a bitter quarrel has broken out between Messner and the other participants in the Himalayan expedition. Is Messner to blame for his brother's death? Or was it the team that let the two of them down? In The Naked Mountain Messner gives his side of the story in full for the first time. This most personal account is a story of death and survival...and for those who want to understand what is the force that drives Messner on, this book is the key. Extensively reviewed in the German media, this book is sure to arouse enormous interest in the UK climbing fraternity.
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France: The Beautiful Cookbook- Authentic Recipes from the Regions of France
Author: Gilles Pudlowski
ISBN-10: 0002154129
ISBN-13: 9780002154123
Published: 1989-11-07
Publisher: Collins Publishers
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Book Description:
Each title in this award-winning series offers an exquisite region-by-region taste tour filled with culinary specialties and surprises. Included in each large-format volume are gorgeous foodand landscape photographs.
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High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 (Adrenaline Books)
Author:
ISBN-10: 1560252006
ISBN-13: 9781560252009
Published: 1998-12-23
Publisher: Balliett & Fitzgerald Inc. / Thunder's Mouth Press
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In this pioneering anthology, Clint Willis presents 75 years of great writing -- from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer -- on the fabled peaks. Here are stories of two British expeditions to Everest in the 1920s; a piece on the 1939 K2 attempt that claimed four climbers' lives; a firsthand account by the Sherpa who reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary; the story of the first successful American assault on K2 in 1978; a British photographer's view of the calamitous 1996 storm on Everest; and many more -- a cornucopia of mountaineering thrills for adventurous readers.
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Pakistan Nelles map
Author: Nelles Verlag
ISBN-10: 386574253X
ISBN-13: 9783865742537
Published: 2009-09-09
Publisher: Nelles Verlag
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Book Description:
Folded road&tourist map of Pakistan at 1:1,500,000 scale. Places of interest, national parks, mountain peaks and beaches are highlighted. Shaded-relief coloring clearly depicts topography. Insets include city maps of Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Legend in English, German and French.
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