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First Descent

Author : Pam Withers
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 1770492577
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book First Descent written by Pam Withers and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montana-born Rex loves nothing more than to take his kayak out on a river, the faster and more powerful the better. When he gets the opportunity to tackle the well-named El Furioso in southwest Colombia, he is thrilled. He anticipates the river’s challenges, but finds himself in a situation where the real danger is human. In Colombia, he meets Myriam Calambás, an indígena, who has lived along the El Furioso all her life. Though she loves its rushing waters, she dreams of leaving to get an education so that she can help her people. Her dreams, and her very survival, are in the balance when she and Rex are caught up in the clash between paramilitaries, working for rich landowners, and guerillas, who are supposed to be protecting the poor. Pam Withers’ skill at writing about extreme adventures combines with a compelling story about an endangered world and a people struggling for their very right to exist.

First Descent

Author : Pam Withers
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 177049412X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book First Descent written by Pam Withers and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montana-born Rex dreams of following in his grandfather's footsteps and making a first descent down one of the world's last unconquered wild rivers. When he finally gets enough sponsors, Rex heads to South America to tackle the well-named El Furioso. And while he anticipates the river's challenges, he finds himself in a situation where the real danger is human. In Colombia, he hires a guide: seventeen year-old Myriam Calambás, an indígena who has lived along El Furioso all her life. Though she loves its rushing waters, Myriam longs to go to university, become a reporter, and tell the world what is happening to her people. Her dreams, and her very survival, are in the balance when she and Rex become caught up in the clash between the paramilitaries, who work for the rich landowners, and the guerillas, who are supposed to protect the poor. Pam Withers' skill at writing about extreme sports is reflected in this compelling novel about an endangered world and a people struggling for their very right to exist.

January First

Author : Michael Schofield
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307719103
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book January First written by Michael Schofield and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Schofield’s daughter January is at the mercy of her imaginary friends, except they aren’t the imaginary friends that most young children have; they are hallucinations. And January is caught in the conflict between our world and their world, a place she calls Calalini. Some of these hallucinations, like “24 Hours,” are friendly and some, like “400 the Cat” and “Wednesday the Rat,” bite and scratch her until she does what they want. They often tell her to scream at strangers, jump out of buildings, and attack her baby brother. At six years old, January Schofield, “Janni,” to her family, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, one of the worst mental illnesses known to man. What’s more, schizophrenia is 20 to 30 times more severe in children than in adults and in January’s case, doctors say, she is hallucinating 95 percent of the time that she is awake. Potent psychiatric drugs that would level most adults barely faze her. A New York Times bestseller, January First captures Michael and his family's remarkable story in a narrative that forges new territory within books about mental illness. In the beginning, readers see Janni’s incredible early potential: her brilliance, and savant-like ability to learn extremely abstract concepts. Next, they witnesses early warning signs that something is not right, Michael’s attempts to rationalize what’s happening, and his descent alongside his daughter into the abyss of schizophrenia. Their battle has included a two-year search for answers, countless medications and hospitalizations, allegations of abuse, despair that almost broke their family apart and, finally, victories against the illness and a new faith that they can create a life for Janni filled with moments of happiness. A compelling, unsparing and passionate account, January First vividly details Schofield’s commitment to bring his daughter back from the edge of insanity. It is a father’s soul-baring memoir of the daily struggles and challenges he and his wife face as they do everything they can to help Janni while trying to keep their family together.

Slavery in Turkey. The Sultan's Harem. A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London

Author : Frederick MILLINGEN (called also Osman Bey and Vladimir Andreevich.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Slavery in Turkey. The Sultan's Harem. A paper read before the Anthropological Society of London written by Frederick MILLINGEN (called also Osman Bey and Vladimir Andreevich.) and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anthropological Review

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (22 download)

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Descent

Author : Tim Johnston
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616204303
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Descent written by Tim Johnston and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic. Written with a precision that captures every emotion, every moment of fear, as each member of the family searches for answers, Descent races like an avalanche toward its heart-pounding conclusion. “Read this astonishing novel . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story.” —The Washington Post “A compelling thriller that is both creepy and literary . . . Descent is not just a mystery. It is an emotional story of evil, fear, acceptance and irony.”—The Denver Post “What makes the novel unforgettable is its sense of character, its deliberate, unadorned prose and Johnston’s unflinching exploration of human endurance, physical and psychological.” —Miami Herald “A super-charged, addictive read.” —The Missourian “An original and psychologically deep thriller.” —Outside magazine “Outstanding . . . The days when you had to choose between a great story and a great piece of writing? Gone.” —Esquire “[A] dazzling debut . . . Exquisitely crafted.” —The Dallas Morning News “Incredibly powerful, richly atmospheric.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “ [An] engulfing thriller-cum-western.” —The New York Times Book Review “Brilliant . . . As gripping as any Everest expedition.” —Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars

Descent

Author : Brad Matsen
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400075017
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Descent written by Brad Matsen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss, Brad Matsen brings to vivid life the famous deep-sea expeditions of Otis Barton and William Beebe. Beebe was a very well-connected and internationally acclaimed naturalist, with the power to generate media attention. Barton was an engineer and heir to a considerable fortune, who had long dreamed of making his mark on the world as an adventurer. Together, Beebe and Barton would achieve what no one had done before--direct observation of life in the blackness of the abyss. Here, against the back drop of the depression, is their riveting tale.

A Manual for the practice of surgery

Author : Thomas Bryant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual for the practice of surgery written by Thomas Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The First Ghosts

Author : Irving Finkel
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1529303273
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book The First Ghosts written by Irving Finkel and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's enthralling stuff, mixing the scholarly with the accessible and placing storytelling right at the heart of the human experience.' - History Revealed 'A fascinating journey' - Yorkshire Post 'Marvellous...Finkel is an expert in Mesopotamian cultures at the British Museum, and is one of the most clever, and nicest, of people it has ever been my pleasure to encounter...A fascinating journey' - The Scotsman There are few things more in common across cultures than the belief in ghosts. Ghosts inhabit something of the very essence of what it is to be human. Whether we personally 'believe' or not, we are all aware of ghosts and the rich mythologies and rituals surrounding them. They have inspired, fascinated and frightened us for centuries - yet most of us are only familiar with the vengeful apparitions of Shakespeare, or the ghastly spectres haunting the pages of 19th century gothic literature. But their origins are much, much older... The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies takes us back to the very beginning. A world-renowned authority on cuneiform, the form of writing on clay tablets which dates back to 3400BC, Irving Finkel has embarked upon an ancient ghost hunt, scouring these tablets to unlock the secrets of the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians to breathe new life into the first ghost stories ever written. In The First Ghosts, he uncovers an extraordinarily rich seam of ancient spirit wisdom which has remained hidden for nearly 4000 years, covering practical details of how to live with ghosts, how to get rid of them and bring them back, and how to avoid becoming one, as well as exploring more philosophical questions: what are ghosts, why does the idea of them remain so powerful despite the lack of concrete evidence, and what do they tell us about being human?

Expedition Deep Ocean

Author : Josh Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643136771
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Expedition Deep Ocean written by Josh Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of the exploration of the final frontier of our planet—the deep ocean—and history-making mission to reach the bottom of all five seas. Humankind has explored every continent on earth, climbed its tallest mountains, and gone into space. But the largest areas of our planet remain largely a mystery: the deep oceans. At over 36,000 feet deep, there areas closest to earth’s core have remained nearly impossible to reach—until now. Technological innovations, engineering breakthroughs and the derring-do of a team of explorers, led by explorer Victor Vescovo, brought together an audacious global quest to dive to the deepest points of all five oceans for the first time in history. The expedition pushed technology to the limits, mapped hidden landscapes, discover previously unknown life forms and began to piece together how life in the deep oceans effects our planet—but it was far from easy. Expedition Deep Ocean is the inside story of this exploration of one of the most unforgiving and mysterious places on our planet, including the site of the Titanic wreck and the little-understood Hadal Zone. Vescovo and his team would design the most advanced deep-diving submersible ever built, where the pressure on the sub is 8 tons per square inch—the equivalent of having 292 fueled and fully loaded 747s stacked on top of it. And then there were hurricane-laden ocean waters and the byzantine web of global oceanography politics. Expedition Deep Ocean reveals the marvelous and other-worldly life found in all five deep ocean trenches, including several new species that have posed as of yet unanswered questions about survival and migration from ocean to ocean. Then there are the newly discovered sea mounts that cause tsunamis when they are broken by shifting subduction plates and jammed back into the earth crust, something that can now be studied to predict future disasters. Filled with high drama, adventure and the thrill of discovery, Expedition Deep Ocean celebrates courage and ingenuity and reveals the majesty and meaning of the deep ocean.

The Alpine Journal

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The Alpine Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fatal Descent

Author : Beth Groundwater
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
ISBN 13 : 1645404544
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Fatal Descent written by Beth Groundwater and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agatha Award finalist Beth Groundwater Between a Rock and a Hard Paddle Fatal Descent, Book three in the RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series. Mandy Tanner and her fiancé Rob are leading an offseason rafting-climbing trip in Utah's remote Canyonlands. Experienced guides, Mandy and Rob know they have to keep their cool after one of their group, Alex Anderson, appears to have become bear bait. Walled off from the outside world with eleven shell-shocked clients and miles of Colorado River whitewater ahead, Mandy's nerves threaten to unravel when she learns that Alex's death was not the work of a homicidal grizzly. Whether it was a crime of passion or the random act of a psychopath, Mandy fears that if they don't root out the river rat among them, another camper will be running the rapids in a body bag. Praise for the RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery series: “A remarkable book by an author who clearly knows and loves her territory. Don’t miss it!”—William Kent Krueger, New York Times Best-Selling Author of the Cork O’Connor series “Once again, Groundwater, mixing mystery with outdoor adventure, comes up with an excursion that will please most comers.”—Kirkus Reviews “A thrilling journey . . . filled with river lore, vivid descriptions . . . and loving depictions of the varied characters.”—Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

The Descent of Alette

Author : Alice Notley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140587647
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book The Descent of Alette written by Alice Notley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decent Of Alette is a rich odyssey of transformation in the tradition of The Inferno. Alice Notley presents a feminist epic: a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above. Traveling deeper and deeper, she is on a journey of continual transformation, encountering a series of figures and undergoing fragmentations and metamorphoses as she seeks to confront the Tyrant and heal the world. Using a new measure, with rhythmic units indicated by quotations marks, Notley has created a "spoken" text, a rich and mesmerizing work of imagination, mystery, and power.

Elementary Hydrostatics

Author : James Hamblin Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Elementary Hydrostatics written by James Hamblin Smith and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Observations on the rules of descent, and on the point of law, whether the brother of a purchaser's paternal grandmother shall be preferred in the descent, to the brother of the paternal great grandmother of a purchaser? In defence of Mr. Justice Manwood's position; and in reply to the advocates for the doctrine of Mr. Justice Blackstone, etc

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Author : William Henry ROWE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Observations on the rules of descent, and on the point of law, whether the brother of a purchaser's paternal grandmother shall be preferred in the descent, to the brother of the paternal great grandmother of a purchaser? In defence of Mr. Justice Manwood's position; and in reply to the advocates for the doctrine of Mr. Justice Blackstone, etc written by William Henry ROWE and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Across Atlantic Ice

Author : Dennis J. Stanford
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520275780
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Across Atlantic Ice written by Dennis J. Stanford and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.

The Pioneers of the Alps

Author : C. D. Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Pioneers of the Alps written by C. D. Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: