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Author : Edna Hatlestad Hong
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780806616797
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)
Download or read book The Downward Ascent written by Edna Hatlestad Hong and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roland Smith
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328830268
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (288 download)
Download or read book Ascent written by Roland Smith and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling climbing adventure from bestselling author Roland Smith, summiting one of the most isolated mountains in the world may be the easiest thing Peak does. After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal military regime for more than fifty years, to visit Alessia. When he’s invited to climb the remote Hkakabo Razi, Peak can’t pass up the opportunity. But getting to the mountain will involve a four-week trek through tropical rainforests rife with hazards—from venomous reptiles and leeches to corrupt police and military. This thrilling teen climbing adventure is "the perfect antidote for kids who think books are boring" (Publishers Weekly starred review for Peak). Roland Smith's Peak Marcello's Adventures are: Peak The Edge Ascent Descent
Author : Geoffrey Nunberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610391756
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Ascent of the A-Word written by Geoffrey Nunberg and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attention-grabbing, thought-provoking exploration of the life of the word "asshole," by a renowned linguist and author
Author : David F. Wells
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802824552
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Above All Earthly Pow'rs written by David F. Wells and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this prophetic call to the evangelical church, Wells stresses that Christians need to confess Christ as the center in a society lacking a center, as the sovereign in a world seemingly ruled by chance, and as the one who can give meaning in a nihilistic culture.
Author : Ronald Malfi
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
ISBN 13 : 1605422622
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (54 download)
Download or read book The Ascent written by Ronald Malfi and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having lost himself in extreme sports since the death of his wife, sculptor Tim Overleigh joins a team of men bent on climbing the Godesh Ridge in Nepal in order to stop his downward spiral, only to find what was supposed to be a journey based in Tibetan mysticism to be an experiment in terror.
Author : Caleb Scharf
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593087259
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Ascent of Information written by Caleb Scharf and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Full of fascinating insights drawn from an impressive range of disciplines, The Ascent of Information casts the familiar and the foreign in a dramatic new light.” —Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe Your information has a life of its own, and it’s using you to get what it wants. One of the most peculiar and possibly unique features of humans is the vast amount of information we carry outside our biological selves. But in our rush to build the infrastructure for the 20 quintillion bits we create every day, we’ve failed to ask exactly why we’re expending ever-increasing amounts of energy, resources, and human effort to maintain all this data. Drawing on deep ideas and frontier thinking in evolutionary biology, computer science, information theory, and astrobiology, Caleb Scharf argues that information is, in a very real sense, alive. All the data we create—all of our emails, tweets, selfies, A.I.-generated text and funny cat videos—amounts to an aggregate lifeform. It has goals and needs. It can control our behavior and influence our well-being. And it’s an organism that has evolved right alongside us. This symbiotic relationship with information offers a startling new lens for looking at the world. Data isn’t just something we produce; it’s the reason we exist. This powerful idea has the potential to upend the way we think about our technology, our role as humans, and the fundamental nature of life. The Ascent of Information offers a humbling vision of a universe built of and for information. Scharf explores how our relationship with data will affect our ongoing evolution as a species. Understanding this relationship will be crucial to preventing our data from becoming more of a burden than an asset, and to preserving the possibility of a human future.
Author : Andy Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Andrew Kirkpatrick limited
ISBN 13 : 1999700570
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Down written by Andy Kirkpatrick and published by Andrew Kirkpatrick limited. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 the well established and ideal for the novice climber, as well as the cutting edge, high-value techniques for experienced and pro climbers. The book was written and illustrated over three years by award-winning climber and writer Andy Kirkpatrick (Psychovertical, Cold Wars, 1001 Climbing Tips, Higher Education), and is based on four decades of epics, retreats and F**k-ups. At 80,000 words (400 pages) and 300 illustrations, this is both a labour of love and an important and timely book for a community that loses far too many climbers to rappelling accidents. Book Structure Foreword by Joe Simpson Introduction Chapter 1: Safety; How to stay alive. Chapter 2: Feet; General notes on non-technical descent in both winter and summer. Chapter 3: Tools; The tools of the trade and how to use those tools. This chapter covers all types of descenders, as well as notes on all associated software and hardware (abseil cord, hard-links, prusik cords etc). Chapter 4: Anchors; Everything from slinging trees to retrievable ice screws, bounce testing to non-anchor anchors. Chapter 5: Rappel; Here we start putting it all together, covering the core theory of descent, including back-ups, knots, and optimum set-ups. Chapter 6: Lowering; This covers both standard lowering off sports routes and backing off climbs, to more advanced self-rescue lowering, passing knots etc. Chapter 7: Advanced; This long chapter deals with pro techniques, many that will be new to many climbers, including blocking, ghosting and single rope rappels. Chapter 8: Problems; Sooner or later you’re going to have to deal with problems in descent, such as stuck or damaged ropes, having ropes that don’t reach anchors, or having to return back up your ropes. This chapter aims to come up with practical solutions for worst-case scenarios. Chapter 9: Comms: Many of the problems that arise in descent revolve around a failure in communication. This chapter offers some ideas and solutions surrounding this.
Author : Art Davidson
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594858659
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Minus 148 Degrees written by Art Davidson and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2013-04-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the first 50 pages from (Provide us with a little information and we'll send your download directly to your inbox) "This finely crafted adventure tale runs on adrenaline but also something else: brutal honesty." —The Wall Street Journal "I couldn't lay it down until it was all finished (12:40 a.m.!)... A fascinating and beautifully-written story." —Bradford Washburn * One of National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time" * Spring 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount McKinley * New edition includes a revised preface, new prologue, and new afterword describing more recent winter attempts on McKinley In 1967, eight men attempted North America's highest summit: Mount McKinley (now known as Denali) had been climbed before—but never in winter. Plagued by doubts and cold, group tension and a crevasse tragedy, the expedition tackled McKinley in minimal hours of daylight and fierce storms. They were trapped at three different camps above 14,000 feet during a six-day blizzard and faced the ultimate low temperature of -148° F. Minus 148° is Art Davidson's stunning personal narrative, supplemented by diary excerpts from team members George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, and Greg Blomberg. Davidson retells the team's fears and frictions—and ultimate triumph—with an honesty that has made this gripping survival story a mountaineering classic for over 40 years. Minus 148° is featured among many "best of" reading lists, including National Geographic Adventure's "The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of all Time." "At twenty-two I came to regard the first expedition to Mt. McKinley in the winter as a journey into an unexplored land. No one had lived on North America's highest ridges in the winter twilight. No one knew how low the temperatures would drop, or how penetrating the cold would be when the wind blew. For thousands of years McKinley's storms had raged by themselves." —Minus 148° This title is part of our LEGENDS AND LORE series. Click here > to learn more.
Author : Volker Ullrich
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 038535438X
Total Pages : 1034 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Hitler written by Volker Ullrich and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Germany: S. Fischer Verlag.
Author : Jeremy Collins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594859588
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Drawn written by Jeremy Collins and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graphic-adventure that delves into why we pursue the wild outdoors
Author : Jed Mercurio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743298233
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Ascent written by Jed Mercurio and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising from the disadvantages of a Stalingrad orphanage to the prestige of the cosmonaut corps, Yefgenii Yeremin struggles with the covert nature of his Korean War missions, which cause his heroics to go unreported, and pursues glory when he is called to join the race to the moon. Reprint.
Author : Luci Shaw
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830871888
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Adventure of Ascent written by Luci Shaw and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer-poet Luci Shaw has given us a lifetime of exquisite reflections on the breadth and wonder of life. Now in her eighties, she turns her attention to the season of edging toward life's borders. Her spirit of adventure and transparency will fill you with hope and gratitude.
Author : Steven Radelet
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476764794
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book The Great Surge written by Steven Radelet and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the global poor: “Powerful, lucid, and revelatory, The Great Surge…offers indispensable prescriptions about sustaining global economic progress into the future” (George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management). We live today at a time of great progress for the global poor. Never before have so many people, in so many developing countries, made so much progress, in so short a time in reducing poverty, increasing incomes, improving health, reducing conflict and war, and spreading democracy. Most people believe the opposite: that with a few exceptions like China and India, the majority of developing countries are hopelessly mired in deep poverty, led by inept dictators, and have little hope for change. But a major transformation is underway—and has been for two decades now. Since the early 1990s more than 700 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, six million fewer children die every year from disease, tens of millions more girls are in school, millions more people have access to clean water, and democracy—often fragile and imperfect—has become the norm in developing countries around the world. “A terrific book” (Nick Kristof, The New York Times), The Great Surge chronicles this unprecedented economic, social, and political transformation. It shows how the end of the Cold War, the development of new technologies, globalization, and courageous local leadership have combined to improve the fate of hundreds of millions of people in poor countries around the world. Most importantly, The Great Surge reveals how we can accelerate the progress.
Author : Isaac Butler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635571774
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)
Download or read book The World Only Spins Forward written by Isaac Butler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marvelous . . . A vital book about how to make political art that offers lasting solace in times of great trouble, and wisdom to audiences in the years that follow."- Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR A STONEWALL BOOK AWARDS HONOR BOOK The oral history of Angels in America, as told by the artists who created it and the audiences forever changed by it--a moving account of the AIDS era, essential queer history, and an exuberant backstage tale. When Tony Kushner's Angels in America hit Broadway in 1993, it won the Pulitzer Prize, swept the Tonys, launched a score of major careers, and changed the way gay lives were represented in popular culture. Mike Nichols's 2003 HBO adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, and Mary-Louise Parker was itself a tour de force, winning Golden Globes and eleven Emmys, and introducing the play to an even wider public. This generation-defining classic continues to shock, move, and inspire viewers worldwide. Now, on the 25th anniversary of that Broadway premiere, Isaac Butler and Dan Kois offer the definitive account of Angels in America in the most fitting way possible: through oral history, the vibrant conversation and debate of actors (including Streep, Parker, Nathan Lane, and Jeffrey Wright), directors, producers, crew, and Kushner himself. Their intimate storytelling reveals the on- and offstage turmoil of the play's birth--a hard-won miracle beset by artistic roadblocks, technical disasters, and disputes both legal and creative. And historians and critics help to situate the play in the arc of American culture, from the staunch activism of the AIDS crisis through civil rights triumphs to our current era, whose politics are a dark echo of the Reagan '80s. Expanded from a popular Slate cover story and built from nearly 250 interviews, The World Only Spins Forward is both a rollicking theater saga and an uplifting testament to one of the great works of American art of the past century, from its gritty San Francisco premiere to its starry, much-anticipated Broadway revival in 2018.
Author : Warren Harding
Publisher : Joseph Reidhead Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781940777405
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (774 download)
Download or read book Downward Bound written by Warren Harding and published by Joseph Reidhead Publishers. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Downward Bound is Warren Harding's offbeat and inventive climbing classic. Harding gives readers an introduction to climbing and recounts his first ascents of the Nose and the Wall of the Early Morning Light on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.The introduction to rock climbing and big walls is farcical. The tales of his ascents are vivid. And throughout he strives to return some of the fun to climbing through humorous story telling of the climbing culture of the 60s and 70s. Downward Boundis a testament to the rebellious and magnetic Batso. Excerpt: Why do people climb? How the hell do I know? Answers to this perennial question range from Mallory's rather facetious (I think) "Because it's there" to (again) Mallory's enigmatic "If you ask the question, there can be no answer." Personally, I dig another version of Mallory's statement. Like, "We climb because it's there and we're mad!" How else could you explain freezing your ass off, battling heat and thirst, scaring yourself to death just to get up some rock face or mountain peak. Rock climbing is especially questionable in this respect. In basic mountain climbing the object is to reach the summit by any or the easiest route possible. In rock climbing it's not really necessary to reach a summit; the game seems to amount to finding the most difficult ways of getting nowhere."
Author : W. E. Bowman
Publisher : Isis
ISBN 13 : 9780753166697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (666 download)
Download or read book The Ascent of Rum Doodle written by W. E. Bowman and published by Isis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1956, "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" quickly became a mountaineering classic. As an outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a peak in the Himalayas, many thought it was inspired by the 1953 conquest of Everest. But Bowman had drawn on the flavor and tone of earlier adventures, of Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nandi Devi expedition. The book's central and unforgettable character, Binder, is one of the finest creations in comic literature.
Author : John Conroe
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312583274
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Forced Ascent written by John Conroe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Gordon has never had an easy relationship with the White House. Now, after rescuing his goddaughter from a secret base in New Hampshire, it's reached a new low. You drop one little asteroid onto the continental United States and the entire government goes crazy. On top of that Halloween is fast approaching and demons are popping through into our world every which way. Forced into the world of high level politics, Chris and Tanya and their merry crew will have to stay two steps ahead of just about everyone if they're going to have a chance in hell of preventing all Hell from breaking loose.
