At the Mountain's Base
Title | At the Mountain's Base PDF eBook |
Author | Traci Sorell |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-09-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0525555129 |
A family, separated by duty and distance, waits for a loved one to return home in this lyrical picture book celebrating the bonds of a Cherokee family and the bravery of history-making women pilots. At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up.
Touching the Void
Title | Touching the Void PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Simpson |
Publisher | Direct Authors |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2012-12-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0957519303 |
The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.
My Side of the Mountain
Title | My Side of the Mountain PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Craighead George |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2001-05-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0593115007 |
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
The Story of the Hills
Title | The Story of the Hills PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Neville Hutchinson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Mountains |
ISBN |
"At The Mountains Of Madness "
Title | "At The Mountains Of Madness " PDF eBook |
Author | H.P. Lovecraft |
Publisher | Namaskar Books |
Pages | 112 |
Release | |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Look to the Mountains
Title | Look to the Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Hensel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Lemmon, Mount (Ariz.) |
ISBN |
An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people who shaped the history of the Catalina Mountains. This revised edition includes a section on the 2003 Aspen fires.
The Moth and the Mountain
Title | The Moth and the Mountain PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Caesar |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2021-11-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501143387 |
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and a deep yearning to achieve his goal. In 1933, he takes off from London in a Gipsy Moth biplane with his course set for the highest mountain on earth. Wilson's eleven-month journey to Everest is wild: full of twists, turns, and daring. Eventually, in disguise, he sneaks into Tibet. His icy ordeal is just beginning."--Provided by publisher.