Where There's a Hill
Title | Where There's a Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Sabrina Verjee |
Publisher | Vertebrate Publishing |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2022-09-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1839811471 |
'The greater the challenge, the sweeter the reward, but also the greater the risk of failure. And fear of failure is the greatest barrier to success.' Sabrina Verjee is an ultrarunning phenomenon. In June 2021, on her fourth attempt, she became the first person to climb the Lake District's 214 Wainwright hills in under six days, running 325 miles with a colossal 36,000 metres of ascent. Where There's a Hill tells the story of an outsider who was never picked for a school sports team yet went on to become an accomplished modern pentathlete and adventure racer. After switching her focus to ultrarunning in her thirties, Sabrina moved to the Lake District, where she could hone her mountain-running skills on the local fells. High-profile success in endurance events followed, as she completed the Dragon's Back Race three times and was the outright winner of the 2019 Summer Spine Race, beating her nearest competitor by more than eight hours. However, it was the Wainwrights Round which really captured Sabrina's imagination. Having learnt about the challenge from fell-running legend Steve Birkinshaw, Sabrina began to plan an attempt of her own. Despite multiple obstacles – including lockdown regulations, bad weather, injury and controversy – Sabrina's grit and determination shone through. Where There's a Hill is a frank and inspirational account of how one woman ran her way into the record books.
Who's There, Spot?
Title | Who's There, Spot? PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Hill |
Publisher | Puffin |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 9780141343754 |
Spot looks for his friends behind various objects as they play hide-and-seek.
There Is Nothing for You Here
Title | There Is Nothing for You Here PDF eBook |
Author | Fiona Hill |
Publisher | Mariner Books |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2021-09-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0358574315 |
A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, and her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how we can return hope to our forgotten places.
Gravity Hill
Title | Gravity Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Susanne Davis |
Publisher | Madville Publishing |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2022-09-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1956440070 |
Jordan's town is wrecked by the deaths of 3 boys on Gravity Hill. It's tied to a mystery that has plagued the town for years. Can Jordan clear her brother's name?
City on the Hill
Title | City on the Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hall |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1433682311 |
City on the Hill helps kids learn and celebrate their role in the diversity of the body of Christ. Based on the hit song by the same title from Casting Crowns.
Hill Women
Title | Hill Women PDF eBook |
Author | Cassie Chambers |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2020-01-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1984818929 |
After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “A gritty, warm love letter to Appalachian communities and the resourceful women who lead them.”—Slate Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County, Kentucky, is one of the poorest places in the country. Buildings are crumbling as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women find creative ways to subsist in the hills. Through the women who raised her, Cassie Chambers traces her path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Granny’s daughter, Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish college. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County. With her “hill women” values guiding her, she went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved home to help rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues from domestic violence to the opioid crisis, but they are also keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers breaks down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminates a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.
View from a Hill
Title | View from a Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Burgess |
Publisher | Mittens on Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014-12-06 |
Genre | Bass guitarists |
ISBN | 9780957427013 |
"A View From a Hill" is the complete untold story of The Chameleons and a cautionary tale of music-business trickery from the clever pen of Post-Punk legend Burgess, the band's lead singer.