Download or read book Above the Clouds How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World written by Kilian Jornet and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches.
Download or read book Above the Clouds written by Anatoli Boukreev and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.
Download or read book The Skies Above written by Dennis Mersereau and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Skies Above explains nearly any and everything weather-related...enlightening and a worthwhile source" -- Portland Book Review 2022 National Outdoor Book Award Silver Medalist in Nature/Environment Full-color photography and illustrations Details seasonal events, from Nor’easters and northern lights to fire whirls and tornadoes Sidebars dive into fascinating facts, quirky phenomena, historic weather events, myths, and more Written by self-professed weather geek Dennis Mersereau, The Skies Above is designed to inspire equal parts amazement and curiosity. Accessible science, illuminating illustrations, and stunning photography bring the meteorological world to life. From basics such as weather fronts and types of precipitation to more unusual occurrences like polar vortexes, meteor showers, solar eclipses, and the spectacular mammatus clouds that signify a supercell thunderstorm, Mersereau tracks key phenomena across the seasons and demystifies celestial events visible to the naked eye but still enigmatic to most. He also delves into how climate change affects weather, forecasts, and other events, such as devastating wildfires and historic hurricanes churning across the Atlantic Ocean. The Skies Above provides readers with a deeper understanding of the processes and events that fill our skies, which not only soothes the anxiety produced by raucous storms, but instills a stronger and more meaningful appreciation of the beauty of days both stormy and calm.
Download or read book Travels in the Air by James Glaisher Camille Flammarion W de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissander written by Various and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the space shuttle. This reprint of a classic publication written by some of the pioneering aeronauts, details the interesting history and major events of the lighter-than-air period of aviation. Complete with illustrations and a brand new introduction, it gives a fascinating insight into aviation before the aeroplane.
Download or read book Instructions for Airway Meteorological Service written by United States. Weather Bureau. Aerological Division and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Above the Clouds written by Stephanie Barton and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life Between Seconds written by Douglas Weissman and published by Histria Books. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Karen Russell's Swamplandia! comes a new tale of found family and magic.After his mother dies, Peter Berry collects memories in broken watches the way others collect photographs. Peter takes his box filled with broken watches and flees his childhood home to a battered apartment complex in San Francisco—his mother's favorite city—in an attempt to bury the box with the dark truths of her haunting memory before she returns to take him too. The night Sofia Morales's daughter disappears, Sofia begins to hear her daughter's voice. Her world crumbles—her marriage crumbles. After demanding her husband leave, Sofia runs from Buenos Aires, Argentina to San Francisco—a city she always wanted to visit—renting an apartment in a beat-up complex at the edge of North Beach and blasting the radio to escape the voice of whom she can't bear to listen. Peter and Sophia become close friends in the confined space of the city, finding companionship in the shadow of their unspoken nightmares. When Sofia receives a letter from her estranged husband, and Peter proves unable to bury his box of watches, the ghosts of their pasts once more threaten the lives they have created, now tearing at the fabric of their friendship with the tormented memories they keep, whether real or imagined. Unfolding over three decades, Life Between Seconds sets Peter and Sophia on a collision course with their respective pasts propelling them toward either redemption or damnation. Engrossing, heartbreaking, and surreal Douglas Weissman's first adult novel is a meditation on trauma, family, and how to heal after a great loss.
Download or read book Travels in the Air By J G C Flammarion W De Fonvielle and G Tissandier Edited by J G With Illustrations The Voyages of MM Flammarion De Fonvielle and Tissandier Translated from the French by T L Phipson written by James GLAISHER and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Night Air War written by Martin W. Bowman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the 7,953 Bomber Command aircraft lost on night operations during the Second World War, an estimated 5,833 fell victim to Luftwaffe night fighters. In this detailed re-enactment of the air war over Western Europe and the raids flown by the men of RAF Bomber Command, the author has pieced together official data and the words and memories of the pilots and air crew who participated in the proceedings. Across fifteen chapters, many unique experiences are regaled, enlivening the history of the night bombing raids that were hurled against Hitler's war machine during the latter half of the Second World War. They span the period between November 1943 and 1945 and cover the encounters between the Luftwaffe and RAF Bomber Command during their heyday. 'No Operation Was Easy' was a commonly coined phrase amongst this group who, night after night, struck out at targets such as the 'The Big City' (Berlin), Stuttgart and the Ruhr. These truly epic stories, gleaned from the memories of the men who made up Bomber Command, serve as an appropriate epitaph to their collective effort.
Download or read book Encyclop dia metropolitana or Universal dictionary of knowledge ed by E Smedley Hugh J Rose and Henry J Rose With Plates written by Encyclopaedia and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bear a Life Seasoned with Sage written by Carolyn Gill Davis and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-07-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fictitious story it is rare for stuffed animals to have the wisdom as created by the author. Grandpa Koala is the wise stuff of the clan. He prays and plays. He scolds and loves. The stuffs are counseled by Grandpa Koala. The stuffs learned to balance their lives based on the sage that is seasoned with Grandpa Koalas wisdom. Even JB has to smile even though his turned down mouth can not. Tiger learns he can make his trip home on his own tracks. Over 30 stuffed animals in Ms. Stuffs collection will try to walk you through all kind of things that can happen in a lifetime. Ms. Stuff wants the reader to understand that there are all kind of things which should happen to them, just as there are those which should not happen. She hopes to help others avoid the disappointments, cruelty, moments of fear, or abandonment. The stuffed animals experience the highs and lows, the ups and the downs, the beautiful and the very ugly. In spite of the adversities of life they learn to hold the hand of God. As the readers read this story, it is hoped that they will learn to bear a life seasoned with sage. Remember the stuffs did not invent their wisdon it was handed down. Pass it on to others.
Download or read book Erewhon or Over the Range written by Samuel Butler and published by Namaskar Books. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Circular N Aerological Division written by United States. Weather Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
