Download or read book Conquering the North Face written by Hap Klopp and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquering the North Face is an incredibly exciting and fast paced book about leadership in business and in life. This book presents an irreverent and iconoclastic challenge to conventional ideas about leadership creating a wide-open, have-fun approach to business. Using stories and metaphors from his personal involvement in the world of adventure, Klopp, explains not only how to lead but why. This inspirational and motivational book, designed to be read in no more than a single cross country airplane flight, is simultaneously uplifting and filled with refreshing insights. In its pages readers will find some of the most exciting, funny and revealing stories of success and failure which provide memorable tools and strategies for leaders everywhere to employ.
Download or read book Conquering the Impossible written by Mike Horn and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle - alone, against all prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation. Conquering the Impossible is the gripping account of Horn's grueling 27-month expedition by sail and by foot through extreme Arctic conditions that nearly cost him his life on numerous occasions. Enduring temperatures that ranged to as low as -95 degrees Fahrenheit, Horn battled hazards including shifting and unstable ice that gave way and plunged him into frigid waters, encounters with polar bears so close that he felt their breath on his face, severe frostbite in his fingers, and a fire that destroyed all of his equipment and nearly burned him alive. Complementing the sheer adrenaline of Horn's narrative are the isolated but touching human encounters the adventurer has with the hardy individuals who inhabit one of the remotest corners of the earth. From an Inuit who teaches him how to build an igloo to an elderly Russian left behind when the Soviets evacuated his remote Arctic town, Horn finds camaraderie, kindness, and assistance to help him survive the most unforgiving conditions. This awe-inspiring account is a page-turner and an Arctic survival tale in one. Most of all, it's a testament to one man's unrelenting desire to push the boundaries of human endurance.
Download or read book Almost written by Hap Klopp and published by Frontispiece. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Silicon Valley, people routinely dream of changing the world. Some do so. Many more almost do. Almost. It is such a Silicon Valley word. This is the story and lessons learned from 12 electric months in the life of a dreamy San Francisco startup that once thought it would be bought by a technology giant and also seemed on the verge of becoming a nationally-known brand. Neither happened, and the lessons are poignant. Almost...the word hurts the soul. So much effort falling into oblivion. And it keeps happening again and again, this amazing effort that seems part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. Why? What is it there that makes it seem essential to swing for the fences? What is Silicon Valley really like? Here is a fascinating 12-month snapshot inside of one company that almost changed the world.
Download or read book Conquering Mount Everest written by Robert Sheehan and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Himalayas are referred to as the roof of the world. Readers will follow climbers as they try to conquer Mount Everest. Full of fun facts and tales of courageous explorers that dare to reach the summit, this will make a perfect addition to any young adventurers library.
Download or read book The Making of a Mountaineer written by George Ingle Finch and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vuelta written by Andrés Reséndez and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an uncovered voyage as colorful and momentous as any on record for the Age of Discovery--and of the Black mariner whose stunning accomplishment has been until now lost to history It began with a secret mission, no expenses spared. Spain, plotting to break Portugal's monopoly trade with the fabled Orient, set sail from a hidden Mexican port to cross the Pacific--and then, critically, to attempt the never-before-accomplished return, the vuelta. Four ships set out from Navidad, each one carrying a dream team of navigators. The smallest ship, guided by seaman Lope Martín, a mulatto who had risen through the ranks to become one of the most qualified pilots of the era, soon pulled far ahead and became mysteriously lost from the fleet. It was the beginning of a voyage of epic scope, featuring mutiny, murderous encounters with Pacific islanders, astonishing physical hardships--and at last a triumphant return to the New World. But the pilot of the fleet's flagship, the Augustine friar mariner Andrés de Urdaneta, later caught up with Martín to achieve the vuelta as well. It was he who now basked in glory, while Lope Martín was secretly sentenced to be hanged by the Spanish crown as repayment for his services. Acclaimed historian Andrés Reséndez, through brilliant scholarship and riveting storytelling--including an astonishing outcome for the resilient Lope Martín--sets the record straight.
Download or read book Conquering Zelda written by Donald R. McCrary and published by Sudoku. This book was released on 1990 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete hints, tips, maps, and solutions to the Nintendo games "Legend of Zelda" and "Legend of Zelda II (Link)."
Download or read book The Conquest of a Continent or The Expansion of Races in America written by Madison Grant and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Conquering the Dark Continent written by James William Buel and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Into the Silence written by Wade Davis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times.
Download or read book Conquering Character written by Sarah Lebhar Hall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While recent Old Testament scholarship has seen a steady rise in the prominence of narrative approaches to the text, little such work has been done on the book of Joshua. This book offers a narrative treatment of the conquest accounts, with specific attention given to the characterization of Joshua. The method employed is eclectic, including poetic analysis, structural study, delimitation criticism, comparative literary analysis, and intertextual reading. Joshua's characterization has received inadequate scholarly attention to date, largely because he is seen as a pale character, a mere stereotype in the biblical history. This two-dimensional reading often leads to the conclusion that Joshua is meant to represent another character in the history. But this approach neglects the many aspects of Joshua's character that are unique, and does not address the text's presentation of his flaws. On the other hand, some scholars have recently suggested that Joshua's character is significantly flawed. This reading is similarly untenable, as those features of Joshua's leadership that it portrays as faulty are in fact condoned, not condemned, by the text itself. Close examination of the conquest narratives suggests that Joshua's character is both complex and reliable. To the degree that Joshua functions as a paradigm in the subsequent histories, this paradigm must be conceived more broadly than it has been in the past. He is not merely a royal, prophetic, or priestly figure, but exercises, and often exemplifies, the many different types of leadership that feature in the former prophets.
Download or read book The Fading Smile written by Mike Burke and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a national tragedy and a scientific breakthrough provoke a nation to abandon long held traditions, it is clear that something has departed from everyday life, but what exactly is missing? 'The Fading Smile' is a political thriller which explores an alternative future centred around the fear of terrorism, rampant consumerism and ideological suppression through the experiences of a journalist, a mother and an adrenalin junkie. What secrets do multinational corporations want to hide from an unsuspecting public? Why are hitmen trying to silence those who seek alternative perspectives on the world around and what does an art-loving spymaster have to do with the conspiracy he is seeking to expose? Three separate seekers after the truth set off on their own quests to find answers to what has taken place only to encounter sinister threats and an official conspiracy. In the midst of it all, stands an enigmatic young lady who appears to hold the key to discovering what has been lost, but who is she working for and what is behind an intriguing offer to make peace with old enemies?
Download or read book Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City written by K. J. Parker and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K. J. Parker's new novel is the remarkable tale of the siege of a walled city, and the even more remarkable man who had to defend it. A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all. To save the city will take a miracle, but what it has is Orhan. A colonel of engineers, Orhan has far more experience with bridge-building than battles, is a cheat and a liar, and has a serious problem with authority. He is, in other words, perfect for the job. Sixteen Ways To Defend a Walled City is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.
Download or read book Mountaineering Literature written by Jill Neate and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long established as a standard reference work worldwide, this is a thorough bibliography of all mountaineering books that are of practical use to climbers or for reading pleasure or historical interest. Documenting more than 2000 books of mountaineering literature, it also includes nearly 900 climber's guidebooks, a sampling of more than 400 works of mountaineering fiction, plus journals and bibliographies.
Download or read book How was it Done written by David Gould and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent chronicle of human progress, these pages chart great breakthroughs in art, science, and technology--and the small but significant triumphs over the challenges of everyday life. 1,500 color photos/illustrations.
Download or read book To Dare and to Conquer written by Derek Leebaert and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 2006 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the impact special operations forces have had on world history from ancient times to the present and describes the methods commandos use to carry out their missions.
Download or read book The Chateau written by Irene Taylor and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic tale of mystery and suspense set in Scotland and France. The Chateau has an innovative plot, feisty central character and an evocative style with a dramatic ending which demands the reader to beg for a sequel. The Sinclair family, torn apart by tragedy, are exposed to media speculation. Mother Veronique is plunged into manic depression and daughter Caterine seems incapable of committing to the prospects of a brilliant academic career. Son, David, takes control, restoring family harmony and happiness. Caterine graduates with an outstanding degree, developing a ruthless ambition to atone for the guilt she feels for that family tragedy. In her subsequent business career Caterine travels extensively achieving many accolades but, in her personal life, love affairs end in sadness and disappointment. During this time, Caterine’s sixth sense re-emerges to warn of danger, particularly regarding a close family friend whom she distrusts. Eventually, Caterine finds fulfillment in a loving marriage and happiness prevails. Suddenly as life prospers a mysterious danger confronts her but she fights to defend herself and finds a solution. This “solution” returns to haunt her, to threaten her marriage and her family, while the media wait in anticipation. The question: who can and cannot survive? In this dramatic tale of mystery and suspense set between Scotland and France, we find ourselves witnessing a titanic struggle between love and loyalty versus greed, jealousy and betrayal. The spellbinding conclusion excites the imagination of every reader.
