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 Bulletin of the Appalchian Mountain Club written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Silver Mountain Club written by Gregory Nicosia and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vince Brooks is an ambitious, aspiring student runner at West Rock High School. At the end of his freshman year, Vince has high hopes to capitalize on his first high school season. However, he has an uninspiring sophomore season, and fails to rebound in his junior cross-country season. Vince continuously tries to attain running success despite criticism from his peers and personal struggles. Over the winter, Vince's surreal dreams become a reality as he improves his fitness and reaches new levels. As Vince improves, he slowly learns to respect himself, and overcomes his past troubles. Together with his new friend Ed and the mysterious Jacques de Zomte, he discovers a map in a remote location leading to the famed Silver Mountain Treasure. Joining them is Ed's girlfriend Holly, and Courtney, a new student who encourages Vince to pursue his dreams. However, he soon realizes he is not alone in his quest for treasure; the future of his town and the treasure now rest in his unlikely hands.

Download or read book When the Alps Cast Their Spell written by Trevor Braham and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sport of mountaineering was pioneered 150 years ago by a diverse cross-section of Victorians, following in the footsteps of earlier local explorers who ventured into the upper regions of ice and snow in search of game and minerals. By the early years of the 19th century, a growing interest in the study of geological and glaciological phenomena attracted scientific interest in the origins of the Alps. It was only in the latter half of that century when, by the 1850s, interest in the largly unexplored Alpine peaks began to capture the public imagination, and a sharp increase developed in the numbers of those who tried to scale them. So intense was the level of exploration and achievement that the next decade was labelled the Alpine Golden Age. By the turn of the century the new sport had not only expanded vastly, but had begun to acquire a degree of respectability. The development of new skills and techniques resulted in greater accomplishments, whilst retaining the spirit and traditions of the pioneers. In this book the mountaineer and writer Trevor Braham illustrates aspects of the character and achievements of some of the early Victorian climbers, and their response to the unique attractions of mountaineering. These include Leslie Stephen (the father of Virginia Woolf), Alfred Wills, John Tyndall, Adolphus Warburton Moore, Edward Whymper (the first to conquer the Matterhorn), Albert Frederick Mummery and many more. Trevor Braham's comprehensive history on this period of Alpine mountaineering is essential to any mountaineer's bookshelf.

Download or read book Numerous Treasure written by Robert Keable and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Treasure Mountain Home written by George A. Thompson and published by Dream Garden Press. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Men Against the Clouds written by Richard Lloyd Burdsall and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Natural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Treasure of the World written by Tara Sullivan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl must find a way to help her family survive in a desolate and impoverished Bolivian silver mining community in this eye-opening tale of resilience. Twelve-year-old Ana wants nothing more than to escape the future set for her and her classmates in her small mining village. Boys her age are beginning to leave school to become silver miners and girls her age are destined to one day be the wives of miners. But when her often ill eleven-year-old brother is forced by their demanding father to start work in the mines, Ana gives up her dreams of school to volunteer in his place. The world of silver mining though is dark and dangerous and the men who work there don't want a girl in their way. Ana must find the courage to not only survive but save her family after the worst happens and a mining accident kills her father and leaves her brother missing.

Download or read book Treasure Trail written by Frederick Niven and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Alpine Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Summit written by George Band and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the author of the bestselling Everest, this work presents the history of mountaineering adventure, celebrating 150 Years of the Alpine Club. It takes us through the evolution of an Alpine tradition, how climbing developed between the wars, right through to post-war successes.

Download or read book The Treasure Trail written by Frederick Niven and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Treasure Trail" by Frederick Niven. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book The Alpine Enlightenment written by Kathleen Kete and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2024-11-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the experience of nature in the eighteenth century based on the life of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740!--StartFragment --–!--EndFragment --99). In The Alpine Enlightenment, historian Kathleen Kete takes us into the world of the Genevan geologist, physicist, inventor, and mountaineer Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. During his prodigious climbs into the upper ranges of the Alps, Saussure focused intensely on the natural phenomena he encountered—glaciers, crevasses, changes in the weather, and shifts in the color of the sky—and he described with great precision what he saw, heard, and touched. Kete uses Saussure’s evocative writings, which emphasized above all physical engagement with the earth, to uncover not just how people during the Enlightenment thought about nature, but how they experienced it. As Kete shows, Saussure thought with and through his body: he harnessed his senses to understand the forces that shaped the world around him. In so doing, he offered a vision of nature as worthy of respect independent of human needs, anticipating present-day concerns about the environment and our shared place within it.

Download or read book The American Museum Journal written by American Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Treasure State written by C.J. Box and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box's Treasure State finds Cassie Dewell in Montana on the trail of a con man. Private Investigator Cassie Dewell’s business is thriving, and her latest case puts her on the hunt for a slippery con man who’s disappeared somewhere in the “treasure state”. A wealthy Florida widow has accused him of absconding with her fortune, and wants Cassie to find him and get it back. The trail takes Cassie to Anaconda, Montana, a quirky former copper mining town that’s the perfect place to reinvent yourself. As the case develops, Cassie begins to wonder if her client is telling her everything. On top of that, Cassie is also working what's easily one of her strangest assignments ever. A poem that promises buried treasure to one lucky adventurer has led to a cutthroat competition and five deaths among treasure-hunters. But Cassie’s client doesn’t want the treasure. Instead, he claims to be the one who hid the gold and wrote the poem. And he’s hired Cassie to try to find him. Between the two cases, Cassie has her hands full. In Montana, a killer view can mean more than just the scenery, and Cassie knows much darker things hide behind the picturesque landscape of Big Sky Country. Treasure State, C. J. Box's highly anticipated follow-up to The Bitterroots, is full of more twists and turns than the switchbacks through the Anaconda Range.