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Physical description; xii, 290 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. Subjects; Mountaineering. Mountaineers - Great Britain - Biography. Eiger (Switzerland). Travel writing ; Climbing & mountaineering ; Biography & autobiography.

I had to stand there and watch while the rest of my life was determined by the shaky adhesion of a few millimetres of fractured ice and the dubious friction of a tiny point of metal in a hairline crack in a rock wall... Marking the climax of his climbing career, Joe Simpson confronts his fears and mountaineering history in an assault on the North Face of the Eiger. Since his epic battle for survival in the Andes, recounted in Touching the Void, Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. He has endured the painful attrition of climbing friends in accidents which call into question the perilously exhilarating activity to which he has devoted his whole life. Probability is inexorably closing in. The tragic loss of a close friend forces a momentous decision. It is time to turn his back on the mountains that he has loved. Never more alive than when most at risk, he has come to see a last climb on the mile-high North Face of the Eiger as the cathartic finale to his climbing career.In a narrative that takes the reader through extreme experiences from an avalanche in Bolivia, ice-climbing in the Alps and Colorado and paragliding in Spain -- before his final confrontation with the Eiger -- Simpson reveals the inner truth of climbing, exploring the power of the mind and the frailties of the body through intensely lived accounts of exhilaration and despair. The subject of his new book is the siren song of fear and his struggle to come to terms with it.

That Ted Nierenberg has mastered both the arts of landscaping and of making pictures is gloriously evident in The Beckoning Path: Lessons of a Lifelong Garden. On the land the Algonquin Indians called Cobamong, or "beautiful, hidden valley," Nierenberg has created a singular masterpiece of forest gardening, artfully reinterpreted here in eloquent photography. In a special chapter offering ten lessons on garden design, Mark Kane, former executive editor of Fine Gardening magazine, combines his knowledge with Nierenberg's hands-on experience to present gardeners with a wealth of practical information.When Nierenberg first purchased the land in Armonk, New York, time and abuse had reduced it to fifteen brambled acres, so overgrown that the new owner had to hack his way to the pond at the property's center. Still, he sensed what the land had been and what it could again become and took upon himself the labor of reclaiming it.That was thirty-six years ago. Since then, Ted Nierenberg has realized his dream of transforming Cobamong into a paradigm of natural landscaping. Almost imperceptibly, nature and culture have been synthesized by the application of formal planning to the dense woods and dramatic ledges of this landscape; a forest of rare perfection has come into being, offering the intimacy and arm's-length closeness of a garden.Over the decades in which Nierenberg worked on his Cobamong garden, he was pursuing a parallel passion - photography. From winter, when a snowy opalescence shimmers from boulders and ice crackles on the pond, through the coming of spring, as fern spores eddy on the water's surface in a dance of abstract grace, to summer's riotous lushness and the brazen glory of autumn, Nierenberg captures every nuance of the moods and seasons of his landscape. In color photographs that reveal the subtlest detail as well as the most elegant vista, he displays the same sensitivity and respect that have shaped his masterwork in progress.

The distinguished American poet limns the importance and human immediacy of black deaths, endeavors, desires, goals and perceptions in twelve freeverse lyrics

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Excerpt from Beckonings for Every Day: A Calendar of ThoughtAiming, as its title suggests, to give some of the most awakening and inspiring words of the great and good in all ages, there are naturally many familiar passages; not a few, perhaps, which have appeared in other compilations; yet it is believed that the amount of fresh material hitherto unappropriated in this way is unusually large.The effort has been to enter into the spirit of modern thought and aspiration, and also to show how the best expressions of the best minds of ear lier and later times harmonize in the truth. Poet and philosopher and Christian thinker, speaking from their deepest insight, strike the same key note, and meet in one concord of eternal verities.And it is wonderful to see and to feel how all high thought converges, as the ray to the centre, in the highest Christian thought that of the Divine Humanity, the Presence of the Son of God in the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Beckoning Door concerns Cathy Kingman, quiet enough to meet, but deep in revolt against circumstances which kept her in the little Midwest town of Long Meadow. Her resentment extended to her cousin Sylvia who, having inherited the estate that Cathy wanted, returned to Long Meadow and callously broke up Cathy's romance. Then Sylvia hinted that she could open the door to the outside world, and Cathy thought the moment of escape had come. But-a fortuneteller prophesied that Sylvia would not live long, and the prophecy came violently true. The town, knowing the jealously that existed between the cousins, jumped to a quick and easy accusation. Cathy knew that to prove her innocence, even to those who loved her best, she must find the murderer. Suddenly, terrifyingly, Cathy realized that she herself was the hunted. It was just a question of time and wits whether she would find the murderer or be the next victim!

An autobiographical journey that bacomes a quest for spiritual fulfillment.

An autobiographical journey that bacomes a quest for spiritual fulfillment.

In this extraordinary biography, Roosevelt's life is set against the backround and events of almost half a century to show how the man and his career were shaped by the world in which he lived.

From Lenora Mattingly Weber's Beany Malone series: Beany and the Beckoning Road!

Albert Campion investigates the connection between the murder of an unpopular tax-collector and the apparently peaceful death of the town's beloved eccentric

From Lenora Mattingly Weber's Beany Malone series: Beany and the Beckoning Road!

This story reveals the remarkable life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, or "Beckoning," who was kidnapped from his Yavapai tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted by an Italian photographer in 1871 and renamed Carlos Montezuma, the young boy traveled throughout the Old West, bearing witness to the prejudice against and poor treatment of Native Americans. Carlos eventually became a doctor and leader for his people, calling out for their rights. Gina Capaldi's exquisite paintings bring to life excerpts from Dr. Carlos Montezuma's own letters describing his childhood experiences. The culminating portrait provides an inventive look back into history through the eyes of a Native American hero.

The Japanese legend of Maneki Neko, the beckoning cat, who is a symbol of good luck and good fortune in many Asian countries.

New/unworn/unmarked/unread in factory shrink-wrap. Beautiful hardcover document of the important museum show of these cat figures.

115. Glossy pages are unmarked with colorful photos throughout. Boards are vibrant and clean with lightly bumped upper corners. Firmly bound with secure hinges.

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