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100 Practically Perfect Places in the North Carolina Mountains
by Robert L. Williams

ISBN 1893330001 (1-893330-00-1)
Softcover, Southeastern Pub Llc

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Among the Mountains : Travels Through Asia
by Wilfred Thesiger

ISBN 0006551009 (0-00-655100-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

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Annapurna
by Maurice Herzog, Janet Adam Smith, Eric Shipton, Nea Morin

ISBN 1558215492 (1-55821-549-2)
Softcover, Lyons Pr

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Annapurna was the first 8000-meter mountain to be climbed. But Maurice Herzog's team paid a terrible price for their great feat. The story of their descent from the summit is one of the great narratives in all mountaineering literature. This is the most widely-read and influential mountaineering book ever published.
First published in 1952
New introduction by Charles Houston
Afterword by Maurice Herzog [via]
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  Hardcover, Adventure Library
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  Softcover, Lyons Pr
The Ascent of Everest
by John Hunt

ISBN 0898863619 (0-89886-361-9)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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Banner in the Sky
by James Ramsey Ullman

ISBN 0064470482 (0-06-447048-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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The Citadel
It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father.
At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky.
His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself. [via]
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Banner in the Sky
by Ramsey

ISBN 0671546295 (0-671-54629-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &

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Bilbo, Le Hobbit
by John R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 2253049417 (2-253-04941-7)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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Bilbo Sacquet, paisible et respectable petit hobbit aux pieds laineux, a invité le magicien Gandalf boire le thé, accompagné de treize nains barbus. Cette invitation se révèle être une folle imprudence. Prologue de la trilogie du«Seigneur des anneaux». [via]
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Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography
by Bradford Washburn, Antony Decaneas, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

ISBN 0898866898 (0-89886-689-8)
Hardcover, Mountaineers Books

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A collection of stunning black-and-white images from premier mountain photographer Bradford Washburn. [via]
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Canadian Rockies Trail Guide: A Hiker's Guide to Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Waterton Lakes, Mount Assiniboine & Mount Robison
by Bart Robinson, Brian Patton

ISBN 0919934234 (0-919934-23-4)
Softcover, Alpenbooks

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Clear Waters Rising: A Mountain Walk across Europe
by Nicholas Crane

ISBN 0140243321 (0-14-024332-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Books

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Alone - though he was just married - and on foot, the author embarked on an extraordinary adventure: a seventeen-month journey along the chain of mountains which stretches across Europe from Cape Finisterre to Istanbul. His aim was to explore Europe's last mountain wilderness and to meet the people who live on the periphery of the modern world. [via]
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The Climb
by Anatoli Boukreev, Weston Dewalt, G. Weston Dewalt

ISBN 0312206372 (0-312-20637-2)
Softcover, Griffin

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The Climb is Russian mountaineer Anatoli Boukreev's account of the harrowing May 1996 Mount Everest attempt, a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of eight people. The book is also Boukreev's rebuttal to accusations from fellow climber and author Jon Krakauer, who, in his bestselling memoir, Into Thin Air, suggests that Boukreev forfeited the safety of his clients to achieve his own climbing goals. Investigative writer and Climb coauthor G. Weston DeWalt uses taped statements from the surviving climbers and translated interviews from Boukreev to piece together the events and prove to the reader that Boukreev's role was heroic, not opportunistic. Boukreev refers to the actions of expedition leader Scott Fischer throughout the ascent, implying that factors other than the fierce snowstorm may have caused this disaster. This new account sparks debate among both mountaineers and those who have followed the story through the media and Krakauer's book. Readers can decide for themselves whether Boukreev presents a laudable defense or merely assuages his own bruised ego. [via]
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Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier

ISBN 1405835672 (1-4058-3567-2)
Softcover, Pearson Education, Limited

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Winner of the 1997 National Book Award

A New York Times and Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year

Charles Frazier has created a masterpiece that is at once an enthralling adventure, a stirring love story, and a luminous evocation of a vanished land, a place where savagery coexists with splendour and human beings contend with the inhuman solitude of the wilderness. Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned in the fighting at Petersburg, Inman, a Confederate soldier, decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains and to Ada, the woman he loved there years before. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. At the same time, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away.As it interweaves their stories, Cold Mountain asserts itself as an authentic odyssey, hugely powerful, majestically lovely, and keenly moving. [via]
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Colorado's Fourteeners: Companion Map Package
by Gerry Roach

ISBN 1555914314 (1-55591-431-4)
Softcover, Fulcrum Pub

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Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
by Gerry Roach

ISBN 1555914128 (1-55591-412-8)
Softcover, Fulcrum Pub

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Desolation Angels
by John Kerouac

ISBN 1573225053 (1-57322-505-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books

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With the publication of On the Road in 1957, Jack Kerouac became at once the spokesman and hero of the Beat Generation. Along with such visionaries as William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Allen Ginsberg, Kerouac changed the face of American literature, igniting a counterculture revolution that even now, decades later, burns brighter than ever in Desolation Angels.

In one of the major cinematic events of 2012, Jack Kerouac's legendary Beat classic, On the Road, finally hits the big screen. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries; Paris, Je T'Aime) and with a cast of some of Hollywood's biggest young stars, including Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga), Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams (Julie & Julia, The Fighter), Tom Sturridge, and Viggo Mortensen (the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Road), the film will attract new fans who will be inspired by Kerouac's revolutionary writing.
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Dharma Bums
by Jack Kerouac

ISBN 0140042520 (0-14-004252-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac. This book is a must-read for any serious Kerouac fan. [via]
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Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies
by Kathy Copeland, Craig Copeland

ISBN 0968941974 (0-9689419-7-4)
Softcover, Wilderness Pr

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El Hobbit / the Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 1594130051 (1-59413-005-1)
Softcover, Large Print Pr

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Smaug parecia profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espio una vez mas desde la entrada. Pero fingia estar dormido! Â¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del tunel!... Sacado de su comodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiracion que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnifico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragon...Todos los que aman esos libros para ninos que pueden ser leidos y releidos por adultos han de tomar buena cuenta de que una nueva estrella ha aparecido en esa constelacion. [via]
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Everest: The West Ridge
by Thomas F. Hornbein

ISBN 0898866162 (0-89886-616-2)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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- Everest, the West Ridge: ISBN 0916890902 (0-916890-90-2)
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- Everest: The West Ridge: ISBN 0898866162 (0-89886-616-2)
  Softcover, Mountaineers Books
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine
by William E. Nothdurft, Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson

ISBN 0898868505 (0-89886-850-5)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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For three quarters of a century, adventure enthusiasts around the globe have speculated about the fate of British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Did they reach the peak of Mount Everest before disappearing on June 6, 1924? How did they die? What was their fatal mistake? In 1999, the Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition set out to answer these questions by retracing the steps of the doomed climbers, and in The Ghosts of Everest, they share their findings. William Nothdurft has gracefully woven the testimonies of expedition members Jochen Hemmleb, Eric Simonson, and Larry Johnson, all the while counterpointing the modern ascent with a captivating reconstruction of what befell the earlier one. There are also stunning photographs, which manage to be inspiring and beautiful and gruesome--occasionally all at once. And while it's impossible to establish exactly what happened to Mallory and Irvine, this account is persuasive enough to fascinate rock climbers and couch potatoes alike. --Melissa Asher [via]
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Heidi
by Johanna Spyri

ISBN 1853261254 (1-85326-125-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc

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What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather? The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century, both on the page and on the screen. Johanna Spyris beloved story offers youngsters an endearing and intelligent heroine, a cast of unique and memorable characters, and a fascinatingportrait of a small Alpine village.
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Heidi
by Dalmatian Press Staff, Johanna Spyri

ISBN 1577595467 (1-57759-546-7)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press

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Orphaned at an early age and taken in by her young aunt Dete, Heidi--short for Adelheid--is soon in the way. Dete has a new and better job where Heidi is not welcome, so the child must live with her curmudgeon of a grandfather high on the Alm Mountain in the Swiss Alps.
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The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN 1560600543 (1-56060-054-3)
Softcover, Eclipse Books

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In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mt. McKinley
by Jonathan Waterman

ISBN 1558217266 (1-55821-726-6)
Softcover, Lyons Pr

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For fans of Into Thin Air, a gripping narrative.
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Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer

ISBN 1402809654 (1-4028-0965-4)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble

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Into Thin Air is a riveting first-hand account of a catastrophic expedition up Mount Everest. In March 1996, Outside magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by celebrated Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of summit day eight people were dead. Krakauer's book is at once the story of the ill-fated adventure and an analysis of the factors leading up to its tragic end. Written within months of the events it chronicles, Into Thin Air clearly evokes the majestic Everest landscape. As the journey up the mountain progresses, Krakauer puts it in context by recalling the triumphs and perils of other Everest trips throughout history. The author's own anguish over what happened on the mountain is palpable as he leads readers to ponder timeless questions. [via]
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The Last Hundred: Munros, Beards and a Dog
by Hamish M. Brown

ISBN 1851586075 (1-85158-607-5)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square

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Having completed several rounds of the Munrosin summer and winter, alone, with his dogs or school partiesHamish Brown has an unrivalled knowledge of the Scottish hills. In this collection of lively reminiscences, he shares some of his experiences, including a Christmas in Torridon, Easter on Mull, and Midsummer day on A'Mhaigdean above Loch Maree.
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
by Mountaineers (Society), Steven M. Cox, Kris Fulsaas

ISBN 0898868289 (0-89886-828-9)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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This updated edition of the mountaineering classic is an essential reference for novices and experts alike. Chapters are devoted to in-depth discussions of outdoors fundamentals; climbing techniques for rock, snow, and ice; safety procedures and emergency response; geology and weather; and appendices for climb ratings and supplementary reading, among other topics. Detailed sections on navigation, ropes, knots, and protection include drawings, diagrams, and maps. Enjoy the freedom of the hills to the fullest with this thorough guide. [via]
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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
by Don Graydon

ISBN 0898863090 (0-89886-309-0)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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This updated edition of the mountaineering classic is an essential reference for novices and experts alike. Chapters are devoted to in-depth discussions of outdoors fundamentals; climbing techniques for rock, snow, and ice; safety procedures and emergency response; geology and weather; and appendices for climb ratings and supplementary reading, among other topics. Detailed sections on navigation, ropes, knots, and protection include drawings, diagrams, and maps. Enjoy the freedom of the hills to the fullest with this thorough guide. [via]
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Mountains and Rivers Without End
by Gary Snyder

ISBN 1887178570 (1-887178-57-0)
Softcover, Counterpoint

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The Mountains of California
by John Muir, Bill McKibben

ISBN 0375758194 (0-375-75819-4)
Softcover, Modern Library

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John Muirs ebullient spirit and love of nature infuse these accounts of visiting Yosemite Valley, Kings Canyon, sequoia groves, and Mount Whitney. Blending keen observations of flora, geography, and geology, the natural forces that shape the landscape, and the changing seasons, Muir paints a timeless portrait of the wilderness he called the Range of Light, the most divinely beautiful of all the mountain chains I have ever seen. Also included are visits to two famous Cascades peaks, Mount Shasta and Mount St. Helens
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The Mountains of California
by Edward Hoagland, John Muir

ISBN 0140170200 (0-14-017020-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA

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Poets on the Peaks
by John Suiter

ISBN 1582432945 (1-58243-294-5)
Softcover, Counterpoint

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A beautifully illustrated account of Beat icons Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen and the years in the Cascades that shaped their lives and work. . [via]
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Poets on the Peaks: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalem & Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades
by John Suiter

ISBN 1582431485 (1-58243-148-5)
Hardcover, Counterpoint

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Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale

ISBN 1599900734 (1-59990-073-4)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA

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Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of the village. The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess.

Miri soon finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires to be chosen and win the heart of her childhood best friend. But when bandits seek out the academy to kidnap the future princess, Miri must rally the girls together and use a power unique to the mountain dwellers to save herself and her classmates.
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A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
by Eric Newby

ISBN 0140095756 (0-14-009575-6)
Softcover, Viking Pr

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For more than a decade following the end of World War II, Eric Newby toiled away in the British fashion industry, peddling some of the ugliest clothes on the planet. (Regarding one wafer-thin model in her runway best, he was reminded of "those flagpoles they put up in the Mall when the Queen comes home.") Fortunately, Newby reached the end his haute-couture tether in 1956. At that point, with the sort of sublime impulsiveness that's forbidden to fictional characters but endemic to real ones, he decided to visit a remote corner of Afghanistan, where no Englishman had planted his brogans for at least 50 years. What's more, he recorded his adventure in a classic narrative, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush. The title, of course, is a fine example of Newby's habitual self-effacement, since his journey--which included a near-ascent of the 19,800-foot Mir Samir--was anything but short. And his book seems to furnish a missing link between the great Britannic wanderers of the Victorian era and such contemporary jungle nuts as Redmond O'Hanlon.
At times it also brings to mind Evelyn Waugh, who contributed the preface. Newby is a less acidulous writer, to be sure, and he has little interest in launching the sort of heat-seeking satiric missiles that were Waugh's specialty. Still, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is a hilarious read. The author excels at the dispiriting snapshot, capturing, say, the Afghan backwater of Fariman in two crisp sentences: "A whole gale of wind was blowing, tearing up the surface of the main street. Except for two policemen holding hands and a dog whose hind legs were paralysed it was deserted." His capsule history of Nuristan also gets in some sly digs at Britain's special relationship with the violence-prone Abdur Rahman:
Officially his subsidy had just been increased from 12,000 to 16,000 lakhs of rupees. To the British he had fully justified their selection of him as Amir of Afghanistan and, apart from the few foibles remarked by Lord Curzon, like flaying people alive who displeased him, blowing them from the mouths of cannon, or standing them up to the neck in pools of water on the summits of high mountains and letting them freeze solid, he had done nothing to which exception could be taken.
Newby also surpasses Waugh--and indeed, most other travel writers--in another important respect: he's miraculously free of solipsism. Even the keenest literary voyagers tend to be, in the purest sense of the term, self-centered. But A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush includes wonderfully oblique portraits of the author's travel companion, Hugh Carless, and his wife, Wanda (who plays a starring role in such subsequent chronicles as Slowly down the Ganges). There are also dozens of brilliant cameo parts, and an indelible record of a stunning landscape. The roof of the world is, in Newby's rendering, both an absolute heaven and a low-oxygen hell. Yet the author never pretends to pit himself against a malicious Nature--his mountains are, in Frost's memorable phrase, too lofty and original to rage. Which is yet another reason to call this little masterpiece a peak performance. --James Marcus [via]
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The Snow Leopard
by Peter Matthiessen

ISBN 0140255087 (0-14-025508-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo, "the last enclave of pure Tibetan culture on earth." Their voyage was in quest of one of the world's most elusive big cats, the snow leopard of high Asia, a creature so rarely spotted as to be nearly mythical; Schaller was one of only two Westerners known to have seen a snow leopard in the wild since 1950.
Published in 1978, The Snow Leopard is rightly regarded as a classic of modern nature writing. Guiding his readers through steep-walled canyons and over tall mountains, Matthiessen offers a narrative that is shot through with metaphor and mysticism, and his arduous search for the snow leopard becomes a vehicle for reflections on all manner of matters of life and death. In the process, The Snow Leopard evolves from an already exquisite book of natural history and travel into a grand, Buddhist-tinged parable of our search for meaning. By the end of their expedition, having seen wolves, foxes, rare mountain sheep, and other denizens of the Himalayas, and having seen many signs of the snow leopard but not the cat itself, Schaller muses, "We've seen so much, maybe it's better if there are some things that we don't see."
That sentiment, as well as the sense of wonder at the world's beauty that pervades Matthiessen's book, ought to inform any journey into the wild. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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This Game of Ghosts
by Joe Simpson

ISBN 0898864607 (0-89886-460-7)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books

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Tomi Ungerer's "Heidi": The Classic Novel
by Tomi Ungerer, Johanna Spyri

ISBN 1570981620 (1-57098-162-0)
Hardcover, Rinehart Publishers, Roberts

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The dramatic story of Heidi has enthralled generations of children. Tom Ungerer's Heidi evokes all the charm and imaginative power of the original--here in its complete text. 150 illustrations, 30 in full-color. [via]
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Touching My Father's Soul
by Broughton Coburn, Jamling T. Norgay

ISBN 0062516876 (0-06-251687-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins

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Touching My Father's Soul
by Jamling T. Norgay

ISBN 0062516884 (0-06-251688-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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In a spectacular and mesmerizing narrative, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, the climbing leader for the IMAX film expedition on Mount Everest, details the ill-fated 1996 summer climbing season (made famous by Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air) and deftly weaves in the history, politics, triumphs, and tragedies of climbing the world's tallest mountain. Norgay knows Everest, and Touching My Father's Soul is a must-read for anyone contemplating a summit attempt, even if exclusively from the comfort of a favorite armchair.
Just because technological and meteorological advances have benefited later expeditions, newer isn't necessarily better; much wisdom can be gained from studying the mistakes and encounters of previous attempts. Anecdotes and gripping prose shine throughout, like this gem: "That night--and then the following night--we lay in our tents listening to the malevolent roar of wind high on the mountain. The train was still running, the 747 endlessly trying to take off." As a Sherpa and practicing Buddhist, Norgay flavors the book with his culture and its climbing rituals and carefully dissects the differences between the local, deep respect for their mountain--Chomolungma--and the nonnative brashness that has often led to disaster.
Norgay is intent on the accomplishments and experiences of his legendary father, Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who first reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953, and commendably shares his most private and human thoughts while retracing his father's greatest path. As Touching My Father's Soul acknowledges, however, no one conquers Everest. You sneak up on it, then get down as quick as you can. --Michael Ferch [via]
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A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson

ISBN 0767902521 (0-7679-0252-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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Your initial reaction to Bill Bryson's reading of A Walk in the Woods may well be "Egads! What a bore!" But by sentence three or four, his clearly articulated, slightly adenoidal, British/American-accented speech pattern begins to grow on you and becomes quite engaging. You immediately get a hint of the humor that lies ahead, such as one of the innumerable reasons he longed to walk as many of the 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail as he could. "It would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth" is delivered with glorious deadpan flair. By the time our storyteller recounts his trip to the Dartmouth Co-op, suffering serious sticker shock over equipment prices, you'll be hooked.
When Bryson speaks for the many Americans he encounters along the way--in various shops, restaurants, airports, and along the trail--he launches into his American accent, which is whiny and full of hard r's. And his southern intonations are a hoot. He's even got a special voice used exclusively when speaking for his somewhat surprising trail partner, Katz. In the 25 years since their school days together, Katz has put on quite a bit of weight. In fact, "he brought to mind Orson Welles after a very bad night. He was limping a little and breathing harder than one ought to after a walk of 20 yards." Katz often speaks in monosyllables, and Bryson brings his limited vocabulary humorously to life. One of Katz's more memorable utterings is "flung," as in flung most of his provisions over the cliff because they were too heavy to carry any farther.
The author has thoroughly researched the history and the making of the Appalachian Trail. Bryson describes the destruction of many parts of the forest and warns of the continuing perils (both natural and man-made) the Trail faces. He speaks of the natural beauty and splendor as he and Katz pass through, and he recalls clearly the serious dangers the two face during their time together on the trail. So, A Walk in the Woods is not simply an out-of-shape, middle-aged man's desire to prove that he can still accomplish a major physical task; it's also a plea for the conservation of America's last wilderness. Bryson's telling is a knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud funny trek through the woods, with a touch of science and history thrown in for good measure. (Running time: 360 minutes, four cassettes) --Colleen Preston [via]
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A Walk in the Woods : Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson

ISBN 0307279464 (0-307-27946-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books

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Your initial reaction to Bill Bryson's reading of A Walk in the Woods may well be "Egads! What a bore!" But by sentence three or four, his clearly articulated, slightly adenoidal, British/American-accented speech pattern begins to grow on you and becomes quite engaging. You immediately get a hint of the humor that lies ahead, such as one of the innumerable reasons he longed to walk as many of the 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail as he could. "It would get me fit after years of waddlesome sloth" is delivered with glorious deadpan flair. By the time our storyteller recounts his trip to the Dartmouth Co-op, suffering serious sticker shock over equipment prices, you'll be hooked.
When Bryson speaks for the many Americans he encounters along the way--in various shops, restaurants, airports, and along the trail--he launches into his American accent, which is whiny and full of hard r's. And his southern intonations are a hoot. He's even got a special voice used exclusively when speaking for his somewhat surprising trail partner, Katz. In the 25 years since their school days together, Katz has put on quite a bit of weight. In fact, "he brought to mind Orson Welles after a very bad night. He was limping a little and breathing harder than one ought to after a walk of 20 yards." Katz often speaks in monosyllables, and Bryson brings his limited vocabulary humorously to life. One of Katz's more memorable utterings is "flung," as in flung most of his provisions over the cliff because they were too heavy to carry any farther.
The author has thoroughly researched the history and the making of the Appalachian Trail. Bryson describes the destruction of many parts of the forest and warns of the continuing perils (both natural and man-made) the Trail faces. He speaks of the natural beauty and splendor as he and Katz pass through, and he recalls clearly the serious dangers the two face during their time together on the trail. So, A Walk in the Woods is not simply an out-of-shape, middle-aged man's desire to prove that he can still accomplish a major physical task; it's also a plea for the conservation of America's last wilderness. Bryson's telling is a knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud funny trek through the woods, with a touch of science and history thrown in for good measure. (Running time: 360 minutes, four cassettes) --Colleen Preston [via]
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When I Was Young in the Mountains
by Cynthia Rylant

ISBN 0140548750 (0-14-054875-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tender illustrations by Diane Goode. The book was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal.

To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, When I Was Young in the Mountains is being released with a commemorative copper-colored band.

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El Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon, Sean Deming, Lorenzo Diaz, Dixon & Wenzel

ISBN 1594970718 (1-59497-071-8)
Hardcover, Public Square Books

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DESCRIPTION: Nota: En los titulos y nombres de autores, los marcos ortograficos han sido omitidos para facilitar las busquedas de Internet.
Description del libro en espanol: El dia en que Bilbo Bolson recibe la visita inesperada del mago Gandalf y de un grupo de enanos, su placida existencia de hobbit cambia radicalmente. Elfos, dragones y un anillo magico se cruzaran en la aventura mas fantastica de toda su vida. . .Charles Dixon y David Wenzel adaptan al comic preludio de El Senor de los Anillos, la obra maestro de J.R.R. Tolkien.
Book Description in English: First published in the United States more than sixty years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right...
The enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all of Middle-earth. [via]
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El Hobbit / the Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien, Manuel Figueroa

ISBN 8445071416 (84-450-7141-6)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp

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Smaug parecia profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espio una vez mas desde la entrada. Pero fingia estar dormido! Â¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del tunel!... Sacado de su comodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiracion que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnifico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragon...Todos los que aman esos libros para ninos que pueden ser leidos y releidos por adultos han de tomar buena cuenta de que una nueva estrella ha aparecido en esa constelacion. [via]
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ISBN 8445070371 (84-450-7037-1)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp

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Smaug parecia profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espio una vez mas desde la entrada. Pero fingia estar dormido! Â¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del tunel!... Sacado de su comodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiracion que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnifico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragon...Todos los que aman esos libros para ninos que pueden ser leidos y releidos por adultos han de tomar buena cuenta de que una nueva estrella ha aparecido en esa constelacion. [via]
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O Hobbit/ The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien, Moises Rodriguez Barcia

ISBN 8483024950 (84-8302-495-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

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Bilbo, Le Hobbit
by John R. R. Tolkien

ISBN 2010199073 (2-01-019907-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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