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21) Two sherpas
Author
Publisher
Charco Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An Englishman has fallen from a ridge in Nepal. His guides kneel at the edge, exchanging the odd word, waiting for him to move. They must make a decision to descend. In those minutes, Two Sherpas expands dizzyingly to encompass Mount Everest's place in the imagination of imperialists, Nazis and others; ambition, exploration and exploitation; a mysterious encounter in a beach resort in a distant land; a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, and...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by a reputation he earned by killing three men under questionable circumstances, Antonio Burns finds himself scorned by good cops and admired by bad ones. Unable to shake the tag of "QuickDraw," Burns has stepped closer to the edge of society while still doing the job hes paid to do and loving a woman who doesnt understand him--and may not want him anymore. And with his charismatic but dangerously antisocial brother, Roberto,...
Author
Publisher
Timbuktu Labs, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Junko is bad at athletics. Really bad. Other students laugh because they think she is small and weak. Then her teacher takes the class on a trip to a mountain. It's bigger than any Junko's ever seen, but she is determined to make it to the top. Ganbatte, her teacher tells her. Do your best. After that first trip, Junko becomes a mountaineer in body and spirit. She climbs snowy mountains, rocky mountains, and even faraway mountains outside of her...
Author
Series
Choose your own adventure volume 1
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
By making a series of choices, the reader determines the outcome of the attempt by two mountain climbers to scale the Himalayas in order to photograph the mysterious and elusive abominable snowman.
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