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Author | : Mary Daheim |
Publisher | : Fawcett |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2005-03-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345447921 |
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As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim creates wonderful mysteries peopled with marvelous characters as quirky as they are endearing. The Seattle Times says Daheim is “one of the brightest stars in our city’s literary constellation”—and the popularity of her irresistible Pacific Northwest crime series has swept across the nation. For a small town newspaper like The Alpine Advocate, a new play at the local community college is big news. Editor and publisher Emma Lord is duty-bound to attend opening night, but expects the amateur enterprise will serve only as a cure for insomnia. The play is dubbed “a black comedy,” but the only laughs Emma gets are from the bad acting and the wretched script. And while the turgid production makes Wagner’s Ring cycle seem like a vignette, the real drama begins just before the final curtain. Hans Berenger, dean of students, wasn’t well known or well liked around Alpine, but the audience found his death scene genuinely convincing—until they realized he wasn’t acting. No one can say how or when the blanks in the prop gun were replaced with the real bullets that killed Berenger, but the list of suspects reads like a playbill of the cast and crew. They all had opportunity, access, and their own axes to grind with the thespically challenged dean. Seeking the assistance of Vida Runkel, the Advocate’s redoubtable House and Home editor, Emma Lord vows to unravel a mystery that spirals out into unexpected places. As Emma sets the stage for the most likely suspect, she finds herself in a two-character scene whose next cue could make the resolute editor take a final—and permanent—bow.
Author | : Richard Wake |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Suspense fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Make-believe was the main Austrian occupation after the war. Pretend that you didn't show up to cheer them on the side of the road when they came in 1983. Pretend that you didn't laugh when they had the Jews on their hands and knees, scrubbing anti-NaZi graffiti off the streets with toothbrushes.
Author | : Mary Daheim |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Actors |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Caroline Schaumann |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2020-07-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300231946 |
Download Peak Pursuits Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An interdisciplinary cultural history of exploration and mountaineering in the nineteenth century European forays to mountain summits began in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of "conquering" alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavors as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This book examines how written and artistic depictions of nineteenth-century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.
Author | : Nick Kelso |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2008-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781847993984 |
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Nick Kelso's fascinating account of his 25 year long pursuit of the Alpine 4000m challenge.There are 82 mountains in the European Alps that rise above 4000m and climbing them is a lifelong persuit and challenge for many people today. This is the account of one such quest.
Author | : Jennifer Pharr Davis |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2018-04-10 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 073522191X |
Download The Pursuit of Endurance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year Jennifer Pharr Davis unlocks the secret to maximizing perseverance--on and off the trail Jennifer Pharr Davis, a record holder of the FKT (fastest known time) on the Appalachian Trail, reveals the secrets and habits behind endurance as she chronicles her incredible accomplishments in the world of endurance hiking, backpacking, and trail running. With a storyteller's ear for fascinating detail and description, Davis takes readers along as she trains and sets her record, analyzing and trail-testing the theories and methodologies espoused by her star-studded roster of mentors. She distills complex rituals and histories into easy-to-understand tips and action items that will help you take perseverance to the next level. The Pursuit of Endurance empowers readers to unlock phenomenal endurance and leverage newfound grit to achieve personal bests in everything from sports and family to the boardroom.
Author | : Paul-Jacques Bonzon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Alpine regions |
ISBN | : |
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A French boy challenges an unknown enemy in the rugged Alpine border country to establish the innocence of a young Italian accused of theft. Grades 5-7.
Author | : Stephen O'Shea |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0393634191 |
Download The Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“An entertaining, turbocharged race among the high mountain passes of six alpine countries.” —Liesl Schillinger, New York Times Book Review For centuries the Alps have been witness to the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers, and the dreams of engineers. In The Alps, Stephen O’Shea ("a graceful and passionate writer"—Washington Post) takes readers up and down these majestic mountains. Journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia, he explores the reality behind historic events and reveals how the Alps have profoundly influenced culture and society.
Author | : Mark Twight |
Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1999-08-31 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1594853835 |
Download Extreme Alpinism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
* The book that launched a renaissance in climbing technique and remains relevant today * Techniques and mental skills needed to climb at a more challenging level * Illustrated with full-color photos throughout Big, high routes at the edge of a climber's ability are not the places for inventing technique or relying on old habits. Complacency can lead to fatal errors. So where does the hard-core aspirant or dreamer turn? The only master class in print, Extreme Alpinism delivers an expert dose of reality and practical techniques for advanced climbers. Focusing on how top alpine climbers approach the world's most difficult routes, Twight centers his instruction on the ethos of climbing the hardest routes with the least amount of gear and the most speed. Throughout, Twight makes it clear that the two things he refuses to compromise are safety and his climbing ethics. In addition to the extensive chapters on advanced techniques and skills, Twight also discusses mental preparedness and attitude; strength and cardiovascular training; good nutrition; and tips on equipment and clothing.
Author | : Steve House |
Publisher | : Patagonia |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2013-10-06 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1938340051 |
Download Beyond the Mountain Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty. In 2005 Steve and alpinist Vince Anderson pioneered a direct new route on the Rupal Face of 26,600-foot Nanga Parbat, which had never before been climbed in alpine style. It was the third ascent of the face and the achievement earned Steveand Vince the first Piolet d"or (Golden Ice Axe) awarded to North Americans. Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it