books about: mountain     books:       Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster1464 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 1999 Pure Genius When I was very young, I believed my purpose in life was to climb Mount Everest. I was fascinated by the idea of hiking through the snow and eventually reaching the highest piece of land on earth. Walking to school, I would imagine myself climbing the mountain. Every road I crossed was a vast crevasse, thousands of feet deep. But, like most childhood dreams, I eventually grew out of it. So, ...             Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven)6 reviews Brandon Mull Shadow Mountain, 2008 This Dog can Hunt I read somewhere that Brandon Mull was the heir apparent to J.K. Rowling's dynasty. I'm now a believer. This kid is pretty good. I wonder what would have happened if Fablehaven had come out before Harry Potter.             Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven)35 reviews Brandon Mull Shadow Mountain, 2007 2nd In An Incredibly Exciting Children's Series! When Kendra realizes that the new boy in her class is really a monster, she and her brother are soon approached by a mysterious stranger that claims to know their grandfather and a way to get rid of the monster. When he asks the children's help for a dangerous mission, can they trust him? And back at Fablehaven, Seth and Kendra's grandparents have hired three individuals to hunt down an artifact ...             Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season5 reviews Nick Heil Henry Holt and Co., 2008 Excellent narrative; informative and compelling. I pre-ordered this book immediately after watching The Discovery Channel documentary: "Everest Beyond the Limit". It is an excellent companion to the documentary giving very insightful information on the tragedy of 1996. I really re-evaluated how I felt about Russell Brice and the sherpas through this book. It is always fascinating to read about this world on Everest that most of us cannot ...             Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain7 reviews Martha Sherrill Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 A rare treasure This book is a rare treasure. As a dog lover, an amateur student of Japanese history, and a resident of Japan, I found it irresistable. It provides great information about a relatively unknown place in Japan, even to Japanese folks. It also chronicles a period of time in Japanese history from an unusual vantage point. The book is an excellent book for dog lovers, but it's about much more than ...             Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs197 reviews Emerson Eggerichs Thomas Nelson, 2004 Great Book This is an awesome book for any married couple (or anyone in a relationship for that matter). It helps to understand the needs of your partner and why someone may be reacting the way they do. I would highly recommend this book to others.             Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)2595 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic, 1999 PCE Student Review My Favorite book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. This book is funny. My favorite characters are Harry Potter and Ron Weasly. Harry's funny and adventurous. He's fun and likes to try new things and has lots of courage. Ron is funny also, and likes to do almost what Harry does. Ron and Harry make the Harry Potter series joyful. The author's writing style is joyful ...             The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: For Road and Mountain Bikes(Expanded and ...50 reviews Todd Downs Rodale Books, 2005 Excellent bike service book I got this book about two years ago when I bought my first serious road bike. Whether you are serious biker or just have a few kids bikes in the garage, this is a truly excellent piece of work. Starting with the basics of bicycle maintenance, it proceeds to review every major (and minor) component of the bike (road and mountain), and then discuss them from a trouble shooting point of view, ...             The Biology Of Belief: Unleashing The Power Of Consciousness, Matter And Miracles200 reviews Bruce H. Lipton Mountain of Love, 2005 The Biology Of Belief This is an awesome read! Bruce Lipton eloquently describes the process of genetic information transfer and the profound effect that enviromental influences has on our wellbeing. This book links biology and spirituality in a manner that is logical and the pure beauty of that is enchanting to say the least! This book will change the way you see yourself, the world and the Universe.             Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World135 reviews Tracy Kidder Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 Fantastic Read! Mountains Beyond Mountains Book Review Tracy Kidder's excellence in writing is proven yet again, as he brings to life the history of one man who changed the lives of many people around the world. Read and used by Reader's Circle, a nation-wide book club, it proves its greatness as it describes the disturbing, yet motivational work that Paul Farmer accomplished while living in countries ...             Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains60 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 1997 Living Your Challenging Dreams People have always pushed to accomplish more. When one of my best friends took up mountain climbing well into his fifties after he back wasn't up to golf any more, I began to wonder what the sport was all about. Having remembered that Jon Krakauer is both a wonderful writer and an adventuresome climber, it seemed like I might learn the answers by reading this book. I was more than amply ...             High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed24 reviews Michael Kodas Hyperion, 2008 Mother Goddess--who are all these people? Base Camp on the North (Tibetan) side of Mt. Everest is situated on the vast flat moraine at the end of the Rongbuk Glacier. In our 1986 expedition, the British SAS camp lay a quarter-mile away. A half-mile across the valley was a California team. And that was it. There was a certain purity to the endeavor. As twilight fell, all the ghosts of Everest seemed to swirl around in the desolate ...             Prodigal Summer: A Novel433 reviews Barbara Kingsolver Harper Perennial, 2001 spring is the right time to read this book I just finished this book, and I learned so much. I am in the process of planting my garden, and will definitely do things differently because I read this book. It is a wonderful fictional read that sneaks in several valuable lessons about ecology and nature. I loved the characters and I wish they were my friends.             Yellowstone Treasures: The Traveler's Companion to the National Park13 reviews Janet Chapple Granite Peak Publications, 2005 Outstanding in depth reference We used this book in combination with a quick road guide (the National Geographic Road Guide) for a full-featured tour of Yellowstone National Park. This book is FULL of easy-to-read and detailed tidbits about every feature of the Park you'd want to know about. It includes things about geothermal features, wildlife, history, fires, hiking trails, and so much more! It was fun to come across ...             The Wednesday Letters69 reviews Jason F. Wright Shadow Mountain, 2007 A wonderful story The Wednesday Letters is a wonderful story of family life. I don't want to give away too many of the details but it is well worth the time to read it. One of my new favorite books.             Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West120 reviews Hampton Sides Anchor, 2007 well-researched and fascinating Being a local, I may be biased, but this was probably the best book I read last year. Hampton Sides, a Santa Fe author, has written an absorbing, detailed account of New Mexico history, on such subjects as the Santa Fe Trail, Kit Carson, New Mexico Civil War battles, and the Navajo Long Walk. His book is impeccably researched and reads like a novel.             The Wheel of Darkness (Special Agent Pendergast)143 reviews Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, 2007 A breath of fresh air (or smoke as the case may be). As a big fan of the authors and the Pendergast character, I was excited to see them take their story out of the confines of the museum for a change. The Diogenes trilogy was wearing thin, and "Book of the Dead", the third installment, was just average. Placing Pendergast on board an ocean liner in the company of his now multi-dimensional ward Constance Greene was a masterful shot in the arm. ...             The Candy Shop War14 reviews Brandon Mull Shadow Mountain, 2007 SFC 5 star review Brandon Mull, the author of Fablehaven, has done it again with his latest book, The Candy Shop Wars. Nate is the new kid in Colson, CA. He becomes a member of the Blue Falcons, a club his new friends: Summer, Trevor, and Pigeon started a few years ago. The idea of the club was to seek treasure, but they never found any. The four friends meet a grandmotherly lady named Mrs. White who runs the ...             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel539 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 I'm becoming an Atwood fan If you haven't read an Atwood book, I suggest you pick one up ASAP. Her books are amazingly well written. She tells the story in a way that keeps you wondering throughout and wanting to get to the end so you know everything. She tells you a little bit at a time, with only some of the details in the beginning so you have to wonder what happened in the world she's created. In this story, men ...             The Seven Storey Mountain92 reviews Thomas Merton Harvest Books, 1999 A Story of Providence Few writers of spiritual books ever reach the high literary mark that Thomas Merton sets in The Seven Storey Mountain. At its core, The Seven Storey Mountain is pure memoir. Merton accounts for his life up to the time of writing when he was about 30 years old. Within this account, he places insights on spirituality, and the account on the whole offers a grand lesson on God's providence and ...              search for books american, azkaban, bicycling, companion, complete, conquest, consciousness, controversial, darkness, desperately, disaster, expanded, fablehaven, handmaid, maintenance, miracles, mountain, mountains, national, pendergast, personal, prisoner, prodigal, traveler, treasures, uncommon, unleashing, ventures, wednesday, yellowstone books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen magazines: Aussie Backpacker Impressum - about us get your own tagboard