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1	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster more books like this by Jon Krakauer add to wishlist In 1996, on a magazine assignment, Krakauer joined an expedition up Mount Everest led by the New Zealand climber Rob Hall. He arrived at the summit just before a blizzard struck in which Hall and nine other climbers were killed. This book is Krakauer's first-person account of the tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Annapurna more books like this by Maurice Herzog add to wishlist This work presents the enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records of mountaineering, in tales of human endeavour, there is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Contest more books like this by Gordon Korman add to wishlist Who will be the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest? it'sthe ultimate test of endurance and skill. The mountain has claimed the lives of many adults. Now kids are going to compete to break the record. Some are not ready for what they will face. And some will stop at nothing to get to the top. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest more books like this by Anatoli Boukreev, G Weston Dewalt add to wishlist Boukreev was the mountain guide for the Mt. Everest tragedy made famous in Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air." Here, he retells the events from his point of view and defends himself against damning allegations in Krakauer's book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Kid Who Climbed Everest: The Incredible Story of a 23-Year-Old's Summit of Mt. Everest more books like this by Bear Grylls add to wishlist Author featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show See the author's interview with Oprah: http: //www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200701/tows_past_20070131.jhtml THE KID WHO CLIMBED EVEREST is a tale of courage and determination. Bear's quest for funding for his expedition, his seventy days on Everest's southeast face, and a narrow brush with death after a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| SVS
6	Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest more books like this by Seaborn Beck Weathers, Stephen G Michaud add to wishlist In this memoir, a survivor of the climb chronicled in Jon Krakauer's bestselling INTO THIN AIR tells of his single minded pursuit of the sport of mountaineering and its effect on his family, and of his recovery from the tragic experience, in which he lost both hands to frostbite. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Everest: The West Ridge more books like this by Thomas F Hornbein add to wishlist In one of mountaineering's great-st adventure stories, Thomas Hombein tells of his and Willi Unsoeld's dramatic first ascent of Everest's West Ridge -- a route that had been dismissed as hopeless by all previous expeditions. Part of the first successful American expedition, Hombein and Unsoeld ascended beyond "the point of no return" to make the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist Author Matthiessen documents his travels in Nepal with naturalist George Schaller, including his attempts to come to grips with his wife's death from cancer, and his general pondering of questions of life and death. The snow leopard becomes a symbol to Matthiessen of the elusive silence of the peace of Zen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Sold more books like this by Patricia McCormick add to wishlist Sold into prostitution, Lakshmi lives a nightmare and gradually forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision to risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High more books like this by Robert Birkby add to wishlist Birkby offers the inspiring life story of Scott Fischer, co-founder of the outfitter Mountain Madness and one of the Mt. Everest climbers featured in Jon Krakauer's bestselling "Into Thin Air." 16-page color insert. see all copies from $3.72! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest more books like this by Sir Edmund Hillary add to wishlist In this candid, wry, and vastly entertaining autobiography, the first man ever to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest looks back on his landmark 1953 expedition as well as on his remarkable explorations to other exotic locales, including the South Pole and the River Ganges. Photos, including 3 color inserts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest more books like this by Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Broughton Coburn add to wishlist Here a Tibetan sherpa, the son of the sherpa who was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest in 1953, shares his perspective on the 1996 much-talked-about tragedy on Mount Everest, where he assisted the team that filmed their own ascent. He discusses that storied climb, along with the details of his father's earlier climb, offering a Tibetan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Everest II more books like this by Gordon Korman add to wishlist Everest. The ultimate climb. The greatest of risks. Four kids areon a quest to reach the top. But their ascent is not easy. The weather is harsh. The competition is harsher. Then the unexpected happens, and the climbing contest becomes a life-or-death rescue mission. No one is guaranteed to survive. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest more books like this by Conrad Anker add to wishlist This memoir by mountain climber Conrad Anker tells how he discovered the body of long-lost climber George Mallory, who had disappeared, with his partner Sandy Irvine, during a 1924 ascent of Mount Everest. Anker's memoir is balanced with a parallel narrative by David Roberts, which tells the story of Mallory's expedition. The question of how and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Everest: Mountain Without Mercy more books like this by Broughton Coburn, Tim Cahill (Introduction by), David Breashears (Afterword by) add to wishlist More than 125 full-color photographs, including spectacular IMAX images, and firsthand accounts by survivors chronicle the fateful 1996 expedition to climb Everest, a tragic trek that ended up claiming eight lives, including two of the world's leading mountaineers. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 more books like this by Clint Willis (Introduction by) add to wishlist This anthology, devoted to climbing on the world's two highest mountains, spans the years 1933 through 1996. It describes the development of climbing these two peaks, reminds us that Everest and K2 are among the world most dangerous places, and explains why the world's best climbers cannot stay away from them. The book includes prose about ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Annapurna South Face more books like this by Chris Bonington add to wishlist In 1970, Chris Bonington and his now-legendary team of mountaineers were the first climbers to tackle a big wall at extreme altitude. Their target was the south face of Nepal's Annapurna: 12,000 feet of steep rock and ice leading to a 26, 454-ft. summit. As serious armchair climbers will tell you, Annapurna South Face is better than all but a ... see all copies from $2.51! new only from $10.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Crystal Horizon: Everest--The First Solo Ascent more books like this by Reinhold Messner add to wishlist On August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner, the world-renowned master of alpine-style climbing, became the first person to reach the summit of Everest solo and without supplemental oxygen. A vivid account of Messner's expedition, "The Crystal Horizon" also reflects on how he explored his innermost thoughts while facing the most extreme physical ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $18.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine more books like this by Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A Johnson, Eric R Simonson add to wishlist Climbers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine disappeared during a 1924 ascent of Mount Everest. Jochen Hemmleb, who had a long fascination with this case, planned the expedition that eventually, in 1999, discovered the body of Mallory. In GHOSTS OF EVEREST he retells the Mallory story and weighs, in detail, arguments on both sides of the debate of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal more books like this by Laura M Ahearn add to wishlist A discussion of the implications of the emergence of love-letter correspondences for social relations in Nepal see all copies from $3.45! new only from $16.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal more books like this by Dervla Murphy add to wishlist Travel writer Dervla Murphy affectionately portrays the people of Nepal's different tribes, the customs of an ancient, complex civilization and the country's natural grandeur and beauty. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $24.91! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Gurkhas more books like this by Byron Farwell add to wishlist "Filled with interesting and often highly entertaining historical anecdotes, and there are some rare photographs and illustrations. . . . Lucid, well written. . . . A very sound contribution to our understanding of British Empire and South Asian history."-Choice see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna more books like this by David Roberts add to wishlist This text assesses the truthfulness of the book "Annapurna" by Maurice Herzog, who climbed the mountain in 1950 with Louis Lachenal. The author draws on many sources, including accounts from fellow climbers and interviews with Harzog himself, to provide a more realistic account of the events of the climb in 1950. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season more books like this by Nick Heil add to wishlist Written by an experienced climber and outdoor writer, "Dark Summit" is both a riveting account of a notorious climbing season and a troubling investigation into whether the pursuit of the ultimate mountaineering prize has spiraled out of control. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	The Ascent more books like this by Jeff Long add to wishlist The treacherous "dark side" of Mount Everest is the setting for this high-stakes adventure, the story of ten men and two women who pit themselves against the "ultimate summit". The ascent is the supreme test of physical and emotional discipline. Yet the mountain, in its otherworldly, ice-sheathed beauty, offers two of the climbers a special ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $28.94! \| signed copies \| first editions

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