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1	High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 more books like this by Clint Willis (Introduction by) 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 £5.46! new only from £6.08! \| first editions
2	Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) In this unique anthology, Clint Willis gives readers some of the best sea stories of all time. From R. H. Dana's classic Two Years Before the Mast to a shipwreck survivor's 74-day ordeal aboard an inflatable life raft, from an eyewitness account of the Titanic disaster to a dramatic rescue at sea in a Force-12. storm, from a solo circumnavigation ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.47! \| first editions
3	Gangs: Stories of Life and Death from the Streets more books like this by Sean Donahue (Editor), Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) Gang life is both the starting point and the dark side of the American dream. Ethnic groups and immigrants have long turned to gangs for protection and support when it was offered nowhere else. From the Five Points to South Central L.A., Bowery Boys to Bloods and Crips, the James gang to gangsta rap, gangs offer a largely urban version of the ... see all copies from £5.83! new only from £6.82! \| first editions
4	Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Epic is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster -- the climb that went wrong; fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound, running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. Editor Clint Willis has gathered the most exciting climbing literature of the ... see all copies from £3.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
5	The I Hate Republicans Reader: Why the GOP Is Totally Wrong about Everything more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) In one handy, horrifying collection, all the reasons you hate what the Republican party stands for. see all copies from £2.11! new only from £2.11! \| first editions
6	Wild: Stories of Survival..(Tr) more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) Wild brings together the best writing about men and women fighting for their lives in the wilderness, from Jon Krakauer's article on which he based his bestseller Into the Wild, to Carl R. Raswan's account of surviving raids, droughts, and sandstorms in the desert with the Bedouins, to Joe Kane's description of terrifying adventures on the Amazon. ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.12! \| first editions
7	Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Joey Adrenaline Books' search for the world's best and most exciting stories has taken readers from the peaks of Everest to the jungles of Papua, New Guinea to the battlefields of World War II. Now, the editor of publishing's most successful adventure literature series takes readers into the heart of organized crime. Some of our culture's greatest ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £14.33! \| first editions
8	The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation more books like this by Clint Willis This book tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest's first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His inner circle -- which came to be know as Bonington's Boys -- ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Nate Hardcastle (Editor) The historical Jesus, by most accounts, was in favor of social justice, peace and compassion. Right wing radicals, including the social conservatives allied with the Republican Party, exploit the name of Jesus to support policies that lead to injustice, war and cruelty. Jesus Is Not a Republican includes several dozen essays and articles, ... see all copies from £2.18! new only from £6.01!
10	Wise Guys: Stories of Mobsters from Jersey to Vegas more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) Wise Guys takes readers into the heart of Sopranos territory, with a collection featuring the work of best-selling writers from E. L. Doctorow (with an account of mobster Dutch Schultz that includes one of the great execution scenes in the literature of the Mob) to Nicholas Pileggi (on Henry Hill's first prison term, overflowing with good pasta ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46!
11 view cover	Semper Fi: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) A unique collection of the best and most gripping writing about America's most renowned fighting force. An Adrenaline Book. see all copies from £6.36! new only from £11.69!
12 view cover	The War: Stories of Life and Death from World War II more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Culled from the thousands of volumes and myriad accounts of World War II battlefields, The War presents a gripping written record of "the war to end all wars." Clint Willis has painstakingly researched the historical record and includes excerpts of accounts from soldiers, citizens, and oral historians in a volume that documents the impact that the ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.22! \| first editions
13 view cover	Fire Fighters: Stories of Survival from the Front Lines of Firefighting more books like this by Clint Willis (Introduction by), Editor * (Editor) Firefighters have long been among the most admired men and women in our culture, and recent events have shown how well-placed that admiration is -- adding fuel to our innate fascination with stories about fire and the people who risk their lives to fight it. Some of our best writers are drawn to the subject of firefighting, and over the years they ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.94! \| first editions
14 view cover	Boots on the Ground: Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) The recent wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan have generated gripping coverage from some of our most accomplished writers and correspondents, and Boots on the Ground collects the best new writing about our troops in the field. They include Mike Sager, who profiles marines training in the California desert for war in Afghanistan; John Laurence, who ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
15 view cover	NYPD: Stories of Survival from the World's Toughest Beat more books like this by Clint Willis (Introduction by), Editor * (Editor) New York has always inspired larger-than-life tales and great writingbut on the topic of cops and crime it provides more raw material than almost anywhere else. A long history of classic films, television hits, and of course, books, have turned the New York City Police Department into a symbol for the dark drama of urban police work. And the rich ... see all copies from £7.88! new only from £11.69! \| first editions
16 view cover	What Do I Do with My Money Now?: Answers for Any Market from Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and Other Investors You Can Trust more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) The former Money magazine columnist presents the smartest investment advisers and journalists offering the best advice available for our challenging financial times As testified to by today's headlines, investors have learned the hard way that they can't always trust the information they get from companies, mutual-fund sponsors, brokerage analysts ... see all copies from £5.70! new only from £10.90!
17 view cover	Ice: Stories of Survival from Polar Exploration more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Ice is a riveting collection of writing about polar exploration -- stories of self-sacrifice, beauty, and heroism by eminent adventurers who have endured 50-below-zero temperatures, gale winds, and starvation to explore the farthest reaches of the globe. Robert Scott's journals recount his long march to and from the South Pole, which ended with ... see all copies from £2.10! new only from £5.81! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader more books like this by Lawrence Durrell, Clint Willis (Editor) Many readers know Lawrence Durrell as the famed author of the lush and sensuous Alexandria Quartet. However, this wonderful book contains the best of Durrell's incomparable travel writing. It is collected here for the first time in a single volume and offers a chance to rediscover the author as one of the great travel writers of the twentieth ... see all copies from £5.47! new only from £8.69!
19 view cover	The I Hate George W. Bush Reader: Why He's Wrong about Absolutely Everything more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Americans have a lot of reasons to hate George W. Bush-and readers will find them all in The I Hate George W. Bush Reader. The anthology features the best writing about the myriad reasons to hate Dubya, including his bald-faced lies about everything from Iraq's "nucyular" program to his industry-written energy policy, his corporate giveaways ... see all copies from £2.16! new only from £2.16! \| first editions
20 view cover	We Are the People: Voices from the Other Side of American History more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Nathaniel May (Editor), Editor * (Editor) We Are the People presents a revelatory, mosaic of many of the voices forgotten or ignored by mainstream American history. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £11.26! \| first editions
21 view cover	Climb : stories of survival from rock, snow and ice more books like this by Clint Willis From the rigours and risks of high-altitude climbing on Everest to the challenges of scaling El Captain's 3,000 vertical feet, this collection examines the subject of mountaineering through the eyes of gifted writers with great stories to tell. These stories reveal climbing's allure as well as its terrible risks. Legendary Yosemite veteran John ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
22 view cover	The I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice... Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Anyone who's paying attention knows that Bush administration insiders comprise the real axis of evil. There's Dick Cheney, the shadowy kingpin of crony capitalism; Donald Rumsfeld, the military master of Orwellian doublespeak; John Ashcroft, the fundamentalist zealot bent on undermining our basic freedoms; and Karl Rove, the political puppeteer ... see all copies from £5.07! new only from £5.07! \| first editions
23 view cover	The I Hate Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Sean Hannity... Reader: The Hideous Truth about America's Ugliest Conservatives more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor) Our smartest and funniest progressive writers, cartoonists and satirists have increasingly turned their attention to the right-wing zealots who clutter up our media--television, radio, books, magazines--with hysterical, bullying, personal attacks on liberals, democrats, minorities, workers, women, gays, anti-war activists and ordinary citizens who ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £5.22!
24 view cover	Sky High: Stories of Survivial from Air and Space more books like this by Clint Willis (Editor), Editor * (Editor) Featuring writings by Chuck Yeager, John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong, as well as contributions from notable journalists and writers, a thrilling volume celebrates the many courageous achievements of the men and women who fly in space. Original. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
25 view cover	Everest: Alone at the Summit, (a Survival Story) more books like this by Stephen Venables, Clint Willis (Introduction by) Venables shares this rousing account of his 1988 climb of the East Face of Mount Everest, where he led three unknown American climbers up a sheer avalanche-swept wall of snow and ice -- without a supply of oxygen. Photos. see all copies from £4.58! new only from £7.54! \| signed copies \| first editions

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