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1	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster more books like this by Jon Krakauer (Introduction by) 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 £2.12! new only from £6.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Black Order more books like this by James Rollins From the frozen peaks of the Himalayas to the diamond fields of the Congo, the SIGMA Force races to unlock a riddle locked amid cryptic runes and expose a century-old plot that threatens to destroy the current world order and alter the destiny of humankind forever. Smart and wildly entertaining.--"Chicago Sun-Times." see all copies from £1.16! new only from £2.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen 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 £1.16! new only from £5.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest more books like this by Anatoli Boukreev, G Weston Dewalt 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 £2.12! new only from £4.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Annapurna more books like this by Maurice Herzog Z99 grit and courage members of the French Alpine Club face frostbite snow blindness and near death to reach the summit of the uncharted 26493-foot Himalayan peak Annapurna see all copies from £2.10! new only from £9.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Within Reach: My Everest Story more books like this by Mark Pfetzer The world's most famous teenage mountain climber offers an extraordinary account of his ascent up Mount Everest--as the youngest climber ever to attempt the feat. Photos. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £4.64! \| first editions
7	Into Thin Air more books like this by Jon Krakauer 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 £4.06! new only from £13.34! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Windhorse Woman: A Marriage of Spirit more books like this by Lynn V Andrews From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Woman and Ceystal, here is the visionary autobiography that began in Medicine Woman. Andrews offers essential lessons about love and unity that will readers forge their own visions and lives. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £4.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Tintin in Tibet more books like this by Herge Tintin searches the mountains of Nepal and Tibet for his friend, victim of an airplane crash. see all copies from £1.16! new only from £5.71!
10	Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest more books like this by Seaborn Beck Weathers, Stephen G Michaud 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 £4.03! new only from £5.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Everest: Mountain Without Mercy more books like this by Broughton Coburn, Tim Cahill (Introduction by), David Breashears (Afterword by) A filmmaker and veteran climber, David Breashears led the May 1996 expedition that captured Everest in a large-format IMAX motion picture. "Everest" is the breathtaking chronicle of a filmmaking expedition turned rescue mission. 125 stunning, full-color images, including IMAX frames from the film. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £8.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
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 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 £2.14! new only from £4.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Everest: The West Ridge more books like this by Thomas F Hornbein 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 £6.35! new only from £10.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine more books like this by Jochen Hemmleb, Larry A Johnson, Eric R Simonson 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 £3.65! new only from £5.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm more books like this by Matt Dickinson This harrowing successor to "Into Thin Air" and "The Climb" provides new perspectives on the devastating storm of 1996 that claimed the lives of eight climbers and rocked the mountaineering world. of photos. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £8.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Annapurna: A Woman's Place more books like this by Arlene Blum In August 1978, thirteen women left San Francisco for the Nepal Himalaya to make history as the first Americans--and the first women--to scale the treacherous slopes of Annapurna I, the world's tenth highest peak. Expedition leader Arlene Blum here tells their dramatic story: the logistical problems, storms, and hazardous ice climbing; the ... see all copies from £4.64! new only from £6.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Everest II more books like this by Gordon Korman The youngest expedition ever to attempt to climb Mt. Everest has begun--but trouble starts long before they reach the summit. see all copies from £1.33! new only from £2.16!
18 view cover	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 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 £4.64! new only from £5.24!
19 view cover	The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest more books like this by Conrad Anker 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 £2.32! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2 more books like this by Clint Willis (Introduction by) In the first anthology ever to focus exclusively on the two highest, most formidable mountains in the world--Everest and K2--Willis presents 75 years of great writing, from Neil O'Dell to Jon Krakauer. 18 photos. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £4.64! \| first editions
21 view cover	Peak more books like this by Roland Smith The emotional, tension-filled story of a 14-year-old boy's attempt to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest is an action-packed adventure about friendship, sacrifice, family and the drive to take on Everest, despite the incredible risk. see all copies from £5.48! new only from £6.28! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Cobra King of Kathmandu more books like this by Philip Kerr In the third book of the bestselling Children of the Lamp series, djinn twins, John and Philippa Gaunt, are on the trail of another magical mystery. As they travel from New York to London to Nepal and India on a whirlwind adventure, the twins try to help their friend and fellow djinn, Buck, find out who murdered his friend using the venomous ... see all copies from £4.03! new only from £4.76! \| first editions
23 view cover	Massacre at the Palace: The Doomed Royal Dynasty of Nepal more books like this by Jonathan Gregson With unique access, Gregson has written a stunning investigative account--an intimate glimpse into a troubled monarchy and Nepal, a nation in turmoil. photos. see all copies from £4.64! new only from £5.79! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond more books like this by Jim Whittaker, Edward M Kennedy, Senator (Foreword by), John Glenn (Foreword by) At 70 years old, Jim Whittaker looks back on a life characterized by risk-taking and adventure. He was the first American to climb Mount Everest, as well as a number of other towering and challenging peaks. Whittaker also started the hugely successful REI, Inc., a retail outlet providing recreational gear and apparel. Robert F. Kennedy considered ... see all copies from £4.64! new only from £10.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	The Gurkhas more books like this by Byron Farwell This book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attention to their unique skills and remarkable valor. Their story is as colorful and as romantic as that of the French Foreign Legion, and yet it has never been fully or adequately ... see all copies from £1.16! new only from £5.68! \| first editions

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