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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Freaky Peaks (Horrible Geography) Freaky Peaks (Horrible Geography) Anita Ganeri Taking you on a thrilling mountain tour from Everest to Kilimanjaro, this book tells you about the intrepid explorers who conquered the world's highest mountains; explains how mountains are formed, a… OL104024W
Mount Everest Mount Everest Nancy Dickmann Introduces Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world; describes the first expedition to the top of the mountain completed by Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Norgay; and explains why climbing the mo… OL16191331W
Into the silence Into the silence Wade Davis If the quest for Mount Everest began as a grand imperial gesture, as redemption for an empire of explorers that had lost the race to the Poles, it ended as a mission of regeneration for a country and… OL20975787W
Everest Everest Garry Weare,Margaret Gee,Christine Gee Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original ascent, mountaineers from all round the world, including Chris Bonington, Michael Groom and Bear Grylls, tell what motivated them to make t… OL24825711W
Mountain madness Mountain madness Robert Birkby Chronicles the life and adventures of Scott Fischer, from his climbing excursions on mountains around the world to the ill-fated 1996 expedition to Mount Everest in which he and seven others perished. OL2520420W
A test of will A test of will Warren Macdonald The inspiration behind The Discovery Channels I Shouldn't be Alive - Trapped under a Boulder episode. A gripping tale of profound courage, strength of spirit and sheer tenacity in the face of overwhe… OL26452367W
Everest Everest Broughton Coburn More than 125 full-color photographs, including spectacular IMAX images, and firsthand accounts by survivors chronicle the fateful 1996 expedition to climb Everest, a trek that ended up claiming eigh… OL2648783W
Everest (Discoveries) Everest (Discoveries) Richard Platt Traces humanity's fascination with mountains and mountaineering, focusing specificially on historic expeditions to Mount Everest. OL4793645W
Death zone Death zone Matt Dickinson A filmmaker describes his experiences on an Everest expedition during the storm of 1996 that claimed twelve lives, offering a personal view of the triumphs and risks of mountaineering. OL62303W