As told with Peter Potterfield, award-winning mountaineering journalist, Viesturs narrates his successful quest to climb the 14 highest mountains of the world, those peaks above 8, 000 meters in height. Viesturs & Potterfield take readers along on some of the successes & failures of Viesturs` quest, including five separate ascents of Mount Everest (the tallest peak in the world) & the sheer triumph of the final two summits. The riveting tales of Viesturs` mountaineering adventures are illustrated by Viesturs` own stunning photographs, between 85 & 100 images, a photographic collection that is the primary focus of the book, a collection that shows like never before the deadly beauty & haunting menace of the Himalaya. Captions explain each photograph & its setting, describing both the heartbreaking tragedy Viesturs has faced & the ineffable joy he has experienced while striving at the limits of human endurance. ...

Himalayan Vignettes: The Garhwal & Sikkim Treks is an extensive collection of photos taken by Kekoo Naoroji during his two treks in the Indian Himalayas in the 1950s. Reproduced mainly in black & white, the photos provide a unique glimpse of these regions before trekking in the Himalayas became more popular & cover some regions which even now are little known & rarely photographed. Both groups of photos are accompanied by notes setting them in the contexts of the author’s treks in Garhwal between September & December 1952 & in Sikkim in October
- November 1958. The book also

Includes:: five maps showing the route taken by the author. Kakoo Naoroji has been a long time member of the Indian Himalaya Club, including holding the position of the Club’s President.


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The region of Himarë in the south of Albania on the Ionian coast is rich of a history at the crossroads of the Roman & Ottoman empires, with a marked Greek influence. Nickname ” La Riviera” it offers splendid landscapes of garrigues with a continuous view on the sea of ??azure. The guide

Includes:: a presentation of the city & its region, & highlights the assets of the city for hiking & trail. There are also more than 45 Guesthouse locations throughout the region. The most significant ones are shown on the map at 1:60 000 (1cm = 600m) which accompanies the guide. The itineraries are represented on the map where the legend

Includes:: the sites of special interests. For each course you will find a description, map, terrain profile, cumulative climb & descent, distance, approximate duration & difficulty rating. List of routes:- The forgotten Caravan Route- Village to village in Shushica Valley- From the highlands to the beach- The last beat to the beach- The slogans- Shepherd`s trail- The `trail` supporters- Across the mountain on Shepherd`s trails- Walk & swim- When mountains end in the deep blue sea- The coastal ridge traverse



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Himchal Pradesh in a series of state maps of India from Eicher Goodearth reflecting a change in locally produced maps to a more modern style of cartography. Each map is double-sided &

Includes:: an index of localities, street plans of main cities, a distance table & a route planner map of the whole of India. Each title comes with a small booklet with brief descriptions of main places of interest & colour photos. The maps show road & rail networks, indicating intermediate distances on many local roads. Towns & villages of particular tourist interest are highlighted & symbols mark national parks & wildlife sanctuaries, temples, etc. The base map shows rivers, lakes & local waterways system & has spot heights for peaks, but the range of elevation colouring is too finely graded to provide any useful information. No geographical coordinates are marked. The maps show the names & boundaries of local districts, indicating state capitals & district or tehsil administrative headquarters. Outside the state boundaries the colour range of the print is reduced, so only main roads are clearly visible. Please note: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detailed picture of each state. In this title: there are no street plans. Relief coloring provides a slightly more effective representation of the topography than on other maps. A route planning map shows best access from Delhi & Chandigarth to various destinations within the state. Also included is a table of 15 trekking routes with brief descriptions.

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Aged 105, Rose has endured more than her fair share of hardships: the Armenian genocide, the Nazi regime, & the delirium of Maoism. Yet somehow, despite all the suffering, Rose never loses her joie de vivre. As she looks back over her long life
- one of survival &, sometimes, one of retribution
- she recalls those unique experiences that added such spice to her life, whether it was being a confidante to Hitler, a friend to Simone de Beauvoir or cooking for Heinrich Himmler.

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Hindi in 60 Minutes in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

Hindi Language Pack in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

Hindi Phrase Book in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

The Lonely Planet Hindi/ Urdu & Bengali Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations
- putting you comfortably on your way to learning the language & understanding its speakers. True to Lonely Planet
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The Lonely Planet Hindi/ Urdu & Bengali Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations
- putting you comfortably on your way to learning the language & understanding its speakers. True to Lonely Planet
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