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In My World: Short Stories About Familiar People and Places contains twelve one-page stories that get readers thinking about the people and places in their community, and reminiscing about people, places and activities in their lives. Each story includes a colourful photo and a paragraph of text in large print.

Adopt a spontaneous, bold, and fearless approach to painting as a process of discovery--one that results in lush and colorful finished works that will beg to be displayed. This inspiring and encouraging book for both novice and experienced painters teaches how to create colorful, exciting, expressive paintings through a variety of techniques, combining basic, practical painting principles with innovative personal self-expression.

Flora S. Bowley's fun and forgiving approach to painting is based on the notion that "You don't begin with a preconceived painting in mind; you allow the...

"No Way Down is both a gripping read and a clear-eyed investigation of the hubris, politics, and bad luck that brought on one of the worst disasters in modern mountaineering history." -- Michael Kodas, author of High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed

"Graham Bowley's No Way Down does a great job of putting you on the mountain. It is a refreshingly unadorned account of the true brutality of climbing K2, where heroes emerge and egos are stripped down, and the only thing achieving immortality is the cold ruthless mountain." -- Norman Ollestad,...

»Das stärkste Buch über ein Bergunglück seit Jon Krakauers 'In eisige Höhen'.« Mail On Sunday

Der K2 ist der zweithöchste Achttausender, doch weitaus gefährlicher und anspruchsvoller als der Mount Everest. Am 1. August 2008 machten sich 24 Alpinisten - 22 Männer und zwei Frauen - unterschiedlicher Nationalitäten an die Besteigung. Ein Großteil von ihnen erreichte den Gipfel.

Beim Abstieg kam es zur Katastrophe: Mehrere Bergsteiger sowie die Fixseile wurden von einem Eisblock in die Tiefe gerissen, was den übrigen Expeditionsteilnehmenden...