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Making use of unpublished diaries, journals, and extensive correspondence, the extraordinary story of two British mountaineers who single-handedly mapped out much of the Himalayas--including Everest--and the mountains of Africa

In the 1930s, Tilman and the younger Shipton pioneered many routes in Africa and the Himalayas and found the key to unlocking Everest. They crossed Africa by bicycle, explored China with Spender and Auden, journeyed down the Oxus River to its source and, with no support, opened up much of the Nepalese Himalaya. In the words of Jim Perrin, "The...

"I Wrote the Script, but I Want to Change the Ending" is her inspirational autobiography, telling the story of a woman determined never to let her past dictate her future. Using her unique voice, Perrin depicts her challenges as a single woman living and working in small Canadian cities from the 1940s to the late 1990s. She details her struggles with patriarchy, chauvinism, institutional systems, and living with multiple...

I knew it wasn't true. It couldn't be. . . . And yet, I couldn't help staring at him, wondering. However fleeting, there was the slightest hint of doubt in my mind.

Didi Randall doesn't think her life can get much worse than public humiliation when her boyfriend is the subject of a vicious rumor on campus. Despite their four-year relationship, the rumor puts a wedge between her and Drake, but Didi is hopeful that they can reconnect on the winter break cruise. She, Drake, and a handful of Lan-U students will be sailing the high seas of the Caribbean just before the start of the...

Twelve-year-old Virgo Capella is angry. He dislikes his stepfather, who projects his own childhood dreams of space travel on an unwilling Virgo. And he's stuck babysitting his bright, precocious little sister, Lyra.

While searching the local park for his lost pet snake, Virgo and Lyra encounter two odd street kids. Scorpio, a tough, guarded kid who's estranged from his father, and Biham, who looks like he just stepped off a spaceship. Lyra feels drawn to the strange and malnourished boy and cajoles Virgo to take him home. Scorpio tags along.

When a threatening cadre of ET...