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Beck Weathers went snow-blind in the Death Zone below the summit and who spent a night out in the open during a blizzard that took the lives of a dozen colleagues and friends .Even as he staggered back into Camp 4 the next morning, Beck's condition was such that the other survivors assumed he would not make it back down the mountain.

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Revealing biography of one of the twentieth century's most controversial figures; and the first significant biography to have been published since the subject's death

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National Book Award winner Nuland "distills one of the greatest minds ever into its pure essence . . . truly awe-inspiring" ("Time"). Illustrations.

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Commonthe Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globewinning musician, actor, and activistexplores how love and mindfulness can build communities and allow you to take better control of your life.

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Whether writing of priests or doctors, or looking back to episodes in her Tyneside childhood, the author displays all the qualities that have made her one of the world's most widely-read and best-loved novelists.

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The author is the famously entertaining pop Svengali with killer commercial instincts and prodigious talent for design who propelled the Pet Shop Boys, Bros and East 17, among others, to global stardom. His fingerprints are all over 80s and 90s pop. In this book, he takes us through his colourful life into the inner-circle of 80s pop-culture.

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Superbly readable and revealing letters, full of malice and gossip, from a master historian

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This collection of letters provides a window into both a key chapter in the history of European interaction with Maori and into the unique and courageous character of this pioneer woman.

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These revealing letters of Harold Ross tell the story of the birth of "The New Yorker". Although he claimed he was not a writer, Ross spent hours each day firing off letters to friends, such as E. B. White, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Filled with anecdotes, this collection is a chronicle of the formation of the most prestigious magazine in America.

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Henry Varnum Freeman Joined the Union Army in 1861. He participated in the Battle of Stone River and the Battle of Nashville and other skirmishes. He was a member of the Pioneer Corps and was promoted to Captain of the Colored Troops. Contained within are his letters home to his family.

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Ayn Rand's letters were written to be read. This witty and penetrating collection of her correspondence with Hollywood luminaries, political writers, philosophers, family members, artists, businessmen, and fans offers an unparalleled look at the past 50 years of her life and career.

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Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but gradually disllusionment and the onset of illness drove them apart.

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Written throughout the Second World War and sent in secret to the author's wife, these letters are the legacy of an aristocratic German intelligence officer--and devout Christian and pacifist--whose untiring struggle against the Third Reich eventually cost him his life, but also made him one of the few genuine heroes to arise inside Nazi Germany. Photos.

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This book takes you on a journey through the many stages of Merid Negussie life. From his childhood memories in his small village, Mulo, with his influential nanny, Hada Kuli, to his time as a student in a neighborhood school led by the village priest, to his politically-turbulent military career. Honest and applicable, this book is packed with life lessons for any reader.

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Christopher Isherwood journeyed and changed with his century, until, by the 1980s, he was celebrated as the finest prose writer in English and the Grand Old Man of Gay Liberation. In this final volume of Christopher Isherwood's diaries, he greets advancing age with poignant humour and an unquenchable appetite for the new.

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