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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureNovember 2024Other Everests
One mountain, many worlds
by Paul Gilchrist, Peter Hansen, Jonathan Westaway
A hundred years after the tragic 1924 British Everest expedition, this collection explores the wider social and cultural history of the mountain. Mount Everest looms large in the popular imagination. Since the deaths of mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924, histories of the mountain have overwhelmingly focused on the mythologies of western male adventure and conquest. But there are many more stories waiting to be told. Other Everests brings together new voices and perspectives on the historical and cultural significance of Everest in the modern world. The book shines a light on the overlooked role of local people and high-altitude workers, while also revealing the significant contributions women have made to climbing the mountain and writing its history. It explores the depiction of Everest in a range of media and investigates how the forces of nationalism and commercialism have shaped many different 'Everests'. After years of exploitation, Indigenous people are now reclaiming Mount Everest in the twenty-first century. Other Everests re-examines the past and present of the world's highest peak, presenting an exciting vision of what Everest might become in the future.
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January 2020Rise up!
by Li, Amanda
Von starken Kids und dem Mut, anders zu sein! Ungewöhnliche Geschichten von Schicksalsschlägen, Herausforderungen, Widerstand und einer neuen Zukunft. Greta Thunberg (Schweden): Ein Teenager ruft eine internationale Bewegung für den Klimaschutz ins Leben. Phiona Mutesi (Uganda): Ein kleines Mädchen kämpft sich aus den Slums und wird zum international gefeierten Schachprofi. Boyan Slat (Niederlande): Ein Teenager hilft mit seiner Erfindung, die Meere vom Plastikmüll zu befreien. Lizzie Velasques (USA): Ein durch Krankheit entstellter Teenager kämpft weltweit erfolgreich gegen Mobbing. William Kwamkwamba (USA): Ein Junge sichert die Stromversorgung in seinem Dorf, mit Schrott und einer Anleitung aus einem geliehenen Buch. Dieses Buch stellt coole und unglaublich starke Kids vor, die Schicksalsschläge meistern, ihre Not in Mut umwandeln und für ihre Ideale einstehen. Ob es um die Verwirklichung eines Lebenstraums geht oder um die Veränderung der Welt - sie alle lassen sich nicht von ihren Zielen abbringen. Mit Kurzbiografien von: Greta Thunberg, William Kamkwamba, Laura Dekker, Joel Kioko, Poorna Malavath, Boyan Slat, Yeonmi Park, Abraham Keita, Juliane Koepcke, Desmand Doss, Phiona Mutesi, Rain, Malala Yousafzai, Pelé, Molly Kelly, Ally Swinton, Lizzie Velásquez, Louis Braille, Bethany Hamilton, Mohamad Al Jounde, Pratima Sherpa, Kevin Breel, Frida Kahlo, Nona Siblings, Ellie Simmonds, Pierre Demalvilain, Juliana Ossa, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ayesha Farooq.
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Children's & YAOctober 2019Everest Adventure
Fulfilling the Dream
by Mostafa Salameh, Luma Azar, Illustrated: Aly AlZainy
An exciting book about “conscious adventure” that highlights Everest – the highest summit of the world. This book – a first of its kind - provides extensive geographic, scientific, and cultural knowledge to pre-teens, in the form of real adventure story. It also aims to expose young children to diverse cultures from around the world to enhance their understanding of being part of a global and diverse environment. The story focuses on the value of encouraging young children to pursue and fulfill their dreams, in addition to other core values that contribute to the growth of a healthy and open-minded generation. The hero of the series is a first-class adventurer - Mostafa Salameh - who lived in a refugee camp and now is living in Ireland. As a refugee kid, he endured various hardships. However, he grew to believe in himself, challenged his social and economic situation, and never gave up until he fulfilled his dreams. The book exposes youth and pre-teens to the power of dreams and invites them to challenge the limits of what is possible in their lives, pursue perseverance, embrace acceptance, and celebrate the beauty of diversity.
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August 2020Blue Sky Kingdom
An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
by Bruce Kirkby
One morning at breakfast, while gawking at his phone and feeling increasingly disconnected from family and everything else of importance in his world, it strikes writer Bruce Kirkby: This isn’t how he wants to live. Within days, plans begin to take shape. Bruce, his wife Christine, and their two children – seven-year-old Bodi and three-year-old Taj – will cross the Pacific by container ship, then travel onward through South Korea, China, India, and Nepal aboard bus, riverboat, and train, eventually traversing the Himalaya by foot. Their destination: a thousand-year-old Buddhist monastery in the remote Zanskar valley, one of the last places where Tibetan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting. In this refuge, where ancient traditions intersect with the modern world, Kirkby discovers ways to slow down, to observe and listen, and ultimately, to better understand his son on the autism spectrum – to surrender all expectations and connect with Bodi exactly as he is. Recounted with wit and humility, Blue Sky Kingdom is an engaging travel memoir as well as a thoughtful exploration of modern distraction, the loss of ancient wisdom, and the challenges and rewards of intercultural friendships.
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Posthumous
by Pieter van Oudheusden, Jeroen Janssen
‘Posthumous’ is an imaginative ode to the life and music of Franz Schubert. We encounter the young composer on his deathbed, where colourful, feverish dreams take over. We dive into some of Schubert’s most famous songs, in which he himself plays the leading part. Every song has its own background colour and is based on both facts and fantasy. A magisterial collaboration.
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FictionSeptember 2022This is Where We Talk Things Out
by Caitlin Marceau
This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contemporary Horror, follows the gut-wrenching journey of Miller and her estranged mother, Sylvie, who have always had a tense relationship. After Miller's father dies, she agrees to a girls' vacation away from the city to reconnect with the only family she has left. Although she’s eager to make things work, Miller can’t help but worry that her mother is seeing their countryside retreat as a fun weekend getaway instead of what it really is: a last-ditch effort to repair their relationship. Unfortunately, that quickly becomes the least of Miller’s problems. Sylvie's trapped in the past and if Miller's not careful, she will be too. A cross between Stephen King's Misery and Stephanie Wrobel's Darling Rose Gold, This Is Where We Talk Things Out explores the horror of familial trauma, mother-daughter relationships, and what happens when we don't let go.
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2019Rising
Becoming the First North American Woman to Summit Mt. Everest
by Sharon Wood
In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling. As she tells her story today, her perspective is steeped in six decades of life experience rich with adrenalin, change, reflection, and humility.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/30U9ssM
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Biography & True StoriesTHE PATH
by NEJC ZAPLOTNIK
“Anyone looking for a goal will remain empty when it will be reached, but whoever finds a way, will always carry the goal inside.” Nejc Zaplotnik THE PATH is a novel by Slovenian author and climber Nejc Zaplotnik (1952-1983). It was first published in Ljubljana 1981. The book narrates, in a novelized way, Zaplotnik’s life and experiences as an alpinist in postwar Slovenia, culminating in the ascension of both Makalu and Everest. It is 41 years since Andrej Štremfelj and Nejc Zaplotnik made history as the first Slovenians who reached the summit of the highest mountain in the world. By 1979, the summit of Mount Everest had been reached by every major ridge, yet a large expedition from Yugoslavia arrived to top their last achievement of making the first ascent of Makalu South Face. The West Ridge of Everest was a long unconventional line to the top. It was first climbed by the Americans in 1963, and is still well celebrated in the United States today. Except the Americans climbed only the upper half. The Yugoslavians came to traverse it all starting at the base, low in the Lho La pass. Like many national expeditions in those days, it was huge. It included 25 Yugoslavian mountaineers, 19 Sherpas, three cooks, three kitchen boys, two mail runners, 700 porters and 18 tons of gear. The ascent had to overcome a steep and severe gap, which required a winch to overcome so it was possible to haul the gear over the broken portion of the ridge. All efforts and ingenuity combined, the Yugoslavians positioned three Slovenian climbers at Camp V who were close to each other, Nejc Zaplotnik, Andrej Stremfelj, and Andrej’s brother, Marko Stremfelj. The aim of the expedition was to climb the West Ridge, first time in history. An expedition that worked in the spirit of a time when collective consciousness ruled to achieve a goal would not work as it did if it were not logistically and organizationally well managed. From Khumbu Glacier at 5350 m, where the base camp was located, rises 700m high rock wall of the Lho La saddle, followed by a 1200-meter-high slope of the Western Shoulder, continuing into a 2500-meter long, laid but sharp and windy ridge, at the end of which is the beginning of the steep and vibrant peak of the Everest Pyramid. Because the wall of the Lho-La saddle was overhanging in the upper part, cargo could not be carried on the back, so Stefan Marenče constructed a manual ropeway at home, with the help of which more than 5 tonnes of equipment was used for the altitude supply of the camps. The goal of the expedition was reached on 13 May 1979 at 13.51, when Andrej Štremfelj and Nejc Zaplotnik stood as the first Slovenes on the roof of the world. “We sit by the Chinese pyramid and we don’t know what to do!” (Nejc Zaplotnik) On May 15, 1979 at 2.30pm, Stane Belak-Schrauf, Croat Stipe Bozic and Sherpa Ang Phu also reached the summit. Ang Phu accidentally slipped 2000 meters deep onto the Chinese side when descending. Format: 18,8 x 12,5 cm 282 pages Paperback
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Climbing & mountaineeringImperial Ascent
Masculinity, Mountaineering, and Empire
by Peter L Bayers
The thrills and chills of mountaineering literature have long attracted a devoted audience of serious climbers, adventure-seekers, and armchair enthusiasts. In recent decades, scholars have come to view these tales of prowess and fortitude as texts laden with ideological meaning. In this book, a comparative study of seven such twentieth-century mountaineering narratives, Peter L Bayers articulates the multiple and varied ways mountaineering and its literature have played in the formation and maintenance of national identity. By examining such works as Belmore Browne's The Conquest of Mount McKinley and Sir John Hunt's The Ascent of Everest, Bayers contends that for American and British climbers, mountaineering is tied to imperial ideology and dominant notions of masculinity. At the same time, he demonstrates how Tiger of the Snows, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's account of climbing Mount Everest, undermines Western conceptions of mountaineering and imperialism. Throughout this theoretically informed critique, Bayers manages to retain the sense of awe and adventure inherent in the original works, making Imperial Ascent a highly engaging read.
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History & the past: general interest (Children's/YA)TO THE MOUNTAINS! The history of mountaineering
by Lada Bakal
This is a unique story of how people changed their view of mountains and mountain climbing. First they saw mountains as an enemy to subjugate but with time the very process of ascent acquired a special meaning for the climbers. The subdued illustrations remind us of vintage postcards from the Alps.
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Business & managementJune 2013Bean Soup - Beyond Bean Counting
Steps for Lifting a Finance Function Skill Set Towards 'Adding Value'
by Stuart Bilbrough
Bean Soup is an innovative and engaging story capturing real-life challenges in getting Finance teams within businesses to add value and move beyond pure financial control. Written as fiction, it follows Callum Dangerfield, a newly appointed CFO at the Haven Hotel Group. Bean Soup – Beyond Bean Counting is more than a business book, it is a complete training toolkit that provides valuable yet logical steps for lifting a Finance function skill set towards adding value. Find out more at www.thebeansoupbook.com
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2017LES VOIES DU PANTHEON
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Summary: Here, in The Ways of the Pantheon, here comes back to us stronger,love, filled with hope and promises, filled with gifts and graces thatonly humans can offer a glorious destiny. Also, the poetic work of the Cameroonian writer plunges us into thewonderful world of mysticism and daily life, where the painter ofhuman duality invites the human to fight again to be happy on earth
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FictionOctober 1998"D'AMOUR ET DE FLÈCHES"
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Résumé: Une couronne prince et un médecin étudiant se rencontrent à une danse. L' homme a une réputation comme une jupe coureur, et la jeune femme est plus d' un bien rangé et exigeant le type. L' amour n'est-il pas souvent par les flèches? Et quand, même dans un royaume moderne , la princesse ou la la reine est stérile, ne constitue- t- elle pas une menace sérieuse pour la dynastie? L'amour et les flèches! révèle les d' une Afrique où, par sexe, fétiche ou par arme, l' individu cherche à satisfaire ses appétits. Le destin est incontrôlable, mais les batailles pour le pouvoir, la fortune, et même la survie appel sur homme, diable et ... Dieu. Dans ce roman simple mais sensuel , le désespoir précède l' espoir, l' abondance rencontre l' angoisse.
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FictionOctober 2017"POUR TOI JE PORTERAI LE VOILE"
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Résumé: Pour échapper aux griffes des les terroristes qui ont tout simplement décimé la moitié de sa famille et qui encore tenir son seul fils Jonathan, Joss fils, et son demi - frère, la princesse Merilee Mokdem, captifs: Que de se marier le capitaine Kaderamim Del Salim. Alors ouvre une page d' amour aux couleurs mythiques et la séduction et terrible guerre homme qui peut dire « Afrique » va avec une ferme main pour diriger la vie de la jeune femme et faire son cœur trembler. Mais se il réussira à tourner la page par de son passé pour toujours? Va-t- elle réussir à oublier Joss? Tout au long de l' histoire de Merilee , MarieJulie Nguetse révèle l' Afrique d'aujourd'hui , plongée sous le joug des guerres internes , des épidémies, du néocolonialisme, de l' émigration clandestine et de ses corollaires.
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FictionFebruary 2020"LA NUIT EST UN AUTRE JOUR"
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Résumé: Un culte de la viande mangeurs a été en train de décimer les jeunes gens dans un royaume pour un certain temps. Le roman s'ouvre sur une découverte macabre : une femme enceinte avec son ventre et son bébé avec sa disparition. La population est à risque. C'est quand Anougbon, une jeune femme avec d' étranges pouvoirs, entre dans la scène. C'est l' attendu Prêtresse. L' un qui va avertir, protéger et soigner les populations de mauvaises forces. Mais avant cela, elle va avoir à subir une très risquée initiation. VA- T-ELLE TERMINER SA MISSION?
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FictionOctober 2015ARC-EN-CIEL
by MARIE JULIE NGUETSE
Summary: This is the twenty-first century. This is the era of globalization. Theworld is changing and things are buzzing. Did you say the Internet?You said virtual world? Did you say information and communicationtechnologies? So Africa! Especially not to be left out! And at therendezvous of giving and re-conceiving, when the continents, bymutual agreement laughing out the universal song, perhaps the resultwill be a better world! And what will science do? And what will lovedo?
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International lawDemocratizing the Bretton Woods Institutions.
Problems and Tentative Solutions
by Susanna Cafaro
This e-book is the synthesis of years of research and direct observation of the work of the Bretton Woods institutions. It is also the result of many exchanges of views with actors and observers, IMF and World Bank executive directors, civil society representatives, colleagues professors. The interests at stake are: how to make the Bretton Woods institutions (i) more effective, so that they can successfully face the challenges of development gaps (World Bank) and crisis prevention and management (IMF) and (ii) more democratic and less opaque, so that all their members and stakeholders can have a voice in and be represented, be they large or small, wealthy or not. The two organizations are examined simultaneously, because of the perfect symmetry in their governance structures, of their links (shared memberships, contextual agreements), and of the complementarity of their missions. The focus is on their governance systems and above all on their decision-making process. The analysis is based on the firm belief that the decision-making process affects the efficiency and also – indirectly – the outcome of the international organizations’ decisions. In other words, their governance systems are bound to influence and shape the results of the actions of the international organizations themselves. The book describes the governance of the Bretton Woods institutions – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – from a legal-institutional point of view and looks for ways in which they could be changed in order to meet today's global democracy needs. Its main focus is on the decision-making process as it affects the outcome of the international organizations’ activity. As a consequence of the 2008 global financial crisis, wisemen and committees of experts were asked to analyze the flaws and weaknesses of global financial institutions. Their reports, along with papers by think tanks, scholars and civil society representatives, proposed actions and reforms. Systematizing and commenting those hints, a fact crops out: in spite of their seeming diversity, all recommended reforms are marked by significant affinities, evidencing an underlying sharing of the criticalities to be addressed and corrected. The book examines suggestions for global economic governance reform in a plain and accessible language as a contribution to a necessary debate, which can't be confined to elite meetings and expert talks but has to involve all global citizens.
