Reaching the Summit of Mount Everest: The History of the Famous Expeditions Attempting to Climb the World's Tallest Mountain

The Epic of Mount Everest 9781406703818

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The Hunt for Mount Everest

The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 ye

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Mount Athos: The History of the Greek Mountain and the Center of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Cle

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Everest 1922 : The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain 9781639361465, 9781639361458

The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the cent

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Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 9780486135571, 0486135578

Official NASA publication marks the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing and features essays by project participa

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The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest 9781501143397

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The Tower of London: The History of England’s Famous Landmark

*Includes pictures *Describes the Tower and the historical events that occurred there *Includes footnotes and a bibliogr

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Snow in the Kingdom: My Storm Years on Mount Everest

Imagine climbing Mt. Everest with no Sherpa assistance. Purposefully abstaining also from bottled oxygen, computers, and

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The Freedom Tower and the Sears Tower: The History of America’s Tallest Buildings

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Walk

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The Eiffel Tower: The History of Paris’ Most Famous Landmark

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction written by Gustave Eiffel and others *Includes online resource

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