Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2 9780061753527, 0061753521

Savage summit: the true stories of the five women who climbed K2, the world's most feared mountain 9780061753527, 0061753521

Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and

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K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain 9780767932615, 2009016390, 0767932617

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mounta

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The Law of Life and Death 9780674060906

Are you alive? What makes you so sure? Most people believe this question has a clear answer—that some law defines our st

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The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler

In The Life And Death of Adolf Hitler, biographer Robert Payne unravels the tangled threads of Hitler’s public and priva

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Women and Children First: The Life and Times of Elsie Wilcox of Kauaʻi 9780824844875

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The Life and Death of Saint Malachy the Irishman 9781463218256

This book tells the life of a saint by a saint. Malachy O'Morgair spent his life and considerable energies exhortin

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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 9780062002907, 9780061834783, 2010005706, 0062002902

“No Way Down is both a gripping read and a clear-eyed investigation of the hubris, politics, and bad luck that brought o

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The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam 9780812205138

Stephen J. Shoemaker investigates contradictory traditions about the end of Muhammad's life in the Islamic and non-

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On the Death and Life of Languages 9780300155792

Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world’s five thousand languages will disappear within the ne

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Death, Dying and the Ending of Life 9780754621744

Addressing key issues arising from the nature of death, 'Death, Dying and the Ending of Life' examines importa

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