Vertical Pleasure: Early climbs in Britain, the Alps, the Andes and the Himalaya/The secret life of a taxman 9781906148737

Vertical Empire: The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes 9780822395591

In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move

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Our House in the Clouds: Building a Second Life in the Andes of Ecuador 9780292739048

While many baby boomers are downsizing to a simpler retirement lifestyle, photographer and writer Judy Blankenship and h

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Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes 9780292748958

"In the remoteness of their mountain retreat, the herders of Chillihuani, Peru, recognize that respect for others i

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Walks and climbs in the pyrenees: Walks, climbs and multi-day treks 9781783627202

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The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service 9781453271599, 1453271597

From Berlin to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the stories of the agents on the front li

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Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games 9780465096503, 2016019144, 0465096506

How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds-forges a new path for cr

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Grace Kelly: The Secret Life of a Princess 9781620710920, 1620710927

Oh Grace, we hardly knew you," wrote The Chicago Tribune about this book. "Spada presents us with a living, br

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The Secret Life of Chemicals 3030803376, 9783030803377

This book provides extensive information on the chemicals that inhabit our environment, our food, our water and our air

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The Secret Life of a Black Aspie 9781602233218

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The Secret Life of Special Advisers 9781785906329

Special advisers are a key part of the government, yet who they are and what they do is much misunderstood. Key advisers

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