Sir Edmund Hillary

Fiction
Nonfiction
Literature
Science Fiction

 

View shopping cart

1.		Mawson's Will: The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written from Steerforth Price: $10.20 Customer Review: Doug Mawson just kept going through the antarctic freezing climate on foot when it would have been much easier to just go to sleep and never wake up. A brilliantly written and experienced account.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		High Adventure: The True Story Of The First Ascent Of Everest from Thorndike Press Customer Review: The funny thing is that people probably eschew this book, thinking it's written in "old fashioned" terminology or it's "just another summit book." Nothing could be further from the truth. Hillary's enthusiasm for mountain climbing punctuates every page (literally; I don't think there's a page... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.	[no image]	Polar Dream from Time Warner Paperbacks	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.	[no image]	Peak Performance: Inspirational Business Lessons From The World's Top Sports Organizations from Diane Pub Co Customer Review: if you love sports, and want to know how those great teams keep on winning, this is your book. i learned a lot about what people dont see in the team; the manager's dedicated work to keep the team victorious. overall, it was a very interesting book, i recommend it to everybody.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Doctor on Everest from Robinson Publishing Customer Review: It takes a big ego to climb Mount Everest -- and Kenneth Kamler definitely qualifies. He's not ashamed to admit he's a topnotch New York microsurgeon with a beautiful wife and delightful children. He speaks many languages, has a huge practice, is adored by his nurses and hospital associates,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		View from the Summit: The Remarkable Memoir by the First Person to Conquer Everest from Pocket Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Sir Edmund Hillary was clearly a remarkable man with his life marked particularly by the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. The descriptions of the climb to the summit of Everest along with Tenzing Norgay are particularly interesting, especially his discussion of the period immediately flowing... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Blind Corners: Adventures on Everest and the World's Tallest Peaks from The Lyons Press Customer Review: Geoff is the 4th person who climbed the 7summits including Carstensz Pyramid. And his book is one of my all-time favorites; this guy is not only an explorer but a crazy adventurer as well. Great stories about the first bungee jump and standing on Carstensz summit without permit, but with... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Nothing Venture, Nothing Win (Coronet Books) from Coronet Books Customer Review: ¡Hi! I just wanted to comment that on last year, I had the fortune to meet Sir Edmund and his wife in my country, Chile, at Hotel Portillo, (a ski center, where on 1962 the world ski championship took place). I`m a climber and so are my sons and my father. We all met Sir Ed., and had... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	High In The Thin Cold Air The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book.. from Doubleday & Co.	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	Schoolhouse in the Clouds from Doubleday	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

1 - 10

Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.

Search All productsBooksPopular musicClassical musicDVD'sVHS VideosIn TheatersToysBabyComputer HardwareComputer & Video GamesElectronicsPhotoSoftwareTools & HardwareGarden / Outdoor LivingKitchenCell Phones & Servicefor