The Boardman Tasker Omnibus: Savage Arena, the Shining Mountain, Sacred Summits, Everest the Cruel Way The Boardman Tasker Omnibus: Savage Arena, the Shining Mountain, Sacred Summits, Everest the Cruel Way
| Title | : | The Boardman Tasker Omnibus: Savage Arena, the Shining Mountain, Sacred Summits, Everest the Cruel Way |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.63 (157 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0898864364 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 985 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Editorial : From Library Journal
This volume combines two Boardman titles?The Shining Mountain (1982) and Sacred Summits (1982)?with two of Tasker's?Savage Arena (1982) and Everest the Cruel Way (1980)?all out of print. The two men gained fame for several daring ascents of Mt. Everest, the last of which cost both of them their lives. LJ's reviewer praised Savage Arena for relating why climbers feel the "price is worth paying" for reaching the top (LJ 11/15/82).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I recently interviewed Harri on my website, which I can't list here due to Amazon's guidelines for reviews, but in the interview she talks about this book and about her previous two picture books, which are about a clumsy magician with the charming name of Lord Tarquinius Snout. One of the main advantages of the book is that it assumes little knowledge of statistics. This sequel follows chronologically after the first story, and focuses mostly on [Spoiler Alert] the father's search for his daughter after her fey abilities start to develop and she abducted by malevolent authorities, declared dead, and subjected to secret gastly medical experiments to cure her of her paranormal abilities. Then there's CIA agent Catherine Cauley who is cool under the most intense pressure; a bisexual television host with more than a few similarities to Bill O'Reilly; a brilliant Chinese businessman named Sun Feng, who also happens to be the world's first trillionaire, a working-class tr
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