Sports & Outdoors
epub |eng | 2013-02-18 | Author:Graham Hoyland

We had joined the 1990 Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb, a combined American–Soviet–Chinese trip led by Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Everest. It was the first time ...
( Category: Mountaineering August 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-22 | Author:Thomas Thompson

(11) With the sun at full strength, Bob could not trust his temper. It would be better to delay the confrontation. The grievances he held against Jim might enflame in ...
( Category: Water Sports August 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-11-09 | Author:Nick Cummins

Anyhow, after a successful day at sea we returned to where the waves were breaking for what we expected to be a relatively easy landing by comparison to our entrance. ...
( Category: Humor August 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-24 | Author:David Foster Wallace

you can see them, Them, coming, an enormous serpentine mass, the crowd, still at 1615h. coming, what looks from this distance like everybody in New York City who hasn’t retreated ...
( Category: Racket Sports August 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-08 | Author:Dewey Bozella

8 HUMANITY CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT HOPE, and there is nothing sadder than watching a man lose both. In prison, a soul can get scraped away methodically, like a piece of ...
( Category: Biographies August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-12 | Author:A P Bateman [Bateman, A P]

27 Stone thought of the things Kathy Newman – or the woman he’d initially thought was Kathy Newman – had said on that first night. She had known that he ...
( Category: Health, Fitness & Dieting August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-01 | Author:Simone Biles & Michelle Burford

CHAPTER 12 Redemption “The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.” —AMELIA EARHART, AUTHOR AND ADVENTURER Aimee was waiting for me over by the balance ...
( Category: Biographies August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Izzy Paskowitz

8 Danielle I’m afraid I didn’t make a good first impression on my wife, Danielle. In fact, it’s a wonder she ever wanted to see me again. First time we ...
( Category: Water Sports August 14,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-24 | Author:Brandon Novak [Novak, Brandon]

chapter eighteen From the Beginning I am in Mr. Leeper’s office, cradled in the softness of the armchair that was designed to comfort and relax those who sit in it. ...
( Category: Biographies August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 1953-01-01 | Author:Ruark, R. [Ruark, R.]

We were up early and excited; at least, I was excited. It was still gray when we got into the jeep and headed across the bridge on the River of ...
( Category: Hunting & Fishing August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-14 | Author:Paul Clements

Two centuries ago more than 800 people lived and farmed in Gleninagh; today fewer than forty people live in this area. Over the years on visits to try to get ...
( Category: Hiking & Camping August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-02-18 | Author:Gruver , Ed; [Gruver, Ed]

Late summer found Steel City fans in a celebratory mood as well; it was clear the Battlin’ Bucs were still the beast of the East. Powered by a near endless ...
( Category: Baseball August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Charlie Engle

CHAPTER 10 Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. —TRUMAN CAPOTE After I recovered from the Sahara run, I started thinking of what to do next. I decided ...
( Category: Biographies August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-27 | Author:Nick Cummins

Barefoot on the beach and uke in hand, it doesn’t get much better on a day off. This massive seagull stole my dinner. I swear it was on roids! BACK ...
( Category: Biographies August 14,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-14 | Author:Johnny Weir

“Johnny, the smalls were running out but we put some aside because we knew you were coming,” an Olympic official said before handing me three enormous bags of Team USA ...
( Category: Ice Skating & Figure Skating August 14,2017 )