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The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 tells the story of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making a successful ascent of Mount Everest. The expedition was planned and financed by the Mount Everest Committee which appointed the ebullient Brigadier General C.G. Bruce to be its leader, who subsequently wrote this compelling account of the expedition. The book also provides us with ...

The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 tells the story of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making a successful ascent of Mount Everest. The expedition was planned and financed by the Mount Everest Committee which appointed the ebullient Brigadier General C.G. Bruce to be its leader, who subsequently wrote this compelling account of the expedition. The book also provides us with ...

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Excerpt from Kulu and Lahoul: With Illustrations and a MapIn my last book on the Himalaya I expressed a hope that one day I should be able to travel in Kulu, Lahoul, and Spiti.Since then my luck has so far favoured me that I was able to spend a leave of more than six months in two of these attractive districts, and able to enjoy almost the most delightful time that I have ever had in the Himalaya.These districts, I venture to say, will never b...

Excerpt from Peeps at Many Lands: KashmirThere are many travellers at the present time who are fortunate enough to journey East and West. The North and South Poles even have their visitors. But there are still a great majority who cannot, for various reasons, even hope to cross the Channel. For their sake those of their countrymen who have the privilege of foreign travel try to describe by pen, brush, and camera the interests and Charms with w...

Excerpt from Twenty Years in the Himalaya: With 60 Illustrations and a MapI AM attempting in this book to give to those interested in Mountain Travel and Mountain Exploration, who have not been so luckily placed as myself, some account of the Hindu Koosh and Himalaya ranges. My wanderings cover a period of nineteen years, during which I have not been able to do more than pierce these vast ranges, as one might stick a needle into a bolster, in ...

Excerpt from The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922The Mount Everest Committee desire to take this op portunity of thanking General Bruce, Mr. Mallory, Captain Finch, Mr. Somervell and Dr. Longstafi for having, in addition to their labours in the field, made the following contributions to the story of an expedition Whose chief result has been to strengthen our confidence that the summit of the highest mountain in the world can Le.About the Publish...

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Excerpt from Twenty Years in the Himalaya: With 60 Illustrations and a Map I AM attempting in this book to give to those interested in Mountain Travel and Mountain Exploration, who have not been so luckily placed as myself, some account of the Hindu Koosh and Himalaya ranges. My wanderings cover a period of nineteen years, during which I have not been able to do more than pierce these vast ranges, as one might stick a needle into a bolster, i...

This volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of plethodontid salamanders. Readers will find the best current understanding of many aspects of the evolution, systematics, development, morphology, life history, ecology, and field methodology of these animals.

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Excerpt from The Assault on Mount Everest: 1922 The Mount Everest Committee desire to take this op portunity of thanking General Bruce, Mr. Mallory, Captain Finch, Mr. Somervell and Dr. Longstafi for having, in addition to their labours in the field, made the following contributions to the story of an expedition Whose chief result has been to strengthen our confidence that the summit of the highest mountain in the world can Le. About the Pub...

Excerpt from Kulu and Lahoul: With Illustrations and a Map In my last book on the Himalaya I expressed a hope that one day I should be able to travel in Kulu, Lahoul, and Spiti. Since then my luck has so far favoured me that I was able to spend a leave of more than six months in two of these attractive districts, and able to enjoy almost the most delightful time that I have ever had in the Himalaya. These districts, I venture to say, will n...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.