True Stories Of Endurance & Survival

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    And There Was Light: The Autobiography Of A Blind Hero In The French Resistance - Jacques Luseyran - Paperback
    This is the story of Jacques Lusseyran, a blind French resistance leader who was interned at Buchenwald.
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    Broke Through Britain: One Man's Penniless Odyssey - Peter Mortimer - Paperback
    During the summer of 1998, Mortimer set off on the 500-mile journey from Plymouth to Edinburgh, accompanied by his dog Sam. Broke Through Britain is a record of both the physical and mental demands such an undertaking placed on Mortimer.
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    Climb: Stories Of Survival From Rock, Snow And Ice - Paperback
    From the rigours and risks of high-altitude climbing on Everest to the challenges of scaling El Captain's 3000 vertical feet, this volume examines the subject of mountaineering through the eyes of gifted writers with great stories to tell.
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    A Dangerous Devotion - Christopher Portway - Paperback
    After escaping from the Germans for the second time during the war, Christopher Portway met and fell in love with the daughter of a Czech family who offered him protection. This is a story of adventure, frustrated love and determination as he spent years following the armistice trying to find and reach her beyond the Iron Curtain.
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    High: Stories Of Survival From Everest And K2 - Paperback
    Devoted to climbing on the world's two highest mountains, this anthology spans the years 1933 through 1996. It reminds us that Everest and K2 are among the world most dangerous places, and explains why climbers cannot stay away from them.
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    The Hillary Step: From Everest To The South Pole - Peter Hillary; John E. Elder - Paperback
    Literate and evocative, 'The Hillary Step' is a joyful tribute to the craft of mountaineering, a Shackleton-like tale of endurance, an adventure story and introspective recollection with rare insight.
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    Ice: Stories Of Survival From Polar Exploration - Paperback
    Ice brings together a riveting collection of writing about polar exploration - stories of self-sacrifice, beauty and heroism by eminent adventurers who endured 50 below zero temperatures, gale force winds, and starvation to explore the ends of the Earth.
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    If You Fall - Karen Darke - Paperback
    Karen Darke was on a rock-climbing expedition on sea cliffs in Scotland. She fell, and was paralysed. This is Karen's story about coming to terms with her lost of movement from the chest down and regaining the will to live. It is also about the borderline between body and spirit.
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    In The Ghost Country: A Lifetime Spent On The Edge - Peter Hillary; John E. Elder - Hardback
    Literate and evocative, 'In the Ghost Country' is a joyful tribute to the craft of mountaineering, a Shackleton-like tale of endurance, an adventure story and introspective recollection with rare insight.
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    Into The Abyss: Diving To Adventure In The Liquid World - Rod Macdonald - Hardback
    'Into the Abyss' charts the dramatic highs and lows of Rod Macdonald's diving career; one that has been packed full of incident, drama and excitement and has taken him to all of the great shipwreck sites of the world.

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