EVEREST : REACHING FOR THE SKY. JOY MASSOF. Libro en papel. 9780439267076 LIBRERIA 9 3/4
EVEREST : REACHING FOR THE SKY

EVEREST : REACHING FOR THE SKY

JOY MASSOF

$ 10,000.00
IVA incluido
agotado
Editorial:
SCHOLASTIC
Materia
Fiction - non fiction
ISBN:
978-0-439-26707-6

Read about the perilous quest to reach the summit of the tallest mountain on Earth. The Scholastic History Readers series was created especially to bring history to life for beginning readers.

This book introduces readers to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay--the first men to reach the peak of Mount Everest. Difficult climbing conditions on Everest--rough terrain, cold temperatures, and high altitude-- are explained. Various types of climbing equipment are discussed, as well.

Reaction to the conquest of Everest came from all around the world. Hillary and Norgay both used their fame to improve conditions for the people of Nepal.

Artículos relacionados

  • THE BOOKS OF JACOB
    OLGA TOKARCZUK
    In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas—and a new unrest—begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come,...
    En Stock

    $ 125,000.00

  • BABYSITTER
    JOYCE CAROL OATES
    In the waning days of the turbulent 1970s, in the wake of unsolved child-killings that have shocked Detroit, the lives of several residents are drawn together with tragic consequences.There is Hannah, wife of a prominent local businessman, who has begun an affair with a darkly charismatic stranger whose identity remains elusive; Mikey, a canny street hustler who finds himself o...
    En stock

    $ 69,000.00

  • STRANGER TO THE MOON
    EVELIO ROSERO
    The renowned Colombian writer Evelio Rosero has never been one to shy away from the darker aspects of his nationÂ’s history and society. His magnificent novel Stranger to the Moon portrays a world that seems to exist outside time and place but taps into the dark myths and collective subconscious of his country, with its harrowing inequality and violence. A parable of pointed so...
    En Stock

    $ 88,000.00

  • A RIVER IN EGYPT
    DAVID MEANS
    Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles.In his masterful story 'A River in Egypt', David Means paints a portrait of a moment. Cavanaugh and his young son are suspended; trapped in what a nurse calls 'the sweat chamber', where the boy will be tested for cystic fibrosis.Cavanaugh has ...
    En Stock

    $ 25,000.00

  • GODS OF WANT
    K-MING CHANG
    In “Auntland,” a steady stream of aunts adjust to American life by sneaking surreptitious kisses from women at temple, buying tubs of vanilla ice cream to prepare for citizenship tests, and hatching plans to name their daughters “Dog.” In “The Chorus of Dead Cousins,” ghost-cousins cross space, seas, and skies to haunt their live-cousin, wife to a storm chaser. In “XífÃ...
    En Stock

    $ 79,000.00

  • DISTURBANCE
    JENNA CLAKE
    A spellbinding, genre-bending debut that follows a womanÂ’s attempt to heal from an abusive relationship-with the help of black magic.As the sun sets on a feverishly hot July evening, a young woman spies on her teenage neighbor, transfixed by what looks like an occult ritual intended to banish an ex-boyfriend. Alone in a new town and desperate to expel the claustrophobic memori...
    En Stock

    $ 106,000.00