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National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible. Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Eriks life: Dont make Everest the greatest thing you ever do. No Barriers is Eriks response to that challenge. It is the moving story of his journey since descending Mount Everest: from leading expeditions around the world with blind Tibetan teenagers to helping injured soldiers climb their way home from war, from adopting a son from Nepal to facing the most terrifying reach of his life: to solo kayak the thunderous whitewater of the Grand Canyon. Along the course of Eriks journey, he meets other trailblazersadventurers, scientists, artists, and activistswho, despite trauma, hardship, and loss, have broken through barriers of their own. These pioneers show Erik surprising ways forward that surpass logic and defy traditional thinking. Like the rapids of the Grand Canyon, created by inexorable forces far beneath the surface, No Barriers is a dive into the heart and mind at the core of the turbulent human experience. It is an exploration of the light that burns in all of us, the obstacles that threaten to extinguish that light, and the treacherous ascent towards growth and rebirth. Erik Weihenmayer (Author), {"isAjaxInProgress_B001ILHHJW":"0","isAjaxComplete_B001ILHHJW":"0","isAjaxInProgress_B001IGSL6K":"0","isAjaxComplete_B001IGSL6K":"0"} Buddy Levy (Author) Visit 's Buddy Levy Page Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author Are you an author? Learn about Author Central Buddy Levy (Author) Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (February 6, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 1250088798 ISBN-13: 978-1250088796 Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.4 x 9.4 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In the almost limitless sea of books, here's one that will make you laugh as it helps you find your way to books that you'll want to read. With witty poignancy, The Book Shopper: A Life in Review describes the inner world of the writer's imagination and the outer world of disheveled used book stores and dusty basements whose shelves sag under the burden of too many books. In The Book Shopper Murray Browne discusses practical matters: How to deal with cantankerous used book store owners. Which contemporary writers he likes and thinks have staying power. How to assess a used book store to determine if it measures up. How to decide when to unburden oneself of a portion of one's inventory. He also considers more personal matters: What reading means to him. The rewards of the life of the imagination. How he set about writing about his life. Murray Browne has published numerous essays, book reviews, newspaper articles, feature stories, and technical articles. His essays and reviews have appeared in The Elysian Fields Quarterly, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, and The Grand Rapids Press. He has also co-authored Understanding Search Engines: Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval. Browne grew up in East Central Illinois, and received a BA in English and radio-television from Indiana University and a master's degree in information (library) sciences from the University of Tennessee. A proud father of two grown daughters, Browne currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and works as a media content analyst for Turner Broadcasting. Features Summary In search of a good book? Browne provides rich leads and much wit. Go, shop, read! Author Murray Browne Publisher Paul Dry Books Release date 20090601 Pages 215 ISBN 1-58988-056-0 ISBN 13 978-1-58988-056-6

2009 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in new condition. R50 postage in SA.  302 pages.                  In centuries past, undertaking a journey meant a voyage into the unknown, traveling for months or years into unexplored areas on the map where cartographers could only speculate "There be dragons." And those fortunate adventurers who made it home again always had fantastical tales to tell—even if sometimes they stretched the truth up to and beyond the breaking point. This eclectic history of exploration sweeps from antiquity to the 1800s, encompassing ages when new marvels might be waiting over the next hill or a new world just over the horizon. Among others, we meet Marco Polo, the 13th-century Venetian whose extravagant accounts of distant Cathay were mainly true; Sir John Mandeville, less intrepid explorer than shameless exaggerator; and John Wesley Powell, braving Colorado River rapids on the first trip through the Grand Canyon. We visit dozens of places around the globe captured in the words, images, and maps of their discoverers. Each page unfolds its wonders in gorgeous profusion that delights the eye and dazzles the imagination.