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1. Tunguska Event / The Book of Stories: Matterhorn The Brave (Volume 4)
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Tunguska Event The Book of Stories Matterhorn the BraveDescription
When heretics murder the king of First Realm, a mirror world of Earth, his daughter, Queen Bea, recruits twelve-year-old Matthew Horn and others to find the Ten Talis. The heretics need these sacred objects for their scheme to take over the world by rewriting its history. Tunguska Event
Matterhorn and his friends travel to Siberia to try and prevent the largest natural disaster in history?and fail! The Tunguska Event destroys thousands of miles of forest and hurtles Matterhorn and Nate into the distant past. They must walk to the nearest portal more than 2,000 miles away. With the help of Nifer the fairy and Ebenezer the camel, they brave the unforgiving wilderness with its horrific heat and murderous Mongols.
The Book of Stories
The thrilling conclusion of the battle for Earth?s future takes place in 1983 at Fermilab, location of the most powerful machine in the world. The heretics are set to become the unchallenged rulers of the planet, and only the Travelers stand in their way. Who wins, and how we know the story, is tied to the most important revelation of all?the identity of the Tenth Talis!
2. The Walkers' Haute Road: Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn (Trailblazer Guides (Paperback))
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Trailblazer PublicationsDescription
The Alps offer almost unlimited adventure, and the Walkers Haute Route is probably the single finest way of getting deep into these mountains. Trekking the Walkers Haute Route, from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, from Chamonix to Zermatt, youll traverse one of the finest stretches of the Pennine Alps the mountain range in the western Alps that stretches between Valais in Switzerland and Piedmont and the Aosta Valley in Italy. A 13-day walk over 11 ridges in 113 miles (180kms), it isnt technically demanding and the rewards are immense.
- 60 maps 13 town/village plans (Chamonix, Argentire, Le Tour, Trient, Champex, Sembrancher, Le Chable, Arolla, Les Hauderes, La Sage, Zinal, St Niklaus, Zermatt) and 47 large-scale trail maps including 8 day-walk maps (1:25,000) showing times, gradients, where to stay, interesting features
- Practical information for all budgets Chamonix through to Zermatt: where to stay (campsites, gtes, hostels, B&Bs, lodges and hotels), where to eat, what to see, plus detailed street plans
- Detailed background information The Alps, the history of mountaineering, trekking and tourism in the region and profiles of some of the key characters (eg Jacques Balmat, Michel Paccard and Edward Whymper) who first tackled the peaks
- Comprehensive public transport information for all access points
3. The Cats of the Castle: Book One: Quest for the Key
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Move Over, Mickey
Deep inside Sleeping Beauty Castle, in rooms secretly built by Walt Disney himself, live the true champions of Disneyland. Not princes, not Imagineers, not Mickey. Cats. Cats of the Castle! Their mission: to preserve the magic of the park from the villains who would destroy it.
Given speech and intelligence from a pinch of Walt's pixie dust, the cats enjoy (nine) lives of luxury in Disneyland, but in exchange must hold up their end of the bargain with Walt and patrol the park at night, fighting vermin, rogue cats, and human adversaries alike.
Led by the wise Thurl, the catsgeeky Kimball, plucky Lilli, tough Elias, and brave Olivernow face their greatest challenge.
A deranged man named Mintz seeks a hidden key that has the power to expunge magic from Disneyland. Aided by his rat enforcers and a monstrous, enchanted raccoon named Scavenge, Mintz will stop at nothing. The battle rages throughout the park, culminating in a showdown on Splash Mountain, the forbidden domain of a clan of evil felines.
The cats may need all of their nine lives to save Disneyland!
4. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
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Matterhorn A Novel of the Vietnam WarDescription
Matterhorn is a visceral and spellbinding novel about what it is like to be a young man at war. It is an unforgettable novel that transforms the tragedy of Vietnam into a powerful and universal story of courage, camaraderie, and sacrifice: a parable not only of the war in Vietnam but of all war, and a testament to the redemptive power of literature.
5. The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
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A powerful work of literary military history from the New York Times bestselling author of In Harms Way and Horse Soldiers, the harrowing, redemptive, and utterly unforgettable account of an American army reconnaissance platoons fight for survival during the Vietnam Warwhose searing experiences reverberate today among the millions of American families touched by this war.On a single night, January 31, 1968, as many as 100,000 soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked thirty-six cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to topple the government and dislodge American forces. Forty young American soldiers of an army reconnaissance platoon (Echo Company, 1/501) of the 101st Airborne Division and hailing from small farms, beach towns, and such big cities as Chicago and Los Angeles are suddenly thrust into savage combat, having been in-country only a few weeks. Their battles against both North Vietnamese Army soldiers and toughened Viet Cong guerillas are relentless, often hand-to-hand, and waged night and day across landing zones, rice paddies, hamlets, and dense jungle. The exhausting day-to-day existence, which involves ambushes on both sides, grueling gun battles, and heroic rescues of wounded comrades, forges the group into a lifelong brotherhood. The Odyssey of Echo Company is about the young men who survived this epic span, and centers on the searing experiences of one of them, Stanley Parker, who is wounded three times during the fighting.
When the young men come home, some encounter a country that doesnt understand what they have suffered and survived. Many of them fall silent, knowing that few of their countrymen want to hear the remarkable story they have lived to telluntil now. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, dozens of personal letters written in the combat zone, Pentagon after-action reports, and travel to the battle sites with some of the soldiers (who meet their Vietnamese counterpart), and augmented by detailed maps and remarkable combat zone photographs, The Odyssey of Echo Company breaks through the wall of time to recount ordinary young American men in an extraordinary time in America and confirms Doug Stantons prominence as an unparalleled storyteller of our age.
6. What It Is Like To Go To War
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Grove PressDescription
#3 on Amazon.coms 10 Best Books of 2011The New Yorker Favorite Books from 2011Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2011Barnes amp; Noble Best Nonfiction Books of 2011St. Louis Post Dispatch Favorite Books of 2011A Shelf Awareness Reviewers Top Pick of 2011One of the most important and highly-praised books of 2011, Karl Marlantess What It Is Like to Go to War is set to become just as much of a classic as his epic novel Matterhorn.In What It Is Like to Go to War, Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at the experience and ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our young soldiers for war. War is as old as humankind, but in the past, warriors were prepared for battle by ritual, religion, and literaturewhich also helped bring them home. In a compelling narrative, Marlantes weaves riveting accounts of his combat experiences with thoughtful analysis, self-examination, and his readingsfrom Homer to the Mahabharata to Jung. He makes it clear just how poorly prepared our nineteen-year-old warriorsmainly men but increasingly womenare for the psychological and spiritual aspects of their journey.7. Trekking Chamonix to Zermatt: The Classic Walker's Haute Route
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Trekking Chamonix to Zermatt The Classic Walker s Haute RouteDescription
A guide to the classic Chamonix to Zermatt trek, from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, in the northern slopes of the Pennines Alps, described in 14 stages. In two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps and visit some of the most spectacular valleys. You will discover delightful villages and remote hamlets, wander flower meadows and forests, skirt exquisite tarns that turn mountains on their heads, and clamber beside glaciers. The way intrudes on lonely stone-filled corries, with marmots along the boulders and ibex on the heights, and provides a surprise around every corner. The route crosses 11 passes, gains more than 12,000 metres in height and is a strong contender for the title of Most Beautiful Walk in Europe. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes the exciting two-day Europaweg - a true high-level path that carries the Haute Route way above the Mattertal and into Zermatt - a worthy conclusion to a great trek.
8. Matterhorn: The Operational History of the US XX Bomber Command from India and China, 1944-1945
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Matterhorn The Operational History of the US XX Bomber Command from India and China 1944 1945Description
This operational history of the XX (20th) Bomber Command and its combat missions from India and China in 1944 and 1945 traces the development of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress program and the Allied plans to stage long-range bombers through China for strikes against Japans strategic industries. Each of the 49 combat missions flown by the XX Bomber Command from India and China is examined, producing the first detailed history of the B-29 campaign flown from these countries. The book is written almost exclusively from primary source materialWorld War II documents, crew member memoirs, and personal interviews. Special sections within the book examine issues related to flying across the Hump between India and China; General Curtis LeMays reorganization of B-29 operations; and the night fighter defense of the B-29 forward airfields in China.9. Fodor's Switzerland (Full-color Travel Guide)
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Fodor s SwitzerlandDescription
Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years.Switzerland, Europe's mountain playground, is a classic tourist draw.Fodor's Switzerlandis the perfect guide for travelers seeking to ascend the slopes of the Alps and feel on top of the world. When they come down from the mountains, they find thriving, cosmopolitan cities steeped in history and culture.
This travel guide includes:
Dozens of full-color maps
Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks
Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and whats off the beaten path
In-depth breakout features on scenic train rides and drives, The Bernese Alps, and vineyards of Lavaux
Coverage ofZurich, Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Graubunden, Ticino, Luzern and Central Switzerland, Basel, Fribourg and Neuchatel, Bern, Berner Oberland, Valais, Vaud, and Geneva
10. Matterhorn: The Quintessential Mountain
11. Das Matterhorn (Hugo, der kleine Seestern - Kinderbcher, die glcklich machen!) (Volume 5) (German Edition)
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Hugo ist ein kleiner Seestern, der sehr gerne Abenteuer erlebt. Eines Tages findet er das Bild eines riesigen Schokoladenbergs. Er findet heraus, dass dieser Schokoberg in Wirklichkeit ein echter Berg ist, der Matterhorn heit und in der Schweiz liegt. Er beschliet diesen Berg zu besuchen ein riesiges Unterfangen fr so einen kleinen Seestern! Hugo lernt, dass man sein Ziel erreicht, indem man einen Schritt nach dem anderen in die richtige Richung macht.12. Fall of Heaven: Whymper's Tragic Matterhorn Climb
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A classic event in mountaineering history, dramatically retold by a classic mountaineerAscending the Matterhorn was the 19th century equivalent of standing on Mars
A great historical story of tension and drama
Author is uniquely qualified to delve into Whympers complicated personality
As Fall of Heaven begins, we join professional mountain guide Jean-Antoine Carrel as he tries and fails, again and again, to summit the Matterhornone of the most famous and iconic peaks in the Alps. Is it the Devils mountain, as the locals call it? Should he heed the village priest who warned that its summit was not meant to be climbed? Carrel is undeterred, he just needs capable climbers to join him. Enter Edward Whymper, who in 1861 at the age of 21 decidedunbeknownst to Carrelthat he would be the first to climb the Matterhorn.
So the storyline is set, except that where Carrel is captivating, Whymper is utterly unsympathetic as an adventurer. He is mean and disdainful of guides, describing them as little more than porters who eat and drink too much. Despite this attitude, Whympers quest leads him inexorably into partnership with Carrel. The story follows their many attempts to find a route to the top of the Matterhorn, but then fate pulls them apart just as Whymper finds the line. His successful summit on July 14, 1865, in which Carrel did not take part, shocked the Victorian world with both awe and revulsion as four members of Whympers party died in frightening falls.
Famed climber and author Reinhold Messner acknowledges that Whymper was the first man to summit the Matterhorn, the last of the great Alpine peaks to be climbed and representing the beginning of an age of alpinism based on difficulty rather than conquest. But rather than leaving a heros legacy, Whymper is revealed as the Captain Ahab of alpinism, a team leader who accepted no responsibility for the deaths of his teammates. Fall of Heaven is an exciting tale and an examination of the different types of men who were caught up in the adventuring spirit of the Victorian age, and the ironic fates that can follow success or failure.
13. For The Matterhorn's Face, Zermatt Is The Place, A Kid's Guide To Zermatt, Switzerland