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Written by a mountaineer who in 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, drifted cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. It tells how moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. It tells the story more..

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Tells a story of spectacular, epic folly. This book takes us around the globe and back decades to trace the origins of the crisis. It introduces the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel and the people who were actively driving us all of cliff. more..

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) lived probably the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. Focusing on the main surviving paintings of Caravaggio, this book shows how he created their drama, their immediacy and their humanity, and how completely he departed from more..

Fans of Food for Free will be delighted at this new format -- ideal for carrying in a rucksack. Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. With details on how to pick, when to pick and regulations on picking. more..

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Tells how you can give up smoking. This book helps remove your psychological dependence on cigarettes. more..

An explanation of Einstein's equation that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. It considers the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most famous equation. more..

Takes you on a journey through Oriental Mediterranean history, sampling some of the best-kept secrets of the culinary world along the way. This title combines the olive, rosemary and basil of the west with the exotic spices of the east, for a contemporary cuisine of surprising lightness and more..