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Farthing, Harry

Summary: "After eight successful summits, Mount Everest guide Neil Quinn is confident he can handle anything the mountain throws his way. But then disaster strikes steps from the top, leaving him with a lot of questions and a very old swastika-embellished ice axe that should never have been so high on the mountain--not if Everest's meticulously documented history is accurate"--Dust jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FAR

Tezuka, Osamu

Summary: This second volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, covers his upbringing and early manhood. Unhappy with the injustice of the caste system, the prince leaves his life of luxury to find a way to fight it. He marries and fathers a child, but unable to live in his luxurious palace, he cuts off his hair and departs into the wilderness to become a monk.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical, Inc. 2006

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUD

Lotz, Sarah

Summary: Desperate to attract subscribers to his fledgling website, ex-adrenaline junkie Simon Newman undertakes two life-risking ventures, one in the notorious Cwm Pot caves and another scaling Everest, that force him to test the limits of his morality and wits in order to survive.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOT

Simmons, Dan

Summary: "A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror. It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the following year, three climbers -- a British poet...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Tezuka, Osamu

Summary: In this third volume of the fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha, Prince Siddhartha undergoes hardship and ordeals in his search for enlightenment.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vertical 2006

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUD

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