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How to Climb Everest by Kami Rita Sherpa
Category: Sale Book | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life Ser.
What does it take to climb the world's highest mountain?This delightful short book reveals everything you need to know about climbing Mount Everest - and who better to tell you than Kami Rita Sherpa, a Nepali guide who holds the record for most ascents to the summit of this extraordinary mountain. In Ma ...Show more
How to Enjoy Poetry by Frank Skinner
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'Someone recently said to me, in reference to my poetry podcast, that you'd think poetry would be more popular than ever, in the twenty-first century, because people don't have a lot of time and 'novels are often quite big while poems are often quite small'. I referred them to Doctor Who's Tardis.'Frank ...Show more
How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker
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Take a seat--the captain's seat, that is--and relax. You're about to land a Boeing 747. The mystery of flight is magical; the reality, still more so--from the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark Van ...Show more
How to Skim a Stone by Ralph Jones
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This is the ultimate guide to skimming a stone. Stone skimming is an art and a science: a brief distraction on a country walk and an international sport with highly competitive championships. Ralph Jones covered last year's World Stone Skimming Championships and here, he investigates the physics, the ...Show more
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