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The next Everest : surviving the mountain's deadliest day and finding the resilience to climb again / by Davidson, Jim(Professional speaker),author.;
"A dramatic account of the deadly avalanche on Everest-and a return to reach the summit. On April 25, 2015, Jim Davidson was climbing Mount Everest when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake released avalanches all around him and his team, destroying their only escape route and trapping them at nearly 20,000 feet. It was the largest earthquake in Nepal in eighty-one years and killed nearly 8,900 people. That day also became the deadliest in the history of Everest, with eighteen people losing their lives on the mountain. After spending two unsettling days stranded on Everest, Davidson's team was rescued by helicopter. The experience left him shaken, and despite his thirty-three years of climbing and serving as an expedition leader, he wasn't sure that he would ever go back. But in the face of risk and uncertainty, he returned in 2017 and finally achieved his dream of reaching the summit. Suspenseful and engrossing, The Next Everest portrays the experience of living through the biggest disaster to ever hit the mountain. Davidson's background in geology and environmental science makes him uniquely qualified to explain why the seismic threats lurking beneath Nepal are even greater today. But this story is not about "conquering" the world's highest peak. Instead, it reveals how embracing change, challenge, and uncertainty prepares anyone to face their next "Everest" in life"--
Subjects: Davidson, Jim (Professional speaker); Mountaineering accidents; Mountaineering; Mountaineering;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Back to the prairie : a home remade, a life rediscovered / by Gilbert, Melissa,1964-author.;
Known for her childhood role as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the classic NBC show Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert has spent nearly her entire life in Hollywood. From Dancing with the Stars to a turn in politics, she was always on the lookout for her next project. She just had no idea that her latest one would be completely life changing. When her husband introduces her to the wilds of rural Michigan, Melissa begins to fall back in love with nature. And when work takes them to New York, they find a rustic cottage in the Catskill Mountains to call home. But "rustic" is a generous description for the state of the house, requiring a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for the newlyweds to make habitable.When the pandemic descends on the world, it further nudges Melissa out of the spotlight and into the woods. She trades Botox treatments for DIY projects, power lunching for gardening and raising chickens, and soon her life is rediscovered anew in her own little house in the Catskills.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gilbert, Melissa, 1964-; Country life; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; Television actors and actresses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dirty dancing [videorecording (DVD)] / by Ardolino, Emile.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Orbach, Jerry.; Swayze, Patrick.; Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm); Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment.; Maple Pictures.;
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes.An innocent young girl is introduced to the sensuality of dance when she meets the dance instructor at her resort hotel.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; Dolby digital ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Dance; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Summer resorts;
© c2007., Lions Gate Entertainment : Distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Dirty dancing [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / by Ardolino, Emile.; Grey, Jennifer,1960-; Orbach, Jerry.; Swayze, Patrick.; Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm); Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment.; Maple Pictures.;
Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes.An innocent young girl is introduced to the sensuality of dance when she meets the dance instructor at her resort hotel.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Blu-ray ; Dolby digital ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Dance; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Summer resorts;
© c1997., Lions Gate Entertainment : Distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Following Atticus : forty-eight high peaks, one little dog, and an extraordinary friendship / by Ryan, Tom.;
Subjects: Ryan, Tom.; Dog owners; Dogs; Human-animal relationships; Mountaineers;
© c2011., William Morrow,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Outsider : an old man, a mountain and the search for a hidden past / by Popplewell, Brett,1983-author.;
"When journalist Brett Popplewell first heard about Dag Aabye, an aging former stuntman who lived alone inside a school bus on a mountain, running day and night through blizzards and heat waves, he was intrigued and bewildered. Captivated by the seemingly implausible tale of a wild super-athlete aging more slowly than the rest of us, he was determined to meet the apocryphal white-haired man who was pushing the boundaries of the human mind and body beyond what anyone could dream was possible. What Popplewell witnessed on a secluded mountain perch led him on a six-year odyssey to uncover the true story of the 81-year-old man. Outsider takes readers on a remarkable journey from Nazi-occupied Norway to Argentina and British Columbia. The book chronicles how a child born under mysterious circumstances during World War II finds his way onto the big screen in Goldfinger, is heralded as the world's first extreme skier, and is later driven into the wilderness. Both joyful and tragic, Outsider presents a bold challenge to our notions of aging, belonging and human accomplishment."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Aabye, Dag, 1941-; Older athletes; Older men; Recluses; Runners (Sports); Skiers; Stunt performers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Preacher's purge / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.;
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Preacher (Fictitious character); Mountain life; Trappers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Preacher's bloody rampage / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.;
When logger Decker Galloway sets his sights--and axes and saws--on a lakeshore village inhabited by Norwegian settlers, Preacher and his friend, the warrior Tall Dog, remind the Norwegians of their Viking ancestry and declare war on Galloways' gang of bloodthirsty gunslingers.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Preacher (Fictitious character); Gangsters; Mountain life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Heidi [videorecording] / by Gsponer, Alain,1976-film director.; Naef, Lilian,actor.; Schinz, Anna,actor.; Schüttler, Katharina,actor.; Steffen, Anuk,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.; Mnibus Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Studio Canal,production company.;
Bruno Ganz, Anuk Steffen, Anna Schinz, Lilian Naef, Katharina Schuttler, Peter Lohmeyer.Orphan Girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather, cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the Swiss mountains. But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete to stay with the family of the wealthy Mr. Sesemann and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures, German.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Grandfathers; Heidi (Fictitious character : Spyri); Mountain life; Orphans;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A game of lies / by Mackintosh, Clare,author.;
"Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really are - knowing she can't trust any of them. And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi ... and a secret worth killing for"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Missing persons; Mountains; Reality television programs; Secrecy; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Wilderness survival; Women detectives;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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