The tragedy of Gordon Kahl and his victims shows the hazards of adhering to an absolutist belief system that preaches that every event is the product of a conflict between the forces of pure good and a Satanic, evil conspiracy.
It was whilst filming for Top Gear that Richard was involved in a high speed crash, driving a jet-powered dragster. His wife Mindy tells the story of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from his coma.
The book investigates how we live on this contested land --how we make our place in its oft-arid terrain; an ecosystem that burns easily and floods often and defies our efforts to nestle in its foothills, canyons, and washes.
On the Edge is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole.
Step into a whole new world in the first Novel of the Edge from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series.
On the Edge, even as it excoriates, pulsates with robust life, and its rhythmic, torrential style marks the novel as an indelible masterpiece.
This book tells the story of Commodore through first-hand accounts by former Commodore engineers and managers. Reliving the early years of an icon in the personal computer revolution turns out...
On the Edge: Writing the Border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is a literary and cultural history which brings to the fore a compelling but, so far, largely neglected body of work which has the politics of borderline-crossing as ...
April 2018 MY ALWAYS ONE Stand-one, sexy friends to lovers contemporary romance July 2021 QUINTESSENTIALLY Stand-alone, small-town, second-chance, secret baby contemporary romance July 2022 INDULGENCE SERIES: UNEXPECTED August 2018 ...
A cocky Scot, an innocent pole dancer and a penthouse apartment with a view.
"[The author] brings together information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health through the world"--Front jacket flap.
On the Edge comprises original essays by, among others, Polly Toynbee, Richard Senett and George Soros.
These are life changing adventure stories about a group of risk takers and adrenaline junkies who lived a life of stimulating, physically challenging activities by always being on the edge.
The Sullivan family is struggling with a dark power over them so strong that they cannot find their way--a power that is filling their minds with voices of greed, hate, pride, and temptation.
FROM THE MAN BOOKER–SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE PATRICK MELROSE NOVELS Called "the most brilliant novelist of his generation" (Alan Hollinghurst), Edward St. Aubyn captivated and astonished readers and critics alike with his mesmerizing ...
PRAISE FOR ON THE EDGE ’Gritty, gripping, knotty, intense – this is going to be HUGE' – Fiona Erskine, author of The Chemical Detective and The Chemical Reaction ’Evocative, compelling and pulse-pounding, with cliff-edge suspense, ...
The works in On the Edge represent the reactions of leading Chinese artists to encounters with the West.
This is an overview of Twentieth Century American history with a special emphasis on social and cultural history. The book takes a balanced approach to all sides of the socio-cultural...
Surprising and rigorously researched, On the Edge testifies to the rich diversity of an extraordinary world haunted by history and divided by remote political decisions but connected by the ordinary imperatives of daily life.
On the Edge: Leisure, Consumption and the Representation of Adventure Sports