Above the Clouds

Author: Anatoli Boukreev
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250097487
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.

Above the Clouds: How I Carved My Own Path to the Top of the World

Author: Kilian Jornet
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008412138
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest reaches.

Above the Clouds

Author: Takie Sugiyama Lebra
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520076028
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463

Book Description
This is an ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. The author gained entry into the tightly-knit "kazoku" and conducted more than 100 interviews with its members. Winner of the Association of American University Presses Hiromi Arisawa Award

Above the Clouds

Author: Kevin T. McDonald
Publisher: IT Governance Ltd
ISBN: 1849280320
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
This book acts as a primer and strategic guide to identify Cloud Computing best practices and associated risks, and reduce the latter to acceptable levels. From software as a service (SaaP) to replacing the entire IT infrastructure, the author serves as an educator, guide and strategist, from runway to getting the organization above the clouds.

SAIL Above the Clouds

Author: Carole Fontaine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736150603
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
GET ONBOARD AND GET INSPIRED!Unafraid to 'rock the boat,' this sailor-turned-author drops her truth bombs-like an anchor. Here's your chance to live vicariously through one woman's journey of finding her voice, taking control of her health, and discovering her passions, strength and capacity for love and forgiveness. Join Carole as she moves onto a boat, adapts to a new lifestyle, learns hard 'beginner' lessons, sails the breathtaking ocean, survives gale storms, and navigates life for 20 years in a meager 41 feet of living space with an unconventional husband and, of course, a dog.S.A.I.L. Above the Clouds weaves big emotions, humorous impasses, and motivating results through topics such as overcoming major health concerns and chronic disease, tackling mental health, surviving the doldrums of a 30-year marriage, discovering life's purpose, and learning when you're the crab's dinner, or receiving a naked spank from Mother Nature.How to SIMPLIFY Your Life is the first of a four-book series where each book represents a unique aspect from the author's signature program S.A.I.L: Simplify, Align, Integrate, Let Go. Readers will benefit from tips and insights on how to simplify all aspects of their life while exploring different healing modalities, writing prompts, and exercises following each chapter.It is packed with stories that will make readers laugh, cry, or cringe-all weaved into an interactive set of tools that invites you to dive deep into a journey of self-discovery and come out of it energized, enlightened, and inspired!Raise your sails and set course on an exciting and purpose-driven adventure!

Just Under the Clouds

Author: Melissa Sarno
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1524720089
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Can you still have a home if you don't have a house? In the spirit of The Truth About Jellyfish and Fish in a Tree comes a stunning debut about a family struggling to find something lasting when everything feels so fleeting. Always think in threes and you'll never fall, Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot. That was all Cora needed to know to climb the trees of Brooklyn. But now Cora is a middle schooler, a big sister, and homeless. Her mother is trying to hold the family together after her father's death, and Cora must look after her sister, Adare, who's just different, their mother insists. Quick to smile, Adare hates wearing shoes, rarely speaks, and appears untroubled by the question Cora can't help but ask: How will she find a place to call home? After their room at the shelter is ransacked, Cora's mother looks to an old friend for help, and Cora finally finds what she has been looking for: Ailanthus altissima, the "tree of heaven," which can grow in even the worst conditions. It sets her on a path to discover a deeper truth about where she really belongs. Just Under the Clouds will take root in your heart and blossom long after you've turned the last page. "[A] heartbreaking yet hopeful story of a family searching for a place to belong." --Publishers Weekly "[A] thought provoking debut about the meaning of home and the importance of family."--Horn Book Magazine

World Above the Clouds

Author: Ann Whitehead Nagda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781568998787
Category : Leopard
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Smoke from grass fires and dust from the parched earth swirl in the air as Elephant Calf and his herd cross the drought-stricken savanna in search of food and fresh water. As they forage, they encounter fascinating animals.

Above the Clouds

Author: Jonathan Bach
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780688117603
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
"Jonathan Bach, the son of author Richard Bach, was named after the soaring, learning spirit of his father's most famous book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull." "Jonathan was two years old when Richard left the family and divorced his wife, creating what society calls a "broken home." From the day he was told that Richard didn't want to be a dad, Jonathan had an excuse to hate his father, to see him as nothing more than a failure and a coward." "Above the Clouds is the true story of how Jonathan's compelling search to learn the truth amid a sea of half-truths gave him the courage at age twenty-one to plow through his confusion and meet Richard. It is how Jonathan and Richard finally begin to know each other." "As Jonathan establishes a loving relationship with his father, he discovers that Richard is not a failure as a father. He learns that being from a broken home is not a destiny for self-destruction; that we can choose not to learn or we can check our assumptions by opening our minds; we can stay safe in the walls we build to protect us or we can shatter them to make peace with the past and live an enlightened future."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Sun Above the Clouds

Author: Paul Hebert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781946875068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
In Paul Hebert's inspirational memoir, The Sun Above the Clouds, travel back to a day when men cleared wooded homesteads by hand and horse but raised their families with violence. Watch Paul escape his upbringing to find joy and purpose in being a lineman, skiing, travel, nature, and love, after defeating alcoholism and brawling. Then endure the tragedy of a 14-thousand-volt electrocution that left Paul dead and ultimately without hands and feet. Enjoy the love and friendship that helped rebuild a life filled with family, sports, friends old and new, travel, and a new purpose to share a personal message of safety, forgiveness, and friendship. And with all the jewels of wisdom gained along the way, arrive at the sentient conclusion, that triumph outshines tragedy, if you choose it to.

Wellness Above the Clouds

Author: Irene Lauretti- von Olnhausen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783000205798
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A self-help wellness guide, which shows how to get fit, well, radiant and happy by using the fingers. By employing the simple finger positions of the 22 programs, this work reveals the keys to the ancient Japanese healing art Jin Shin Jyutsu registered].