<p>The authors describe their attempt to reach the peak of Sepu Kangri, a daunting mountain deep in central Tibet</p>

Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triump of Sepu Kangri

Sports & Outdoors

Clarke, Charles

BONINGTON, Chris

Mountaineering

Weidenfeld Nicolson Ltd

Recollections Of Writers (1878)

Biographies & Memoirs

Kessinger Publishing

In the last decade of the twentieth century it is almost unbelievable that a mountain range of length comparable to the entire Nepal Himalaya should still remain a vague notion to the geographers and exploratory mountaineers. But such is the mountain range in Tibet that Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke and their team explored. Its highest peak, Sepu Kangri, is 22,802 ft. Amazingly as Bonington says, the area had never been visited by Europeans until his reconnaisance in August 1996. In place of maps Bonington and Clarke had to ask the way to "the Great Snow Mountain by the Sacred Lake". The valley of the Diru has rich grazing, flora, farming and flourishing monasteries out of touch with the western world - a Shangri-la for real - and both our authors were accepted and welcomed into this magical way of life. This is much more than a climbing book. The poignancy of Bonington feeling his age, the camaraderie and sometimes tension between members of the team (whose ages ranged from 22 to 62) particularly within 200 metres of the summit of Sepu Kangri, are set against the magical backdrop of an unknown Tibetan world and portray an extraordinary expedition. Chapters written by Charles Clarke, a consultant neurologist and the doctor of the team, add another aspect altogether as Tibetans came from miles around for consultations. In one case, with the help of a London colleague on a satellite phone he diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy and saved his patient - despite having practised no gynaecology since medical school. His chapters on Tibetan medicine, mountain medicine and the history of Tibetan travel are also fascinating and beautifully written.

Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri

Diane Pub Co.

Pioneering cinematographer Charles G. Clarke, ASC, wrote this slim volume in 1964 at the urging of his students at UCLA. Mr. Clarke suffered a heart attack while preparing to shoot Marines, Let's Go in Japan. Upon his retirement, old friend and Fox producer Kenneth Macgowen (In Old Chicago, Lifeboat) who was the head of the theater arts department at UCLA, persuaded Mr. Clarke to join the faculty. Revealed here for the first time is the thinking and philosophy of a man who spent his entire life photographing major Hollywood feature films. The lessons he shares are timeless. While some of the technology has changed, the core techniques and craft have not There is no padding here, just straight dope. Whether you are just beginning or a veteran filmmaker, his refreshing views spark new ideas born of old wisdom.

Charles Clarke's Professional Cinematography

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

A.S.C. Holding Corp

Almost half of the U.S. population is overweight. Three hundred thousand people die each year from obesity or obesity-related illness. Seven percent of all health care dollars are spent on obesity-related diseases. In 1991, four states had 15 percent or more of its population who were obese; by 1998, that number had increased to thirty-seven. Consequently, there has been a drastic increase in the use of dangerous and often unproven methods and products without proper guidance, supervision or information. A bariatric physician with over 30 years of experience, the author discusses the external and internal forces that have contributed to and facilitated these alarming trends, and offers a common sense method for losing weight that focuses on lifestyle and personal growth, diet/nutrition, exercise and various medical options-all of which he uses with great success in his own practice.

The Art of Weight Loss : A Journey of Common Sense

Medical Books

Pendleton Clay Pub

‘For you the war is over’. ‘Last of the Kriegies’ tells the extraordinary stories of five of the last remaining Second World War RAF Bomber Command Prisoners-of-War: pilot Reg Barker, bomb aimer Charles Clarke, air gunner David Fraser, air gunner Albert Gunn and navigator Henry Wagner. Each veteran shares the journey they went through joining up with the Royal Air Force, their training and crewing up, and operational duties with RAF Bomber Command. We accompany them on raids over enemy territory as they fight to survive against the relentless flak, searchlights, and deadly enemy nightfighters. Eventually each airmen’s next of kin receives a knock on the door and the dreaded ‘regret to inform’ you telegram.Reg, Charles, David, Albert and Henry describe the circumstances in which they are shot from the sky, descending by parachute in to hostile territory, and their subsequent failed attempt to avoid capture. Interrogation follows and we hear how the downed airmen negotiate the aggressive and devious tactics employed by their captors as they try and extract secret information. Our ‘Kriegsgefangener’ soon find themselves behind the barbed wire of a German prison camp facing the trials and tribulations of daily life as a ‘kriegie’; the battle with hunger and frustration, the baiting and harassing of prison guards, friendships made, and attempts to break out and escape their captivity. In the final months of the war some of our POWs endure the grueling and harsh conditions of the forced ‘Long March’. Despite frustrating delays, as the Nazi regime enters its final death throes, our airmen eventually taste the sweetness of liberation and journey home to loved ones and family. Fighting High Publishing and Bomber Command historian Steve Darlow presents the extraordinary testimony of five veterans who endured and survived being shot down, captivity, degradation, and suffering. Illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and with a foreword from former Gulf War POW Squadron Leader Bob Ankerson RAF (Ret’d) ‘Last of the Kriegies' reveals the extraordinary strength and resilience of the human spirit struggling with incarceration and the loss of freedom.

Last of the Kriegies: The Extraordinary True Life Experiences of Five Bomber Command Prisoners of War

FRaser, David

Darlow, Steve

Barker, Reg

Gunn, Albert

WAGNER, HENRY

Leaders & Notable People

Fighting High Publishing

High-Class Cookery Recipes: As Taught in the School

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

High-class Cookery Recipes: As Taught in the School

History

BiblioLife

Sixty Years In Upper Canada: With Autobiographical Recollections (1908)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

The Beauclercs, Father and Son. A Novel

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