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En bok om hur böcker blir till och om litteraturens förmåga att göra livet lite större.Svante Weyler har varit förläggareför några av Sveriges mest lästa och älskade författarskap, …
In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest--and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from …
A Stanford University Press classic.
At age 16 Chris Kopczynski carved into the handle of his ice axe the words “Everest/Eiger”, marking his goal to climb the two mountains known as the highest and the hardest. He …
In Reflections in Tranquility, Maurice B. McNamee, SJ. reflects on a life that spans nearly a century. McNamee was born on June 5, 1909, in Montello, Wisconsin and worked on his …
This book collects the letters written between 1906 and 1932 by novelist and civil rights activist Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932). Between 1885 and 1905, this pioneer in the …
Within the common destiny is the individual destiny. So it is that through the telling of one Chinese peasant woman's life, a vivid vision of Chinese history and culture is …